A Baby Boy is Born

September 05, 2011
4:15 am

my water broke.

i wondered before if i could ever tell that the water broke. now i could say it is really totally different from just a trickle of pee. it is indeed a gush of fluid out of your system.

i was ecstatic at the same time a little nervous. this is the day!

i told hubby about the breaking of the water and in just a little while, my mom-in-law was knocking on the door. she looked tensed. i could tell she's trying to hide the anxiety or the tension of facing this very day. She was bringing a matchbox and she was asking about the books i have been reading lately and the papers that i have been working on. i don't know anything about the ritual but she tore a small piece of each book that i have been reading as well as the papers lying on my table and she started to light them up.

she also pulled a single strand of hair from hubby and throw it on the small flame on the tiled floor. she uttered a few words and after having some time in the kitchen for coffee, we then head towards the hospital.

6:15 am

we checked in at the emergency room of the Hospital at the break of day. i was then led to the labor room and was asked to change into adult diapers. several student nurses are there to monitor and take care of me. one good thing about these student nurses is that, they attended to my every little need because there were a number of them and they probably want to do something and prove to themselves that they can take care of patients very well.

i was still feeling okay. no pains. just feeling excited.

first IE: 2-3 cm.

11 am

After i had lunch, the contractions are now starting. the pain is very bearable. in fact, i was smiling when my OB came in and she just said i'm still not in active labor because i still can afford to smile. From the Lamaze classes i have been watching lately, i fairly knew the stages of labor, what to expect and what to do to ease the pain.

second IE: 3-4 cm.

based on the internal exam, i was thinking i am still a bit far from active labor and full dilation which is at 10cm. as the contractions grew stronger and stronger, the pain is also getting intense.but of course, everything is bearable. i started applying my 'cleansing breaths' and 'hi-his' that i have learned from Lamaze classes. Equipped with these Lamaze classes, i cringed less in every pain.

one funny thing when i started to do my 'Hi-his', one student nurse asked me if i have difficulty in breathing. i wanted to laugh.

4:00 pm


i don't know if i am indeed fully dilated but my OB said i am and i was led into the delivery room. i don't know how that 3-4 cm dilation led to 10 cm. the pain is totally bearable.

6:00 pm

2 hours in the delivery room but the baby isn't out yet. the baby isn't moving down and out to the cervix. my OB asked my consent for Cesarean operation. the baby's heartbeat is going down. but i am fairly ok. i told her what are other options. she said, i can squat, so i did. but the baby still isn't coming out.

after all the consent and consultation from hubby and mom-in-law who are there with me, i was wheeled to the operating room.

7:08 pm

Baby Gian is born.