Hi mummies!
Congrats to all new mummies!! and kudos to the ones who have been ploughing during their confinement.
Am in my confinement now and have been doing my best to follow the rules.. but.. RULES ARE MEANT TO BE BROKEN! haha!
Anyway, here's my birth story:
Kaitlyn Tan Ying
Length - 52.5cm
Weight - 3.7kg
18 Oct
0730hrs - woken up by wet patch on bed. called Dr Chin n was told to monitor and not to panic till my water broke or if there was red blood or excessive bleeding. figured there was nothing to worry abt since we just saw her 2 days ago and baby was not even engaged.
went about normal business and went town for dinner, coffee and planned to watch Max Payne. My friends didnt dare to watch with me.. they were afraid of one of those classic movie moments where i'll scream my water broke!
19 Oct
0130hrs - was working on proposals for work when i started to feel pain.. thought it was a bad tummy ache.
0200hrs - realized the pain was coming 5, 7, 3, 10 minutes??!! went online and read up on inconsistent contractions - self diagnosed that i was having fake contractions. Continued to do my work while hubby timed the contractions.
0300hrs - figured i was quite the hero.. still can write proposals and emails in between contractions.
0800hrs - decided to head to hospital to get checked to find out for sure.
0900hrs - went into labour ward and midwife said i was in labour.
1000hrs - epi done, VE done.. i was dilated at 4cm.
waiting game...
1400hrs - 8cm dilated. but was told that baby was not engaged. Dr Chin said to try another hr to see if baby can move her way down.
1530hrs - bad news.. Dr Chin said don't want the baby to be distressed. so have to go through emergency c-sec. cried and cried.. then vomited just before being pushed into the operating theater. i closed my eyes held hubby's hand all the way.
1612hrs - Baby Kaitlyn was born! Drama over!