- I think it's happening!
What is wrong with my eye?!
Wow, it's really not like the movies
[- 1, 2, 3, go!]
[OK, coming...!]
[Hello, baby!] [- Oh, my god!]
(music)
- I think my contractions are starting?
I'm so confused because I don't know what to look for
It feels different than everything I've felt, though
It's like a pain, pressure at the lower part of my... uterus
I don't feel anything in my back
but I know not everyone does
I don't know if this is just the start of it...
and it's gonna get... it's gonna intensify?
Or if this is something else and it's gonna go away?
It might be happening tonight
Whew! Good morning, I think it's happening
We're on the way to the hospital
I slept last night and...
this morning I woke up and I was still having some contractions
I wasn't sure if it was Braxton Hicks or it was the real deal
so my doctor... I contacted my doctor
and she said to just keep monitoring them
Took a bath
Ate breakfast
Did a bit of my makeup
and they're getting closer in time
and it's starting to happen really quickly and getting stronger
so I think this is it!
He's coming! [- Baby's coming!]
- He's SO punctual! This is his due date
Right in the morning, he's...
[- Good boy!]
[Punctual boy]
- Ohhh, man... it feels...
Like period pain
Last night, it felt like a dull period pain so I could handle it
but now, it's getting stronger
but it starts weak and then it slowly grows
That's how I would describe it
And I'm feeling it more in my back now, too, everywhere
Whew, I'm ready for that epidural
[ANAESTHESIOLOGIST: - Questions you want to ask about epidurals?]
- Just get it... just get it in me
How do you feel?
[TOM - I feel nervous]
[ANAES - Nervous about being a parent?]
[or nervous about the whole thing?]
- Nervous about what? Being a parent or the whole thing?
[TOM - The whole thing]
- This part?
[- and the following parts, the whole thing] - (laughing) Everything
[- because I've never been so close to an operation like that]
- Oh, really? [- Yeah, seeing everything]
[ANAES - The needle, used to feed this little tube in] [TOM - Mmhmm?]
[ANAES - The tube allows us to give her refills] [TOM - Mmm...]
[ANAES - Because the length of labour is unique]
[to this baby and to her]
[Relief is about 10-12 minutes away, okay?]
- So it's done?]
[ANAES - Yeah, I just need to stick things together, no needling]
[I've given you the first dose]
[I'm fiddling with lots and lots of paper tape and dressings]
- (laughing) Daddy Tom
[TOM - So many stuff]
- Epidural is in, I feel great
It actually wasn't that bad going in, that guy was so funny
Just the beginning, like, little prick
to get the initial numbing you feel a little bit
but it really wasn't as bad as I thought it would be
or as bad as it looks
And I feel nothing now
Like I'm completely numb from the waist down
I don't feel my contractions
My legs feel a little bit tingly and weird
We're at the labour room now
so this is where I will give birth
They did an examination which was a little bit uncomfortable
because they get their hands in there to check how dilated you are
I'm only 2 centimetres, so that means I have quite a ways to go
unless he suddenly progresses really quickly
So we're going to be here for a while
So we're going to order lunch now
and then keep waiting
The menu is quite big
There's... all different stuff
Western food, Asian food
There's even a hotdog and french fries
I like how at the bottom
They tell you all the allergens in it
and then also food that could help you produce breastmilk
Dessert...
So I think I'm gonna go for that
Lunch has arrived
So I went for fish, steamed fish with wolfberries
Papaya soup, red rice
And Tom went for chicken teriyaki
with red rice, soup, and there's some bread and apple juice
Yay!
[- Do you feel something now?] - Mhmm?
It popped? [- Your water is very clear, that's good]
- Oh, it's really not like the movies
I thought you would get sprayed in the face
(laughing)
[- If you want to have a look, you can see there's some water over here]
- Oh, yeah, I feel it now... the water trickling
Like you're peeing yourself a bit
My water is broken!!
What is wrong with my eye?!
Okay, eye's not happy... I don't know what's happening with that
After they broke my water, it's progressing really fast
I went to 7cm dilated in less than an hour I think
So they're trying to get my contractions up to par with the...
Syntosin (syntocinon) I think it's called?
They're trying to make them more regular and stronger
I'm feeling very shaky
I'm feeling a lot of pressure
But other than that I feel okay
like it's not painful, I wouldn't say
My eye became lazy
Like, it's not working, I don't know what that's about
Ummm... (nervous laughter)
My birth photos are not gonna be good (laughing)
Ahh, what is that?
So they think he's going to be here by this evening
It's almost 4 o'clock
so maybe within a couple of hours
Oh, this is happening so fast!
Pull... lift up my butt... see...
[DR - I'm waiting for the next contraction]
[OKAY, one, two, three... Go!]
[Yes! Stronger!]
[Yes, stronger, yes, yes, yes!]
- (whimpering)
[- Yes, it's coming, coming, coming! Don't give up!]
[One more! One, two, three, go!]
[Okay, good... One, two, three, push! Yes!]
[Stronger!]
[Stronger! Stronger!]
[Stronger! Here...]
[Yes, coming]
[One more... one, two, three, go!]
[That's good, one, two, three, go!]
- No more lines... so... [DR - Stronger, yes, stronger!]
[Stronger, coming!] - (whimper)
[TOM - Baby, are you there?]
[DR - Yes, good!]
[TOM - So... you are pr.. officially pregnant?]
[DR - Of course!]
[- 2-3 weeks]
[DR - Good, good, good, good, good!]
[Coming, coming, coming!]
[Coming!]
(heartbeat) [TOM - Oh, my god!]
- The heartbeat!
- I think the epidural is gone
Now it's here (a contraction)
[DR - I think this is helping you push]
[Knowing how to use power]
[Okay, one, two, three, go!]
[Stronger, don't give up!]
[You can do it!]
[Yes, yes! Coming, coming, coming, coming, coming!]
- (straining)
[- Yes, coming!]
[Yes, very good!] - (heavy exhale)
[- One more! One, two, three... Go!]
[Yes, go! Stronger!]
[Stronger!] - (struggling)
[- Yes, the baby's head, don't worry, don't be scared]
[Yes!] - (crying)
[- Yeah] - (whimpering)
[- Okay, slow down]
[Okay, one more, one more, one more]
[One, two, three]
[Yes]
[Good]
[Relax] [Wow] [Relax and open]
[- The cord is around the neck, that's why the baby doesn't feel good]
[Now, don't move]
[The baby is strong]
[There's quite a tight cord around the neck]
[Okay, one more!]
[Okay, two, three!]
[Yes, baby out...]
[Okay, okay, perfect, perfect!]
[DR - Hello, baby!] [TOM - Oh, my god!]
[DR - Congratulations!] [TOM - Oh, my god!]
[TOM - Oh, my god...]
[TOM - Hello!]
[TOM - Hello, hello!]
[DR - Yeah, we're helping him ... because there's some blood]
- He's so quiet still, is it...
[DR - Yeah, because there's some fluid (in the baby's lungs)]
(baby crying!!) [DR - Yeah, it's to help the baby recover]
[Okay, I'll help you to ...]
(cute baby crying noises)
[TOM - Cut here?] [- Yes]
[Keep moving...]
[TOM - Okay!]
[(in Cantonese) Oh, he's so small!]
[It's so small]
[Hello!]
[Hello!] - Hi!
Hi! [TOM - He's smiling already]
- Hello!
He's ours!
[TOM - Oh!] - You are ours forever!
He's looking at you!
[- Hey! Daddy's here!]
- Do you recognise him?
He's checking you out
[- (in Cantonese) Dad is here, speaking to you in Cantonese!]
[It was such a long journey, finally...]
- Yeah, for all of us. Thank you!
[DR - You did a good job, it's not easy]
[and your baby is strong!]
[You know there was a cord around the neck, it was quite tight]
[That's why the baby was a little-]
[We tried not to disturb you]
[but we knew that once you were pushing...]
[When you tried to push] - It gets tighter?
[- Yeah, tighter and the heart rate dropped] - Ohhh
[- Yeah, which means the umbilical was quite ...]
[the bloodflow to the baby is a little bit (unintelligible)]
[But he's very strong!]
[Once mommy stopped pushing and relaxed]
[Every time we would see the heart rate go back to normal]
- It'll come back (cooing)
[- So that's why I could still allow you to have the vaginal delivery]
[Some babies' heart rates cannot go back]
- so then you would have to do C-section?
[- Or I need to use the forceps]
(both laughing)
[Congratulations!]
- Thank you!
[Congratulations!] - Thank you!
[- Oh, my, my god!] [- Hi, grandma!]
[- Hi! Hi Daddy!]
- Babe? Bring the baby
[Yeah, bring the baby] [TOM - Okay!]
[NURSE - Let's go, where's my baby?]
(laughing)
[Okay, good!]
- Let's go! [- Let's go! We'll go to the nursery first] - Yay!
(laughing)
[- Yes!]
- He's sucking! Oh, that was fast!
[- It's quite... like, an instinct]
[So, the baby should suck on you but you don't feel ... ]
- Yeah... [- If you feel the pinching sensation...]
[That means the baby is not really sucking very, very deeply]
- Ohh
[- At least, we should not still see the base of the nipple]
[Or see the nipple]
- Ohhh
- So he's... doing ...
[TOM - He's so cute! So quiet!]