Two Chubby Little Cheeks: May 2008

Today mark exact 8mths since Jae was borned. It was indeed an eventful day for both of us! Time passes so fast now that I merely can't remembered what happen on that day. So I decided to pen it down now...

2 weeks before EDD (which is 5th Oct 07), we visited our Gynea and Dr. YY Tan told us to get ready, it can be anytime. "If feel intense contraction or see blood, go hospital immediately", she said. I was thinking what is intense contraction?? Hey! It's my 1st time ok and I can tolerate pain very well... so how intense??

I have already stopped working and waiting aimlessly at home. Each day passes with increased anxiousness. Both of us keeping asking our baby inside, "Is it today, little Jae?" But nothing happen althought I do feel some "intense" contraction.

Thursday Nite 28th Sep. I finally feel something more "intense", but I'm not sure is this intense enough to admit to hospital. I can still tolerate the pain so far but I can't risk it... It's Friday morning 2am, Rayner asked whether I wanted to admit but I'm still procastinating, eventually I gave up waiting and decided to go (which already about 4am). We drove to ESH which is 10mins away from our house (I am the one on the driver seat... hahaha).

5am: Admit, immediately to Labour Ward, nurse checked.. only 0.5cm dilated.

8am: Doc came and checked, still 0.5cm dilated, inserted 1st tablet. Went down to antenatal ward instead.

12pm: Doc came again and checked, 1cm dilated! inserted 2nd tablet and asked me to walk around to induce labour.

After inserting 2nd tablet, I dun even feel a single contraction at all and no pain too. Me & hubby went up and down the hospital, buying food, drinks, magazines bla bla bla to kill time... The waiting is really tiring!

29th Sep 7am: Nurse came, inserted tablet to clear bowel and send me up to labour ward again.
Dr came and checked... not much dilation, only 1.5cm. Dr suggest induced and put me on drip! Once I'm on drip, the pain start getting more and more intense but still manageable with the laughing gas.

12pm: Dr came again and checked... 2cm! This is really very slow. Dr again suggest brust water bag. More intense pain but still surviving with laughing gas.

3pm: Dr came again and checked.. still 2cm! Dr said labour may only start in the evening or the next day morning! I am already very tired and hungry and with the use of laughing gas every few minutes, I can't even sleep properly. I requested for epi. Rayner is getting very restless and agitated with the waiting already!

4pm: Another Dr came to do epi. 1st attempt - FAILED! I can still feel the pinch. 2nd attempt - FAILED! I can feel the doc is injecting a needle and pulling it out a few time. It took her 3 attempts to finaly numb me. I have to tolerate 3 times of that painful injection! I was actually very anger but also quite helpless. How did she get her Dr. certificate if can't even do her job properly! Anyway, it was comfort immediately, and I doze off to sleep peacefully.

6pm: Dr came again and checked. Still 2cm! Dr asked whether I want to go thru C-Sect. Both hubby and me already very restless and we just want to get it over, so we agreed. I requested hubby to be with me during the operation, Dr agreed.

While preparing for the C-Sect, dun know what happen or dun know what did the nurse do that cause baby to be distress. Dr said must quickly get the baby out and it become an emergency C-Sect. (which means hubby cannot go in with me) I am in tear and very scare! They push me to the operating theathe and in a few minutes, I'm in complete darkness.

Jae was finally borned @ 6:32pm!

When I woke up, it was about 7pm i think. I'm still in the operating theate, I do not what happen (it seem the clock just stopped!). My vision is blurred and I am shivering very badly. I am in tear again, I need help, I needed a blanket badly but I'm helpless. That feeling was terrible (I will not want to go thru that again!). Finally, they pushed me out and hubby was there waiting outside and 1st thing he said "Jae is adorable". Unfortunately, I can't registered that, I requested him to hug me tight, I'm very cold (undescribleable cold!).

It was until another few hours before I really regain my consiousness and coldness, and finally I carried my Little Jae :)

This is Jae's 1st Video ....