Thursday, Aug 28, 2008 11:58AM / Members only
Thanks to all of you for your well wishes and kind words for Stariel baby.
Will try to write down how the labour went:
On Sunday 24th Aug early morn- felt some small contractions and when turned on the bed, tot i felt a small gush of water, went to toilet to check, saw show (blood). So sms-ed gynae to ask her if i should come down to the hospital. She said sure do, she'd meet me in a while. So i bathed early in the morn when the sun was not up, and prepared to go to hospital for Macs breakfast 1st. After tat we checked into the Delivery Suite and hubby was given a name tag pass. Doctor checked my dilation-2cm only. So she asked me if i wanna induce or just walk around A LOT to so call increase the dilation as baby moves lower down. I didnt wanna induce, so i chose the latter. Checked into my ward, nurse told us to just walk around that level, but we got sick of it and went downstairs to walk and buy snacks on the way...Basically, it was like the Longest Walk of my Life-Walking and waiting really long to give birth, round and round the hospital ward...with Mr Cloudz. In between when we're tired or bored will rest at my ward bed for a while. And it was a 4 bedder.
I dunno if we were lucky or becoz hubby can accompany wife during labour, my hubby sacrificed gd sleep and slept on a chair beside me even tho visitors not supposed to stay overnite in a 4 bedder ward. I told him to lie his head or even his body at my bed, but he refused...And tat night, the contractions were pretty bad, hurt more and more while i was laying on the bed. And poor Mr Cloudz was helping me to time the gap between my contractions throughout.
25th Aug dawn-
The whole nite we couldnt sleep coz i was suffering. The time lapse was about 3-5 mins and silly mi didnt know tat's enuff to warrant delivery. And i tot can endure, then try out for natural birth. Also trying to wait for more dilation b4 delivering.
At around 5am i remembered we were walking around and i was in pain throughout, seemed like standing up was more bearable than sleeping on the bed. The nurse asked me from time to time how was i, think i didnt tell them it was very painful, just told them 5 mins sometimes, and they tot i looked alrite and just left us to walk ard and ard...In the end i decided tat we should go down to the Delivery Suite as my contractions were getting really unbearable. The nurse then informed my gynae whois coming down to check my dilation and see the situation. She did her usual painful insertion of fingers and said i was 3cm dilated. One whole night of suffering and only 1cm more dilated! Argh...And b4 i tot further, she broke my waterbag!! Felt some waters gushed out. So i was strapped to the CTG to check interval and intensity of contractions. Made to sign forms on acknowledging the various ways to deliver etc.
So i had pain relief options like laughing gas, injection which lasts temporarily only and epidural for natural vaginal birth. So i asked for laughing gas to try out 1st, and still was thinking if to go natural or epidural. Laughing gas if breathe hard enuff, u can feel dizzy and it kinda numbs a bit of the pain. Injection lasts only a short while and cannot be administered at the last stage of delivery which is crucial. So i asked gynae about the bad effects of epi, she said most of the women she knew all went directly for it, and in fact given my case, they would have already did the epidural the night b4 tat i suffered from contractions. She said the women after tat were fine, and anyway backaches can be due to other many factors too.
Since she said might have to wait another 12 hrs from now, i was thinking i might not be able to withstand the pain for so long, so with some assurance on epi by her, i opted for it. So i was made to sign some forms on possible side effects from epidural like vomitting, headache, backache, itchiness, numbness of leg and worser, rarer case scenarios. They got an anesthetic doc to administer on my spine and u're supposed to keep still coz if move may cause paralysis. They also injected my left hand with some liquid to keep my blood pressure higher since epi causes it to be lower. I was also given a 'control' to push the button for more epidural liquid if the current system does not minus the pain to your ideal. It's supposed to only take away 80-90% of the pain, or else u can't feel, it's not gd, as u wun know when to push.
So i just layed there waiting with all the tubes and machines around me. Mr Cloudz went home after i checked into the Delivery Suite to get some sleep since Dr said 12 hrs or so. I was not supposed to eat nor go toilet, so they attached a catheder to release urine from me. Blood pressure machine was also timed to check me regularly.
Ard 12pm- Gynae came to my relief to check dilation. Amazingly it was 9cm!!! Before tat i was praying and trying to relax myself and psycho myself to dilate more. Meaning im about to start pushing! I was quite shocked, called Mr Cloudz via hp but he turned it to silent mode or cant hear when sleeping. So called home and my MIL picked up and told me he's sleeping, i said i know, so told him 9cm dilated, he was like "Huh? So fast?" Yeps i said...Dr said come at 1pm, i told him ard 115pm, drive carefully. So luckily he arrived at ard 1pm coz at 12 plus, i could feel im almost ready to deliver already...Nurse and i started some trial pushes, i told her i didnt go for any antenatal class. She told me to lift up my thighs and hold them up with my hand, and when contraction came, get ready to breathe in and push like 'shitting' and do like crunches at the same time. All in all, after gynae came in, did ard like 10 times pushing, think 4 times were when baby was at the end canal already and baby was out!!! Didnt feel much pain while pushing, just tat it's like exercising, need strong and long breathing and forcing out. They said i was doing pretty fast and well-dilation wise and pushing wise. So baby came out bloody and they remove the dirt she drank, wiped her, weighed her etc. And it felt so surreal, the baby over there is mine...Dr took blood from the placenta to give to public cord bank. Baby is O+. Mr Cloudz video-ed the crucial moments of the delivery, and took photos of her when she's just out.
Yep very long entry indeed.
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Thursday, Aug 21, 2008 5:48PM / Members only
Today's supposed to be the birthday of both of my babies, but the little one only caused some contractions from 12-3am then i had tummyache and went toilet. Today she seemed less active, but still moved when daddy spoke to her.
Had a simple lunch for Mr Cloudz at Shokudo (again), in the end we ended up eating from the same stall without knowing-Omu rice with meat, just tat his was chicken chop, mine was a hamburg. Forgot to take pic of tat since hungry :P Managed to take only the desserts
Tofu cheesecake (all time nice and light to eat
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Finally gotta try the crepe, okie, and the white coffee does taste like the real coffee
And the 'access card' to ordering food Marche-style
Walked from Raffles City via Citylink to entrance towards Marina Square, but ended up nua-ing at Pacific Coffee. Mr Cloudz likes to read his usual newspapers & mags, mi like chilling out on the sofa seats and listening to jazz music while drinking/eating.
No news of Stariel yet today, mm...looks like maybe they wun share the same birthday? We're all still waiting...
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