On Baby A's birthday, the c-section surgery went as planned. I walked into the OR around 9:30am and was pushed out around 2 hours later. W was instructed to wait outside while the team was getting me prepared for anesthesia. He then got invited to come in and sat next to me while the team worked on getting Baby A out of me 😂. W was a good DJ and Baby A was born while Taylor Swift's Shake It Off was being played. So...did I feel any pain during this life-changing surgery? No, I didn't. I had a spinal block. I never felt any type of pain during the surgery. Getting the anesthesia injected - however - was the most uncomfortable part of the surgery. There was a lot of pressure. I felt my back being pulled or pushed, or something. It just felt very uncomfortable, not painful, but very uncomfortable. It was also hard to try leaning toward the source of that uncomfortableness. Learning to relax while being uncomfortable was a very hard thing to do. But it was necessary. Once it...
We're going to Iceland! I booked the flights last week. We're leaving in late August and will be back in September. I also made a reservation for a campervan. Yes, that's right. A campervan! I spent the last week researching campervan companies and watched a gazillion reviews of the campervans and vlogs of road trips in Iceland on Youtube. Then I got into the nitty gritty and planned out our day-to-day itinerary. We will circle the entire island of Iceland, chase the waterfalls, see some puffins, and hike to a volcano.
W says he loves it when I make the planning. I love it when I research new places and making travel plans. This may just be the perfect thing for us to do. This trip isn't like any other international trip we've had, this trip symbolizes closure. I think I mentioned it on here before (or maybe was just on my social media), we were going to go see Iceland this summer before we found out about the pregnancy. Then, we got excited when we found out about the twins. Iceland was going to be a destination for our babymoon. And then, they were gone. I remember the first few hours after the surgery were filled with a sense of emptiness. One thought clung onto me during those first few hours and for weeks following that day: Iceland. We can't bring T&T to Iceland with us, but we can still go with them in our hearts. We already knew Iceland is a beautiful country. Now we also know Iceland will forever be extra special to us.
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