Birth Story: The summary

The drama started on 23rd May 2014 when I found a bloodied discharge when I went to the toilet for my hourly peeing session.

I panicked. I was only in my 37th weeks and my mom had not arrived in KL yet to cook my favourite food. Haha...

But, I still made a call to PCMC's labour room for advice and of course, they asked me to come right away. As I was in KLCC and my husband was in his office in PJ, I asked my colleague to drive me to the hospital as it was only 5 minutes away.

I was admitted to the labour room and strapped with the CTG machine. They detect some contraction and I was like... what??? I did not feel anything and seriously.. I was not ready to give birth yet. At that point, I don't even know what contractions feel like. Haha..

My husband arrived around 7pm, 2 hours after my first phone call to him. As expected, Friday traffic from PJ to KL sucked as usual. If I really wait for him, if I really was in labour.. sempat beranak dulu agaknye baru dia sampai :P

I was warded for a night to observe my contractions and even though there really were many contractions, it was not regular or strong enough yet. On the second day, I requested to be discharged from the hospital because there were so many things that I wanted to do (or eat) that I hadn't done yet. Since my blood pressure was normal and my urine was clear for any protein, my gynae ruled out pre-eclampsia for the time being but she asked me to really rest at home.

That weekend, my mom arrived from Kluang and I moved back to my own home. All this while, I stayed at my in law's home as they were worried about my well being. They were overly concerned as compared with my mom's relaxed attitude. I even went to Jakel with my mom, to shop for raya clothes a day before I was admitted for labour. Haha..

While enjoying my last minute treat of home cooked food from my mother, I realized that all good thing would not last. On Tuesday, I went to see my gynae again and she said I should be induced at the same night. Ok ow.. my blood pressure went haywire again and even though there were no protein in my urine, she wanted to avoid pre-eclampsia. I was already a week away from my EDD so I don't see any problem in following her advice.

My mom cooked me some kerabu kaki ayam before I was induced that night. 

So, I was induced with a pill on the night of 10th June 2014 and the contraction become regular again. As I was progressing slowly, only 2cm after 6 hours.. I was being induced again in the morning.

I only progressed to 3cm the following day and I can't remember whether I was induced again on the second night as I was sleeping peacefully without having to fight another series of contractions. In the morning, I remember my gynae came to visit me and she was surprised when she saw me without any pain. She said, she has instructed the nurse to induce me using the drip (Pitocin?) if I was not progressing well by 6am. Nurse lupa lah tu kot.. huhu...

At 10am, I was induced with that drip and I was moved to the labour room. The pain come almost instantly and I progressed to 4cm. I tried my very best not to ask for Epidural but at 2pm, I could not stand the pain anymore. 

"Okay, Soraya.. you can stop choking your husband now."

Haha.. that was the first time I realized that I choked my husband to withstand the contraction pain. 

After epidural, I was calmer and even I managed to hold a decent conversation with my mom and my MIL. But, unfortunately.. I did not progress beyond 5cm and my gynae break my water soon after that. The contraction become unimaginable.. but still, I was stucked at 5cm.

I could not remember the time.. but around 5pm to 6pm, after almost 3 days being induced.. my gynae scheduled me for an emergency c-sec as my blood pressure was over the top and she could detect some fetal distress in my womb. 

My husband was out running to get me some 100 plus that time, only my mom was there and when my husband returned, I could not drink it anymore since I was already scheduled for the c-sec.

Antara benda yang aku nangiskan sebelum masuk OT ialah.."tak sempat minum 100 plus". Percaya tak? Haha..

Everything was in fast forward afterwards, I was rolled into the OT. I asked for a full GA since I could not imagine being cut open while I was awake.. I cried "SAKITTTTTT!!" when I feel the knife probing my abdomen... then, I was out cold.

I was awake later when the nurse roused me from my unconciousness and there he was.. the baby that I carried for 9 months looking at me with his curious big eyes. My baby. My Nisfu Syaaban's baby.

As I was stitched alive, I forgot all pain and all I can say is Alhamdulillah :)