Labour Room Drama 118

Knowledge is power inside the Labour room....

Hi Stella,

God will continue to bless the work of your hand. A colleague of mine introduced your blog to me and ever since then it has been SDK every morning. Lol.

Let me share my LRD, I got pregnant immediately after my wedding (hubby score the goal wella), all thanks to the almighty. From my first trimester to 40weeks everything was smooth and perfect, grooving my preggo status. At 41 week no sign of labour, no water breakage, no mucus or even blood, on my last antenatal visit, I was directed to see the consultant, who examined and told me to come back on the 4th day if still no sign of labour. Na so I carry my two short legs go house. After the 4th day, I saw nothing and went back the next day.



I was given a bed immediately, after going through my file, (hubby don dey panic already, him sabi look for trouble, but no get liver for tension). Na so I tander for the bed, beginning gist with hubby, we strolled, had lunch and dinner. The next day around 5am, the nurse woke me up to go have my bath that I will be taken to the labour ward by 6am. (Meanwhile, hubby had to sleep inside the car) . 

At 6am on the dot na the nurse carry me, meanwhile no show yet, as we enter labour ward, na I say to myself, you don come oooo. I was told to lie on the bed, drip fixed, induced and after 30mins of the inducement na the reggae start to play cos the blues don end. My hubby was not allowed to enter the labour room, cos of other pregnant women. Stella, na that moment I respect and obey my mother.


I was in labour for 9hours, na inside the pains and contractions na the doctor or matron go still come chook hand inside the VEEJAY. I will scream, shout, grab anything or person that i could grab, the contractions were coming immediately. 

At 9cm, na my boy move go side, when the doctor checked me again, story don change, my baby breeched at 9cm, I was told right there that I cannot deliver through VD, meanwhile hubby already had awareness about Cs. Immediately he was told and instantly he signed the consent letter.

That was how they rolled me inside the theater, I come dey scream, cos the contractions were getting stronger and stronger. The doctors were nowhere to be found, I was screaming on top of my voice, I wept, I cried….. the only thing I could remember, was the doctor telling me to bend so they could inject me. When I woke up, my baby was next me.


NB: please this is also to create an awareness on Caesarea Section (CS), having your child through Cs does not and do not make you less a mum. Many women have lost their babies, their lives due to ignorance. 

They see Cs as a taboo, an abomination and a crime. Please Stella, if there is anyway or means that you can create awareness or set up a forum please do. A friend of mine lost a baby because she and her hubby were ignorant of CS; she lost the baby and at the end still went for the Cs to bring out the dead baby.



*Sorry bout your friend's baby oh.The government also has a duty to play through it's health facilities to educate couples on CS and its advantages

Na wah oh,your baby was already moving,so CS is possible when labour has started?And i always argue that it isnt possible oh..

Knowledge is power.