Birth Blog: Adelyn and Emery's Birth Day

Adelyn and Emery were scheduled to arrive via c-section on Thursday, July 28th, at noon at 36 weeks and 3 days gestation, but God had other plans...

As most of you know, this pregnancy has been extremely difficult for so many reasons, with one being months of painful contractions. I had contractions (real contractions, not Braxton Hicks) about 10 minutes apart, day and night, for over half of the pregnancy. For a week or so before delivery, the contractions would become closer together and more painful, but they would eventually space back out to the 10 minute mark. On the evening of Sunday, July 24th, we noticed that the contractions were consistently 3-6 minutes apart and were much more painful than usual. I think I was a little anxious (and in denial) about the girls arrival, because I convinced Landon that we didn't need to go to the hospital unless I was still having the contractions in the morning.

After a sleepless night for me, and a restful night for Landon, we began timing my contractions again. They were still about 3-6 minutes apart, but most were about a minute in duration. We decided to call my mom to come and watch Benton while we headed to Labor and Delivery to be evaluated.

We checked into Labor and Delivery between 8:30 and 9:00am. They quickly put me in a room. Upon checking my cervix, they found me to be dilated to 4cm and fully effaced, and Baby A's (Adelyn) head was pretty much engaged and ready. The decision to proceed with a c-section was made immediately since I was in active labor. This is were things started happening FAST.

We called our families to let them know that it was the big day (we had about 5 minutes to call everyone), Landon dressed in his scrubs, and they began prepping me for surgery.

My OB, Dr. Wilks, was out of town, so one of her partners, Dr. Wayman, performed the c-section.

From the time we checked into the hospital until the time the girls were delivered was only a little over an hour! Landon was able to watch the c-section and even take pictures of the girls being delivered. He also was able to watch as the pediatric team evaluated the girls in the operating room. Since the girls were healthy and stable, they were able to go to recovery with me!!!

Everything happened so quickly that the only person able to make it to the hospital in time for the delivery was my dad! (My mom was with Benton at our house, otherwise she would have been able to make it on time).

When it comes to things in the medical field, I am usually the calm one and Landon is the apprehensive one. For once, Landon was the calm one! He was READY to meet his sweet girls!

We are so grateful that Adelyn and Emery stayed in my belly for 36 weeks. It is truly a miracle that they were born full term for twins!!! Thank you for your prayers.