Ready or not, here they come!

What an amazing week it has been! Here's a recap of all the excitement. Monday evening my blood pressure was extremely high. We had an appointment Tuesday afternoon so we thought we'd just take it easy and call the doc in the morning. Without even getting out of bed my blood pressure was at it's highest it has been this whole pregnancy. The doctor sent us over to Labor and Delivery again for fetal monitoring and to check things out. Thank goodness Valerie was here to help, we decided to go ahead and bring the hospital bag and everything we needed just as a precaution. After a few hours in a triage room and an unsettling ultrasound, (babies weren't showing much movement), Dr. Mullin arrived and said we'd be staying over night for further monitoring. The next morning, it was time for another ultrasound. Cohen wasn't moving.  I ordered pancakes and bacon and was about to eat when my AMAZING nurse Robin ran in and told me to put the fork down... "Your doctor is on her way in to tell you some exciting news about something that is going to happen at 12:30 today!" My jaw dropped and I replied, "Like 2 things that might happen today, like babies??!!" At this point my legs have started shaking! Dr. Mullin came in and told us we were going to be delivery our sweet babies at 12:30! Along with my high blood pressure and signs of preeclampsia, Cohen was not showing movement and his fluid was low. Thank goodness for my amazing husband, family, friends and my sweet nurse. I couldn't have gotten through it without them. 

Robin quickly started prepping me for surgery. The whole thing really wasn't nearly as bad as I pictured in my head. Before this, I had never had surgery, so I of course, expected the worst. The iv and numbing for the spinal block were the worst parts as far as pain is concerned. I was nervous at the beginning because they wouldn't let Chris, my rock, come with me. But thank goodness I had such a kind, loving nurse. Robin kept me very calm through it all. Once I was in the OR, the overwhelming smell of alcohol made me very nauseous. My legs felt like they had pop rocks inside them, they were so tingly. Once it was time, my honey was able to join me. Whew! Having him there made me feel like everything was ok. The first thing I told him was that I was going to need a Chick-fil-a sweet tea stat after this! Before I knew it they put a lot of pressure and pushed out Cohen. He cried immediately! Amazing sound! Then a minute later, that strong pressure of pushing on my belly and out came Miss Meagan, just as I was starting to panic, she let out her cries. And then I started balling tears of joy too! Our babies were really here! Chris went with our sweeties and they worked on putting me back together. Here's where it got bad again. I couldn't control the nausea this time and made quite a mess all over my face. The few minutes it took putting me back together, seemed like forever. Robin took me off to recovery and they started me on Magnesium for the next 24 hours because of my blood pressure and preeclampsia. I have never felt so weird in my life. It makes you feel very loopy and hot and itchy. I was finally able to get some ice chips, they were delicious!!!!!! Then clear liquids for dinner, even though all I wanted was those pancakes from this morning and my sweet tea! Thanks Matt for saving the day with that tea and Candace for the gallon for refills! And just in case you were wondering, I had my headband on the whole time, except during the surgery. But don't worry Robin had it for me to put right back on in the recovery room! :)

Robin went home and my night nurse came in. We didn't like her as much... I really wanted to go and see my babies!!! She didn't think I could handle it, but I showed her otherwise! They wheeled me down and there were my precious babies!!!!!! I had no idea being a mommy felt this wonderful!!!! We got back to the room and there I went again... vomiting. Maybe that night nurse was right, it was a little much, but there wasn't going to be anything or anyone standing in the way of me seeing them! Talk about an exciting and eventful day! I was able to get a sleeping pill and Chris and I had just settled in and had just fallen asleep when we got a knock on the door telling us we had to change rooms... I was so loopy it didn't bother me so much, but poor Chris had just gotten all settled in, talk about inconvenient! Once we got resettled we were finally able to get some sleep after the best day of our lives!