Confinement starts....

...السلام عليكم و رحمة الله و بركاته

Expect the unexpected they say? Yes.  الحمد لله  at exactly 38w+1d (basically the start of my maternity leave) 16 Zulkaedah 1435H / 11 September 2014 @ 09.08 am, I have safely given birth to our beautiful Little Miss S and she weighs 3.31kg !! Abt 300g extra than her brother... 

Unlike the previous birth, the show was different this time around and here's how it went ... (apologies to all as I may have put in too much info this point onwards)

5am : slight tinge of bloody show (no contraction), don't want to start panicking cos it's just a tinge and not even look like a mucus plug (jelly like discharge). So I forewarned my husband to not silent up his phone on his way to work as it may be 'time' .... confident banar kami thinking that I will deliver the baby at noon the earliest.

6am : bloody show + mucus plug. Very jelly like and sticky, unlike the normal vaginal discharge. Almost like darah beku yang keluar, no contraction just yet but my heart tells me to prep myself. Mandi, breakfast and texted my eldest sis to standby jua in case my husband inda sempat balik. I was still in relax mode.. al-maklum, baru jua 1st day ML. And from what I read, the active labour is different for each individual, some may take days after the 'show' and some immediately. And in my case.... 

630am : started to feel slight abdominal cramp, you know, the ones you felt during menstruation. Bearable but nonetheless, I began to take note of the time interval (15mins apart) Baru selesai mandi ni around this time... and then texted my hubs to inform him that it's a possibility that I am experiencing contraction sudah walaupun mild. One thing i learnt from my Mother frm my previous labour was to calm down no matter what! Packed my personal things, i.e toiletries, hp charger, minyak panas etc. Had my breakfast.. now, I know I needed the energy but was unable to finish it up!!

8am : started to feel THE contraction .. basically, the only reason why I couldn't finish my breakfast. Final checks on the things I need to bring to the hospital and by the time I'm done, my contractions was very close... didn't really check the time pasalnya sakit yang teramat sudah. I meant to call my sis but my instinct tells me to call my husband and fortunately he was already back at home, and that was already 835am.

835am : good thing about living here in KB is that, the hospital is pretty near to our place.. 5 mins drive tops. I prayed that no accidents or any road closure along the journey to SSBH else, entah teberanak dalam kerita kali eh!

As soon as we arrived at the hospital, and a blessing too! We were helped by an elderly man who was waiting for his wife (working at the hospital) at the emergency entrance..

Elder Man : mengapa wang... kelam kabut usulmu ni...

Husband : pebinian kan beranak paci.... 

Elder Man : bah tabak saja parking disini, ambil semua barang.. aku ngambilkan kerusi ah...

Immediately, rushed in and fetched us a wheelchair. Hubby helped me out and off we went to the ante-natal ward / labour room. The man and my husband was pretty helpful with constantly reminding me to recite all the dzikrullah and selawat... الحمد لله

I honestly think we caused quite a chaos that morning, because it was during the doctors doing their rounds in the ward and we entered like, 'I'm in LABOUR!!! HELLPP!!!' Now, I was exaggerating on that part..but my facial expression said it all...~ Two midwives attended me at the treatment room, and guess what? I was almost fully dilated! They rushed me off to the labour room (skipped stage 1 and 2!) where they had me changed into the hospital gown, immediate prep everything to assist on the delivery... Yes- to D-E-L-I-V-E-R !!  The nurse calmly informed me with the procedure they're gonna do...

Nurse #1 : ok, bila kita rasa sakit bagi tau ah... I have to pecahkan air ketuban kita since fully dilate sudah. (I'm like- WHAT?? Fully dilated.. no wonder sakit berabis!)

And when they did that...

Nurse #2 : since this is your 2nd delivery, if possible kami ndakan menggunting ni ah....

Me : Err- Gunting apa tu?

Nurse #1 : gunting.. mcm masa kita mula2 dulu....

Then it clicked me... episiotomy!! hahaha phew.. I was glad on skipping that part

Nurse #1 : Kami tolong kita ni...through the delivery process. إن شاء الله

And so like the first experience.. the instruction is 'kalau sakit, push.. and tarik nafas perlahan-lahan but as maximum as possible bila nda...' With my husband by my side, 3 pushes and shivering thighs, I have safely delivered our baby girl, now nicknamed Little Miss S. Nothing can describe how I felt after that, I was in disbelief the whole day!! Everything happened so fast... and syukur ke hadrat Allah SWT kerana mempermudahkan segala urusan that day! Funny bit is.. after Husband mengazankan Little Miss S.. ada tia kena panggil to pindahkan our car sal ada ambulance *lol* What a day it was...

Now, it's been 11 days since her birthday..الحمد لله and Little Miss S is fully breast-fed so far. *smiles* A new journey begins...

Until next time.. xoxo~