my labor story

it all happened early morning of apr 8th, 2008 (tuesday)...... hubby & i decided to induce my labor as my due date was actually apr 5th...... counting down to the EDD, i hv very very very mild contractions which can passed off as normal stomachache.....

so, around 6.40am hubby & i arrived at Hospital Bersalin Razif, Klang...... the nite b4, me didn't really sleep well coz bb moved so much in my tummy...... after i check-in to the private room Wad Perdana 10 at 1st floor..... the nurse then got me prepared before i am send to the labor room....

i changed to their clothings, shitted after they pump something on to my anus...... and then i was wheel-chaired to the labor room at 2nd floor.... they insisted that i am wheel-chaired though i say i can walk on my own... whatever lah... i just sat on it and was sent to the labor room no. 3 around 7.50am while hubby went to pay for car parking first.....

there were a total of 4 labor rooms as i check with the auntie who wheel-chaired me there..... and some ladies were there earlier preparing to give birth liao...

the young midwife Syahfinaz then strapped CTG to my tummy to monitor bb's heartbeat throughout the labor process...... at around 8.25am, my gyane Dr Madhulika arrived to check on my condition... she checked my dilation... onli 4 cm..... so, she first broke my water bag & then i was put on drip to induce the labor by making stronger contractions for me.....

just then..... hubby arrived and we both just stayed in the labor room....... it was a boring wait.... first of all, i can onli lay down on the bed doing nothing... chatted a while with hubby... still no contractions..... hubby even occupied himself by walking around the labor room... examining their equipments... the CTG monitor...... the drip... everything lah.... then hubby play games on his mobile phone.... i feel sleepy on off.....just closed my eyes and lay down on the bed onli

as i lay down there so long, i heard dr madhu in other labor rooms asking the mothers to PUSH, TARIK NAFAS, LEPAS, PUSH etc..... then can hear babies crying liao..... yeah... all this can be heard as all labor rooms are near to each other....

once a while the midwife came to check bb's heartbeat and asked if i feel any contractions... i said NO feeling at all... but as she lay her hand on my tummy, she can sensed strong contractions.... in normal case, other ppl will ask for Epidural liao

before going to labor, my heart is 50-50 whether to get epidural..... before we came to hospital, hubby & i decide not to have epidural first unless i am so much in pain........

every hour or so, dr madhu came to check my contractions & dilation..... according to her, my dilation is slow... it was 6 cm at around 11am...... and bb's head still high up..... i was so sad to hear that...... coz it just means higher chance to go for c-section... which of course all first time mummy esp wanna avoid

so, there were we.... hubby & i stayed in the labor room..... dr madhu came to see me one last time before she changed shift with another gynae.... my dilation is 7cm after 6 hours in labor.... luckily i was not in much pain or else i sure need the epidural liao.......

she advised me not to wait long for more dilation as water bag has been broke & bb's head still high up....and she said do no try for natural by vacuuming due to bb's head position still high up....

until about 2.45pm, another gyane Dr Nor Aziah came to check on me... she asked if me still wanna wait for dilation... she gave me the same advice as dr madhu.... to go for c-section... i asked for hubby's opinion and he agreed....... i was almost in tears when they tell me i cannot go for natural birth..... i wanna feel the labor pain... i don't even feel contractions though i was having strong ones according to the midwife & doctors....

i was then asked to sign a consent letter for c-section... hubby was asked to wait for me in our private room.... he's not allowed to accompany me in the operating room as it was a last minute c-section....

as i entered the operating room, i was asked if i want the "ubat bius" for half body(which will last for about 2 hrs) or i want to be totally sleeping through out the procedure.... i opted for half body as i wanna see my baby once he is born....

i was then given spinal block and in less than 5 seconds, i can't feel anything for the lower part of my body......

then in just minutes, doctor said "ur bb is on the way out"..... i was like OK.... i don't feel anything at all as they operated on me......

suddenly they carried bb to me & told me it's a boy........ and carried him away in seconds... i was blur blur... i onli remember seeing a bb boy covered with lots of blood but no crying

i asked doc why is my bb not crying... the answer was like he need to suck something first......

in a matter of time, i was then sent back to my private room... with hubby waiting there... time flies so fast that soon, my parents-in-law, my mum & sis arrived to visit me.... later that nite, my bro came with his wife and hubby's sis came with her family too...

dunno why i was not worried about bb at all... i mean i don't hv the feeling to look for him to carry him in my arms.... maybe i was tired without me realising....

and when they told me my bb was born at a whopping 4.13kg, i can understand now why i can't go for natural birth.... becoz of his size lor.....

after 3 nites stay at the hospital, i was allowed to go home...... the after c-section feeling is no good at all..... especially after 24 hours bed rest.... and when i wanna come down from the bed for the first time, it KILLS me! it was painful.... it makes me feel useless as my legs were weak...

i was lucky that hubby accompanied me at the hospital for the all the 3 nites...helping me to get in & out of the bed... making sure i feel comfy & enuf food to eat..... snapping bb's pictures for me to see as i cannot walk to the nursery rite after the c-section..... and he even tried bottle-feeding bb for the first time.... hubby was there to encourage me to get down from the bed to walk around to ease the pain for the first few days..... thanks hubby! love u so much.......

and i must praise the service by all the staffs at hospital razif... they treated me well... all of them.. the doctors, nurses, midwives, cleaners, admin staff etc........

this labor experience will forever be in my mind.... looking at bb daniel, it onli seems like yday i gave birth to him........ he is now my little prince.....