Ana Sofia's Birth Story

Assalam ladies. ^_^

Lama erk menyepi. Normal lah kan bila dah beranak kecil ni. Jadual hidup semua tunggang langgang. Tapi Alhamdulillah semua ni makes us more responsible and sensitive towards Sofia's needs. ^_^ Priceless and precious moments in my life. ^_^ Sementara Sofia tengah tidur ni...hopefully I dapat habiskan entry ni hari ni. ;D Hehee

So nak dijadikan cerita, I dah tiga kali berulang alik Emergency Room (ER) kat Prince Court dua minggu sebelum Sofia's EDD. First time sebab Braxton Hicks. Second time pun sama but much more rapid. Kali kedua tu I hampir-hampir kena admitted sebab contraction kuat. Tapi opening hanya hujung jari or kita boleh andaikan macam tak dilate langsung. That was during my week 38. Then I di hantar lagi sekali masuk ER sebab Diarrhea and vomiting. Lembik satu badan. Ingatkan dah nak bersalin dah. Rupanya belum lagi. Dilatation takde progress since last admission ke ER tu. Huhu.

Then dua hari sebelum EDD, we went for checkup dengan Gynea. So kesempatan tu kami gunakan untuk discuss dan mintak opinion doctor pasal my pregnancy. Ye lah kan...EDD lagi dua hari....but dilatation hadn't took place. Kami minta pandangan pasal induced labour. So doctor terangkan yang after 40weeks, the health of the baby dalam kandungan is unpredictable. Some cases yang lebih 40 weeks, baby terberak dalam perut. Some cases, the baby's heartbeat just stop pumping after 40 weeks. Banyak lagi risk dia. Big decision to make either to wait or to go for induction labour. Lastly, we opted for induced labour.

So I was admitted sehari selepas tu. Which was on Saturday 24th Dec...10pm. Lepas register semua, I masuk labour ward, midwife datang pasangkan CTG kat perut and buat Vaginal Examination (VE). Sadly to say....I wasn't at all dilated. T_T Jadi Midwife masukkan first dose of the induction labour pill. Nasib baik method my ObsGyn buat slow-slow. Kiranya...first dose, masukkan quarter of the pill.  Takde la contraction tu intense sangat. ;D Masa first dose, contraction dia slow lagi. So both me and hubby masuk tidur. Tapi sebelum tu sempat wished each other Happy Anniversary. LOL XD Imagine...me baring kat katil hospital...hubby tidur kat sofa bed, then wish Happy Anniversary dari jauh. Haha. So not romantic. ;P Hehe

At 3am, I terjaga...I dah start rasa contraction. Kejutkan hubby and both of us waited for the next dose at 4.30 am. Bila nurse datang....buat VE lagi. Five hours after first dose, I baru buka 1cm. T_T Huuu. So midwife masukkan second quarter of the pill. Then I rasa contraction getting stronger than before. Tapi still bearable lagi. -_-" Then doctor masuk check pukul 11am. Time ni pun takde progress. Tetap 1cm. I cam nak mintak je doctor masukkan full pill kat I nak cepatkan dilatation. Huhu. T_T Doctor cakap, if tak tahan contraction, ambil la pain killer e.g. Pentadine ke untuk bantu I rest and tidur. I cakap...tengok la camne..if rasa tak tahan or nak tidur tak boleh tidur nanti baru I mintak. 3rd dose pun masuk.

Lepas doctor keluar I tanya seorang nurse ni...I tanya pukul berapa doctor nak masuk check lagi. Dia cakap pukul 6pm. So I pun ingat nak la tidur kejap before doctor datang check kan. Tahan punya tahan contraction....Tup tup....pukul 2pm, doctor masuk check. Doctor tanya...sempat tak tidur inbetween contraction. I cakap....ingatkan doctor datang pukul 6..tak sempat tidur. Haha. Then doctor buat VE lagi....she said what..."Haa...dah 2.5cm bukak...Nak masuk labour room ke tak??" Belum sempat nak jawab...doctor cakap.."masuk la eh" Then doctor keluarkan besi yang panjang then gushhhhhh....air ketuban pecah. OMG T_T tak ready! Huhuu. I pun di tolak ke labour room.

Nak cerita semua memang panjang. Tapi I was in labour room dari pukul 2.30pm tu...sampai 9 10 malam. At 6pm, I dah dilate 4cm. Slow kan progress. Then doctor estimate 6 jam lagi untuk I bersalin. If ikut 1hour 1cm dilatation la. So estimated dalam pukul 12 or 1am camtu baru baby nak keluar. Huhu. Nak buat camne kan. Pasrah aje. Oh ye. I took epidural jugak. mainly sebab I tak dapat rest or tidur langsung since 3am in the morning. Energy pun semakin kurang sebab lama sangat tahan contraction. So midwives advised ambil epidural. (-_-")

Nak dipendekkan cerita lagi...lebih kurang maghrib...dalam pukul 7 lebih dekat-dekat pukul lapan, I rasa sakit pressure kat perut atas kaki kanan. And rasa macam nak push. Masa tu my mom je teman I kat labour room sebab husband balik ward untuk solat maghrib. My mom letak tangan kat dahi I then dia cakap I dah berpeluh-peluh....and immediately dia panggil midwife yang bertugas. Then midwife tu seluk (VE) lagi...then tanya..."Haaa....cube teka dah berapa buka?" I pun gelak-gelak jawab..."lapan!" Then midwife tu cakap...."dah buka semua dah. Fully dilated," 

Perghh...masa ni...bercampur baur perasaan. Syukur sebab baby dah nak keluar (or in other word, sakit contraction hampir hilang)....and at the same time takut sebab doctor tak sampai lagi. T_T We were told that doctor kat rumah and on the way datang hospital. Nasib baik la rumah doctor dekat. Sementara doctor sampai, midwives tolong angkatkan kaki I yang berat macam batu sebab epidural tu ke atas stirrups tu. Then suruh hubby duduk kat sebelah kanan I sambil tolong kirakan bila I push. Masa diorang tengah setup semua tu..Allah je yang tahu camne susah nya nak tahan desakan baby nak keluar. Huhu. I takut nak push sebab takut baby meluncur keluar takde orang jaga kat bawah. Boleh? hahaha. Then doctor sampai...thank God I boleh push sekuat hati.

That's our little Ana Sofia when she just came out from my womb

Lebih kurang 8.54malam, our little princess was born. Doctor letak baby atas perut I....serta merta sakit hilang....air mata mengalir kesyukuran. ^_^ Seriously. Baby yang diselaputi darah tu panas je atas perut I. I pegang dada dia and tangan dia...I rasa heartbeat dia. Subhanallah. The most precious moment ever in my life. ^_^ Pastu Doctor panggil hubby ke sebelah dia..and suruh hubby potongkan tali pusat baby. ^_^

Then nurse ambil untuk timbang and bersihkan sebelum pass kat hubby. Masa hubby azan,iqamat, dan doakan baby tu...I masih berterusan menangis....menangis gembira. Then hubby tahnik kan baby dengan kurma and air zamzam untuk bagi energy kat baby. I tengok baby masa nurse bersihkan...I saw a little angel....the most beautiful creature I ever see. 

Little Ana Sofia

She has hubby's lips, eyelids, ears, long lashes, fingers and feet; and my nose, squinted eyes when she's asleep, my eyebrows, nails, and face shape. She completes us. ^_^

Our Doctor and baby. Thank you very much. ^_^

So malam tu lepas keluar dari labour room, we were surrounded by families. Almaklumlah....cucu pertama for both my and hubby's families. We then announced her name to the families. Being us...we chose the utmost simple and beautiful name for her...Ana Sofia. Just that. ^_^ A combination of my name, Ana...and her very own name, Sofia. ^_^ (Nama yang kami dah pilih even before kami kahwin. heheheee) So she'll have us in her name, Ana Sofia binti Azzuan. Ana Sofia Azzuan. ^_^

So malam tu was a bonding night. Just us three, as agreed by both of us, enjoying our first anniversary gift. ^_^ I tak dapat nak tidur lena malam tu....sebab....apart from the overwhelming feel of being a mother, I was having nightmares...asal tutup mata nak tidur...terbayang contractions and labour process. LOL XD mengada kan? haha. Tapi sedih keesokan harinya, baby developed jaundice...and was sent to the nursery for phototheraphy. Lama jugak la kami tidur hospital...dalam 6 hari. Baby dalam nursery selama 5 hari. Masa ni memang I struggle dengan breastfeeding. Ops...yang ni nanti I share dalam entry lain okay. ^_^ 

Sebab I rasa macam dah panjang sangat dah entry ni. InsyaAllah I'll try to find times to update. I have tonnes to write! I promise! Hehehe. Alamak. Sofia macam dah nak terjaga. Time to feed her! Thank you for all your warm wishes everyone. I read them all. Cuma tak sempat aje nak reply. Huhu. 

So. Sampai sini je kali ni. Ada masa I tulis lagi okay. ^_^ Tata! 

XOXO
Sofia's Ibu. ^_^