Baby Gerald is here!! I am going to do a very quick blog summary while he is slping right now... and I only have a 2 hours gap..
Got admitted to KK Hospital on my exact estimated due date Sunday 3rd May. Was scheduled to be induced as the baby is still high and have not dropped into my pelvic yet. After about 1 hour of monitoring my contractions and baby heartbeat, the induction went ahead at about 3pm. After about another 3 hours of monitoring, I was transferred to my room at about 6pm to wait for any progress. Was doing squatting exercises in my room as the nurses said it will help to speed up the process. My water bag broke about 9pm together with a show (bleeding), so I was transferred back to the delivery suite so they can make sure that everything is okay. Doc came to check, told me I am about 3 to 4cm diluted and indeed my water bag has broken and that the dilution will continue about 1cm every hour. By then I was in major discomfort and the doc advised that I will have to survive the night as I will only deliver in the mrning.... so the question came on whether I would like an epidural (which I have been insisting on no all along).. but after 7 hours I am sooo mentally tired that I went straight for the epidural option thinking that at least I can slp through the night in peace... so the doc sent for the anesthesiologist.. and in the end after evaluation, he said sorrie he cant do an epidural for me as I have a scoliosis operation on my spine and as there are two rows of screws drilled into my spine, he is afraid he might not find the right position and he might cause an infection in my spine... so I have to go through the night with just nitrogen oxide. I tried that and it makes me feel sick and nausea.. yucks... so in the end I didnt slp till morning.. not even a wink of slp.. bloody hell.. and I was tolerating the pain throughout the night by breathing alone! I swear that is the most terrible night ever ever in my entire life until now!! And the worst thing of all, I can feel pain but my contractions are soooo inregular, sometimes even half an hour apart and sooo weak (I can feel it) that it isnt doing its job of pushing the baby into my pelvic at all!! By 7pm 17 hours later, I am sooo ready to give up the fight becoz I know I am not making any progress at all and I dun want to drag things any longer.. so once the nurse came in for a check at 7pm, I told her I want a C-section the very next slot she can get my doc on... haha and I got what I wanted! By 8pm, my doc came down, I was wheeled into the operating theatre and by 8.20pm, baby Gerald is born!!! (Damn it, I should have chosen a C-section in the first place, fucking hell went through a 18 hours labour process when I could have everything over in 20 mins.. damn!!)
Anyway I was completely unconscious. Usually C-section are done half body but I cant do it again because of my spine so I think by the time I woke up it was about 9am.. I asked the nurse if my baby is okay and she said she nv see the baby so as I was being wheeled out, I saw Rick waiting for me at the corridoor.. poor guy, I was being pushed in in the rush and he got blocked outside... so he is worried sick! I so wanted to hug him when I saw him!! But anyway I asked him about the baby and he said everything is okay.. hahaha.. thanks god! He described the baby more to me when we got back to my room.. but I am so tired I am drifting in and out of sleep until about 3pm. In the meantime Rick kept going to the nursery to look at baby Gerald and only at about 3pm when I am fully awake, then he went to request for the nurse to push the baby into our room for me to see... when he cried, I felt so helpless being confined to my bed and not being able to cuddle him and I kept asking Rick to pacify him.. haaha..
But we were both very happy when I got discharged 3 days later on Wed 6th May.. finally an end to a uncomfortable hospital stay and we are bringing baby Gerald home!! Where he will get to see his nursery for the first time (nursery photos in Rick phone..will upload when he has it transferred to his com).. and now.. it is the fifth day since Gerald is born... and his second day at home.. he is doing well... enjoying his life eating and slping and crying... hahahaha.. we took him to the polyclinic yesterday for his medical check up for jaundice and he is cleared.. so heartpain to see him crying during the blood test... must be very painful for him.. hahahaha.. anyway keep a lookout for pictures... will upload when Rick transferred the photos out of his phone..
