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Congrats Skeet!!!! How amazing! So happy for you!

AFM- ugh what a rough 2 weeks!!!! Have been in and out of hospital and finally home. Cervical length has been shortening which my doctors have mentioned is normal in a twin pregnancy, so am on bedrest now until they come! Hoping I make it to 36 weeks but thinking they will come at 34-35. We shall see. My c section is scheduled for 37 but they dont think I will make it to that! Babies are good and growing! Both are just about 4lbs as of last week so cant wait to see what they are now- appt next week!
 
Awww congrats skeet amazing news cant wait to read the birth story!
 
Well ladies..Here is my birth story!! Its pretty long... and to add to it I was just rushed to emerg on Monday with a blood clot in my leg...I'm doing ok as they have me on anti inflammatory until i can be put on a blood thinner ( they can't put me on it now since i just gave birth) I also have to get weekly ultra sounds done on it ..

Woke up on the 13th (Wednesday) to my waters breaking at 11am. Called my OB office and they requested that I go in to get checked. When I got there my contractions had not started yet. They tested to confirm that my waters had broken and my OB told them to admit me due to my history. My contractions started around noon. The contractions painfulness and timing was very sporadic...mostly averaged around 3-6 mins apart. I was 3 cm dilated whenever I got a really strong one I would be sick to my stomach (nobody told me that was possible). Prior going into the hospital I hadn’t eaten breakfast so they told oh to make me some toast…I ate one piece which did not stay down. They hooked me up to gravol IV and I continued to be sick through it. From noon to 5 they sporadically hooked me up to the monitor to check my contractions and babies heart rate. The heart rate was really low between 114 and 105. The ob said that I had to remain on the monitor and was told to be given fluids through IV. They gave me morphine and another anti nausea medicine to help make the contractions a little easier and try to ease the vomiting. I was still sick a few times but not as bad and the morphine took the edge off of the contractions. Around 10 I asked if I could sit in the bath and they told me that I was not able to because I had to stay on the monitors. The baby’s heart rate was going up by this point since I was more hydrated but they wanted to keep me on it to be sure. At that point I asked for the epidural. The epidural was in by midnight and what a relief!! I was only sick once after the epidural was in. I could still feel the pressure of the contractions but not the pain. I was then told that I had a fever and they gave me Tylenol and hooked me up to antibiotics. The nurses checked my temperature, baby heart rate, my heart rate, contractions and pulse every 15 mins all night. By 8 am my fever was down and I was 8 cm dilated. However all night they were having issues with the machine picking up my contractions...they kept readjusting it. The nurse at that point told me she figured I would have my baby by noon. Well at noon they checked me and I was 10 cm dilated and baby was low... but my contractions were still not being picked up as strong enough or regular enough to start pushing. At 3 the ob gave permission for me to start pushing…however still the machine was not reading my contractions. And they were still not strong enough. I would get a cluster of contractions then none for about 10 mins. The ob came in around 5 and even when I said I was getting pressure and wanting to push the machine was still not picking up all of the times I said it and only part of my stomach was getting tight. At this point they decided to use the vacuum to assist. The ob stated that my uterus is divided into two and is contraction at different times there for not strong enough to do it on its own. Eventually after and episiotomy and 3 hours of pushing and vacuum assistance Carson John Naida was born at 5:52pm after almost 29 hours of labor. He is completely healthy aside from a squished nose from being stuck in my birth canal for so long. The ob had told me that if I was not as good at pushing as I was that I would have had to of had a c section. I remember at one point during the pushing I was crying stating I just want him out of me. We are now home and I am healing well and he is doing well. He eats like crazy!!!
 

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Wow, what a birth! Glad you are home and doing well now. Sorry to hear about the blood clot though. Hope it clears up soon.

He's beautiful! Look at all that hair! :)
 
Wow skeet what a stressful birth for u. Glad to hear u are coming thru the other side of it now! Hope u are better soon and can really start to enjoy being a mum. I cant see the piccy on my phone but im sure hes gorgeous lol. X
 
SKEET He is handsome!!! Lovely long birth story. So glad to hear that you are doing better, I hope the clot clears faster than expected. Until then, I know you are just in heaven enjoying your little man, congrats again!


JCHIC Hope you're feeling well Hun! Won't be long now till we see those 2 tiny faces!!! Cannot wait. I hope you can make it to 36 wks where you want to.
 
Thanks ladies!! Even through everything I'm in heaven and love being a mom!! He is totally worth it all!! I'm so glad that I was able to have a vaginal birth in the end to experience since my next will probably be a c section!!

The only struggle I'm having now is having him sleep for more then 20 min in bassinet.. He's fine to sleep 2 hours at a time from 9- 1am.. Then from 1 am on he lasts maybe 20 mins.. I keep caving and bringing him to bed with me so that I can get aleep
 
Skeet - he's absolutely gorgeous!! I wouldn't worry about getting him to sleep in the bassinet and feeing guilty about holding him or taking him to bed. Will was the same and would fall asleep nursing and I'd lay him down and he'd last 5 minutes and wake up crying. I caved and let him sleep on me a lot and thought 'how naughty, he'll never sleep in his bed' but it had no lasting effect. He sleeps in his cot from 7pm-7am now.

I say you just do what you gotta do to get through the night! Plus, it is so lovely having them so close...I think it's good for bonding.
 
Doyle didn't sleep in his crib solidly until he was 8 months old and he sleeps 12+ hours in there now. Cuddle that newborn!
 
Thanks ladies!! That makes me feel so much better.. My parents, oh parents and grandma are all making me feel guilty about it .. Telling me its unsafe.. To be honest I was so sick don lack if sleep the first 2 nights that I felt unsafe watching him then ..
 
Skeet glad you feeling better. He is adorable!! I hope the clot improves quickly.

I bed shared and co-slept every night till she was 3 months then she showed us she was ready for her crib. Since then she sleeps from 8p to 5a in her crib wakes the one time for a feed. I just bring her to bed with me because hubby gets up at 5 and would wake her if I put her back in the crib. We were not planning on bed sharing at the beginning but glad we did as we got more sleep than most people (it also improved our breastfeeding problems).
 
it makes me feel better to hear that you ladies co slept... Last night nothing worked with carson..he was fussy all night... That is my fault though he feel asleep in the afternoon and slept for 4.5 hours and i didnt wake him.. I knew it would bite me it the but... After his bath he slept from 11- 1 then has been pretty much awake since... he would sleep ( or atleast be quiet) for 20 min intervals after that... I finally gave up and decided to get out of bed and try him in his bouncy chair.. he's now just sitting there peacefully wide awake !!
 
I'm sure soon he will begin to know the difference between night and day. On a positive note oh mom is here for the night and is usually up around 6 am.. So I pumped tonight and she said she will take him in the morning so I can get some good sleep!!
 
Aww skeet :hugs: i honestly wouldnt worry about where and when he sleeps yet at all! Just enjoy it while he is lol. They sleep less and less as they get bigger and its harder to get stufff done! Enjoy your newborn time together xx
 
Well Laila is about to pop two more teeth any day now, she can say mama, almost able to sit without falling over, and standing with a little support. I swear I feel like I just brought her home! Time flies!!!

How's everyone else doing?
 
We're doing well here! Ethan attended his first Easter lunch at Grandma's house and looked completely adorable, even if I do say so myself as his slightly proud and humble mama. :winkwink:

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aust- he's so adorable!!

army- hope your lo isnt too fussy while teething

afm- Carson has slept to nights in his bassinet so far...one night he slept for 5.5 hours straight and the next night he slept for 4 hours straight...now I just have to work on him going back to sleep for a stretch after his solid sleep ...right now after he wakes up from his solid sleep he is up every 30 min until 6 am when i finally give up and get up with him.
 

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