THE DAY (6.3.19 Part 1)

THE DAY!

4am: was waken a few mins ago to take blood pressure... 172/90 or something like that.. it’s been high since last night.

Nurse took another time on the right side and it’s 148/88..

Just went to pee... gonna sleep awhile more before they come in and insert the poo poo pill ard 5am...

3hrs more to seeing you baby!

5.40am: just done taking a suuuper long shower because I know I most likely won’t do that till tmr at least.

Annoying thing is I don’t understand why it can get quite warm middle of the night till the point of perspiring and my heart will start racing..

And then suddenly, it’s cool again... 

Anyway I’m actually starting to feel quite hungry! Arghhh.... how ah... don’t think I’ll see food till waaaaay later...

Ok, gonna distract myself with a movie now... abt 1hr more till THINGS START TO HAPPEN!!! 😮😱😳😲🙏🏼

7am: waiting to go down to the OT... freaking out.... not ready!

Shit is getting real..... ahhhhhhhhhhh

9.05pm: what a day it has been! Don’t even know where I shld start! Haha..

Let’s start from the op.. so they wheeled me down to the OT ard 7+am..

Went through all the health questions and name checking.

Then came to my feared spinal epidural jab.. the jab itself wasn’t that painful per say... it was the mental part thereafter that got to me.

Cos shortly after the jab was administered, my legs felt numb and wobbly... and very warm.. comfy warm..

At this point the nice anaesthetist ask what song I wanted to listen... I replied anything then she asked how about 周杰伦?

Haha, of cos I said ok! 

So that’s how Natasha came into this world...... with Jay’s 再给我两分钟 playing in the background....

Those lyrics was so apt cos it played right before the moment they were going to push her out...

Ok but moving back, soon after the epidural, I can’t feel or move even my toes.. everything waist down felt soooo heavy. 

And I felt that I needed to be shifted cos wasn’t comfortable but yet cldnt express in what way...

Then I became mentally paranoid and started hyperventilating.

But was told that it’s an effect of the epidural as well. Where the chest feels numb too. So breathless and the feeling of wanting to vomit will happen.

They then gave me oxygen to breathe in.. which did help! Thank God! I was praying so hard....

That part felt really really awful...

But after that when it all started, it was still v manageable.

The funny part was when I felt sooooo many hands pushing baby out!

Later found out from wp that they were trying to get baby in position to get out of the small slit that was cut by dr Choo! Hahah...

And it was funny to hear how they exclaimed and their comments when they saw the size of little girl!

Also commented on her lots of hair... :)

I was soon told by wp that Natasha weight 4.215! Hahah.... but she really doesn’t seem as swollen as don at birth!

Ok. I think I need to break up this post. Eyes are closing and I really need the rest.

Will continue tmr.....

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This post took longer than expected to be posted... but because it’s so chocked full of emotions and memories!

Can’t imagine how time flew by so quickly and the little girl is now just over a month old!

I’ll get to part 2 of the actual day soon! Before my memory fails me! Hahah...

But for now, decided to drop this post on a special day..... the day ME was born 34years ago!!!! 

Hahah....