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This time last year, I had called my mum to return home because I was feeling funny and it felt like the baby was coming.
We got to UCH, straight to Emergency. I told them I could walk but they said lailai, I must be wheeled to the labour room.
The story unfolds. Stay tuned.
We got to UCH, straight to Emergency. I told them I could walk but they said lailai, I must be wheeled to the labour room.
The story unfolds. Stay tuned.
Got to the labour ward,busy place. Thankfully,my doctor was around so he came to examine me.
This was my first time of experiencing the examination thing so I screamed! The doctor said ah, didn’t you expect this,you are just starting o
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After every,I wasn’t dilated at all.
This was my first time of experiencing the examination thing so I screamed! The doctor said ah, didn’t you expect this,you are just starting o
.After every,I wasn’t dilated at all.
Then I was to be left for a while after an injection. If I slept afterward, it means it was fake labour, but if it was the real deal, sleep wouldn’t come.
My people, I slept off o
My people, I slept off o
After an hour or so, I was woken up with a woman’s screams. They were talking about how she had bled so much at the mission house they took her to earlier and uterus was ruptured. .
The doctors asked where her husband was and someone said he was downstairs praying.
The doctors asked where her husband was and someone said he was downstairs praying.
Doctors were livid. Like prayer where? Isn’t it the same prayer you’ve been doing since? Mr man come and get materials, we need to prepare your wife for surgery.
They gave the man the list and they were not friendly at all
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They gave the man the list and they were not friendly at all
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Me I pretended to be asleep because I overheard the doctor saying they would examine me again if I was up.
Emi ke, don’t examine me plis, I’m fine
Emi ke, don’t examine me plis, I’m fine
Morning came o, and I was taken to the ward to be monitored. Labour still didn’t come on.
Then someone called my mum aside to say the baby was quite big so she’d suggest we do elective CS. We then told the prof in charge and he said lailai, no indication so I better relax
Then someone called my mum aside to say the baby was quite big so she’d suggest we do elective CS. We then told the prof in charge and he said lailai, no indication so I better relax
This Prof. sent almost all the doctors to come and talk me out of it. Ah, they kept coming. Gave me so many reasons to not go for it because I’m a first timer and all.
At a point, he came himself and said mummy shouldn’t speak for me because I’m his patient and not mummy
At a point, he came himself and said mummy shouldn’t speak for me because I’m his patient and not mummy
We sha agreed that I’d come back the next week for induction if labour didn’t commence on its own. I was discharged and home I went.
My father in-law was just pampering me up and down . ( deliberately added this so you people can see that I’m enjoying).
My father in-law was just pampering me up and down . ( deliberately added this so you people can see that I’m enjoying).
I was discharged. Went home and kept walking round the compound like, this baby you must come o.
That evening , I went to pee and saw the mucus plug. Of course I knew what it was, thanks to plenty reading and learning.
Ran to my mum to show her and we started gearing up.
. That evening , I went to pee and saw the mucus plug. Of course I knew what it was, thanks to plenty reading and learning.
Ran to my mum to show her and we started gearing up.
Waited for labour pain to come and it didn’t. Next day, nothing happened all through the day.
In fact, I was still making calls to @stickswit , managing my friend’s wedding asoebi that she was sending to Ibadan.
Around 8pm, I started feeling funny.
It begins...
In fact, I was still making calls to @stickswit , managing my friend’s wedding asoebi that she was sending to Ibadan
. Around 8pm, I started feeling funny.
It begins...
I told my mum, she said we should start going but I said no. I didn’t want a repeat of the fake labour I experienced the last time.
So ,I decided to use my phone to count the minutes between the contractions. I did this till 11pm. ( hard babe
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So ,I decided to use my phone to count the minutes between the contractions. I did this till 11pm. ( hard babe
)
When it was past eleven and it was very frequent, I told my mum and she jumped up. Called my dad. And off we went!
It was dramatic because the security men in my neighbourhood had locked gate and they were nowhere to be found
It was dramatic because the security men in my neighbourhood had locked gate and they were nowhere to be found
We finally found our way through the other gate o and when we got to the hospital , they were looking for file while I felt like peeing. The nurses were shouting: Don’t pee o, don’t o
We went to the labour ward. Doctors were busy with someone who had a cervical cerclage done and still lost the baby.
I had met her earlier on the ward where we were beside each other. Very awesome woman. Hearing her screams was so harrowing, I almost forgot my pain.
I had met her earlier on the ward where we were beside each other. Very awesome woman. Hearing her screams was so harrowing, I almost forgot my pain.
She didn’t want anyone to come near her and she was really bleeding.She then saw my mum and said ah mummy,look at my life
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My mum was able to persuade her to allow the doctors to do their job so she’d stop bleeding.
I can’t say my labour story without remembering her
.My mum was able to persuade her to allow the doctors to do their job so she’d stop bleeding.
I can’t say my labour story without remembering her
I hope and pray that God answers her prayers and grants her children who will stay and be the coolness of her eyes.
Who knows, she may have one already?
Who knows, she may have one already?
One of the nurses came to examine me and said I was 2cm. Toh.
I was given that injection from the last time again and this time, there was no sleep.
Doctor came some minutes later to examine me, all my explanations that I was just checked fell on deaf ears. It was so painful.
I was given that injection from the last time again and this time, there was no sleep.
Doctor came some minutes later to examine me, all my explanations that I was just checked fell on deaf ears. It was so painful.
After all the checking and ripening he did, it was still 2cm.
Didn’t I tell you, doctor, didn’t I tell you that I was examined few minutes ago? Why make me go through this again almost immediately? Ehn?
. Didn’t I tell you, doctor, didn’t I tell you that I was examined few minutes ago? Why make me go through this again almost immediately? Ehn?
Toh. They said they’d come check in four hours o. Okay now, we dey here ( we no die here please, too expensive a joke at that time).
The contractions were getting stronger. More women were coming into the ward at differnt stages of labour and I was just there praying.
). The contractions were getting stronger. More women were coming into the ward at differnt stages of labour and I was just there praying.
I had told my people not to tell this man that I was at the hospital ( we were in different states). I wanted to do surprise paso for him and just say: “Hello, our baby is here”
Lewl!
He called me, I didn’t pick. He kept calling my mum and SIL who were both with me.
Lewl!
He called me, I didn’t pick. He kept calling my mum and SIL who were both with me.
This thread is getting longer than the popular long thread we all know. I’m sorry.
I had a very long labour process and you people must understand how long it was
. I had a very long labour process and you people must understand how long it was
