4 Nov: The Intensive Labour

In the wee hours of 4 Nov, Ju told me she felt some contraction. After few minutes of consideration, we decided to go to the hospital. As Ju dilation was still about 3cm, we were discharged. After we came home, I went to bed, thinking that I only have 4 hrs to rest.

At 3.30am, Ju woke me up again and this time, the contraction was more intense. We quickly proceed to the hospital and this time, she got a 5 cm dilation and needed to be admitted. In a flash, the anesthetic was here to set up the epidural process. Everything happened so quickly and the next moment, Ju was under epidural. However,.she could only felt her right leg was numb.

She suffered contraction pain for about 2-3 hours and there was some contradiction whether to reseat the epidural. With some persuasion, she decided to go against reseating the epidural and to break the water bag. At around 7, the doctor broke the water bag and warned that the contraction would be worse.

The next few hours, there wasn't any dilation but unbearable pain. Pain that felt like 100 knives piercing through Ju's intestine. I was heartbroken to see her in such pain. Usually, her pain tolerance was sky high. This time she was defeated by the intense contraction. For 2 hours, there was.no dilation. Worse still, the next shift doctor recommended the injection of petocine. Things got worse. Ju gave up and asked for another dose of epidural.

The second epidural was effective and Ju could take a rest to prepare for the finale. We took a 2 hrs nap before the doctor came in to check. "Alright, you're ready!" I got excited. The medical staff started to prepare for the finale. The scene was like soldiers preparing for war.

Push! Push! That's the command we gave Ju whenever she felt contraction. Every push was a progress and for the first time I saw our baby's hair. Omg! She's coming out! After about 40 mins, Renae was born. Our first meeting was a scary one. There was blood on the top of her head and she looked pale. I thought what could had happened. They cleaned her up and and discovered the blood was not hers. It belonged to Ju. Her v was ruptured badly during the labour.

It really hurt but I felt proud for my wife. No one will ever know how she feels. The nurses passed me a pair of.scissors to separate baby away from Ju...

 

The next chapter of our life begins....

P.S. Welcome to the world, Renae Wu!