June 25, 2008 8:30am water broken, no pain. 1:00pm, called 3210 and was told to go to hospital after supper. 7:30pm, walked to MSH (45 minutes), Triage. Baby heart and contraction monitoring; discharged at 9:30pm. walked back home (45 minutes). 11:00pm, went to bed. no pain, no sensible contractions.
June 26, 2008 (Due date) 1:30am, painful contractions began. cucous plug out. see red. 2:30am, could not lie down. sit in sofa till 6:30am. 7:30am, more painful. taxi to MSH. 8:45am, delivery room16, being monitored. 9:15am, Dr. Mirtorabi came and assessed. 1~2cm dilated. 10:30am, monitoring ceased. sit in chair for rest. Nurse Susan came from time to time to check baby's movement. 12:15pm, Dr. Mirtorabi and Staff Dr. Aunt came to assess. Still 2cm dilated. 1:00pm, Epidural. Indian lady Dr. Sally and other two doctors came. after 30-minute preparation, Epidural succeeded. 1:45pm, medication added (oxytocin). rest on bed, no pain. 5:30pm, Dr. Mirtorabi and Aunt came to exam. 5cm dilated. 6:30pm, urined, changed IU bag. 7:00pm, Nurse Elana came. she allowed dan drinking juice and chocolate. before that, dan did not eat anything after breakfast. 9:30pm, Dr. Mirtorabi came, 7cm dilated. 10:00pm, Elana showed how to push; told me how to help. 11:30pm, Elana, Dr. Mirtorabi and another staff doctor came. start pushing.the first two pushes were successful. tired after 4 pushes. Elana urged to push harder. after about 8 to 9 pushes, baby was born. I was asked to cut the cord. Done at 00:18am.