Seq of Evemts

Actually we still dont have the time to write out the sequence of events during Shanna's birthday. Here are some of the important event that can help the readers to grasp what had happened on the 5th Mar 09. :)

We went to bed on Wednesday around 12 am (or should it be Thursday early morning) after an evening spent in Sunshine market to get some of the items such as junk food, ice cream, toilet slippers ..etc (cant really remember what we got that day). Surprisingly, we didnt ask Shanna (still in the womb then) whether she's coming out the next morning, which we normally do since week 36, just for fun :P

Then after an hour and a half of sleep, both of us were awake as i went to the toilet and Audrey was feeling too hot and cant sleep well. The moment when i turn on the air cond, she informed me that the water bag had burst. I was stil lblur blur then, didnt get the meaning. By the time my brain started working, she already rushing to the toilet and I was running thru the list of stuff that i suppose to be bringing for this event in my mind. So she went to take a bath and i was running in and out getting the bags, camera, extra towel, plastic bag, sweater ...etc.

We left our house at 0150 and drove straight to Adventist hospital. During the journey, we prayed for smooth traffic, without jam and we'll arrive hospital safely. I didnt speed, just for information. :P We were only stop twice by the traffic light, one is at the end of greenlane, turning to air itam's road and the second one at lumba kuda traffic light. We arrived at hospital at 0220 and went straight to the emergency entrance. I notice that we were not the only one blur at that hour as one of the nurse was confused with the date when she was talking to us. :P

Then Audrey was ushered to the labour ward and I went to the admission counter to pay $$$ :P After all the paper work, i went straight to the labour ward but was asked to wait at the waiting room esp for father. After an hour or so, I was allowed to go to visit Audrey at the waiting room and it was 0330. She was lying on the bed and went thru the first check by the mid-wife. I was surprise to know that hospital is using Agilent's equipment to monitor the contraption and the heart beat of the baby. :D
Then both of us went to rest (like we can at that time) i went back to the father's waiting room and try to catch any zzz that i can and audrey was doing the same. I tried to sleep but surprisingly the sofa was just too uncomfortable... or me just tension... :D

At 0745 after all the washing up, i went to visit audrey again in her waiting room and she start to have contraction but not a very frequent one. Then she was given breakfast and our Doctor came to check on her. By 0900, she was ushered to the labour room and the pain had started increasingly. By 1000, she was given the drip to hasten the contraction as the contraction was not frequenct enough to deliever the baby. By then, the cervix was dilated around 3~4cm.

By 1100, she was given a jab to ease her pain so that she can conserve some energy during the final push. She was give n laughing gas also (tough she was not laughing.. .:P) So on and off she was half awake and everytime there's a contraction pain, she'll inhale in the gas. This went on until around 1430.

By then, the nurse checked her cervix again and decided that it's big enough to deliever the baby. The gas was taken away from her so that she's able to push the baby out without passing out :P
So the nurse given her a time limit (one hour) to do the pushing and if it's longer then that, they'll be using the vacuum or instruments to help the baby out. So the pushing started at 1440. Audrey was pushing as hard as she can during that hour and after a few round, baby Shanna finally out at 1534 weighing at 2.91kg at 51cm length. 2 nurses was there with the doctor acting as the cheer leader to encourage Audrey to push as hard as she can. :)

THank God for answering our prayer:
1. Clear sign of the time of the labour -- bursting of the water bag
2. Clear traffic -- middle of the night still got quite abit of cars in greenlane
3. Safe delivery of the baby
4. Not as painful as what Audrey anticipated
5. Not using epidural during the delivery
6. baby is healthy
7. Didnt faint -- as Audrey scare of taking jab
8. No Joundice -- the level was 121 point

Praise God for answering our prayer and thank you all that prayed for us during the labour period. :)

:)
tim, audrey and Shanna