My Joy - 18 Jan 2008 - Friday

                                                          While waiting ......                                               Enjoying my breakfast before being poke                                 Posing before gynae come  swollen Nose & eyes                                                        Got POKE!                                                    Victory .....I  POP liao                                               Look at the mess she made                                                         She is out!!!                                                My dinner ..... didnt eat much

Finally, i given birth!!!! Throughout the whole pregnancy is so smoothing ...... the worse one is during delivery hahaha ... is the time when I tried to endure and try to go without epidural .... but I failed! Here goes my birth story ......

0640 -  Rise & Shine take my time to bath ... enjoying myself ....
0730 - Reached East Shore Hospital as per schedule
0740 - Go Delivery suite straight away change and go poo poo ..... after  poo put on CTG to monitor contraction.
0810 - Had my breakfast - American BF heehee enjoying myself
0820 - Rest & relax ...... watch TV .... chit chat with hubby.
0840 - Dr Heng arrived
        - Poke my water bag
        - Draw blood .....
        - 4 cm dilate
        - Put on drip
0855 - R & R again .... no contraction yet.
0915 - 10.00 - contraction start and is very fast ...... less than a min i got pain .... use laughing gas .... no use ..... endure till 5cm dilate and 10.00am ask for epidural
Dr Chan came about 10-15mins later to inject epidural .... by then I am sweating like nobody business... hair & body all wet.
10.05-1.30pm - so shiok ...... sleep and R & R but around 10.30 - 11.00 I still feel a bit of contraction cos Dr Heng always advise to use low on epidural so i can feel the pain and push.... Nurse came and add dosage on me till complete numbness .....
1.30pm - Nurse came and check dilation - OH READY LIAO! 10cm dilated! Have to wait for Dr Heng she is out for lunch.
2.00pm sharp she is back and ask me "are you ready to CHO KANG?" hahahah .... very jovial gynae I have.  Make me wanna laugh ...... contraction start and she ask me to PUSH!  My hubby also help hahaha I push he oso push till his face red hahaha .....
Due to complete numbness ..... I am unable to feel the pushing effect ..... Baby Alyssa's head is out a bit .... but cos I no strength .... she "sneak" in again .... and this time Dr Heng used vacuum to assist .... and 2.15pm My baby Alyssa is out .... the moment she is out she gave us all a BIG present - her POO POO hahahahah ......

Dr Heng carry her on my tummy ...... and I got a shocked and dun dare to touch her cos she is blue like SMURF ....... heehee after cleaning her up she is so cute and her eyes are wide open looking at the surrounding...... she is being weighed by the midwives ....... 3.705kg and 53cm long ..... she is a big baby heehee ....... and all of them commented she looked exactly like me ... hahah my photocopied .......

Baby was being pushed back to nursery for cleaning up and I am being pushed to the ward later than her.  I was so tired unable to walk or move cos I am still in numbness ..... and the worst thing is I am bleeding heavily and my back is pain, tummy is pain and I am sweating again like nobody business.  Nurses from the ward was so helpful that they help to clean me up, bring a fan to me, gave me a towel to wipe me and I so pai sei cos of my bleeding they have to change me so many times. 

Send out sms to all friends and relatives about the good news and lotsa of friends, neighbours and relatives came to visit me ... but I am so tired especially the lost of blood and I looked very pale!  I couldn't stand it anymore and ask for nurses again ... this time nurse feel something is wrong with me .... gave me an injection to stop the bleeding and called delivery ward nurse  to come for help and blood pressure is dropping too.  Delivery ward nurse came and help in clearing a BIG blood clot inside me .... and this time I really feel good ... it seems like I had delivered a 2nd one  hahahah ...... cos of the pain ..... I didn't eat and sleep well at all for that day ...... am extremely tired ...... shall update more on my baby Alyssa 2nd day of birth......... stay tuned!