Twins Birth Day

Thursday, March 1, 2007

At 7:45 am I drove away from the neighbors (Brenda Neuberger) house where I left J to play while I went to my last Dr. appt before my scheduled C-section on March 3, at 9:30 am. Dr. Jiriko checked my cervix at 8:30 still a 1 cm. I was at a 1 cm 2 weeks before. She told me how exited she was for the delivery on Saturday. She wanted to monitor the babies and make sure they were well. The nurse (Anna) hooked me up for a NST. I sat there thinking about how hungry I was. And how I was going to let J play the game cube and I would take a nap, then when he was at school I would go get my hair cut, styled, and then get my toes painted.

20 minutes later Anna came in and took the report to Dr. Jiriko. When she came back she said Dr. Jiriko wanted to monitor for another hour. I was having contractions. What? This was not in my plan.

At 10:30 Dr. Jiriko came in and checked my cervix—4 cm! She told me to go to the hospital and get prepped for surgery. I tried to bargain with her on the time but she said she was concerned because I was moving so fast. She agreed to let me drive home so John could meet me and then we would go to the hospital.

I made phone calls all the way home. At home I frantically packed my bag and J’s bag. I took J’s things to Brenda’s and told J his brother would be here soon.

At 11:45 am John parked the car and we walked into the hospital. I was quickly asked to change into a gown. The nur got my IV in my hand on the 2ⁿ try. After paper work and more paper work, I walked into the surgery room. Dr. Houden gave me the epidural, then I laid down. It didn’t take long before I was very numb. Dr. Jiriko said I would feel pressure, but I didn’t.

James was born 1:16pm, Dr. Jiriko held him for us to see and then he was taken to the other room to be weighted 5lbs 15 oz Jakub came at 1:17pm, 5lbs 3 oz. They both got 9’s for their APGAR score. Two healthy baby boys, and John was by my side the whole time. The student nurse took the camera to get a few pictures of the babies.