Boxing Day Surprise

right... i've finally got some of my life back in order so here's my really exciting birth story with Emma Han :)

25 Dec
Yup! Christmas Day! But no.... Emma didnt come out on xmas day. she wanted to go for the boxing day sales instead! anyway i digress...

7.30pm
was in the loo taking a s***. suddenly felt a trickle of water leaking out.. strange cos i'd definitely know if i was peeing, right? and at that time, i wasn't! started to get a little suspicious but didnt tell the hubby anything yet cos wanted to be sure.

8pm
sat down for dinner with hubby. still felt water trickling out, altho not a lot. went to change a sanitary pad and realised the liquid had a tinge of pink. at this pt, i was quite certain my waters had broken. so told hubby n he lost all appetite for dinner :P

8pm-9.15pm
frantically running around the house trying to pack hospital bag, get ethan's stuff (cos he had to go along with us too as inlaws were out of town for that day), take a quick shower, get organised, ie call the hospital n ask what i should do... hopped into the car n zoomed off to the hospital!

9.30pm
arrived at werribee mercy hospital's emergency dept. was wheeled to the childbirth unit immediately.

9.45pm-12am
attended to by midwife. i was lucky to have met her cos she's really professional and i felt safe with her. after a couple of checks and questions, she informed me that i'd have to be induced that nite as my water had broken, but i wasnt feeling any contractions, yet they were afraid baby would be at risk of infection if we waited too long for the natural contractions to start.


26 Dec

12am
administered drip to induce contractions.

12am - 5.58am
i have absoulutely no idea what happened during these 6 hrs as i was feeling high from the nitrous oxide and pethadine injection. i just remember wishing someone would kill me n put me out of my misery! i took at least a half hour to push emma out

5.58am
emma han finally decided to pop out and hubby cut the umbilical cord (yes, i was still conscious so i remembered stuff in snippets) and the midwife asked if i wanted to take a look at the placenta, which i did. i think it looked like a big chunk of fresh red meat that i see at the markets on weekend. hmm.. interesting. hubby of course, was not in the least bit interested ;)

5.58am-9am
lay in bed cuddling little emma as i waited for the OB to come stitch me up (the midwife had managed the entire delivery process but she just couldnt do the stitching for me). imagine having to wait for 3 hrs for the stitches to be done! by then, all the pain relief i'd had fr the labour was gone, and i was put thro another agonising (and certainly unnecessary) 10 min of sheer hell as the fat-asss OB stitched me up. (i'm certainly gonna pursue this matter)

so that's how we spent our xmas last yr. exciting isnt it? incidentally, some of you might remember that we had our wedding dinner on 26 Dec in 2004. talk about coincidences. and i was just joking with the hubby on xmas day (b4 my water broke) that it would be so weird if emma decided to come out on our wedding dinner anniversary. geez.... wat are the odds!

Emma Han HuiShi
DOB: 26 Dec 2007
Time of Birth: 5.58am
Duration of Gestation: 36.6 wks
Mode of Delivery: Natural
Weight at Birth: 3.71kg
Length at Birth: 52cm
Head Circumference: 36cm

welcome to the world, my little princess *hugs & kisses*