My last day before the start of motherhood…
Nope. No news yet… My baby is still feeling comfy in my womb.
My last check with my gynae shows that the baby is still in the OP (occiput posterior) position – meaning that is when a baby is head-down but facing your abdomen. The term refers to the fact that the back of the baby’s skull (the occipital bone) is in the back (or posterior) of my pelvis. This position is unfavorable during labour as I got to push out the baby with her spine against my spine – this usually causes the mother to end up having intense lower back pain and longer difficult labour.
As my baby is growing fast, both Alan and I decided to try inducing for natural birth first. Meaning I’ll have to admit straight to Mt Alvernia on 16th Apr, 12 am (that is when the new day when the hospital started charging), Dr will insert a tablet to induce labour and we’ll just hope and pray that my cervix will be dilated when he check back at 7 am and bb will turn. If not, he will insert a 2nd tablet and check back sometime in the afternoon again. If this still doesn’t work, I’ll have to go for emergency c-section to take out my baby.
I have not been sleeping well these few days. In fact, I only slept for 3 -4 hrs last night and waking up at 4 – 5 am in the morning. Not sure if I’m unconciously preparing myself to be a mother or i’m just plain anxious about the labour. But I think I’m mentally prepared and with all my lovely and supportive families and friends, I’m sure I can do it! Yeah!
I can’t wait to see my bb. Wish me luck!
April 15, 2009 at 12:10 pm
all the best to u and ur baby… wishes u a smooth delivery…