My Very Very Long Birth Story!!!

Hi Ladies!!!

Well, we had our babies!!! It sure didn't go as I thought it would, however. Since I always loved reading birth stories that were long with lots of detail, this will probably be very long. Just to warn ya.

I got up at 830am on Sunday, December 17th and went to go to the bathroom. When I sat down on the toilet, I felt a little fluid trickle out. I wasn't sure if it was my water or not, since I know women have bladder issues with pregnancy where they leak, but I hadn't leaked at all the entire pregnancy. I felt some more trickle so I quick wiped on the tissue and checked it out, but I couldn't tell - I smelled it, but it smelled like nothing. So I went to the bathroom and then sat for a minute, savoring the moment when I got to go out into the bedroom and tell my honey I thought my water broke. He got all excited. I looked online on how to check if your water broke and read a test where you put on a fresh pad and lay down for a half hour and then get up. Then you check the fluid that comes out, if any. So I did that, checked the pad, and it was damp but again I couldn't tell, but I had a feeling that it was water, so I called the doc. She said to come on to the hospital. As I was on the phone with her, I felt more trickle out. Then I posted on this site about the water breaking (am I addicted or what!) and when I got up from the chair - GUSH!!! That was it for sure.

We got all our stuff together and went to the hospital, arriving around 11:30. Somehow I was the calm one and my honey was the frantic one, very nervous and pale ... I got checked in to a delivery suite, got the IV put in, went over paperwork, got the monitors put on, ID bands, etc. I was contracting at that point but not feeling it much. One thing that I didn't know would happen is that every time I would cough, laugh, get up, anything ... water would get everywhere. It just didn't end! I'd get up to go to the bathroom and if I didn't have one of their big huge pads on I would leave a trail everywhere.


At 2:30 I took a soak in the jacuzzi tub, which was wonderful. Partly to relax and partly to try and stimulate labor since I wasn't contracting much at all. At 3:30 they started me on pitocin to kick-start the contractions and get me dialated since I was only at a 1. They also did an U/S and baby A was still headdown and B was transverse across A, so we would attempt a vaginal delivery.

They checked my cervix at around 5:30 and I was still at a 1 cm dialation. I almost cried!!! I was contracting about every 2-3 minutes at that point and I wanted to just cry that I was only at a 1 still. Fast-forward to about 8:30, still laboring, and I was at a 2. Again, almost cried. But my cervix was 90 percent effaced and the nurse said that was great. Oh, by the way, my friend Tonya is a nurse at that hospital and had a note in my chart to call her when I arrived. She came in ON HER OFF DAY, clocked in, and wanted to be my nurse until I delivered. She was such an unbelievable comfort and support during all of this, it was amazing. OK, fast-forward to about 10:30 - 11:30 and I'm still dialated to a 2, so we decide to put in an epidural to speed things along. The epidural was terrible. You have to sit at the edge of the bed and try and slouch forward making a "C" out of your back so he can find a spot in between your vertebrae to thread the catheder. Tonya had said that the worst part was the shot to numb the pain, then the rest was better. So I had the numbing shot and it wasn't bad, I just breathed through it. Then he kept telling me to try and curve my back more, but it was so hard with the twins - baby B was still right under my ribs and there was only so much room to slouch. All of a sudden I feel this bad bad bad pain in my back, I yell out in pain, the doc asks if its left, middle, or right pain, I tell him ... I can feel him pressing around and then wicked pain again ... he stopped and I just started bawling. I freaked out - I couldn't calm myself down. I was really nervous about the epi in the first place and then I just freaked. He said I had to slouch more, I wasn't giving him any space to work with, and I had to calm down ... it took like 15 minutes to calm down again, and he had to give another numbing shot cuz the first wore off ... I slouched as much as I could, kind of "went to another place" in my head, closed my eyes, breathed, and he got it in. Within minutes Tonya was telling me that I was contracting and I couldn't feel a thing - it was wonderful!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The epi was supposed to help me relax, too, which would help speed up dialation, hopefully. They also put in a catheder at that time.

They checked dialation after an hour or so and I was at a 4, so I was moving along and felt great. I began to try and sleep since I wanted to be somewhat rested for pushing, whenever it came. One thing I didn't know about an epidural - if you lay on one side too long, the medicine drains from the one side to the other, so if I was laying on my left side, after a while I could start to feel contractions/pressure on my right in the stomach, back, butt and hips. Then I'd have to have someone help me flip to the other side (which was always my sweet honey, he was the best at helping me turn over, I stopped asking nurses who would just kind of shove me over and not take it nice and slow like my honey did and would just ask him) and I'd feel the contractions for 15-20 minutes until the epi would kick in again on that side, then repeat in about a half hour - the anesthesiologist came back and readjusted my epi and gave me a pump to hit whenever that would happen, which towards the end was like every half hour. So I got some sleep but it was broken up by contraction pain, flipping over, etc.

OK .. fast-forward to about 10:30 AM on Monday, December 18th. Yes, 10:30 in the morning. I had been in labor over 26 hours and was dialated to a 6. My doc decided that if I wasn't up there by 11:30 they would have to do a C-section since baby A's water had broken over a day ago and my contractions weren't as long/strong anymore. I try to relax and move things along and they increased the pitocin again. My MIL and father went to get a snack and my honey went with them. Then my doctor comes in at 11, checks my dialation, takes my temp, which went up to 101.4, and said we were going to go right now for a C-section since there was a risk of infection to myself or the babies. I started crying - I couldn't help it, after all of that I had to have a C after all, and my honey wasn't even around!! No one was but my mom! So my mom goes off to find everyone and tell them I was going right now for a C, and I'm crying and ask the nurses to not start until my honey gets there. I had to drink some really sour nasty drink, started getting prepped, and then they wheel me away to the operating room. I was so tense and upset - I didn't have my honey with me, I didn't get to say good-bye to anyone in my family, they strapped me down on the table, put an O2 mask on my face, draped me ... everything was happening so fast and I felt so alone. They put something in my epi that felt really cold, then I got nauseous and they didn't get me a bucket in time so I puked all over the floor ... threw up 4 times ... then my honey finally came in and I felt better.

So, after 37 weeks and 2 days of pregnancy and after 27 hours of labor ....

At 11:47 AM on December 18th, Connor Daniel was born, weighing 5 pounds 5 ounces and 19 inches long, apgar 8/9. Then at 11:49, Chase Maverick was born, weighing 6 pounds 8 ounces and 20 inches, apgar 8/9. Two boys!!!! And there is pretty much no doubt they are identical - they have the same blood type and look exactly the same, except Connor was smaller.

I got all stitched up (which hurt, by the way, when they were rinsing everything and reorganizing in there and stitching up, tons of pressure and wierd feelings, not pleasant) and got to see Connor back in my delivery room. He is so incredibly beautiful. Chase had to go to the NICU because he was "grunting" and they wanted to check it out. Then they reversed - Chase was fine and released to the nursery and Connor had to go to the NICU. Turned out he had some amniotic fluid in his lungs and had to go on antibiotics with an IV in his little foot. He was returned to us at about noon the next day and then I had both babies with me.

I am so in love with these two beautiful boys, it is such an incredible feeling to hold each baby in each arm, all cuddled up and warm and loving ... they are precious, a miracle and a gift from God, truly.

Monday and Tuesday are kind of blurs of pain, breastfeeding, nurses, visitors, and loving my babies. I had the babies in the nursery a lot with the nurses bringing them to me when they needed to be fed. But Wednesday nite I had the nurses give them formula for 2 nighttime feedings so that I could get some decent sleep since the night before I got about an hour and a half and I wasn't doing myself any good that way. For breastfeeding, they each latched on right away, no problems there. They are champion breastfeeders. I've tandem-fed them quite a few times now and it's actually easier, when I have my wonderful honey to help me latch them on and burp when they are done and reposition them. Today is rough because my milk came in - I woke up and the pain was so bad I couldn't roll over in bed, and my nipples are so tender it hurts bad when they latch on, but I am determined to breastfeed and have such wonderful support with my honey. He is such a proud, loving, wonderful daddy - he cried at least as much as me with love for these babies. I'm so lucky to have him.

One thing I didn't count on was gas pain! Part of the reason I got no sleep on Tuesday was because of gas pain that came on in the middle of the night. I thought maybe it was because of broccoli I had eaten with my first solid meal, but it was from the C-section. I got some gas-x type pills and a suppository the next day and it helped. I was so bloated it hurt to touch my tummy. So watch out for that!

All in all it wasn't the birth I thought I would have but looking at my beautiful twin boys, anything would have been worth it to bring them into our lives. And I have to thank my friend Tonya so much - she came in on her day off, worked a 16-hour shift watching over me labor, then slept in a call room until I had to have the C-section, then went back on, helped deliver the babies, videotaped the delivery, helped me, and then had to work her regular shift that night ... she was an absolute godsend.

I am so glad to be home with my honey and my babies. I came home to a clean house - my dad came over yesterday and cleaned the entire house, and when we brought the babies home today my mom was here with candles going - the place looked so great! She got extra stuff for the nursery too, which looks fantastic.

I can't tell you how much this site has helped me with this pregnancy. I loved going on the Expecting forum, will probably still hop on here often and look forward to seeing you in First Year and Breastfeeding!!! Good luck with all of your pregnancies!!!

-Kendra

 

Hi Ladies!!!

Well, we had our babies!!! It sure didn't go as I thought it would, however. Since I always loved reading birth stories that were long with lots of detail, this will probably be very long. Just to warn ya.

I got up at 830am on Sunday, December 17th and went to go to the bathroom. When I sat down on the toilet, I felt a little fluid trickle out. I wasn't sure if it was my water or not, since I know women have bladder issues with pregnancy where they leak, but I hadn't leaked at all the entire pregnancy. I felt some more trickle so I quick wiped on the tissue and checked it out, but I couldn't tell - I smelled it, but it smelled like nothing. So I went to the bathroom and then sat for a minute, savoring the moment when I got to go out into the bedroom and tell my honey I thought my water broke. He got all excited. I looked online on how to check if your water broke and read a test where you put on a fresh pad and lay down for a half hour and then get up. Then you check the fluid that comes out, if any. So I did that, checked the pad, and it was damp but again I couldn't tell, but I had a feeling that it was water, so I called the doc. She said to come on to the hospital. As I was on the phone with her, I felt more trickle out. Then I posted on this site about the water breaking (am I addicted or what!) and when I got up from the chair - GUSH!!! That was it for sure.

We got all our stuff together and went to the hospital, arriving around 11:30. Somehow I was the calm one and my honey was the frantic one, very nervous and pale ... I got checked in to a delivery suite, got the IV put in, went over paperwork, got the monitors put on, ID bands, etc. I was contracting at that point but not feeling it much. One thing that I didn't know would happen is that every time I would cough, laugh, get up, anything ... water would get everywhere. It just didn't end! I'd get up to go to the bathroom and if I didn't have one of their big huge pads on I would leave a trail everywhere.


At 2:30 I took a soak in the jacuzzi tub, which was wonderful. Partly to relax and partly to try and stimulate labor since I wasn't contracting much at all. At 3:30 they started me on pitocin to kick-start the contractions and get me dialated since I was only at a 1. They also did an U/S and baby A was still headdown and B was transverse across A, so we would attempt a vaginal delivery.

They checked my cervix at around 5:30 and I was still at a 1 cm dialation. I almost cried!!! I was contracting about every 2-3 minutes at that point and I wanted to just cry that I was only at a 1 still. Fast-forward to about 8:30, still laboring, and I was at a 2. Again, almost cried. But my cervix was 90 percent effaced and the nurse said that was great. Oh, by the way, my friend Tonya is a nurse at that hospital and had a note in my chart to call her when I arrived. She came in ON HER OFF DAY, clocked in, and wanted to be my nurse until I delivered. She was such an unbelievable comfort and support during all of this, it was amazing. OK, fast-forward to about 10:30 - 11:30 and I'm still dialated to a 2, so we decide to put in an epidural to speed things along. The epidural was terrible. You have to sit at the edge of the bed and try and slouch forward making a "C" out of your back so he can find a spot in between your vertebrae to thread the catheder. Tonya had said that the worst part was the shot to numb the pain, then the rest was better. So I had the numbing shot and it wasn't bad, I just breathed through it. Then he kept telling me to try and curve my back more, but it was so hard with the twins - baby B was still right under my ribs and there was only so much room to slouch. All of a sudden I feel this bad bad bad pain in my back, I yell out in pain, the doc asks if its left, middle, or right pain, I tell him ... I can feel him pressing around and then wicked pain again ... he stopped and I just started bawling. I freaked out - I couldn't calm myself down. I was really nervous about the epi in the first place and then I just freaked. He said I had to slouch more, I wasn't giving him any space to work with, and I had to calm down ... it took like 15 minutes to calm down again, and he had to give another numbing shot cuz the first wore off ... I slouched as much as I could, kind of "went to another place" in my head, closed my eyes, breathed, and he got it in. Within minutes Tonya was telling me that I was contracting and I couldn't feel a thing - it was wonderful!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The epi was supposed to help me relax, too, which would help speed up dialation, hopefully. They also put in a catheder at that time.

They checked dialation after an hour or so and I was at a 4, so I was moving along and felt great. I began to try and sleep since I wanted to be somewhat rested for pushing, whenever it came. One thing I didn't know about an epidural - if you lay on one side too long, the medicine drains from the one side to the other, so if I was laying on my left side, after a while I could start to feel contractions/pressure on my right in the stomach, back, butt and hips. Then I'd have to have someone help me flip to the other side (which was always my sweet honey, he was the best at helping me turn over, I stopped asking nurses who would just kind of shove me over and not take it nice and slow like my honey did and would just ask him) and I'd feel the contractions for 15-20 minutes until the epi would kick in again on that side, then repeat in about a half hour - the anesthesiologist came back and readjusted my epi and gave me a pump to hit whenever that would happen, which towards the end was like every half hour. So I got some sleep but it was broken up by contraction pain, flipping over, etc.

OK .. fast-forward to about 10:30 AM on Monday, December 18th. Yes, 10:30 in the morning. I had been in labor over 26 hours and was dialated to a 6. My doc decided that if I wasn't up there by 11:30 they would have to do a C-section since baby A's water had broken over a day ago and my contractions weren't as long/strong anymore. I try to relax and move things along and they increased the pitocin again. My MIL and father went to get a snack and my honey went with them. Then my doctor comes in at 11, checks my dialation, takes my temp, which went up to 101.4, and said we were going to go right now for a C-section since there was a risk of infection to myself or the babies. I started crying - I couldn't help it, after all of that I had to have a C after all, and my honey wasn't even around!! No one was but my mom! So my mom goes off to find everyone and tell them I was going right now for a C, and I'm crying and ask the nurses to not start until my honey gets there. I had to drink some really sour nasty drink, started getting prepped, and then they wheel me away to the operating room. I was so tense and upset - I didn't have my honey with me, I didn't get to say good-bye to anyone in my family, they strapped me down on the table, put an O2 mask on my face, draped me ... everything was happening so fast and I felt so alone. They put something in my epi that felt really cold, then I got nauseous and they didn't get me a bucket in time so I puked all over the floor ... threw up 4 times ... then my honey finally came in and I felt better.

So, after 37 weeks and 2 days of pregnancy and after 27 hours of labor ....

At 11:47 AM on December 18th, Connor Daniel was born, weighing 5 pounds 5 ounces and 19 inches long, apgar 8/9. Then at 11:49, Chase Maverick was born, weighing 6 pounds 8 ounces and 20 inches, apgar 8/9. Two boys!!!! And there is pretty much no doubt they are identical - they have the same blood type and look exactly the same, except Connor was smaller.

I got all stitched up (which hurt, by the way, when they were rinsing everything and reorganizing in there and stitching up, tons of pressure and wierd feelings, not pleasant) and got to see Connor back in my delivery room. He is so incredibly beautiful. Chase had to go to the NICU because he was "grunting" and they wanted to check it out. Then they reversed - Chase was fine and released to the nursery and Connor had to go to the NICU. Turned out he had some amniotic fluid in his lungs and had to go on antibiotics with an IV in his little foot. He was returned to us at about noon the next day and then I had both babies with me.

I am so in love with these two beautiful boys, it is such an incredible feeling to hold each baby in each arm, all cuddled up and warm and loving ... they are precious, a miracle and a gift from God, truly.

Monday and Tuesday are kind of blurs of pain, breastfeeding, nurses, visitors, and loving my babies. I had the babies in the nursery a lot with the nurses bringing them to me when they needed to be fed. But Wednesday nite I had the nurses give them formula for 2 nighttime feedings so that I could get some decent sleep since the night before I got about an hour and a half and I wasn't doing myself any good that way. For breastfeeding, they each latched on right away, no problems there. They are champion breastfeeders. I've tandem-fed them quite a few times now and it's actually easier, when I have my wonderful honey to help me latch them on and burp when they are done and reposition them. Today is rough because my milk came in - I woke up and the pain was so bad I couldn't roll over in bed, and my nipples are so tender it hurts bad when they latch on, but I am determined to breastfeed and have such wonderful support with my honey. He is such a proud, loving, wonderful daddy - he cried at least as much as me with love for these babies. I'm so lucky to have him.

One thing I didn't count on was gas pain! Part of the reason I got no sleep on Tuesday was because of gas pain that came on in the middle of the night. I thought maybe it was because of broccoli I had eaten with my first solid meal, but it was from the C-section. I got some gas-x type pills and a suppository the next day and it helped. I was so bloated it hurt to touch my tummy. So watch out for that!

All in all it wasn't the birth I thought I would have but looking at my beautiful twin boys, anything would have been worth it to bring them into our lives. And I have to thank my friend Tonya so much - she came in on her day off, worked a 16-hour shift watching over me labor, then slept in a call room until I had to have the C-section, then went back on, helped deliver the babies, videotaped the delivery, helped me, and then had to work her regular shift that night ... she was an absolute godsend.

I am so glad to be home with my honey and my babies. I came home to a clean house - my dad came over yesterday and cleaned the entire house, and when we brought the babies home today my mom was here with candles going - the place looked so great! She got extra stuff for the nursery too, which looks fantastic.

I can't tell you how much this site has helped me with this pregnancy. I loved going on the Expecting forum, will probably still hop on here often and look forward to seeing you in First Year and Breastfeeding!!! Good luck with all of your pregnancies!!!

-Kendra

 

OH I AM SO HAPPY FOR YOU!!!! TWO BOYS HOW WONDERFUL!!!
and I LOVE their names!!!! CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!
I have been waiting to read your story!!!and was so excited to
read it!!!

 

Well Kendra you know there are quite a few of us who have been anxious to hear from you. First off to Connor and Chase (got a love those "C" names!! I am so sorry that it ended up being such a huge ordeal for you, but happy that the outcome was so wonderful.. and ID to boot!! I am just so thrilled for you and your honey... See you on FY! Now the real fun begins!!!
Lindy, mom to Stephanie and Nana to
Cameron and Corey

 

Thank you so much for sharing your story! What an incredible experience! And what great stats for those two litle guys! You'll have to post some pictures for us - best of luck with all the feedings, etc. Although, from the sounds of it, you guys are experts all ready!

Enjoy your 1st Holiday with the boys! What an amazing gift!

 

What an awesome Christmas present!! I'm sorry things didn't go quite as planned, but I know those boys were worth it...and definitely precious little gifts from God. Congratulations! You did a great job, Kendra.

Okay, I do have to ask...was there just one placenta? My curious mind always likes to know these things. Tee hee. Hope you all get rested up and have a quick recovery.

 

Congrats on your beautiful boys! Great weights and great names! I was just thinking about you and I'm so happy everything went well!

 

CONGRATS!!! Its so nice to hear other people stories! we need pics of these 2 cuties! glad everything went ok. sorry you had to have the c. Im terrified of that as well. I DO NOT WANT ONE I'm also scared taht my DH wont be here. he might be on the other side of the world
Glad everything worked out so well for you and good to hear that you are all home and happy

 

Kendra - congratulations to you. And thanks for letting us know the full birth story. Always good to know what could come.

I am glad you and the boys are home - that must be so exciting!!

Enjoy your holidays as I am sure you will.

 

Congrats on your boys! And thanks so much for the great, detailed birth story. I hope you have a great holiday weekend with your new, expanded family!

Laura

 

What a wonderful story with a very happy ending! Congratulations!!!!

I'm so glad things worked out well for you in the end and that your boys are fantastic weights and healthy. Great job, mama!!!

 

Congrats! So glad the babies got to go home with you - what a wonderful christmas present!

 

Congratulations! So glad everyone's home and doing well. Thanks for sharing your birth story.

 

That didn't seem long at all! What a great birth story, although it wasn't exactly what you wanted. The end result is what's important. I can't wait to see pictures too!

 

Congratulations! Sorry to hear about your long labor but glad everyone is home and doing well! Gas pain was what hurt the most for me too, I always post in the c-section posts about not being afraid to ask for meds although while the meds helped it certainly didn't make it go away!

Don't forget to take care of yourself Mommy!!

 

Awesome News Kendra.... Congrats on your beautiful babies!!!

 

I'm so happy to hear your story - I had a feeling you were having two boys.

Also, when we didn't hear from you - I feared you ended up the c-section. Thanks for posting all the details - I'm sorry it was such a rough experience, but I'm glad everyone is healthy and home.

See you over on the FY in about two weeks!
Miriam

 

I've been anxiously awaiting your birth story! It sounds like it was a rough road for awhile, but ultimately ended with healthy babies in your arms. That's what really counts. I'm so happy for you...and so glad you've got such a wonderful husband and support group around you. Let us know how everything goes for you!

reyna

 

Congratulations! Glad everything went well!

 

OK, i have to admit it, i have tears in my eyes. What a story, with what a great ending! TWO boys! - and tandem breastfeeding already - you ARE a Goddess!! Sounds like some very rough patches, but everything worked out,and how WONDERFUL to be home with your bundles and their dad! Lookng forward to pics when you have a chance. And - love their names!!!!

 

Great job mommy! Two healthy boys...looks like Christmas came early! Enjoy, and thanks for being such a big contribution to this board

 

CONGRATS!!

Our twins are only 2 days apart. Looking forward to seeing you on FY and breastfeeding forums. Way to go!

 

Congrats to you an you family and thank you for sharing your birth stort.

 

it was fun to read your story. I had a lot of the same expereinces as you during my twins birth. First of all, everyone that i talked to beforehand said they didn't feel the epidural. Whatever- it hurt for me too. Did you have a lot fo fluid? I think it hurt me was because I had fluid in my back. I felt the C-section like you did and I got extremely sick. Have you ever seen the movie(can't remember the name right now) where they oput little chiups in people's brains so they act differently (meryl streep and denzel are in it). Anyways, I felt like I was in the operating room in the movie. The operating room is so spooky. I love the names you picked out. Good Luck with your babies and have a Merry Christmas!!!

 

Awwww, what a great story! Thanks for sharing all the details! Sorry it wasn't easier for you but it sounds like once they arrived, everything was pretty close to perfect! The names are great and who would have guessed identical to boot!

Hope you can share some pictures and keep on enjoying those darling boys!

 

How beautifull your boys are here and healthy and you can feed them both!

Well, seems like labour and c-section was very, very hard, but the fact you still sound so happy with your children now makes me remember that all the pain is very soon forgotten afterwards.

And how great - your at home on christmas with your babies! So enjoy your expanded family life!

 

Congratulations on your boys!! I loed all the detail you put in your story. When I delivered my girls I didnt know about all those kind of details, it would have been nice to know. I was so nieve I didnt know a women bled after birth, I thought it was just vaginal deliveries. Congratulations again!! Way to go with tandem breastfeeding!!

 

Congratulations Kendra!!

It's so awesome to read when the ladies I was posting with over the last nine months finally have their little angels! I'm so happy to hear that they are healthy and that you're loving being a new mom.

I can SO relate to your birth story as it's very similar to mine (except that I was induced at 38wks). After almost 24 hours of labor I went in for a c-section. More than anything I was frustrated because I'd done so much work to get them out vaginally . Obviously the most important thing is health of your boys, but it's also ok to feel a little disappointed about the birth itself.

Sounds like you and your dh are going to be great parents. Enjoy your little identicals--they are so much fun!

 

what a great birth story - not all fun and games, as you describe, but thank you so much for posting in such detail for those of us who are "ladies-in-waiting." It is so nice to read what we can expect to happen! Congratulations and glad everyone is healthy and well now.
Hang in there!
JCS

 

Connor
Chase (Thats my fav boy name LOL)

Congratulations!!

 

Congratulations on your boys. I love the names and your birth story!!! x

 

Oh WOW!

Congratulations on your boys!! I can't wait to see you in the FY and look forward to more posts from you!!

Congrats!!

 

Congratulations on the birth of your boys Kendra! Thank you for the in-depth birth story, I enjoy them too. Congrats again!

 

Congratulations! Sorry you had to go through such a long labor. Did your man ever make it to the operating room??

I'm glad everything worked out in the end adn can't wait to see pics when you get a minute - haha I know better!

See you in FY when I get a minute myself