The Birth Story-- 27 January 2009

ever wondered how it is to have a natural birth without epidural and a short labour of 3 1/2 hours???

1830:
Bad start to the day, I was having the runs and had been in and out of the toilet for 7 times… thanks to the overdose of “buah keluak” the day before.. The stomach was churning and pain was all over the abdominal ... We decided to go KKH 24 hours women clinic to get some pills and check on BB [V] (just in case she gets the runs too)

1930:
We arrived at KKH hospital 24 clinic but they pushed me to the delivery suite instead as I was over 22 weeks pregnant.. I could barely walk from the pains that I was getting.. I wanted to poo lar.. They put me on the CTG machine, the midwife said I had slight contractions and called Dr Han to check on me

1945:
Dr Han came and did a vaginal examination and I was 3cm dilated. He immediately admited me but I was like “ I came here for diarrhoea pills only lei!”

2000:
I walked to delivery room 11 and got changed while Dr Han was signing my papers, he asked if I wanted epidural but I wasn’t keen on it and he was like ”Good good.. If that’s the case , baby will come out at 3 am.. I hour 1 cm without epidural…” and he proceeded to burst my water bag ( he inserted his fingers and a long apparatus.. and I was whimpering… Midwife commented “Like that you pain, later how, some more don‘t want epidural??? In my heart I was like “BITCH!!!!!!”, then I think she felt bad and said “Never mind, never mind, maybe you can take it….) He briefed me and DD Trev and went off to continue his family lunar celebrations.. DD Trev went to get his dinner, Midwife came in to explain the usage of the equipments and what was to come..



2015:
The intensity of the contractions were starting to kick in, on an average of 25-32% (readings from CTG machine)..

2045:
Painz.. I was counting numbers to distract myself from the pain.. DD Trev came in, asked me if I was okay, I told him not to touch me…

2100:
Painz.. Painz… (40-50% shown on CTG machine) I tried praying as the contractions got more intense and longer .. I was missing words in my “Our Fathers and Hail Marys” it was too taxing .. I was so hungry…I had only 2 slices of bread and luncheon meat the whole day because of the diarrohoea.. No more strength how to push 6 more hours to go!!!!!…Patience… one contraction at a time….. I needed to pee.. In the end I sat on a pee pan for 45 mins..

2200:
Painz…Painz…painz….I wanted to poo.. Told midwife, she said normal.. If intensity gets greater, she will check cervix…15 mins later I press call button , another midwife came in, I said I wanted to poo, she did a VE for me.. I was 5 cm dilated, she asked me why never use painkiller?? DD Trev say I was just breathing and trying to relax, she say its going to get from bad to worse from now on… Try using the laughing gas… if cannot use epidural.. I use gas, no effect, painz!!!!! DD Trev was guiding me…(slowly, breathe hard…) I was like caving into getting epidural… Can’t take it!!! 5 more hours!!!! How??????

2245:
F%$@$&* painful.. Intensity (80%!!!!!) I needed to poo… midwife check… 7 cm!!! she said I was dilating too fast and warned me that its going to be very painful… asked me to standby…she will call Dr Han… I felt like fainting … I F$%*^*^ needed to poo!!!!!!!!! She put her fingers into my vagina and wanted me to push her fingers out.. OMG!!! how to do .. Sob sob so painful!!! I remembered I shouted a “ARGGGHHH!!!“ She ran out and called to activate Dr Han.. She said that its the sign of the baby coming…

2300:
I went from 5 cm to 10 cm in 1 hour!!! Excruciating!!!!!!!!! … I was breathing so fast and hard on the gas, DD Trev kept on guiding me…(IN my head I had a vision of a teleprompter flashing words of vulgarities, and wanted to swear out loud but lack the energy ..) Midwife stood there, guiding me through every contractions.. I was high, I was blur….

Dr Han finally came!!!! He took my leg and placed it on his waist and shouted okie now we start… no more gas… (No gas wah paingz,….die !!!)

As I started pushing, I would hear many encouraging words from the 3 of them, DD Trev was holding my head and wiping my perspiration, I would hear Dr Han telling me to kick him on his waist as I was pushing… I closed my eyes throughout as I wanted to concentrate on my pushing.. At one point I blacked-out (everything became muffled and blanked… DD Trev said I went flaccid, Dr Han increased my drip, I woke up again from my own pain) I was dazed.. There were a lot of instructions, I followed… I heard a snipping sound, more pushing, out came the head, and was told to stop, rest , and then came the final push…. I felt her body going through… BB V was out!!!



2330:
After all that excitement, everything came to a standstill as Dr Han took 10 mins to draw the cord blood for stem cell.. I was resting and could hear DD T and the midwife gushing over her…



2340:
Cord blood drawn and Dr Han started tugging me , I grabbed his hand… (at this point I REALLY can’t stand any more pain) he pulled my placenta out and he asked if we wanted to keep it… CRAZY i don't know what for after looking at it.



2345:
He needed to stitch me up, told me to use the gas, midwife gave me a jab on my thigh , he gave me another one around the vagina… I was gassing myself so fast and hard…everything was a blur…

0000:
All done… all cleaned up.. Took photos… one big happy family…