I'm so proud of my baby Titus. Each time i look at my baby, i am reminded of how God's saw us both through the entire labour process and safely brought him out.
Went straight to the labour ward last sunday evening at 8pm. Checked-in. so classy hor? mum and dad sent us there and prayed for us before we went in. needless to say, my "last" meal was sunday's dinner, which was eeky fried rice. yucks. of all the things to put in the fried rice, my MIL cooked it with long beans, just the way I don't like my fried rice. Oh well, what to do? sigh. Entered the labour ward, was checked and hey, there were already mild contractions. Lots of paper work to verbally complete with the nurse. Wah... good thing this was no emergency..so many questions to answer! supper was provided, after which I was given medicine or whatever you call it to get my big business out smoothly. And yeah, by God's grace, it brought me to the toilet twice. Powerful stuff! At midnight, was put on the drip, and just waiting to dilate. So I just lay there and tahan the whole night, with the nurses coming in once in a while to check on me and help to empty my bladder.
At around 5am or so on Monday morning, I decided to finally use the epidural after all the tahan-ing from the night. Plus the lady in the next ward was like starting to cry out in pain. Listening to her was bad. But thank God for her... it made me decide on epidural. And i received the jab at around 5.30am.
Things moved pretty fast from then on. The contractions increased. And as Dr Chan came to check on me, she upped the count on my drip each time. And at 2pm or so (I think)...I lost rack of time lah...she decided that it was TIME!!!!!!!!
Nurses came in, Doc wore some operating gown, all instruments came out, which I dared not really look at. Jim was directed to stand behind me. A pair of stirrups thingy came out to support my legs. By then, the epidural was fully set in and I felt minimal pain, just discomfort cos my legs were so numb. OK. Here goes. Doc calling me to push, nurses guiding Titus out by pushing my tummy south, Jim helping by pushing my head down, Doc reminding me to breath properly. So difficult! Nurses changed hands and sides a few times. Jim bravely never wavered despite the bloody scene before him. Me trying to push Titus out. And after cutting me up down there, doc was reminding me that if baby still couldn't get out, i would have to go thru C section. wah lau!!! I so tried to push after that!!! And by the grace of God, baby Titus saw the world at 2.45pm on Monday 6 Oct 2008! Epidural, vacuum, forceps...just to see my precious boy!
Ok....will update with more stuff some other time. I have been taking pictures of Titus every day. He's getting smarter, and looking more handsome each day. I so feel for him, especially after he was warded for jaundice for 2 days and nights, thurs night and fri night, which were days 3 and 4 of his life. I missed him so much during those days. It was heart-breaking to not see him in his cot, but in the hospital under the light. I went as much as I could to the hospital to visit him and to breast feed him, the least I could do for my boy. It was heart wrenching to see him under the light, especially when the nurses stripped him to put him under the light. I could only cry silently as my boy struggled in discomfort, naked under the light. Sigh. If only I could be with him all the time.
Anyway, back to my intelligent boy. Last night, he bravely gave a huge burp after i encouraged him and told him it was all right to do so. And the burp came out, together with some milk, which I think he was trying to hold in, in case he got me worried. But after encouraging him, and telling him that mummy would clean up after him, the most beautiful sound of the burp came. together with some milk which he was gentlemanly trying to hold in to preventing staining mummy. I was so proud of him! And my intelligent boy gave a similar burp this morning. He's learning well and fast!
Oh well, now gotta prepare to clean myself up. Gonna bring boy for his check up.
Current mood: thankful to God
Current music: any beautiful sound coming from my boy
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