Dear baby Lauren,
Looking at you sleeping so peacefully in your crib now, I could hardly believe you were just in my womb 24 hours ago.
It all started on Thursday morning when I woke up with contractions. You are my first child, so I had always wondered if I could tell the real ones from Braxton Hicks. People had said to me, I can definitely tell once it hits. And yes, I knew. But I was still reluctant to head to the hospital, fearing they might send me home and be disappointed.
I had planned to meet Aunty Doris for lunch and maybe shopping in Ion Orchard. So I met her at 12pm for prawn mee at Beach Rd, and that was when I started counting the contractions. They were 10 mins apart, lasting about 50 seconds. I wanted to continue shopping but aunty Doris advised me to at least give Dr Wee a call. I told him about my contractions and he asked me to go to his clinic to check it out instead of going straight to the hospital. I called your daddy and told him, "It may be happening today, and I'm going to Dr Wee's clinic. But don't leave work yet. I'll call you when I'm sure."
When Dr Wee first saw me, he commented that, I was either having false contractions or very strong because I looked very relax. I told him it is because it was not very painful and I felt fine. I also told Doris at that point that maybe I could go without epidural. The contractions was bearable. I spoke too soon. After being put on the CTG machine and have my cervix checked, even the doctor was surprised to find that I was already 2.5cm dilated and I was to go to the hospital right away. (..........)
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Looking at you sleeping so peacefully in your crib now, I could hardly believe you were just in my womb 24 hours ago.
It all started on Thursday morning when I woke up with contractions. You are my first child, so I had always wondered if I could tell the real ones from Braxton Hicks. People had said to me, I can definitely tell once it hits. And yes, I knew. But I was still reluctant to head to the hospital, fearing they might send me home and be disappointed.
I had planned to meet Aunty Doris for lunch and maybe shopping in Ion Orchard. So I met her at 12pm for prawn mee at Beach Rd, and that was when I started counting the contractions. They were 10 mins apart, lasting about 50 seconds. I wanted to continue shopping but aunty Doris advised me to at least give Dr Wee a call. I told him about my contractions and he asked me to go to his clinic to check it out instead of going straight to the hospital. I called your daddy and told him, "It may be happening today, and I'm going to Dr Wee's clinic. But don't leave work yet. I'll call you when I'm sure."
When Dr Wee first saw me, he commented that, I was either having false contractions or very strong because I looked very relax. I told him it is because it was not very painful and I felt fine. I also told Doris at that point that maybe I could go without epidural. The contractions was bearable. I spoke too soon. After being put on the CTG machine and have my cervix checked, even the doctor was surprised to find that I was already 2.5cm dilated and I was to go to the hospital right away. (..........)
Read more at my blog.
Please share your birth story in my comment column. Thanks for reading.
