I don't usually blog but I guess this is a good way to keep track of the baby progress and the journey with our little miracle. I believe M will be writing her own version of our son's birth story as well.
Let me recount the labour and the birth of our baby, Oliver. We have a birth plan. We wanted everything as natural as possible thus the choice of natural birth without epidural. We attended hypnobirthing classes which suppose to help with the management of pain or they call pressure or tightening.
30 August 2016
Ard 5 + am, Michell highlighted that she is experiencing contractions. So alert mode on, started monitoring the frequency and duration of the contractions. It was long sometimes, very frequent sometimes but not very regular. She also experience some bloody show. Told my mum and she was probably more gan chiong. We were still thinking when we should go to the hospital as we wanted a fast and smooth delivery and not wanting the labour to slow down.
Ard 7+ am, we decided probably is time to go hospital. There were signs like 60 sec long contractions and less than 3 mins apart. So we got our stuff and headed to the hospital together with both my parents. The contractions seems to slow down during the journey to the hospital. M checked with Y, our hypnobirthing teacher and was told to wait before admiting to the hospital. Therefore, we went to have breakfast at Starbucks in Mount Elizabeth Novena (MNH). The contractions seems weaker and we decided to wait a little more after breakfast but my mum was very anxious. She kept rushing to let the doctor check so we know how's the baby doing. We gave in and went to admit around 9+ am.
We waited for the delivery suit to be ready and only went in around 10 am.
The nurse settled M in the delivery suit and did the examination ard 10.30 am. She announced is 5cm dilated, your baby birthday is today. We were all excited. The contractions come and go but no sign of birth yet. M is also coping well with the pressure, breathing through every contractions, still able to move around and change positions.
The next examination done was ard 2+ pm if I didn't remember wrongly. It was just 6cm dilated. After so long only 1cm more. We were like how much longer. The contractions got more intense since but still no sign on birth. In the end I told my parents to go home at ard 4 pm since they have been waiting for a long time already.
I think it was 5+ or 6+ pm onwards when the contractions were getting unbearable for M. She said the pain is 13 out 10, that bad. She was yelling and her hands were flying grabing anything and everything. Her legs were kicking too. She even bit my fingers. Then, it was too late for any form of pain killers. The only available help was laughing gas. It will help her reduce the pain and she will feel a little dizzy. So with each contractions, I will help her to breathe in the laughing gas. She became dependent on it as the pain is really too much.
With the flying hands and legs and mild yelling, the time came. Ard 7.15 pm or so, she was showing signs of giving birth. Think the water broke. And then the doctor came, Dr EC. As our original Gynae Dr PT was not in town. She was very nice, trying to accommodate to M position (some sort of side lying on the bed). The only thing is need to lift up her leg. With the contractions, she will kick her legs and closing up thus making it difficult for the baby to come out. I ended up carrying her legs to make sure the baby had enough space. With much pushing (though hypnobirthing taught us to breathe the baby down instead), baby was born. I managed to witness the baby's birth and cut the umbilical cord as well. So amazing how the baby can stay in the womb then out.
Baby Oliver was born on 30 August 2016, 1946hrs. Both the mother and baby were in great fine!
M was in daze after breathing in the laughing gas thus not very sure of everything that happen. And ya, the umbilical cord was a little short thus baby Oliver can't reached M chest after birth. Also baby is strong, weighting 3.87kg, 54cm in lenght! M is so brave! Much love for you!
I guessed these sums up the whole labor process. Hope to pen down more about the baby!
With love,
SR
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