On my 9th month, I got a little impatient and tired with pregnancy. From excitement, the feeling transformed to impatience and anxiety. One source of anxiety is that I'm already nearing my due date schedule but my cervix has been totally closed yet. I've been so worried because I really don't want to have a C-Section due to many reasons. So on January 28, I decided to take periods of long (very very long) brisk walk in the morning with my husband. During the afternoon, we went to the park to exercise. This exercise composed of brisk-walk-till-you-drop around the park and 20 rounds of going up and down the staircase. This technique is advised by my friend when I told her I'm worried about not giving birth any time soon.
Part II - The Rush to the Hospital
After the exercise at around 5pm, I felt mild cramps on my abdomen and lower back. It feels exactly like menstruation cramps. At first I ignored it, we went home, ate dinner and tried to sleep. As hours passed by, the cramps grew stronger with irregular intervals so I thought it was just a false labor. But at around 10 in the evening, the interval was constantly around one minute and the pain lasts for around 4 minutes. I checked my underwear because it felt wet and to my surprise, I saw blood on it. I panicked, told my husband about it and we both panicked, in a good way :P. We immediately decided to to go to the hospital. Oh, before we went, I drank milk and took a sponge bath.
Tip: When you're on labor, do not eat anymore as you might just vomit it during delivery.
Part III - The Labor Begins
At 12midnight, we were able to check-in but not in a private room because there was no available room for us. *sobs*. We we're given a bed in the ward for male that underwent surgical procedures. Could you imagine how difficult it was, being the only girl, in labor, in a ward full of men? It wasn't easy especially if it's time for your IE.
I just accepted the ward because I really need to be in the hospital. The pain interval was constant and progressing that time and went on the whole day. It felt like forever. The pain I felt was like a severe menstruation cramp where you can't stand, walk or go to the office, something like that.
At 8am, my OB-Gyne checked my cervix. Nope, still closed at that time. She told me that if I did not progress, I should have a C-Section already at the afternoon, around 3pm. I agreed with her due to the increasing pain and I was thinking, well, maybe my cervix won't open at all. But I really didn't like to have a CS because:
(1) It's very expensive
(2) There are lots of negative feedback I heard about babies delivered via CS
(3) I'm scared in operation. I can't imagine being sliced like a meat!
After that, I did some walking exercise around the hospital lobby and stairs. I also did some squats as advised by my husband's aunt. I was tired already and I just wanted the baby to come out. Why should it be so difficult?
At 3pm my doctor came back and I told her I just want to wait for another day before the operation, to which she agreed. At 4pm we we're able to get a private room (Thank God!) and I continued my exercise there. At around 6pm, a midwife came and did an IE. My cervix opened around 1 cm, according to her. Because of this progress I've been determined to exercise some more even if the pain was increasing that night.
How will I describe the pain? Well, it's something I've never felt before. It was like my whole body was aching but I can't point which part, where exactly was the pain coming from, it's not even from my abdomen. It was terrible, horrible and extremely painful. As In. I thought I could die.
At around 11 in the evening, the pain was superior and I felt like there was some alien in my belly, moving, trying to get out. My husband's mother called the nurse. The midwife came and checked my cervix. She then said that the cervix was already opened and I will already give birth so they rushed me to the delivery room. It came so fast. They called my doctor, she came, she instructed me on what to do, then the baby came. During the delivery she told me to pull the bar of the bed and push/force my abdomen for the baby to come out. After three pushes, my baby came into the world and I got blacked-out. I woke up after some time and the nurse asked me, "Did you know you already gave birth?". I did not answer but deep inside I was like "Thank God! After 400 years!". I attempted to stand and the nurse asked me "Where are you going?!". I said, "I'm going back to my room!" (Haha!). She then laughed and said that they will bring me to the room. That's when I realized my body was aching and I cannot walk.
So I just rested the whole day and waited for our discharge the next day... with our baby, of course.
I kept on praying while on labor
