Once upon a time.... (Elise version) part 1 & 2

I have been telling myself to write my darling Elise's birth story.. keep reminding myself. . Reminding and reminding. . So alas I say this procrastination must stop and so I will do it today.

Well, it was just the weekly routine check up on the 37th week (2nd april 2012), I did the normal blood pressure reading and weighted myself and if I must recalled,  I stood at 89.8kg at that time. My first visit to the doctors was when I was about 6 or 8 weeks pregnant and was weighing about 58kg.

Then I proceed to the ladies where they had to take a sample or my urine for further test.. protein? Sugar? And yada yada.. When my turn was up, I happily went into the doctors room with the husband and littke did I know I was about to be told to admit myself.  Anyway, the doctor told me that they have detected protein in my urine and my blood pressure was very high.. I had not had any protein ib my urine before but this time it had.. neither did I havr such high blood pressure.

When I was told I need to get myself checked in, I had a shocked! Literally!! Thank God my mom was outside waiting for me and I hurriedly called her to enter the room and get a confirmation. She said "do what is necessary,  the doctor knows best". I tried to negotiate with the dr. I asked if I could come back tomorrow with my hospital bag since I weren't expecting to deliver so soon.

When the doctor checked me, the baby was already faced down not engaged, and I was already a centimetre dilated. The dr did not mention that what I had gone through was pre-eclampsia only later did I found out.

I was told to immediately to go get my urine sample again or to have my blood sample taken.. but because it was already after 5pm if not mistaken, I was sent to the E&A. I then had to wait to go in to the labour ward. I had to stay in the non active labour room. I stay there from 2nd april to the 4th where I then gave birth to my Darling Elise. 

I had 3 pills inserted into me to help quicken the dilation process, 2 a day max, when I checked in it was about 6 ish pm and the doctor gave instructions to only insert it in at about 10ish.. (so there goes the first day & nite) I had a sleepless night that night although throughout my whole pregnancy I slept like a baby each night. The nurses had to visit me every other hour, the chattering of the nurses just outside, people giving birth in the middle of the night. I just lay down the bed, eager, nervous, in a lil teeny weeny bit of pain ( when the contractions kicked in not even in full force) helpless... They came and gone.. delivered .. baby crying out for the first time.. it was all I ever heard. Being in a labour room for that many days, I couldn't even catch a shut eye.. if it wasn't for the equipment that was attached to me.. I would've walked about.. but unfortunately dur to doctors & nurses order I was bed confined due to the high bp. Thank God I was allowed to take a shower and change.. otherwise I might have been a stinko in hospital.. The third day came, I was dilated only at 2 cm , and doctor's order were that if I hadn't been fully dilated I had to be induced and that the water bag will be burst indefinitely. I was the second patiebt to be doing that during my stay there. The first, however had to undergo emergency c-sec as it was too long.

When it came for my turn, I was nervous wreck. I pray alot during this time. God Please Be With Me. I want a quick delivery just like my mom's. This was what I meditated. I took my shower one last time, did a squat( well maybe a few) and got myself ready. When I went into the active labour room, the doctor was not there yet, he was scheduled to come in at 9 so there I was all clean and ready and hubby by my side. He kept me company and giving me all the positive energy I can get. An embarrassing moment would be that during my turn, there were 3 student nurses waiting to see a good show! I had to say Yes! When they told me that they will be 'sitting' in to watch. I had a chat with them and 2 were pretty young and there was one who was a mother of 2. She kinda did tell me 'hei , it's ok, don't worry about it'. I had very much wanted a pain free child birth and a drug free birth as possible. I first opt for the gas when the pain kicked in, the midwife taught me to breathe with it. She was a fairly obese lady I would say. Not many around that ward, her name? Madeline or something similar to it. She seemed unfriendly at first but was later quite nice. Hmmmm At about 10 ish everything was up, the drip that was used to induce me is finally working. Then it started to contract.. short and shorter intervals... the strength was getting unbearable.. Thank God again for the hubby to be there! I couldn't stand the pain, at least I thought.. the nurse ( Madeline) rubbed more salt into the wound. . She told me ' u better take the epidural, u can't stand so long, it wont be that fast. Take it ' there goes my motivation of not taking any painkiller.. after hubby asked me a few times if I wanted it. I kept persisting "NO" but right after I hear her saying that.. gone la my motivation. I finally succumbed to her brainwash. Take it, take it . U can't stand it. Finally, I could stand no more I told them to get the aesthetician. I need to get myself numbed! To be continued. ...