15th Nov - My usual gynae check up and gynae told me that I am already 2 cm dilated. However, as I did not feel any pain, gynae's concern is that perhaps, by the time I feel the pain, I could be in labour and might not be able to reach hospital in time....then my own worry is that my girl who weight 3.4kg during today check up might be too big for me to go for nature birth. As I went back to work after my check up, my colleagues are more worried than me, in case I suddenly go into labour while working.
16th Nov - I decided to start my leave coz I still feel some cramps in my tummy in the morning and also I do not want to panic my colleagues too. Then in the afternoon, as I still feel quite abit of cramp, we decided to go to my gynae clinic to do CTG check, however, when we reach it is their lunchtime, thus the nurse suggest that I check into TMC and do the CTG there.
CTG show that I have irregular contraction. Gynae come over at 2 plus and ask if I want to induce as he is worry that I might not feel the pain when I dilated and the moment I feel I be in labour since this is my number 2. After some consideration, we decided to induce (since gynae told me the level of pain for induce is the same as nature).
Insert the pill at 3pm. Sent back to ward to wait at 5 pm and was told to go back to labour ward if I feel more intense pain. However, as mentioned, we check into a 2 bedded for the 1st nite coz single room is not available, so actually, I feel abit uncomfortable especially when during the evening, where the visitors start to come in to visit my 'neighbour'. So at about 8.30pm, I decided to just go back to the labour ward to wait instead since after about 5 hours after the pill I still dun feel much pain.
Pain start to come in after 9 plus, but still bearable. Then at 10 plus I ask for laughing gas when I feel more pain. However,the pain start to get worse after 12am, and at 1am, I was only 3 cm dilated. The dilation was slow and pain was intense. So, I decide to opt for epidural instead. Then at about 2am, I was given epidural.
Pain was gone, but the suay me got all the side effect of epidural. I feel nausea, both my leg are numb and as the nurse ask me to lie on my left side initially, I lose the feel of my left leg totally, and it freak me out. Then I start to shiver and start to feel itch too. As I get all the side effect, I start to regret my decision to induce and take epidural. However the only good out of all the suffering is that I dun feel the pain and was able to relax thus in a way, I was able to dilate faster. At about 4 am plus, I was already about 5 cm dilated. At about 5 am, I feel that there are water flowing out and I call out to the nurse, who told me that my waterbag have burst and I was about 6 cm dilated.
At about 6 am plus, they push me into the delivery suite to wait for my gynae and I was about 8 cm dilated. Then at about 7 am I was about 9 cm dliated. I told the nurse to lower the dosage of the epidural so I can at least feel the contraction which I think will help to aid me when I need to push. Gynae arrive at 7 plus, and he say can start to push. With the good guidance from the gynae and nurses, after a few pushes, little Sheryl arrived around 8am on 17th November 2010.
Gynae put Sheryl beside me, and with the first look at my little girl, I turn over and told Shawn that Sheryl look exactly the same as Daryl when he was born. These 2 siblings just look so much alike in term of their baby look.
By the way, this time, Shawn did cut the cord for Sheryl after encouragement from gynae, nurses and me, something he did not dare to do when we have Daryl. When I later ask him how does it feel about the cutting, he say it is like cutting 'zhu chang' (pig intestine).
Sheryl was taken away from me shortly to do the necessary clean up and measurement and Shawn was ask to follow the nurses out, while gynae slowly remove the placenta. Gynae also told me that he did not perform episiotomy on me since I tear naturally. As I was on epidural, there is no required to inject me below to numb me before sewing me back, thus, I do not feel any pain at all.
In fact, this 2nd deliver is a more peaceful one as compared to my 1st delivery, coz for my 1st, it was chaotic as I was in pain and was in a way screaming away (accorrding to Shawn). Also, both Shawn and me feel that my gynae Dr Beh was calm and skilful in delivering our gal, as compared to the stand in gynae who deliver my son while my gynae was away in 2008.
Basically, it was a totally different experience for me as compared to delivering Daryl. In fact, if without the side effect of epidural, I think I do enjoy this delivery this time.
