Friday, September 7, 2012

And then we were FOUR part 2...

Part ONE can be found HERE....

Again, I'm totally not editing this--

The trip to the postpartum portion of the hospital was comical at best. The transfer staff at this hospital left a little to be desired. The person moving me had the paper portion of our chart with us, but somehow neglected to find out before moving me WHERE exactly we were going.... super. So, while she attempted to find out what room I would be moving into for the remainder of my stay she just went ahead and left me in my huge hospital bed right in the middle of the elevator bay. Thankfully I was so blissfully happy to have two perfect boys laying on my chest I hardly noticed how weird this was. 

After making it to my room the same transfer person asked me to go head and move my body from the bed I was in, onto the bed that was in my new room. Uh, did I mention I had abdominal surgery about 2 hours prior and was numb from about the boobs down? Needless to say, NOT the easiest task! It felt like it took me hours to move from one bed to the other inch by inch, but I made it. After we got settled in our new room we allowed our families to come in and meet the boys for the first time. It was fun to watch them as they saw the boys for the first time. 

The remainder of our hospital stay was relatively uneventful. We had fantastic nurses day and night, I seemed to recover in record speed getting up and walking around about 12 hours after surgery and showering the next morning after getting rid of the catheter sometime in the night. The boys roomed in with us the majority of the time, but spent a couple of hours each night in the nursery so we could get some real healthy recovery sleep. I learned to breast feed, pump and generally take care of two babies. I found myself constantly looking at them and thinking about them.

We ended up staying in the hospital three nights and made our way home as a family of four on Saturday morning. The doctor from our OB's practice that was on rotation that morning was a real peach, but that is a post for another day- re: if you don't have anything nice to say about twin parenting... keep your mouth SHUT!

Posts I'd like the write in the coming weeks- if I ever find the time....
  • If you don't have anything nice to say about twin parenting... keep your mouth SHUT, and other unsolicited advice.
  • "Is it hard?"- postpartum encounters with an infertile.
  • Weightloss: Good for Mama, not for babies.
  • Breast Feeding Twins: Didn't I JUST have something attached to my boob?
  • First Four Weeks Favorites- things we never could have lived without.

4 comments:

Shannon said...

Congrats and I look forward to your future posts. I'm 23 weeks with twins after ivf and am looking for all the advice and lessons learned from other twin mommies! :)

L said...

I'm so glad to hear that things are going well for you so far. I can't believe your boys are already 4 weeks old! Can't wait for more updates!

Emily @ablanket2keep said...

I can't wait to read your next posts. It will give me some ideas of what I have to look forward to and maybe some good advice.

SLA said...

Oh my goodness, I can't believe how RUDE some people are!!! I'm thrilled that you are all home healthy and happy though... I'm currently 12 weeks along with twins and already the commentary is pissing me off!! You are a source of inspiration, I look forward to hearing about the good, the bad and the ugly. But in the meantime, enjoy all this precious time with your sweet new family! :)