The Stork Has Arrived!

I was very heavy, literally, my knees were aching, I couldn't sleep and I was complaining to anyone who cared to listen. If there wasn't anyone around to make sympathetic noises, I brought my grouses to FaceBook! Of course, the ears of my Heavenly Father were not spared. Each time my hubby asked me if there's anything to pray for, I said, "Pray that the baby will come out soon, I cannot tahan already." To my baby, I said, "Come out quickly ya, don't grow anymore inside, grow outside and I'll give you nen-nen."

My ex-roommate called me from Hong Kong after reading about my groanings and moanings on Facebook and we had a good long chat and she parted with, "The baby will come out tonight, because I called you!"

Thank God for listening to His children's prayers for I woke up at 3am on 22 DEC 2009 with mild contractions. After going to the toilet, I discovered blood stains on my underwear. I wondered, is this it? At 4 am I had to empty my bowels and contractions were still 10 mins apart, still mild.

At 5am, I took a shower and washed my hair (SOP for moms who will be delivering babies for the idea is, there'll be no more washing of hair for the next 30 days!) Woke my hubby at 5.30am. Contractions still about 10 mins apart. Should I go to the hospital? I heard that since it's the 4th baby, one should not wait too long to get to the hospital. I certainly didn't want to end up giving birth in the car and I didn't want to get stuck in the morning traffic.

So we drove to the hospital at about 6.30am and was admitted at 7am. The nurse inspected me and said, only 2cm and your cervix still very thick. Oh blow! They advised me to wait for my Obstetrician, Dr Goh. In the meantime, I took to walking around the room to strengthen the contractions. Hubby took out his laptop and cellphone and got on with his work!

Dr Goh came in a little after 9am. He put on his gloves and I thought he would give me an inspection and announce his verdict. But no, after he fiddled around I felt a warm gush and I screamed in my head, "He broke my waters, without asking permission!!!!" After that, he came up and said, "let's put you on the drip and get it going." I pleaded with him, and he said, " You wanna wait until the cows come home ah?"

I was duly induced and less than 2 hours later, at 10:58, Stephanie Sim Rong Xuan was born!