I admitted myself at 11pm, went up to the ward, changed into gown and they will do the CTG scan to track your contractions as well as baby’s heartbeat. They will proceed to run through any medical history and issues then subsequently check for dilation as well as insertion of the first pill. If you cannot tahan the contractions, use the laughing gas. If you think you can tahan all the way till then epidural is not needed. After 3 hours I was wheeled to delivery suite where IV and epidural was given to me. I rest for another 2plus hours and they checked for dilation (7cm and my waterbag just broke at this moment) and taught me how to push. Final push was done by gynae. So overall admission to labour took 6 hours.
Janice Teoh