My Birth Story
7 April 2006
10.15am See Gyane for weekly checkup. Gynae said water level reduced, better to induce immediately or baby might be in danger.
Me and hubby taken back cos not prepared esp when she said will be delivered by tomorrow.
10.45am Inserted first induce pill. Gyane told me to go home and prepared. She said can still go shopping etc as she encouraged me to walk around to make the cervix open faster. She said to admit by 8pm.
I was 1 cm dilated.
3.00pm Was still shopping with hubby at Bugis. But alamak, halfway through, I cannot walk already. My whole legs are painful and somehow I felt numb (which my gynae later told me, it was not numb but pain!) I still tahan, dragged myself to hawker to drink coconut juice. Heeeee.
3.20pm Reached home, called gyane and asked for advise. She said admitted immediately. Wanted to shower but cant even stand by now. So forget it, called for cab.
4.00pm Reached Gleneagles, admitted to ward for observation.
5.00pm- Somehow the pain sustained! I thought huh? Cant be false contraction again right??? Nurse came in to ask routine questions about medical history.
6.00pm Dinner was served. Hubby gan cheong, asked how no one come to check on me after admitting for so long.
6.20pm Nurse came in to check, said I still look okay, not painful enough (alamak!) She checked on my cervix. Dilated 1.5 cm only. (so upset!)
8.00pm Felt slight better than afternoon. So went to shower although a bit difficult to stand.
10.30pm- Nurse came in to check. Cervix still 1.5 cm only. Inserted 2nd induce pill.
8 April 2006
12.50am Water bag burst. Wheeled to Labour Ward.
02.15am Painful contraction came at every 2 mins. I used breathing method to control the pain.
02.30am- Nurse checked my cervix, said 3cm dilated. Asked me if I wanted epi cos Im going to have a long labour. I said I dont want. But hubby xin tong as he knew I actually trying hard not to show the pain but it was actually painful.
So for hubbys sake, I took epi.
03.05am Administer epi. Immediate relief. Hubby even more relief than me.
04.00am 07.00am Went to sleep
08.30am Gynae came to check my cervix. Only 4cm! So disappointed esp when she said might need to insert 3rd pill if still not dilated more by 10.45am.
11.10am Nurse came to check cervix. Good news! Dilated by 9cm. Hubby was so shocked, asked nurse to repeat a few times. Haaaa. Asked me to relax and waited.
11.45am I can feel something coming out. Hubby called nurse. Confirmed dilated by 10cm.
12.00pm Nurse started to encourage me to push while waiting for gynae.
12.20pm Nurse paged for gynae
12.29pm Gynae came and said can see bbs head already. Just pushed and bb will come out.
12.32pm One push and Jaslynn is born after 11.5 hrs of labour.
I cried and cried the moment Jaslynn is placed on my tummy cos I was so relieved.