Brittany's Twin Birth Story

by BRITTANY CECIL
(BAKESFIELD CA)

WELL THE STORY OF MY LIFE BECAME THE REAL STORY OF MY LIFE!I AM ALWAYS LATE!ALWAYS HAVE BEEN ALWAYS WILL BE, SO AS USUAL I TOOK A PREGNANCY TEST JUST TO MAKE SURE I WASN'T PREGNANT ON JULY 13TH. TO MY SHOCK THAT LITTLE PINK LINE APPEARED AND I FREAKED! I NEVER THOUGHT IT WOULD ACTUALLY SHOW UP!

SO I CALLED MY OBGYN TO MAKE AN APPT. TO MAKE SURE! SO I WENT IN AND HE SAID WELL WE CANT HEAR A HEARTBEAT SO WE ARE GOING TO DO A ULTRASOUND, SO I WAS EXCITED. I WAS JUST TALKING TO THE TECH AND TELLING HER MY SIS DID THE SAME THING FOR A LIVING. SHE SAID WELL YOU ARE 7 WEEKS AND 4 DAYS ALONG. SHE CONTINUED TO SCAN AND SAID "UMMMM BRITTANY?" IN A LITTLE ODD TONE SO I WAS WORRIED "YES" I SAID.."THERE IS 2 HEARTBEATS"...WELL I WAS SO SHOCKED I SAID ARE YOU FREAKIN KIDDING ME??..SHE LAUGHED AND SAID NO...I COULD NOT BELIEVE IT! THIS DOESN'T RUN IN MY FAMILY AND IT NEVER CROSSED MY MIND!!

SO I LEFT GOT IN THE CAR CRIED AND CALLED MY HUSBAND. I WAS UPSET AND HE WAS SO HAPPY! LITTLE DID I KNOW WHAT A ROLLERCOASTER I WAS ABOUT TO RIDE! SO THE MORNING,DAY AND EVENING SICKNESS KICKED IN ABOUT A WEEK LATER I WAS VERY SICK FOR 4 MONTHS, SO SICK THEY HAD TO GIVE ME PILLS TO STOP THE VOMITTING OR THEY WOULD PUT ME IN THE HOSPITAL ,BECAUSE I WAS LOSING WEIGHT AND DEHYDRATED. THEY WORKED WONDERS!

WELL JUST ABOUT THE TIME I WAS FEELING REALLY GOOD, I HAD ANOTHER ULTRASOUND. I WENT IN AND SHE STARTED SCANNING AND I WAS LAUGHING, BECAUSE THE BABIES WERE BOXING EACH OTHER. SHE SAID LET ME LOOK AT YOUR CERVIX. SO SHE DID AND SAID IM GONNA GO GET THE DOCTOR TO LOOK AT THIS. I WAS SCARED AND HAD NO IDEA WHAT WAS GOING ON. I WAS ONLY 17 WEEKS AND MY CERVIX HAD ALREADY STARTED TO DIALATE! I STARTED BALLING AND THEN THEY BROUGHT MY HUSBAND IN, TOLD HIM AND RUSHED ME TO THE HOSPITAL FOR ER SURGERY. I HAD A CERCLAGE DONE WISH IS WHERE THEY SEW YOUR CERVIX CLOSED.

AFTER THAT I WAS ON BEDREST FOR THE REMAINDER OF MY PREGNANCY! SO I LAID AROUND THE WHOOOOOOLE TIME. THEN CAME MY WATER BREAKING AT 29 WEEKS. THEY ADMITTED ME AND IMMEDIATELY GAVE ME A STEROID SHOT FOR THEIR LUNGS AND GAVE ME MEDICACTIONS. THEY HELD THE PREMATURE LABOR WITH THEM OFF FOR 24 HRS SO I COULD GET ANOTHER STEROID SHOT. AFTER THE LAST SHOT THEY LET MY CONTRACTIONS GO.

MY DR. CAME IN TO TAKE OUT MY CERCLAGE. AS SOON AS HE TOOK IT OUT HE SAID "OH" WELL ITS TIME..AND I SAID WHAT I HAVEN'T HAD MY EPIDURAL! HE SAID IT WAS TOO LATE..SO 10 MINUTES LATER THEY WERE BORN KAITLYN ELIZABETH AT 1:58 AM AND KARA EMILY AT 2:02 AM. THEY HAD TO DO CPR ON KARA FOR ABOUT 10 MINUTES. THEY WERE 3LBS 5 OZ AND 2LBS 14 OZ. THEY WERE IN THE HOSPITAL FOR 2 MONTHS! IT WAS THE HARDEST THING I THINK I WILL EVER HAVE TO DO.

IT JUST WASN'T FAIR LEAVING THE HOSPITAL WITHOUT MY BABIES..THEY ARE 3 MONTHS OLD NOW AND DOING GREAT! SO EVEN WHEN YOU THINK THERE IS NO HOPE, PUT YOUR FAITH IN GOD! I DID! THERE IS SO MANY ADVANCES IN MEDICINE TODAY THAT YOU SHOULDN'T WORRY. THE BIGGEST TIP I CAN GIVE PARENTS OF MULTIPLES IS SCHEDULE SCHEDULE!!!!