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Twin HBAC Birth Story
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www.abirthtoremember.com
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Background info:
First birth was in the hospital and augmented with Pitocin. I had PIH during the pregnancy and a few complications, but nothing too serious.
Second birth was a planned homebirth but I risked out of the midwife’s care at 42 weeks and ended up with a c-section because the baby showed late decels. He had a tight nuchal cord. He weighed just over 11 lbs at birth.
I know this story will be long, but this has been the most incredible experience of my life! I have learned to trust in God more and to be patient and surrender my concerns to Him. I can’t even begin to express how this has made me feel. I could go on and on about my previous pregnancies and births and what I went through with this twin pregnancy. But I will try to keep it short…
My third pregnancy was a total shock because we found out at 22 weeks (on Dec. 30, my birthday!) that we were having twin girls. We had been planning a homebirth but knew that the midwife would no longer see us since she did not attend twin births. Added to the fact that I was planning a VBAC, I was sure things were going to be more complicated. Thankfully, my pregnancy was not complicated at all! I never went on bedrest, never had any problems, the girls were both good sizes… Baby A was breech and we were told she had a single umbilical artery. She flipped to vertex after 3 visits with my chiropractor. I went into labor at 39 weeks, 1 day, on the day the backup OB had wanted to perform an elective repeat cesarean, which I refused.
On Friday morning, April 28, 2006, my water broke at 12:53. I had gone to sleep just before 11 pm and was already in a pretty deep sleep but my eyes opened when I felt the “pop” and I was immediately awake. I flooded the entire side of the bed and soaked through our new king size mattress. When I sat up I was wet up to the neckline of my shirt in the back! I stood up and gushed on the floor right in front of our dog Delmar.
I was pretty sure things were going to happen quickly so I woke Jason and then called the midwives and my mom. At that point I was having contractions every few minutes, but no more intense than the ones I’d been having for weeks. The midwives had a long drive so I wanted to make sure I let them know right away.
I also should mention that I had never met 2 of the midwives that attended the birth. Two weeks before I had the babies I got a call from one of my midwives saying that because of some recent “bad outcome” births, they were not going to attend my birth because I was too “high-risk” and they could get into trouble if anyone found out. I understood but I was crushed anyway. I knew I would have a hard time finding another MW, especially so late in the pregnancy. This is when I started to question things myself and through several small miracles, I found my “angel” midwives.
My friends helped me search and offered alternatives to birthing at my home. I considered driving out of state or attempting an unassisted birth. I thought about going to the hospital when I was ready to push…. Then one day I got a call from an angel I’ll call “L.” L told me she had been given my name and wanted to see if she could help. I was almost 38 weeks pregnant at this point. I loved talking with her and felt comfortable asking her to attend my birth. Nothing was finalized though. The Tuesday before the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||