A Birth Story

On Feburary 5th I was visiting my Doctor at the Baylor Clinic for the usual ultrasound and OB appointment.  My mother-in-law took me to this appointment since Aaron would not be home in time to take to me. After the ultrasound to make sure the boys were doing fine, I went to see the doctor.

Every week they do a check to make sure I was not dialating anymore, and in all my previous appointments, I had not. This time, she found that I was now 5 cm. She told me that I was going to be wheeled off to St. Lukes right away.

Of course, I was panicked, I was hopping to at least make it past 35 weeks and was worried about my babies. This was so unexpected, because I had not felt any different.

We called everyone to let them know what was going on, and Aaron was on his way to meet us at St. Lukes.

By the time we arrived at St. Lukes, I was 8 cm! I thought things were going to happen fast. I was feeling some discomfort, but nothing overbearing. I don't think I was ever in actual labor. After 6 hours of being 8 cm my water was broken. Nothing happened. A while later they started the Pitocin. Nothing happened. I can't remember if they administered the epidural before or after the Pitocin, probably because I was never in pain. (Although recieving the Epidural certainly was painful for me)

After a few hours of waiting the doctors told me that if labor did not start by 1 am they would like to perform a c-section. I was really hoping not to have a c-section, but they convinced me it was best since they knew the boys were fine now, and did not want to risk waiting for there to be a real emergency later to get them out.

At 1am I was still 8 cm and it had now been 12 hour of staying the same. Aaron was already dressed in scrubs and I was wheeled off to the operating room, in tears of course.

The c-section, for me, was the most pain and discomfort I have ever felt in my life. Even though I was awake I only remember them delivering one baby! I kept wondering when the other baby was going to come and finally aksed Aaron what was taking so long! I am so glad Aaron was in there with me. Having him in there was very comforting for me.

Sawyer and Evan were born two minutes apart, 1:46 am and 1:48 am. Our little guys were healthy and perfect.

Sawyer 4 lbs 4 oz 18 in
Evan 5lbs 6 oz 20 in