ariana's delivery

heylope!
now i have a bit of time to do some blogging. lolx

this is the story of how dania ariana is brought into this world.

on 3rd june (monday), i just had my maternal check up with the gynae.. Dr. Mahayu. usually i'm with Dr. Siti, but she's having a conference this week. so Dr. Mahayu was the locum tenens of the day.

Dr. Mahayu was checking the cervical dilation and said it's a long way to go (I was at week37, so prolly will be delivering precious on time.. at week40).

but funny thing, i was delivering my baby the very next day! (and Dr. Mahayu was very shocked! lolx)
well what's really happened? ;)

us, as one family :)

on 4th june, around 2+ am, i felt funny in my tummy.
more like how it feels when you have that menstrual pain inside.. but this one went on off, on off.

it felt uncomfy for a minute, then getting ok the next 2-3 minutes.
then the uncomfy feeling struck again. and it went on and on, i thought it's only a minor contraction; the fake one (braxton hicks).

but no. braxton hicks lasts for few minutes. this one kept on going. lolx

i felt so uneasy so i went to the toilet.
around 3++am, i checked what's going on 'down there' and there there i saw a transparent liquid with a bit of blood on my panty liner. i wiped some with the tissue and the blood-ish vaginal discharge was there.
ok. be calm. i said to myself.
"mamaaa lookkk!" i knocked on my mom's door (soo mengganggu HAHA). even faliq, my bro (who's not sleeping yet) went out of his room, seeing what the heck was happening, so meriah. rofl.

then mom said it looked like a sign of labor. zomg.

then around 4++am there's more transparent liquid with blood and swoosh! a warm water (like from the pipeline??) went out to the toilet bowl. only a small trickle (fluid leaks). ok. the sign was clear. let's wake everyone's up. *anxious*

ariana and her nenek (grandmama). kehkeh

i think i could hold.
after subuh, my parents and i went to the hospital.. the SALAM shah alam specialist.. located only a few minutes from our home.

it was an emergency case.. i went straight to the labour room but yeah, it's not the delivery time yet.
even though the water broke, it's not necessarily the time.
a contraction might take hours before the actual labor takes place.

so the staff nurse checked my cervical opening at 7.25am (yeah i was soo aware with the timing hihi).
"not yet, only 5cm.. " she said.
but the water was already broke, so she said today is the delivery day, well at least i will be having the baby around 10am. zomg so terkejut.

here are some friends who were visiting us yesterday :)

i got changed into this labor attire.
you know, the one you see on medical shows on tv.
but mine was in pink. haha

then they gave me this liquid medicine (stuck it inside my butt) so it's easier for me to defecate before the delivery.
ok off to the toilet and did the business. lolx. the medicine was totally cool. after taking it, boosh i just defecated. just like that.

then waited in the labor room.
the doctor was not there yet. she was with other patient who's having a delivery at other labor room. haha

for the meantime,
while having the contraction,
i took my breakfast, ate some dates, sipped the sanggul fatimah drink, the zamzam drink, recited surah maryam from my handphone, calling my mom that waited outside, calling my husband, borak with the nurse etc etc.
wah so much things to do while waiting for the actual delivery!! lolx.

(my husband was on his way from kemaman.. by bus).

azra and husband, visiting us too yesterday :)

then the contraction pain went frequent.
like.. real pain. i agreed on taking the sedative to make myself sleepy a bit.. but still, the pain was there.
i could feel it.
cause the nurse said, the sedative won't lessen the pain, it just helps in relaxing myself by being sleepy.

if i count it, since 2+am till 11+am, i was having a 9 hours of contraction! lolx

and when the frequent pain kicked in,
Dr. Mahayu told me the cervical opening now was 9cm. it's time.

now how the pain felt like?
it's like.. the cramp you had with menstrual pain, but times 10. plus you felt like having a diarrhea and wanted to take everything out. haha
but the contraction pain really help me to 'push'.

they have this handles at both side of the labor bed,
and i had to hold on to both handles to help myself to push.
it was a hard push, and i tried like 3-4 times before ariana could come out.
the doc and nurses gave a lot of support by assist me on how to do it. "do it like you're really pissed with someone." they said. "ok don't make a sound when you push!"
"like how can i not make a sound?? i can't!" sempat lagi menjawab time sakit-sakit tu. hahaha

so yeah,
after a really strong push,
i felt something went out from 'down under'. it's my precious :')

there there the sleeping beauty.

ohoo but it's not over yet.
after they let me see the baby, they took her away to clean her and everything.
then it's time to take out the sac.. or what people call the uri.
then the doctor put her fingers inside my uterus again.. plenty of times to take out the excessive blood clots or something.. well i dunno :P i just let her do it.
then she sewed my 'down under' (oh she cut it a bit during the labor to make it easier for me to 'release' the baby form inside. but i didn't feel any pain with the cutting cuz i was concentrating too much with the contraction pain lolx).

and then it's over.
alhamdulillah.
they put me in the ward and i could see my baby afterwards :)

my husband arrived around noon and he, also could see and meet the baby.

although he only have 2 days to accompany me at the hospital,
he gave a 100% moral support to me, helped me (to go to the toilet, etc etc) and even slept on the floor besides me at night :')

mom, also is the biggest supporter. helped A LOT. she took a 2-week-leave to take care of me.
and of course my dad and my bros. thank you, everyone :)

what a wonderful experience.
and i could not being given the strength and ease doing all these without the guide from Allah the Almighty.
alhamdulillah, ya Allah for the bliss you give us.

and everything we did is for you, ariana. welcome to the world!