Ok, I promised some older births that I have done.
My first set of twins came as quite the surprise. I had done quite a few other babies for this couple, so it didn't surprise me when they called again. They had 7 children already.
Everything was going well until about 30 wks gest. She claimed she was feeling more movement with this one, but then recanted and said "well maybe not", she wasn't measuring all that much different than her other babies. But her previous babies were 9 to 10lbs. When I palpated her belly I could only feel one, and could only find one heartbeat. I asked her several times over the rest of her pregnancy if she wanted a sonogram and she kept saying no. She had sonos in her other pregnancies.
She did require more rest but we put it up to that this was her 8th pregnancy/birth.
She went into labor as usual. She doesn't have long labors, as she took my Uterine Toner that I sell. I don't remember being there for very long before she got to 10 cm. She didn't feel like pushing, so we just hung around, while she walked and her husband, her and I talked. I think some of the kids were in the living room also. About an hour later I said "Mary, why don't we go into the bedroom and try a push or two. She agreed, however this time she wanted to squat for the birth. We got the floor ready. She squatted and pushed and about 10 minutes later out come this perfect little girl. A bit smaller than her others, but again, we weren't really paying that much attention. We got her up on the edge of the bed to wait for the placenta and she got to love on this new one. I and my student got them settled and I went in to the bathroom to take off my gloves and wash up. About 5 minutes later, my student said "Ahhh, Sherri I think you need to come back in here!" I came back in to the bedroom and saw a bag of water coming out of Mary and I though "What the heck?"
I broke the bag with my fingers and saw a little head ! I start to chuckle but I can't form the words and I said "Mary, I need you to squat again" She said curiously "ok" and she squatted. Oh, by the way we had cut the cut a few minutes before on the first baby. I'm kind of underneath her and she says "Sherri why am I squatting?" I tell her "cause there's another baby" and she kinda laughs, her husband is blown away. And I asked her to push, out comes another little girl ! We are all just awe struck but laughing. The girls were 17 minutes apart.
When it came to the placenta : it looked like 2 placentas with another placenta like looking thing all fused together. When I inspected it, the only thing that separated them was a membrane. Two cords and 2 placentas fused into one very big placenta. Very curious. Both girls weighed about 7 lbs each. Turns out the girls are identical mirror twins. Quite rare as I understand.
Any way, the parents were very glad we didn't have a sonogram.
I went around with a silly grin for about a month. She breastfeed those babies for about a year. They were now a family of 9 children in a matter of a few hours. I was so proud of her.
Soon to come other twins and a surprise set of triplets born in the water.
My first set of twins came as quite the surprise. I had done quite a few other babies for this couple, so it didn't surprise me when they called again. They had 7 children already.
Everything was going well until about 30 wks gest. She claimed she was feeling more movement with this one, but then recanted and said "well maybe not", she wasn't measuring all that much different than her other babies. But her previous babies were 9 to 10lbs. When I palpated her belly I could only feel one, and could only find one heartbeat. I asked her several times over the rest of her pregnancy if she wanted a sonogram and she kept saying no. She had sonos in her other pregnancies.
She did require more rest but we put it up to that this was her 8th pregnancy/birth.
She went into labor as usual. She doesn't have long labors, as she took my Uterine Toner that I sell. I don't remember being there for very long before she got to 10 cm. She didn't feel like pushing, so we just hung around, while she walked and her husband, her and I talked. I think some of the kids were in the living room also. About an hour later I said "Mary, why don't we go into the bedroom and try a push or two. She agreed, however this time she wanted to squat for the birth. We got the floor ready. She squatted and pushed and about 10 minutes later out come this perfect little girl. A bit smaller than her others, but again, we weren't really paying that much attention. We got her up on the edge of the bed to wait for the placenta and she got to love on this new one. I and my student got them settled and I went in to the bathroom to take off my gloves and wash up. About 5 minutes later, my student said "Ahhh, Sherri I think you need to come back in here!" I came back in to the bedroom and saw a bag of water coming out of Mary and I though "What the heck?"
I broke the bag with my fingers and saw a little head ! I start to chuckle but I can't form the words and I said "Mary, I need you to squat again" She said curiously "ok" and she squatted. Oh, by the way we had cut the cut a few minutes before on the first baby. I'm kind of underneath her and she says "Sherri why am I squatting?" I tell her "cause there's another baby" and she kinda laughs, her husband is blown away. And I asked her to push, out comes another little girl ! We are all just awe struck but laughing. The girls were 17 minutes apart.
When it came to the placenta : it looked like 2 placentas with another placenta like looking thing all fused together. When I inspected it, the only thing that separated them was a membrane. Two cords and 2 placentas fused into one very big placenta. Very curious. Both girls weighed about 7 lbs each. Turns out the girls are identical mirror twins. Quite rare as I understand.
Any way, the parents were very glad we didn't have a sonogram.
I went around with a silly grin for about a month. She breastfeed those babies for about a year. They were now a family of 9 children in a matter of a few hours. I was so proud of her.
Soon to come other twins and a surprise set of triplets born in the water.
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