The wonderful Birth of My Darling Dear

this will be a long one...ignore this if you want! :)

My EDD was 24/1/2006..but dunno why i keep having the feelings that my darling will come on 12/1 throughout my pregnancy... maybe i like the date that's why i am thinking about that? but i have no special preference on the no 12! hmm..wonder wonder... but nope...my girl was one day earlier....(maybe she silap calculate the date kot! ehhehe)

well...i was already sleeping soundly while i notice my hubby just get in the bed not long before after watching his beloved WWE Wrestling. Then i got sudden diarrhea like pain ...i look at the clock..1 am..must be stomach ache ( i am the person who easily get stomach upset)..so go poo poo..but a bit alert thinking whether it is contraction or not... went back to sleep... diarrhea like pain again (but mainly focus on lower abdominal)... it was 1.20am..went to try to poo... more alert now!... went back to bed but unable to sleep..need to monitor myself...very much alert and awake...feeling high and happy thinking is tis it... and yup...every 20 mins the pain come back.. well...the pain is like when you have bad diarrhea and stomach upset...but dunno is it i am used to it ..i feel it is still much bearable. :).. pain lasted around 30 sec to 1 min each time...after that feel high back...

already 2 am ...dunno wanna wake my hubby up or not (he just fell asleep not long and snoring loudly - too tired!)..tried to push push hubby and told him got pain...wanna monitor more...he mumble mumble "pain ar"..."ok or not?".....zzzzz...hmm... so i monitor again...feeling very high and happy...eheh..yup..the pain is constent 15-20 minutes once... so decided to really wake my hubby up...already 2.30 am..

both of us undecided is it contraction...suspect it is...but no other sign and i am still feeling high..pain is still bearble...asking each other whether it is real or not...to go to the dedicated medical center which we planned earlier..or not.. or wait until my gynae clinic open at 9am and see him?...or go to the 24 hours clinic nearby to confirm?...ding dong ding dong

lucky...i let my husband figure out things which i am still feeling high and happy.. he called up the medical center and know there is general practitioner there...so we decided to go check there...at the medical center's clinic...

reach MC around 3.30 am...seems like there is emergency case there as well..the GP do not even want to check on me and ask me to be sent to Delivery room for checking as he know i am due next two weeks. Blur blur....feeling confused....still high..in between pains... walk up to the delivery wad (the nurse insist i sit in wheelchair..but i smile and say i will walk)..

once there..the nurses lay me down...strap me on some machine (forgot the name la!) to monitor my contraction and bb heartbeat...first time i hear my bb heartbeat..so fast so loud! Pains come interval 10-15 mins...in between pains feel high..still smile smile to hubby....excited.... pain stilll bearable though..but each time pain struck...really no mood to smile...just keep quite and relax...

but soon begin my worse nightmare! the STUPID nurse come in say ei..i can still smile..i am ok wor..she look at my machine reading...to my horror she say ok wor..though i can see clearly the graph went up each time my contraction hits..she even bring other ppl's chart and compare.....study the chart...study my chart...alamak! does she know how to use this??? in between heard her asking the other nurse of how is the reading bla bla....alamakkkk...really shitty! keep asking me few times ...are you having contractions? are you giving birth? BULL SHIT! if i know i no need come to check la!!! what i know is the pain come in regular timing like what i read so far it is contraction lo!! keep asking me how how how?? SHIT! I know how i won't go there liao! she checked me...i am 2cm dilated.

My husband was so damn frustrated with the nurse of her questions and keep insisting to see a doc....the nurse insist don't want to call the doc...too early in the morning...doc marah..bla bla! oh my god... I was too angry and frustrated and deep in me i wanna go to my gynae clinic!! (my gynae's clinic have delivery room ..but due to i want better facility i have decided earlier to go to tis medical center which my gynae say he will come to deliver me)..

Lucky my beloved hubby called up the gynae clinic...the midwife told him in this situation i should be in hospital and it is a sign of delivery...she called my gynae and informed my husband my gynae ask me to stay put there... i was already so frustrated and i told my hubby i want to go home and wait to go to my gynae's clinic... lucky my husband insist i stay there for observation....

another nurse came in after my husband complain to her that the nurse there don't know a thing.. i guess she is worried of us complaining (while the earlier nurse still mumble that i should go home. her reason - she see i can still smile..while normally other ppl will be screaming!) so this nurse insist i stay there for observation as well. can see her face specially worried when she saw my hubby calling up my gynae's clinic.

So....ignoring the two STUPID nurses...i go ahead with my hubby's wish..i stay on there and transfered to wad to rest.. the stupid first nurse ask my hubby to go home as it is a woman's wad though it is already 5 am...ask him if he wan can come back at 7am.. the wad i am in is just next door to the delivery room..alamak... in my head i just want peace..so i ask my hubby to go home and come back later.... shit..how am i going to deliver with these kind of nurses around... mood go downhill...

lucky with all the blurness and keep wondering is this contracting (ya...still wondering as the nurses cannot tell what is happening to me)... i manage to stay compose and peace.... tried to sleep but the pain keep waking me up every 10min.. around 6am..the pain is much stronger..i cannot lay on my back...i went out to the nurse counter (which is just outside my room) to ask the Stupid nurse (yes..her again) for a pillow..tot i will feel better with the pillow..could hardly drag myself to walk..but have to....

pain feeling more intense..could no longer lay on bed...so i decided to sit by my bedside..feel better this way...i heard my gynae called up...answered by the Stupid nurse (again!).. the stupid nurse say she can still walk around..no problem ma...alamak! since when i walk around?? i only walk from my room to her counter to ask a pillow! the journey for normal person is just the most 10 footsteps away! wat a relieve i feel when i was told my gynae will come to check on me in the morning ...ooo...i love my gynae...my saviour!

but 7am tak tahan liao..pain seems non stop..but still manage to send sms to my boss informing him i won't be in office that day. keep having urge to poo.. really body seem to painful to walk but the poo urge is unbearble..i went to toilet twice...notice blood stain liao and manage drag myself to my door and inform the nurse at the counter i saw blood...

ain't my luck change! at 7 am the nurses change shift. Everything seems like god's blessing soon after... wonderful nurses/midwife around me..muack muack muack..

i was already 8cm dilated at 7.15am... the nurse who check me look so worried... i wonder...

she faster rush in to my wad and ask me change my clothes to hospital clothes..she quickly hold me up and urcher me to the delivery room....oh my! i feel so bad now when walk...every moment i feel like i wanna poo urgently... rupa rupanya she told me the poo sensation is a sign i will deliver soon liao. everyone is moving so fast liao..seems like i am due anytime...they called my gynae... nurses coming in out to prepare me and things...

oh shit..my hubby still not here yet... i am having non stop pain now......but peaceful.still blur blur...whatever happen just let it be... instead of worrying to give birth..i worry my hubby cannot find me when he arrive at my wad (though the delivery room is just next door..hehe).. with hand holding on my handphone while laying on my delivery bed...manage to call my hubby and told him i am in delivery room.....cannot talk..no energy liao.....

god! dam happy when see my gynae coming into my room less then half an hour later around 8am..i even shout out loudly HELLO DOCTOR! give him a smile..ain't i relieve... he check me (gosh...feel like a chicken being stuffed up with all those herbs for baking) dunno what he is doing cos through..i just feel blur and everything like dreaming... *gosh* a lot of yellow water pop out...ooo...he broke my water bag...the water is warm...hmm..

the doc sit down...talking to me...say they should tell him earlier..then he can come earlier..i would deliver by now... i just listen to him..no energy to talk back...the pain has gone...hmm.. and my darling hubby came into the delivery room! happy happy...

in less then 5 mins..i began to feel the urge to push (very natural feeling)..know the bb is coming liao...i shouted to my gynae..i cannot tahan liao!.. wow...this pushing stage is the most difficult of all.. the urge to push was so intense...i just wanna grab on anything (dunno why..natural instinct it to grab on something to hold...i tot all this while it is just for my drama when show on tv..ehhehe)...

i found my hubby next to me and wanna grab his hand (as per tv normally do..haha)...my doc marah me for moving around...wuu wuuu..first time see he marah me...i am confused ma...of course move here move there la!...

lucky...my angel midwife/nurse arrive...Sister One Siew Yee (yaya! almost same name as me!!).. looking at my condition and my marah-ing gynae...she took over the whole thing.. she guide me to hold the handle under the leg stand (as fast as thunder i just grab on tightly!)...she ask my hubby to give me some water...another nurse bring him a mineral water with a straw...my hubby feed me a bit water...phew! really feel the power of plain water! it was the second time i feel the energy of how plain water can do to our body (first time was during my Navy camp few years back!)...

feeling very energized i am much ready! but still confused what to do...just wanna get her out of me!

Sis Ong was the best..as if she was in my condition...understanding how i feel at each steps..she guided me...i just follow...
Lesson learned :
1. Only push when there is the urge..when no...just relax..else u will waste up all ur energy
2. when the urge came, take deep big breath and push with all the energy until almost no more energy, faster take shorter but big breath and push..until the urge goes away...

Sis Ong told me normally first timer will take 1 hour of pushing....experience mom half an hour....wah...how disheartend i felt when hear 1 hour! i cant even bear another 5 minutes of the stong urge and i still need to do this for 1 hour??alamak! with that statement...i became motivated and tried to master the technique... and wala! in no time - she ask me to stop push until doc tell me to. huh? wat happened? ooo....bb head already out! haha...i was thinking....so fast?!..
The urge come very soon after and really tak tahan i have to push even my doc have not say push...i remember i shout out to them...i need to push now! (thinking back..lucky my bb umbilial cord is not around her neck...else something bad might happen to her) ...and wala! i saw a tiny human ..covered with white powdery-like thing..and a bit blood mucus.. she cries.....wa wa wa waaa

I was just stunned looking at her...COULD NOT believe it.. everything like blur blur...like a dream..and i have delivered my bb! :)

Yup - Yeoh Joo Yee.....my hubby gave her the name...base on the English name-Joey. She was delivered on 11/1/2006...slightly before 9am..:)

hubby took this pic with his phone camera minutes after bb was born. see the white powdery things on her skin... (lucky video cam broke down few days before..else he will be videoing me screaming in the delivery room! haha)

And I was still feeling so energized after the delivery....everything just happen so fast. I guess what you need to do it let everything happen naturally..not to worry too much and you will enjoy the whole process....:)

Good luck to all coming to be mummies! Thank you to my beloved hubby for being there with me and supporting me throughout the process...i tot you will faint in the delivery room...but you prove me wrong! muacks!

** I got to know from other nurses that the STUPID nurse is actually temporary for that night only from some other hospital (never go to the hospital if got to know where she is from!!). The few days in the hospital was just so sweet and nice....everyone was helpful and friendly. Thank you!