Little Princess Sarah, Happy Birthday!!!

31 st August 2008


Blood and contraction on every 30 minutes! The signal of delivery was found on 11:00am after prepared breakfast for my beloved husband!....Called to sister for her adviced and "rush" to hospital with my husband....of course with taken our breakfast and shower (make sure clean and not smelly to the midwife :)....

We reached Mount Avernia by 1:00pm with all necessary items, we expect to have baby on the same day and will stay 3 days 2 nights as schedule mah....

The midwife has confirmed to me said will expect to labour by evening time as the cervic dilated 1cm already and the contraction is coming every 8 minutes as monitored by the machine....

We wait.........

My gynae arrived at 2:30pm........"hello, you may return back to your home, baby head still not in position yet, I may still able to see you at clinic by next week as it's still early to deliver, cannot be done even by induced. You may wait until the contraction happen every 5 minutes then come again"....what's a joke!?? .....we have called to family said they are expecting to welcome princess Sarah this evening .....Ok, go back home then, we may too kan-jiong be daddy and mummy....

We wait...........

After dinner, stronger feeling of the contraction...Would it be another false alarm? I start to record the timing of contraction.....

20 mins once at 10pm.....

15 mins once at 11pm.......

12 mins at 12pm......

10 mins at 1am....

I can't stand with it, must go to rest on bed, too tired to count down......

Pain!.....5 mins at 3pm??.........Sure? Not false alarm? Wait.......don't alarm hubby and mummy 1st, let them have good rest.....

My goodness!.....the pain really cannot tahan! I knee down beside the sofa, controlled myself not to screams!......but, have to be realistic lah, wake up hubby, move to hospital direct, dun care whether it's True or False Alarm.....

5:00am.....check into delivery suite again, same hospital, same floor, but different midwife......

5:30am......contraction every 3 mins, dilation 2.5cm only, I can't help myself to not to screams.....the oxigen can't relief my pain!.....Nurse said need another 6 hours to deliver due to the dilation....I am not heroes, I need inject epidural!!!!

If I know the doctor need to take more than one hour to arrive hospital and ready to inject epidural, I will not signed on the consent form! I have strugle 1 hour just to wait for the injection, and the nurse confirm again the dilation at 7.5cm after the same time. Meanningless for that injection, isn't?

7:30am, my gynae reached the suite...."hi, we meet again" ......checked...."you are ready to deliver"....What's a joke again? I just injected the epidural as i thought i need to pain for 6 hours! I dun have the feeling of the pain, I cannot push the baby out by myself as no feeling although i asked to stop the dripping of epidural on the spot...

I breathed.....long long long breathed....force the baby out from my body....it took 2 hours (10am) ...

Thanks to God, she was crying after vacummed out from my body. She is healthy although had passed motion inside the womb (it's dangerous as the baby may swallow it and cause the infection)....

The labour process killing my life, only mummy went through the natural birth will know ...

It's a Miracle....

A gift from God.....

A gift of Love.....

My dear bao bei....My Little Princess Sarah......HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!

1st September 2008 (Chinese 2nd August Rat), 10am...Room 370D, Weight 2.34kgs, Head 31cm, Length: 46cm

Note: Picture taken on baby 1 day and 2 hours old....