Now you have a name. Baby SK! You chose to come out on 12 Mar Tuesday afternoon. What a nice date~! Your birth weight was 3.025kg and measures 50cm in length and 33cm for head circumference. Very normal, average baby. :) Right now, you are week 2 day 5 old.
Let me back date on my birth story, since I have a little spare time now.. (Maybe after that I will need to take a nap coz I'm really sleepy)
Ok, here it goes:
I had my gynae checkup at week 37 and noticed that there’s a slight decrease in amniotic fluid. So the checkup for week 38 was brought forward 3 days from 14-Mar to 11-Mar (Thurs to Mon). During the week 38 checkup, baby was still safe, but we chose a date for induction 13-Mar (Wed). We didn't want the amniotic fluid to drop too much.
Dr Wong also did a cervix check and during that appointment she said that I was already 1cm dilated. Thus I may not need to be induce at all, but it all depends on baby. We returned home after that and then on and off, blood clots were seen throughout the day. I called Dr Wong and she said that it was normal to have blood clots after cervix check. But of course, if the blood clots kept on coming after a day, I will need to return to check again.
So, I felt very mild contractions in the middle of the night,. It was like menses cramp and thus I ignored it and went to sleep. I woke up around 6.30am again and the mild contractions were still there. Dear went to pick up mother in law from golden mile while I waited for him to be back and then decide on whether we need to go to the hospital. Diligently, I timed the mild contractions. They were consistently at 8-10 mins apart.
I told Dear about it when he returned and just to play safe, we headed off to the clinic. We reached the clinic around 9.30am where the nurses did the CTG for me. Mild contractions were still 8 to 10 mins apart. Dear was a little frustrated.. he thought it was another false alarm...until Dr wong came in to check the "happy" me. Before putting her hand in to check my cervix, she told me to induce on that day since I kept having blood clots discharge. She don't want us to keep waiting and worrying like, forever. LOL.
Tadah~ checked. Cervix dilated 4cm. I was in labour! How come there's no strong contractions? Dr Wong then asked me to go for a good breakfast and then proceed to admit to the hospital. Pororo was coming. Everyone's reactions towards me was "wah! 4 cm dilated still not pain and walk around happily ah"
10.30am. I'm in the observatory ward. Changed gown and got bowels removed. I'm supposed to wait for the doctor to burst my water bag, to hasten the labour.. but she took too long to arrive and my water bag self-burst at 11.55am.
12.30pm. Dr Wong arrived n checked, 5cm, fully effaced but contractions still 8 mins apart with bearable pain. I was transferred to the birth room. They were all hopeful and encouraging me not to take epidural.
2pm plus, the pain intensified, dear couldn't bear to see me suffer.. thus we asked for epidural. It was too late. I'm 6-7cm dilated. I was given laughing gas.
3pm, Doctor came to check again and I was 7-8 cm. Painful contractions at every few mins.. There was nothing much they could do. Not even pethidine injection. Laughing gas was my only friend. Seeing the distress us, Dr Wong decided to help by manually stretching my cervix to 8-9 cm. It was damn painful!!!
3.40pm, there was an urge for "passing motion". Nurse was there to help to push. I'm nearly out of breathe, I nearly gave up. But dear was there encouraging me. Dr Wong then came in shortly after I started pushing. I kept puking because I used all my strength and abdominal muscles to push. All my gastric juices were out. Yucks.
4pm plus, he was out. Dear was sobbing while being offered to cut the umbilical cord. So sweet. Priceless.
Doctor then proceed to deliver the placenta and the stitching was very painful. Piles were pushed out during the birth process too... swollen and painful.
That's it. He is out. We are a happy family.
