This is how it went down…

On 06/06/2008 at 1.41pm , our little darling , Mia Medina made her honorary debut.With much coaxing of course.

The day before , after being put on the CTG machine for 30mins or so ( my third in 1 week ), Doc agreed that she is beginning to mess with our heads & reluctantly decided to intervene. If only there’s a peep hole to check on her everytime she went quiet , we would all let her be. She was a very active baby till the previous Fri.From then , she would play games , kicking up a storm one day & stay still as if she’s meditating on the other. After thorough checks , she was deemed very healthy & ready to meet her anxious parents.

Arrangements were made for us to check in the delivery suite at midnight.I was to be induced.

Well , naturally , i was a mess. I was extremely excited at the thought of the end results = My little girl but crinch at the thought of getting there.There’s just something about induction. I hate the absence of surprise.And induction is no simple procedure.As it is, labour itself is a complicated process , what more when you medically attempt to bring on an act of nature?? So yeah , naturally i was a wreck. Especially when i have extremely low threshold for pain & am a verrryyy timid person. Thanks to my man who was supporting me throughout. I couldn’t ask for a better birth partner.

yeahh..12am got settled in the suite.Changed into my seductive , backless night gown & got strapped & monitored by the CTG machine while waiting for Doc Selina to STROLL in 1 1/2hr later. Hmmm…

 

Just being in that room makes me sweat, especially since i was only 2 rooms away from where i had Dan.Scary experience..that one.

Gynae inserted  a vaginal insert to soften my cervix. I responded fairly well. Not only did my cervix thinned out & soften , it dilated to 3cm from 2cm in 6hours. I was told to catch some sleep during the night, conserve my energy for all the huffing & puffing that’s in my schedule. Of course .. i did just that.For only an hour out of the six i was given. My tummy was churning , my mind was wandering .. I was AFRAID. Every hour would pass & i would think to myself…could this be hour the contractions would start?? But nothing happened. I had a quick shower at 6am followed by breakfast & the obligatory shot of anema followed.Regular yet still relatively ‘weak’ contractions came on at about 8am.Weak…they say?? It got me greething nevertheless.8.30am , 2nd visit from Doc Selina who performed an amniotomy ( breaking of the water bag ) and oxytoxin was given continously by an IV. That was to stimulate contractions.That was what i needed.

Cos within minutes , it came fast & furious.Some even lapsing each other.Oh Gawd!! I could still feel it boy.. Induced contractions definitely more painful & longer even at the early stages.I was only 3cm dilated at that point. I knew that with the amount of sleep i had the nigght before and with the doc gauging it to end in 5 or 6 more hours.. i knew i couldnt possibly last through it without exhausting myself. And the last thing i want is to have no energy left to push & end up on the surgery table. So reluctantly , i agreed on epidural with my husb’s insistence. The administration itself was painful.But within minutes , i felt just tightening & slight cramps when the contractions came..the off the chart ones.But it was all about balancing. As soon as the contractions grew stronger , you have to either endure or increase the pain relief but in turn , you’ll lose sensation on your lower body. I felt my thighs were 100kg each at least. .:) And pushing was extremely hard when i cant even lift my thighs up..hub & the nurse had to help.

However i must admit pushing Mia out was an easier task than with Dan. I didnt even need an epsiotomy.I guess you could say i’ve learnt from mistakes thus this past few days with my new baby has been simply blissful. And watching how Danish is slowly adoring his baby sister is the moments i look forward each day.