Baby Ashton has arrived on 31st May 2009
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Dear friends
After 39 weeks of pregnancy, I finally gave birth to my baby boy Ashton on 31st May 2009. The exact timing shall be kept a secret cos according to some of my friends, it is not supposed to be announced at all. It's the baby's 八字 you know.
Well, I din expect some of you to know cos I myself didn't know that when I gave birth to Baby Avril... happily msg-ing her 八字 to all of my friends... hahaha.
Anyway, the whole process of this delivery is totally different from my previous. To know the full story of my first delivery process, please visit
my friendster blog.This time round, I had contractions first. The contractions started mild at around 10.30am on the last day of May. I was having mee hoon for breakfast when I first felt the contractions. Initially, I thought it off as a normal tummy upset cos I had too many "ba zhangs" for the past few days... wahahaha...
But then... not right leh... the "tummy upset" how come came once every few minutes and the pain was like getting stronger and longer every time??? THEN I realized that this might be it!!!
Actually I was not exactly pleased with the contractions cos I wanted to wait for my gynae to come back before giving birth. My gynae went overseas for 2 weeks and would be back to Singapore by 2 June 2009. I would just have to wait for 2 more days, just 2 more days for her to come back.
Anyway, I waited until around 2pm+ (after Qi fell asleep) before asking Ah Long to drive me to the hospital.
Before admitting to the labour ward, I was directed to the midwife first. This midwife checked upon me and said I was 4cm dilated already... hahahaha... That sentence sounded so very familiar to me man. The other time when I was there to deliver Qi, that midwife told me the same thing "4cm dilated" and sent me to the labour ward... BUT when my gynae came, she told me I was only 1cm dilated... Qi Tian Pi Li!!!
I never trusted the midwife's words... wahahaha... but I sure hope she was right. Well... she wasn't very accurate la cos when my substitute gynae came at around 5pm, I was 4cm dilated still. :Þ
My contractions then was still mild... once every 8 minutes. I was still thinking if I should take epidural this time or take the risk. Finally, I set my mind..... which was to...... TAKE IT.... wahahahaha... cos the contractions were getting unbearable la.
I wanted to be like my friend, Yuzhen who did not take the epidural for her second baby too but I really couldn't do it. Besides, my baby was comparably bigger than hers so I really doubt I could take it to the end...
Better be safe than sorry... take epidural first la...
I took the epidural at around 5.30pm while watching the re-telecast of the dunno what beach volleyball show on Channel 8.
The epidural was... Oh My God... indescribable! I don't remember having that kind of feeling during my first time (I think I happily forget about it).
The cold sensation that ran through the back of my spine while I was having the injection was not good. The total numbness shortly afterwards made things worse. I think the doctor injected far too much epidural into me which caused me to feel nothing from waist downwards. I could not even do the simplest thing like raising my butt up.
I thought to myself "Die la... like that how to push later? At least I did feel some contraction when I was giving birth to Qi... I knew when to push. Like this how?"
At around 6pm, I felt breathless. Baby Ashton's legs were like trying to stretch and it somewhat felt like blocking my breathing pathways (I dunno). Now how was I supposed to push with the pain leh?
At around 7pm, I was fully dilated and ready for delivery. The two nurses scared the shit out of me la... They touched touched my tummy and said... "Ting Ting, you must push very hard okie cos your baby doesn't look small. It seems like an OP."
"What the hell is OP man?" I wondered.
Then I was given an oxygen mask (which was never presented to me when I gave birth to Qi). I thought to myself again... "Wah... got so serious meh???"
The first intake of the oxygen was YUCKS!!! Smelly la... but subsequent intakes were fine. In fact, the oxygen actually drove Baby Ashton downwards and gave me the strength to push. The nurses asked me to push before my substitute gynae came. First 3 pushes and Baby Ashton's head could be seen already (according to the nurses).
Thereafter, the nurses called upon my gynae and within the first 3 pushes, I managed to get Baby Ashton out. I was surprised. Ah Long was surprised. Even the nurses were surprised how smoothly everything went. I was complimented for doing such a good job... wahahahaha... of course la... I know the techniques of pushing liao mah... wahahaha... *hao lian*
So for those going or planning to give birth de... can ask me on the techniques man... wahahaha...
That's all for my 2nd baby's delivery story.
Thanks for reading... hahahahaha... and enjoy the pictures below...
My labour ward Number 1.
Yeah... here comes Baby Ashton... That's the umbilical cord by the way
Baby Ashton weighing an astounding 3.795 kg. Bigger than his sister wor...
Honestly, I dunno what is the nurse doing...
Staring blankly
This picture looks so familiar la... Ah Long had one with QiQi too... wearing the same jacket somemore.
Family photo is a must la.
Getting ready to be pushed to the nursery.
Baby Ashton on Day 2. Sleeping soundly after feeding.
That's my MaMa and QiQi in my ward. My ward spacious right??? Hahahaha...
Got "balcony" somemore that U would think I'm staying in an one-bedded right?
It's actually a 4-bedded room. I'm just lucky to be placed at a bed where there is an additional space... hehehe... but useless la... cos not more than 2 visitors can come and visit me at one time due to the stupid Swine Flu.
