Murtarbak before clearing your bowels is not very friendly. The senior midwife inserted enema into the anal. It is not the feeling of discomfort but the instant bowel movement was incredibly fast ! The signing of the epidural forms was done next.
I asked the nurse a question ,'When will the contraction kick in?' The staff nurse says I will not feel it, I was perplexed, didn't make sense of it. Had to face palm myself. The epidural took effect and I could't feel the contractions. I was able to rest until Dr came.
Oh yup, the pain kick in. I was one of the moms whom will feel that 10% of the labour pain. It strikes every 5 mins and I was chatting away with the rest of the mummies. And before I know it , the contractions were two minutes apart. I asked Papa Koh to google the breathing method .
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| Me eating a sinful supper before checking in |
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| Was looking at the poster on the wall to give me motivation |
I know it could be part the doctor's job to follow up with the patient's admission to hospital. I told my doc I was admitting at 12am and she had called the nurses at Mt E to standby for me. I felt delighted that I did not had worry as much. Always knew that everything is in smooth progress with my doc and her team.
Doctors' orders was to insert epidural straight away. I was concerned that the labour hours shorter and I was not in time for the epidural after water bag burst.
Dr Yvonne the anesthetist came in and greeted me with 'Hello Sweetie'. Somehow or rather, this greeting melts my anxiety of going through the epidural again.
In my last blog post, I requested for Dr Loo. However, he was not available for the day and Dr Yvonne assisted in my insertion of epidural. It was nerve wrecking , I shy away when doc cleaned my back with the cooling swap of alcohol. I was told to inhale the laughing gas.
The laughing gas did not tickle me, but it made me dizzy, a moment of blocked ear with buzzing sound. I felt very nauseous.
I felt the pain but it was bearable , however, I clutched the side of the bed very hard without knowing. Doctors' orders was to insert epidural straight away. I was concerned that the labour hours shorter and I was not in time for the epidural after water bag burst.
Dr Yvonne the anesthetist came in and greeted me with 'Hello Sweetie'. Somehow or rather, this greeting melts my anxiety of going through the epidural again.
In my last blog post, I requested for Dr Loo. However, he was not available for the day and Dr Yvonne assisted in my insertion of epidural. It was nerve wrecking , I shy away when doc cleaned my back with the cooling swap of alcohol. I was told to inhale the laughing gas.
The laughing gas did not tickle me, but it made me dizzy, a moment of blocked ear with buzzing sound. I felt very nauseous.
I asked the nurse a question ,'When will the contraction kick in?' The staff nurse says I will not feel it, I was perplexed, didn't make sense of it. Had to face palm myself. The epidural took effect and I could't feel the contractions. I was able to rest until Dr came.
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| This delivery , I was still able to smile |
Dr Claudine Tan came in about 7am, burst my water bag with just her fingers . I was half way more to go. To tell u the truth I was I was afraid about the labour pain. Dr Claudine in her own words ' siao ah, second time mum le' , which translate, that's nothing to be afraid of, for a 2nd time Mom.
I am not sure if the breathing method did help at all. Because I felt like cursing and swearing still. It felt like eternity. At 10plus am, they gave me the good news. They rushed for my Doc. I hoisted my own legs on the leg rest. Just when I thought I was supposed to be numb.
Before I started pushing , I told Dr Claudine that Papa Koh wants to cut the umbilical cord. So it will be a treasured moment for him
If they told you that 2nd-time is going to be faster, that is true. Within 15 mins, I yelled the loudest and pushed the hardest. Dr Claudine Tan told me that she didn't had to cut me, it followed my old tear. I actually feel the expanding of the Virginia and head assisting the expansion. I was so exhausted when I had her head pushed out. I was glad little efforts were needed to push her whole body out Little Adele came out into the world.
When they measured Adele and weighed her. I was casually mentioning that the coconut water doesn't work. Adele still has the white mucus. Dr also said that the vernix was meant to protect the baby's skin from wrinkling. That's why you have it at week 38.
I also read up the other function, it is supposed to moisturize the infant's skin to facilitate the passage through the birth canal. Now that you know the function, do you want to get rid of it?
They asked me if I wanted skin to skin contact. This time I was ready. I held her and I didn't want to let her go. (Though the nurses just wanted to clean her up. )
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| Skin to skin contact |
As they cleaned her up, they transferred me to maternity ward , where I got to rest a little, before the guests arrived to say hi. :)
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| Last peek before sending her to clean up |
