Twins birth at 26 weeks 1 day

wasn’t going to write my birth story as I’m a little depressed but maybe this will ease someone else who may be going through what I’m going through... or maybe it’s good I talk about it....

August 30 (I was starting my 26 weeks of my twin pregnancy):

This day I had been feeling a lot of pressure and knew my boys were dropping...

I thought moving around would ease the pressure I felt so I got up and moved around my house a bit... I ended up going to my friend’s house who lived a block away to braid her hair for her party.. by the time I got to her house, the pressure had turned into what I assumed were Braxton Hicks I thought I need to drink more water as I was extremely thirsty at the time...!i got to her home around 10 pm. By 1:45 am (now August 31st) I was halfway done with her head and the pain was getting unbearable so I told her I would come back early in the morning to finish her hair. I thought I just needed to lay down. She was fine with that and she and her SO walked me home. Once in my home I went and ran a bath soaked in the tub for about an hour.. it eased my pain enough for me to fall asleep for about 10/15 mins then I was right back in pain. I go to make me a sandwich by this time it’s about 3/4 am. I laid in bed trying to get comfortable and sleep but the pain would leave for about 10 mins then come back and it would last I would say about a min or 2 then go away for another 10/15 mins. I remember my 2 year old daughter waking up because I started screaming slightly because of how the pain was coming. I remember her laying with me for a while and her asking me a lot if I’m ok cause I was crying and slightly punching the wall every time the pain came back. Eventually my husband wakes up about 5:30 am and he like what’s wrong and starts rubbing my back thinking that would help. I jumped up and got back in the tub and let the shower water run on my back to try to ease the pain. I got out and got back in around 7 am. At this point my friend calls to say she’s up and ready and I slowly go walk to her home. Once there (8:00 am) she see the pain and started to worry but I was trying to finish her hair. We get started i the last few braids and I just couldn’t sit long enough to finish either of her braids in one sitting. The pain literally was taking my breath away evened time it hit. I then call my dads fiancé telling her what had been going in and in the midst of my talking I had about 3-4 of what I still assumed to be Braxton Hicks. She stayed on the phone with me and started timing them and realized my “contractions” were less than 5 mins apart and lasting 1-2 mins I go head and call an ambulance to take me to hospital and sure enough I get there and they were all like “you’re in labor we need to stop your labor” at that point I was 3 cm dilated. This was 10:46 am. This entire day (August 31st) they were giving me all types of medication to stop my contractions. No matter how much they gave me I kept contracting. They checked me again around 6 pm and I was 5 1/2 cm. They up the meds then started me on steroids and magnesium to help my twin baby boys lungs and brains “to help them mature before birth”. During all this they never gave me the epidural I literally was just sitting there having crazy contractions with no pain meds. Eventually they gave me a numbing med to help ease the pressure of the contractions. Around 2 am sept 1 they checked me again because the contractions were every 2 mins and lasting. At this point they saw I was 10 cm dilated and my bags was getting ready to burst. I was rushed to the OR because they had to take them out immediately . Both boys were breached they said it was too late for an epidural and tried to do a spinal but my body wouldn’t take so they put me to sleep. My boys were born September 1 st 2020 at 3 am Via csection

My boys are current on day 4 of their NICU stay. As of now they are only on 23% and 25% oxygen which means there breathing on their own but need help. Even thought they were born 2 months before my induction date they are doing well for being premie. It’s bittersweet for me as I love my boys so much but leaving the hospital without both em was so hard. I know my boys will be ok and every day I hear something new and good. All their organs are intact and they are using the bathroom. They are producing meconium and are just my perfect little angels.My boys Jaasiel and Jabari my 26 weeker babies are going to be ok. Doctors say all they need to do is gain 3 pounds and breath on their own then home they can go🙏🏾 praying for my boys.