The birth of Maiya Ayunie
April 28th, 2010Hi. It’s been almost 3weeks after I’ve given birth. Here’s to type out my birth story so that one day, Maiya can come across this and read it for herself..
9th April 2010, 5:15AM - The water bag burst
I was half awake thinking about gng to the toilet to release my bladder but I had to first wake Mr. so that he could accompany me to the toilet. But before I had a chance to wake up, a gush of water escape out of me. Initially, I thot I pee-d on my bed but then my bladder still felt full! So it must be the water bag!
I woke up Mr. and he jumped outta bed like a Ninja. I told him my water bag burst. He asked if I was sure and I said I dunno, why dun u chk? So he walked over to my side of the bed and examined the water and true enuff, he said: yes, it’s the water bag. Call Papa, I said. He got undressed and called Papa while I was still lying in bed in the pool of water. Mr. told me not to stand or move yet.
Papa didn’t answer Mr’s call the first time but returned call almost immediately. When Papa knew abt the water bag, next thing I knew, Mama was at my bedroom door and she helped me up while I had a towel tucked in between my legs to prevent the water from leaking to the carpet. I told mama: Mama, I wet my bed (instead of I’m giving birth)!
Mr. called the hospital’s emergency number while I made my way to the bathroom. I took the quickest shower I ever had since pregnancy and managed to put on a little bit of make up.. And headed out the door at 5:30am.

The last time I took a picture while I'm still pregnant!
6:00AM - registered at Raffles Hospital
Papa drove us to the hospital juz in case I was in any sort of labour emergency thn Mr. wouldn’t need to think abt parking the car first and registering me. My brother who was on off day also sent me to the hosp. On the way to the hospital, I didn’t feel any pain nor any contractions. Mr. even took a picture of us in the car, as a momento of our final pregnant moment before the birth. And I also smsed my 4 fave babes of the exciting news!
Upon reaching the hospital we were greeted with 2 nurses who were very friendly and escorted us to the delivery suite. Papa then went to work and Bou stayed behind to wait for Maiya’s arrival.
In the delivery suite, the nurse asked if I am having contractions and I said I wasn’t sure cuz there wasn’t any pain nor any tightening around the tummy. Only after, she strapped on the stuffs to listen to baby’s heart beat and my contractions, that we found out I’m having regular contractions every 3 mins! The nurse also checked and I was 3cm dilated.
The nurse then introduced me to something called pain-score:
0-3: mild pain
4-7: moderate pain
8-10: severe pain
Apparently, my pain-score from then till at abt 730am was ZERO. I took tt time to sms my bosses, relatives and spend time updating FB and Twitter.
I even took a quick nap because my sleep was cut short tt morning! Lol. 4 different nurses asked me if I wanted epidural and I firmly said I do not want them. My pain relief plan was 1. Gas 2. Thigh injection (which only lasts for 4hrs)

I was lying on the bed and took this picture.
7:30am - Pain score of 2
During this time, I was relieved of those straps and was allowed to walk around. By then, my MIL, elder SIL and brother were all gathered at the lobby waiting for the birth. I walked out to greet them and to tell them tt I was feeling ok with a little pain. I read on the net tt walking during this stage of labour will ease the pain.. *shrugs* we took some funny pictures in between the contractions at the lobby! After hanging out for a few minutes, I walked back to the delivery suite and tried to relax myself. The nurse came by again to strap me on and I couldn’t get outta bed anymore. So I continued my nap in between contractions to take my mind of the pain. Time check was abt 9-ish am with pain score of maybe 3 or 4.

Smile... even tho you're hurting (like hell)
11:10AM - 7cm dilated and pain score of 7
By this time, I was already high from lack of sleep and the pain was intensifying and I told Mr. to ask for the Entonox gas. When I was given the gas, I didn’t know how to use it. Apparently, one is supposed to RELAX and ENJOY inhaling the gas for it to take effect. So, the gas didn’t do much to ease my pain cuz my brain was too focus feeling the pain that I wasn’t relax at all! Nurse came to check on me and I was 7cm dilated. I continued to sleep.
12:30PM - 9cm dilated and possibly in severe pain
I endured for another hour or so when my gynae came to check on me and I was 9cm dilated and she said she’ll be seeing me in about an hour. In another few minutes, I told Mr. that I needed the thigh injection cuz the pain was excrutiating! The nurse came in and told us that since I was 9cm dilated it’s already too late for the thigh injection cuz it will affect the baby’s respitory system and it’s not advisable. So, I went ahead with juz the gas - which doesn’t have any much effect. Bleargh.
1:30PM - I have the urge to push
By this time, I think the pain score is way above 10! But surprisingly, my body automatically felt the urge to push and I didn’t realise that I was pushing till the nurse manager mentioned it. She and the midwife then prepared me and taught me on the breathing and pushing counts. I was pushing till abt 1:50PM when the gynae finally came!
1:50PM to 2:15PM - The birth of Maiya Ayunie
Gynae came and put on the green surgical wear, covered both my legs with the same green cloth and told me to start pushing. By then, I was already off the gas so all the pain, the urge to push, I felt them!
I couldn’t put in words how painful labour was but I knew it was like u’re having a very bad stomachache…. Imagine that but times ten!
I didn’t hear what the gynae was saying, in between the pain and the pushing, all I heard was ‘Push!’. Without hearing that her head was out, I heard the gynae said, ‘One hand is out!’ then followed by an urgent and terrifying ‘PUSH!!’
I thot the baby was in danger so I pushed with all I had.. And then I felt a huge something glided out of me and then the pain magically, miraculously vanished.
As I was pushing earlier, I was prepared to pump up another 20% of pain threshold so I was pleasantly surprised when the pain was gone immediately!
Next thing I knew, Mr. was sobbing and smiling at the same time and I heard gynae said ‘Come Daddy, cut here..’ I assume was to cut the umbilical cord. Heh. And then…. I heard the baby cried.
And the gynae put her on me and then I cried - tears of joy. I did it! I delivered a healthy baby girl.
I felt everything, when the gynae snip a bit of me, when Maiya’s head was pushing thru, when the placenta was delivered, when the gynae stitched me back up… Everything. But it was all worth it.
After the safe delivery (no they didn’t provide me with a glass of hot milo), I fell asleep and I think I snored cuz the midwife came to inform me of my ward and bed and she also told me tt I was snoring probably cuz I was dead tired. Heh.
So that’s the story. I safely delivered a healthy baby girl on 9 April 2010 at 2:15PM. She weighs 3.005KG and was 48cm at birth.
We named her Maiya Ayunie which means reliable and elegant.

HAWT from the oven - freshness!