oh hi. It has been a year! I got into instagram and wrote more there but somehow i missed writing in here too. Anyway, i did a lot of research (read: googling) about a lot of things and i think Malaysians are still lacking in writing? it is hard to find information in regards to Malaysia community/geography. So i decided to write my experience on the blog as well so that it can be a reference to my fellow Malaysians. Hence, i might write both in english and bahasa melayu.
So I delivered a cute baby girl last year. My first born. We picked Columbia Asia Setapak for monthly checked-up. It was unintentionally actually because i did first checked up at many clinics but none can see the sack and most suspected it was an ectopic pregnancy. So after a lot of crying (haha, drama queen here), we went to Columbia Asia Setapak with in mind that we had to drop this pregnancy and i will have to go through a minor surgery.
Our doc did abdomen scan on top of my tummy and still couldnt find anything. i was supposed to be 12 weeks pregnant but the sacks is nowhere to be found. So the doc calmly suggesting to do vaginal scan (bohooo) and wallaaaaa! there it was; the sack and the heartbeat. *cryblood*
So, hubs decided that, that doc will be our doc to deliver our baby. haha. See, how influential hubs in making most of the decisions. But i agreed with him there and then because after meeting few doctors that may be conventional in nature but felt really pessimistic to us, I liked the way our doc approached us. She was not intimidating or too quick making judgement. So i decided i need this kind of doctor through out my first pregnancy journey and Alhamdulillah i can say that we made a very good choice.
The whole pregnancy was okay so nothing to tell on that. My water broke at 37-38 weeks. Doctor checked vaginal opening previously and i already 2cm dilated if i was not mistaken. the next day my water broke and i was not so sure exactly what to do. We called both moms and both urged us to go to the hospital. We checked in at midnight and the midwives checked and it was still 2-3cm dilated. I had no contractions so I just slept well through the night.
Came morning, I was sent to labour room and doc came to check on me and i still had no contractions. Doctor suggested to go for induce because my water broke for more than 12 hours and i must deliver the baby before it reached 24 hours after my water broke. Apparently, once your water broke, chances for the baby to get infections is very high.
So i get induced directly from the drip around afternoon and contraction came likes crazy. The good thing is the doctor already mentioned that she dont mind for me to walk around or squatting and jalan itik. hahaha. So instead of laying down, i got to walk around. but that only lasted about one hour and after that the contraction was super painful. and everytime the midwives came to check, i did not dilated much. 1 cm per hour will not worked for me, i dont think i can handle it much longer. I was ready for cesarean.
Hubs predicted i will deliver around 5pm in the evening but i was only 7cm dilated by then. It was too painful. Even previously the doctor always said that i was kinda tough handling the pain (when she did vaginal checking, i was so calm) but not this one. The doctor came around 5.30 and said i was almost 10cm dilated and can start pushing (yeayy!)
All nurses cheered around me. Hubs was on my side, looking over me and the birthing process. I had a flu so my breath was short. It took me about 4-5 pushes when finally the baby came through. Phewwwwww, such a relief really. The pain stopped immediately. Here came my 3.7kg baby!
Many said the sewing (not sure the right word) is painful but it wasnt really for me. I think the contractions are the most painful; it was as if my body was going to split into two.
Woah, it has been such a long essay on my pregnancy and delivery. I'll probably continue on the next post.
