Of giving birth to more than one baby at a time. That's some talent isn't it? The next time somebody asks, "what are you good at?" I'm going to say "Having Babies!!" Anyways, I first of all would like to say Good Job! You made it through another crazy day!! And so did I, as I am a mother of 10 month old twin boys and a 5 year old little girl. I am doing this blog, in dedication and to show appreciation to all of you moms or dads who cook, and clean, and pick up after, chouffer, wait on, change, bathe, and everything else that goes with mothering multiples. Sometimes I feel like Rosie the robot from The Jetsons. Having multiples is definately an interesting and wonderful experience. I was at my first OB visit on January 22, 2008 to hear the heartbeat for the first time, and to get my first ultrasound as well. Me and my husband got married on October 26, 2007. Then we started trying to concieve literally immediatly after, LOL. I didn't find out that I was pregnant until December 8th, which was 7 days before my menstral cycle. That was odd....these pregnancy tests must be awesome. I think I spent like 100 dollars on pregnancy tests over the past 2 months. Anyways, I was absolutely freaking ecstatic!! I was soooo excited. So to finish what I was saying before.... Our first heartbeat and our first ultrasound....So I was getting the "pelvic exam" and my doc says "hmmmm". And I said " what does hmm, mean?" "Well." she said "Your uterus is fairly large." And i said "Is that normal, is there something wrong, what does that mean??" So i'm trying not to freak out, and she said "oh, it's pretty common....for twins." And I laughed. We don't have twins on either side of our family so i'm thinking, yeah right. So I said "I don't think so, we don't have twins on either side of our families." Of course I am totally uneducated on the percentage of multiples born to normal families who have no twins on either side. My doc says " well, we will see whats going on here." My mother and my mother in law was in the room with us, and my daughter Mia turned the lights off for the ultrasound. My husband grabs my hand, and we stare at the screen and the doc says..."there's one...........and 2." My mother and Tims mother just broke out laughing. Me and Tim just stared blankly at the ceiling, and I look over at Mia (my daughter) and she says with her arms crossed and frowning " So, there's 2 babies in there??" And I said " yes" and she says "Oh, great!! I didn't want two babies, I only wanted ONE!" But I was in complete shock. That was the last thing going through my mind was having twins. Then I had this overwhelming feeling of fear, because I wasn't sure if my body could handle this. I was 5 '2 and 110 lbs. I also had complications with my first pregnancy. But to make an extremely long story short, I was hospitalized at 5 months(late May) for a bad kidney infection. I had to spend 4 days in the hospital. Then on June 1st I woke up bleeding really bad, I was scared and shaking. I tried so hard to not freak out but we rushed to the ER and I was admitted to labor and delivery and I had dialated to 4 cm. They gave me that drug to stop contractions, and they shot me in both of my hips with steroids (just in case they were to be delivered). I was on an IV and was told that I had to spend some time on bed rest, 18 days of bedrest, (sigh). So finally June 18th I was released, suprisingly, my doc said your due date is August 17th, but I don't think ou will make it. She was right. My last doctor visit before my due date was 4:00pm on July 18, 2008, I went with my mother this time Tim had to work. I went in and guess what?? I had dangerously high blood pressure, 199/100. So she says I had pre-eclampsia, and right back to the ER I go. I felt fine though, except for the fact that I had massively swollen feet and legs. It was pretty sick, LOL So Im in the hospital in the ER, and i'm waiting to be released because I feel fine and the doc comes in and says "Your blood pressure isn't going down after the meds, and I really feel like I cannot risk you waiting anymore, so we will be delivering them tonight." And I said "What??, When?" And she said, "in an hour." So, now im freaking out because this is a big thing, I have to call my husband, and my family and friends. I'm scared because I was not mentally prepared for this yet, oh no. I swear, after I got off the phone with Tim, it seemed like he got there in 30 seconds. So 8:30 rolls around and they come to take me to surgery. I was so nervous and scared, and I was shaking. I didn't like the idea that they had to numb me from the chest down. It's weird, and scary. So after the spinal, my husband walks in and grabs my hand. I tell him "we are going to have two babies in about 5 minutes!!" Then the doc said " So which one are you going to name after dad?" As she is cutting me open. I said "The one that caused me the most trouble." And right after that at 9:04pm little Timothy Jr was born. He weighed 6lbs 7oz. And off they went with him, to clean him up. Then next at 9:05pm little Van was born weighing 6lbs 4oz. They were both brought to my room afterwards and then the scariest thing happened, Van wasn't breathing very well. His lungs were underdeveloped he had preemie lung. So off to the NICU they went with him. I had only seen him for a minute. The next day, with staples and all I demanded to see him. The doctor advised me to not move or walk, but I couldn't just be there while he was alone and I missed him and needed to know my baby was ok, so I said " Get me a wheelchair and we can go." So I saw him with his little IV in his little arm and all the little monitor patches with wires on his little chest. I was so sad. But 5 days later, him being able to breathe better and me ready to get the hell out of there, we left and I went home with my two new little baby boys Tim Jr and Van.
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