The Show

Mummy woke up on Saturday morning (10 Jan) and had "the show" - bloody discharge. But no contractions. So there was a bit of hesitation on whether to go to the hospital or not. After a bit of contemplations, and consulting Aunty Sylvia, Mummy and Daddy decided to go to hospital, just to be on the safe side. But we took our own sweet time to shower and eat breakfast before going.

Admission instructions said to go straight to the Delivery Suite. Mummy was strapped up for observations in 1 of the cubicles, and Daddy had to wait outside. Very boring for both. After about half an hour, Dr Tee, who was at the clinic, asked Mummy to go down to see him.

Mummy was only 2cm dilated. Dr Tee sent Mummy home to rest and to check in tomorrow morning at 7.30am. He was very confident that Nadine will only come out tomorrow morning.

But by about 7.30pm, Mummy was getting regular contractions every 5 min. So it was back to the hospital again. This time, Mummy and Daddy were led straight to one of the Delivery Suites.

Dr Tee came at 9ish. Dilation was still only about 3cm. He broke Mummy's water bag, and said it'll be another 7-8 hours before Nadine comes out. Asked if Mummy wants epidural. Why go through 7-8 hours of pain and risk not having enough energy to push Nadine out right? So yes to epidural.

Unfortunately, by 5am, Mummy was only 5cm dilated, and by 8am, only 6cm. Dr Tee thought Nadine's probably having difficulties coming down. So he decided to go for a c-section.

8.38am - Nadine's out! Yippee! Welcome to this world, Nadine!