Im so sorry that i have a query which is a bit irrelevant to the topic but I'm in dilemma.

How painful it is if without epidural? I'm still considering should I take epidural during that time?

Im so sorry that i have a query which is a bit irrelevant to the topic but I'm in dilemma.

How painful it is if without epidural? I'm still considering should I take epidural during that time?

Can't really say lah. It depends on individuals. Some say they don't feel a thing while others says they still felt pain. So it will depend on you later. Just keep the option open for yourself. But be sure to let your doctor know coz they won't give it to you once you dilate at a certain degree.

There are 3 option for you to handle pain, at least that was the case in the hospital I went to.
No.1 - Laughing gas    you can inhale this as much as you want to when you feel you can't handle the pain from contractions
No.2 - Painkiller injection (dunno the drug name)
No.3 - Epidurial

And yes, you can take all 3.

Perhaps you can check out this FB group about gentle birthing & hypnobirthing - https://www.facebook.com/groups/mygentlebirth/
Most mommies who went for these classes experience very little or no pain at all during birthing. They also shared their birth stories thr..no scary shouting stories and u will be surprised

Thanks a lot for your information.  If I'm afraid of the side effects and choose not to use any option, will it be dangerous for mom?

Hi all, I would like to share my experience at Gleneagles in 2013 with you all. We paid about RM7.5k for induction (baby was huge, delivered at 3.9kg), natural birth (assisted with forceps) + epidural + laughing gas (lots of it since my epidural didn't work, I could feel/move both my legs and pain the entire 7 hour since contraction started) and 2 night stay in a single room. Baby only had borderline jaundice so no need to stay extra nights. Is it normal to have such an expensive delivery due to induction?

My gynae was Dr Jean Woo, she's very knowledgeable/ experienced (she removed my fibroid few years back) but I must say she's not the most patient doc out there. She poke my water bag at about 1pm and my dilation was really slow. Hence I started pushing only at 9cm dilation after several hours. By then I was exhausted due to too much pain/ laughing gas and without food since almost 24 hours ago. She also suggested that I go into emergency c sec straight away but I just kept quiet as I wanted natural delivery. But the nurses were super helpful and motivating, they were cheering and encouraging me all the time, I wouldn't have done it without them!

My anaesthetist was Dr Lew. I am really scared of pain and disappointed that I had a lot of epidural + top up but none of it worked on me. Until today I am not sure what went wrong, even he told us himself after checking me that he didn't know why. So if you're really scared of pain and are going to deliver at Gleneagles, pls tell them specifically that NO Dr Lew. If not you might be traumatised like I did.

I think with a RM7.5k budget, you can really go for a lot of other newer/ better maintained hospitals. The rooms in Gleneagles are really old and definitely need some repainting work done.

Hi Yunarie,

May I know how long your pregnancy trimester was? With such a huge baby, is your pregnancy overdue by 42 weeks? My baby currently estimated due date would be around this week and the baby is huge weighing around 3.8kg after measuring his body size and weight. Went to Hospital Umra and the doctor say the baby is big and need to do cesarean instead of natural birth.

During your time, did your doctor advise you to do a cesarean? My wife wanted natural but seek 2 doctors' opinion, and they advised for cesarean because the pregnancy is overdue and the baby is too big. Not sure whether they just want to earn $$ from doing a cesarean instead of natural. 

Im so sorry that i have a query which is a bit irrelevant to the topic but I'm in dilemma.

How painful it is if without epidural? I'm still considering should I take epidural during that time?

My baby boy was born weighing 3.82kg, and we decided to proceed for elective cesarean instead of emergency cesarean at Hospital Umra Shah Alam. Total bill cost approximately RM4.7k.

Didn't know about this place until it was recommended by colleagues. Rating given: 8/10

Adv:
-Price reasonable.
-Friendly nurses.
-Room and facilities look new and clean.

Disadv:
-Need to wait quite long cause there always crowded.
-Lack of manpower, that sometimes their service is kinda slow.
-Difficult to find parking.

My next post I will share with you my experience switching from Colombia Hospital, to Hospital Kajang and ended up in Hospital Umra. Lol

How do you guys think for Dr. Chuah in Tong sin? We aim for natural birth. Or Dr. Tan Ee Ping from seri kembangan?

How do you guys think for Dr. Chuah in Tong sin? We aim for natural birth. Or Dr. Tan Ee Ping from seri kembangan?

Hi Lolie!

Congratulations!  Just wanna share with you on my delivery experience - I delivered at UMSC.

I was there last July, delivered my baby boy, naturally and very fast also actually.  I went to see Dr Siti at UMSC, and she's the calmest and nicest dr I've met so far.  I followed up at a private clinic though, and got referred to Dr Siti as I was a little adamant bout natural birth for my first baby.

The day I went for my last checkup at Wk39, Dr found out I was 3cm dilated, so she admitted me right away, we had fun in the room.  As UMSC is a private wing, there's only 3 delivery room.  Very comfortable, and equivalent to private hospital (I was supposed to deliver in Pantai Bangsar, confirmed, saw the delivery room but chicken out due to the many stories, and my personal dr don't want to deliver for me). Nurses in UMSC are also very friendly and helpful.  Experienced nurses too (old aunty nurses, young nurses, they probably see too many babies and deliver too many babies, lol).  They are also breastfeeding friendly, which helps, as they will push the baby in for you in the middle of the night if he's hungry.  If they think you need more rest, they will also make necessary arrangements.

It was a private room, in UMSC, mostly, it's all private room.  My hubby stayed with me throughout the 2nights I was there.  I didn't take any epidural, but had a episiotomy.  Recovery was ok too! 

My whole experience was very pleasant, if you'd like to find out more, do just pm me. 

However, the cost is not cheap.  Total cost of delivery was around 4.5k.  My friend who had an emergency, so she went to UMMC instead, only spent RM800.  Big difference in price, BUT, same treatment o!  If I'd known, I would have went to UMMC.  But I got no pink card, and I didn't have much time to wait in gov clinics for check ups.  So that was my trade offs.

Hope this helps though!  I was searching high low for information before delivery also, and thank goodness for mummies who share! 

Have a happy pregnancy!

I see Dr. Tan now for my check ups, 36wks+ now. Heard a lot of good feedback abt her and her delivery charges are quite reasonable, that's y I decided to switch to see her even though I need to travel at least 40mins to see her and the waiting time takes at least 130hrs. She's a pro-natural doc n supports Hypnobirthing. Took time to explain every single detail with u and to look at ur birth plan. I already got her delivery charges rate. Pm me if u want