Share your labour experience

[duriz]

I got married at 39 and pregnant at 40. All natural conception.

I had a non-eventful pregnancy. No symptoms no illness. Very lucky. I put on 8 kilos in total.
Though blessed and doing very well, right up close to the delivery date, I chose an elective c-section as I was concerned being an advanced age Mom. I wanted DD out in 5 mins and checked out by her PD. Me? They can take their time sewing me up, I'm not worried about me.
I had an epidural. DH was with me. We both cried when they brought DD to me. She looked perfect and smiled at me although her eyes were closed.
I had my c-section at 3pm. At 5pm, I walked to the nursery to look for DD to breastfeed her.
DD is almost 10 months young :love:

[RRMummy]

TimmyOwner:

Hi


Like to ask:

1. Anyone chose elective c-section, and why? Other than medical reasons.

2. Anyone has more than 1 c-section and how many times?

Thanks.

I had 2 c-sects. My gynae said can still try #3 (last) but must be by C-sect.

DD1 was 3 days overdue with ZERO signs of labour. Gynae suggested induce. After 2 induction, 8hrs each, still ZERO labour pain and no dilation. So my gynae said no use waiting already, go for C-sect.

DD2 was thriving in my womb. Super small and not gaining much weight. She was expected to be habouring ard 2.5kg only. At week 37, Gynae shared his concern that DD2 will have trauma if we go thru normal delivery and she being so small might be very risky. So we followed his advice and scheduled for c-sect at Wk38.

[buds]

Your dd is INDEED perfect, duriz. :hugs:


I mean... look at her chubby self lying
there in there as your avatar ever so
sweetly.. :love:

At 40 uh.. and here i am so embarrassed
having another baby at my age. :oops:
My #1 will be almost 10yrs old by the
time my #3 arrives.

#1 and #2 both girls. #1 took 13hrs of
labour experience. I survived without any
epidural, despite the nurses telling me i shud..
and that i better take it before it's too late. For
me... i wanted to feel the most natural experience
of motherhood. Yup, as natural as can be. :stupid:
Thinking that hey.. my gramma had like 9 kids only
with the midwife in the kampong! So, with my gungho
attitude, i went head on into labour... equipped only wif
prayers. Hubs didn't help with the contractions even for
a little bit from all that fidgeting. Just made it worse. :x

#1 came out still sleeping quietly and had to be pat on the
bum upside down and she let out a small cry and went back
to sleep.

#2, i insisted NOT to go to the hospital too early as experienced
with the 1st one. Must have time to have nice long shower, EAT!..
Even got time to apply make up... so i was one nice not-pale
looking mom after delivery. :lol: #2 was all done in 1.5hrs.
Fast and furious. :lol: Both times water bag didn't burst despite
already quite dilated.

Going in too early into the labour room only meant more times
the doc wud be coming in to to measure finger. :roll: So, i learnt
to control my contractions. We flagged a cab only when i was
having 2min contractions. No epidural for #2 as well, but since
it was furiously fast, i was a wee bit noisy in my breathing as
compared to #1, smooth.. slow and steady.

Will i decide to take epidural for #3...? Hmm... I don't know
yet. Many friends who took shared they experienced side effects
especially during cold days/nights. So... will see.

[duriz]

buds:

Your dd is INDEED perfect, duriz. :hugs:


I mean... look at her chubby self lying
there in there as your avatar ever so
sweetly.. :love:

Thanks buds :hugs:

Don't be shy, a child is love. I would love to have more. We shall wait and see if I'm blessed to have another

BTW, I keep forgetting to say CONGRATULATIONS to you on your #3 buds :celebrate:

[buds]

Thanks for the wishes and the words of comfort. :snuggles:

[hardworking]

My friend told me giving birth is very fast as she delivered dd1 in 3 hours and dd2 in half an hour without epidural. As easy as 母鸡下蛋. A few days before my due date, I saw some spotting and told dh. Kiasu dh, quickly drove us to the hospital. I wanted to wait till 7am for McDonald’s breakfast (that time not 24 hours yet) but dh said NO. Gynae and nurses asked me, “Epidural?” I, yaya papaya, replied, “No need” . One nurse told me, “Now not peak period, if not we will wheel you outside to wait .” 3 hours passed and I was still zai zai. Out of sudden there was a sharp pain and it became more and more unbearable. I tried the gas and after sometime I really begged the nurses for epidural :faint: . I was so relieved when the nurse said, “Doctor on the way, you very lucky, you think suka suka call can have doctor immediately. Must make appointment one. You are lucky, doctor is coming out from another ot, very fast already.” Even the nurse suan me also never mind . I took a nap after I had the epidural, 睡午觉 :snooze: . The pain was gone when I woke up. Finally, ds was delivered by vac :love: . After all the cleaning up and bonding time, I was wheeled out of the delivery suite as a proud mummy :celebrate: . A nurse said loudly, “ Whoa :!: , girl ah, you took so long ah. You came in before I left. Now I report to work and you are still here.” :x

[TimmyOwner]

Thanks for all your replies.


I am thinking of having 3 or more children but be'cos my first was via c-sect for medical reasons, my gynea strongly encouraged me for c-section for my future children too.

We are blessed to have children whether natural or c-section. :lol:

[RRMummy]

TimmyOwner:

Thanks for all your replies.


I am thinking of having 3 or more children but be'cos my first was via c-sect for medical reasons, my gynea strongly encouraged me for c-section for my future children too.

We are blessed to have children whether natural or c-section. :lol:

Actually, for my 2nd pregnancy, my gynae say can still go for natural if I want. If not for the high risk of trauma for tiny DD2, we would have tried to go natural...

My sis was also encouraged by her gynae to go C-sect for 2nd preggie after 1st preggie c-sect. Gynae say high risk of rupture at site of 1st c-sect. After we discussed, we supported her to go natural. She successfully delivered her DD via natural w/o epidural a mth ago. :love:

My Gynae said if 1st one c-sect, subsequent can be natural. If first 2 births by c-sect then 3rd and last preggie must be via c-sect. The biggest risk is the rupture at the c-section operation site.

During my parents generation, c-sect max 2 births. C-sect right across the lower abdomen. Now, small nice cut along the lower end of our big buldging tummy. And 2nd cut will be done on the same spot of the first cut. So nice, neat and tidy.

p/s. Silly me thought that will be different cut line for each c-sect I have. I was joking with my hubs, next time ppl ask me got how many kids, I will lift up my t-shirt and ask them to count the scars. Only found out when I had a chat with Gynae after 2nd delivery. :lol:

[cherrygal]

I have 2 buds - 1 ds and 1 dd, both Vac assisted.


First birth no epidural thanks to sadistic doc’s advice. I was a crazy woman for 24 hours - and the nurse even came in to tell me not to scream so loud as I was scaring those outside. It was middle of the night already so even if I wanted epidural, it was too late. So I took massive amounts of gas and had a pethidine injection to the hip. All useless.

Second birth - now I am smart - I got my epidural the moment I felt contractions. Happiness… I could chitchat, watch HBO etc but they didn’t allow me to eat coz the after effects were vomiting and chills. I was shaking so much after they removed the epidural but it was worth it coz I had no pain even as they stuck their finger in to measure the dilation. I was just asked to push when the time came. DD came in 6 hours of contractions.

If people ask me, I will definitely recommend epidural but make sure you take it early.

For those who are thinking of VBAC or elect c-section to remain "tight" down there, you need to be aware that c-section is a major abdominal surgery, going through many layers of fat and tissue. The incision will cause a lot of scarring internally, not just that small pretty scar on your bikini line. This is the reason why some have rupturing if they try VBAC.

Also, as you have never given birth via the vagina before, the labor will be long (like most first-timers). This adds extra stress on the baby and mom. My gynae had a case like that (VBAC) and he said he regretted not forcing the mother to do c-section for her 2nd baby. She had complications during birth and the baby had to spend a month in neonatal ICU.

[RRMummy]

LKVM:

Same here RRMummy... I too thought different scars for different pregnancy... hahahaha

I had to go for emergency C-section during DS1 due to his high fever and after 12 hrs only his head could come out :stupid:

DS2 had c-section too....

:hi5:

ehh.. I learnt something new today - baby in tummy can have high fever? Scary leh...