it has been 3 weeks

and forever with regards to blogging.

well, it was 3 weeks since i gave birth! the experience was not quite what i expected it to be. i thought it would be easy... just push, 1...2...3, deep breath, etc and baby will be out. it was so different for me.

on may 07 at 7am, i woke up feeling i needed to pee. but as i sat up, i felt i couldn't hold it much longer, and when i stood up, water trickled. i told my inay, i think i wet the bed, but she told me, take a bath and go call your doctor. i called the doctor and told her that i am not sure if it was my water bag that broke. she told me to go to the hospital and she'll meet me at the delivery room. at 8am, i was changing to a hospital gown not believing that i am about to give birth. i was only 1 cm dilated but since my water bag broke and that means i was prone to infection, i was not allowed to go out of the room anymore. some pregnant ladies in the delivery room were already 4cm but they can choose to leave if they wanted to. iv was administered and a medicine that would help me dilate. not sure of the time, but they have to inject magnesium sulfate because my blood pressure was getting high, one thru iv, and 20cc to be injected on each butt cheek. aw. the one thru the iv was really hot. resident doctors maximized the aircon, but i felt hot with fever, my palms were hot, my feet, my back... but the injections were worse. i do not dream of having butt augmentation anymore! butt was sore, felt like i underwent fraternity initiation and was paddled on my butt big time. doctors asked me if my contractions were painful, i said no, my butt is.

at 5cm, still not much pain, can still smile. but hey, i cried for epidural! anesthesiologist was stuck in traffic... know why? typhoon emong hits manila! aw. right after epi, ie was at 9cm! i have every right to claim that i endured the pain upto 9cm! this was at 8:30 pm. i was transferred to delivery room, waiting for the baby.

we reached 11:30 pm, baby doesn't descend, and doctor noted that baby's heart rate changed, instead of risking it with a normal delivery, was rushed to emergency cs. baby girl was out by 12:03am, may 08, 2009.
baby was born early, 37 weeks. almost everyone predicted that she'll be big since i have grown to 163lbs. baby weight is 5.11 lbs and 47 cm. we stayed at the hospital for 7 days because of my bp. my feet were still swollen even after giving birth, water retention.

till now i am on maintaining medication for my bp and have a follow up checkup with the cardiologist. i weigh 130 lbs and she weighs 9lbs. delivering a baby may not be what i expected, having her is an exhilarating ride. glad to have my dimpled bundle... eilise caitlin joy