Day 6 with the Twins

In bullets b/c there's just too much:

• My condition was declining toward HELLP but they were willing to induce me for a natural labor
• The natural labor they described was the most unnatural thing I've ever heard of, could take +48 hrs and more than likely would end up in an emergency C-Section anyway. The only natural thing was that the babies "might" exit out my vagina. Might.
• The C-Section was solely our decision
• We prepped for OR at 5:15 and the boys were here at 5:53
• Those drugs are intense. Whoa.
• Sebastian was fine from the beginning and was taken to well baby nursery
• Max had a little problem breathing and spent the night in NICU but was released the following day mid-morning
• I lost a lot of blood during surgery and am now severely anemic
• We didn't name them for over 48 hours
• Chicken is a natural, she is a rock star and the love of my life. The babies totally have Chicken noses.
• If you didn't suffer from gas pains from your C-Section consider yourself extremely lucky indeed
• My gas pains were so severe I had intense labor like contractions every 2-3 minutes all day and night on Saturday. I thought I might die. I actually wanted to die just to not feel the pain anymore. I was completely convinced there was no way it would ever end.
• Take the drugs they offer you. All of them. DO NOT let your pain get away from you.
• It got a little better on Sunday...with a little help from my friend suppository.
• We let the nursery take them the first full night (Friday) but kept them in our room on the second night (Saturday).
• By the middle of the night we knew that recovering from a C-Section PLUS twins=we need extra help BIG TIME.
• We called my mom Sunday morning.
• Sunday was a lot better. There's nothing like two babies needing you to get your recovering C-Section ass out of bed and get on with it.
• My blood pressure started going up on Monday.
• We were all released to go home this day and Chicken's dad drove 4 hours in the pouring rain to help us get home and meet his grandsons.
• Coming home was intense and chaotic and wonderful and with little sleep.
• My mom flew in yesterday (Tuesday).
• I now believe all the people who said "you WILL NEED EXTRA HELP."
• Yes, I am a believer. If you ever want to sleep again, you will need help.
• My blood pressure continued to climb yesterday.
• I was almost sent to the hospital again last night, but my OB called in some blood pressure medication for me at midnight.
• Thank god we live where we do and there's a 24 hour Pharmacy right across the street.
• I have to go to the Doctor's this morning for monitoring and blood work and pray to whatever gods are responsible that this doesn't now turn into E-Clampsia.
• I finally had a shower this morning after one week.
• The babies are the most perfect thing ever. They both breast feed but b/c they are so little we have to supplement with formula until my milk fully comes in.
• I can even tandem breastfeed!!!
• They go to their first pediatrician appointment tomorrow and I can get a better idea of how much we can cut down on their formula until we go 100% breast.

I got their weights wrong before:

Sebastian was 5 lbs, 4 oz.

Maximo was 4 lbs, 16 oz.

No, we did not expect two boys either!

And yes, I did remember what the psychic in Brooklyn said long, long ago when I asked her if I would have kids and she replied, "Yes, I see two boys, but they are not yours".

I told the entire OR staff that story while they were stitching me up. It was the first thing I thought of.

Have to go to the Docs now...hate to leave these little guys even for a couple of hours!

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Mommy Pufferfish