Little Alden was born on the 8th December 2007. Either he cant wait to see mummy and daddy , or God wanted a surprise for me, cos i had him delivered 3 weeks earlier and in complete surprise.
I went for my routine check-up on the 7th of December. My gynae left me rooted to the ground when he told me my water level was too low and needed to be induced that very night. My heart nearly stopped upon hearing this, cos try as hard to be mentally prepared for my delivery, i cant shun off the horrible thoughts in my head. Numerous questions racing across my head. Like, can i have a normal delivery? Can i do it like all my cousins without any pain relief? How long will my labour be? How does Baby Alden look like? Despite all these fears, i still gotta go through this obstacle. I remembered vividly that i prayed real hard, more than in my 28 years of being a Catholic.
That night, i went back home for my bathe. I took a long bathe man, and afterwhich, i dragged myself to my hubby's car to the hospital. When i reached Thomson Medical Centre, i was put at ease by the friendly nurses and midwives. I kept bombbarding them with questions each time they came to see me. Then i heard a mummy screaming her head off next door, more fears within me by now. Thankfully the pain was very bearable in the beginning so time flies. Soon day broke and i know my baby will definately be out the next day 8th Dec as promised by my gynae.
Dr Wong came in the early afternoon and he broke my water bag. Warm water gushed out like there's no tomorrow. Almost immediately, i felt tremendous pain. Like all mummies who said they cant describe the kind of pain, i cant too. But it was such excruciating pain for me. In fact my threshold level for pain was not too bad till this. I was swearing at my 2 cousins whom lied saying it is not painful. My hubby this time has a face as pale and white as ghost. He has never seen me in this state at all, hence he seemed helpless but to keep asking me if i am ok. Beforehand i had told my hubby, my gynae and the midwives not to tempt me with epidural in whatever bad state i was in. The midwives maust have forgotten that cos they kept pushing me to take epidural, and each time i can only shake my head.
My only consolation was my christain music playing in the room while i try to hymm along, my medicated oil that i smell each time the contraction came and my hubby whom kept holding my hands. Finally after what seemed for eternity, my hubby and gynae told me to start pushing. I gathered all my strength and push 3 times each try. Most times i fail to get 3 pushes as it was too painful to. I only tell myself i have to keep trying and i am getting nearer to seeing baby if i push harder. Alas, i gave up and my gynae vacumned baby out. I heaved a sigh of relief when baby pops out. The midwive put baby's warm body onto mine, and the first thing i told him was " Baby, do you know mummy had a hard time delivering you" ha..And he responded with a cry. Weighing a mere 2.630kg, he is light for a boy, he has quite a fair bit of hair, and he was very alert as he kept opening his eyes to look around.
God has blessed me with Alden Mui Xuan Wei, and i am trully thankful for his gracious gift. As above is Alden's picture when he was born and not really cleaned up yet as there is still vernix on him.
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