Mums' Stories

Hi I'm Lisa and my boys were 13 weeks early.

It all started on the 2nd of April 2009 my brother was over that night by 7pm and we were doing my final fitting for my wedding dress. My wedding was set for the 4th of April 2009. That night as i was trying on the dress and Robert was fitting the dress I had a very bad dizzy spell. He caught my arm before i could fall and sat me on my bed.
He went down stairs to get me a glass of cold water and made sure that I didnt need to go to the hospital and by then the dizzy spell had passed so I told him that I would be fine.
By 10pm he had to leave as I was exhausted after working a 8hr day and all the fittings were done and he wanted to get home and have a good sleep to finish the dress by the 4th. I said night to my husband to be and went to bed.
By midnight I was busting to go to the bathroom so i got up and went. After that first time I then started getting contractions that were a minute long and 3 mins apart. I didnt know at the time that they were contractions until I started to bleed and I knew something wasnt right. So i had contractions for an hour with no idea that they were contractions as it was my first pregnacy and we hadnt covered that in the baby classes yet.
By the time I got to the hospital my contractions were still the same only intensifying. By the time the midwives got me into a room it was 1.45am on the 3rd and I was already 6cm dialated.
It was the most terrifying time of my life cause my boys were only 27 weeks and i was scared of them being born so early. Plus I was also freaking out cause of my wedding was the 4th.
I kept telling the girls that they cant come now its too early and im getting married. They thought i was making up getting married until my partner kept saying its not the gas talking its the truth.
So with my contractions still consistant and caleb was coming closer to being born they kept trying to put the birth of for as long as they could. They told my partner to call who i wanted at the hospital as these boys were coming today so he started calling my family and his. My mum thought it was a joke until she heard my labour screams in the background and so did the rest of the family.
By the time he did that and they knew the gas wasnt helping they gave me the epidural that i originally wanted. It relaxed me a little.
By the time it got to 8.30am my boys were way ready to be born. The change over was at that time so they couldnt break my waters till change over in the ICN was complete. They ultrasound my and saw caleb was in the perfect postion. By the time change over was complete my little man decided to put his hand above his head so that i had to go in for and emergency c.
Once in the theatre i had my partner with me and i was so worried about my babies I started to panic. The doctors were a fantastic group. Once both boys were out they took them too Nicu and i didnt get to see them.
By the time it was 10am i was still asking to see my babies and they kept telling me soon. By 1pm i got to see Jacob but only for a min it was so hard seeing a tiny little life in a humdicrib and only being able to touch his tiny little hand for a few seconds. I didnt get to see Caleb.
I went to the room and waited for my family to come see me. It was so hard to have my babies in the world and i couldnt be with them. I didnt get to see them until the 4th of April at 3.30pm.
The morning of the 4th I still got married although it was at the hospital in the chapel. I was proud to still be marrying the man i loved and who fathered my children. After my wedding we went up to see my little men.
That was so hard cause I couldnt pick them up and nurse them. It was so tough to cope. Seeing how tiny they were and knowing that every breath for them was a struggle.
They spent 13weeks in hospital until they were full term. The good news is that they are healthy and hope now and are now 10mths =D

It was a life changing experience but a good one. All the doctors and nurses and they Royal Brisbane and Womens Hospital were fantastic and I apperciate everything they did for my little men.