Baby was finally born healthy and safe on 1st April 2009. Ya, it's much earlier than estimate due date. She is a naughty girl who choose to come on April Fool. Well, this will be a long blog i guess... Let's start with the 30th night.
As usual I was teaching on Tuesday night with darling. After teach we had our supper at SS2 since I'm craving for kiwi-lou for quite some time. While having my kiwi-lou, i felt bit backache. Darling thought I was tired so we finish our 'lou' in short time and get back home. While in the car, I suddenly felt there's continuous pain on one side of my tummy. I told darling but both of us just dun aware of the sign. I did some household before goin to bed, but I felt like the tummy was getting hard few times for a short while. I told darling, your daughter wont be so naughty playing April Fool with me guar... We suspected something but not quite sure. So I time the 'harden' feeling, but it only occurs once in 10 minutes like that. I was so tired that time, so I told darling let's sleep. Even if there's contraction also no need to admit hospital too early. I really not sure was that contraction, cause I only felt the harden feeling but no pain at all.
In the mid night, I woke up to toilet as usual. I felt that harden feeling again, and it seems like getting more frequent. So I stay awake to time the 'feeling' for half an hour. The 'feeling' came every 3-4 minutes and last for about 1 minute. So I guess there's the contraction. I decided to take a shower and go to the hospital. At that time was about 4.30am. I told darling to get ready. After shower and took all things that we prepared early, we went to hospital on 5am.
Once reach the delivery room, the nurse put me on CTG to check baby's heart beats and contractions. After checking for about 30mins, confirm my contraction is regular then the nurse check that the cervix was dilated 3cm. Then all the procedures started. Darling need to do admission for me, I need to change the hospital gown, nurse calling doc n etc. Darling told the nurse that I dun want epidural. So I was given a normal pain killer jab. Then I was asked to drip for inducing since the cervix was already dilated 3cm. It will made the process faster but it will be more painful. After consulting my mum, and with darling's support, I put on the drip. After that, all I need to do was just wait. Darling was there with me. He was reading his novel but I keep talking with him. He was patient listening and answering me all the time. Everything goes well with baby heart beats and contractions all normal. Most importantly, I dun really felt pain. Just slight stomach cramps like period pain.
Waiting was quite tiring. Around 10am like that, I felt so sleepy. I try to take a nap since I dunno still need to wait how long. Actually doc said after drip longest also 6 hours only, it means latest 1pm will deliver. But after taking nap, the nurse found that my contraction was getting low. She checked the cervic again, it was dilated 5cm only. Well, that's not good news to me, seems like going to wait very long. Though the nurse said contraction was getting low but I actually felt more pain. That was around 1130am.
The nurse and midvive will come check me every half an hour. Around 12pm they came and keep looking on the CTG result, I saw that baby's heart beat was dropping everytime my contraction came. I was so worried and panic. But the midwife said it's sign that baby coming soon. They check the cervic again but it still 5cm dilated only. I was getting more and more pain. I told them and they ask me whether feeling to push, I said yes. Then one of them call doc and the other one check the cervic again. She said she cant find the cervic most porperly fully dilated. The pain came and I start acted unconsciously.
Doc came in a short while and examine the cervix then confirmed that I can deliver now. The environment became so excited at the moment. Midwives were busy getting ready all equipment, doc also getting ready himself by putting on his gown. I was in pain. Darling was still beside me to give support and telling me to breath in and out. Then doc asked me to listen to his instruction. When I felt the urge to push I told doc. Then doc asked me to push and he will assist me to get baby out. I can saw doc was using the forcep to get the baby out. I just pushed few seconds then baby was out.
Darling told me it's over, baby came out de. Then I heard she cried loudly. Midwife placed her on my chest after doc cut off her cord. Just a while, then baby was removed from me to clean up by the midwife just beside me. I was given another injection to help removed the placenta. After that, doc try to clean those 'blood' in my tummy. I was forced to have episiotomy (cause I dun want it if possible) due to tears. It was really painful, very very pain. Nurse and darling try to distract my concentration by placing baby on my chest again. I can saw she was clean and no more crying. But I really felt the pain downstairs. It's unbearable for me. I hold baby's leg so tight. Midwife faster removed her away and gave me the gas to reduce pain.
I breath in lots n lots of the gas as it's really so so so pain. I can feel the sewing movement. I became blur after breathed in so much so the gas. The process last so long, so I guess I had tear badly (till now I still not sure how bad was it, coz I dun dare to check it). Finally everything done, I was cleanned up by the nurse. I need to stay at the delivery room for 1 hour in case any bleeding. Baby and darling were there with me. I was holding the little one. She's so tiny. But she looks smart with big eyes keep turning around. Midwife told me to breastfeed her asap, so I tried it. She took some time to latch on my nipple, but soon she got it then she start sucking. She's really smart. After a while, baby need to be sent to the nursery for other checking. Then left me alone, coz darling need to follow up some procedures and parents-in-law were there.
Well, I was not very tired at the moment, so I made the birth announcement by sending sms to my friends and relatives. Nurse came and told me baby weights 2.4kg. She was born on 12.43pm. I got few immediate replied from friends and relatives to congrat for my safely delivered. There were also friends that do not believe on my sms and thought it was April Fool joke. I was busy replying all msg and wishes. Till 2.30pm only they transfered me to the wad. Unfortunately there was no more single room, so I was forced to take the double room.
There are few visitors on that day. 1st was darling's auntie, then came my mum. My mum stay ed with me for few hours and nurse did bring baby to our room too. Baby's face got a red mark which caused by the forcep. According to nurse, it will disappear soon. But we just felt pity that baby was hurt =( Darling went for lunch and back home to rest for a while when my mum was with me.
After mum gone, I was busy on arranging ppl to take care the music school. Though very tired at the moment, but I knew darling must be tired too. So dun wish to disturb him. Unfortunately no one free to give help. End up I need to wake darling up to go pass key for another teacher, Eunice. Luckily Eunice was so helpful. She will close the school for us after everyone teach. Since she staying at Kota Kemuning with his husband, so it's quite convenient to her.
Then Eva came to visit me too. After that was my uncle family, then my parents bring my little bro along after his school. Then father-in-law bring my dinner, ginger fried rice for me. Darling was back at that time too. Around 7.30pm more friends coming, ManYee and her bf Yau, Chi Jee, Lim Kang and Kian Kee. Baby was with all the guests at the moment. She was sleeping tightly. Everyone agreed her nose like his father, some said lips like me. However, overall is like her father. Haha... So i told my friends, if you want your baby looks like you must look more on mirror. Cause I look too much on my darling.
My parents were last left at 11pm like that. Darling went back home to get my charger for me and came back at 1130pm. Due to double room, he cant be there with me. So I have to sleep alone that night. It was really a long night.
Here, I would really thanks to my darling, for keeping me accompanient most of the time. I know he was so tired too. But I can see his happiness from his eyes when he was looking at our little precious princess. I love my baby, but I felt more love to my darling. Without him we wont have this little cute girl. Everytime I saw our girl, I will think of darling. I know he is working hard to take care me, baby and his job to provide us more stable finance. Once again, thanks dear and I love you so much!
