It's been a while since my last post. That's because we were preparing for the arrival of our baby - D C. It has been, and still is, a joyful adventure everyday seeing him sleep, cry and play. Let me share our adventures when C was born.
Nov 2, 2015, Monday. In our previous check-up, our OB-Gynecologist said that we were already dilated at 1cm so we have already prepared our hospital bags and have kept them in the car just in case. I went to work in the morning and excused myself for the afternoon check-up. It was just a routine check-up, at 37 weeks, with 18 days to go until our due date. Then our doctor said that we are 4cm dilated and should go to the hospital. We knew that "that" was it. It was time but we were all smiles since Tutel was not in labor pains. We actually requested our doctor if we can still eat dinner before we head out to the hospital, she allowed us - "light dinner only" was her reminder. We also requested if we can be admitted in the hospital and get a room to wait it out for a while so we will not be waiting in the delivery room. We are thankful for our doctor, she was very open to our needs and preferences.
So our doctor obliged, and we were very thankful. Why all these requests? Because from our previous seminars and birthing classes, we learned some hospital procedures about giving birth - 1. Once admitted, the mother will not be allowed to eat or drink for the whole labor... and she will be hungry. It will then be difficult to deliver our baby if mom doesn't have the energy to push the baby out. So we requested to wait in our room for a while. 2. She will get the needle and dextrose and will not be allowed to move around until she delivers the baby... we learned that the mom should move around, like taking walk, or swaying side to side, squatting, or doing some light yoga movements that can help her ease the labor pains while waiting for the right moment. So we went out for dinner, and took some cup cakes to go before we headed to the hospital.
It took sometime to get admitted and it was already almost 7pm. At the nurses' station, we clarified that we were instructed to wait in our room and will call our doctor once we head to the delivery room. In our room, Tutel was still all smiles. She was pacing around, drinking coconut juice and eating some crackers. She even managed to do some yoga positions, saying those will help her dilate and "open-up" for the baby's passage. I let her do her thing, I know she knows what will be comfortable for her, and I support her. Before 11pm, she wore her hospital gown, we called our doctor and we headed to the labor room. The hospital was not allowing the husbands to be with the mom, so I had to wait outside the labor room. I asked if pictures can be taken when the baby comes out, the nurse replied that she will ask me to give her the camera when the time comes. So I kissed Tutel, she was calm and all smiles as they wheeled her into the labor room. I have the feeling of calmness as I know she has prepared herself physically and emotionally for this and now she is calm and seems to be ready. All we prayed for is a normal delivery, no complications, no emergency surgery and that the baby will be healthy and all right. The waiting game started...
As I paced back and forth from our room to the delivery room, I was able to read all the post in the bulletin boards. All the patient and doctor names in the delivery section, the names of the nurses on duty. Maybe I was nervous. OR am I just excited? I would have played something in my cellphone but I was "busy" preparing the baby's clothes and camera (haha), just in case they are ready to ask for it. 1210am, 03NOV 2015, Tuesday, they asked for the camera. I knew at that time our baby was with mommy :)
Waiting for the camera at the waiting area next to the delivery room, a nurse went out to check some files and I managed to chat. I asked if the the delivery was "Normal." She answered yes, and added that they were amazed how Tutel handled her delivery. Tutel did not ask for anaesthesia and they only had to apply a "local" one, whatever that means (haha). She said that Tutel was brave and has managed the pain very well. I asked for the baby's weight, she replied that our doctor will be out in a while. I was happy to hear that they were both okay.
After a few minutes our doctor came out to greet me. Said baby was okay, 2.57kgs (5.65bs) and that Tutel was very brave and the nurses were amazed by her delivery. It's been a while since they witnessed a delivery without anaesthesia given to the mom. She said her congratulations and went back inside. Then the camera came out and my heart was crying in joy to see the pictures of DC with Tutel. Here is Tutel's picture with C right after he was born.
Waiting for them to be brought back to our room took longer than her delivery. The nurses explained that they are in the recovery room. Newborn tests were being done with C and they will stay in the recovery room for sometime. From 1210am... 1am... 2am... 3am... then they asked me to go to the delivery room entrance. Tutel and C will be delivered to our room. Here's our first picture together.
In our room, Tutel was still all smiles like when we walked to the delivery room. C was sleeping comfortably beside her as I allowed them to rest. For the rest of the morning I was awake, as she was, telling me what happened inside. She said she was so ecstatic, saying maybe she's got a lot of oxytocin load that she was still excited and alert hours after the delivery. Anyway, I was actually awake for about 30hrs before my mom arrived at the hospital and looked after Tutel and C for a while. I managed to sneak 1 or 2 hours of continuous sleep and I can only look back and realize that that has been the sleeping pattern for the past 2 months now. C has grown more as the weeks progressed. We started learning his patterns for feeding, for burping, for sleeping, for diaper change... and sleeping was never the same again :) hahaha! Here's C, 2 months now and everyday we learn to love each other as we happily share moments with him as he grows and learns about the world.
Now we are looking forward to making new adventures... now together as a FAMILY :) Until our next adventure.
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