I started to have mild contractions 2 days before I delivered but the pain was bearable and thought that might be just another Braxton-Hicks contractions and the timing was not close together and all. But on Thursday night I had a weird looking discharge (it was long, thick and colourless) so I went to check the internet and it says it was nothing and just a mucos discharge or something so I ignore again.
So I went to work as usual on Friday (2nd of January 2009) and I was normal and started chatting with one of my colleagues and I told her about the discharge. She quickly asked me to go check up but I told her I was not in pain and fine. She kept insisting me to go if not call my doctor for confirmation. So, I called my doctor but the nurse pick up and didn’t want me to speak to the doctor and kept asking me to come over and let doctor check. I was hesitated at first as what if it was a false alarm and I need to come and go back to work again and etc. In the end I made the decision to go and see my doctor. I waited for 15minutes before my turn and doctor checked and to my surprised I was already 4cm dilated!! I asked the doctor whether I can go back and pack my bag and he said ‘No’ and asked me to admit right away. That time was about 12pm already. So, in the end Tjun Aun went back to take my stuff and I was taken to the labour room to change and get ready. I was put on drip at 12:30pm or 1pm. The reason is the doctor plan to induced and make my contractions come closer together and dilate faster. It was so fast and I’ve already dilate to 5cm and the pain was too much and I asked for painkiller but the nurse told me it was too late to have painkiller so they gave me the gas as pain relieve. The gas makes me light headed and sleepy! I started to have the urge to pass motion and told the nurse I want to push and the nurse checked and told me to hang on. I waited for another 10more minutes and I have the urge again and I yelled to the nurses and they said I can start to push.
This time round, it was a real drama for me as I was screaming and shouting like mad woman! Hahaha…..first of all, they can’t get my doctor (heard he is having lunch at the cafeteria and didn’t pick up his hp). Secondly, they asked Tjun Aun to wait outside and he can only come in when the doctor is here and thirdly, I can see the nurses and midwife’s faces all panicking (as they were 2 new nurses that day and their faces was not reassuring at all!). I was not confident at all and was in pain!! Finally after 5 minutes my doctor arrived and I was very relieve to see his face and Tjun Aun was there with me and I started to push like mad (as if passing big and hard stool). After 3-4pushes, the baby came out and I can feel the sense of relieve all over me.
Although I suffer for less than 1 hour but that was the longest 1 hour in my life. I’m glad and thank God for the smooth delivery. Baby Isaac was born finally and he is on total breastfeeding and he is able to latch and suck well as of now. As for me, I hope to get back in shape :) and pumping milk for storage (need to keep the milk supply for him after I start work again in another 2 months time).
So I went to work as usual on Friday (2nd of January 2009) and I was normal and started chatting with one of my colleagues and I told her about the discharge. She quickly asked me to go check up but I told her I was not in pain and fine. She kept insisting me to go if not call my doctor for confirmation. So, I called my doctor but the nurse pick up and didn’t want me to speak to the doctor and kept asking me to come over and let doctor check. I was hesitated at first as what if it was a false alarm and I need to come and go back to work again and etc. In the end I made the decision to go and see my doctor. I waited for 15minutes before my turn and doctor checked and to my surprised I was already 4cm dilated!! I asked the doctor whether I can go back and pack my bag and he said ‘No’ and asked me to admit right away. That time was about 12pm already. So, in the end Tjun Aun went back to take my stuff and I was taken to the labour room to change and get ready. I was put on drip at 12:30pm or 1pm. The reason is the doctor plan to induced and make my contractions come closer together and dilate faster. It was so fast and I’ve already dilate to 5cm and the pain was too much and I asked for painkiller but the nurse told me it was too late to have painkiller so they gave me the gas as pain relieve. The gas makes me light headed and sleepy! I started to have the urge to pass motion and told the nurse I want to push and the nurse checked and told me to hang on. I waited for another 10more minutes and I have the urge again and I yelled to the nurses and they said I can start to push.
This time round, it was a real drama for me as I was screaming and shouting like mad woman! Hahaha…..first of all, they can’t get my doctor (heard he is having lunch at the cafeteria and didn’t pick up his hp). Secondly, they asked Tjun Aun to wait outside and he can only come in when the doctor is here and thirdly, I can see the nurses and midwife’s faces all panicking (as they were 2 new nurses that day and their faces was not reassuring at all!). I was not confident at all and was in pain!! Finally after 5 minutes my doctor arrived and I was very relieve to see his face and Tjun Aun was there with me and I started to push like mad (as if passing big and hard stool). After 3-4pushes, the baby came out and I can feel the sense of relieve all over me.
Although I suffer for less than 1 hour but that was the longest 1 hour in my life. I’m glad and thank God for the smooth delivery. Baby Isaac was born finally and he is on total breastfeeding and he is able to latch and suck well as of now. As for me, I hope to get back in shape :) and pumping milk for storage (need to keep the milk supply for him after I start work again in another 2 months time).
