Birth of Angie

She was due on 30th Jan but didn't show any signs of coming other than being engaged more than a mth before. Gynae suggested waiting for one more week to see if labour will start naturally or induce by the 1st. If I were to choose the former, he may not be able to attend to me coz he will be out of town during that weekend.
We choose the latter.
After a very tearful farewell to Ning, whom we had to drop off at the inlaws, we went to mac for supper. I still remember that I experienced 2 very painful contraction on the way to the hospital.

1230am - Checked in
0115am - Inserted pill to soften cervix. Strapped to CTG.
0240am - On drip for antibiotic
0540am - Strapped to CTG again.
0600am - Requested for Drip to be removed from left hand because it was inserted too low towards the wrist. Caused a lot of discomfort and pain. Was told that it will be reinserted on the right hand later. Fine.
0730am - VE check. No Dilation still!!! Breakfast time!
0800am - Enema was given.
0830am - Inserted the Drip on my left hand again, but this time on the forearm. Weird place to insert the needle, but no pain there. So no complains! Started Oxytocin.
0845am - given another dose of antibiotics.
0850am - finally was given breakfast with the go ahead from gynae.
1050am - Contractions at 4-5mins apart lasting 35 sec
0100pm - Gynae dropped by and did VE. 1-2cm dilated!!
0115pm - Couldn't deal with the pain any longer (much more painful than expected! Was strapped to the bed n cringing in pain. Was not allowed to walk around to ease it for fear my c sect scar may burst) Tried the laughing gas and it was bullshit. Requested for epidural. Imagine my horror when I was told that it had to be reinserted coz 1st one went into spinal tap! Then again, it wasn't as bad as expected. Just a slight pinch.
0230pm - Contractions 1-2mins apart.
0540pm - 8-9cm dilated!! Yay! Epidural really helps in relaxing the cervix!
0800pm - 10cm dilated! Epidural ran out.
0850pm - Started pushing. Did many many sets till the fore water bag got pushed out. Damn funny sight.. imagine a fist-size bag of water hanging outside the vagina. lol.

Angie was born slightly pass 10pm on the 1st Feb 2012 with the help of forcep.
I did it. The vaginal birth (VBAC) that I wanted so badly. :)

Side note: Angie had to stay for an extra day due to jaundice. Went home with a heavy heart. :(