I did tweet this and do a fb shout out last night, and i just couldnt stop myself from jotting it down here.
Yesterday, before going out i got hArith to go to the loo. He sat there for awhile but did not urinate. I told him to hurry up and he said “cannot come out, penis is asleep”
😀
Couple of hours back i saw on facebook a friend mentioned that doctor gave her dexa jab. She’s 27 weeks pregnant if im not mistaken. the moment i saw the word dexa…i had goosebump coz it brings me back to the experience i had with my pregnancy.
A lil history, i had prob conceiving my 1st pregnancy due to PCOS, i was given dexa tablets to help matured my eggs. I hope im correct coz from the handwriting written on my medication, it spells dexa to me. Anyway, i was allergic to it..which was kind of weird coz it was meant to be antihistamine (again, doctors..correct me if im wrong). So when i reached the labour room at 26 weeks of gestation and already 9cm dilated i heard doctors talking among themselves to give me dexa. i immediately told them…nope! i’m allergic to it…my face became red and bloated! thus they didnt proceed with it. I was told that the dexa jab they wanted to give me was to help matured my babies lung. but there were lil confusion there coz i told them i had the dexa tablets, then doctor said dexa only comes in form of jab, no tablet. but argument cut short coz im 9cm dilated and there wasnt enough ventilator for my triplets, so no time for arguments..sume tgh kabut calling other hospital with extra ventilator!
So we made do without the dexa n proceed with my labour the minuted they said “we have 3 incubators ready!!!” So that was what happen for my 1st pregnancy.
As for my 2nd pregnancy, since im already aware wat was contraction like, i tend to be more alert. It was my 32nd week of gestation n i felt exactly how i felt during my first pregnancy (in which i ignored previously). This time around I clearly remembered telling syauQi “u, rase sakit mcm dulu triplets”. It was early morning, 5-ish AM and we straight rush to hospital. Yup,I had contraction but not yet dilated. ayat doctor “tip of my finger” Then, heard doctors saying nak kasi dexa. Again i told them “nope, i’m allergic!” and they asked me how do i know im allergic to it coz what are the chances org dh penah try dexa. Told them the history of my 1st pregnancy and again doctor kind of dispute…tablet dexa? mane ade..dexa jab. after much telling all the info history of my 1st pregnancy and since im only dilated “tip of the finger” doctor suggested to give trial jab just below my skin to see any reaction. And after certain period of time..no sign of allergies, they decided to give me the dosage of dexa needed to help matured baby’s (uZAir’s) lung, just in case baby pops out at 32nd week. Alhamdulillah, it was just false alarm, uZAir managed to stay in the ‘oven’ up till 38th week, so he was a fullterm baby. Was so happy i need not go tru the experience of giving birth to premature baby again.
Fuh…that was a long mukadimah. Back to the fb shout out my friend did on dexa. I became so worried of her, fearing that she have to go tru early labour, she’s only 27 weeks pregnant. My mind started to recall back all the memories i had with the triplets. the daily trips i made to the hospital reading the machine and all. looking at their fragiler 760gram and 600gram bodies. That wasn’t easy for us. Each minute was crucial. If they are breathing well now, another minute they could suddenly stop breathing. Ni bukan case cam lets deal it day by day…it was like minute after minute. I could leave the ward seeing them nicely asleep, but the minute i step out of the ward, they might be having problem breathing. It wasnt easy for us to see our lil ones kena cucuk sini sana…but soon we got used to it, smpai kt kepala pun kena cucuk.
I remembered asking the doctor, what were the contributing factors i gave birth early. Of coz the number one answer was due to multiple pregnancy. The chances of my 760grm baby is not the same as chances of another 760gram single pregnancy. Through out the 4 months of daily visit to the ward (SCN -Special Care Nursery) we saw other parents who had the same fear and anxiety like us. It wasn’t easy. We even saw few babies who pass away.
Err..sungguh lari topic actually. The main intention i’m writing this is to share with other pregnant moms. Try not to exert urself too much. Some might say, but im feeling okay…that was exactly what i felt before going to sleep that night, little did i expect at 6am the next morning i was already 9cm. So ibu2 mengadung, jgn lah meloncah sgt… try minimize ur activity…takyah lah gi jalan2 holiday bagai. Its a different story if ur job demands u to travel…tu dah takde choice kan. Would u want to go tru such stress and anxiety, every minute pikir, will my baby go tru another minute of his / her life?
To all pregnant mothers, take good care of urself! if tetiba rase sakit tu trus lah gi hospital. biar lah false alarm pun, dpd pegi2 dh 9cm! (wah entry ni byk kali tulis repeat the word 9cm..hihi) Ye mmg boring if doctor suruh bedrest kt umah. TAPI lagi teruk if berbulan kena ulang alik hospital to see your small fragile baby / babies!
However it was indeed the most valuable experience we had, giving birth to miracles babies and seeing them now. Alhamdulillah
Gosh it’s driving us nuts being stuck within the four walls. cant wait to be discharged tomorrow insyaAllah. athirAh is running out of idea to create new activity to do. She was playing in the closet just now. Then she also used her imagination to turn the hospital bed into a playground slide. pApa had the bed incline, and she was sliding down although it was merely a slope. And during bathing time she became even more creative, got herself in the pail and seated nicely it in. An extremely mini pool i guess. She also tried putting her shoes on by herslef hoping that we get the hint “JOM BALIK”.
I read the newspaper today and it says now they will no longer admit those with H1N1 unless they fall under serious category (i.e with other health complication like heart problem…pregnant lady, and children) other than that they will just prescribe medication and remain at home. Yes, that’s difinitely better than being stuck here. With the medication, i dont think there’s much to be worried. Even for us, after taking the medication..the next day we are back to our usual self.
So korang jgn lar takut sgt bile dgr pasal babi punye selsema ni. Mende ni bleh cure (insyaAllah)…you can rely on the medication. Even the doctor said, it is just like any other flu. Now government dh takleh nk contain coz it is spreading…so they will giv u ubat and dok lah kat rumah, takyah stay kt hosp. Tak caya bacalah front page New Straits Time arini. My fren semalam masuk hosp sg buloh sbb positive gak, arini dh bleh balik. Doctor kasi ubat suruh balik, in fact doctor kate takyah quarantine pun, pakai mask pun tak perlu. Kawan tu pun dah segar bugar.
Korang jgn lar takut nk jumpe kami yer. Memang lah kami kena selsema babi..tapi takkan hina sgt kami ni smpai korang takut nk jumpe kami. Ke korang nk kami samak badan kami dulu. Kalau smpai macam tu skali baru korang nk jumpe kami..kami sanggup samak badan kami.
Kami plan nk buat b’day party…tapi takut lak korang tak sudi datang. Ade ker yg sudi datang?
p/s: korang update lar blog korang…saya dah kurang bahan bacaan ni…
24th June 2008:
At about 5am, suddenly i felt some discomfort…well it was more of a backache. The exact kind of pain that I felt during my triplets pregnancy (which I ignored and slept over it) and ended up I was dilated 9cm and ready to give birth at 26 weeks of gestation.
So this time around, I was more alert. I knew the pain was bearable but to avoid another premature baby…woke hubster up and told him about the pain. We went to the 24 hrs clinic at first..thought the doctor could roughly tell us whether I’m in early labbour or it is just another pregnant discomfort. But the doctor was like half asleep and was uncertain what to do thus suggested us to go the hospital straight. (according to him, just by scanning…it can’t tell much).
Although, I’m booked under D’sara Specialist, thinking that I might ended up in labour…we decided to go to University Hospital instead since our miracles bAbies were born and nurses there. So we rushed to the hospital Emergency Unit. Actually by the time we reached there I was no longer in pain…but since I was already wheeled in the emergency unit, we waited for the gynae to come and have a look. Oh…i was in fact having contraction (which I didn’t feel a thing). In fact my contraction was like twice every 5 minutes!
The doctor straightaway said that I need to be admitted and to be send to the labour room…I was like “ohh…noooo! not another premmie baby”.
In the labour room…they put the CTG machine on my tummy to monitor baby’s heart rate as well as my contraction. Oh apparently I was having contraction every 3 minutes but then again…i felt nothing. Doctor rushed to checked for the availability of incubator in case I ended up giving birth. They wanted to give me medication called Dexa which supposed to matured my baby’s lung (again, in case I ended up giving birth) but I told them I’m allergic to it. They find it impossible to be allergic to the medication coz that medication is supposed to supress any allergy. So they decided to give me a test dose, just under my skin and see if there’s any reaction. After an hour or so..there wasn’t any reaction. Thus I was given the first dosage of the injection. ( a total of four dosage to be completed). I ended up in the labour room till 3pm…cause i was still having contraction and was given medication to stop it.
I was then pushed to the ward upstairs and there I was stuck for 2 nites…
Why was I there for two nites? Coz I have to finish my 4 dosage of Dexa that was given to me every 12 hours.
25th June 2008:
Doctors did their round and came to check me. Guess what? I was actually still having my contraction. Did I feel it? Nope…I didn’t. I guess that’s explain why when I reached hospital for my first pregnancy I was already 9 cm dilated. Doctors said my pain of threshold must be rather high than. So they warn me…the minute I felt any discomfort..even the slighest ever, regardless even if it is tolerable, I still need to come to the hospital.
My Dexa injection completed at night and i was soooo looking forward to go home the next day. I miss my babies soooo much. All this while, they are never out of my sight. And there I was 2 nites without them.
Oh, pApa did a suprise for mOmmy. The second day pApa came with the babies to visit me…they wore rompers with printed picture of mOmmy and written on it “We miss our mOmmy!!!” Awwww….so sweet!
26th June 2008:
Early morning, doctors came to do their round. They asked me if there’s any pain. I told them…that I didnt feel anything even after being told I’m having my contraction. So they scheduled me for a scan to see if everything is okay. I was begging the doctor to discharge me.
Scan was done at about 3:30pm… i was crossing my fingers for everything to be okay. By the time I return to the ward…doctors have finish their roundings. And I was like “gosh…does that mean I have to sleep another night?!?!?!” The minute I saw a doctor I chased after her to inform I did my scan and please have a look at it. She said she will look into it but 5 minutes later i no longer see her in the ward. DAmn….felt like crying.
Then I saw another doctor, again I chased after her but she said she can have a look at the scan but have no authority to discharge me. Need at least a senior Medical Officer to do so. Few minutes later I saw another doctor, I approached him and asked..why no doctor came to see me. He said compulsory round is only in the morning, in the afternoon…they don’t see all patients. Only those they think need to be seen. I was begging him to look into my case. Almost crying! He was king enough, he assured me a doctor will look into it.
But soon after, the doctor lak dissapeared. And there I was crying on my bed……
Mom and Hanah came wiz my babies while pApa park the car. they caught me crying..huhu. Thus mom went to ask the nurse can I be discharge. Oh, the doctor that dissapeared was actually chasing after her lecturer to show my scan result. What a relief. Soon after, the lecturer came and said that I need to do a final CTG and if everything goes well…I may then go home.
Yabedabeduuuuu…things went well. And now I’m back, home sweet home!
p/s: stay tuned for another episode of story. Preview: A student doctor who doesn’t know triplets means THREE!!!
