Ethan is Finally Here!

I checked into the hospital around 1:20 A.M. on July 10th. Nurse comfirmed that my water did break. I had no clue, I only knew my underwear was wet (I thought I couldn't hold my pee). Nurse checked me and told me I was 3 cm dilated. It was sooooooo painful when her fingers were inside of me!!! ARGH! I jumped! She told me not to jump because she had to check @_@ She asked me how's my pain from 1-10. I think I said 2 or 3.



I felt my contractions closer and closer. Althought they weren't painful, I hate the tightness feeling. I think the 2nd time nurse checked me again, I was about 5 cm dilated. The 3rd time she checked me, I was 7 cm dilated. Every time I felt contraction, I told Eric to hit my lower back. I said, "HIT ME!!!". Hitting my back really helps.



The 3rd time when nurse checked me, she asked how's my pain from 1-10. I said, "I guess, may be 5". She asked me if I needed something to feel better. I said, "sure!". Oh yeah, she told me to lay on my left side because baby's heart rates dropped. She also gave me oxygen mask. She said because my water broke, I need to give baby more oxygen. I didn't like the oxygen mask cuz it smelled like tires. It was hard for me to lay on my left side cuz my tummy was big and there's no body pillow and besides hospital bed is not comfortable.

Not too long after that I asked her if I could use the restroom, I felt like pooping. She checked me again and said I was 7 cm dilated, but can stretch to 9 cm. She started to prep stuffs and then asked me to push. Before she asked me to push, I felt the urge to poo so I actually push twice (I think that's why I tared a little). I pushed about 5-10 minutes before doctor came. I push may be about another 15-20 minutes before Ethan came out.

Funny thing is I cheated a few times when nurse wasn't looking at the monitor. Every time when contraction came, she'll asked me to push. I had to push for 10 seconds and each contraction I had to do 3 sets of pushing. There were a few times she wasn't looking so I just tried to act I wasn't feel any contractions at all so I could rest for few seconds. :P

Right before Ethan came out I heard "snip snip". My doctor cut me :( , but good thing I didn't feel anything. The only time I felt something was when she stitched me up. Ethan came out at 4:19 AM!!! He was 6 lbs 12 oz and 19 inches long. When doctor put Ethan on my tummy, I was shocked cuz my labor went really quick and quite painless. I didn't get epidural yeah!!! My total labor was only about 3 hours!!!