The big day!

July 20th was the big day! My C Section wasn't scheduled until 8pm and we had to be there at 6. I had to stop drinking and eating 8 hours prior to my arrival time. No water, gum or candy. That was brutal. Tim and I just sat here all day looking at each other :)

We got to the hospital, did all the fun intake paperwork and went back to a room before I went into surgery. They put monitors on the babies and to track if I was having contractions. The anaesthesiologist came in to give me the details of the giant needle and what I should expect once we got into the delivery room. About and hour after we were there the nurse realized that I had my toe rings on and were concerned that when my feet swelled up afterward they could be a problem and I could possibly lose my toe!! OMG! So, I tried to get them off. Tim tried to get them off. Dr. Grayson tried to get them off. Nothing! We finally had to call someone from the ER with a little circular saw to come and cut them off my toe. It was hilarious! It took almost 30 minutes but it took my mind off what was about to happen.

I got to see my family and friends before I went in which helped a lot! Tim got these stylish paper greens to wear that were crusty and bright blue! They wheeled me into the OR and sat me on the side of the bed to do the epidural/anaesthesia injection. What an enormous needle! Quite painful but over very quickly. There were about 12 people in the room with us; a team from the NICU for each baby, nurses, doctor and the anaesthesiologists. I couldn't feel anything but a slight tugging which was very strange. Tim stood up and watched the entire thing! I was watching his eyes for his reaction and it was freaking me out! He said it was all very cool! When they cut me open the doc commented on how little fat I had around my abdomen and I chimed in with "flip me over, it's all on my ass" It was weird to be laying there behind a curtain being cut open while having a conversation with the doc and nurses. Doctor Grayson peeked over the curtain to talk to me a handful of times just to check on me and tell me what was going on.

Tim got to see them take each baby out and cut their cords. Zane (Baby A) came out pretty quickly, but Charlie (Baby B) didn't want to come out. He was feet first and ass up! They actually laughed. I could feel and hear the doc tugging to get him out. Tim got to leave with the babies to the NICU but the neo-natologist told us first that they were doing well!! Just a precaution for preemies. It took the doc and nurses about 30 min to put me back together again. I got to listen to them talk while they worked. The anaesthesiologist has gout and is building a car. They spoke just like any group of people who work together on a regular basis. When it was over they told me how great it all went and how I did a wonderful job. They took me back to recovery and I waited for Tim or anyone to come and see me and no one did. I sat back there with the nurse for over an hour! He was with the babies and taking people one at a time to see them. I did get some ice to chew on and was thrilled about that. I didn't have any side effects of the drugs and the nurses were amazed that I was eating cups of ice and drinking water. I was told I was a model patient! I got to see the babies before I went to my room which was very weird!! It was better than I expected and a wonderful, cool experience! The most painful thing about the entire thing was cutting the damn toe rings off!!