Pain As He Is Coming Out!!!

The gynae has cut open the water bag! Our baby is coming out very soon!

We went to see the gynae at 2pm and she said that my wife had already dilated 2cm. (On Thursday, it was only 1cm.) The gynae told my wife to go to the hospital at about 3pm so as to get ready for delivery.

However, my wife thought otherwise. We went to have our lunch and went shopping for groceries. In the end, we arrived at the hospital at about 4.30pm to 5pm.

The gynae came at 6pm and found out that my wife had only dilated to 3cm. That was when she cut the water bag. According to her, she said that would hasten the dilation process. In addition, she also put my wife on a drip also with the purpose of quicken the dilation process. The gynae said that my wife was very tolerant as she was able to endure the pain from the contractions. It seemed like my wife need not use epidural (a pain killer).

Again, we thought otherwise. At about 7.30pm, we asked for epidural. At about 8pm, the anesthesia doctor came. He prepared and gave my wife the epidural. He said that the effect of the pain killer would only come in at about 8.30pm, half an hour later. At about 8.15pm, my wife was suddenly in huge pain. The pain from the contractions had suddenly surged to intolerable levels. My wife was in tears, crying really badly.

Fortunately, at about 8.30pm, as the doctor promised, the epidural effect kicked in. She was able to smile again.