First time mummy

Hello!

This is long overdue post, I wanted to share my first experience pregnant and bersalin. I know ramai bakal bakal ibu akan google - pengalaman bersalin anak pertama. Just like I did! Haha. So inshaAllah semoga this sharing will be useful to all mummy to be. Just a heads up, this post gonna be long, so focus and baca sampai habis! Hehe.

How do I know that I actually pregnant?

I noticed my period tak datang after the first 2 months of kahwin. I thought it was normal because sometimes my period is not regular. Kejap consistent 28days cycle, kejap consistent 30days cycle, kejap sebulan dua tak datang period. But biasalah kan newlyweds mestilah eager nk try buat pregnancy test, haha. So I bought UPT (Urine Pregnancy Test) from Guardian and the result is positive. Tapi, result tu samar-samar. I still in doubt. Weeks later, I decided to jumpa doctor and scan. Alhamdulillah, masa first time scan nampak kantung and doktor confirm kan memang pregnant. Alhamdulillah!

Pregnancy journey

Alhamduillah 9 bulan pregnant, takde alahan langsung, tak muntah-muntah. Orang tua-tua cakap, kalau takde alahan ni biasanya anak lelaki. Jeng jeng jeng! Kita tengok betul ke tak lelaki. 

I went for monthly check up in Klinik Kesihatan (KK) near to my house je. I buka buku pink lambat, masa kandungan 3 bulan nak masuk 4 bulan, if I'm not mistaken. So masa buka buku pink memang kena bebel sikit la dengan nurse. Sepatutnya kena buka buku before 12 weeks. Macam biasa, kena ambik darah, buat ujian air kencing and timbang berat. Scan dengan doktor kadang-kadang tapi tiap kali datang KK nurse akan scan perut untuk dengar jantung baby. Happy sangat dapat dengar jantung baby, kita tahu baby kita membesar dengan baik. 

Masa 7 bulan, I went to MySonoworld Ampang untuk buat 3D/4D scan. Kalau nak buat 3D/4D scan ni, your kandungan haruslah between 26 weeks to 32 weeks. Masa scan tu nampak jantina my baby, his arms and leg, jantung and most importantly, his precious face! He looks so comel and handsome like his daddy, I really can't wait to see him!

Start 7 bulan I dah prepare beg untuk bersalin, haha. Simpan dalam kereta just in case beranak awal ke apa, at least barang keperluan dah ready. my due was on 18th July. Masa last check up dekat KK, nurse yang jaga I tu asked whether ada rasa contraction tak, sakit pinggang or any tanda-tanda bersalin yang lain. I said nope, suprisingly I can jalan-jalan pusing mall and even sempat balik Kuala Terengganu tau! Haha energy tak macam orang yang dah due untuk bersalin. So nurse tu pesan, kalau 18th July tak bersalin jugak, I need to come again untuk scan dengan doktor. 

So 18th July pun tiba tanpa ada tanda nak bersalin pun. Braxton Hicks contraction pun takde. So I went to the clinic, doctor pun scan to ensure my baby is healthy, air ketuban cukup ke tak. Alhamdulillah semua okay and doctor bagi chance another 1 week untuk bagi baby keluar secara semula jadi. Else, I kena serah diri to hospital and induce. 

Another week has passed and yes I tak bersalin lagi. I pun serah diri to hospital. Oh by the way, I pilih Hospital Sg Buloh because 10 mins away je from my house. Hehe. Lepas register apa semua, masuk la kat bahagian Dewan Bersalin tu. The process untuk check itu ini memang lama and slow.  Tapi takde la sampai makan masa satu hari. around 4 to 5 hours jugak. Tapi I know this is Gov hospital so I understand that very well. Sabar tu harus ada ye. 

Masuk bilik 1, kena CTG (click this link to read more about CTG) for half an hour tak silap. Lepas tu, tunggu lagi. My husband kena tunggu kat ruang menunggu luar Dewan bersalin. So sementara tunggu, I whatsapp with him, buka instagram, buka twitter untuk hilang bosan hehe. Masa menunggu tak bosan sangat because you can see ada bakal ibu ni tengah pusing the entire dewan bersalin maybe untuk cepatkan bukaan, ada yang dalam labour room tengah jerit sakit contraction and macam-macam lagi. 

Next, kena masuk Bilik 2, masa ni doctor HO lelaki yang attend. Kena baring and doctor akan seluk (yes seluk untuk check ada bukaan ke tak and yes doctor lelaki ye). Ada mummy next to me asked the doctor if there is any doctor perempuan yang boleh seluk ni and sadly no. Dia je HO yang in charge on that day so redha je la. He did not even look at the private area pun and he repetitively say sorry. So I memang takde bukaan langsung, the mummy next to me dah ada bukaan 2cm. Settle Bilik 2, kena la tunggu lagi together with mummy tadi tu. 

Bilik 3 pulak, MO yang attend. She is really a good doctor. Kat Bilik 3 ni kena seluk lagi and this time doctor seluk and tekan-tekan sikit. She said sorry sebab kasar sikit, dia nak tolong bukak kan bukaan tu. Redha je la. Lepas tu, dia pun pesan suruh selawat baca ayat kursi and doa banyak-banyak minta dipermudahkan bukaan and bersalin. Comel and sopan je doctor nye. Thank you, Doc! Settle sudah Bilik 3, jom menunggu lagi hehe.

Ok last sekali Bilik ke 4. Kat sini again kena buat CTG. Sama-sama buat CTG with mummy yang I jumpa kat Bilik 2. CTG kan lama around half an hour kalau tak silap. The first 15 mins goes well. Lepas tu tiba-tiba ada seorang nurse yang jaga mummy tadi jerit panggil other nurses. I don't really understand what really happened tapi I dengar nurse marah mummy tu sambil cakap; "Awak tak makan ke? bila last awak makan? Jantung baby awak tak ok ni! Awak jangan nangis!" I was so scared and pray to Allah hopefully dia and baby selamat. Rupanya mummy tu tak makan, last dia makan was dinner yesterday night. Dia terus masuk operation theater untuk czer. Sangat terkejut dengan apa yang jadi depan mata sebab tadi elok je borak and gelak ketawa dengan dia.

Habis CTG kat Bilik 4, doctor mintak my husband masuk. Doctor explain to him I need to be induced because takde bukaan langsung. Kena admit kat wad and tomorrow baru induce. Doctor explain macam-macam lagi pastu kena la sign few forms. Settle dah semua kat Dewan bersalin, jomlah ke wad pula.

Bermalam kat wad for the first time ever. Alhamdulillah, nurse semua baik and orang katil sebelah pun baik-baik. Pukul 4 pagi tiba-tiba I rasa sakit pinggang, sakit macam period pain tapi mild je. Everytime period pain I akan nangis sebab terlampau sakit. I nangis jugak this time tapi nangis tu more to nangis takut nak induce. I feel scared to induce because the doctor himself told me that induce tu sakit. He shouldn't tell me that! :( sambil tahan sakit pinggang tu, I selawat baca surah-surah yang hafal and dengar surah maryam. At this point I tak terfikir yang actually sakit pinggang tu is contraction.

Pukul 7 pagi specialist datang round ward. Dia seluk untuk check bukaan, alhamdulillah jalan dah buka 4cm! So doctor cakap "Good, you don't need to induce :)" happy nya tak terkata. So nurse suruh siapkan barang - kena bawak 1 pampers and 1 baju baby. Around 12pm - 1pm macam tu, nurse tolak turun labour room. Wehh dup dap sangat. First time nak bersalin ni!

I'm not sure about other Govt Hospital, tapi kalau kat Hospital Sg Buloh, 4cm je dah kena masuk labour room. Dalam labour room tu husband tak boleh teman. Nurse ada 2 orang teman. Nurse akan monitor kita so if you need help, panggil je nurse tu :)

Contraction makin lama makin sakit. Memang sakit ya amat la. If you ever experience period cramp yang teruk punya, macam tu la sakit contraction, or even more worse haha. Jangan risau, nurse akan tolong kita. Dia akan bagi gas kita sedut untuk kurangkan sakit. It does relief the pain but very minimal. Bila sakit tu dah makin bertambah, gas tu tak membantu langsung. Mengerang sakit teruk sangat sangat sampai nurse tu marah. Ye la kita first time rasa sakit macam ni kan. Habis semua zikir tak ingat dah sebab sakit sangat.

Lepas tu, nurse offer ubat lain untuk kurangkan sakit. Ubat cucuk kat peha. Ubat injection ni sangat membantu. Dia tak hilang 100% sakit tu tapi kurangkan sakit. So sempat la nak tidur. Sebelum tidur tu, I sempat tengok jam - pukul 5. Pastu zassss tertidur and terjaga balik rasa sakit sikit tapi rasa nak berakkkkk! Menjerit panggil nurse "Nurse saya nak berak!". Cepat cepat nurse tu bangun dari duduk and check. I heard she said "Nak beranak dah ni, panggil Doctor. Call her husband".

Doctor and my husband masuk labour room and nurse pun assist macam mana nak push. Sadly I tak reti push, habis merah padam muka bila push tak baby tak keluar. Tenaga semua dah habis sebab mengerang kesakitan tadi. Memang zero energy weh! Lepas tu doctor advise my husband to wait outside sebab she need to vacuum the baby out. Alhamdulillah dengan 2 or 3 kali push (lupa dah berapa kali) and with the help of vacuum tadi, selamatlah Muhammad lahir ke dunia. And not to forget, kena episiotomy ye. Tak sakit kena jahit, mungkin sebab I sedut gas tadi tu banyak sangat sampai lalok haha and tak rasa sakit kena jahit.

Okay sekian pengalaman bersalin anak pertama. Haha dah ada pengalaman, boleh buat yang terbaik lepas ni, inshaAllah. So far sangat puas hati bersalin kat Hospital Sg Buloh. The nurses and doctors baik je. Cuma sedih suami tak dapat teman masa tengah contraction tu. Mau dia menangis tengok kita kesakitan kalau dia ada hahaha.

Till then.