dear Tiantian,
things has been fine so far & luckily there's no major conflicts wif the confinement lady... i quite like her cooking thou her standard of cleanliness towards bb & housework is so-so onie..
my boi's name is Jaedon and he is 2.76kgs when born... measuring 51cm... alot of ppls told me he's considerd a tall baby, or will grow up tall cos of long limbs... but hor.. both me & hubby r not the tall kind leh...
okie, my birth story:
24/6/05: Went for my routine gynae check-up at 36wks5days. Strapped on to do CTG first b4 seeing gynae, cld hear bb's strong heartbeat thru'out. after 20min, nurse walked in & said bb is not moving well.. she shook my tummy & said monitored for 10 more min... i started to panic... she came in again & ask me did i feel bb's movements.. i said veri slight, she said no good, shake again & left... i started crying liao.. hubby told me to calm down since heartbeat is gd... dis went on for another 20mins wif 2 more shakes from the nurse... towards the last 5mins, bb started moving more....
my gynae says it looks ok, tell me not to worry, but i hv to monitor his movemtns v closely.. deep in my heart, i know i can;t wait liao... so i ask her the option of inducing since bb's weight is good.. she checked my cervic & was surprised dat i was 3cm dilated liao... so i opted to induce the next day at 8am
actually my entire family wanted me to admit immediately cos sis says 3cm is in active labour...
after discussing wif hubby, we decided to admit after midnite, jus to monitor bb's heartbeart & movements... jus to play safe lah... the moment i stepped into eastshore & told them i was 3cm dilated & hvg veri bad shooting backpains, they declare me in active labour & push me to labour ward... so i was strapped to CTG the whole nite.. dint sleep at all...
25/06/05
6am: Nurse came in to insert enema to clear bowels
7am: Breakfast is served.. i finished everything up to ensure i got energy later... then i told the nurse dat i wanted epidural b4 the drip starts...
8.15am: Anesthetist came. As i was not hvg major contractions, i was told to sit up & hug a pillow.. process took abt 15min to complete...
8.45am: Gynae came in & was surprised i took epi orady... she checked & i was 4-5cm dilated.. anyway, she broke my waterbag & started the drip... i was numb but i cld still move my legs lah... cld see stomach hardening but no pain at all...
In between, nurses came in & checked on me & i was still smiling at them...
10.25am: I was officially 5cm dilated... sian halfway.. cos i tot wld be veri fast... told myself to relax & not think too much... my legs getting abit heavy, hubby massage for me... 11.00am: requested to reduce epi cos veri numb... immediately i felt abit pain ard vagina, so i told nurse.. she suspect i am all open & did a check.. true enuff, i am all open & she told me i can push anytime when i feel contractions.. i position myself properly & started pushing wif all my energy... after 4 sets of pushes, my gynae walked in & told me to stop & relax cos bb head is crowning liao... she quickly put on the gown & told me she will do the cut for me... i told her watever she deem fit...
11.25am: Within a flash, bb Jaedon is born & placed on my body... the sight of him on my body crying & kicking is such a great relief for me..