EDD is 24th Sept08 , as the date getting close, me getting nervous, keep telling her, before coming out, must do something to inform me, also pls chose a date that daddy is at home with me. Decided to start my maternity leave on 15th sept, 1 of the reason is because my boss only mange to get a new staff to cover my duty on 4th of Sept. and other reason is I’m not going to utilizes my 4 months leaves at one go.
08-09-08 (week 38):
Was working at office, when I hardly feel Eleanor moving. Called Eddie and he urged me to go hospital after work, since it near knock off time. He will rush over to meet me. Reach KKH, went to grab something to eat while waiting for Eddie, scare later I got no time to eat. Went to Delivery Suite, tell the nurse my problem, and was strapped to CTG. After monitor awhile, BB heartbeat is good, doc say if I want, I can choose to stay at hospital and go under observation, or I can go home and observe myself, so I decide to go home.
09-09-08:
4 plus in the morning, woke up to go toilet. Was sitting there dong my small biz, out of sudden, I heard a pop sound, and I felt warm water flowing out. Sit there for awhile, and realized my water bag burst, woke Eddie up, tell him my water bag burst. I do my final wash up, bath myself. Lucky we had packed the bag and left it in the car. So happily off we go. Before heading to hospital, decide to drop by 7-11 to grab something to eat.Reach hospital at 6pm, the same nurse attend to me the night b4, ask me what happened this time, told them, my water bag burst. And soon they pushed me into the delivery suite.Get change and strap to CTG, wait for doc to come in.
6.52am, doc came in and check, tell me I am already 3cm dilated, wow I tot that fast and the contraction not that bad yet. So another training doc is to take my blood for test, and she poke me 3 xs before she can draw the blood.
7.35am another doc came in, check me again and tell me I am 4cm dilated, and I was timing the contraction, abt 5 mins once and it last abt 2 mins, so the nurse put 2 drip on me, one of them is to induce me.
At 8 plus, Eddie decided to go and have his breakfast, so I told him ok, don’t take too long. While watching the TV, I was also timing the contraction. As the time goes by, I feel the contraction getting closer, and the nurse came in and out asking me whether I still can take it. I tell no problem, I still can bear the pain. However, every time the contraction hit, I will start cursing Eddie, for taking such a long breakfast.
maybe after a long time, I felt hungry and start to feel like vomit, and the pain is getting worse, decide to try the laughing gas, the moment I try on laughing gas, even feel like vomiting, so decide to give up the gas. Try to endure and finally want to give up and decide to take epi, just nice doc came in to check again. This time I was 9cm dilated, wow… it was 11plus. So have to endure since I am 1cm away to give birth. Throw away the form and try to endure. Can tell u, I'm so glad that Eddie is with me, else I don't know how I’m going to endue the whole process. He was there telling me how to relax and breathe, so in order not to waste my energy.
Finally, nurses came in and ask whether I felling like "doing biz", I say and ask whether I got the urge to push, yes, so they say I’m really to give birth. Finally, don't know how many push, finally at 1256pm, I give birth to my little princess, Eleanor Tan.
After that, think they got a bit of problem in getting my placenta out, after trying for sometime, it finally out. Then doc came to stitch me up, tell u, if I still got strength, surely will give the doc a good kick. It was damn painful. Finally after all the pushing and stitching, I fell asleep, and by the time they push me to ward, it was 3 plus and I continue with my sleep there
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