After my last appointment with Dr Heng, I popped on 21st Dec 2013 at 11.21am! We suspect Dr Heng's membrane sweep induced labour that very night. I began bleeding slightly and started having contractions at 2am on Saturday. The funny thing was that I was uncertain whether I was having real labour or false contractions. We only waited till 3am when my contractions were 2 minutes apart to go to the hospital.
The entire process seemed so surreal. I can't believe I went through it! The birth process:
4am - Reached parkway east hospital and registered for admission. I could still walk to the labour ward without being wheeled.
4 to 5am - Was asked to change into hospital wear and do urine test. Shortly after, was given enema to clear bowels and also prepare for Epidural. I was encouraged to take Epidural early in order to benefit from its effect. The epidural process was administered by an experienced uncle looking doctor. Thought the process was pretty uncomfortable and painful! Had to viral myself into a ball for him to inject it in my back.
Was only 3cm dilated.
5am - 8am - Epidural kicked in and I was feeling very relaxed. I pretty much slept through this period, listening to Jayeslee. But I still very uncomfy every time the nurses did a cervix check on me. Really really hate the procedure!
9am - Was 5cm dilated! Doctor Heng checked in on me and broke my water bag. Apparently the nurse who tried to do it earlier didn't do it properly.
9.30-10.30am - I began to feel more pain and contractions but they were still bearable. Nurses checked and I was already 8cm dilated! It was crazy fast!
10.30 - 11.20am - I was told to start pushing by propping my legs up into frog style. I had to push everytime contraction came and there was urge to poop. This part wasn't progressing well because the epidural lessened my urge to push an I was losing energy to push.
11.21am - In the end, Doctor Heng had to use ventouse to vacuum baby out. Just one push and baby was born!
Because baby was stuck in my birth canal for a bit, she didn't cry immediately when she was born! This totally freaked me out and I was so scared something was wrong with her. In the meantime, Doctor Heng was still stitching me up from the episiotomy. I was only relieved after baby let out a lil cry after they cleared her mucous and weighed her. Phew!
Baby was born at 2.50kg exact and measured 50cm! =)
After quick check by doctor, baby was finally placed on my chest for immediate skin to skin contact. It felt so overwhelming to have her in my arms. The nurse tried to help me start latching her on so that she can learn to breastfeed asap. After a while, they pushed me back to my ward to rest whilst baby gets cleaned up!
Here's the first photo of our lil Princess Leia after she was born.
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