Would like to officially share that my baby girl, named Zoe, finally decided to leave my womb to see the world on 9/9/04 at 12:47pm . Baby girl weigh 3.24kg and 48cm long at birth.

Here's what happened on the exciting morning to noon of 9 Sep. (though the whole process was only 5 hours, sorry that the birth story a bit lor soh lah, tried condensing liao...)
 
Is this it?

7:30 am -
Woke up having the urge to pass bowel but nothing come out.  Was thinking if today might be the day cos been having such feelings for last few days and this was exactly how i felt b4 giving birth to my no. 1.
 
8:00 am -
Felt cramp like that comes and go.  Started to time it to observe the pattern.  Usually they last 30 secs and comes every 5mins... Was thinking, hmmm...
 
9:00 am -
After 1 hour of timing, started to sink w/in me that this might be the day, but still not sure.  sms my doula, Ginny, just to prepare her. She suggested i continue monitoring and she will check w/ me again by noon .
 
This MUST be it!!!

10:15 am -
Contractions lasted 45secs and more intense.  Decided to get MIL to pick up Ethan irregardless of whether if its labour or not.  Also called my dh wanting him to make his way home. 
 
11:30 am -
Am pretty sure that i'm in labour now... the next 1hour was really drama...
 
dh back home by now, ds also off w/ IL... Ginny sms to say she will make her way to my place by 1pm , but something w/in me knew that would be too late.  Hinted to her that she got to be at my place early, (in my mind, i mean NOW... at that point in time)... but SILLY MEEEE didn't make myself clear to her...  Anyway she said she will make her way, 1st home to get her labour bag, than to my place...
 
11:45 am -
Got myself kneeling on the cushion on the floor, and my upper body leaning on my rocking stool to help cope w/ each contraction... every time contraction starts, my dh use hot towel and place it on my sacrum area... what a relief, all thanks to G's suggestion... but still, i started to mourn to help cope w/ the pain... And after each wave, it was simply a relief for me...
 
Mucus plug also broke around this time... now I'M REALLY SURE... ITS TODAY!!!
 
I WANT TO GO HOSPITAL!!!

12:00 pm -
Keep having the urge to urinate but nothing come out... I suspected bb very low already and will be out real soooooon...
 
Somehow, i know i want to go to the hospital, but am not sure so still waiting for G to arrive...
 
12:15 pm -
Cannot tah han liao... Told dh we will hop into G's taxi.  G called shortly saying she arrived w/ the cab... dh and me quickly made our way down...
 
Next wave contraction started just outside my gate... really near unmanageable for me at that point, but i just kept telling out loud to myself while kneeling on the floor
 
"I can do it , i can do it... its no pain, it ok..."
 
WATER BAG BROKE IN THE CAB!!!

In the cab, the contractions were getting unmanageable, at one point, i told G i wanted epidural... but she kept encouraging me that i have managed well, and i'm nearly there, bb be out soon.
 
And during one wave, my waterbag broke, in the cab!!!... arrrrrgh.... that was the point when i started fearing the next contraction since i no longer have the cushion from the waterbag to help relief the pain... G encouraged me that the intensity of the pain has already built up to the point when i can definitely managed w/out the water bag...
 
well, true enough, the intensity wasn't as bad, but i kept having the urge to push the bb out.. next fear::: I DON'T WANT TO GIVE BIRTH IN THE TAXI!!!
 
Next wave... am literally screaming in taxi... G reminded me to "uh..." instead of scream, n that helped again... the cab driver was also very "gan chiong" now liao... :P
 
HOSPITAL

12:25 pm - (estimate)
G called Mt A to get the nurses ready for us... the moment we were there, I quickly hopped into the wheel chair in a kneeling position... next round of contraction have me screaming while at Mt A's reception and passage way... oopss... pai seh... think that's the ugliest moment of me and so many strangers were watching... and i must have scared any preggy women waiting there :P
 
Reached the 3rd floor where the delivery suites are, and next wave comes... by this time, can literally feel bb's head on her way out... feel really uncomfortable, i'm still on wheel chair, n the nurses seemed to be confused as to where i shld go...
 
The moment i reached the delivery ward, the nurses wanted me on bed, i insisted i want to go on 4s on the floor, and yelled at them that its in my birth plan!!!!
 
I was blessed w/ an extremely good midwife who let me have my way...
 
however, there was another confusion... Dr Paul still not here!!! (Ginny tried calling the hosp while on cab asking them to get Dr Paul, but they refuse w/out seeing me... sigh...)...
 
so gynae not here, who will catch the baby?!!!! The nurses actually thought Ginny will do so.... which of course G said its not w/in a doula's scope to catch the bb... ended up the nice midwife caught the bb and i heard my girl's 1st cry at 12:47pm on 9/9/4...
 
THE END.... phew!!!