J is for JOY: Baby Jaden

I had contractions on 24th evening, but as I had been having contractions quite often, so I wasn't sure if it was the real thing. Contractions became quite consistent from 2am onwards and by 3+am, it was felt every 5-10 minutes. Then we decided to go to labour ward to let the midwives assess whether I was really in labour.

We went to Mount Elizabeth at about 4am. After some assessments, they confirmed that I was in labour, so then we went on with the procedure which I won't go into detail. I had the epidural jab and as with Mun-mun, it was quite a painful jab :S I couldn't feel contraction once I had the jab, but around 9am+ I started to feel pain again. The nurses said it could be because the baby travelled lower and the epidural wasn't effective - they didn't elaborate much but I couldn't be bothered anyway.

By the way, my gynae, Dr Dolly Wee was on a long holiday for the Chinese New Year. She was due back on, guess what, 26th Feb, 11am. I had a substitute gynae, Dr Selina Chua, and she came in around 8am to have a look at me. She then burst my water bag and told me Dr Wee will be in time to deliver my baby. By 9+ when I told the nurses that I could feel pain, they called Dr Wee, and it seemed that she had just touched down and was waiting for luggage at the airport. Around 10am, I felt that the baby will come out anytime but in the end, he waited for Dr Wee. It seemed that his head was quite big and his heartbeat was falling, so Dr Wee had to use the help of a vacuum to deliver the baby.

Then, there we have, Baby Jaden :)