labour issues

i have not been having peaceful night sleep. i always wake up a few times in the night and adjust my sleeping positions. its getting more uncomfortable by the day. my stomach is getting tighter and harder by the day. and in july, 'POP'!

anyhow, i have been thinking so much about labour. especially the pain. i been through so many blogs/journals/magazines/parenting books that i am even more confused and scared.

horror story #1
theres this fellow blogger who had her vagina snipped (all the way down to her anus) using scissors during labour to make the 'doorway' bigger for her baby's head. apparently, she felt the pain and heard the snipping sound made. she said it was possibly the most painful experience she ever felt!

horror story #2
from this parenting magazine about an epidural went wrong. this chinky lady had an epidural. somehow, the effect wore off and she was in the middle of labour. by that time it was too late to give her another epidural. anyhow, she was one of the few unlucky ones who had to suffer from side-effects of having an epidural which is long-term migrane. btw, this very woman almost bleed to death after her labour. her vagina stitches bursted open or something.

talk about drama and all that blood.

horror story #3
there's this malay lady who thought her water bag had burst and got her husband to rush her to the hospital. she and her husband was all panicky and screaming their heads off for attention, like she was dying. kept yelling, "air ketuban dah pecah. nak beranak, nak beranak!"

the midwife and the nurses rushed over and got her on the bed and to inspect how dilated she was. after taking one look, the midwife gave the woman a slap on her leg.

"air ketuban pecah ke babai! tu air mengalir tu sperma laki kau! dah sarat gini pun masih larat! pergi balik la!"

haha! ok, so story #3 is actually funny and not that scary. but it is horrifying if the midwife is MY mother.

i think if the doctor has to snip me wider open, after giving birth, i will develop a phobia for scissors.

on another note, the husband is coming down tomoro for a few days for work. so thats a hooray for me and the baby!