Alisa was post date 3 or 4 days yesterday....since it was Monday, she went to the hospital for IOL... by 5pm something, she was in the 1st stage of labour....cervical os was dilated 3cm....Jasmine said they gave her epidural and started her on IV pitocin....Jasmine was getting this live update from Alisa as her labour progressed...and knowing Jasmine, she sent messages to everyone of our friends to inform them that Alisa's baby was well on the way....
I went out to ta pau dinner....came back and ate....by about 8pm, Alisa's os was fully dilated... goodness, must have been the shortest 1st stage labour for a primigravida i've ever known of... the amazing powers of prayers...coz i'm sure many of us were praying for her speedy delivery....so by 8.21pm, Baby Darrien was born and weighed 3.55kg...wish i had a pic of him to show....so happy for Alisa and Anthony...hopefully their next baby would be a girl...then she'll have Darrien as a big brother...
I've concluded that if you want a smooth-sailing pregnancy that ends in a safe vaginal delivery with no complications, make sure you are working in a Klinik Kesihatan throughout your pregnancy and are surrounded by family who can help and support you...ok, not really evidence-based coz i'm sure there're no large, double-blinded studies done regarding this....i'm just concluding from case studies...coz most of my seniors who were pregnant and working in hospitals, they had very eventful i.e. complicated pregnancies and their labours ended up with Caesarean sections...
So i guess if i ever get pregnant, i'd better get myself transferred to a Klinik Kesihatan...but that's quite unlikely...so i guess i'll have to be prepared for an eventful pregnancy...hahahaha...counting my eggs before they hatch....how typical of an idealist...anyway, while i'm at it, i wish my firstborn would be a boy...not becoz i'm a bloody chinese who idolizes the notion of 'must have a male in the family to carry on the family's lineage'....that's BS...it's just that i've always wished for an elder brother...but i don't have one....so i wish that my daughter(s) will have an elder brother...
Hello, you don't think I'd be reading this, do you? So, elder bro, yea?
ReplyDeleteyea, working in Klinik Kesihatan and have a family who can help and support you, yea? If I had your niece in Ukraine, then I no need C-section lor....
sounds like someone's jealous of an elder brother i do not have...hehe...that doesn't mean i never wanted an elder sis ok? i love my elder sis...;) well, you weren't working... and your pregnancy weren't exactly complicated... just that you ended up with C-section...
ReplyDeleteLately I have been doing oncalls EOD in the maternity hospital, ever since I came back from my exam (Pay back time they said. But actually, it's because there are too many ghost stories circulating in the maternity Hospital, so nobody wants to oncall there), and I had seen a series of misfortunes, ranging from vaginal tear to total hysterectomy to dead baby soon after birth due to asphyxia... So I cant even imagine now, next time my wife having our baby... Gezzz... Scary!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeletepoor johnny...those series of unfortunate events sound scary...don't worry about your wife having your baby in the future...worry about you marrying your wife first...hehe... quick quick! ;P
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