Part Two

So, they wheeled me into the operating room, and right away I knew something was up with my epidural (which BTW hurt like a bitch going in). This was not the last epidural trouble I would have. I kept being able to feel the doctors pinching my stomach even though the sheet was up. They kept upping the medicine, and I kept feeling it, so they finally gave me laughing gas. It put me completely out until right when the babies were pulled out.

Fern Camilla was born first at 5:00 am, weighing 5 lbs. 8 oz.

Then came Nelle Harper, who was asleep when they pulled her out, at 5:01. She was 5 lbs. 2 oz.

We actually had their names switched when they were born, but Baby B (originally Fern) was seeming really passive, and Baby A (originally Nelle) was already a pistol, and we thought switching their names fit their personalities better.

So, we were in baby bliss until late that afternoon when I started bleeding . . .