Dear All,
I have popped yesterday! Am here at Mt A now... I think my birth story is not as interesting as most of yours but was been told to share as it is very uplifting ... here goes...
10/6 9pm I started to feel the contractions. It was already 5mins apart but wasn't really painful. It's funny, you will know that "the time has come" and for me, I knew that I'm going to pop on 7th then.
xoxo: was trying to hint to you that I'm going into labour about the flask hahaha
Asked my hubby to go and sleep and I will wake him up when I felt that it's time to go.
Tried timing the contractions... people said to go to hospital when it's 5mins apart. But for me, it started with 5mins interval! So I decide to stop timing when my stop watch shows me all 5mins interval. Instead, I used the level of pain to determine when to go in.
10/7 12am. was thinking since it's 12am, I might as well admit to hospital to wait in case my labour is really short as this is my 2nd one.
Went 7-11 to buy maz to read in hospital and had my last supper.
Reached Mt A at 130am. At this time, I had to stopped whenever I'm having my contractions and it became 4mins apart.
I had VE and discover that I'm 3cm dilated. As I changed into the grown, the nurses was commenting about my tan swimming lines on my body. One of them asked "Did you go sun taning?" I was like "huh? we can go sun taning when we are preggie?" she replied "if not then why are you so tanned?" I went like "oh cos I go swimming throughout my pregnency." Everyone goes "ohhhhhh....."
I refuse to be stap on to CTG as I felt myself very restricted. So after about 5mins on CTG, I told the nurse that I need to use the loo. She release me and walked out. There after, every 10mins she came in, wanting to put me on CTG, I will tell her "Sorry, I think I need the toilet again" so I was walking around chatting with my hubby until 215am before I decided that it's time to lay down as contractions was intense. Really don't understand why we can't walk around when we want but instead, have to be stapped to the bed?!
Was looking for ways to relieve my pain as I didn't had epi. Asked for extra pillow to grab but it's not a good idea as the bed is way too small! I remember telling my hubby/nurses that they should have queen size bed for labour! Then I can toss and turn when my contractions come. Yes, I'm those that need to toss and turn to deal with my pain. So in the end, I throw away the pillow and just "abuse" my body. Was asked to use injections for pain relief but I remember it doesn't help in my 1st birth so I rejected. Then the nurse gave me the gas. like xoxo, I took 1 snift and decided that it was smelly so instead, I grabbed it to realease my tension when contractions come.
Oh, I remember asking my hubby to look at the CTG chart as I remember xoxo saying it will reached 170(now I can't really recall the figure.) when it's the peak of the chart. I was told that it's only 30 or 40 when I'm in my peak of my pain. I was like "huh?! it's still a long way and will become more painful then this?!" I started to ask if I can use epi at this stage. Was told that I can't. Well.....
Around 245am, I felt the urged to push and told the nurse. She said "you can't push as gynae is not here yet!" I was like wtf?! don't really care as I decide if my baby want to come out without my gynae, he will! But guess what? The nurse use a pad to hold in between there! So there I am, wanting to push but can't as there's presure. I wanted to scold the nurse but her other hand was massaging my back. And it was really comfortable. So I forgive her and try not to push.
310am, finally my gynae arrived. one of the nurse was asking me if I could see him and if I can recongise him. I was thinking inside my head.... hell, if I still don't recongise my gynae after see him for 9 months, then I'm one without a memory!
315am-329 was pushing and baby Reagan arrived. The nurses was so amused that I took such a short time to deliver as they only come in to me when I called them to tell them I have the urged to push. To them, it seem like it's only an hour or more labour. So they were telling me can come back to try for my 3rd baby! I replied if 3rd one can be confim a girl, I will come back... haha
I was being pushed to dunno 4 or 6 beded ward as all double rooms are full. It was damn noisy! The lady in front of me is talking non stopped and the lady next to me had a CTG on her. I almost go crazy. Requested to upgrade to single room. Was told that it's fully booked and waiting time is 2 days. I was like huh?! today not full moon leh! So I asked about dulex and was told it's full as well! I was like wtf?! hubby went like what kind of hospital have you choosen?!
In the afternoon, i was told that double room is available so I grabbed it. Was so happy that I can finally get away from the noises and village of people that came.
Only when I reached my double room, I then realise that my nightmare had began. They were doing renovation upstairs and drilling is going on! I called the nurse and asked what time this will stop. She said at 5pm everyday. My eye nearly popped out. Yesterday, they were doing ot and stopped at 6pm! I kept calling for the nurses every few hours to asked if there's single room availabe. till now, I'm still told it's full. Will keep bothering them until I get my room!
So ladies who have opted for a double room, perharps you might want to consider changing it to single before you pop. I tell you, it's really crazy having to deal with drilling sound right on top of your room in addional to dealing with the pain of your wound and the ever stressful breast feeding!