Labor & Delivery

Have been listen and read about many painful story about delivery a baby..finally I taste it..and the experience won't b forget lifetime.

20th May Saturday - midnight about 2am suspected my water bag hav burst..at 5am and i felt that water leak out is more n more...so i quickly took a shower then change, bring my hospital bag and admit hospital..

5.45am - admit to hospital and lay down in labor n delivery ward...is a single room...i thought they will check me on the water bag burst condition first before they can confirm that i need to admit hospital..but they did not do that...nurse started to ask me to change into the hospital wear and started to put on the heart beat belt on me to check baby heart beat and contraction pain. At time admit hospital i didn't have any pain at all..also together they giv a bowel care...

7.10am - my gynea came, checked me and said that my water bag hav burst (actually he did not do any scan or check also) and started to check my cervical dilation. This is very pain to me too...he said that my cervical haven't dilate yet. He recommend that i used epidural or hav c-sec since i so afraid of the pain...before they do any of these 2...my mum, cousins sis thru phone asking me not to take that, as this epidural may hav side effect when we get older later....especially it may cause back-ache....as it inject into the back bone...although doc said it is very safe n very common to take it and it greatly reduce pain n no effect in future... after some consideration n advice i did not take any epidural...so i gotta tell myself i have to take the contraction pain n labor pain wit all my strength n faith...

After doc left, those staff midwife started to giv me fluid drop to let my cervical dilate n get into pain...so before the pain come i can sleep, eat n watch Wah Lai Toi. After lunch pain started to come little by little...my pastor's wife came to visit me and prayed for me for a short while...Nurse on n off came n check my condition of dilation. 3-4 hours have passed and my dilation is only 3cm..at that time my tummy already cramp like hell...i can't move around or even sleep side way..coz the heartbeat belt and fluid drop machine is hang on me...so i just can sleep straight only...leg also can't put up as it will slowly down the dilation....so it is real pain..i asked for the pain killer injection...(as recommend by my cousin)..it greatly comfort me, aft the injection i can even sleep and the pain is reduce 50%.

Around 6pm, when i awake the dilation reach 5cm. The great pain was back as the pain killer medicine is over. Very very cramp n pain...every 5 min....wah...those hours very very hard to passed..i started to think when i can tahan until it fully dilate...so as nurse said no pain no delivery...so i gotta tahan lorr...

Within 1 hour...beyond my expectation it dilate to 9cm....and the pain of coz is the greatest one this time......the pain push me like i wan to go toilet for big bussiness...nurse saw me so suffering ask me to put on the gas..it is call laughing gas, a way to reduce pain too....so i hold one the gas mask...before pain come i hav to suck n suck n suck the gas...at that time i already very very faint...eye can't open just concerntrate on the pain come and suck the gas.

8pm+ my gynea reach, i can listen n blur blur saw that nurse n gynea quickly put on the disposable clothes and a lot of paper n plastic on me...aft my leg put up to a holder..they started ask me to push, push n push....it really hav technique to push a baby out....the feel is like when u push a hard shit out....exactly the same...so the way of breathing also very important...take the a big breath in to push down without exhale out....once i stop half way to rest for breath the baby head will go in n out...one short of breath hav to push hard down....so aft a few round of baby head in n out coz i dunno how to breath....i used my last full strength n energy to push...else doc will help using vacuum..half faint half pain...i try my best to push the last time...with Brandon help beside to ask for push all the way and many of pushing help beside finally baby is out naturally...


The moment baby out..i was like totally release n very very tired, no pain anymore...although i know doc is stitching back the episiotomy cut....i heard baby cry and nurse put the baby on my chest...i was so touch n i kissed my baby...seeing him very cute...

Brandon n my mum was all the time there when baby is out and they keep on looking at the baby n feel joyous about his arrival....before they bring him out the ward..you know what, he already opened his eye to look around and play saliva there...

After doc finish taking the cord blood and stitching, nurses started to clean me and put me in the patient room...everything finish at 10.30pm...everybody also tired...Brandon n mum back home aft that...

nurse wanted me to put him on breastfeed, but i just couldn't sit up so i just ask them to feed him powder, the next morning only breastfeed him...

21th May - family member of both were came for visiting, so during daytime not really hav a good rest also....once i wan to rest baby is time to feed...

22th May - A nurse invite me to watch a breastfeeding video and also teach me how to put on baby to breastfeed, hav gain some info there. Discharge at noon. Delivery cost RM3780+ and my confinement period started now...will share more later.