Party at the Hiz-ospital (or Not)

(Fyi- I'm typing this out on my phone and transferring to my blog. I can't sit up long enough to sit at my laptop. Geez, I'm so committed to my blog. ;) Gotta document and share things...it's a good way to do that)


I'll get right down to it...

I have been having mild contractions for a couple of weeks now and after discussing this with my ob he said since they're under control yada yada it wasn't worrisome but to definitely call him if they got painful.

Friday at 12:30pm I had my first painful contraction. I waited till 1:30pm to call his office...just to let them know, per his instruction. At 4:15pm I had another painful contraction and also had started having pretty strong lower back pain, and it was getting stronger. Great.

Note: The night before (Thursday night) I noticed some discomfort in the right side of my baby bump and wasn't able to lay on my right side. I took Tums regularly throughout the night and an increased dose of my Prilosec but by morning it wasn't any better.

So by around 4:30pm Friday I decided I needed to call his office again. The back pain was getting worse as was the pain in the right side of the baby bump.

I was instructed by his office to go to l&d (Labor & Delivery at the Hospital). Great. I kept thinking I'm not ready for this. I'm not ready for them to be born at 32 weeks... I'm not sure what else I wasn't ready for, but I knew I wasn't ready for it.

I kept it together until I hung up and burst into tears. I realized I needed to calm down to call Sergio. At 4:45pm I called to tell him to meet me at the hospital. I was so calm and he remained so calm I was worried I'd been too calm and he didn't sense my worry (dumb-of course he knew my worry but he was staying calm for me just like I was staying calm for him-ha)

At the hospital I got hooked up to monitors for the babies heartbeats and a contraction monitor. Got an IV, gave a urine sample... Within an hour or so they were able to eliminate labor, what a relief. Unfortunately however the pain in the right side of my baby bump was quickly getting worse and worse and worse. They were concerned it was my appendix, kidneys, gal bladder, liver or other organ type things. I was worried about a million things from the placentas to my uterus...They did blood work, ultrasounds and a request was sent for a surgical consult. When I was told that I said; "Like, a surgeon?" We were told yes, and I was being admitted to the hospital immediately.

The pain got worse and worse. Turns out it was so great and totally God's timing that the ob's office sent me there out of concern for labor because the pain on the right had become unbearable. I was "that" person you hear wailing, screaming, swearing, crying and praying loudly from the next room. It was awful. Awful. Sergio stayed by my bed holding my hands often getting his face right in my face to comfort me. It made my c-section pain seem enjoyable. I'm not exaggerating. Plus, with every contraction I had, it increased and intensified the pain on the side of my bump!

At 11pm the nurse had called the surgeon and said I couldn't wait for pain meds any longer so the on-call Doctor from my ob's office was ok'ed to write an order for Demerol. In less than a minute from getting the pain med in my IV I was calm and the pain was more of just something I was aware of, rather than such terrible pain.

They got me in my own room and I was able to go to sleep around 12:30am.

I woke up at 4:30am... PAIN FREE. PAIN FREE I tell you.

The doctors and nurses have a few theories on it (from passing a stone of some kind, infections, gal bladder, something to do with the twins stretching out previous c-section parts and many more.) My father-in-law said it was gas. But they actually ruled that out, so thanks. ;). Honestly, I don't care what it was and am thanking God for healing me. It was horrible and scary and I'm grateful and relieved the babies and I are fine!

So, I was allowed to go home last night (Saturday) around 5:30pm. My bed rest has been increased to "strict" bed rest which equals, I can get up to go to the bathroom. And that's it. Literally. I see my ob and have an ultrasound Tuesday so we'll go from there.

Thanks for prayers and support because it's workin! Things could have turned out very differently.

Hangin' in there...

Blogging Back Up

I'm seriously backed-up on my blogging. I realized yesterday I have not even done Christmas. Oops. I have posts for the following...Christmas, Baby Showers for the Twins, The Nursery...um, I'd like to do a timeline of my bump but that's really on the back burner.

For now, an update. I am 32 weeks pregnant today. And I definitely can feel it. We have 5 weeks to go! I'm pretty much uncomfortable 100% of the time. I am in bed 90% of the time. Thankfully I have great help with my Matteo so I am able to rest but I really miss being with him... all part of the job though, this busniess of growing babies. I have to take care of all three of them and that means, bed for right now. I keep trying to do things that are not laying horizontally and I regret it. I came to the conclusion this morning of like "What will it take for me to realize I NEED to stay in bed?" I'd rather not take my mind to scenarios that are negative though... So just stay there, Lulu, geez.  My hips, thighs and everything in the vicinty is causing much pain and many tears. I'll spare you other details but it's different with two little buddies in there...

I'd like to share that Matteo's favorite words are oh so bilingual.  "no", "si" and "mas".  So impressed!  He is growing up so much!

31 Weeks (Going on 38)

I had my regular check up with my ob yesterday.  I am 31 weeks on January 12th but I'm measuring 37-38 weeks! (That is comparing it to measurements for a singleton pregnancy...measuring one cm per week you are pregnant- they measure top of bump to bottom of bump, fyi)  My ob asked if I had any preference of dates and I said that a Friday would be nice...such as February 18 but February 23rd is 37 weeks and he's not willing to go any earlier so he suggested Friday February 25.  I said I'm good with a Wednesday.  So, February 23rd it is!  The surgery coordinator from his office called around 5pm yesterday to confirm the c-section has indeed been scheduled for Wednesday for Feb 23 at 7:30am. That is 6 weeks from today!

I've been having a tightness/hardness in my bump and sometimes with a cooresponding dip in my blood pressure. My ob said the hardness I get in my bump is indeed contractions but its ok for right now (unless it gets, painful rather than "intense") and it's normal at the size and stage I am with twins!  Apparently my uterus thinks it's time to contract already due to the size of itself.

The ultrasound was fun as always.  Massimo is 3lb 4oz and Marco is 3lb11 oz. Got to see Marco's face really clearly in the ultrasound! He looks just like Sergio!!! :) So cute! I'm beginning to wonder when I'll see anything of myself in my children!  :)  Massimo was kind of being squished by Marco so he was definitely harder to see!

I also cannot believe that Matteo is 19 months old today! 

I have a nursery post in the works... Hopefully coming soon!