Part 2 of birth

After the birth, things started to get rough for me. I could see a reflection in the metal light above my doctor of what was going on. I was bleeding heavily and I noticed that he was having a hard time delivering the placenta. I was given some pills and started back on Pitocin to help my uterus contract. He finally delivered my placenta and I was bleeding even more. The anesthesiologist came back and had to start my epidural again.

As I was lying there, I could see that every time he tried to make a stitch it wouldn’t take. After about 45 minutes all he could do was package up my tears internally and wait to see what would happen. At that point I started to get very cold, the coldest I have ever been in my life. The nurse wrapped a few warm blankets around me, but I couldn’t stop shaking or stop my teeth from chattering. I was sent back to labor and delivery, where I was greeted by my IP’s and Baby A. I don’t remember too much as I was still very cold, except that I needed juice and lots of it. The nurses started me on some antibiotics and gave me some heavy pain killers through my IV. I was still shaking uncontrollably after an hour of warm blankets, so they got me a big blow up blanket that hooks up to a heater. After about an hour of it being at 120 degrees, I was starting to feel a little warm.

I was told that my blood pressure was very low and my heart rate was not in the normal range. I was probably going to need a blood transfusion because I was still bleeding very badly. I could feel my life slipping away and that was very scary. I was extremely glad that I didn’t just have a child of my own, because I would have never been able to hold that child or nurse it. After getting a little warm I was hooked up to a catheter and was told I would have to stay in bed until the packaging came out the next day. At 11:00 pm I was moved to the post partum room and was very confused. I remember trying to talk to people and then I would forget what I was saying. That was because of the heavy medication I was on. Then they took out the epidural, and I slept.

The next morning I was told that the bleeding was normal. The nurse took out the catheter and told me when I needed to get up to call her. The first time I got up was hard. My muscles were so weak and I had to hold onto everything in my room to walk. My husband came at around 10am and it was so great to see him. I also had a dozen yellow roses delivered to me from my IP’s. (Yellow roses are my favorite.) He planned on picking up our kids at noon so we could see that babies together as a family.

When my kids arrived it was such a great feeling. We all headed next door with our gifts for the boys. When we came in the room the boys were crying, and my kids made a very loud entrance. At that moment the boys both stopped crying. My IM said it was the first time since they were born to hear something familiar. That was really neat and, seeing these healthy big boys was just incredible. We all sat and the kids took turns holding the boys. My husband and I took pictures of everyone and of my IP’s with me and the boys. It was a memorable 2 hours, then the kids went home and I took a nap. After my nap I was greeted with my IM and Baby A. I got to love on that baby for about an hour and then my IP’s were off to find some bases for the boys’ car seats.

The next day, Saturday, my husband got to the hospital at 8am and we said a goodbye to the boys and I got ready to go home. I was discharged at 10am and was given a cute celebration cake. We said goodbye one more time and left. That night my IP’s came over to my home and we got to chat for a couple hours. I was hoping to say a final goodbye to the boys on Sunday morning, but received a text from the IM that they got to leave early and they were headed home. I was a little bummed, but was ok that their journey as a family of 5 was beginning and I was so proud that I made that possible. I was also glad to get back me.