Lifetime Gentle Birth Knowledge Pays Off

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Hari ni sudah hari kelapan kelahiran anak keempat saya dan baru berkesempatan untuk share serba sikit kisah kelahiran.

Bermula dari awal kehamilan saya checkup di Hospital Columbia Asia Cheras Balakong. Setengah jam perjalanan dari rumah untuk ke hospital tersebut. Memilih keputusan ini walaupun ada hospital yang lebih hampir dari rumah di Bangi kerana review dari GBG yang pernah mendapat gentle birth di hospital ini.

Braxton Hicks di kawasan bawah perut sejak minggu ke-20+.

Hari Raya Haji (minggu ke-37): Sakit pinggang banyak kali sejak malam. Sedang berhari raya di Melaka. Checkup di Hospital Jasin, ada mild surge tapi tiada bukaan. Beg kelengkapan ke hospital tak dibawa balik kampung. Jadi buat keputusan untuk tinggalkan anak-anak lain di kampung, dan balik berdua ke Bangi dengan suami untuk bersiap ke Hospital Columbia Asia. Mild surge hingga ke tengah malam. Tak jadi ke hospital sebab tengah malam surge berhenti.

Ahad, 4/10/15

Terjaga tersentak jam 3 pagi surge di bawah perut. Tak dapat tidur semula hingga ke siang hari. Mild surge datang dan pergi, sekejap-sekejap. Jadi ingat hanya braxton hicks seperti selalu.

Tengah hari: Download contraction timer di telefon bimbit. Terdetik adakah hari ini harinya? Naluri tergerak untuk masak bihun goreng banyak-banyak cukup untuk makan tengah hari dan makan malam sekali. Sambil memasak sambil tekan timer di handphone. Setelah beberapa bacaan ditekan, muncul 'amaran' di app iaitu sudah masanya untuk ke hospital. Saya tunjuk app pada suami dan berbincang. Bersetuju untuk pergi jika surge makin kuat atau keluar tanda.

Petang: Berziarah ke rumah baru ipar di Bandar Sri Putra. Surge makin terasa tapi masih boleh bertahan. Naluri masih ragu-ragu sebab tiada keluar tanda lagi. Ketika perjalanan pulang, teringin nak shopping di MR DIY tapi suami ajak balik sebab kepenatan. Makan bihun goreng pada lewat petang sambil layan surge.

Water Birth Posterior Baby After Two Cesareans

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WBA2C at Hospital Pantai, Cheras.

Alhamdulillah, perjuangan saya untuk mendapat vba2c telah berjaya bulan lepas. Saya kongsikan cerita ini supaya sesiapa yang masih mencuba untuk vbac terus berusaha dan jangan sesekali putus asa.

Sabtu 5 Sept 2015 (Genap 39 minggu).

Lepas solat Subuh saya baring-baring kejap. Terasa air meleleh keluar. Pergi check kat bilik air, air yg keluar warna coklat cair. Rasa happy campur risau sikit. Happy pasal rasa dah nak jumpa baby dah ni, risau pasal air ada warna la pulak, bukan clear. Tapi tak ada bau. Surges ada tapi sikit-sikit sahaja. Saya siapkan barang-barang dan bawa anak-anak ke rumah mak. Sepanjang hari surges come and go. Leaking masih ada, kena tukar pad a few times. Air masih warna coklat cair. Dah lewat petang baru dapat 5-1-1 dan lepas Maghrib saya ajak husband pergi hospital.

Some lucky mamas bila dah 5-1-1 tu, sejam lepas tu dah bersalin. Saya pulak, jalan baru buka 2cm, baby pun masih tinggi lagi kat -2 station. Beritahu Hanz, dia suruh balik je dulu. Hehe.. Tp since dah leaking dari pagi, fluid pulak ada color, dan surges pun dah pick up I decided to stay at the hospital. Kena administer antibiotik. (Saya tak sempat baca buku Dr. Tadashi sebelum ni so saya pun ok je la psl antibiotik tu).

Admitted at 9.30pm. Lepak kat bilik dgn gym ball, kurma, air zam-zam, dan 1000mg Vit C, sambil dengar ayat Quran dan birth affirmations ulang-ulang. Saya kena buat ctg monitoring di labor room every 6 hours rasanya. Tapi guna yang wireless punya so still ada freedom of movement la, takdelah terbaring je. Habis ctg, balik bilik dan tidur dulu.

How this Mama prepare for her success on Vaginal Birth After 2 Cesareans

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Saya pun nak share my VBA2C prep.

Masa saya tengah pregnant dulu, saya lagi seronok baca prep mamas semua untuk VBAC dari the successful birth story itself. So I will share my preparations, mana tau ada orang yang boleh dapat manfaat juga.

In no particular order (cos semua pun penting):

1. Finding the right health care provider

Bukan saja perlu cari doktor yang sokong usaha kita, nurses pun kena yang pro gentle birth dan cari hospital policy yang mother and baby friendly pun sama penting. Saya tinggal di Shah Alam tapi sanggup je pergi monthly check up di Seri Kembangan seorang diri pasal majority hospital yang laga dekat dengan rumah memang saya blacklist (based dari pengalaman sendiri dan pengalaman ibu-ibu lain). Mak dan suami saya sendiri mula-mula memang pelik apsal la nak pergi check up jauh-jauh.

2. Scar massage

Saya start dari mula je dapat tahu saya pregnant. Tak la setiap hari tapi maybe seminggu 3-4 kali kot. Buat selagi perut tak besar dan cover scar. Video cemana nak buat ada dlm group ni.

3. Weekly prenatal yoga 

Setiap Jumaat malam selama 6 bulan berturut-turut saya pergi prenatal yoga. Bagi surirumah macam saya, dapat sejam untuk diri sendiri memang macam dapat pergi vacation punya seronok. Saya mula yoga dari masuk 2nd trimester hingga la ke week 38.

4. Writing a birth plan

Tulis birth plan dan bincang dengan doctor. Give and take mana-mana yang patut. Do it early. Saya memang upfront dengan doctor yang saya nak gentle vba2c masa first appointment lagi.

5. Attending Amani class with Hanz Jamaludin at 20w

Ni sebenarnya more to prepare my husband. Pasal saya nak dia on the same page as me. Like many mamas here, saya memag register dan bayar sendiri senyap-senyap, pastu baru beritahu dia. Sebulan in advance saya dah beritahu husband suruh ambil cuti, siap buat google event semua. Bagi tau mak siap-siap minta tolong babysit anak-anak for 3 days pasal kami nak pergi kelas. No choice, kena pergi pasal dah bayar.

6. Neverending research

Read the recommended books, baca segala kat GBG, ICAN, Spinningbabies. Saya baca Ina May, HypnoBirthing, dengan Amani book je sebenarnya. Tp baca banyak-banyak kali. Screenshot mana-mana yang penting dan WhatsApp pada husband. Tag husband di birth stories, share youtube links.

7. Osteopathy treatment at 33w

Doctor tu ajar pasal acupressure points, dan buat treatment dekat my spine, pelvis, dan belakang, dengan betulkan flow mana-mana yang sangkut.

8. Birth plan party with Hayati Muzaffar

Salah satu session utk release emotional baggage pasal my previous csects. Learn a lot from her.

9. GBG sharing session with Nadine Ghows

Session ni dibuat setiap bulan. Sila la join untuk belajar dari pengalaman ibu-ibu yang lain. Previous pregnancy saya ada join Gentle Birth workshop by her also.

10. VBAMC sharing session hosted by Liyana Anaqi and Mazneera Zainal

Ni pun must attend session kalau admins buat lagi. Pengalaman dari orang yang sudah berjaya VBAMC. Yang datang masa sharing ni pun akhirnya ramai dah berjaya capai VBAMC.

11. Diet

Jaga pemakanan. Self explanatory kan? Less carb, more protein, cut down on processed food, less sugar. Saya minum RRLT dari week 20 pasal from my reading, fungsi dia utk tone uterurine muscle, bukan induce labor. Tp buat cair-cair je la, satu sachet tu guna 2 kali. Total 3 kotak saya minum. Saya tak makan habbatussauda pasal pernah baca dia boleh menyebabkan contractions. Lain-lain termasuklah VCO, EVOO, madu, kurma, folic acid, Neurogain,Vit C 1000mg, and B complex and EPO towards the end of pregnancy. Tapi sebelum ambil apa-apa supplement, sila la discuss dengan doctor masing-masing and do your own research. Masa pregnant memang BP dan urine saya ok every month, tiada GDM, takde GBS.

12. Walk a lot

Basically kalau jalan-jalan lebih 3 jam tu dapatlah 10k langkah.

13. Gym ball exercise

Sangat berguna masa layan surges kat rumah atau hospital. Ada 2 size, 55cm dan 65cm diameter. Sebelum beli, make sure research dulu yg mana satu yg sesuai.

14. ECV at 33w

Baby saya masih dlm kedudukan tranverse sampai week 33. Masa check up, doctor nak buat ECV untuk pusingkan baby dan saya pun setuju. Memang masih awal lagi sebenarnya dan baby still ada masa untuk turn tapi ni pun salah satu usaha saya. ECV pun ada pros and cons, sila research juga option ni. Alhamdulillah, lepas procedure je tu, kepala baby pusing ke bawah dan stayed there.

15. Pregnancy and labor playlist

Cari breathing techniques dan birth video yg best2 kat youtube dan compile my own playlist.

16. Swimming

Sempat la jugak pi swimming a few times. Ingat nak buat weekly jugak tapi tak kesampaian.

17. Sleep on my left

Memang consciously akan baring mengiring ke kiri masa tidur dan rilek-rilek kat couch. Bolster memang kena ada.

18. Puasa penuh

Alhamdulillah, Ramadhan tahun ni saya dapat puasa penuh. Pertama kali sejak berpuluh tahun lamanya. So my baby ni saya namakan Ryan (Sempena Ar-Rayyan, pintu syurga utk orang yg selalu berpuasa).

Doktor memang particular soal weight gain pasal takmo baby besar sangat. So berpuasa dapat control jugak my weight gain.

19. Continue to breastfeed until beginning of third trimester

Masa pregnant saya ada toddler yang masih menyusu. Saya continue BF untuk genapkan 2 tahun. 5 bulan pertama pregnant+bf. Ambil masa sebulan juga nak wean-offkan dia. Dapat juga BF anak kedua 25 bulan. Masa third trimester memang saya nak restkan boobies pasal nanti nak renew contract lagi 2 tahun pula lepas ni. Ni pun salah satu cara saya control weight gain.

20. Solat like normal

Previous pregnancies, saya solat duduk masa dah hujung-hujung tu. But this time, solat berdiri all the way. Sujud kan ala forward leaning inversion jugak?

21. Lots of specific doa

I bayangkan my dream birth dan doa setiap hari.

Ada lagi sebenarnya yang saya tak sempat nak buat. Didn’t manage to try homeopathy and using essential oil. Dengan usaha dan ikhtiar serta doa yg tak putus-putus, akhirnya saya dapat juga water birth after 2 c-sect seperti yang diidam-idamkan.

Spontaneous Gentle Natural Birth In Hospital

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Ibu memasang angan-angan nak waterbirth before kahwin lagi. Masa tu tau pasal waterbirth lepas tengok wife Sheikh Muzaffar bersalin method ni. (Waktu tu muda remaja lagi) Lepas dah kahwin, dan masa tu baru dapat tau pregnant, angan-angan untuk waterbirth masih lagi ibu pegang. Tapi tak tau apa-apa pasal gentlebirth ni. 

One day, Alhamdulillah Allah temukan ibu dengan birth story from a friend of mine. Dari situ ibu tau pasal gentle birth, Amani class dan HypnoBirthing class. Bila dah mencari-cari dan menggali ibu jumpa macam-macam group yang support natural birth dan gentle birth. Ibu korek-korek ilmu daripada situ. And then ambil keputusan untuk join kelas Amani selepas dah berbincang dengan Abi. Alhamdulillah Abi sangat mudah untuk terima dan join kelas ni bila ibu ajak. Tak banyak dalih terus je bersetuju. Thank you Abi~

Ibu join kelas Amani dengan Sis Hanz. Masa tu ibu baru pregnant 12 weeks. Awal sangat...? I think itu masa yg paling sesuai. Dari sabah berkerja tu bukan senang nak dapat cuti balik Semenanjung. Dah ada cuti tu, ibu tak lepaskan peluang yang ada. Terus grab. Alhamdulillah dipermudahkan Allah untuk ibu. Mintak cuti awal sehari dari sekolah, settle payment dengan Sis hanz, dapat la join kelas Sis Hanz tu. 

MasyaAllah! Hebat anugerah Allah bagi pada tubuh badan kita ni. Baaaanyak ilmu yg kita tak tau kita tau asbab kelas amani ni. Waktu pregnant minggu ke 37 pulak, ibu ada terbaca pasal seminar HypnoBirthing dari page Kak Ayuni. Once again, ibu ajak abi join. As for me, itu persediaan akhir dan untuk refresh balik apa yang dah pernah kami belajar masa kelas Amani dulu walaupun content sebenarnya tidaklah sama.

Humble unplanned active birth at home | The birth of Nawraa Amana

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NOTE BY BIRTH STORY OWNER :

It took me quite some time before I made the decision to share this story – OUR BIRTH STORY – to the world. Most probably due to the fear that people might take our childbirth as a “simple” and doable act, and wanting to do it blindly. Please, DON’T! So please understand the steps we have taken as a couple as you read our story to welcome our princess as gentlest as possible. All of this happen simply because, “Kun Fayakun”,  “Be and it is!”.

All praises to Allah, for He is the All-Knowing. May the sharing of this story will be an eye-opener to the vast knowledge of physiological birth to all readers out there, insyaAllah. And as the story-teller itself, let this tiny knowledge sharing be void of riaq, taqbur and ‘ujub. Again, He is The All-Knowing.  

First Pregnancy: 

Our first experience with pregnancy has been quite simple and was a typical hospital birth. Although I have been introduced to gentle birth and have been reading almost all the knowledge shared in the group. BUT, I was still not very well equipped with knowledge about; 1. Epidural and its possible risks and effects and oh c’mon.. Epidural, an equivalent to a pain-free birth, is naturally very enticing to a mother in painful, active labour. 2. I was not strong enough to say NO! to episiotomy that is against my knowledge and consent . And 3. I was also charged for a vacuum procedure (a friggin RM750!!) that was not even done to me. I felt like I was a failure. Like I was not a good enough mother for awhile there. You know, like why can’t I deliver like atuk nenek dulu? No pain-meds so powerful like that? Why am I so lembik? Yada yada yada. Oh well, I forgive myself now.

Fast forward, we were again blessed with our second pregnancy. This time, I didn’t want to repeat the same mistake of my ignorance and mousy-ness. I want to have a memorable birth, better breastfeeding start (baby free from the effect of any pain meds etc) and we will try as best we can to make it work! So we attended AMANI Birth class. Big shout out to my CBE teacher: Thank you so much Hanz! The class was worth it and we could not have done it without you! My husband was even more confident about birth that he himself said, “Kalau macam ni, Baba pun boleh sambut baby!” and I laughed it off with a nervous smile. Little did he know the effect of his words. Ehehe…

We also took care of our diet and fitness. I took a lot of natural food, sunnah food ie. Dates, raisins, honey and ate lesser junk/fast food. Kadang-kadang makan juga KFC. Hehe. But true enough, that gave me better reading of my hB than the pills. I was also fitter! I took brisk walking seriously towards the end of my trimester. Those who knew me will know how “un-fit” I was when it comes to anything related to sports. But for this pregnancy, Alhamdulillah… I managed to complete one month of Ramadhan fasting, all the while walking, and climbing up and down the third floor for all my three classes, which is located in different buildings, all over the school, DAILY! Round kampong sehari 3 kali setiap pagi ok kawan-kawan? I was not like this during my first so yeah, that is BIG! At least for me lah.. Give me a break ok fellas? ;P

36 Weeks : Went for usual monthly check ups with the doctors. Scan, scan, oh baby is oblique (diagonal)/breech. I was referred to a specialist the same day. So off I went (and got lost that took me almost 2 hours just to get to the hospital). Scan again, confirmed we have a breech. Unstable lie, which mean, kejap senget, kejap tegak, closer to heart, gitu. Hee..  

Summary:

1^st doctor: Puan kena admit. Kita nak scan hari-hari. Kalau continuous breech, by 38^th weeks kita perform LSCS (pucat lesi dah time ni! Cesarean was the last thing on my mind!).  By 38 weeks baby dah matang.

Me: Eh tapi saya ada history overdue. Tak boleh ke kita tunggu at least 40 weeks? Rugi perkembangan otak dan peparu baby. I know 38 weeks dah matang tapi sayanglah, masa tu perkembangan paling rapid.

The answer is still NO. So I was admitted. Takpelah. Then upstairs, I met a second doctor, I quickly minta discaj. She was confused a bit. Peliklah this mother.. Hehe.. But she was nice, really!

2^nd doctor: Hmm. Ok, macam ni, we will admit you then perform scan regularly for three(3!!) days. Once baby cephalic, we will induce by rupturing your membrane. Kalau still breech then I perform ECV, which is 50/50 percent of success.  Also, if baby persistently unstable lie, suka pusing-pusing, then only we perform a c-section. (Bless her, she was so nice to explain it this far to me. Maybe I look too nervous sampai nak cabut lari terus!)

But I was adamant. I said, baby is small kan doctor (she said it herself) maybe that’s why dia boleh pusing-pusing lagi. Plus three days is a little too short a chance for my baby. I’m at 36 weeks. We have 4 weeks versus 3 days. Don’t you think it’s a little unfair? With my past overdue history, my baby could be a premiee should we proceed with induced labour at 38 weeks. Second pregnancy also means my uterus dah “longgar” so cannot grip the baby (she also said it herself) kan? Hehe. I promise will continue to monitor the baby everyday. Pleaseeeee.. Gelak nervous. Finally the doctor laughed at my stubbornness and let me go. Phew.. Kalau tak, 3 hari sebelum raya dah pantang dah..erk!

Then, 2^nd day of raya, at my 38^th weeks, I met my 3^rd doctor;

She was quite senior and as she was scanning my tummy, she motherly said,

“Oh, second time mother memang biasalah tu baby tak masuk laluan lagi. Memang dia boleh pusing-pusing lagi sebab rahim dah meregang.. Jangan risau, selagi you are not in labour, selagi tu dia boleh berpusing. Pujuk-pujuklah dia supaya masuk laluan elok-elok. Even labour itself is a process to position the baby properly. Lainlah kalau dah takdir memang dia nak juga breech. Even kalau breech pun, still possible for a normal vaginal birth but it was no longer practiced in the hospital. It was a lost art. Anyway, see this round shape? It’s the head. Your baby IS head down. Everything is good. Alhamdulillah. Si kakak ni umur berapa tahun? Becoknyaa..bla bla bla..”

Again, syukur alhamdulillah. Lega sekali lagi. And baby remained cephalic, head down following check ups, up until birth. One of the best decisions made so far.

Oh what I did to encourage baby to be in this position? I went to seek advises from my AMANI CBE, Hanz told me to study spinningbabies.com website’s instruction like Forward Leaning Inversions (FLI) especially, 10 seconds leaning heads down, twice a day, squat more, walk even more, prolonged sujud (ambil peluang berdoa banyak-banyak masa ni),gently swaying my hips on my gymball whenever I felt the baby’s hiccups is down below (konon-konon supaya dapat grab kepala baby masuk laluan laa..haha!) I even met an osteopath to get checked up if my body is the one causing my baby to behave like that..hehe. I’ve got nothing to lose by trying all this methods.

I even met three different doctors (not including two I’ve met previously) that are willing to accept a normal (if possible) breech delivery. None found. But by then, I was no longer worried of my baby’s position. I wanted to keep calm and continue enjoying my last trimester happily. Risau tu ada juga but hey, I know I’ve studied my brain dry and I’ve tried every method possible for the sake of my baby to have a normal birth. Jika ditakdirkan breech and we need a cesarean, I know I have tried my best and I won’t regret it. Pentingnya faham dan terima qada’ dan qadar Allah selepas berusaha sedaya upaya.

But---- My baby have her own mind. Hehe.

By 40^th week, I was still driving to school, tummy almost touching the steering wheel. Annoying okay? At 41 weeks, I was still climbing the stairs up and down that sometimes, I purposely avoid stairs with incoming teachers to avoid the same repetitive questions and the same repetitive answer. Bubs is not gonna stay inside forever, yes?

Well-meaning friends and relatives were getting worried as I was past due but looked as if I was in my early third trimester. Maybe the walking-every-morning routine was the culprit? My klinik desa’s nurse/friend was getting nervous as well. But I just smiled and promised to monitor baby’s movement as close as possible and wait for the baby to come out when she wanted to. “WHO recognized 42 weeks as not overdue, just post-date. Hehe.” I remember saying this to my nurse-friend. Member geleng kepala je la. Degil sungguh cikgu sorang ni..

The Labour Story:

14 August 2015 – Very mild cramping. Not painful at all. Went for karaoke after dinner with our little family.  Nawwar tertidur lepas nyanyi lagu dia, Twinkle,Twinkle Little Star. Haah, memang ada lagu tu dalam playlist. The cramping stopped and I carried her down back to the parking lot. Heavy lifting on purpose konon nak start balik contraction tapi tak juga. Acah je la tu. Balik rumah prepared underpad on our bed, in case of any leaks but still, none.

15 August 2015 – Started having mild irregular surges! Yey! Finally! Sempat pergi midnight movie-date with darling hubs at Setia City Mall en route back to Kampung Kuala. Nawwar was transferred to her tokwans beforehand. Tengok Tom Cruise tembak-tembak orang sambil tekan start/pause button kat contraction timer app. Balik rumah, tidur jelah. I instinctively know it will be quite some time before it will get regular. Husband kepoh a bit but bearable, like the irregular surges. Hehe.

16^th August 2015 – Went hill-hiking at Bukit Malawati, Kuala Selangor. It has been awhile since we have our date without our bouncy bunny Nawwar so I think oxytocin may have played its part here. ;) By then, I’ve already texted my AMANI classmates about my progress. Surges came if I was mobile hence the more walking and hiking. Wow, tinggi jugalah Bukit Malawati tu. Stopped at certain points for squatting and stretching, and deep breathing. All husband-led coach. Untung isteri cikgu PJ. ;) Turun bukit, pekena roti canai Hamzah. Last time rasa teh ais. Balik rumah in-law pekena nasi dagang. Memang cucu tok Terengganu la ni. Kenapa ya? Read on..

A natural non-medicated and no pushing required birth

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Birth Story of Annastasia Hope Winston 

17.08.2015

12.31 noon

- A natural, non-medicated and no pushing required birth -

This pregnancy, I had an awful first trimester with nasty morning sickness and no appetite to eat at all. In fact, by the time I gave birth, I weigh only 2kg more than my pre-pregnancy weight! Apart from being diagnosed with GDM again (but doing fine with the BSP monitoring), I had an easier time once the nausea and vomiting phase was over. My doctor wasn't concerned with my lack of weight gain, "As long as your baby is growing, I am ok. Easier for u to lose weight also later", he joked.

Ok, fast forward to the birth itself. This story started weeks prior to the actual birth. As with my firstborn, I have been experiencing prodormal labor since the 38th week and with the tell tale sign, a ginormous nose! LOL! I had been bargaining with baby not to come until Thursday (13/08) because of so many things and work-related stuffs I need to settle before going for maternity leave. The next day went for my final ante natal check (birth plan discussed, agreed and signed by my doctor during the previous check up. Among things I requested in my birth plan: 

1. Freedom to move during labor,

2. no continuous monitoring unless absolutely necessary and with consent, 

3. no episiotomies,

4. food and drink during labour, 

5. birth in any position I am comfortable in

6. No pain relief, do not bug me about pain relief

7. Delayed cord clamping 

8. Skin to skin contact and bonding

9. Breastfeeding initiation at birth

10. Baby rooming in with mommy

After the ante natal appointment, as I was walking back to my living quarters, my colleague who is a seasoned daddy of 5, told me, "I beri you masa 3 hari je lagi. I nampak perut u dah turun sgt". Wow! Impressive! I thought. "We'll see if your prediction is right", I replied. Haha...

Sunday (16/8)

We went out for family lunch outside and spent the day sightseeing. On the way back, we passed by a couple of stalls selling durians, I wanted to stop but one of my niece couldn't stand the smell of durians. So that evening, I went on a durian hunt with my niece. The durian seller joked that maybe I will give birth after having the durians. Lol!

Mission accomplished! I enjoyed eating the durians (I had maybe 5 slices, my mom told me not to eat too much, and she watched me like a hawk!). That night, I went to bed telling baby, if it's time, don't give mummy subtle signs. Mummy is a bit bebal. Lol!

Monday (17/8)

I woke up at about 2.50am by strong squeezing sensations that started from my back and wrapped to the front. Realizing that this time it felt different than the usual Braxton Hicks and the fact that it was able to JOLT me awake made me start to time it. 8 minutes apart, then 6, then 5. I realized, this could be it! 

So I woke up my dad and asked him to send me to the hospital just to check. While waiting for dad and mom to get ready, I had my breakfast (soft boiled eggs and coffee).

We reached the hospital by 5.15am and I was referred to the Labor & Delivery unit for observation. CTG showed regular contractions albeit rather mild and VE showed I was about 3cm dilated. So I was admitted.

After settling some paperwork for admission, we settled in my assigned room. Those who know my mom would know that mom would be a nervous wreck when it comes to childbirth, so I stayed calm and relaxed even during contractions because I didn't want mom to panic. I had breakfast (again!), peed, pooped and moved around. By 9am, my doctor examined me and by then I was about 4cm dilated. Just as he was to perform the VE, my waterbag burst.

I asked to be allowed to go to my room to eat and shower. Looking back, I guess when I was showering, I must have been about 5cm dilated. The hot shower really helped! I went back to the delivery suite at 11am when I started feeling like I want to vomit. Knowing it as a sign that I am progressing and nearing transition, I was happy and stayed upright. I walked, I swayed my hips and i went to the toilet when I told the nurse, "oops, i feel like i have the urge to poop". She examined me again and i was 6cm! So, i stayed in the room and kept vomiting. I was standing and holding the edge of the bed when I started feeling intense urge to poop. I informed the midwife and she rushed to assist me to go on the bed. By this time the contractions were almost continuous with only a brief pause in between. I was fully dilated! She paged my doctor and at that time, lying sideways was the ONLY position 'comfortable' for me (comfortable as in I don't feel as if my tailbone was going to explode!). When my doctor came, the nurse asked me if i want to change position I can do so when I don't feel pain. I shot back, "the pain is continuous la! Mana ada x sakit. I don't want to move!" (mak beruang persona dah tunjuk taring, lol!).

At this moment I can feel 'something' bulging out and sliding back in a few times. I wasn't pushing. I was just breathing long and deep breaths and keeping my jaws and limbs relaxed. Then just as my doctor turned, I lifted one leg and out came my baby. Swoosh! No forceful pushing involved at all!

They put baby on my chest and we had our skin to skin. My doctor waited until the cord stopped pulsating (it was white and pale) when he cuts it. The placenta was delivered soon after and my doctor examined me and informed I need a few stitches but not to worry as the tears were only on the skin layer. I guess the stitchings hurt more than the birth. Haha... Natural tears heal faster than episiotomies, that's the truth!

We had our skin to skin and breastfeeding initiation. The awesome birth team left us to bond for at least two hours! I only went back to my room at almost 3pm! They really honoured my birth plan and request. 

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Praises be to God, the Creator of the human body. 

Thanks to our family and friends for support and prayers. 

Thanks also to the wonderful midwives and nurses of BMC's Labour and Delivery Dept. 

Thanks also to our awesome doctor, Dr Phillip Kho for his awesome care and respecting my birth plan and wishes.

Tagging Nadine Ghows, Hanz TheHoneybunch

My Tips : 

1. Stay active, practice healthy habits. 

2. Reduce stress. 

3. Avoid anxiety. Don't overthink things. I don't overthink about how i birth, just place hope and faith in this God-given body of mine. 

4. I tried prenatal yoga. Was able to attend only one class but my instructor is a gem! The relaxation and breathing exercises are good! 

5. Keep lips, jaws and limbs relaxed during labor. 

6. Stay upright and mobile as much as possible during labor. I am now known as the lady who was still standing at 10cm!

7. When writing your birth plan, be concise and know what you want. A good careprovider will be open to honour your requests when he knows that u know what and why you want the things on your list.

Determination and perseverance pays off for her second birth

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Bismillahirahmannirahim.

First of all, thanks to Allah yang sentiasa bersama hambaNya dan melindungi setiap hambaNya. 

Tanpa Allah, tentu tidak smooth proses kelahiran anak kedua saya, Muhammad Aziz Isyraf. Second, thanks to my CBE, Hanz Jamaludin who giving me and husband to attend AMANI class to gain birth knowledge. Very priceless knowledge. Thanks to my husband who always be with me, supports me in whatever I decides and choose for our family. I would like to share my birth story which begins from early pregnancy till the hero safely delivered.

Sejak dapat tahu mengandung, saya dah tekad untuk menjaga kandungan sebaik mungkin. Saya memilih untuk 100% natural, tanpa sebarang ubat2an, kecuali beberapa makanan tambahan seperti VCO, EVOO dan pati delima. Saya tidak mengambil makanan segera, junk food atau makanan diproses. Saya banyakkan minum air kelapa (once a week or two weeks) dan air masak setiap hari. Kurma menjadi makanan wajib, kalau tidak hari2 pun, saya pastikan dlm seminggu 3-4 hari kurma menjadi santapan harian saya.  

Pada trimester ke-3, raspberry leaf tea menjadi minuman wajib hari2. Dalam masa yang sama, saya banyakkan senaman walaupun ada kalanya culas. Makanan harian biasanya makanan yg orang melayu ambil la. Hehehe nasi lemak, roti canai, bihun grg, nasi campur, buah2an, etc.

Sejak raya kedua (18/7/15), saya dah mula cirit birit. Sangkaan saya mungkin sebab salah makan pada hari raya pertama, maklumlah ada rendang, lemang, ketupat etc.  Tetapi cirit birit berlarutan hingga ke 30/7/15 (sehari sebelum bersalin). Ok, saya start msg hanz, my CBE, she did tell that cirit birit is one of the early sign of labour, but it could be due to hari raya  punya makan. Hehehe.

28/7/15 ada sakit2 sikit. Rasa macam senggugut, but not that strong. Lower abdomen memang sakit sejak seminggu sblm tu. Pergi ke klinik untuk check up. Baby’s head dah memang kt bawah. I msg to my bos start today, I will start work from home (huh, dah sakit sikit2, macam mana nk buat kerja ofis). Hahaha.

29/7/15 sakit2 dah tak ada. I did the 4 steps to monitor, after bangun tidur, sakit hilang. Aish baby still syok duduk in my womb. 

30/7/15 I msg hanz informed her ada lendir keluar while was bathing. It was whitish pada mulanya, then ada lendir keluar. Hanz asked sakit tak, I told her tak sakit. It was colourless (a bit brownish). Pada petang tu, I asked hubby to buy me air kelapa. It was last air kelapa I minum hehehe.

31/7/15 I feel sakit balik. Minta hubby jangan ke office as I really need him and asked his favour to send our daughter to babysitter’s house alone. At 12pm, i did a bit exercise and do ‘natural inducer’. Hehehe. With hubby’s help. After hubby came back from solat jumaat, surges dah start. A bit strong. I checked, it was 10 minutes gap. I told hubby, let’s get ready, I feel the surges already. It was 3pm. I called my sister, asked her to pick up daughter. Then siap2 barang2 utk ke hospital. At the same time, I sempat siapkan parcel utk pengeposan. Huuhuhu. After took lunch, terus ke pejabat pos settlekan pengeposan barang customer. Then straight heading to Hospital Serdang. On the way, I msg hanz and my Amani classmate group to inform I was on the way to hosp. Surges was 5:1:1.

Sebaik sampai di dewan bersalin Hosp Serdang, register terus. 5 mins after that, my named had been called. Bacaan tekanan darah di ambil and terus ke toilet untuk ambil urine. A while after that, doc asked me to lie on the bed for ctg. More than 1 hour, I tak leh tahan dah dgn ctg tu cause I start rasa sakit belakang. Sakit belakang ni memang dah bertahun rasanya. Requested politely to the nurse and doc that I nak stop ctg. Initially doc declined my request cause dia ckp ctg tu penting, but I keep 

stressing to him (male doc) that I rasa sakit sangat kt bahagian belakang. I really wanted the ctg to be stopped. Doc reconsidered and asked another 10 mins then they would stop it. Ok I was fine with it. Ctg done. I proceeded to rest at waiting area in the dewan bersalin. While sit there, I felt the surges became strong. Each time surges datang, sakit kat belakang juga kuat.  So I decided to have a walk while listening to my fav song in youtube. Guess what? I watched Muse concert. Hahaha. Cause I like Muse songs so much. Rock pun rock la. Janji I boleh relaks sikit. Hahaha. But relaks tak berpanjangan, masa tengah berdiri kat sofa suddenly, a sound ‘pop’ came out. My water has broken. 

Another mom sitting near the sofa, helped to inform the nurse that my water dah pecah. Nurse asked me to lie on the bed again, doc wanted to do VE. After tukar baju and pad, I lied on the bed. Doc did the VE. Doc mentioned it was 6cm dilated. On the spot, doc instructed nurses to push me to LR. It was 7.30pm. Once sampai kt LR with hubby beside, the surges became more strong. Allah… I was a bit panic. Muka pun jadi stress. Doc and nurses left us alone. Hubby kept trying to calm me. Then I realised I must over calm the stress. I risau lambat fully dilated. Aishhh.. 

Nurse datang to check me, and remind me to baca ayat2 Al-Quran yang I ingat, termasuk mengucap 2 kalimah syahadah juga. Hubby keep supported me and rub my back. While waiting in the LR, actually nurse dah pasang CTG semula. I jadi lg macam nak marah. Cause I tak suka ctg. Hahaha. I tanya nurse, berapa lama ctg ni. She said, ctg akan dipasang sehingga baby keluar. I was like??? 

Huh… gila la mcam ni. Ok takpe. We’ll see how. Then a female doc came to check me. She did the VE. Again, it was 6cm dilated. Before she left us, I cakap I tak mahu CTG ni. She declined my request as she said it was hospital standard procedure. Then I realised, I must use this opportunity to swap with my deal. Hahaha.

I cakap, ok, I boleh accept ctg but I want 3 things, please consider. Muka doc tu terkejut. (mesti dalam hati dia, eh eh nak apa plak patient ni). Hahaha. I said, I want DCC until it stop pulsating, skin to skin and breastfeed within 30mins or as fast as it can. Doc tercengang, then another docs came in, perhaps her boss la. They were discussing about my request. Luckily, they said, Ok puan tak jadi masalah. Fuhhh I Tarik nafas lega. Lega la sgt, masa tu surges memang kuat gila. Rasa nk marah je. 

Hahaha.

They left us again. For a few hours juga la. Within the time, the surges came were super duper strong. I did deep breathing. At 10pm++, each time surges datang, sakit belakang menjadi2. With deep breathing, sometimes I can overcome sakit tu, but bila dah lama2, badan I akan menggigil. But I still try my best until when I feel baby head dh dekat macam nak keluar, I seakan tak mampu nak bantu baby. Many times attempted but still baby head tak Nampak lagi. 

At 10:50pm, 2 docs and 2 nurses came and informed they will put drip on me. They said they will put ubat dalam drip untuk percepatkan bukaan. And I was huh?? For what? I dah rasa kepala baby betul2 dh dkt ‘pintu’.  Luckily, when the doc did VE, she said, no need, baby head’s dah very close. But nurse insisted me to put drip cause I was really dehydrated. All the docs and nurses ready to help baby out. Doc mentioned, we cant wait anymore, since baby head dah dekat. Hence, we will need you to teran. I almost macam kecewa sangat. Kecewa sebab tak dpt bantu baby keluar secara natural. So I followed their plan. Nurse instructed me how to push. Once doc suruh teran, I teran, and there it goes, kepala baby pop out finally, then another teran. The doc then bawak baby terus tunjuk pada i. I cant remember much the actual event. Macam lalok pulak time tu. Hahaha.

I consider not 100% gentle birthing, cause the way baby keluar tak natural. Huhuhu. But syukur sangat, after that, I got DCC, skin to skin, breastfeed once skin to skin done and no vaccine too. 

Moreover, I got no induce, no episiotomy, no ubat tahan sakit also and no epidural (yeayyyyyyy). 

Syukur sangat2. I noticed vernix pada badan my son clear. He also tak kena jaundice.

Speed intuitive birth inside hospital's elevator | Baby Aneesa Gentle Birth Story

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Sorry terpanjang pulak bila dah karang hehe.

Sakit contraction start 3 pagi tapi sebab EDD lambat lagi so abaikan je la. Sakit memain kot fikir dalam hati. Dalam cuti raya pun memang selalu rasa contraction cuma mild contraction je. Bangun pagi macam biasa pergi kerja. Masa tengah bersiap tu sempat terfikir kalau beranak hari ni rugi je pergi kerja hahaha tapi pergi juga kerja.

Layan contraction sambil jaga budak dalam kelas. Sekejap datang sekejap pergi. Tak tetap. Siap rekod tapi memang tak regular sakitnya. Sampai la tengahari. Waktu rehat sempat tidur lagi. Belum habis waktu rehat sakitnya macam dah setiap 30min. 2.30ptg Pergi la ke pejabat isi borang kebenaran meninggalkan pejabat. Yang paling tak boleh tahan masa isi borang sakit kuat datang tiba-tiba entah tulis apa dalam borang. Bila baca semula kelakar pun ada alasan " pergi ke hospital (sakit utk bersalin) " errr lantak la guru besar pun tak ada dalam bilik dia. Main letak je borang atas meja dia.

Lepas tu baru ler call suami yang memang ada kat rumah bercuti lagi sebab nak uruskan abang sekolah, taska tempat dia transit masih tutup cuti raya. Lama pulak tu dia nak sampai 3.30 petang kot dia baru sampai. Sakit makin kuat. Perut lapar. Ajak ler pergi makan dulu. Suami ingat nak tapau je aku buat muka confident eh! Boleh lagi ni makan kat sini hehe. Sambil makan sambil layan sakit. Masa ni la baru terfikir pasal anak-anak. Kena jemput abang dari sekolah, jemput Dania & Shakil dari pengasuh. Angkut semua. Kami siap patah balik rumah dua kali memula abang tukar baju, lepas tu suami pulak kata takkan nak pergi dengan seluar pendek je. Cakap ok patah balik la tukar seluar dia tanya ok ke ku jawab masih boleh tahan ini.

Masa tu dah dekat-dekat masa orang nak balik kerja. Jangan la sangkut dalam jem. Sampai PPUM berpusing-pusing cari parking. Selamat sampai kat wad kecemasan bersalin 5.30 petang lebih kurang. Daftar beritahu dah 38 weeks dah rasa sakit, nurse tanya sejak bila dari pagi. Dari pagi baru ni datang hospital macam marah je hehe cakap la sakit tapi  tak regular ni dah bertambah-tambah sakit tu yang datang hospital. Nurse suruh tukar baju, semua barang bagi pada suami. Nurse kata bg masa 2 jam doktor check dulu. Nanti apa-apa dia call suami.

Duduk la dalam 1 bilik seorang. Datang doktor interview history dari anak no.1 hingga yang bakal lahir ni. Check bukaan baru 4cm. Doktor kata early labour punya sakit. Mmg tak regular. Maybe tengah malam baru bersalin. Doktor pakar suruh naik wad antenatal aras 5 dulu. Sakit semakin kuat setiap 7 minit tapi nurse kata dalam ctg tak ada tunjuk sakit kuat pun. Naik atas dulu la ya. Jalan kaki je follow nurse.

Sampai atas dapat katil duduk sekejap, pergi turun cari suami. Puas la pusing-pusing tak jumpa. Naik bilik. Depan lif sakit kuat tiba-tiba. Stop dulu layan. Belum...belum lagi masanya hehe. Nurse depan kaunter wad antenatal tanya pergi mana? Bahaya sakit-sakit pergi sana sini. Dia suruh duduk semula di katil. Dia ambil no hp suami. Terasa nak pergi toilet tak tunggu dah nurse tu call ke apa. Pergi katil semula. DI katil sakit makin kuat.

Akhirnya suami dengan anak-anak munculkan diri. Kebetulan masa ni waktu melawat. Rasa lega sikit dapat tengok muka-muka mereka. Sakit makin lama makin kuat. Suami sibuk up status kat fb geram juga tolong la apa-apa yang patut (padahal aku pun sempat tgk fb sekejap hahaha). Last-last rasa memang tak boleh tahan masa ni baru lepas azan Maghrib berkumandang. Minta tolong suami urut sakit belakang. Lega sekejap je sakit ni. Baru teringat air selusuh mak buatkan. Minum separuh. Sakitnya semakin kuat. Tekan button call nurse beritahu dah sakit sangat.

Dia kata ok dia pergi inform doktor. Terasa nak membuang pergi toilet lagi sekali. Eh! Makin kuat sakit ni tapi nurse ke doktor tak ada datang. Tekan button bertalu-talu. Datang balik nurse tadi beritahu saya dah call doktor tapi tak datang-datang doktor ni. Inform nurse saya dah tak boleh tahan dah ni nurse. Sakit sangat. Dia suruh baring nak check.

Tiba-tiba datang surge rasa nak meneran sangat. Ya Allah nurse...baby nak keluar dah ni. Masa ini la nurse minta tolong daripada suami. Nurse tu cakap tolong saya tolak katil cepat. Allahuakhbar memang kelam kabut nurse tu. Suami pun tolak katil entah apa-apa je siap langgar pintu la. Dinding la. Dengan tarik anak-anak lagi suami tu. Masuk dalam lif sekali semua. Masih sempat dengar nurse kata kenapa bawa anak-anak sekali?. Dah takkan nak tinggal. Kami datang satu famili je (aku tolong jawab dalam hati je). Dalam lif nurse siap paksa kepit kaki, sekali datang surge Allahuakhbar spontan terkeluar dr mulutku kepala baby nak keluar...Allah ku lafaz kepala baby pun keluar di saksikan suami & anak-anak. Nurse pun dah tak boleh paksa kepit dah. Memang sudah masanya baby keluar. Masa ni memang dah tak ingat apa-apa. Bunyi ting! Sampai je aras 3 wad bersalin 1 lagi surge datang Allah aku lafaz buat kesekian kalinya keluarlah badannya pula tapi masa ni dah masuk pintu wad bersalin. Suami & anak-anak tak boleh ikut masuk. Sempat nurse tarik selimut tutup apa yg patut. Alhamdulillah masih terpelihara. Tak lama dengar bunyi baby menangis. Leganya masa ni.

Sampai dalam bilik bersalin yg sama tadi nurse asyik tanya pukul berapa ni tadi lahir? Nurse yang tolak katil tadi tak dapat nak jawab. Tengok jam dalam bilik tu dah 7.50 malam. Maka time kelahiran di catat 7.50 malam tapi rasa-rasanya lagi awal dari tu baby lahir. Aku dah tak sabar-sabar nak tahu jantina baby. Nurse tu dah tersebut dulu sebenarnya. Alhamdulillah dapat baby girl aku cuma repeat balik je bila nurse tanya ibu dpt baby apa? Girl, perempuan senyum dlm kesakitan. Panjang lagi kisahnya tapi dipendekkan cerita selamat melahirkan baby girl 22/7/2015 syawal ke-6 jam 7.50 malam (lebih kurang la hehe). Sekian kisah bersalin dalam lif PPUM.

HypnoBirthed VBA2C In Hospital Birth Story

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2011 1st Cesarean : At 4cm dilation, Doc did AROM and baby dah poo, terus czer.

2013 2nd Cesarean: 37 weeks and 5 days checkup, Doc beritahu tali pusat baby terbelit. Buat CTG and Doc risau baby lemas. Kalau ikut edd lama lagi end of March. 

2015

12th Feb

At 38 weeks, checkup with Dr at Hospital Pantai Cheras. Dr cakap dah engaged. Tak expect dalam 2 hari bersalin. Hati risau takut nak bersalin waktu malam-malam. Mana nak letak Sara and Hana? Bincang-bicang dengan jiran dia agree nak jaga sementara mak abah sampai KL.

13th Feb

Turun tanda. Birth show. Hati gembira tak sabar nak praktik apa yg belajar and see my new baby. Surges comes and goes. Tak frequent rasa macam baby movement tak active. Pergi hospital check and CTG shown baby ok. Refused VE and balik rumah. Doc suruh repeat CTG esok. Ada satu nurse cakap-cakap dah 2x Cesareans, induce je or pecahkan ketuban bagi cepat keluar. Dalam hati sabar banyak-banyak mana boleh induce kalau nak bersalin normal (vaginal) kali ni and tak nak stress dengan nurse tu kang baby stress. Doa juga jangan la nurse ni jaga masa in labor. 

14th Feb

Mak Abah datang. Lega sikit but second child, Hana kerap meragam tak tau nak apa. Bintik-bintik keluar di mulut, ada di lengan dan area vagina dia. Risau takut dia kena HFMD. Risau pulak baby nak keluar nanti takut berjangkit. Check Doc suspect kena scabbies..aduhai...lagi la risau baby dlm perut ni..

15 Feb 

Patut pergi hospital tapi tak pergi, sibuk jaga Hana. Layan surges di rumah, sekejap ada, sekejap takder. Macam Chipsmore.

16 Feb

Klinik call. Marah kenapa tak pergi check up. Orang tengah risau anak sakit. Lagi pun surges biasa-biasa je. So pergi la hospital petang tu. Check CTG. Result ok. Doc request nak buat VE. Mengalah je la. Sakit betul VE ni. Tiada bukaan pun so buat apa nak stay hospital cuma keep worried kalau terbersalin waktu doc cuti starting 20hb. Cakap kat husband kita ikut plan B. Jumpa Doc Hamiza at GMC. Dia accept birth plan, lega la...Keep texting Hanz. Maybe ni prodromal labor kot. Hati tak tenang nak deliver. Risau dengan anak no.2.

17 Feb

Sakit makin kerap dah start 12 tgh pagi. Buat segala position utk bear the pain. All-four paling best. Bila surges tiada rehat dan baring. Tak kejutkan husband pun. Masa ni Hana dah sihat sikit. Cakap kat baby, nak keluar, keluar la..

18 Feb

Pergi hospital. Check in ward single bed penuh. Terpaksa ambil suite single. Dalam hati dok terpikir melambung kang bil sebab satu malam bilik tu charge dalam RM 300. Takper la asal selesa. Buat CTG pastu lepak bilik. Sentiasa minum air and makan kurma. Waktu Asar tu dah kerap surges nak solat pun tak selesa. Masuk labor room. Lampu bilik 'dim'kan sebab hypno tak boleh bilik terang-terang. Nanti tak boleh nak feel buat relaxation and visualisation. Buat VE dah 5cm..eh? Tak sakit pulak bila buat VE masa ni. Ikut birth plan guna wireless CTG tapi biasa la nurse sibuk nak dapatkan CTG yang cantik.huhu. Alamak! Nurse yang ok dah habis shift. Nurse yang aku tak nak tu pulak ada..nasibbbb.

After maghrib tu dah kuat surges nye. Fokus breathing. Visualize dok pergi berenang di pantai untuk divert sikit surges. Husban di sebelah beri kata-kata perangsang. Dalam pukul 10 malam gitu, check CTG and buat VE dah 7cm. Balik bilik mandi hot shower pun tak jalan. Asyik rasa nak ter-push. Rasa nak pakai pampers org dewasa je sebab asyik ter'pee' n ter'poo'. Banyak kali salin baju dan kain..Telan kurma banyak-banyak untuk dapatkan tenaga utk bearing down.

Dlm pukul 1 pagi tu cakap kat husband tak tahan ni. Rasa macam baby nak keluar ni. Masa labor room tapi tak boleh nak buat CTG sebab tak nak baring tak boleh nak breathing. Dok dalam tandas ok sikit. Rasanya air ketuban dah pecah masa duduk atas toilet bowl. Check VE dah fully dilate. Mula-mula on knee atas katil badan peluk katil (kepala katil dah tinggi). Helps a lot in breathing tapi tak ada pulak nak breathing down. Tukar position to semi reclined. Breathing down 3 kali tapi husband and nurse kata kepala baby masuk blk. Yang kali ke-4 rasa surges terus breathing down sampai kepala baby kat vagina. Perasan Doc masuk simbah oil kat vagina. Lupa nak tanya ape benda tu. Maybe VCO kot. Breathing down (visualize bunga ros kembang dan gambar kepala baby terus keluar dan rasa ring of fire (kat kelas, classmate bagi term ring of ice). Pastu baby meluncur keuar. Doc sambut dan letak kat dada. Tepat jam 4.03 pg baby keluar. Anak Tahun Baru Cina tapi tak boleh nak DCC sebab baby macam ada emergency.Takpe la asal selamat. Nampak Doc macam nak jahit. Tanya koyak banyak ke? 1st degree tear je. Refuse jahit. Bersihkan sikit baby. Tak mandikan pun. Doc bagi baby semula kat aku. Bestnye moment ni dengan husband. Dapat juga bersalin normal tapi baby tak nak menyusu. Still in labor room nurse yang aku tak suka tu congrats kat aku. Maybe Allah bagi nurse ni untuk aku supaya dia lihat sendiri dan rasa pengalaman jaga ibu yang dah 2 kali Cesarean boleh normal. So takde la dia nak cakap benda-benda yang negatif next time.

Conclusion: 

1.HypnoBirthing ni banyak bantu aku well prepared pasal 'Prodromal labor'. Release fear. Memang tak takut nak face sakit bersalin sebab dalam hati dah tekad nak bersalin normal.

2.Sangat membantu kalau Doc kita practice HypnoBirthing. Dia stand by je kat luar bilik. Tak kacau. Boleh balik bilik tak payah nak stay at labor room.