The most special day of my life, 2 Nov 2010!

Before I forget the most special day of my life, 2 Nov 2010. I think I need to record it down now.
On 1st Nov 2010…
0900 Rch ACJ clinic at TMC for induction
1000 Gynae check for dilation. Dilation =0, so proceed with induction
1010 End of induction and leave for United square. Gynae said that walking will help to induce labour, so she asked me to go shopping and come back at 4pm.
1030 Rch United Square.
1100 There is some brown discharge and I’m started to feel the pain.
1130 Leave United Square and headed hm
1200 Rch hm and took fish ball noodles for lunch.
1400 The pain is getting stronger, so I decided to leave for TMC
1430 Rches clinic but need to queue up for the one and only room with the machine to check for contraction.
1500 The ger in that room is still not out yet as her gynae is still not back from delivery yet.
1545  I’m in extreme pain and started crying. My gynae brought me to her room and check for dilation instead.  2cm! Confirm in labour!
1600 I was sent to the delivery ward directly and requested for the best invention in the world, EPIDURAL! And my husband went to do the admission
1622 Admitted officially for labour
1630 Epidural administered and I was on drip
1645 Feeling better and better…Painless!
1700 My husband rushed to get the cordblood kit from his car and informed our parents
1730 I finally get to see my husband
1900 Gynae came to check and I was 4-5cm dilated and my water burst.
2130 Started to feel a bit of pain and requested to increase epidural dosage from 7-12
2330 9cm dilated and I can feel my boy pushing downward. The nurse inform the gynae so that she can prepare to come down.
2 Nov 2010
0130 Practise pushing with the nurse. The nurse can feel my boy’s head and she said that he might be facing the wrong direction
0200 No progress, so the nurse decided to call my gynae
0230 Gynae rched and started me pushing
0240 Gynae concluded my boy is facing the wrong direction and his head is too big, so need to use forceps
0245 My boy’s head is out and I continued pushing
0253 My boy is out and is placed on my chest! He weighs 3.5kg and is 51cm tall. His head is 36cm.
0255 My husband cut the umbilical cord.
 The nurse clean up my boy while my gynae collect the cord blood. At the same time my vision is getting blurred and I thought I going to die. The gynae said that it is because of the lost of blood when my boy is delivered and asked the nurse to lower the bed for me. I slowly gain back consciousness. Shortly, my placenta is out and my gyane start with the stitching.
0430 Rched ward. I was very tired but happy.

It all started on 24 Feb 2010

I have always wanted to start a blog but I’m too lazy. I’ve just given birth 3mths ago and now I want to record the bits & pieces of my pregnancy and the growing up of my cute little boy, Kesler.
It all started on 24 Feb 2010. My menses was late for 3 days which is quite common. However, I have a feeling that I might have “strike” it this time.
Thus, I tested with the pregnancy kit immdiately after I got hm after work. And it was POSITIVE! I couldn’t believe it and tested again with another pregnancy kit. POSITIVE too! It was 5.45pm and my husband is on his way hm. Thus, I decided to give him a suprise! I send him a mms of the pregnancy kit. He was on the company bus full of ppl. When he saw the pic, he was so happy that he smile all the way back hm.

I went to see the GP next evening to confirm it. The result was negative! I almost start crying…The GP told me to come back to test again the next morning as it will be more accurate as the urine will be more “concentrated” in the morning. The result was positive for the 2nd test! I was so happy! The GP refer me to the gynae in the same clinic. It is a male gynae and I not comfortable with a male gynae, so I change to a female gynae after a few visit.  I enjoyed the whole pregnancy except the morning sickness during the 2nd mth. It was very bad and I have to be on hospitalisation leave for 5 weeks and lost 4 kg. In the end, I only gain a net 5kg for the whole pregnancy.
Towards the last few weeks of the pregnancy, my boy was growing very fast at 300g per weeks and his head is already very low. Thus, I started my maternity leave 2 weeks earlier. However, there is still no sign of labour on week 40 and my boy is already 3.4kg.Thus, I decided to induce labour on my EDD, 1st Nov.