Wad Bersalin HSA – Forever Thankful (Part 2)

 


07.06.2025 – 37 weeks 1 day pregnant

Almost every day, nurses will wake all the moms at 5.30am to check dilation. They’ll put a wire on the tummy to monitor baby’s heartbeat and ask us to move our feet left and right if baby is still sleeping. Mine? Still 3cm today. No change. Haih...

I asked Guna to visit me in the evening because afternoon visiting time is too short. He said he wanted to bring Amma, but I said no. I didn’t want her climbing up and down stairs—our house is on the 4th floor.

So only Guna came. And another person who visited was Yati—my dearest friend and mentor throughout my pregnancy journey. I’m forever grateful for her. It’s not easy to get a friend like that. Love you, Ti. ❤️


08.06.2025 – 37 weeks 2 days pregnant

This morning, the nurse called me to the check-up room again. Still 3cm. Huhuhu… While waiting, a kakak next to me started chatting. It was her fifth delivery! She told me:

“Adik, akak ni anak kelima tau. Semua normal delivery. Petuanya minum air kelapa, jalan banyak-banyak. Nanti minta suami beli air kelapa. Minum tu!”

I nodded and smiled.

After the check-up, I messaged Guna. Haha. Told him to buy coconut water, roti telur, and cow milk tea for the evening. Around 4pm, he came with the food—and I finished everything. Burppp...

During free time, I did duck walks as Zaty told me. Between you and me, it was more like duck wobble. 😅

Let me tell you, the HSA wards don’t have ceiling fans. The wall fans—mostly not working. I sweated like hell. Almost every day I called Guna to complain. I couldn’t even sleep on the bed. Most nights I sat near one of the few working wall fans and dozed off sitting down.

My hobby during noon and evening time? Walking around to visit other rooms and chatting with fellow moms waiting for delivery. That was really fun and somehow comforting.

When Guna was about to go back, I would stand at the staircase to wave bye-bye. Until one nurse scolded me:

 “Gowri, bahaya berdiri kat tangga. Jaga-jaga ya.”

Aiyooo. I felt like a princess in that ward. 👑

The doctors and nurses treated me so well. I'm really lucky I chose HSA. Well... maybe not me—my baby chose it. She wanted to be an anak JDT, hehe.

This part so long already lah. We meet again in the next part, okay? ❤️


-GowriArumugam-

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