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A new form of exercise for me: Having a Healthy Delivery of Twins when one is 44 yo and at 39 weeks!
When I first got pregnant- I thought I would have a home birth- with having twins that was out of the question and too high risk. I wanted to experience being pregnant as well as the birthing process. With twins, my age etc. it has turned into being in relationship with my Doctor and partnering with her to have the best possible birth without unnecessary interventions. She believes in the natural process but with the medical system has gotten slack that she hasn't delivered me by a C-section yet.
I got pregnant and it is my responsibility now and forever to be involved about the decisions that get made about my children. Throughout the prenancy, it has been important to me to educate myself on the birthing process and understand it. It was important to not just rely on Drs information but for me to be responsible for the outcome of our birth- to know what questions to ask, to be part of the decision making process and not just accept what they say- if I had- I would have had an unnecessary C-section 3 weeks ago and the twins wouldn't have been as developed as they are now.
We are monitoring their movements, heart rates, fluids every few days and all is well. I have mainly gained only Baby weight- only about 28 pounds, have kept myself physically active throughout. All these things I think have helped.
The babies and I will be healthy and enjoying each other when they are born. I will with the support I have enlisted have the best delivery possible with as few interventions as needed. After the birth, I will be continuing to stay in shape as best I can. They have been great about our physical activity to this point and I trust we will continue. (I had been doing weightlifting, swimming and biking until week 38- ran until week 30- all right not running but a slow jog!). We will adjust to the adventure of life together - being in the unknown and discovering more about ourselves each day.
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Hi- yes it was planned- I can't say having twins was but my husband and I wanted children. It was a very conscious decision. We were married 5 years when we got pregnant. We wanted to have some time married without children prior to having a child.
We created a vision for family and what we wanted. We made a list of the reasons why we wanted children- the positive and the selfish reasons. We also worked on accepting our family as complete with just my husband and me if we never had children.
We wanted to learn and grow more about ourselves through our children. We wanted to bring children into this world in a conscious way and to support them in manifesting their talents to make a difference in the world.
We also used the conscious conception book and did the exercises in there.
I must say I am finding being a Mom very rewarding. The delivery was challenging- 24 hours of induction because they weren't willing to go beyond 40 weeks and after 24 hours- we ended in a C-section.
I have been healing fast and going strong. I think being healthy and in good shape going into it helped. Most people are surprised at how well I am doing. I also believe it is my attitude and intent.
I believe intention is key.
The boys were 7.2 pounds and 6 pounds at birth- which is great. My Dr. is thinking she will go to full term and induce with her other twins and just do stress tests for the last two weeks to make sure they are healthy. She realized to have heavy weights at birth is worth waiting and doing the non-stress tests. I agree. It is better for them to "cook" longer in your womb than not.
Thanks for asking- hard to think they are already almost 3 weeks old.
Twins at any age is a challenge, but at an age when most women have packed up their fallopian-tubes, that's incredible!! If you don't mind answering, I'd like to know if this was a planned pregnancy and what were the motivating factors.
I remember watching Dateline or one of those evening news programs and they were talking about how a lot more women, these days, are finding themselves pregnant (unplanned) at later stages in life.
They interviewed a couple women, including a famous broadcaster who had to leave her job when she discovered that she was pregnant. Most of the women, send that pregnancy and child-rearing the 2nd or 3rd time around was a more enjoyable, rewarding, less stressful experience than when they were younger.
There must be something in the water, I think. Anyway, my dad's a brilliant OBGYN and if you ever want a 3 or 4th opinion, let me know and I'll put you in touch with him for some free advice/information.
Best of Luck and keep me posted.
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