My Experience

I had a planned c-section for the birth of my twin sons. I was not allowed to have any solid food starting from midnight the night before. I entered the maternity ward at 9:30 am. My vitals were taken, I was put on a fetal/contractions monitor and I was prepped for surgery. I had hep-lock IVs in both hands. I met my anesthesiologist to get any questions answered. At 10:30 am I was wheeled to the OR. A spinal was administered. My blood pressure slowed, as is common, and they administered adrenaline to bring it back up. An incision was made, and baby A was born at 11:36 am and Baby B at 11:39 am. They sealed my incision with surgical glue, palpitated my stomach to get everything back in place and wheeled me to recovery.

I felt tired after the surgery – I was given morphine for pain for 24 hours – it made me itch something terrible. I didn’t realize that the morphine was making me itch, so I kept dosing myself with the drug thinking that it was stopping the itching. I was in the hospital for 4 days. My recovery was fairly quick – I felt pretty good after 2 days and was pretty mobile after 4. I was able to walk around my neighborhood after 3 weeks.