Delivery Day Arrives.... Finaly we are going to have triplets!!

So the day we were scheduled to deliver was very exciting. The surgery was scheduled for 8:30 a.m. I was very nervous, after all, everything was going great. In my mind, I kept thinking if we should wait another week. The last thing I wanted was to deliver too early. Were they really ready to come at 34 weeks. The doctors kept assuring us that it would be fine. But I did not want my babies to stay in the NICU one single day more then needed.

There was really no way to predict what would happen once they were out. The doctors could not tell me if they were healthy enough. All they could do is say that the time was right, and that the more we waited the risks would increase.

That morning, I walked into the hospital very scared. I really did not know what to expect. Everyone tells you that c-sections are not bad, but you can't know for certain until you go through it yourself.

As they guided me to the waiting area, I kept thinking "Is this the right day?". Should we wait. But at that point I was so big that my body was hurting. My skin was burning, my legs were hurting. Everything was hurting. I was ready. My belly was 50 inches round. I weighed in at 220 lbs. Smaller then I thought I would be at this point, but the babies were measuring 4 lbs each.

The nurses came to get get me ready. IV here, fluids there, monitors were everywhere. I was getting even more nervous. But my family was around me, keeping me calm and tranquil. But I was still worried. I had not met my doctors yet??? Yes, the actual doctor scheduled to do the surgery. I had not met him. I had been going to a group, so there was not a specific doctor. It would be the on-call doctor doing my surgery.

At 8:20 a.m., I was wheeled into the operating room. There must have been 30 plus people in the operating room. The anesthesiologist advised me of the spinal. He got his work done. It was enough time for me to lay down, and that was it. I was numb. But as i looked around, spread eagle on the table, I saw several nurses running around, getting ready. But no Doctor. Where is the doctor? Stuck in traffic. Come on.... Lets get this over with.

I was very nervous. Soon after they connected me to all of the machines, here comes this skinny guy, with a mask on. "Hi" he said, "I am your doctor, do you have any questions?". What was I supposed to say: "hi Doc, nice to meet you!"

If you ask me today, I don't know how he looks like. So with the introduction out of the way, he got started on me.

to be continued.......