The Whole She-bang!

The wait is finally over! After an appointment on the 15th and a belly measurement of 51 weeks, my doctor decided the 17th would be the day to induce. We arrived at the hospital at 6am (6:15am Chittum time), checked in and waited a few minutes in before we were called back for a final weight and vital check. We were then led down to the Labor and delivery unit to settle in for the day. While the induction began at 7am or so, I had a feeling the girls would arrive by 1pm. Apparently I was the only one that felt that way. Brian, the nurses, and my doctor all felt we may be there all day. Since Franklin Square is a teaching hospital, we were approached by the nursing instructor who asked permission if some of her students could follow our delivery that day. We agreed. My L & D nurse, Aimee, was amazing. She was very good and was completely on top of thing despite the fact that she had a 4 month old at home (i wouldn't be able to put two words together if I was her). After about a half hour of waiting after the induction began, my doctor came into the room to break Samantha's water and check my dilation. (Side note: we call my doctor DR. PAWS because he may quite possibly have the largest hands of any OBGYN on the planet, ouch). After shouting some explicits, i had dilated to 3cms and one of my waters had been broken. A few more hours we sat and waited for more dilation to occur. While the contractions I was having were completely manageable, we called for the anesthesiologist to start the epidural (9am). Brian, still convinced we would not meet our little ones until later that night, made a couple phone calls to wrap things up at work. Now about 12pm DR.PAWS came in to check dilation before beginning another surgery he had scheduled for the day. He said "you're ready". My response
"8cms?, 9cms?"... "No, 10cms, lets get you ready to head out to the OR". About 10 minutes later I felt intense pressure and explained to my nurse that I believe we may deliver a baby right here, right now. She checked me and suddenly the rush began. Phone calls all ending in STAT, and a rush of numerous docs, nurses, and hospital personnel all appeared in the room and quickly (literally they were running) got me to the OR. I had warned that if we had hit a bump, Samantha may deliver in the hallway. The attending OB was by the bed the whole way from our induction room to the ER. We made it! And just in the nic of time! Wheeling into the OR, there were about 5 people waiting for our arrival. Little did I know that there were 13 more behind my bed waiting to push their way into the room and take their position. 1 person missing... where is DR.PAWS? Just as quickly as the thought popped into my head, there he was. OK we were ready to have some babies. MOTHERLY DUTIES CALL, I WILL FINISH WHEN I HAVE A CHANCE...