Motherhood: A Blessing - Chapter 11

So the day had arrived.... it was 4 o'clock in the night..... now the contractions were really painful.... we were recording everything.... they'd alloted me a nurse who was recording various readings.... she was every now and then asking me how are my contractions..... how was i feeling.... and everything.... she was asking me whether i want epidural or not(its a kind of medication which is injected in the spinal cord so that the lower part of the body doesnt feel anything)..... i said i can still bear the pain..... the doctors used to visit me every now and then..... they all said i am still 4 cm dialated...... i was worried.... the pains were getting unbearable and i was getting tired but after doing so much work i wasnt getting the result..... i kept on bearing till 6.30 in the morning when one of the doctors said" you dont want your child to see unhappily..... why dont u take epidural"...... i was so hurt by that...... i thought what the doctor was saying was absolutely true..... i want to see my baby happily...... why was i just bearing the pain unnecessarily and not taking the medication..... actually there were some side-effects of epidural and so i was so adamant upon it.....but then i thought that i am already so tired and exhausted..... so its better that i take the epidural..... i told them that i was ready..... they made the arrangements and called the anesthesiologist...... she injected the medication in the spinal cord and then after few minutes i wasnt feeling anything...... i could see the contractions coming and going on the monitor but i wasnt feeling anything at all...... when the doctor came she checked me and said i was 6 cm dialated...... with epidural it was getting easier..... but still the bag of water didnt burst...... it was 8 o'clock in the morning...... Ramanuj didnt sleep at all.... i was resting for the time being..... slowly and gradually i again started feeling the contractions..... but not that badly...... it was 12 o'clock on 27th of December...... the doctor said now they'll have to break the bag of waters since i was completely dialated...... she broke the bag and now even with epidural could feel everything...... i was in the pushing phase now..... i pushed for about 2 hours and 30 mins......I had 3 doctors, 3 nurses and a pediatrician around me......i held Ramanuj's hand and screamed loudly in pain" Hey Ganpati Bappa!!!"......

to be continued.....