Why 9pm? Well I'm not too sure either. But Daddy and Mommy thought that that's the time where Dr Adrian closes shop at his Sengkang clinic. Hmm..which makes me think that being a gynae isn't easy. You see ar....they have to be on standby 24x7 for any emergency deliveries and then they have their own patients to tend to at their clinics. Besides that, they also have to make their rounds at the hospitals (in fact may not be only 1 hospital) to visit their patients...not easy woh...so...me grow up next time...will most likely not going to be a gynae haha....
Before 9pm: Mommy had a good dinner with food provided by the hospital. Nowadays hospital food is not so yucky as before they say. In the evening, Granny, Great-granny and Grand-aunt Jane came to visit Mommy at the hospital. Everyone was very excited for my arrival haha....hey how come no one lay red carpet for me ar?
Er hem. ok anyway let me continue narrating Mommy's birth story part 2.
The nurses at the 6th storey were quite punctual. They prepared Mommy slightly before 9pm to go downstairs for delivery. One of the nurses asked if Mommy can still walk or needed to be pushed in a wheelchair. Mommy decided to take the wheelchair coz contractions were coming in and stronger pressure was there as I pushed my way down a bit in the cervix. Along the way, we had to change the elevator from 5th storey on another part as the previous elevator was not able to go straight down to the delivery room area. So after some winding here and there through the corridors, Daddy was instructed to wait at the waiting area while the nurses hooked Mommy onto the contraction and fetal heart monitors again. This time, apparently, the contractions came in more stronger, regular and Mommy felt more pain than before. At many points in time, she had to breathe in and out via the mouth. Even though Mommy did not attend any ante-natal classes before, she tried to recall what she always see on TV hehe...by breathing in and blowing out through her mouth. Hmm..not sure if that's the correct technique but somehow it worked for her when contractions peaked.
Minutes ticked...and Dr Adrian was not there yet...Mommy started to feel more and more intense pain...hmm..Daddy can only sit next to Mommy to give her moral support. While waiting, a nurse came in to give Mommy medicine to clear her bowels and also to help her shave.
Finally around 9:30pm or so, they finally hear Dr Adrian's voice from outside. He came in and took a peek. Asked Mommy if she can take it. Aiyo a bit fei hua lor. Can see Mommy's face already quite stressed from the on and off contractions hehe...
Then nurses and Dr Adrian came in and out a few times to check on Mommy. But did not say too much.
Around 10plus or so, Dr Adrian came in again with another nurse. This time, he checked Mommy's dilation. It was around 3cm. So he helped to burst the water bag. At that point, Mommy felt warm stuff trickling out from below and it was a different kind of pain from contractions. So now, Mommy felt 2 types of pain!
Then Dr Adrian asked if Mommy wanted any epidural or not to ease the pain. Although Mommy had wanted to endure going through delivery without epidural, but at the crucial point in time, it was tough. So Mommy have no choice but to say yes to epidural. One nurse then brought forward a form on a clipboard to asked Mommy to read through and sign the consent to go for epidural injection. Aiyo, at that time, so painful already still need to concentrate on reading those wordy stuff....buay tahan!
Hmm..think I shall stop now. Continue on Part 3 for my finale!
Counting down to my big 2!
