My doctor is very concerned about it. He suggested me to induce birth. Even though I did not like the idea at all as I was told that induce labour is much more painful but considering the points he listed out:
1. Baby will keep growing and it is difficult to give birth to big baby naturally.
2. Baby is matured, and the environment inside the uterus is no longer good for baby. Reason being is food supply from placenta might be not enough.
3. As the water level is dropping, less space inside uterus for fetus to move, the umbilical cord might get twisted around and harms the baby during childbirth.
So, I gave in.
Doctor had a tight schedule, I was scheduled to induce at 1am on 19 September.
I started to feel the contraction at a quarter to 6 in the morning. After having breakfast and shower, ccw and I went to see my doctor.
At 8:30am, the dilation has just started. The pain level has reach 3-4 (based on my 1st childbirth pain rating) already. I was quite worried, I seriously doubted that if I could stand the pain! At around 9am, I really think I should get epidural before it is too late! We inform the doctor, but he gave me painkiller shot instead. That is much better. But it last for less than 30 minutes, and the pain is killing me again! Deep down inside me, I was praying that I wont pass out before I can push the baby out. Suddenly, I felt that the baby's head was pushing out. Ccw informed the doctor and he came to check. The dilation is 4-5cm. He reminded me to keep my mouth open to breath and not to push while giving me another shot of painkiller. It is around 10:30am by then. After 5 minutes rest, we rushed to hospital.
The hospital staff wheeled me into the labour room, the nurse helped me to undress and dress me up in the patient clothes. Doctor also got his attire changed and ccw fleed himself from the registration counter. Actually the staff insisted ccw to complete the registration before allowing him to go into the labour room. By then, it is already 11am.
Doctor and nurse adjusted the bed, then gave me the laughing gas and taught me how to use it. Then I was told to push when the next contraction is here. So, the next time contraction come, I gave a push, but not using too much energy as I was wondering why he never break the waterbag first. Opps. Then after that he broke it. So, I tried another push but nothing come out. For the third time, I push hard and long and just before i gave up, ccw told me he saw the bb head, so I continued pushing, and the baby's head is out! Baby is born at 11:12am. Everything just happened too fast. It is another unforgettable experience for us.
My conclusion on why induce labour is more painful. Induce labour is very painful but it shortens the whole progress. So the level of pain increase every time the contraction strikes whereas without induce, the pain level remains for an hour or longer before it goes up to another level during the contraction period. It takes shorter time to complete dilation than natural birth. However, after experience the second childbirth, I actually recommend my friends to go for caesarean section instead. HA-HA!
And here is my little princess:
Finally, let me end this post with the best phrase for childbirth: No pain, No gain.
3 comments:
i still like this photo of ah mei very much ^_^
welcome to the world mei mei!
Thank you!! :))
no pain no gain..wat the..ROFL..but memang betul
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