My birth story- I copy from another forum
31st Jan 2006
Been complaining abt being late to all my relatives when i see them during CNY. Even ask them to contribute to my hospital charges on the gambling table since i din get the 1st doggie baby prize. al my relatives will ask me when i due when they see me and i will answer "today" ' Anyway, some of my relatives still gives me angbao.. heehee... all kena confiscated by my dear. :duh: he say all the $ will go to savings. $$$
Still went on celebrating 2nd day of CNY at my mum's house. i spend my day on the gambling table while dear on his mahjong table (wat a couple!) before i went to slp, i felt pain and uncomfort on my left side waist down. went to slp around midnite. at around 3.40am, i was waken up my dear's movement as he was getting to i felt my backside was a little wet, so i notify him that i tink my waterbag break. he panic "har? really ah?" so he pull me up to go toilet to check. As i walk to the toilet, more water gushes out so i told him confirm liao. I went to knock on my parents room, but they were too deep in slp to hear me. Had a hard time waking them up, and finally succeed after calling both their handphone 4 times. my mum went in toilet with me and confirmed my waterbag break, so i went bk room to change and grab my stuffs. my dh ask me if i still wana bath 1st and find something to eat? but i just bath before fell aslp 3 hrs ago leh and im not hungry loh, though its alwiz my plan to do these 2 things b4 i go hospital. (thankfully i din do it) my brother came out to see the comotion.. even my granny woke up too. she told me to go and be a good mother before i left.
on my way to hospital, i felt abt 3 contractions, abt 3-5 min interval. my dh ask me why i bring my make up bag n i answer " i scare got pple wana take picture of me mah" :duh: we reach tmc abt 4am. i proceed to registration while dh park his car. i pass the peron my admistration letter and her her to be quick coz lots of water gushing out. she brought me to the delivery ward. the nurses there ask me to change into their gown and took my weight and check im abt 3-4cm dilated. she den pump something into my bottom and ask me to lun for at least 5min. but my contractions came shorter... very difficult to lun. at tis moment, another pregnant woman came in to the preparation room. she was asked to change in the toilet (there r 2 cubicle inside), and the nurse also give me the green light to go toilet. Knowing tis session sure to be a loud 1, so i force myself to lun until the lady come out. But she took very long (maybe i find the time come too slow)... so i buay lun and rush in and give her a "symphony of the nite." after that, i was transferred to the labour ward liao.
The nurse ask me if i want epidural, and i told her most probably i need it i wana try the luffing gas and job 1st can? i tot my labour was still some time away. she say ok loh and lemme use the gas. My husband came in and i even ask him wana try or not, very high 1 (got a friend's husband tried it b4 when his wife in labour) den my contractions became more painful and i breathe in more... so much that i lost my conscious and went twilight zone! (dreamzzzz....) den the nurse and my hubby wake me up. the nurse ask me if i want epidural and i say no... (the gas very shiok mah)
the following happened when i in semi conscious state:
the pain come and go and i breathe harder. i saw another lady came in the room to let me hubby sign some paper. i was so much in pain that i shouted out, bang my hand on the side of the bed and crying for epidural. so the nurse came in with the form for me to sign... but i was in twilight zone again and signal her no need liao. she went :duh: after dat i was crying in pain... and she told me not to cry, later nose block and the baby cannot breathe. den i shouted out in pain... literally screaming the whole labour ward out. at 1 point of time where i was waken up from my slp again and the nurse and my dh gave me a concern look. i heard baby wailing sound, i tot something wrong happen and ask where is my baby?!! den i saw her pushing something out. i cried and ask my dh where's my baby? he went like :duh: "inside ur tummy loh... u feel urself" but i cant feel and went on crying. he tried to calm me down and say i muz trust him. den i realise i was hallucinating. the nurse den measure me and claim i have dilate 7cm and quickly call my doc. he "pia" down in he porche (zoom zoom...) ad when he reached, he told the nurse "should be anytime liao" den he went out. the nurse told me to push if i have the urge to push. she tot im not listening and snatch my mask. I scolded her screaming for my mask like a mad woman. She bo bian and pass it back to me (but my dh say she put to 100% oxygen.. .tamade... no wonder my pain came) the pain is driving me insane. at this point of time,i felt the urge. I push but nothing came out. den she ask me to push.. i scream at her DOCTOR LEH???!!! she say "push push" den i "aaarrrgghhhh!!!! DOCTOR LEH???!!" after tat no more urge to push... only pain. doctor came in and ask me to push... " HOW TO PUSH? NO MORE URGE TO PUSH!" den dos told my dh say cannot liao... she too distress liao, muz vacuum liao. So he use the vacuum and ask me to push. den my urge come but i no strength. So i use watever strength i left and push.. Push... PUSH! 2 nurses also pushes my tummy... soon i felt my baby passes thru the birth canal. i heard him wail loudly and felt relieve. Cayden Teo was born at 6.30am+
All these while i was holding my dh hands... no, that was an understatment. I was literally dugging my nails into his hands and pulling his shirt. i ask him to go take picture of baby and show to me while the doc stitch me up. (i din even know when he cut me up :duh: ) My whole labour was 2hr plus without epidural, not by choice though. I was too high on luffing gas and everything happened too fast. But the look of Cayden makes me no regret of going through all this for him