and i thought riding an ambulance to the hospital is urgent biz but it turned out quite the opposite....
the usual drive mr. P took is about 10mins to arrive Union Hospital but the ambulance took 20mins to get there....
it was slow
it was not ringing a siren
and to my surprise, it had to STOP to pay at the tunnel shroff, how ridiculous!!!!!!!!
and i had like 3 more contractions before getting to Tai Wai
to get more ridiculous, mr. P and the driver thought the opposite direction is the right way we were heading!!!
luckily i could still tell the direction in such a terrible state of mind~
it was ME who told them they went the opposite way!!
so it wasn't a smooth sail to the hospital and we finally we got there after 2 more contractions.....
when we arrived at Union, dr. Yip was already all dressed up in gowns ready for taking me in, waiting at the front door of the hospital
i was relieved to see him and the paramedics took me to the diagnosis room just to see if i was sooo urgent to labour there
so dr. Yip asked me if i had the urge to push again inside the room but it wasn't the case and they thought they better take me up to the labour room
there, they rushed me to the lift to get upstairs but the lift was stuck at upper floors and i had another terrible contraction and felt like labouring on the hallway
the nurse told me to keep my legs straight and hold my breath...it felt better as i did what she told me
and it felt like a century has passed before the elevator door opened before us
they kept on telling me that we were almost there and i just need to pull myself together
finally----the door swung open on 3rd floor and they hurried me inside the room and quickly sanitised me as dr. Yip swiftly put on his gloves
he then asked me to push, and so i pushed for the 1st time ---they said the baby's head is out
and then he asked me to push the 2nd time ---- and so i did while asking me again to push a little harder for baby's whole body to come out and so i PUSHED HARD
viola~~~~ i heard my baby's first cry and the nurse said, "here, can u tell me what sex of your baby is?"
i joyfully replied, "a boy!"
there, from 10am (breaking of my water) to 11am sharp, i had a very "memorable" and QUICK labour
and i was still in my going out clothes when i laboured.....(not enough time to change into hospital gown)
mr. P said...."like i've told you long time ago, pregnant women should be staying in the hospital few days before due date...."and
"this is exactly like TV drama but i never expect it to happen to me!!"
