Everyone thought that I was going to birth on Labour Day. Well, baby decided not to come out on this date. We (dad, Keith, maid and I) went to pick up hubby from the airport at about 9 a.m. on Labour Day. I was feeling kinda dizzy while I was waiting at the airport for hubby. Well, I didn't bother much as I always have this kinda dizzy spell on and off. But, I did have surges on and off. Hubby asked me to induce and have the baby out on the 1st. At last, I gave in as I was having surges on and off. My gynae was away over the long weekend and she did informed me during my last check up. Hai…always so unlucky.. During Keith's labour, my gynae was away and I ended up with Dr. Azizah (the current gynae). Now, for Charlotte's labour, my current gynae was away for a long weekend and another gynae is taking over.

We went for lunch at about 12.30pm and decided to check in the hospital after lunch at about 3 p.m. I had a shower before we leave the house. When the nurse came and checked on me, I did have surges on and off. We have to wait for the doctor to come and check on me after dinner. At about 8.30p.m., the gynae arrived and she told me that my surges was kinda frequent and asked me to wait for natural birth.

At about 3.20a.m. when the nurse came and checked my pressure and also baby's heart beat, I can feel that my surges were consistent, every 5 mins. I called up Lorrain the agent for CryoCord. Lorrain came at about 4a.m. and my surges from 5 mins has shorten to 4 mins. I've started with my breathing to calm myself and also to easy the pain. I have already dilated to 3cm. I was relaxing and manage to chat with her while doing my breathing.

The surges was getting shorter and shorter in time gap. I had to wait for the surge to stop before walking into the labour room. I brought my discman along with my HypnoBirthing CD in it. I've started using the technique learnt when I attended the course while listening to the CD to relax my mind and body. Slowly, I can feel my whole body became numb and only focusing on my uterus area. Hubby was with me in the labour room. I did't even realised that I have dilated to 8cm when the gynae came and break the waterbag. Which was a bad idea because I was so relaxed and suddenly she came and disturbed me. That was the time when the pain was at peak and I couldn't focus anymore. The nurses were so surprised to see my contraction report on the machine. They said it was so beautiful and they have never seen such a beautiful report before. It is so consistent.

Finally when the gynae came, she still checked on my dilations and just told me, "Ok, Sabrina. You can push now." Two nurses at the side of me, hubby supporting my back and me holding both side of my thigh. I can see the gynae taking her sweet time washing her hand and the nurses was panicking as the baby's head was crowning. I didn't even know when the gynae did episotomy for me. This time, with three pushes, Charlotte was out. No more assistance from medical equipment. Just natural birth for Charlotte. After that, the gynae and nurses started collecting the cord blood. Charlotte was born before 7a.m. and weight about 3.24kg. Slightly heavier than Keith. Her length is the same as Keith. This time, blood group same as hubby.

I was really surprised that hubby didn't faint in the labour room.. Haha…He's so afraid of blood. He gave me a kiss on the forehead and said "I love you" right after Charlotte's arrival. Lorrain was so impressed with the way I dealt with the labour. She said she has seen a lot of women going into labour and all of them were in pain when they started to dilate till 3cm onwards. She was so surprised that I was so relaxed and calm about it. Lorrain even told me that she wanted to practise HypnoBirthing when she birth next time. I am so proud of myself and never regret in taking up the course. If I were to have baby no.3 in the future, I'll definitely use HypnoBirthing again.

Sabrina (May 08)
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Big brother Keith & Baby Charlotte