Birth, homecoming, and Birthday
Sorry I didn't spell check this yet...
Okay so I disappeared for awhile and for good reason. I am still not going to be on the internet very much cause I have still a busy week ahead.
So I was doing well on Wednesday, then on Thursday I felt really rather ill. and by rather I mean very. I called my mom and told her that I didn't feel good and that must have triggered off her momdar or something because before I knew it she had a plane ticket for the same day and was head out to pack her stuff up. They got and IV ready and basically mad ready for in case the babies decided today was the day. They ran a bunch of labs, check my blood pressure and determined I was stable enough for the night. So I laid around feeling generally yucky and my mom got in and popped in for a quick visit around around 10 at night. I slept though the night in a decent way but not great I was very much not feeling well.
Friday July 23, 2010
So I had that rough night but we kept on. They came in and pulled my lab super early in the morning as they always did. The I am not sure of the tiem but it had to be around 7:30 or 8:00 the nurse practitioner came in and said you labs are looking pretty bad and I think today is the day. So I call home and tell Justin to come to the hospital. He ask if everything was okay to which I replied "Today is the Quads Birthday". So him and my mom got to the hospital very fast and we waited around for what seemed like a long time even tho looking back now I know it was not. then they came with my Wheelchair and we were underway.
The c-section
We get down to the operated room and they point to the one across the hall and say two of the NICU teams will be in there and then the other two will be there and then the other two will be in here with you. They sat Justin in a chair outside the OR and said they would come and get him when they were ready. SoI go into the room and sitting in there are two of the baby beds, and then it hit me like a ton of bricks right in the face. I think one of the many people in the room saw the sudden change in my demeanor and ask me if I was ready. I told her that the baby beds just made it a lot more real. Then the Anesthesiologist started talk to me about my some issue with my labs and a few other things and talked about the risk of an epidural. It turn out it was way to risky and I was going to need to go under General anesthesia. I was a little upset and a little relieved ever since I found out it was quads I was scared of the idea of an epidural and of the c-section in general, but there was another part of me that knew both myself and my husband were going to miss something that we could never get back. But it need to be done for my own safety and I need to be around for my kiddos. They brought Justin back in and he paced around a little bit trying to stay out of everyone's way while they got everything ready. Then they told him to he had to go back outside. We kissed and he went back out the the waiting area. Then I am getting very uncomfortable waiting for them to start. I here we are waiting on the NICU teams to be here but I can't really see what going on because they have a sheet up and next thing I know they are like you are going to feel it burning in you arm..... oh and burn it did... then I remember nothing. The rest of the day was very much a blur except for waking up to a bit of pain and someone pushing on my belly. And my mom was there. Everything else was just a blur. Saturday was mych the same for the morning I think I was part of the waking dead it seems I looked like hell. at some piont Justin Uncle should be a video of my babies. I think that was Saturday
Saturday was a very bad day and I was very sick though the whole thing. I didn't get up to see the babies so they remained unnamed until I couild meet them all. The family kept going upstairs to check o0n them and kept filling me in on what was going on. My dad got ther at some piont so it all worked out but it was very hard to deal with I just felt very detached from the entire thing. I was sick I wanted my babies back in my belly and nothing seem to be going exactly how it should. I was just spent. Saturday was one of the worst days ever. Saturday night I got very sick and then Sunday morning I started feeling better
Everything was better on sunday I was finally well enough to see my babies and when I got up tp the NICU I was very overwhelmed by everything. But my babies look so good I just wanted to rip them out of the isoletes and hold them but I knew that was not the way it worked. I was still very weak spent another night in the hospital but we went in to see the babies a lot. Still was very hard. but I got to hold one.
Monday I was so sick of being in the hospital that I talked to the Nurse Practionar and she got it so that I could go home even tho it took all day long to get out of ther, We visited the babies a few times did what we needed to do and got out of Dodge at around 5 pm boy was it good to be going home but boy was it hard to leave the babies behind.
So today is my birthday and I got to be at home and we went to see the babies and it was pretty good I am just very easliy overwhelmed right now. SO I will check back i from time to time but may not very much in the upcoming few Days.
Making the Big Debut on July 23 the Last Quads
Fiona Katheryn- 3lbs 8 oz
Eric Mark- 2lb 8oz
Lana Jane- 2lb 6oz
Nathan Jeffery- 2lb 15oz
They started out on ventilators except for Eric, then all moved to cpaps and are now all just on extra Oxygen, which makes for one very happy momma. Not the three pounds each we wanted but I will take what I can get.
Okay so I disappeared for awhile and for good reason. I am still not going to be on the internet very much cause I have still a busy week ahead.
So I was doing well on Wednesday, then on Thursday I felt really rather ill. and by rather I mean very. I called my mom and told her that I didn't feel good and that must have triggered off her momdar or something because before I knew it she had a plane ticket for the same day and was head out to pack her stuff up. They got and IV ready and basically mad ready for in case the babies decided today was the day. They ran a bunch of labs, check my blood pressure and determined I was stable enough for the night. So I laid around feeling generally yucky and my mom got in and popped in for a quick visit around around 10 at night. I slept though the night in a decent way but not great I was very much not feeling well.
Friday July 23, 2010
So I had that rough night but we kept on. They came in and pulled my lab super early in the morning as they always did. The I am not sure of the tiem but it had to be around 7:30 or 8:00 the nurse practitioner came in and said you labs are looking pretty bad and I think today is the day. So I call home and tell Justin to come to the hospital. He ask if everything was okay to which I replied "Today is the Quads Birthday". So him and my mom got to the hospital very fast and we waited around for what seemed like a long time even tho looking back now I know it was not. then they came with my Wheelchair and we were underway.
The c-section
We get down to the operated room and they point to the one across the hall and say two of the NICU teams will be in there and then the other two will be there and then the other two will be in here with you. They sat Justin in a chair outside the OR and said they would come and get him when they were ready. SoI go into the room and sitting in there are two of the baby beds, and then it hit me like a ton of bricks right in the face. I think one of the many people in the room saw the sudden change in my demeanor and ask me if I was ready. I told her that the baby beds just made it a lot more real. Then the Anesthesiologist started talk to me about my some issue with my labs and a few other things and talked about the risk of an epidural. It turn out it was way to risky and I was going to need to go under General anesthesia. I was a little upset and a little relieved ever since I found out it was quads I was scared of the idea of an epidural and of the c-section in general, but there was another part of me that knew both myself and my husband were going to miss something that we could never get back. But it need to be done for my own safety and I need to be around for my kiddos. They brought Justin back in and he paced around a little bit trying to stay out of everyone's way while they got everything ready. Then they told him to he had to go back outside. We kissed and he went back out the the waiting area. Then I am getting very uncomfortable waiting for them to start. I here we are waiting on the NICU teams to be here but I can't really see what going on because they have a sheet up and next thing I know they are like you are going to feel it burning in you arm..... oh and burn it did... then I remember nothing. The rest of the day was very much a blur except for waking up to a bit of pain and someone pushing on my belly. And my mom was there. Everything else was just a blur. Saturday was mych the same for the morning I think I was part of the waking dead it seems I looked like hell. at some piont Justin Uncle should be a video of my babies. I think that was Saturday
Saturday was a very bad day and I was very sick though the whole thing. I didn't get up to see the babies so they remained unnamed until I couild meet them all. The family kept going upstairs to check o0n them and kept filling me in on what was going on. My dad got ther at some piont so it all worked out but it was very hard to deal with I just felt very detached from the entire thing. I was sick I wanted my babies back in my belly and nothing seem to be going exactly how it should. I was just spent. Saturday was one of the worst days ever. Saturday night I got very sick and then Sunday morning I started feeling better
Everything was better on sunday I was finally well enough to see my babies and when I got up tp the NICU I was very overwhelmed by everything. But my babies look so good I just wanted to rip them out of the isoletes and hold them but I knew that was not the way it worked. I was still very weak spent another night in the hospital but we went in to see the babies a lot. Still was very hard. but I got to hold one.
Monday I was so sick of being in the hospital that I talked to the Nurse Practionar and she got it so that I could go home even tho it took all day long to get out of ther, We visited the babies a few times did what we needed to do and got out of Dodge at around 5 pm boy was it good to be going home but boy was it hard to leave the babies behind.
So today is my birthday and I got to be at home and we went to see the babies and it was pretty good I am just very easliy overwhelmed right now. SO I will check back i from time to time but may not very much in the upcoming few Days.
Making the Big Debut on July 23 the Last Quads
Fiona Katheryn- 3lbs 8 oz
Eric Mark- 2lb 8oz
Lana Jane- 2lb 6oz
Nathan Jeffery- 2lb 15oz
They started out on ventilators except for Eric, then all moved to cpaps and are now all just on extra Oxygen, which makes for one very happy momma. Not the three pounds each we wanted but I will take what I can get.