I'm finally back from delivery : )
Baby Heidi's born on 27-Apr at Mt A after long hours of "ordeal"...
Here's the ordeal:
26-Apr AM:
- Heeded gynae's adv to go for induction due to water level low (this means blood & oxygen flow are not optimal for bb in the womb) *sigh*
- In my head, I was still thinking about no epi, cos really want to see how painful it was... and thinking my pain threshold was very high.
27-Apr:
- 2.10am: walked in to the hospital with no pain, little infrequent contractions. After all the admission procedures, was "invited" into the delivery suite, changed and lie on the delivery bed with the start of induction. Medicated tablet was inserted deep (and I really mean deep) into the cervix by the nurse, to soften the cervix so that water bag cld break and have natural delivery...
- 8.10am: from 2.10am since, 8hrs of observation (a common 8-hrs wait for inducing birth), dilation only 3cm *sigh sigh*, even though gradual contractions started since 6+am... Was told some people's graduation contraction can open a lot more... started asking "why me?", then in my mind, thinking "must be no do my intended pre-natal yoga...". Tried using the "laughing gas" which is supposedly to make u "high" and "forget" about the pain... BUT, it didn't work on me. I was "high" and "giddy"... and still remembered the pains.
Side track, description of the contractions:
- extremely excrutiating painful period cramps (front & back) with a very severe diarrhea. And all these pains come once every 10 to 15mins with 3 mins of painless intervals.
- Hence there wasn't any time out to recuperate the excrutiating pains AT ALL.
- 10+am: Gynae came & checked, water bag burst @ 9+, but still dilating at 3cm. No improvement at all. Damn it! Thene gynae said the pain that I was going thru was only 30% thru the entire journey. I then decided to use epi cos pain was really unbearable after gg thru from 6+ to 10+am.
After epi was adminstered at the spine, I felt I was in paradise... No more pain, everything was peaceful & calm... For the 1st 5 mins, I was high on the epi as well. I couldn't talk, and just felt happy... I remembered I was smiling as they asked me some questions...
- 11+am: After an hr, I heard from the nurses that my dilation @ 7cm.
Sidetrack to how to check dilation:
- The nurses really put their fingers into the private area and checked the opening at the cervix. From their expressions, they were like really putting their fingers in to "search" for something... But couldn't be bothered at all. Already no sense of shame... *sigh*...
Back to the ordeal...Great improvement on the dilation @ 7cm, guess it's the epi which made me relax, less tense & dilate faster.. But now lower body numb. No pain at all. Joked with my husband to put my feet soles on the bed, my legs just wobbled themselves down, no feeling. For any epi adminstration & cessarian, u'll be put on glucose drip, it was so damn painful. And epi will make u feel very very cold. I was shivering even with blankets put on me.
- 2+pm: Dilation @ 9cm, ready for delivery. Nuses called gynae to come. Pushing stated. Nurses said usually 1st timer will take about an hour to push before successful delivery. My bb in the womb sent out distress signal cos very little oxygen for her... I was given oxygen to send to her... I was high again. The pushing helped on the cold shivers but now I was very giddy, cos I was doing 4 sets 10counts of breathless push for each contraction and each contraction comes in 5 mins now. So bascially I was majiam holding breath every 5 mins for about 40 secs.
- 3+pm: Gynae finally came, did the episiotomy to enlarge the opening so that bb can be pushed out easier. This happens for almost all asians cos our built is very much smaller than the americans/europeans...
I couldn't even feel him cutting...
Continued to push, saw about 50cts of Baby Heidi's head. But oxygen continued to deplete and had to use vaccum to attach to her head to help pull when I pushed. The 2 nurses were pushing my tummy to help Baby Heidi moved out, while another nurse held my legs with my husband pushing my back to aid the pushing... and finally @ 1555hrs... Baby Heidi's born...
- 4+pm: Then I saw gynae become a seamstress, sewing back the cut... very swiftly and nimble with the needle and thread... Nurses help to remove the epi syringe & glucos drip...I was tired... Nurses helped to clean me.... sigh... period came in full force now... had to even use the big bulky ugly maternity pads, 2 pieces each time some more... Yucks!
All in all, for all mothers, they're really a goddess and those survived w/o epi (like our mums) should be given standing ovation.... that's why Mothers' Day is widely celebrated. For all fathers, must really appreciate their wives who not only have to suffer for 9-10months and even through the delivery, it is not easy and no laughing matter... if it's a natural birth, u'll see your woman suffered so much for u... that's why they ought to be loved much more...
Last words here, I don't wanna go back to work! cos I'm in love with my Baby Heidi and couldn't bear to part with her now even she's turning into a devil since yesterday when we came home. She is like me, a midnite owl, so bloody active after 11pm!
The wonderful people who made this happen... my gynae Dr Fong's who is ever so patient, the team @ Mt A who helped me push & my wonderful man who helped me push my back to aid my pushing & did the counting for me too... And all those who helped saying prayers for little Heidi...
Kaoz... me so sentimental & emotional now...
I think I'll be more emotional than ever during this period, sigh... post natal blues they called it...
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