Anasofia birth story

The date was 26th December, Boxing Day. Woke up at about 2.30am with full bladder. Oh my, got show! But no contractions so went back to sleep. At 3am, felt stomachache. Bowels cleared but the aching still lingered. Went back to bed but felt contractions....remembered what happened the day before so decided to ignore the contractions and tried to sleep...

3.45am and still couldn't sleep. Contractions still coming...since can't sleep so decided to go and time my contractions just for the fun of it. Again thinking it's a false alarm. Started timing and the contractions were about 7 mins apart. After one hour, contractions became 6 mins apart. Still not convinced that this could be it...so waited and waited some more...

Until about 5.30am, the contractions were about 5 mins apart and some times 4 mins apart. Decided to bath and change. Then I woke up my darling and told him it's time. He woke up dazed, hehe. Showed him the timings and he rushed to the toilet to bath. I called my mum and told her to come to my house ASAP as Mia is still sleeping.

Left the house at about 6am. Road was clear and my darling my speeding at 120km/h. Reached the hospital. Told the nurse about the contractions timing. Took my weight (66.8kg) and was ushered into the delivery suite. CTG was strapped and nurse checked and told me that I was already 7cm dilated!!

Around 8 plus Dr Lee came and checked me. He then burst my water bag. The contractions became more and more intense. My darling keep asking if I wanted to take epidural and I said no. He also suggested the laughing gas and I know from experience that the gas is useless in times like this so I said no and endured. Alhamdulillah, after much pushing and pain, Anasofia came into the world at 9.25am.

So happy that my labour was a short one and I had the energy to push Anasofia out without the use of vacuum...