Today, 31 August 2013. It's suppose to be baby girl's EDD but she had came to this world 10days earlier on 21 August 2013 weighing 3356grams, 48cm tall and head circumference 36cm. ^^ The labour was a long one, it's about almost the same as her elder brother Zachary's. On 19August, I already started to have contractions the whole night, it makes me unable to fall asleep. I started to take note but decided to wait as I had a lot of false contractions on and off then. I waited till morning. It's still on going, the pain is mild but on going for too long makes me irritated and I couldnt even sleep! It wakes me up when the pain strikes but the contraction interval is like 15-20mins. It's not really consistent till around 10am I started to feel its stronger and so I started to time. Almost 15mins once. After few hours, it's still same but mum say it's better to go hospital for a check. So headed to kkh around afternoon 3pm plus. Was at the triage. I'm just 1cm. And not even effaced. Baby still high so tendency of labour is still long. Doctor ask if I want to hospitalise or go back first to wait. Decided to stay to prevent through and fro journey and also due to the prolonged contraction pain. The whole night I only manage to sleep like 2-3hours but the contraction was like never really stop although interval was like 15-20mins but it's still difficult to sleep! On 20 August, nurse strip me with ctg again, and they say the contractions is getting regular at 10mins interval, doctor in charge ask me if I want to break my water bag as she check I'm 3cm dilated, although baby only 38weeks but her est weight is already 3.3kg so she feel to lessen the duration I can think about breaking water bag. Discuss with hubby and mum, so we decided to go ahead with it. But delivery suite was full so we had to wait. Nearly evening 6pm plus, then I was wheeled to delivery suite 32. Change to the white robe, and started on drip and strapped on ctg. doctor in charge then come to check me again, but then she say I'm only 2cm and not effaced still so they don't suggest breaking water bag. My mind felt cheated, the previous doctor suggest me this now I come in its another thing again. I'm already lying in delivery suite for an hour on drip and you say it's not suitable to break the bag yet. So contradicting the doctors are. Then she suggest I put prostin to soften the cervix. Since I'm already in the delivery suite, I agreed to continue. So around 7plus prostin was inserted. Contraction starts to kick in stronger and more regular. Tolerated the pain till 10plus, doctor came back to check me again, my contraction is getting stronger at 5mins interval but im still stuck at 2cm! abit couldn't stand the prolonged pain, I started using laughing gas. Till around 1am, it gets so irritated as I'm really very exhausted and getting unbearable with the long long hours of pain I wanted to take epidural. A midwife came to check me, say I'm still 2cm so am not allow to. Need at least 3cm. Suggest to me to take jab but I rejected because I know that don't work on me. She saw my ctg, then she asked me if I really want epidural?. I say yes. Then she say she check my dilation again. While checking, she force her hand in and I yelled out really loud, I nearly scream my lungs out! I grabbed her hand so hard! I was thinking what the hell she is doing?! she check dilation so long and so pain. Then after that she tell me she used her hand to open my cervix more and tried pulling the placenta down abit to enhance labour. O.o later on she then faster prepare document for me to sign and I got my epidural around 2-3plus. I should thank her, although the pain was really so painful but if she didn't help me, I don't know how long more I'm gonna wait and suffer to dilate more and to even had epidural. Lol. My contraction on the chart also get stronger and nearer after the "pulling". I also finally get to sleep after that. The next moment I woke up, it is around 7am. Doctor came and check me again, I'm 5cm and effaced so they broke my water bag. Like finally, I sense I'm going to give birth soon because I always go into fast dilation after water bag burst during my past 2 labours. True enough, about 30mins later I started to feel the a mild contraction pain even with epidural so I told the nurse. She checked me and told me I'm 10cm already and fully effaced! I can get ready to push. She begin to prepare, while a doctor came in. So around 8plus I'm guided to push. This time they do it very slowly, I can only push when I feel the contractions and it's also harder to push. So after like 6times? Then I get to push my lil princess out at around 830am. While the nurse is cleaning baby girl, the doctor was trying to pull out my cord and guess what the cord torn halfway and my placenta still stuck in my tummy. She keep rubbing my tummy trying to make it out, I'm started to worry because I don't want to go OT to take out my placenta !! In the end, had to ask another doctor to use her hand to go into my vaginal to pull out the placenta, luckily I'm on epidural! Stitched up but had to wait to drip finish a bottle of antibodies first before can go back to the ward. Tried to eat but I guess I'm too hungry, keep vomit. Around 10am I was wheeled back to my ward. Discharge the next day. Recovery was fast this time. ;) Thank God for my smooth delivery and fast recovery. Now only hope Isabelle's jaundice can get lower sooner.