4am Wake Up Call

Where do I start?  There is SO much to catch up on from the past week.  I guess I'll start with a brief recap:

Tuesday, February 7th, I went to my OB and perinatology appointment and left with "normal" reports.  I didn't feel anything out of the ordinary that day.  

Wednesday, February 8th, I woke up around 4am with what I would call cramping.  I woke up Patrick and after strolling through the house for about 45 minutes trying to see if it would go away, we decided to head for the hospital.  I honestly didn't think we should go (I guess I thought it would go away??), but he woke Jack up so that pretty much sealed the deal.  He was awake, so we were going.  

5am..  We left for the hospital and I got sick in the car on the way there.  I still didn't think there was anything we should be heading to the hospital for.  But what did I know?  I was never in labor with Jack, so I didn't know what to expect.  

5:45am  We got checked into the hospital and they started monitoring both of the boys as well as me.  

Sometime around 9:00am (I think), my sister-in-law Anne came to the hospital to get Jack.  Up until this point, Patrick and Jack were strolling around the hospital entertaining themselves since Jack wasn't allowed to come back to the triage room.   

9:15  One of the alarms monitoring the boys' heart rates went off.  It sent about six nurses as well as my OB from the floor below running into our room.  There was quite a bit of commotion in the room as they had me flip from one side to the other - all the while trying to get the heart rate to come back up.  There was some pretty serious talk about "prepping for a c-section" when the heart rate stabilized and everyone calmed down.  Well, everyone except me that is.  

From that point forward, as I continued to have contractions, the boys' heart rates would drop afterwards and slowly come back up.  Because of that, Dr. Shimer decided it was best to perform a c-section.  So, about 11 pm, we began preparations for surgery.  

February 9, 2012

12:09am  Colton Michael Doak was born 

weighing 5 lbs 3 oz and 18"

12:11am  Luke Brian Doak was born 

weighing 4 lbs 11 oz and 16.5"