Labor Stories

Read about a few bloggers’ labour experiences, so I’d like to write mine too.Justin, when you’re old enough to read this, hopefully mummy still keep my pregnancy and giving birth dairy for you, remember to get from me ya?

My due date was on 24 December 2004, and I was hoping to deliver on that day even though I know it’s quite slim. On 16 Dec, when I was getting ready to go to work in the afternoon, and I noticed a show. So, I called hubby and he went and asked my ob-gynae if I need to go to hospital now. The doc said better admit first. After taking a heavy lunch (MIL said need strength to push!), hubby and I went to hospital.

Checked in at about 2pm, and only 1 cm dilation. The nurses asked me to stay at the beds in the labour room, but I didn’t feel any pain and asked for permission to walk around and do squatting exercise. Hubby went home to clean the room and made some arrangement.

I was quite bored, and went to my bed at the ward. I didn’t want to stay at the labour room as there’s another lady’s there giving birth. I don’t wanna hear any screams. So, asked hubby to bring me some magazines and I read until at night. Still no sign of contraction or pain. I asked the nurse if I could discharge first, but they didn’t permit and told me to wait for my doc.

Finally, my ob-gynae came to check on me at 10pm, and I was only 2cm dilated. He asked me to get a good night sleep at the ward and he’ll induce me in the morning. Hubby left to get some rest too. I tried to sleep, but I started to feel some pain at 11pm. Then the pain get intense, and by midnight, the contraction lasted longer and getting nearer. I paged for the nurses, but no one came. So, I got up and walked out from my ward. There wasn’t any nurses at the counter too, I tried to open the door of the labour room, but it’s locked. I had to stopped walking when I had the contraction, and was walking softly back to my bed. Called hubby that no nurse came to me, he said he’ll be right over.

Then I remembered from what I read that we need to go to the loo before birth, so I went to “do the big business”. After that, got back on bed. Then a nurse came and I told her I was having contraction.

They pushed me to the labour room, and hubby reached there too. The nurse gave me pethidine (spelling?) to ease the pain, and they allow hubby to stay. At about 3am, I found that my bed’s wet. Yep, my waters burst, and the pain was really ….Can’t find words to describe.

The nurse called anesthetist to give me epidural, and by 4.30am, the pain stopped. They asked hubby to go home first and said I’d only gave birth by 7am. So, he left again. But at about 5am, I was 6cm dilated, and 15 minutes later, the nurse felt Justin’s head. She quickly called my ob-gynae and hubby back, and everything started to get fast. Poor hubby, he only reached home and had to come to hospital again.

When they arrived, I was silvering like hell - after effect of having epidural. After a few pushes, Justin’s out, and I could finally hold him for the first time after 9 months! So, he’s born on 17 December 2005 at 5.42am.

Wah! The experience seems exciting, but what I wrote sounds boring. Really don’t know how to describe the feeling of giving birth and holding my baby in my arms. It’s…..too wonderful to be writen out.