Delivery Day...

On 6th April 2007, Good Friday morning, I was making my usual trip to the toilet when I spotted blood! Is this what they call the "Show"??? Am I in labour already?? I quickly went back to the room and told hubby dearest and grabbed the "What to Expect When You're Expecting" - my pregnancy bible to double confirm that this is indeed a sign of LABOUR!! Well, still wasn't really sure as I did not feel any contractions but Heck! I'm gonna take my shower and head down to the hospital anyway!

I checked myself in at 8:00am and the mid-wives couldn't understand why I was in the delivery suite as I strolled into the delivery suite so calmly. I was surprised at myself too as I always had the impression that when you are in labour, you will have that agonized look plastered all over your face!

I was hooked up to the monitor immediately to see the frequency of the contractions, but there were very little so I was placed on the drip to speed things up. Epidural was also administered and my gynae was informed. While waiting for my cervix to dilate, we kept ourselves entertained by watching tv & listening to music.

Finally at 2:30pm, the contractions were coming fast and strong! Gynae came and said that it was time to push. I'd never imagine the energy level every mother has to push their lil' ones out! It is indeed amazing how much strength is required! Just when you thought that you have given your ALL and there's no way a baby could still be in you, the lil' one is still stuck there! Anyway, just when I was about to scream "BRING ON THE VACUUM!!!!", Caitlyn decided to POP!! Yay!!! I guess she didn't want to greet the world with a pointy head! Well Done Caitlyn!

Here's one of her first pictures taken in the delivery suite. She weighed in @ 3.335kg.