Gorgeous (and hilarious) story, beautifully told! You really do lose all dignity the day you give birth 😂 I didn’t have my kids till I was in my 30s. I salute you for coping at such a young age! I still knew fuck all at 30!
I think I would've had it so much more together at 30 but my body certainly handled it better at 19. I was still a kid myself, and kids are resilient (they say).
Beautiful. The memories of that period feel like yesterday, don’t they? So vivid. My twins were born at 27 weeks gestation. I didn’t see them for 2 days. It was the longest 2 days— then the longest 2 1/2 months of them being in the NICU.
No sleep. It was one step forward two steps back in the NICU. We almost lost Dylan to a staff infection. When they came home they were 4.5 lbs. I worried I would break them.
Katharine....SAME HERE!!!! It wasn't a teaching hospital but there were students in the room while I was in hard labor 😂😂 It was pure hell because everything the doc did to me at least one student would take a turn too. I did give permission but regretted it lol.
I had a "balloon catheter" and literally am sweating over here thinking about that thing going in and out again and in again at the shaking hands of some med student! Ummm, I would have performed my own C-section rather than endure that! NO thanks! omg! 😱
This was fun — and poignant — to read. Thanks for sharing this important part of your life.
Thanks Mary! I love writing parenting stories. It seems like such a distant, but fond memory.
Really touched by this.
Thank you Wendy 😊
Gorgeous (and hilarious) story, beautifully told! You really do lose all dignity the day you give birth 😂 I didn’t have my kids till I was in my 30s. I salute you for coping at such a young age! I still knew fuck all at 30!
Thank you Sara 😊
I think I would've had it so much more together at 30 but my body certainly handled it better at 19. I was still a kid myself, and kids are resilient (they say).
Beautiful. The memories of that period feel like yesterday, don’t they? So vivid. My twins were born at 27 weeks gestation. I didn’t see them for 2 days. It was the longest 2 days— then the longest 2 1/2 months of them being in the NICU.
Thx for sharing your story. 🙏
Oh wow, CK. Even though we know where you're all at today, my heart hurts for you reading this. Motherhood (and fatherhood) is not for the weak!
I didn't know that CK! I don't even think I knew you had twins. Man, that must have been tough waiting ❤️
No sleep. It was one step forward two steps back in the NICU. We almost lost Dylan to a staff infection. When they came home they were 4.5 lbs. I worried I would break them.
I can totally understand that. I was worried I'd break Curtis too and he weighed double that.
omg I remember that drive to the hospital. Like, why are you stopping at all the red lights?! It’s four in the morning and nobody cares!! 😂
🤣 It's treacherous isn't it? Even air just hurts somehow lol!! A salute to all women who've gone through labor 😫
Hilarious! I gave birth in a teaching hospital, something I didn't fully appreciate until a whole TEAM of new docs was staring at my nether regions
Katharine....SAME HERE!!!! It wasn't a teaching hospital but there were students in the room while I was in hard labor 😂😂 It was pure hell because everything the doc did to me at least one student would take a turn too. I did give permission but regretted it lol.
STOP IT! Everything had to happen TWICE????
Lol yes, everything that was painful. I certainly didn't get two foot massages 🤣
I had a "balloon catheter" and literally am sweating over here thinking about that thing going in and out again and in again at the shaking hands of some med student! Ummm, I would have performed my own C-section rather than endure that! NO thanks! omg! 😱
I don't even know what that is but anything balloon that has to be inserted sounds like a NO from me 😵
I had that baby heart rate monitor that had to be inserted and it was painful AF.
Hahaha "informed consent" really means something different when you're having a baby!
Beautiful, Kristi!
Love it.
Good stuff!