In the wee hours, i realized that there was some sort of back and spine aching pain which repeated for a couple of times till i woke up to prepare to head to Thomson Medical Centre for the weekly appointment with Uncle Tham. Decided to pen down the pain duration as well as frequency just in case that it is for real this time round. I recalled, it occurs every 5 minutes. As i head to bath, i found out that i have "show" symptoms where i was having severe bloody discharge that resembles menses discharge. Quickly bathed and woke PapaTan up to prepare for the hospital. And before that, we headed downstairs for the beehoon breakfast. We were once told that bathing / shampooing of hair and eating the meal are two of the must-do activities before proceeding for delivery. haha! Nurse came into the observation room and done a check for me as she informed me that i was 2+ cm dilated and we awaited for Uncle's Tham's arrival to assess the situation. He came by and checked that i was 3 cm dilated and discussed with us to deliver today since i was already having massive blood discharge. At the same time, papaTan loves 01.11.14 date so we decided might as well. The breaking of waterbag process was so quick that i did not even noticed it and next moment, uncle Tham told me that "done" and i feel water leaking from my down below. I was subsequently being wheeled to the delivery ward awaiting for dilation and labor. Glad that papaTan agrees with me to inject epidural as the pain is seriously unbearable where it contracts for about 30 seconds in every 5 minutes. The rest of the waiting process was like heaven for me as i only feel numbness from waist below. No pain, no ache and definitely no stress while waiting. We still gets to enjoy the HBO channel and laughing out loud while being in the ward. I am blessed to have dilated from 4 cm to 8 cm within an hour and subsequently ready and waiting for delivery. Understand from the staff nurse that Uncle Tham loves the baby head to be really low before calling him to come by for delivery. So throughout the 30 minutes of pushing, it is staff nurses and us, fighting hard to have babyTan push out. The whole process was pretty intense as i could only hear papaTan's voice.
He goes like saying "PUSHHHHH" and start counting "1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10, good job!" Every contraction comes by, i held my breathe and started pushing for at least 3-4 sets of 10 seconds push. From what i recalled, i have had at least 10 contractions which easily means about 30-40 sets of 10 seconds push. Though there is epidural, i could still feel pressurized intensity especially when baby is going through the canal. A negative point about epidural is that it numbs your lower body and you may have a hard time identifying if the push is accurate and whether you are pushing hard enough. I am glad to be allocated an interesting staff nurse for my delivery as she has let me experience something that i believe, i will never get to feel it again (unless i am trying for #2 and it is her again). She took the mirror out from the drawer, placed it right in front of me, showing me my virginal and telling me that the reddish part with a bush of hair, is my son's head. She actually took my hand over and touch the head of my son. Telling me that i am almost there. @_@ And yes, i am serious at this part. Finally when uncle Tham came in, the whole labor process expedite itself as i managed to push our precious out within minutes. BabyTan was so precious and his wailing is so loud and clear. Adding on with the look from papaTan which stamp in my heart, i know it is all worth it. :) |
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