Overthinking Mama

Monday, August 9, 2021

Thompson Twins!

Well it has taken me 5 months to finally write this. I really need to do better.

I know I constantly say that… maybe one day??

Our Twinsies were born!!! FEB 20, 2021!!!!

The day definetely did not go how I thought it was going to!

It started off like any other day… It was a saturday. Hubby and I got up and got ready for bible study/work/community meal serve at our church. We head out there and I have contractions but don’t think too much of it. The previous Thursday I went to the hospital having contractions but since I wasn’t dilating, they sent me home. So I figured it was the same.

Contractions kept on through out the morning and got a little stronger as time went on. So with my hubbys recomendation, I called my doc. She told me it was up to me if I wanted to go in, I could, if not, she’s sure it would be fine. I told my husband, and he said that when we leave the church we are going to go to the hospital, just in case, to make sure everything is ok. We didn’t have anything else going on that day so no biggie. So off to the hospital.

We get to the hospital around 2pm. They check me in, start the monitors and then the doc comes in and checks my cervix… I have dilated to 5cm, contractions are 5mins apart. They tell me I am being admitted and I will be having my babies today.

I got moved to the labor and delivery room about 3pm. I called my doula to let her know what was going on and then I (or maybe it was my husband- the day was all kind of a blur). They came in and talked to be about an epidural. I really didn’t want to get one but unfortunately with twins it is highly recommended that they at least place it just in case they need to do an emergency c-section. They broke baby a’s water since I was progressing well. The nurse that was assigned to me had to go do something (again the days a blur so I can’t really remember what it was) but while she was gone the contractions got stronger and so did the urge to push. My husband wanted to go hunt her down but I told him it was fine. When she got back in she had the doc on duty come in to check me and I was at 10cm. So I was moved to the surgery room as that is protocol for twin delivery incase they end up having tot do an emergency c-sectition. My doula arrived just as I was being wheeled out.

I get into the surgery room and there are so many people in there. There is a full team for baby a. A full team for baby b and a full team for me. As soon as they get me all set up and in position they tell me with the next contraction I can push. It took two pushes and my lil boy came right out. He was born at 5:52pm and 4lb 14oz, 17 1/4″ long.

My lil girl had other plans. They broke her water and we had to wait for another 1/2 hour for her to get into position and come out. She was born at 6:25pm and 4lb 8.7oz 16 1/2″ long.

They both had to be taken to NICU. Elijah was there for 12days and Graci was there for 6days.

They are both amazing babies!!! God has most definitely blessed me.

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Monday, January 25, 2021

Preterm Labor- 30weeks

So this past week definetly didn’t go how I thought it was going to. lol.

Last Wednesday I went in for a routine monthly sonogram. Everything showed as fine. The biggest thing was that baby B Graci didn’t want to get a good facial pic for us and kept her hands up by her head hahahaha. So when my MFM (maternal fetal medicine/high risk) doc came in, I mentioned that I had felt contraction off and on for a few weeks and they had been getting stronger and I had a strong urge to push during them and there was a ton of pressure “down there” like if I moved too much a baby would fall out. So I asked if they could check my cervix with the ultrasound since I was already there. Well come to find out that my cervix had shortened so he wanted me to go in to the hospital just to be checked out further.

So off to the hospital I went. I get there and get in the gown and they get me on the monitors and the doc on call checked my cervix again… and yep- I was 3 cm dilated! Fun times. And apparently I was having consistant contractions… ACTIVE LABOR. So 2 more diffrerent room changes later- I was put into labor and delivery – just in case. So they started me on magnesium to help slow or stop the labor and it also helps the babies brain since they are still so little. I was also giving a steriod shot to help with the development of the babies lungs incase they did come early.

Let me tell you… the magnesium is no joke. I thought my entire body was on fire. My eyeballs felt like they were on fire. Honestly after the 2nd bag of magnesium, the night was kinda a blur. I know the nurse that was on duty for me was very worried that my oxygen levels kept dropping. So they decided to do a chest x-ray. That didn’t show anything. They did an EKG. That didn’t show anything. So then they decided I needed to go down for a CT scan… but before that could happen- that’s when the fun started. HAHA. I was finally aloud to eat. It was after 10pm and I hadn’t ate anything since the day before at dinner time. Not sure that was the best idea for me. About 40mins to an hour later- everything came back up. They tried to do another blood draw (I lost count how many I had lol) and during that blood draw they blew out my vein I think 2x?? I am not sure, I passed out at that point. I never pass out with blood draws or shots or anything. Finally they got me up and stable and decided to take me down for the CT scan. I think half the staff went down with me along with the crash cart – just in case. Again everything seemed fine. The rest of the night was very uneventful thank goodness. Labor stopped and eventually Thursday morning I got moved to a regular room on the high risk floor for observation. The doc came in and said that she wanted to keep me for a few days. She couldn’t give me a date for sure because with my oxygen levels constantly dipping down and being 3.5cm dilated they didn’t feel comfortable at that time to discharge me.

They ran more tests. I had an ultrasound of my legs to rule out any blood clots. I had an ultrasound of my heart- which they did find I have a leaky valve on the left side, so I will be following up with someone regarding that. More blood work (I have bruises everywhere now).

Finally yesterday- Sunday- 4 days after I went in- I was finally discharged. Not allowed to work till after the babies are born. Not fully on bedrest, but am supposed to take it very easy, which if anyone knows me, knows how hard that is for me. I am very independent and hate asking for help. lol.

But I am home and trying to do little things and do some work from home because ya know- mama needs a paycheck.

So we will see what the next 8 weeks brings up. Thank you everyone for all of your thoughts and prayers!!!

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Friday, December 11, 2020

Mady’s First Surgery

For the past few weeks our little #Madybear14 had been complaining of stomach pains. She would lay down and then a bit later would be back up playing like everything is fine. I didn’t think too much of it at the time, just figured maybe she had an allergy to food or something just didn’t sit right.

Then she was complaining at school that her stomach hurt her and she had to come home. Madybear loves school and wants to be there so at that point I figured I better make an appt with her pediatrician and get things checked out. I had the appt for the following Tuesday.

Tuesday came and that morning she was vomiting a few times in the early am. No fever, but she was complaining all night that her stomach hurt really really bad. We made it through the night and I take her into her doc appt. At the window I mentioned to the nurse that her stomach was still hurting really bad and she had throw up over night. The doctor refused to see us. They said IF we thought it warrented it, we could take her to the er or urgent care. So off to urgent care we went. I was furious!!!

We got to Urgent Care and with in 15mins of being seen the doctor said she wanted us to go to the emergency room. She thought that she had an appendisitis. So off to the ER we went.

Get to the ER and they were absolutely amazing there. We went to Cleveland Clinic and I can not say enough about how amazing they were. After testing and ultrasound it was determined she needed to have her appendix removed.

She had surgery around 730pm. Her appendix had burst in two at some point and had started to heal itself in 2 seperate pieces. They removed both pieces and also all the infection that was caused.