Enough Angels...

I was doing some 'housekeeping' on my phone and came across some 'souvenir' pictures from my 3 week stay in hospital...

This is one of the machines which I was strapped to 24/7. It was used to monitor my eart beats per minute (BPM). A normal adult's BPM is around 80-90 but mine was 124 at that time due to the medication (Salbutamol) that I was on to control my contractions. The other number on the monitor is my oxygen saturation level (99%).

This 'plug' was where the Sambutamol was 'fed' into my body. The location of the plug had to be changed every 3 days and the Medical Officer who inserted it for me didn't do a very good job cos other than causing me a lot of pain, my blood spilled over onto the blanket and bedsheet!! I wasn't amused AT ALL cos she literally caused a bloody mess.

Yet another location of the plug.

CTG or Cardiotocography... Another machine that I was strapped to during the entire hospital stay. It was used to monitor little bun's heart rate as well as the frequency, duration and intensity of my contractions. Mark is now a self-taught expert in reading the 2 charts, the one above is little bun's heart rate and the one below tracks my contractions. The little peaks indicate when I am having contractions and the higher those peaks are, the more intense are the contractions.