My and Bubba Taluli's Very Detailed Tumor removal / CS Birth Story

It was June 5 and I was really feeling intense with the baby pushing your vagina and all, it was very uncomfortable lying down and doing anything. Afternoon is where I saw my blood pressure rise from 120/80 to 130/90 and come night time shot up to a 145/90 with headaches. That's when I decided to send an SMS to my doctor saying that my blood pressure shot up to 145 with a head ache she advised me to go ahead and go to the hospital.

Upon arriving they take my BP and I was placed under observation in the labor room for 11 frickin hours to see if my BP would stabilize and as soon as it did, 11 am, My OB-GYNE pops in and says, best option is Cesarian Section and it will be done in 2 hours..so that's 2 pm. I did not want to take a risk in waiting for labor because my BP might elevate further and it can cause harm for either me and the baby. I had a condition called Pre-eclampsia.



With no food and drink for 11 hours I begged if I can at least take a sip of water I thought after operation I will be fine I can eat.

I have never had an operation before so you can imagine the fear that I have that I had to talk my self out of it was a tug between fear of death and fear of death so I just went all in on the operation option.

2 PM comes and this dude, apparently my OB-GYNE's husband comes to me as a funny Chinese dude saying he can cut me up he was taught already to do so since my OB is late. Blah Blah Blah talks warming up before the operation I was introduced to another OB GYNE that was included in the case team because It's a Tumor Removal/ Ceasarian section and she needed an assistant so they can do it fast and the faster they do it the less bloody it's going to be.

2:30 PM the Anesthesiologist gives me quadrant shots of something and a shot of what I am guessing

is an epidural and I was numbed from waist down.After which I started to panic I told my doc and he gave me a shot of Morphine. After the Morphine was given I was in deep heaven man, Anes told me I was like partying and shit while they took care of my operation, kept on telling him it was the best drug ever and where can I get it and shit like that, it was hilarious. Then I had snapshots of OB showing me my Ovarian Cyst, we were shocked to know that it wasn't just 5 cm at all, it was 5 , 5 cm thick I touched it and it felt like breast implants, possibly benign but they will still check it to see if it's cancerous or not. I will find out on Monday. They also showed me my baby..they had to hurry though because she was telling me I already lost 1 litre of blood.

4:30 PM I come in to the recovery room still drugged up hooked on a BP monitoring machine and was instructed to just stay still and NEVER turn from side to side not until 11:30 PM due to some routine after being anesthetized. They also told me I will be brought back to my room once I can already move my toes and lift my leg up.

So for 3 hours we wait and in the middle of it they bring in my baby boy to suck in my breast and get
my colostrum which I think he did.

So 6:30 PM I come up to my room, still Grogs as heck and drugged up I noticed I had a catheter, I was thinking, hmm.. another first time.

Knocked out till the next day.

Pedia shows up in the morning, tells me my baby is a strong healthy boy and showing some great vitals great Apgar Score and I just don't know what she was talking about but I was very happy that Taluli is healthy. She also did ask me if I want to room him in now, which I was too weak to answer so I delayed and told her that I'll just do it tomorrow.

After the birth I had such anxiety that I had to fight until now. I processed my feelings as to why I did not want to room her in and decided to have a wash up after my catheter got removed at 12:00 PM and went right ahead and told the nurse to bring the baby up and have her room in with me.

As soon as the baby came right in, mixed feelings of Euphoria and a greater deal of anxiety started rolling in. I did not really know how to take care of an infant and felt very alone and helpless which I did not like because I thought I always got it together. It was an intense fight within. It was the post partum depression kicking in. I am very blessed to have gone through deep and dark depression in my youth that once the familiar feelings of self doubt and distrust started to kick in and before it had to get me down, my years of therapy, training and emotional development helped me sort the feelings from reality slowing down the reaction time. I was stressed out not because of the operation but because of the deep dark anxiety I have to fight while this baby thing was going on. Sure enough, one great look at Bubba Taluli  and sniffing at his sweet smelling  baby scent made the tough choices against negative feelings disappear.

And so back to the rooming in story (Gosh, Drama!) the nurse pops in and starts to yap about newborn care and instantly my eyes crossed and I felt overwhelmed. It was a good thing that my sister Patty, videotaped everything so I would have a recollection of it when I am already sane and relaxed at home. Still unable I asked Patty my sister who took up an RN in college to take care of my baby while I cannot and she happily obliged.So as the nursed left the baby cries and is hungry and I had no water and bottles cleaned so we had to rush and get some baby thing soap
to wash the bottles with and that Mineral Water for the babe and we started feeding it.

I was very thankful to have a helper around. She stuck out in the wee hours feeding the bub while I tried to recuperate and escape the fragility of the situation by resting up so I can hold it up in the next few days.

Monday June 9 is when we left the hospital. I was blessed with a great team of doctors and an OB GYNE, Dra. Virginia Go who graciously took out the Tumor along with the C-Section when other doctors will take advantage of on separate situations. She helped me through everything making sure I had a smooth operation and a worry free birthing experience.

Dra. Virginia Go's Clinics are M-W- 3-5 PM and Sat. 2-4 PM at The Medical City Ever Commonwealth,  T-TH 4-8 PM, Sun 1-4 PM at The Medical City Sm Fairview, Healthway at SM North Edsa on Tues- Sat 11-1 PM and Thursdays  - 1-3 PM, Centralle Medical and Polyclinic Camarin Rd. Caloocan City MWF 11 am-2 PM and Marikina Valley Medical Center at Saturdays, 4-6 PM.