Little D turned one last Monday. We had some cupcakes with icing on top, of little girl and cat faces. Of course there was no big bash, being the ever practical me (kedekut me??), i didn't see the point since she's just too young to appreciate it all. We sat her on her chair, with party hat for picture taking purposes which i will download sometime later.
I can still recall one year ago, the day i had her. Right from the beginning, i knew i didn't want to have the baby the 'natural' way. Brave (or gila) friends and colleagues, termasuklah jantan2 tried to talk me into having it without epidural and tah apa2 lagi...one of the guys said, women have been having babies unassisted for thousands of years, it's a natural thing...don't you think that had god intended me to have this baby naturally, i would still be in a grass skirt and hiding myself behind some bushes waiting for the impending arrival of that blessed baby?
My mum had a c-section for all three of us, she has never experienced any labour pain, neither did my sister. Initially, had my gynae allowed me, i was going to opt for elective caesarean section pun...you know, set je date bila nak beranak, kemas beg and checkin kat hospital like people go on holiday gitu. But she told me, rasalah jugak labour pain tu...why anyone in the right mind would voluntarily torture oneself pun i tak faham sampai sekarang..
Anyway, i experienced some backache from the night before..i thought it was because i had been busy cleaning the house. Esoknya dah nak kena masuk hosp. to be induced since little D was a few days late. Then at about 6am, it started to feel macam nak berak taik keras and by 7.30am the pain or later i discovered it was actually the contraction was coming 7 minutes apart. Org nak pergi hospital dah and masa tu la Mr Gig sibuk nak cari camera, nak singgah kedai mamak makan roti canai etc. Woi! I tengah sakit ni!
Arrived at the O&G kecemasan, a Dr did the pelvic examination to check the 'opening' (macam nak tunggu kedai bukak) and i was only 2.5cm dilated..untuk pengetahuan yg tak berpengalaman di luar sana, kalau 'opening' 9-10cm baru boleh teran beranak. While i was waiting to be induced (lepas check opening), they wheeled in a lady and i dengar the nurse cakap, oh, akak ni openingnya dah 9cm..kena masuk labour room)..and aku yg baru 2.5cm tu pun rasa cam sakit period pain yg amat, akak tu setakat ngerang sikit2 je..fuiyooo..tabik! Then the Dr masukkan ubat through down there to induce me...sakit!!! It's like she was using a garden rake to shove the thing in..or dia yg berkuku panjang cam beruang?? (walaupun ada pakai gloves). Then the nurses told me, 'puan kami hantar ke bilik dulu, tunggu Prof. @@# (my gynae) sampai. Puan belum nak beranak lagi...'
Then when i was in my room, tengok tv, baca novel semua tak jalan dah. The pain intensified (atau aku punya pain threshold je yg rendah?) and i kept on sending MG out to ask the nurse for epidural. Which kena gelak ngan diaorg because they said bila i masuk labour room baru boleh bagi epidural. But they did inject me with pethidine, which didn't lessen the pain but buat i mengantuk. About 11am, my gynae sampai, she broke my water bag (air ketuban)..guna knitting needle ke?? The instrument looked like it and masukkan ubat for me to empty my bowels so that i tak terberak2 masa meneran. A few minutes after she did that, the contraction became stronger and more frequent.
to be continued..
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