tada, family portrait before going to labour. haha
yeah, so contractions felt at around 4am. admitted at around 6am. EDD was supposed to be 2 or 3may. so like rayous, raythorous also arrived earlier than the EDD.
5cm dilated and epidural administered.
after the epidural, i could still feel some pain. so the nurse increased the dosage and after that, i was super sleepy. the whole labour waiting process was practically spent sleeping. really really cannot imagine how it will be if there is no epidural. the whole labour process would probably be spent screaming and crying away!! really!
so i almost slept all the way till the gynae came. checked and 8cm dilated. then he ordered for the epi to be reduced and once i feel the pain sensation, im supposed to call out to the nurses.
and so, i continued to sleep after the gynae left. and then pain started to creep in again and i called out to the nurses. at this point in time, i was still sleepy and my legs are numb. so numb that they were 'beyond my control' already. i tried to keep my knees bent, but my legs will just 'automatically' fall flat down again. scary...
anyway, the nurses came and we attempted to push. i was thinking to myself, this time sure big problem. the previous time i already had problem pushing the baby out. this time round, with the numbness, how to push?!
but surprisingly, the nurses all said my pushing was correct! hubb even said he could see the baby's hair already!
woohoo!
and then pushed a few more times and the nurses told me to stop pushing. then they gave me oxygen mask to regulate the breathing. i was still thinking y to stop pushing. on hindsight, i think it was because the gynae hadnt arrive yet, so cannot continue to push.
and then the gynae came and everything happened v fast liao. pushed a few times, and baby's out!! believe it or not, i did not even know that baby's out! think really too numb liao, cannot feel anything!
and really surprise that w just a few pushes, it's done! unlike the 1st time!
then the usual routine stuff of cleaning, weighing the baby etc, while the gynae waited w me for the placenta to be expelled out. and meantime, i could see myself being sewn by the gynae.. literally. haiz.
tada! arrival of raythorous!
3.33kg, heavier than rayous then. haha.
thou the labour process was much smoother than the 1st time, the after-effect was wayyyyyy worse off than the 1st time. wayy wayyy worse off!
still in the delivery ward, while holding the baby, nausea kicked in. luckily i was in time to ask them to carry baby away, else i would have vomitted on him already!
back in the ward, i continued to vomit for at least another 3-4x loh. and the vomitting was really the 歇斯底里, uncontrollable kind lo. worse than the 1st trimester kind. grrrrrr.
and i continued to be super drowsy. so bad so that i told hubb to inform families to visit only in the evening. baby arrived around noon and it really was around 5pm then i started to feel better and can eat.
think this time round, the epidural intake was more than the 1st time, that's why the after-effect was soooo 'powerful'.
but if ask me again, i will still take the epidural. LOL.
yeah, family portrait again, post labour. LOL
yeah, so was discharged after 2 days stay.
in summary, the labour process was shorter, smoother, less painful. but the after-effect was worse off and lasted longer.
v happy and thankful that raythorous arrived safely and healthily. one big load off my mind (and body!). haha.
looking forward to a whole new level of adventures ahead!!
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