At week 39 of my pregnancy, I was feeling pretty heavy. It was hard for me to walk, due to my swollen feet. I couldn't write and I couldn't do housework because I couldn't bend my fingers. I was bloated everywhere. It wasn't a comfortable feeling. I remember saying to Mr Y one day "I nak beranak skrg jugak, I tak larat dah". Haha. Boy did I know how painful it would be, confident je nak beranak now and then. Anyways, yes I guess every mom-to-be would feel that way during her last days of pregnancy. Too tired that you just want to get it over with, plus of course you're too anticipated to meet the cute "lil fungus" that's been living inside your tummy for almost 10 months!
A friend of mine once said,"Do not go for c-sect birth, please don't plan when the baby will come out, it'll be more fun that way"... I do agree. Who would want to be cut up on the table like a piece of meat anyways? But who are we to decide? I had set my mind and body for the vaginal birth. I exercised and practiced the right breathing techniques and I kept on praying that everything would be alright. So I waited anxiously for the day.
On 4th of January 2009, everything seemed normal. I was 4 days away from my due date. No signs of giving birth yet, my gynae was surprised too. Little pie's head wasn't even engaged yet. Looks like he wasn't ready to come out eventhough mummy was starting to look like a giant balloon! I lived the day like any other day but with a bit of worry inside my heart. Little pie wasn't really active I could barely feel him kicking. Dr Ummul reminded me during my last visit "Kalau awak notice less movement, immediately datang sini". Remembering her words, I sent Mr Y a sms and told him the situation. His reply was short "Ok nanti gi doctor". If only we knew what Dr Ummul would do!
After Maghrib, I changed into my maternity curduroy pants (which I still wear up till today, sungguh comfy) and a huge white t shirt and headed to Umra(the hospital) which was 5 mins away from home. It wasn't long till we got our turn to see Dr Ummul and I told her the problem. She did a quick scan to make sure little pie was alright, the normal CTG scan to check his heartbeat and even checked for any dilation at u-know-where. Harus la takde dilation pon kan... I thought that was it. As I was ready to go home, Dr Ummul said "kalau less movement baby, kite takde choice, U have to give birth asap to avoid any risk. I will induce you afterwards, kalau ikot jangkaan saya, awak bersalin besok lebih kurang lepas Zohor".
HAAAAAAAA? HUWAAAAARGHHH! LIKE REALLLLLY??? BUT I CAME HERE JUST FOR A CHECK UP, NOT TO GIVE BIRTH, NOT YET!!!! If I could scream, that would have come out from my mouth. But I kept myself in control, I looked at Mr Y and I could see the shock on his face. Then slowly the shock turned into a little smile. He told me quietly "I tak sangke besok I dah boleh jumpe anak I". Oh yea, easy for you huh? You could smile troughout the process, and I would be the one screaming in the labour room tomorrow!
"When you are ready, let me know, saya akan prepare untuk induce awak ok? Go and make necessary calls, you two can discuss whatever, I will be waiting here. Saya takkan balik rumah selagi tak induce awak".... Ahuh, that sounded mandatory. I felt like running away. Indeed I did, I remember pulling Mr Y's hands and was about to leave the hospital when creepy thoughts about lil pie's safety crept into my head. I don't want to be guilty for the rest of my life! What if something bad happens to sugarpie if I refused to get induced tonight??? Oh no!!!! Quickly I made a call to my parents, they were as shocked as I was but they advised me to listen to the doctor. I asked them to pray for me and their grandson. I even asked for forgiveness from them and also from Mr Y just in case.... Cuak kan? Mr Y sempat isap rokok sebatang gaye stress while I was wiping away my panic sweat.
When both of us were ready, we went back into the clinic and agreed to be induced. My heart was beating so fast I felt like exploding. Takot sakit laaaa! Waaaa! Before this I never really gave a serious thought about labour pain. Now that it was time, my knees were trembling helplessly. Surprisingly, getting induced wasn't at all painful and it took my gynae only 5 minutes to finish the whole process, syukur. Then she said "OK we're done. You must sleep here takot the contraction mula any time from now. I will put you in room 206, ape-ape hal call my nurse ok? She will come and check on you every hour".
HAAAAAA TIDO SINI????? "Doctor, saya nak balek rumah ambik barang-barang boleh?" I asked her. Dalam hati dok teringat mee rebus my mil prepared for dinner actually, heehee! She nodded and said "Come back within an hour. Saya tak nak awak sakit kat rumah".
Yeah right one hour. I took one hour only to make calls to my closest friends to inform them, and also to melantak mee rebus habis2an... Lepas ni dah kena confinement kan, kasi can laaa! :D Then I took another 2 hours to pack my stuff and relax my body & mind. I felt no pain just yet. I even managed to do laundry and took dry clothes out of the dryer. I almost forgot that I was already induced. Luckily Mr Y was there to remind me "Heyyy dah 12 45 mlm ni, you tak nak pegi hospital lagi ke? Dah solat belom? Janji doctor tadi pukul 10 dah nak check in". Haii potong stim la dia ni kan!!!!!!! "Okok. Jom la. eh Chop, amik gmbr I dulu boleh? Last day of pregnancy! Jap nak sikat rambut dulu.."
Tadaaa! So inilah the picture Mr Y took minutes before we left for Umra Hospital.
A friend of mine once said,"Do not go for c-sect birth, please don't plan when the baby will come out, it'll be more fun that way"... I do agree. Who would want to be cut up on the table like a piece of meat anyways? But who are we to decide? I had set my mind and body for the vaginal birth. I exercised and practiced the right breathing techniques and I kept on praying that everything would be alright. So I waited anxiously for the day.
On 4th of January 2009, everything seemed normal. I was 4 days away from my due date. No signs of giving birth yet, my gynae was surprised too. Little pie's head wasn't even engaged yet. Looks like he wasn't ready to come out eventhough mummy was starting to look like a giant balloon! I lived the day like any other day but with a bit of worry inside my heart. Little pie wasn't really active I could barely feel him kicking. Dr Ummul reminded me during my last visit "Kalau awak notice less movement, immediately datang sini". Remembering her words, I sent Mr Y a sms and told him the situation. His reply was short "Ok nanti gi doctor". If only we knew what Dr Ummul would do!
After Maghrib, I changed into my maternity curduroy pants (which I still wear up till today, sungguh comfy) and a huge white t shirt and headed to Umra(the hospital) which was 5 mins away from home. It wasn't long till we got our turn to see Dr Ummul and I told her the problem. She did a quick scan to make sure little pie was alright, the normal CTG scan to check his heartbeat and even checked for any dilation at u-know-where. Harus la takde dilation pon kan... I thought that was it. As I was ready to go home, Dr Ummul said "kalau less movement baby, kite takde choice, U have to give birth asap to avoid any risk. I will induce you afterwards, kalau ikot jangkaan saya, awak bersalin besok lebih kurang lepas Zohor".
HAAAAAAAA? HUWAAAAARGHHH! LIKE REALLLLLY??? BUT I CAME HERE JUST FOR A CHECK UP, NOT TO GIVE BIRTH, NOT YET!!!! If I could scream, that would have come out from my mouth. But I kept myself in control, I looked at Mr Y and I could see the shock on his face. Then slowly the shock turned into a little smile. He told me quietly "I tak sangke besok I dah boleh jumpe anak I". Oh yea, easy for you huh? You could smile troughout the process, and I would be the one screaming in the labour room tomorrow!
"When you are ready, let me know, saya akan prepare untuk induce awak ok? Go and make necessary calls, you two can discuss whatever, I will be waiting here. Saya takkan balik rumah selagi tak induce awak".... Ahuh, that sounded mandatory. I felt like running away. Indeed I did, I remember pulling Mr Y's hands and was about to leave the hospital when creepy thoughts about lil pie's safety crept into my head. I don't want to be guilty for the rest of my life! What if something bad happens to sugarpie if I refused to get induced tonight??? Oh no!!!! Quickly I made a call to my parents, they were as shocked as I was but they advised me to listen to the doctor. I asked them to pray for me and their grandson. I even asked for forgiveness from them and also from Mr Y just in case.... Cuak kan? Mr Y sempat isap rokok sebatang gaye stress while I was wiping away my panic sweat.
When both of us were ready, we went back into the clinic and agreed to be induced. My heart was beating so fast I felt like exploding. Takot sakit laaaa! Waaaa! Before this I never really gave a serious thought about labour pain. Now that it was time, my knees were trembling helplessly. Surprisingly, getting induced wasn't at all painful and it took my gynae only 5 minutes to finish the whole process, syukur. Then she said "OK we're done. You must sleep here takot the contraction mula any time from now. I will put you in room 206, ape-ape hal call my nurse ok? She will come and check on you every hour".
HAAAAAA TIDO SINI????? "Doctor, saya nak balek rumah ambik barang-barang boleh?" I asked her. Dalam hati dok teringat mee rebus my mil prepared for dinner actually, heehee! She nodded and said "Come back within an hour. Saya tak nak awak sakit kat rumah".
Yeah right one hour. I took one hour only to make calls to my closest friends to inform them, and also to melantak mee rebus habis2an... Lepas ni dah kena confinement kan, kasi can laaa! :D Then I took another 2 hours to pack my stuff and relax my body & mind. I felt no pain just yet. I even managed to do laundry and took dry clothes out of the dryer. I almost forgot that I was already induced. Luckily Mr Y was there to remind me "Heyyy dah 12 45 mlm ni, you tak nak pegi hospital lagi ke? Dah solat belom? Janji doctor tadi pukul 10 dah nak check in". Haii potong stim la dia ni kan!!!!!!! "Okok. Jom la. eh Chop, amik gmbr I dulu boleh? Last day of pregnancy! Jap nak sikat rambut dulu.."
Tadaaa! So inilah the picture Mr Y took minutes before we left for Umra Hospital.
-To be continued-
5 comments:
great story..
sambung la cepat
:)
mar tengah nak prepare la tu kan??
okok aku nak sambung la ni. haa mar, u better start planning :p
nice babe.
aku baca 2x!
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