I took a break around 12:00 to eat a Kashi meal, fill out the hospital admission paperwork and the daycare application. Had I known then that would have been my last pre-babies meal, I would have done something a little more glamorous. Around 1:00 I had another conference call. My coworker on the other end is a father of twin boys. We started chatting about life with twins. He went on to tell me that we were really lucky to be delivering our girls at 37 weeks because his were born at 36 and had a lot of issues. And then my water broke. I frantically ended the conversation and called Blair. I told him to be on standby because I was pretty sure I was going into labor. I called the doctor's office and the nurse confirmed that I needed to get to the hospital.
I called Blair back and told him to come home and then I started preparing for the birth. I did all things a sane person would do when in labor: I took a shower, did my makeup and hair and put on something presentable... I didn't want to look horrible in the pictures I would inevitably put on this blog! I then quickly packed the rest of our stuff and went down to put the sheets in the dryer. While I was doing all of that Blair frantically raced into the house (leaving the door open) and ran through the house like a mad man trying to find me. He had visions that I was laying on the floor delivering babies- not doing the laundry with my hair and makeup done.
We arrived at the hospital at 2:28pm. I was checked in and prepped for surgery. The contractions were only 3 minutes apart and I was wondering why in the hell anyone would want to deliver babies without pain medication. Needless to say I was very happy to see the anesthesiologist.
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| Excited and ready to be prepped for surgery. |
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| The proud Daddy! Apparently my photography skills are a little lacking while in labor. |
4:15 pm rolled around and I was escorted into the operating room and the nurse inserted the epidural. It was no big deal at all. I asked why all those women on "A Baby Story" lose their marbles while getting the epidural. She told me that they all make fun of those drama queens all the time. I knew I liked her.
A ton of people rushed into the operating room and prepped for surgery. I was all too aware that I was naked from the waist down and spread eagle with my feet towards the door. Lovely. I then started to beg the surgical team not to start without Blair. He had been gone a really long time and I was starting to freak out. Finally, he was escorted in. I cried and the surgery started.
Minutes later, Reese Morgan Hoyt was born. She was tiny, pink and screaming. 20 seconds later Michaela Chatten Hoyt was born. She was tinier, pink and also screaming. I sobbed at the sight of those two perfect, teeny, healthy babies wailing away. The neonatology staff wrapped them up and put them both in Blair's one arm for me to see.
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| Reese Morgan Hoyt: 4lbs, 0oz and 17.75" long. Michaela Chatten Hoyt: 3lbs, 7oz and 17.25" long. |
They were so unbelievable beautiful, small, and wonderful. I wanted to hold them and kiss them, but I couldn't. Blair went off with them and the surgery was completed.
It would be 1:00 am before I would be allowed to be back in the NICU to see them again. I was not to be allowed in until I could walk to the bathroom twice on my own. I was certain I could do it about 30 minutes after surgery, but I wasn't allowed to try. We had a ton of family there and everyone would back and forth between me and the babies. I was so jealous that everyone got to see our babies but me.
Finally we were reunited. It was wonderful to see them.
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| Reese |
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| Michaela |
We would then start the long road at the NICU. 3 weeks later and we are still traveling this path. However, we are thankful for healthy babies and pray we can bring them both home soon.
Just. Cried. Love you all :)
ReplyDeleteWhat an amazing story, your girls are so lucky to have you as their mom and Blair as their dad. All the best as you continue to welcome these girls into your lives.
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