After around 11 hours of contraction, the mid-wife tried to lead me to push to deliver my girl. It was around 10 plus in the mornng on 16 Nov 2007.
All those techniques learnt in Parentcraft lessons could hardly be remembered. I just remembered that I had to breathe in before I push and not the other way round. Also the buttocks need to be pressed downwards so that the correct force could be used to get the baby out.
The mid-wife had to remind me again and again of the breathing techniques. At this stage I regretted having epidural because although it only dulls the sensation of the contraction and not totally eliminate me sensing the contractions, I thought the real pain should be able to give the stimulus to push harder. Also with the epidural I could not really push as hard as I would like to. The analgesic just numbs all the sensation in the lower body.
I tried many times to push the baby out. The mid-wife cried," I can see your baby's head. She has a lot of hair." Seconds later the baby's head goes back into my birth canal. Soon my first vial of epidural exhausted and had to be replaced.
This process repeats itself until the staff nurse detects that the baby's heart rate seemed to slow down. My gynae was called and came to my rescue. An episiostomy was performed for me so that the opening of the birth canal could be widen,
Finally after 1 hour, I delivered my baby girl!! The gynae instructed the staff nurse to suck away the baby's mucus in the mouth. She was put on my chest and she smiled at me. That really melted my heart. She was so bloated like a loaf of bread soaked in water and so wet. On a quick glance, she was not covered with too much vernix. Hmmm.. The coconut water I drank 2 week before delivery helped.
My baby was whisked away to be cleaned up and weighed and my hubby accompanied them.
Next comes my afterbirth. I believe my gynae was skillful. It was just a few tugs and the placenta came out. It was quite awesome to look at the tissue that supported my baby for 10 months in my womb. It resembled a big piece of liver as it was so vascular in nature.
The episiostomy needed to be stitched up too. Then, I appreciated the epidural again . Such mixed feelings.
The delivery experience was really unforgettable and totally imprinted in my memories.
All those techniques learnt in Parentcraft lessons could hardly be remembered. I just remembered that I had to breathe in before I push and not the other way round. Also the buttocks need to be pressed downwards so that the correct force could be used to get the baby out.
The mid-wife had to remind me again and again of the breathing techniques. At this stage I regretted having epidural because although it only dulls the sensation of the contraction and not totally eliminate me sensing the contractions, I thought the real pain should be able to give the stimulus to push harder. Also with the epidural I could not really push as hard as I would like to. The analgesic just numbs all the sensation in the lower body.
I tried many times to push the baby out. The mid-wife cried," I can see your baby's head. She has a lot of hair." Seconds later the baby's head goes back into my birth canal. Soon my first vial of epidural exhausted and had to be replaced.
This process repeats itself until the staff nurse detects that the baby's heart rate seemed to slow down. My gynae was called and came to my rescue. An episiostomy was performed for me so that the opening of the birth canal could be widen,
Finally after 1 hour, I delivered my baby girl!! The gynae instructed the staff nurse to suck away the baby's mucus in the mouth. She was put on my chest and she smiled at me. That really melted my heart. She was so bloated like a loaf of bread soaked in water and so wet. On a quick glance, she was not covered with too much vernix. Hmmm.. The coconut water I drank 2 week before delivery helped.
My baby was whisked away to be cleaned up and weighed and my hubby accompanied them.
Next comes my afterbirth. I believe my gynae was skillful. It was just a few tugs and the placenta came out. It was quite awesome to look at the tissue that supported my baby for 10 months in my womb. It resembled a big piece of liver as it was so vascular in nature.
The episiostomy needed to be stitched up too. Then, I appreciated the epidural again . Such mixed feelings.
The delivery experience was really unforgettable and totally imprinted in my memories.
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