10th January, I arrived at the KLGH at 3pm thinking that I would be in labor anytime soon. Unfortunately, the doctor in charge told me that my cervix had only dilated be another cm after 5 hours, hence they would need to induce my labor. However, it was a hospital policy that only a specialist will carry out that procedure and that this procedure is only done in the mornings, therefore I would need to be admitted and wait until the next morning before the next action is being taken. So Leslie had to leave me in the ward and return the next day for Gregory's birth.

At 7pm, hell began to break loose for me, the 10 times greater period pain came and never left. I could not sleep, could not lie down, sitting was just as uncomfortable, while walking helped to distract me from the pain. So throughout the night of 10th January, I was walking up and down the ward, distracting myself from the pain as I watched other mothers to be go through their own kind of pain while others nursed their newborn. Honestly, I must thank God for the nurses, they were really fantastic, they said the right words and did the right things to help me ease the pain. I would not know if I could have survived the night if not for them.

At 6am, the doctor checked my cervix again and told me that it had dilated for 4cm and she could send me to the labor room. So the nurses prepared me, gave me my breakfast and brief me of the long day ahead and told me to call Leslie to come before wheeling me into the labor room. For the very first time, I felt scared. As the nurse wheeled me, I felt emotional and wanted to cry. After having waited for so long, my son was finally going to be born, but was I really ready?