8 Mar (continued):
2:15 am: Going to sleep so go toilet. Transparent discharge with red streaks. Oh no! Is that considered a show? But tot show is a thick pinkish brownish plug coming out? No pain at all leh.. Panic liao, called hb... we wondering whether wanna change flight or not.... cant decide.
3:25 am: Went toilet a few times since 2:15 am. My pantyliners show pink stains. Discharge still with red streaks. Hb called. He decided to change flight to the earliest available flight upon his friend's advise. Put down phone to get the required approvals and call air ticket agent.
4:30 am: Contractions start coming with pain. Pretty bearable... only lower backache. Never bothered to time. Was too excited to go back to sleep. But go toilet, still red streaks in my discharge.
5:00 am: Contractions getting very frequent. get a digital watch to time my contractions. Cant sleep liao. Called my PIL to standby, so paiseh, woke them up from sleep.
6:15 am: Contractions interval reached 8 mins but then suddenly got irregular in timing. Pain also no longer there. Decided that it was false alarm, shall go sleep. PIL called, i told them should be false alarm and me going to sleep liao... tired...
7:45 am: Half hr after i doze in bed, contractions came back again with lower backpain. Woke up to start timing again. 8 mins interval again.
8+ am: Called my PIL to come over to standby in case i need to go hospital soon. Intervals is 6 mins but pain still bearable.
9 am: On my way to TMC. Biggest mistake was not going for breakfast first. I think cos i was still hoping for false alarm... hhahaha... maybe go there they tell me to go home... lol..
9+ am: Reached TMC. Did VE, super disgusting lor... my gynae definitely do it much better. Very painful when the midwife is doing it! Yucks! They keep asking whether i wanna epi but i din want yet cos other then the stupid VE, still quite bearable. 3 cm dilated!!! oh that means i moving to 2nd stage of labor liao. Busy sms some, even wanted to use Internet but cant connect. Nurse ordered toast and milo for me. insert enema for poo poo...
10+ am: Went to poo poo, contractions intervals feel like once every 2-3 mins already... still find it bearable. Only need to stop and stand still while during the peak. Ate my toast and milo.
11 am: Pains getting very intensed. Got to hold on for support when i get contractions. Ask them to let me try the laughing gas for pain relief.
11+ am: laughing gas make me very high but i can still feel the pain.. doesnt seem to relieve my pain at all! Pains still very intense. I tot of the remaining hrs of labor plus my lack of sleep, raised white flag and ordered for epi. Actually inbetween the contractions, i really wanna go sleep but not long enough... heh... very very tired already.
11+ am: Started on Epi, real dizzy from the effect. But the process was painless since i was already on drip for the antibiotic in the first place. Really glad that i ordered epi when the numbness kick in. I can finally go sleep!!!!! They did VE again, now is 4 cm... wah... i hear that even more glad on epi lor... imagine 6 more cm to go! At least i can sleep!!!!
1 pm: hungry... requested for food.. was rejected. Request for water, they tell me cannot drink so much. Very hungry lor... Here's my advise: GO FOR MEAL BEFORE ADMITTING!!!
2 pm: Gynae came... still taking my nap on and off.. epi is really good... checked dilation, 6 cm.. gynae predict 10 cm dilation at 6 pm.. definitely going to be a san ba bb. Told her that i very hungry later no energy to push, she allowed me a cup of milo. heh... better than plain water lor...
4 pm: Felt pains again, different kind though.. like something pressing onto the V area. Told midwife, they up the epi dosage.
4:20 pm: Still feel the pressing on V area. Epi effect would finish at abt 5 pm, cos 1 dose can last 6 hrs. They need to ascertain my stage of dilation before deciding whehter to order anohter dose for me. Did VE again... cant feel anything but is fully dilated already... heh... midwife taught me how to push on my own and told me to start pushing on my own already... bb on her way out liao. Rang the bell to re-call my gynae back.
i still telling them that i very hungry lor... but strictly no food...
Started pushing liao... Really not much strength to push... tots ran in my mind, how come some of the forum mummies say 2 or 3 pushes out liao but i push so many times, they only see the hair?????
4:50 pm: My gynae arrived. Now is serious pushing. I tell her i very tired liao, she ask me perserve...soon she says, few more pushes only, i doing very good job pushing.... but really tired lor... lack of sleep plus hungry... difficult job leh...
5:07 pm: Finally job done!!! Heart melt. At first i tell bb before come out that i going to smack her backside for not waiting for daddy and spend us more $$ to change ticket, see her only, i told her not smacking her liao lah... Gynae say that is quite remarkable already to be pushing for only half hr cos she had turned to head facing tummy during birth, a case which normally requires forceps but i managed to do it without assistance.
Next 30 mins: getting the placenta out, stitching + rest a while. Shivering and feeling nausea now, they say is the effect of epi.
5:40 pm: Push me to ward. I told them havent eat leh.... (think my mind is hungry as well) but feel nausea. I told them not sure whether is i havent eat whole day that's why nausea or cos of epi. They insisted it was the epi lor.
7 pm: food came lots of soup. Yummy.. Finished almost all up and no more nausea... i knew it was hunger dont know why they keep insisting is epi.. (normally this is not included in birth story but i tot better put here... to highlight the importance of eating before admitting, lol)
the end of my xiao san ba's birth story...
Not sure if i could have made it without epi if i wasnt badly lacking of sleep but was really glad for epi cos can catch up with my badly required sleep. She got really chubby cheeks and lots of hair!! Still cant figure who she look like more.
Would post her pictures in fb once i get the wires. Oh yah.. the other thing is that i am still on catheda now... No need to go pee at all... they give me the option of taking out at 9 pm or next morn. I chose next morn, good idea cos dont need to step out of bed and most importantly dont need to suffer from urine on the wound! At least not for yesterday.