a test of patience… and endurance
9th Feb
It was getting a little cramped in the womb. Much as I like being close to mummy, I figured that the grass is gonna be greener outside. So I tried hard to get out. I think this longing translated into slight dips in heartbeat and the cramped space meant I moved about a lot less. This made Dr Chan think I should come out immediately. Yay!
Mummy and daddy headed home first to grab their things. I was a bit bored with all the waiting. They finally checked themselves into the delivery suite around 1plus in the afternoon. The decorations in there were so lovely! The nurses really put in the effort. As it was February, and close to Valentine’s Day, hearts abound from the ceiling. Mummy took some pictures I think. You should be able to see them in the scrapbook.
Anyway, she was in Room 2 and given some introduction to the room. She promptly popped in my favourite cd and settled on the bed. Dr Chan came by around 2pm. She burst the waterbag… Felt really funny… like my cushion just slowly gushed off around me. Mummy says that it would probably be something similar to when I get my feet wet at the beach. Something about when the waves swirl around my feet. She promised to bring me to the beach soon. Oops, side tracked again.
… where was I? Oh yes, waterbag… so well, she waited for the contractions to come. They were pretty mild and she was happily doing Sudoku. By 4plus she got a tad hungry but before she could eat, Dr Chan ordered her to start on the drip to induce contractions. They got more frequent and really painful. Can tell she was in pain by 8pm. She tried the gas mask but it did not help. Finally around 9 she got her epidural.
Eased her pain tremendously and she settled down comfortably. Even slept! Daddy hung around, ate a little and things were pretty normal. Apparently there was no dilation from 2pm to 9pm so Mummy got disheartened. The epidural helped to relax her and by 12am Saturday morning, she was fully dilated. I think that meant that she could start trying to push me out. Because the nurses came in and started asking her to push.
She tried… 2 hours. Then Dr Chan assisted me out with this funny brown thing that pulled at my head. Some vaccuum pump they called it. I popped out at 2.16am and everyone looked really happy to see me. Especially mummy. Hmm.
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