Beginnings

WARNING: THIS HAS DESCRIPTION OF MY BIRTH/MOMS LABOR

As mentioned in my “About Me” (whether or not you’ve read it) my beginning in this world was tricky.

Everything seemed fine. My parents had decided to try to have children through In Vitro with our mom becoming a mom for the 2nd & 3rd time at the age of 39, 11 months, & 28 days (but who’s counting lol). My twin & I were supposed to be born in October. But of course as is common for twins we were a month early, giving my mom an early birthday present as we made our way into the world 2 days before her own birthday.

In a way, the nurse assigned to my mom (known to my mom as Nurse Carol) was responsible with helping my mom with her labor and taking care of us after birth. To this day I don’t know the name of the OBGYN assigned to deliver me. But I’m sure my mom does.

I don’t know what caused the doctor to make this definetive decision but he kept telling her, it was not time to push. This was due to the fact they expected my twin & to change positions on our own.

At one point the nurses helping my mom said it was too late and they needed to deliver the babies. I was “stuck” in the birth canal. For those that don’t know, a baby’s body starts to prepare to not depend on the abilical cord and take its first breath. It’s not determined when that transition happens but as soon as it does a baby has 10 seconds to take its 1st breath. In my case that window had closed while I was in the birth canal.

Upon entering this world I wasn’t just severely underweight but I needed immediate CPR and was rushed to the NICU. My twin & mom were rushed to emergency C-Section.

The lack of Oxygen for the time frame I went without it caused 2 brain bleeds. (both we will explore in this blog over time). Thankful the bleeds had stopped on their own but that doesn’t mean they didn’t cause damage.

Imagine if you can, having twins (or just a child in general) and before you can even hold them for the 1st time, your told they (or 1 twin) will most likely not survive the night.

What would you do?

How do you process that information?

More Stories will be told on my beginning in this world. Just stay with me!