It was a rainy day. The sun was no where to be seen. I woke up earlier than usual, feeling anxious most of the time. I was terrified of the operative procedure and pain. I wore my favourite pink preggie dress and had a last picture with baby chipsmore inside me. I am seriously going to miss his kicking.
We registered at the labour room and got my room in the first maternity block. A nurse came and took my vital signs. Had my very first CTG done while chipsmore was sleeping. He was doing fine. CTG was reactive. Of course, houseman came and took consent. He looked really blur cos he gave me the wrong consent form. Instead of LSCS, he gave me a consent for laparoscopy. Then, he offered to set my iv cannula. Gosh!!! I was already terrified with him. So, requested for the hubby to set my iv cannula. He must have been anxious too because he took three attempts , kept telling me to trust his skills. But it was to avail. He failed to set my line and had to request for GA to help me. Thank god Dr N was on call that day. I got to know her while we had indian food in Tandoor Grill with thiru and kai ma Vny. I again felt comfortable with her. One attempt and yay!! got my IV line. Out of all the procedures that i need to go through, Cafu's branula insertion was the most painful.
My op was scheduled to be at 2pm. I had these profuse sweating episodes with abdominal pain prior to op. Silly me. I was actually in labor but i tot i was having panic attack. The diligent nurse put her hand on my abdomen and told me that i was having contractions. But, i refused to trust her. I got more scared while listening to ladies screaming out of delivery pain in the labour suite.
Soon, it was time for my op. The maternal OT was super duper cold. I was practically shivering non stop. Everything was blur because i was not allowed to wear my spectacles. Mom came in to accompany me. Hubby was there too. I felt relaxed almost instantaneously once i saw Dr T. Dr N gave me my spinal. I could feel the numbness creeping up slowly from the distal end of my toes to my abdomen. Of course i could still feel the gauze when Dr T was rubbing the povidone over my abdomen. Then i remembered what rani told me. Its ok. you will still feel them touching you and you will feel the pushing force. She actually enjoyed her LSCS.
Dr T said there was no fat in my abdomen but it was very vascular. So, he asked whether i took traditional medication. he had to cauterized quite a bit. He tried to make a small incision for me cos it will be less painful. Chips was just 2.7 kg during his last scan at 36 weeks. We never expected him to be so big. The O&G team couldn't pull chipsmore out and had to use a forceps. Chips cried vigorously and i was relieved. Paeds team stand by for my baby too. I gave a quick peck on the chip's cheek before they took him away to the nursing room. I could see the reflection of my exposed abdomen via the gigantic OT lights which illuminates the whole operation theatre. I had always wanted to see my own uterus. Chips was delivered at 2.45 pm with a good weight. Mummy gave him his first spoon feeding.
Dr T told me that i was already in labour because my os was opened. So, somehow i feel that i chose the right day, the right time, the right mode of delivery for chips. I couldn't expressed how grateful i am to have Dr T as my O&G dr during the entire pregnancy.
It has been raining the whole day. It stopped raining a lil while when chips was delivered. Chips, Kelantan had the worst flood disaster on the day when you were born. The rain never stopped till the 3rd day when you finally got discharged.
Cafu and chips were both by my side in the first mat block. Ku po cooked a lot of nice food for me as well. we still donno what to name chips.
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