Hi mommies
it's me again, woke up at 3.44am and can't sleep... prob coz that's the time baby arrived yesterday... hahaha
here's my super long birth story, please bear with me...
Sunday 5 October 2008
0700 – had show, flow was heavy like 1st day menses
0830 – showered, wash hair before going to TMC for a check, since Doc mentioned to go for check if show is heavy and not only spotting
0900 – reach TMC, was strapped to CTG. Contractions detected at 4 min intervals but I felt no pain. Cervix was 1cm dilated.
1000 – Doc Wong came to take a look. I requested to leave TMC coz I do not feel any pain, wanted to go walk around to speed up labour. Doc says ok but wants to do VE again. She added that I cannot leave if I’m already 3cm dilated. She checked and still 1cm. So I left TMC and went Ang Mo Kio for breakfast, was asked to admit in the afternoon if I have heavy bleeding again.
1430 – after makan and shopping around at Ang Mo Kio, I told hubby I want to go home and shower, coz weather was so hot I’m sticky all over
1500 – reach home and showered. This was when I bled heavily; blood was flowing out like a stream, down my legs, and with some blood clots. Super disgusting
1530 – admitted at TMC delivery ward 7. 2.5cm dilated, still do not feel much pain though can feel contractions.
1700 – Doc came and broke water bag, since labour not progressing fast. Was also placed on oxytocin drip.
1730 – can feel contractions coming in, almost immediately after one another. Can feel pain but mild.
2000 – pain got super intense, breathed deeply in and out and worked for sometime. 3cm dilated.
2130 – cannot tahan anymore and asked for epidural. Doc says better to skip Pethidine and go straight to epidural since I most probably can only start pushing between 0200 and 0400 the next day, and epidural can last longer, without side effects and I can sleep. Used gas in the meantime before Anesthetist arrives.
2200 – Epidural administered, really effective after 10mins, no pain at all. Finally can joke and laugh. Kekeke. 5cm dilated.
2300 to 0300 – drifted in and out of sleep. Midwives came in to check regularly.
Monday 6 October 2008
0320 – was asked to push to lower baby’s head as he’s still quite high. Hubby was sleeping on the chair and almost fell off when he heard it’s time to push. Pushed guided by the midwife. Pushed real hard when contractions came. After 2 sets of pushes, baby’s head crowned. First question I asked was if baby had hair. Hahaha. Midwife and my hubby said “Yes, lots of hair!”
0330 – Midwife informed Doc was on her way
0340 – Doc arrives, asked to push again.
0353 – After 2 sets of pushes, baby’s head was out. After another half a push, baby’s out! Almost fainted at the last push coz can see white dots blurring my vision hahaha. Told hubby later on if I had fainted, then they have to pull out baby by themselves. Baby was 3.295kg, head circumference 33cm, height 50cm.
