2010 started off cold and dreary...we even had snow in February! The best part about January 2010 is that we found out the twins were going to be girls! Two baby girls...oh how my heart jumped for joy when I found out I was going to have daughters! My mom went with us to the ultrasound where we were going to find out the gender and when we left and got into the parking lot my mom said "Wait...I have something for you!" She went to the car and pulled out two adorable brown courdoroy dresses with bright colored flowers on them! She said "I had a feeling!" It was our first "we're having girls" gift! So fun!
When March rolled around i started having some elevated blood pressure issues - not good! Dr. Garrard kept a close eye on it but alas...at the end of March when I was 25 weeks pregant I was put on bedrest! BEDREST? The thought of bedrest is nice but in reality it's a drag! I spent my days going from the couch, to the bed, back to the couch...watching sitcoms, Law & Order, and several shows on babies and births. In fact Dr. Garrard banned me from watching the Discovery Health Channel's birth shows because I kept worrying so much about all of the many issues and complications that could arise! Too funny!
I would call Brian all day - just wanting to chat....and call mom...and play online...and sleep! As the Spring came around it was so pretty outside I would go outside and sit and read, but even that got boring b/c I kept thinking about everythign that I needed to do but wasn't allowed to do it because I was on strict bedrest! I found myself looking forward to doctor's appointments so much - because it got me out of the house! Once I even showed up for a doctor's appointment 2 hours early by mistake...I was just so excited to get out of the house that I didn't realize I was so early....the nurses at the doctor's office cracked up at me! Brian did his best to keep me in good spirits - i felt like my only contribution to conversations was "do you know what happened on 'The Nanny/Will & Grace/Frasier/Desperate Housewives' today?". Mom would come over and check on me and very sweet members of our church would drop by for a visit which lifted my spirits immensely!
My blood pressure continued to be a concern for the doctor - despite me being on bedrest and not doing anything it was still high...the doctor kept saying....we've got to make it to 34 weeks - that's our target! Dr. Garrard had threatened to put me in the hospital to monitor my bloodpressure...and that day finally came on my visit on June 1st...doctor's orders...he was admitting me for a 48 hour monitoring of my blood pressure etc! So, off to the hospital I went!
The first night in the hospital I couldn't sleep because nurses were in and out checking on me, the blood pressure monitor keep tightening to check my BP and they were pumping me with liquids to monitor my urine....so the second night the doctor said he'd give me something to help me sleep if I wanted...a pill called Ambien! Now, I had heard about people doing some crazy things when they took Ambien - sleep walking, sleep eating, doing things in the middle of the night with absolutely NO recollection the next morning. So, I asked Dr. Garrard...."are you sure I won't wet the bed if I take an Ambien?" He assured me that I would not wet the bed....that I would just sleep great...if I had to pee my body would wake me up!
So I took one and it was great - I drifted off to sleep and all was wonderful...until about 2am...when I woke up with the bed soaked! The first thing I though was "I WET THE BED! Oh my goodness!!!" I didn't want the nurses to know I had wet the bed...so I remembere seeing some sheets in the closet so I was going to secretly get out of bed, change the linens and get back in...no one would ever know! Then I stood up and more water went gushing out! I hadn't wet the bed....my water had broken! I didn't know what to do! I froze and pressed the call button and said "Ummmm....I think my water just broke!"
The nurses came rushing in and confirmed it...my water had broken! They immediately made me lie down and they started the fetal monitoring! They called the on call doctor and I called Brian! I had sent him home to spend the night at home, thinking nothing was going to happen and that I would be released the following day! I told him "You better get up here, we're going to have our babies!" I then called mom and dad too and told them to get up to the hospital asap! The on call doctor arrived and I asked if the babies were ok if would be alright if I waited until Dr. Garrard came in - he had surgery already scheduled for 6 am so he was going to be there in a couple of hours anyway...so we waited!
Dr. Garrard arrived as I was being prepped for surgery (was awake when the put in a catheter....that was rough!)....we were all relieved that my water had broken because if it hadn't then Dr. Garrard was going to have to make the decision on whether to take the babies that morning anyway...so God answered our prayers and took the decision out of our hands....
Brian was given scrubs, I was wheeled into the operating room....
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