Reason?
1) Baby's healthy + ready. So why not?
2) We were super duper excited to meet our little princess! =D
3) We'd rather be prepared than caught unaware. Imagine having the water bag burst while i'm shopping =p
4) Doc's scan showed baby to be approx 3.1kg as at 38 weeks. If i were to wait for 2 more weeks, baby could have been 3.5kg and labour might have been really tough cos baby's huge size. Well, Dr Chen did caution that a 10% allowance was to be made for every weight approximation via scan.
So ta-da! 23rd Nov 2007 was to be our baby's birthday!
This is me, all excited on the night of 22nd Nov, @ 2325h, getting all ready for "THE" trip to Mt Alvernia Hospital.
ok, why such an odd hour? I was supposed to admit myself by the time the clock strikes 12! =)
In retrospect, the excitement only started building up when i was getting changed. I was home the whole day but i did nothing excepting watching TV + eating throughout the day! The numerous channels on SCV simply got me hooked. I'm no TV addict but i actually subscribed to SCV in prep for the months that i would be home. =p
Honestly, I wasn't hyped up or feeling any butterflies in my stomach til 11pm! Was the SCV an effective distractor or did i just have my unique way of "compartmentalising" my emotions?
Don't know. =)
Once the quick admins was done, we were taken to the delivery suite and there we spent the night SHIVERING! We didn't expect the delivery ward to be THAT cold! It was simply freezing! We tried looking around for the air conditioner controller but alas, it was under a central control. We later learnt that the low temperature was necessary so as to ensure that the bacteria stay dormant.
I was lucky, i asked for an blanket but poor Mart didn't have his jacket with him and ended up donning an extra T-shirt and sneaking little hide-outs at the washroom and outside the ward throughout the night.
Did i manage to catch some sleep? Yup! Though the contractions came on and off throughout the night, they were still bearable. Don't ask me how i managed to remain calm. I just have this amazing ability of drifting into dreamland when i'm tired. Try asking me how many alarm clocks i need before i could actually pull myself out of bed on the mornings of each work day. It's highly embarrassing. =p Hee, I recall the astonished look my hairdresser had when he first learnt that i actually fell asleep amidst all the pulling and tugging during those rebonding sessions!
This is a pic taken the morning of 23rd Nov! My hubby is all excited! Me? I was already feeling the intense contractions but i guess i managed to force a smile?
And this, check out my expression. I wasn't doing any warm-ups! It was immense pain!
Did i take any epidural? Yes i did but because i asked for it late, at only 7am, somehow the anaesthesist was preoccupied with god knows wat and the administration was delayed for 1.5hrs! The anaesthesist who was supposed to come didn't and by the time another came, he said i was already highly distressed! By then, i think the contractions were taking place like once in 2 minutes or something. And hey, before the water bag broke, the pain was bearable. After the water bag broke, my word, i think the only place that i didn't feel at was my hair!
Don't ask me what i did to Mart. I am sure i scratched (i did remember to cut my nails) and pinched him. And fathers out there, don't cheat by wearing long sleeves, lest you wan your sleeves riped! =p
Okie, my learning point?
ASK FOR EPIDURAL EARLY!
And hey, i wasn't trying to be "garang", i even opted for epidural prior to admission!
However, I was advised by the nurse to ask for epidural when pain becomes unbearable and i didn't expect the administrating of that WONDER DRUG to take that long.
Sum it all, after some 5 hours, i heard the first wails of my princess.
My thoughts during labour? One word:
PUSH!!!
My thoughts after labour? Yet another one word:
WOW...
(thoughts of awe)
Is it worth it? Will i go thru it again?
DEFINITELY! =D
4 comments:
You have a very cute lil' princess. Wanted to visit u but have been very very busy lately. Teaching Khalis in the mornings, preparing for new sch in the afternoon etc...Anyway, try and 'enjoy' your maternity leave. I remembered feeling very 'cooped up' at home when i was on maternity the other time. could'nt wait to go back to sch. but somehow, getting away for a while and doing a fair bit of retail theraphy helped. i remember feeling very rejuvenated after shopping. hee hee :P. Till then, look at her angelic face every moment you can because the next thing u know, u are back to work, then u will start missing her, and then time flies very very quickly, she will start walking and talking... the cutest part!!!
Take care, I will try and pay u a visit one of these days :)
Wow, retail therapy....i'm feelign miserably grounded and i really can't wait to get out of home and resume that! However, i'll have to shed more fats + water first! =( And yes yes, i do enjoy looking at my princess and cuddling her! That's something i think i'll never get tired of. =D
I din know u look so so big when u went to hospital! was it the blouse?! U look like u have a super big big watermelon inside ur tummy! and, tell u, looking at u really makes me nervous sometimes, cos I will be like that oso!!! =(
Hahaha, you're so funny, dear fren. =D Well, honestly, i'm not sure if i'll be able to achieve my goal of pre-pregggy weight but i'm sure it'll all turn out fine! Well, even if it doesn't, it's really all worth it! =D
Okie, let's encourage each other to exercise and trim down! =D
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