Happy Birthday Calie / 生日快樂Calie

Finally Calie is on board! We are so blessed everything went so well and smooth. We have been praying everyday, and we thank god for this wonderful gift in our life. Everything that happened today was just incredible!

Yesterday my tummy was a little bit uncomfortable. It was like period pain but very mild. Eddie tried to massage me, and used a heat pad under my butt to make me feel more comfortable. I also did some child yoga poses to help myself feel better. Today we had our last appointment with our midwife at 10:30, so we went to bed around 2AM.  It was actually early than usual lol. Anyway, Eddie was already snoring but I felt like I needed to poop poop. I didn’t feel well. I sat in the toilet for a while but I couldn’t poop. I keep feeling contractions. It was like 10 mins frequency from 2 o’clock until 5 o’clock. During these hours, It was like serious period pain. I usually don’t have period pain so these period pains for me were not easy. I tried to breath and breath, and told myself to calm down. As birth class taught me, try to avoid the fear of pain. The fear might cause you to have less oxygen in your muscles. Your muscles will then become tense, causing increased pain. It is a cycle, fear > tension > pain. So, I kept doing some child poses and marjariasana poses. I also put hands on the counter and swing my butt side to side to avoid thinking of pain. I still wasn’t sure these were braxton hicks contraction or real contractions because the contractions weren’t very regular.

After 5 o’clock, I started having 5 minutes between contractions for 6 times. The midwife said if I have 5 mins frequency for a hour, I need to go hospital. However, I only had 6 times, it was just half hour. I was thinking…hmm…maybe it was a fake contraction.  Then, I finally laid down on the bed around 6AM but I still kept having contractions. These were 10 minute frequency contractions. I couldn’t sleep. I was using an app to record my contractions until 7 o’clock. A lot of blood started to appear. The contractions suddenly came every 2-3 minutes. I was seriously in pain. I woke Eddie and I told him I think we need to go hospital. In my mind, I was like if these are not the real contractions, I was thinking to still do a c-section no matter what because I was serious in pain.

Then, we arrived at the hospital after about 30 mins. Eddie parked the car directly at the entry. He said let’s check in first, and move the car later because I really needed someone to hold me. The check-in lady asked me if I need wheelchair because I looked like I was in a lot of pain.  I said I was fine. I still could walk. The labor room was on 3rd floor. Once the nurse checked me in, she said you’re opened to 9 cm already. Eddie asked if I could still use an epidural. She replied no, it was too late. “She is in labor. Baby would come in any minute.” I was like shit… I needed an epidural right away!!! Then, we changed to another room which had more machines. At that point, I heard my water break. Pop! No kidding! Lots of liquid came out. Our midwife came. She said honey you did awesome so far. She taught me to follow her instructions later. During the labor, Only the midwife, the nurse and Eddie were there to help me. The midwife was the person who told me when it was the time to push. Once she said it was time, the nurse and Eddie helped me push my leg towards my chest. The nurse, she was holding my foot. Once the contraction started, her voice was so encouraging. She was like” push push push pushhhhhh… almost almost outtttttt…omg…push push pushhhhhh…so close so closeeeeeee” lol… like a cheerleader. And Eddie used one hand holding my other leg and one hand holding my hand. He said he couldn’t believe where my power came from. I was squeezing his hand like crazzzzzy. So the labor was super smooth. Only took me 10 mins in 4 times pushes. I’m so glad it was only 4 times, I heard “Happy Birthday!!!” Yay I did it! They said I was amazing especially since I didn’t have any experience. Thank goodness!

Calie impressed me already. When they put her on my chest, she crawled to my nipple right away. Geez…that moment was seriously amazing. It was so touching between mommy and daughter. Hard to describe that feeling. You won’t understand until you experience it.

Happy Birthday my baby!

Calie終於出來了，這一年來我們每一天都祈禱，很感謝上帝帶給我們這一個完美的禮物，也很感恩生產的順利，對於今天發生的一切我們真的覺得很不可思議!

昨天我的肚子就開始有一點不舒服，很像經期來時那種正常的悶痛，Eddie嘗試幫我按摩，也拿了熱墊讓我坐著，同時我也做了一些瑜珈的姿勢，嘗試舒緩一些疼痛。今天我們10:30我們有最後一次的產檢，所以差不多2點我們就準備睡覺，比我們平常還要早一點點哈哈，Eddie躺著沒多久就開始打呼了，但是我卻覺得我有一點想上廁所想變便便的不舒服，於是我就坐在馬桶上一陣子但是卻沒有成果，這期間子宮一直不斷的收縮，我用app計算，從清晨2點到5點都差不多10分鐘的頻率，這幾個小時就像比較痛的經痛，我平常月經來時都不會有經痛，所以這幾個小時其實對我來說也不是太舒服，我嘗試吸氣吐氣冷靜面對，就像生產的課程裡學到的，要避免對於疼痛的恐懼，因為恐懼會讓你的肌肉缺氧，導致你的肌肉緊繃，反而讓你的痛感增加，所以我一個人在更衣間裡面不斷的做一些瑜珈的姿勢，像是兒童的趴式，或是把手放在洗手檯上左右擺動屁股，盡量轉移目標，等待規律的宮縮，但是一直都等不到。

到了早上5點，我有6次5分鐘的宮縮，我的助產師說如果5分鐘的宮縮有持續到一個小時，我就該去醫院了，但是我到這時候卻只有6次，也才半小時左右，我就想這該不會是假的宮縮吧!?我就這樣等到早上6點終於躺在床上，但是宮縮還是一直不斷的持續，後來又變成10分鐘的宮縮，就算躺在床上我還是無法入睡，我還是一直用app計算宮縮的頻率，直到7點，疑似落紅了，然後宮縮的次數瞬間變成2-3分鐘一次，疼痛變得更劇烈了，於是我叫Eddie起床，我跟他說我覺得我們應該要去醫院了，在我的心裡，我只有一個想法，如果到了醫院被退票，說這不是真的宮縮的話，當下無論如何我寧願開刀了，因為我已經痛到要扶東西深呼吸吐氣了。

然後我們花了30分鐘開到醫院，車子還暫停在入口處，Eddie說我們先上去等回再移車，因為我真的需要人扶我，在入口的櫃台小姐還問我要不要輪椅，可能我看起來很痛吧，我還回應她沒關係我還可以走，然後我們就搭電梯到產房三樓，一進去換好衣服，護士檢查，就說我已經開9公分了，Eddie還問說我可以趕快打無痛嗎? 她說不行了來不及了，寶寶隨時要報到了，我當下還有一點失落，好想打無痛啊!!! 然後我們換到另外一間有比較多儀器的房間，我躺在上面，瞬間聽到”波”的聲音，我羊水破了，真的不開玩笑，我真的感覺到”波”一聲，很多液體從下面流出去，後來我的助產師也來了，她一直說我很棒，在這過程中，只有三個人在我身邊，助產師、Eddie和另外一位護士，助產師就是指引我在對的時間用力，時機一對，另一位護士和Eddie就會幫我把腿推向我，那位護士，她應該有選過，她超會鼓勵媽媽的，她會帶給你滿滿的希望，像是她會說”用力用力用力力力力””接近接近接近啦….” “快要快要出來拉拉拉拉拉” 哈哈很誇張，像啦啦隊員，然後Eddie一手也負責扶住我另一隻腳，一手握住我的手，他後來說我把他的手握超緊，都不知道我哪來的力氣，總之生產的過程真的很順利，花了差不多10分鐘，聽指令用力4次，就聽到”生日快樂”!!! 耶我辦到了!! 她們都說我應該要為自己感到驕傲因為我真的很厲害，特別我這是我的第一次，我都沒什麼經驗，只能說真的感謝上帝。

Calie出生後就讓我對這小女孩感到驚艷，當她們把她放在我胸口，她就自己慢慢地動爬到我乳房開始吸了起來耶，天啊那瞬間真的覺得太神奇了，那刻對我來說真的是很感動，很難形容那感覺，真的有體驗過的人才有辦法體會了。

生日快樂我的寶貝!