I was due on May 9th but told I would carry to maximum of 38 weeks. When I hit 32 weeks, I began having contractions that morning. Drank lots of fluid and kept timing them. They were about 7 minutes apart and last 40 seconds. Contractions had begun around noon. By 5pm, I went to the bathroom and there was a quite a bit of blood. I called midwife and she sent me to ER at a larger hospital. They gave me medicine to stop labor while I got 2 doses of steroid shots. Once those were in my system, they only gave me IV fluid. Nothing to stop contractions. I was 4cm dilated and 50% thinned. They sent me home 3 days later after my contractions had stopped without IV fluids for 12 hours.

Diagnosed with gestational hypertension the following week and told I wouldn't go past 37 weeks. Began NSTs then BPP 3 days later every week.

34 weeks- contractions started again after an ultrasound to locate twin As heartbeat for NST.

Contracted every day off and on until my induction date at 37 weeks.

Before my induction, they started epidural(in case of emergency c-section) before pitocin due to being 5cm and completely thinned.

Started pitocin around 11am. Baby A born after 1.5 pushes(only pushed a small amount at the tail end of a contraction to "test" progression. Baby B born 11 minutes later. Had to wait for him to move down to cervix and only took 3 pushes.

Baby B experienced an apnic episode a few hours after birth then wasn't able to maintain oxygen levels. I held him once immediately following birth for 40 minutes. Due to his oxygen level, I wasn't allowed to hold him and due to my blood pressure I wasn't allowed out of bed to sit by him. He was transferred to another hospital with NICU around midnight. I was released from hospital 40ish hours after his transfer. Immediately went to see him.

He is doing well and may be released in the next day or two. The only issue right now is his blood sugar has been running low prior to eating but has been good so far today.

Update- we went home two days later