At last, around 2:20am, Mama started to feel stronger contractions and started monitoring the timing between each contraction and the severity of it. Until 4:20am, Mama woke Papa up to prepare to go to the hospital. They arrived around 5+am and went straight to the labour ward. Whilst the nurse was checking on Mama, Papa went to the admission counter to do the paperwork. After the initial checking, Mama was transferred from the Observation Room to Delivery Suite No. 9! The Anaesthetician came to give Mama epidual before Papa was allowed into the delivery suite. After that, it was just pure waiting for the actual delivery...
Mama lying on the delivery bedUncle Adrian came at around 10:40am to check on Mama...she was 5cm dilated...Uncle Adrian said most likely, Mama will delivery around early afternoon, cannot wait for 12 midnight to give birth to the first New Year baby! Mama didn't want to wait for so long as well...it doesn't matter when Geraldine is born...since Mama didn't have any breakfast, Papa gave 2 pieces of peanut pancake to Mama to boost up her energy level for a bit, before she gives birth!
At around 1:39pm, the nurse came and said Mama can start pushing already, as Mama has already fully dilated...both Papa and Mama were in shock, as about an hour ago, another nurse came and check to say that it was still around 5cm dilated...anyways, the nurse helped Mama to start practising pushing, before Uncle Adrian arrived 20 min later! The pushing was not that long and Baby Geraldine was born at 2:06pm!
Weighing 3.545kg, heavier than Gwendolyn
Just born, still under the baby warmer
About to go up to the ward, so that Mama can rest
