My Prince Charming

Oh dear...

It has been so long since I made an entry that I don't even know where to begin...

So let's just skip all or any other details and just go to the night before I gave birth to my Prince..  :)

It started out like any other week... me feeling bad and taking the day off (though I had minor contractions which I thought was just braxton hicks since it stopped after 5pm like that)... in fact on Tues I went to work and came up with a wonderful game plan till I was to give birth... I was gonna take the full 2 weeks off till my due date.. after all I just reached my 37th week.. was feeling to tired and everywhere it ached...

That night I had a spicy dinner.... it was yummy... but I woke up at 12 with this persistent stomach-back ache... kept going to the bathroom too... I was thinking... "Am I in labour?" the age old questions all mummies tend to ask when they are in denial... hahahaha... I was hesitant to make a move to the hospital.. after all, I had spicy food and this stomach ache could just be due to that... wouldn't it be embarrassing if I got sent back home because of that? :P

Well.. I couldn't sleep cause it hurts.. so I stayed up watching TV... by 3.30 am though the pain was getting to me... and I realise it may be more serious than a stomach ache when I couldn't help but moan everytime I get one of those 'waves' of pain... looking at the clock.. it was coming at 5 mins apart... ok... time to wake up Mr. Hubby... maybe a trip to the hospital wouldn't be such a bad idea...

So we made a move to arrived at PCMC and the pain was just coming and oh my did it hurt... I can barely stand... which was so different from Shiya's time (that time I prefer to stand because sitting or lying on my back hurt too much). This time was different too because I had to bleeding and my water was still fully intact. The nurse checked and apparently I have already dilated to 4cm! Another typical question... "Do you want epidural?" ahahaha "Oh, I'll tell you later." That was me trying to be brave... honestly I was thinking.. maybe I can last... Yes i can....

Back aching... crazy... painful 1.5 hours later... "I want epidural!"

And so it goes.. the process of having epi and the wait for it to take effect.. and finding that it takes quite a bit of time for the pain to get a lil numb (I don't know why but the pain doesn't completely go away for me)... was just about to relax... when suddenly this big push from inside me came out of nowhere... the pressure was intense and I was so shocked by the sudden feeling of it that I held on to the side railing.. and then... whoosh...! My water just broke... and .... there was an intense feeling pushing from my bottom... I quickly called the nurse who came and checked... I was 8 cm dilated and to make me more comfortable she gave me another dose of epi...

All this seems to happen and time flew but in my mind it all happened within a few minutes because before I know it I was calling the nurse again.. the pressure was too much and I was very very very uncomfortable... when she again checked.. I was ready to push... but... doctor was not there yet... it was 7.30am... Gulp!...
they gave my the gas to help me through (I didn't feel the difference.. what is wrong with me??)

I managed to keep the urge to push in for 20mins until the doctor walked in the door... and I was soooo relieved to hear her voice.. and with just a slight push... my baby boy was born 7.51am... 3.202kg... :)

When they placed him on my tummy... all wet and gooey.. I thought nothing looked as beautiful and holding him close to me felt just so wonderful... hehehe Alhamdulillah.. my baby was here, healthy and beautiful...