there's always a beginning...

so after 9 months of waiting, he's finally arrived. baby ethan that is. i can't believe i'm seeing him for the first time and it's a bit surreal. i cant help thinking about how amazing this creation is...just 2 people in love and voila you've got a child! anyway, here goes the prologue to this story:

14/9:
12.30am checked in at the hospital and admitted straight to the delivery ward, shortly after which a nurse came to insert a pill to soften the cervix

6.00am nurse comes and gives an enema

7.30am doctor arrives and breaks the water bag; at this point i'm only 2 cm dilated so estimated time of delivery would be around 3 or 4pm only given that this is my 1st child

8.30am intense contractions start and are only 2 min apart!

10am asked for gas to relief pain as i couldn't imagine continuing like this till 3pm

10.30am pain was too much to bear, so called nurse to administer epidural. however when the nurse checked, she found that i'd already dilated to 7cm so it was too late for an epidual. she recommended pethadine injection which i of course readily agreed to!

10.45am doctor came and said i could start pushing

11.07am ethan appeared after 5-6 pushes

and here is our little darling:



BIODATA

Date of Birth: 14 Sep 2006
Time of Birth: 1107hrs
Duration of Gestation: 38 wks
Mode of Delivery: Vacuum Delivery
Weight at Birth: 3435gms
Length at Birth: 50cm
Head Circumference: 33.5cm