My Birth Story

I am BACK!.... Ian was born on 28 April 2006 at 1105 am.... let me update you on the "ordeal"....

28/04, 12 midnite : check-in into TMC for induction.
28/04, 01 am : Nurse put in the pill (did not feel much pain throughout the nite)... but was unable to sleep at all as I was feeling scared and wondered if everything will go fine in the morning.
28/04, 06 am : Nurse came to tell that they have to bring me to delivery ward for drips. Managed to take a bath first :-P
28/04, 07 am : Put on drips (ouch, as the nurse had to do it twice as my first vein was not straight)... till now, the vein is still aching.....
28/04, 0830 am : Doctor came in to burst waterbag.... can feel the water & blood gushing out..... feel so messy..... but pain still bearable.... using the breathing techniques whenever I feel the contractions.
28/04, 1020 am : Pain becomes unbearable.... tears started to come into my eyes and I really felt like giving up.... do not want to give birth at all...... wanna pain relief now..... in desperate need for pain relief......and I really, really feel like pushing... Nurse came to check my dilation and found that I am 8 cm dilated.... Nurse ask whether I wanna the "p"-injection..... ask her how long it will take to be effective..... She said about 20 - 30 mins..... and I think no point as afterall, by then the baby will be born.... so just ask for gas...... Keep on breathing the gas and screaming into the gas mask whenever the contraction came...... Gas doesn't seem to be working as I am not getting high at all.....
28/04, 1050 am : Doctor came..... he put on the "green" overalls..... and when I was just about to get high on the gas, the nurse took it away.....*sob* *sob*...... No more gas and doctor asked me to push...... Tried to push, but no breath..... nose blocked due to my earlier crying.......
28/04, 1105 am : Doctor saw that it is useless to ask me to push the baby out..... so the "vacuum" was prepared and he inject me with a BIG needle to numb the area..... and then he cut me...... When the next contraction came, he asked me to push again and then he vacuum out the baby.....My little angel, Ian is safely delivered... It was a wonderful experience seeing him.... started to close my eyes...... was so relief and tired...... but before that, managed to see my hubby with tears in his eyes...... and of course, my hubby decided to abandon me with no backwards glance and follow his baby out of the room...... :-P ....... I closed my eyes and doctor started to stitch me up..... can feel the needle and thread going in and out.....

Was the labour pain worth it? I guess so..... seeing little Ian is certainly a wonderful experience and it does make the ordeal less frightening for me.....

Anyway, the story does not end here.... will keep you updated of the first few weeks of Ian's life.....