it's been exactly a month ago when i gave birth to my second daughter, Robin Gail Reyes Banta. let me share that one-for-the-books story on how it happened....
we got home from a fun dinner with relatives at dampa in MOA around 12:30mn. me and raya washed up & dressed up, i checked my mails, chatted with my cousin mariska for a while and we went to bed around 1:30am. as usual, i wasn't comfortable in my sleeping position. i took this as normal because i'm on my 9th month and so no position is really ok for me. i was 'half-conscious' lying down. i'm just waiting. then at 2:30am, i felt a sudden gush. i wasn't sure if it was my water bag. what i knew was that if water bag breaks, water will just continuously go out. mine wasn't. they say that every pregnancy is different. so to be sure, i went to the bathroom. when i sat, water came pouring out. so that's how i knew "it is time".
and so i went to the room, prepared some stuff and woke up gelio. that was 2:45am. i took a shower then dressed up and called my mom to go to my house so she can sleep with raya. i was in pain. contractions came in quick intervals. it was different from before. i knew i was more than 1cm dilated. [i had my check up 3 days before & OB said, i was 1cm dialted]. i was holding on to the wall, the door. i can't breathe properly. i can't seem to hold the pain. i was shivering and i'm not sure if its because of the pain or because i was cold.
thank God gelio was there to drive me to the hospital. thank God it was early in the morning and so no traffic. thank God gelio drove fast (he even ran on red light!). thank God gelio insisted that i go through ER instead of walking myself up to the 5th floor, pre labor room. during that painful drive going to the hospital, i managed to text my OB, pedia & 3 BFF (anj, gra & noemi) informing them that i was on my way to the hospital.
when i got to ER, they sat me on a wheelchair. the nurse asked me who my OB was and seeing me shaking, asked me no further questions. so another nurse wheeled me to the 5th floor, constantly assuring me that its going to be ok and to just breathe. it was like in the movies. the elevator was taking so long! or i was just impatient :)
and so i got to pre-labor room. the doctor asked me to change into a lab gown and take a urine sample. it took so long for me to do it cos the pain is really intense. then she was about to let me sign some docs when she saw me shaking from pain. so she let me lie down and immediately called the resident OB. i can feel every contraction thats about to come. the OB was quick to come and did an IE. i said i don't want and i want the meds a.s.a.p but she said she needed to perform an IE. from then on, she did not removed her fingers. this time i was crying, holding tighlty to the other doctor (& pillow & bedsheet) and punching the wall. i kept on begging for the pain reliever. pain was truly unbearable! i heard my trying-to-be-calm husband enter the room & asked the doctor "whats happening? whats happening?!". at that time i got scared a bit cos people around me seem to be in a panic and was moving fast. i was also worried that my loving husband gelio will panic. i need him to be cool & collected for me. i also dont want him to worry too much. i knew that something is really happening. then the resident OB answered gelio and said: "sir, the baby is about to come out. i already can feel the head and i can't remove my hand from her because if i do, the baby will come out. she still has no pain reliever and wala pa po yung OB nya. we are now bringing her to the delivery room. on the way na rin po yung OB nya".
in the deliver room. it all went so fast and slow :) well, it was a full force team. lots of doctors and cute nurses, working so quickly on the equipments, moving me to the operating table, preparing the gadgets, etc. i was praying to all saints. praying hail mary's and our father's while holding on to the nurses. they were nice cos it was ok for them when i held them (or their uniforms) ever so tightly. even giving comforting words. even in great pain, i was conscious that the cute nurses/doctors saw me naked! haha! i was relieved when they say that i should not move cos they were about to put the anesthesia already. i prayed that God will give me the strength not to move even for 1 minute. and then the pain was gone. i saw my OB come in. worked. then with 1 push, Robin Gail was out! the nurse said: mommy, yun na yun. i said: "P.I.,! tapos na? yun na yun?!!!" then Robin Gail cried so loud, and i was ok. :)
