The morning of May 12, 2008 arrived.

I waited at home for hubby as he had to go into the office (even though he was officially on leave already!) for something urgent before we headed to the hospital.

From the beginning, he was busy making sure that all batteries were fully charged as he was prepared to video the birth of our firstborn...

Then, he took a pic of me in front of our house, the last pose in my enormous state, so to speak!!

We registered and checked in, then waited for Prof. I think hubby was more nervous as he could not sit still, at all

Since I did not eat anything since the evening before, I was all prepared to be operated on if it was necessary...

The nurses hooked me to some monitoring device to monitor baby's heartbeat as well as my contractions, and by the time Prof came, he was happy to note that at least I was experiencing some contractions

However, an internal immediately told him that baby's head was waaayyy off so off to the OT we were headed....

By the time we got into the OT, and got everything sorted, it was almost 1pm. I could not see hubby at first, and thought we'd lost him along the way since he was so busy taking pics. Turned out he had to change to get into the OT with us.

It was kinda weird as I felt everything that was being done on me, including the tugging of baby from inside me... thinking back, it was kinda freaky!!!

The moment baby was out, I felt a huge relief.... no more pressure from within. And, at that moment, I heard the azan for Zohor prayers. Then, a few moments later, I heard baby screaming her lungs out

Poor baby was crying...and crying...and cryinggg..... maybe protesting the fact that she had to get out from the warm cocoon she's gotten familiar with over the months

When Prof announced baby could easily weigh in at 4.5kg, he told me it was a good thing we didn't try for a normal delivery as I originally wanted to. Seems everybody agreed!!

Turned out, baby Aina weighed 4.17kg and measured 53cm at birth.

I may have 'missed out' on labour pains and contractions, but I guess c-sections has its own unique experience.

There may be more downsides to a c-sect -- longer time to heal, limited movements for longer time, etc. -- but hey! I get to meet the little person who'd created so much havoc in my life lately, and THAT is SOOOoooo worth it!!!




AM


p.s. PICS OF AINA, approx. 24 hours after birth





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RinnChan ~ wa'alaikumsalam kak rin... tks. for now, it's 'mama'. tak tau if later she changes the title herself I wanted to try for normal, but 1. her head was way off, and 2. prof tak advise bcoz ni first baby. dia takut trauma both to mom and baby... so, kita dgr jer la kan... takut jadi apa2 pulak... MaDiHa ~ kak... saya masa dgr aina nangis first time, cuma terfikir "alhamdulillah....." and bila tgk dia... kussss semangat! tu jer la skrg ni amazed tgk dia seketul2....