False Alarm

Last sat(6th Jan), i felt stomach cramps from 5.45am to 8+am. Hubby woke up at 8+ & i told him that i m feeling pain so we are wondering could it be contractions? :-p Both of us are kinda excited and we decided to have breakfast first b4 calling my gynae to check if i need to go to MT A for delivery. So hubby went to the nearby hawker centre to buy carrot cake for me. While he was out, I was laying on the sofa & suddenly i doze off...... and by the time he was back, my pain suddenly disappear!! So we know it was a false alarm & we proceed to the weekly checkup @ gynae clinic at 1.30pm.

At the clinic, we told gynae what happen this morning & he did a check on bb adelle. She is fine inside so gynae ask if i want to induce her out. I was puzzle at a sec as i dont know what he mean by induce... i tot induce = cesarean? No loh... gynae say induce can be natural too but provided my cervix is open & ready for the induce. So he did a check & told me not ready so bopian, we have to go home & wait again... BB adelle is estimated at 3.35kg during this checkup & gynae didn't give any more pic liao cos probably he felt almost time for us to see our real bb so no need photo....

Anyway, we are looking fwd to see bb adelle within the nxt few days. We hope bb adelle will be born on 8th Jan cos 08-01-08 nice number rite? But well, she doesn't like the date so we are back to the waiting game & just have to trust God in His perfect timing bah.... There is nothing that we can do but only to be patient. Also i have to continue to manage the on-&-off pain for how long leh?!?! sigh....dunno.... bb darling, when is the day that you will come out to see this beautiful world that God has created? :-)

False Alarm - Part II
On sunday (13th Jan), i experience pain from 4am till 9am. It started at 20mins interval and gradually become 8 to 10mins interval. So I was thinking this time should be real bah? However, it ended up a false alarm again!! When hubby woke up at 8+, he told me to wake him up if i want to go hospital & then dunno why, the pain gradually went away & then stop at 9am... Haiz....

The day b4 the 2nd false alarm, we went for checkup & gynae told us that cervix not open so cannot induce & last date will be this wed(16th jan). The est weight for bb adelle is 3.55kg. We are also told to go back for checkup on mon(14th Jan) which is her due date & gynae told us that bb adelle is engaged already & cervix finally open.. Happy! But only dilated 1 cm so better go home & wait for nature to take it courses...Sianz.. Now it become a waiting game for adelle to decide if she want to come out on her own will... We also discussed with gynae on what are the contingency plans & this is what he shared with us. By wed if nothing happen, we can try to induce adelle out via natural delivery. However, he told us that the success rate is 1 or 2 out of the 10 mums who have a big bb like me(adelle is est 3.7kg). If i fail to induce adelle out then have to proceed with cesarean & also means extra cost for us cos gotta pay natural delivery + cesarean + epidural fees!! So he leave the decision to us after analysising the situation with us...

Well, what can we say now? Really at a lost so i went to Life Bookshop to see if i can get some insights. I saw this book call Superrnatural Childbirth & i flip to the page on Delivery since it is more applicable for me at this stage. I read that we have to seek God's wisdom to know what's the safest method for bb to be born. Also there is a page on prayers for delivery! Wow didn't know there are so many things that can pray for delivery esp cooperation from baby, cervix, uterus, etc etc... After praying using the book, i felt much peace & assurance & faith increases! Now have to pray for wisdom to make the right decision but i know the best is cooperation from bb adelle to come out on her own then i can deliver her naturally!