yakii
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Yeah i got to agree that u gone thru alot of pain..but when i give birth during Oct 09, i had the same feeling as u as the epidural is not effective after 2 hr or so..so when Dr Tham came in to check on me, I told him abt it as i am still able to feel my feet. So he ask the midwife to check again and they added the dose.Hi, just to share, my girl was also induced and delivered by Dr Tham in Dec 09. He offered me the option of inducing near my edd (which is also the date he's flying off) or to go overdue and have my baby delivered by John Tee, who would be covering him in his absence.
My hubby and I opted for the former as we wanted our baby to be delivered by someone we were comfortable with.
My labour was very long, 30hrs from insertion of first tablet at 5.30am on 5 Dec 09. Dr Tham scheduled me for 3 tablets, but my contractions started almost immediatelyafter the first one. When Dr Tham came to check on me at 7am, he said that I'm having mild contractions already, which was good. He expected I would probably need to have a second tablet inserted at 2pm. In the end that didn't happen. I began feeling the pain about 3 hours later. By noon, I was experiencing intense period-like pain, but still mobile. At 2pm, the pain was already unbearable, I could hardly stand it. Sent back to delivery suite for second tab, but contractions were already 2-3 min apart. So pushed into the delivery room.
Given gas for pain relief (didn't work), and pethidine (thigh jab) took a long time to start working, and didn't help much. By then I was in so much pain I'd actually blacked out from it plus the effects of the gas. Dr Tham came to check on me in the late afternoon, but despite the strong regular contractions, I wasn't dilated at all. Cervix not even softening. So he told my husband to put the gas mask on me almost continuously as I was only semi-conscious. Put on drip to help muscles relaxed, as my muscles were tensed. (All this was recounted to me by my hubby, I had no clear memories of what happened other than constant pain by then).
About 2 hours later, Dr Tham came again, and this time the cervix was still closed, but softer, so he stretched to open it and ordered epidural to be given first before coming back to break my waterbag at about 10 plus at night , as I was still in a lot of pain despite using the gas and pethidine together. Also started on oxytocin and antibiotics drips. When Dr Tham came to break the waterbag, I was still only 1 cm dilated so it took him a few tries to break it.
Epi was wonderful.. 100% pain block (at first). But I suffered from its side effects - skin itchiness, shivering, vomitting. By about 4am, I began to feel some pain despite the epidural; the nurse said its because the drip had finished, and she'd yet to start a new one. By 7am, Dr Tham called the ward to check on my progress, and we were asked if we'll consider c-section, as I wasn't dilating - still only 1-2cm after breaking waterbag for several hours. The contractions were however so strong that my baby's heartbeat was distressed, and I was given medication to help boost baby's heartbeat.
We were happy to hear that I was being offered c-section, as I'd been in the delivery room for more than 18-19hrs by then, and suffering a lot. Dr Tham told the nurse on the phone that he'll give me a few more hours and come in to check on me at around 10-11am.
In the meantime, I was in a lot of pain despite the epidural (they'd started a new one; my fourth epi!). Asked midwife whether it'll be painful having c-section on epi, she said there'll be no pain at all. Of course I didn't believe her - I was already feeling pain through the epi!
Finally, at 9 plus in the morning, about 3 cm dilated. !0am, 4cm. When Dr Tham came to check on me about 20 minutes later, he said I was already 8cm. In the meantime I was in intense pain, so much so that I forgot to mention it to him.
As I'd been complaining and complaining about the pain to the midwife, she finally got the anaesthetist to come in and check. He saw that the baby was crowning already, so he switched off the epidural!!! I was already in excruciating pain by then, and he actually increased it instead of relieving my pain... sob. I'd fully expected to give birth with epidural, so I totally wasn't prepared to deliver without pain relief.
Think my body doesn't respond well to the pain relief options available - as I pushed, I could feel Dr Tham snipping (the episiotomy) even though he gave me a local anaesthetic, and I could feel the pain as he stitched after baby was born. Plus I ended up using all 3 forms of pain relief available for labour (gas, thigh jab, epidural) and was in excruciating pain despite everything.
Seeing what I'd gone through, my hubby said this one baby is enough; no more kids for us. (he was in tears upon seeing how much I'd suffered).
In all, I was in the delivery suite for 27 hours. (plus another 3 hours spent at the ward before the contraction pains got too bad). And for the first few hours after birth, as well as the next few weeks that followed, I actually resented my baby for putting me through so much pain.
Anyway, Dr Tham was wonderfully reassuring each time he came to check in on me, but my labour was terrible! I suppose there wasn't much he could have done about the pain I felt.
I heard that induced labours are generally quite fast but more painful, though my experience is probably somewhat atypical.. given a choice, I wouldn't want to be induced ever again now that I know my body doesn't respond well in terms of dilating, and to the pain relievers.
Hope this doesn't scare you off though.. =)
But ur suffering is onli 27hr..i gone thru of 5days of shock and pain and distress when my waterbag burst during my 33weeks. I could feel the pain but Dr Tham dun allow me to deliver yet as the baby is not yet 2kg and there is a hospital rule that if the baby heart rate is still good they will wait..so i was given medicine to stop the contraction but the medicine got a side effect of very bad headache and feeling of puking. Till when i was 33 weeks and 5days the medicine dun work and the contraction is so bad despite the drip and the medicine cant help then he allow me to go into labour. And again waited for another 12hr b4 my baby is born.
But i got to agree that Dr Tham is indeed a very good gynae that his prediction is so correct as things is all under his control..his stitching is wondering as i dun feel anything after that and u r even tighter then before ha ahaa. I have never regret choosing him as my gynae for both my pregnancy.