The 2 Happiest Days of My LIfe!

I will attempt to keep this brief, but I cannot guarantee it will be since I am talking about my wonderful, beautiful little boys and the moments they came into my life.  Having twins allowed my the option to choose to have a C-section, which I immediately agreed to!  The doctor said that if they happened to be turned the right way that I could potentially deliver naturally, but no thank you!  Of course, after having the first C-section with Jason and Joshua, I had to have one with Jacob and Jordan.

With both pregnancies, I chose the date I wanted to have the boys, and both times the boys decided to rebel and come early!  Jason and Joshua were supposed to be born on my Dad's birthday (26 January), but my water broke on the evening of 23 January (about 3 minutes after my in-laws arrived from out of town...I will let you draw your own conclusions on that one!).  The worst thing about it was that my parents were still in Ohio and were planning to drive to us the next morning to be there when the boys were born.  I had to call them and tell them I was on the way to the hospital.  They immediately got in the car and drove as fast as they could, crying the whole time because they knew they wouldn't make it.  They arrived at the hospital (8 hours later) about 5 minutes after they took me and the boys to our room.

During the delivery, I was scared.  The worst part was the spinal injection.  It hurt and made me incredibly nauseous.  I also started shivering uncontrollably.  I didn't know if it was because I was cold or a side effect from the medicines.  The scariest part was when they strapped my arms down.  No one warned me about that so I began to panic!  Why were they strapping me down?  Was this going to be painful?  What was happening???  Finally they told me it was to prevent me from accidentally reaching down into the area where they were working.  I remember the doctor saying here we go and the next thing I hear is Jason's first cry.  If you have never heard a baby's first cry, I can tell you that it is by far the sweetest, most wonderful and emotional sound you will ever hear!  I immediately burst into tears.  My first born son...what a tremendous feeling!  The next thing I hear is the doctor saying "Oh, here is the big brother" and Joshua let out his first cry.  At that point I felt like the luckiest woman on earth!  Other than Jason being small (4lbs 11oz) compared to Joshua (6lbs even), both were healthy and beautiful.

During Jacob and Jordan's delivery, I was also scared.  I was not looking forward to the spinal injection and the only thing that got me through it was talking to one of the male nurses.  He was holding my shoulders down so the doctor could find the right location for the injection, and he started talking to me, telling me to just breathe.  He sounded just like Gru from Despicable Me (if you have never seen it, go rent it!).  His voice made me laugh so I asked him to just keep talking to me...talk about anything, I just wanted to hear his voice because it was so funny!  Weird?  Yes, but it got me through that part.  It seemed like it too a little longer for the doctor to deliver Jacob, but that could have just been my anticipation.  Again, Jacob's first cry was an amazing sound!  I was so excited. And then they delivered Jordan, but he didn't cry.  I panicked! Why wasn't he crying?  What was happening?  I kept asking Jeff what was going on...why wasn't he crying yet?  I saw the nurse carry Jordan over to the warmers to clean him up but he still wasn't crying.  I felt my heart in my throat and I started to cry.  I think I even tried to get up, but of course all I could do was raise my head and shoulders.  After what seemed like several minutes (but it was probably 30-45 seconds) Jordan finally cried.

There is so much more I could tell about these wonderful days, but I will stop for now.  I occasionally watch the videos of their births to relive those moments.  Those two days are by far the best days of my life!