Here the details of Rae exciting process :
10th Feb 11pm : light spotting but decide to wait & see attitude.
11th Feb 2.15am: woke up suddenly & felt that there's discharge..Hesitate to check out but decide not to take any chances. so went toliet & there's already spotting on the panty liner.
11th Feb 2.20am: sms hubby to tell him she's going TMC & meet him there. by then mum & aunt had awaken.Had a quick shower, grab bag & mum company her to TMC.
11th Fb 2.55am: Reached TMC, hubby already there. Check in at the front desk..Left bag & mum at the lobby and nurse brought her to delievry suit.
11th Feb 3am: Nurse asked few questions & change into the hospital gown.Provide urine sample.
11th Feb 3.15am: Lie down on 1 of the bed in observation room.Was on CTG yo check bb's heartbeat & contraction.Was asked a few more quest & checked cervix.Was 3cm dilated.so nurse help to shave pubic hair abit then was given gel-likestuff to empty bowel. this was via anus n was told the effect will take 10 mins to 15mins. but less than 5 ins she already in the toliet
11th Feb 3.45am: was brought into the labour ward. HAd opt for epidural & they had called Dr Lim. Hubby & mum was brought to the waitig area by then.
11th Feb 4.15am: hubby was brought into the labour ward & slept awhile. Was given drip, hooked on CTG & BP. These were check at 1/2 hr basis.
11th Feb 5.15am: Dr Lim came to prepare epidural & hubby was told to come back later.Preparation of epidural is 30 mins to 45 mins.
11th Feb 6am: Hubby ask mum to go home 1st as it's a long wait. Hubby continue to sleep till 9.15am.
11th Feb 9.15am: Gynae arrived & checked cervix & is only dilated 4cm ( Rae sigh ) & she say delivery will be arnd eraly/late afternoon. so hubby went hm as they had arranged for a pt cleaner to clean hse.
11th Feb from 9.45am onwards: was alone in the labour ward with nurses came in to check on her and the readings. Body temp was taken note too. Dozed on-off till 12.20pm.
11th Feb 12.20pm: was given 2nd dosage of epidural where i felt the effects of epiudral- shivering! Really no joke, just keep shivering auto, cant control and right leg numb.
11th Feb 1pm: cervix dilated 6cm & having "show" often. so nurse have to keep cahnging pads for me.
11th Feb 2pm: cervix dilated 7cm so nurses asked hr to call hubby to come.
11th Feb 2.35pm: hubby arrived & nurses get him involved in helping her pushing coz by then 8-9cm dilated. Gynae on the way. though on epidural, still can feel abit contractions. she's bad with pushing morever bb's buttock & leg wear near her rib cage
. around this time, there were a few mummies giving birth at the same time. Told the nurses she need a rest so they went to other ward to help out. Lady next door bb arrived after only less than 5 pushes. so nurses came back to help her
Still no luck after a few pushes thou they can see bb's head. By then lack of stamina & discussed with hubby if wanna take a short cut - C-sec. Nurses suggest vaccum. so we opt for vacumm.
11th Feb 3.35pm: Gynae arrived & nurses inform her abt her decision while gynae changed into her gear. Everyone got into action. Abt 15mins pulling n pushing, bb finalli out..What a relief.
whao.. while typing for Rae and waiting for her sms to continue the process i was like sitting roller coaster or seeing drama show waiting for the last episode gan jiong happy ending..haha