Hi gals,
I am back! My baby girl, Esther, is 1 week & 2 days old today
On 6 Oct at 2.30am, I woke up realising that my water bag broke. By 4am, I was at the MAH. 2cm dilated. Painful contractions started around 5-6am.
Gynea est. deliver to be about 11am. Given a shot of pethidine as recommended by gynea. Within mins, i was in a daze. It totally knock me out. I could feel the contractions was getting more painful but was in such a daze that it was bearly noticeable, though the machine was registering pretty strong contractions. Midwife looked at me & say she must hear me scream up & down she believe the pain was really bad. I whispered that it was bad (but I was trying to ease the pain by not tensing up with the help of the drowsy effect of Pethidine). I overheard the midwife telling gynea over the phone that i was sleeping!
Gynea returned to check & say contractions not regular enough, est delivery 2pm. Pain was getting more unbearable. I tried the gas & it offered very little relief.
Then the "real" pain sets in. But I was already 8-9cm dilated. Too late for epidural. I finally understood wat they meant by "labour pains is 100 times more painful then menstrual pain". Felt my tummy was ripping apart! My hubby was by my side, holding my hands & telling me that i can make it.
Midwife then started to ask me to start pushing. She was very encouraging. I think I pushed for at least 1/2 hour b4 my gynea returned. bb was still high. another two nurses were asked to help with my pushing. (I had 5 persons (including my hubby) helping me to push! Hubby requested not to vaccum if possible. Gynea agreed to give me another 20mins of pushing, as he say he can see i was very determined & my bb's heartbeat was miraculously very stable.
After 20mins, gynea worried that he might not even be able to use vaccum as bb head still too high. No sign of crowning. He said might have to do a Csection. My heart sink. But in a way, it turned out to be the most motivating thing said which give me even more determination to push my little darling out. I was not gonna go thru the one month pain fm the recovery of a Csection, after already being in pain for more than 8-9 hours in labour! A paedatrician was asked to standby, to check bb immed after delivery. Vaccum was used to assist in the descend. After another 20?30? mins (i really was in too much pain to tell), my darling popped at 2.35pm! Weighting 3.23kg at 51cm.
Throughout the pushing, I could hear my darling hubby's encouraging words. He was really my pillar of strength. Would not have made it without him by my side. The staff at MAH was super too. They kept encouraging me. I would definitely recommend MAH to all.
August,
My gynea mentioned that i was one determined woman after the delivery. Said many would hv opted for the Csection as my pushing was getting me no where even after an hour...bb head not even in sight...she was still very high. Asked my hubby to treat me to shark's fin. hahaha.
Beanie,
My prolonged & intense pushing (more than 1 1/2hrs) caused swelling. Due to my medical allergies to most commonly used painkillers for childbirth, I was on a very mild painkiller which particularly has no effect on the pain relief. The pain was so bad (both fm the stitch area & my buttock bones) i did not sleep a wink the 1st night in the hospital.
Blisse,
Ya, my tummy expanded quite a fair bit in the last few weeks. After the delivery, my gynea even say if she comes out later by a week, might hv to go for C-Section. But i guess my little darling was obedient & listened to mummy's plea for her to come out soon. cos i was suffering fm the kicks fm her long limbs for the last few weeks.
Angelia,
now paying the price for being 'brave'
Stitch wound still hurting. Am still sitting on a rubber ring after one week.
Gals,
How long did it take for your stitch to fall off (or do they melt?)? Is it true that it is more painful when it is due to fall off?