Here she is - little Georgie!
This is me after the epidural - finally relief - after such a hard day!
Before the epidural - taking deep breaths.
On the afternoon of Saturday, September 5th, we all went to Mimi's house for dinner. We grilled steaks and corn on the cob - the girls ran all over the house and made a huge mess dragging toys everywhere.
When we got home, Michael bathed the girls, we read to them and then bedtime. MG and I were going to watch t.v but Michael decided to go to bed early - claimed he was not feeling well. I stayed up to watch my recording of Project Runway. At about 10ish, I decided to turn in also and went to bed.
At 10:30, I started to feel a little different. Throughout the pregnancy, I had contractions at night. Usually they were not painful and did not last for very long. These seemed to keep coming back and, although they were not painful, they were definitely uncomfortable. At about 11ish, I decided to give up trying to sleep and walk around to see if they would go away. They did not - in fact, they seemed to be getting stronger and they were coming at about every 8 minutes.
My doctor had told me to count contractions and call the hospital if I had more than 6 in one hour. So, I stayed up to count and in the meantime, watched SATC reruns.
At about 2:00 a.m., MG came in the room and asked what I was doing. I told him about the contractions and he told me to call the hospital. Once I called the hospital, the on-call Dr. told me to come in - that I could be in labor and needed to be monitored.
Well, I did not think that I was in labor - I attributed the contractions to "false labor" pains. Besides, who was going to take me to the hospital? I did not want to have to ask someone to come and stay with the girls in the middle of the night, only to be turned away by the hospital. MG and I decided that I would drive myself to the hospital and if it was anything, then we would call someone to stay with the girls.
By this time, my contractions were definitely more painful. So, I drove myself to the hospital and checked myself in. After being monitored and checked, I was told that I was not in labor OR that I could be in the very early stages of labor. I was also given some fluids since I could be dehydrated. Either way, I was being released from the hospital - told to go home and walk around and drink water.
So, I drove home - with contractions - still painful. Once I got home, I called my mother and told her what was going on - I also asked her to come and pick up the girls. I was functioning on no sleep and MG was still not feeling well.
Throughout the day, I was still having the contractions - I called the hospital and again the Dr. told me to lie on my side, drink water and call when the contractions were 5 minutes apart.
My contractions were never 5 minutes apart - at least not when I measured them at home. At 10:00 at night, I could not take the pain anymore and MG and I drove to the hospital. At the hospital, they told me that the contractions were 3-4 minutes apart and that I was 5cm dilated - which meant - baby was coming!
I was given an epidural for the pain - YEAH! and I got to see Mimi, Grandpapi, and Nonna before I got wheeled away into the OR. Baby Georgina arrived at 12:59 a.m. weighing in at 6 lbs 6.1 oz. with a head full of dark black hair.
Obviously, the above picture is of the twins at their 2 week appointment with the Dr. I could not take a picture of Georgina on her first Dr. visit because somebody took the camera out of my purse - even though he denies it! Soo, just imagine Georgie in the same room.
