July 2004
This is when I discovered I was already four months pregnant. Super shocked! But I'm glad my hubby-to-be (@ that time) shouldered full responsibility. Guess other guys would be real jerks to ask me to abort the baby. Well, you may ask how come I discovered my pregnancy so late. I thought it was my usual gastric problem. Anyway ... there goes a shot-gun marriage ...

August 2004
My hubby-to-be & I had quite a lot of fierce argument over our simple wedding and other miscellaneous stuff. Understandable coz we were in a rush of time and everyone was under great pressure. Torturous period for me but there were more for me to come.
We held a simple Chinese wedding ceremony on National Day. Invited all my relatives & a few good friends of mine. Registry of Marriages on 10 August 2004, 14 months since together with my hubby. Very, very short but we really can read each other inside out. =P

September, October, November 2004
Enjoying the last few months of our 'er ren shi jie' ... hehe ... still had a lot of fights ... but no choice ... we are still learning to adapt. Think around September, my gynae confirmed with us that we are going to have a baby princess. I was supposed to be due on Christams Day ... but ...

December 2004
On 17 December 2004 ... my last follow-up consultation ... my gynae said that he'll arrange on 29 December 2004 0130hrs for induced delivery if my baby still doesn't want to come out by then. I actually asked him if we could wait till New Year Day but well, he said it isn't too good to keep the baby inside me. =P
Till Christmas Day ... I had no signs of delivery ... finally ...
On 29 December 2004 at 0130hrs, my hubby went to the hospital with me. I was waiting in the delivery suite. Think that was the doctor-in-charge for that day, she put a tablet into my vagina to so-call induce delivery.
But by 0800hrs, when my hubby had gone home coz he super tired, lolz, I was told to go to my ward as the tablet took only little effect as my cervix opened only 1 cm. -_- 'omg' Imagine it opens 1 cm by 1 cm ... when is my princess going to come out? *_*
Around 0830hrs, my gynae came, & I was told to go back to the delivery suite to burst my waterbag. *sHuddeR* How is it going to be like? Don't know. I wasn't suppose to eat but since I went into the hospital. But the nice nurse asked me to eat, else later no energy to 'push' ... lolz ... by the way, I was in KKH. So I went into the suite & my gynae burst the waterbag. Hot water started gushing out. Eeee ... & I can't move by then coz tubes were on my hand & parts of machine was attached to my tummy. The blue-black caused by the tubes took about 1 mth to heal. Anyway, I couldn't go anywhere & just lie down there waiting for all the pains to come. Lolz. The contraction pain became stronger & stronger especially when they increased the dose of the medicine transmitted to the tube into my hand. I was told if I wanted epidural, I'm supposed to tell them early. But I endured ... till 1500 hrs ... I can't stand it anymore. I asked for the breathing gas. It was around that time my hubby started to panic abit. Hehe. I started helping me to wipe off my sweat ... talking to me ... which was of no help. Ha. I started screaming around 1800hrs. The gas was of no use. It only made me drowsing, feel like sleeping but the pain was bringing me back. Torturous. Very, very terrible feeling. & my stupid cervix was opening so slow. Think it was around 8 cm by then but I've to wait till 10 cm ... that's what my gynae & the nurses said. Really felt like dying. Imagine I stay the whole day there & it opened only 8 cm. Go & calculate, 2 cm I still hv to wait how many hours? -_-
Finally, at 1930hrs, the nurse said that I can push (She didn't allow me to do that initially but I didn't care. Imagine you going to shit & someone stop you? I know it's gross but that was the very feeling at that time.), I was so happy. My hubby supported me in the correct position & I started pushing.
1940hrs: Think a few minutes time & my baby came out. A GREAT sense of relief for me ... really. Really don't know how to describe such agony. So boys & girls out there, please be fillial to your parents. They went through so much to bring you to where you are. =)
My friends asked me about the stitching. Well, that pain is nothing compared to the contractions experienced. So do I still want another baby? We'll see ... =P