Mummy's birth story 18 August 2009
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6.30am Wash up and prepare to head for TMC
6.50am Bought a Fillet-O-Fish set meal from AMK McDonalds. Mummy grab two bite even though Dr Chan says cannot eat anything
7.05am Reach TMC delivery room. Nurse put mummy on drip to trigger contraction and showed Mummy how to use gas as a contraction pain relieve.
8.00am Dr Chan came to check on me and broke the water bag while i am still in it. gosh!!
12 noon Dilation was 2cm and Dr Chan tried to stretch the cervix which was painful.
3.30pm Now dilation was 4cm and Dr Chan was saying mummy got good endurance for pain which unfortunately did not last long. She also mentioned that mummy dilation was slow and ask mummy to relax and not fight the contraction. Of cos, Mummy did not understand a word about fighting contraction pain as she was just laying there enduring the pain. As in how could she fight the pain and cause slow dilation.. Humm something to ponder ... Dr Chan then briefly hinted mummy to take epidural so that it could help her relax and help with the dilation. Before mummy could make a decision on epidural, she left.
4.10pm Mummy continue to endure for a while and finally could no longer take the pain and requested for epidural. The relieve came an hour later and was administer within the next 20 mins. It was an absolute relieve for mummy when epidural took all the pain away. She was able to relax and seriously hoping the dilation to progress faster and delivery to end asap.
7.00pm Dilation did not progress further even with epidural as a relaxant. Mummy knew that the worst is to come. Dr Chan told mummy and daddy that they have to go for emergency c-section if situation remains unchanged in the next hour. She also warned that there were indications I may go into distress soon as my heart beat drops whenever there is a contraction in the baby monitor. Mummy was terrified and tears were beginning to form on the edge of her eyes. Mummy was worried about my well being and petrified by the thought of having a c-section. It would be the first surgery in her life. As soon as Dr Chan left, Mummy broke down in tears and Daddy was there to comfort her and assure her that he will be there even in the surgery room.
8.00pm Surgery started and more epidural was administer to numb the lower half of the body. Daddy came into the surgery room dressed in the surgery robe and cap provided.
Shortly, i was born and daddy accompanied me through the cleaning and weight process while mummy was put to sleep for the doctor to finish up the surgery.
Finally, presenting me to everyone ... :p
Nice aunties and uncles bought us gift too... isn't it sweet... Mummy says i owe them a kiss when i get older.
See...
1. Gift from mummy's friends: Aunty Angie&Celeste, Uncle Ann Thong&Jimmy&Kin Yan&Thomas
2. Gift from Aunty Ee Lin and Hubby
3. Gift from Aunty Jennifer and Hubby
4. Gift from Aunty Bibiana and Uncle Wie Kwang
5. Gift from Daddy's Company
6. Gift from Aunty Phyllis and Hubby
7. Gift from Aunty Shiao Yan
8. Gift from Uncle Edward and wife
9. Gift from Uncle Mark and Wife(Uncle Mark also gave a red packet to me)
10. Gift from Uncle Zhiping and Wife
11. Gift from Uncle Shi Qiang, Lian Li, Rong Cai, Kenny, Wei Qiang
12. Gift from Aunty Jayne and Uncle Jeff
