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I realised i did the best in maintaining the blog for my first born. Subsequently, i slacked so much for my second child that i didn't even put in my birth story.

To be fair, i should start off with the birth story of Reagan which was 28 months later.

For my second child, i really hoped and wished for a natural beginning of labour. That is, water bag burst or even contractions start on its own. Another special happening for Reagan's pregnancy was i was reattuned for Reiki when he was a few weeks in me. At the same time, towards my end of pregnancy, i signed up for Reiki LEVEL 2 attunement which i knew i had to complete before the birth. I reckoned there's no way i would have any time for Reiki workshop after two kids. Fortunately, despite some episodes of contractions (which obviously were fake labour signs), i completed my Reiki LEVEL 2 and Reagan is a true Reiki baby.

After completing the LEVEL 2 workshop, there was another episode of contractions which made me so uncomfy that i had to go to the hospital. At that day, we (with Ryker) planned to have a stay-cation at MBS before having Reagan. We ended up with my bro and mum meeting us at the hospital who had to bring Ryker back. I was hooked up on the CTG for an hour or two to monitor for labour signs. The waves of contraction reflected its regularity on the graph but i was sent home due to no dilation. Damn! There goes my natural start of labour.

On the next gynae visit, i brought my graph and showed her. She commented that this is a graph of true labour if i had dilated! And said Reagan is a naughty boy!! Anyway, i did again mentioned about my hopes for a natural start. It was disputed after seeing my boy on the monitor. She said my boy is notoriously big. At this point of time, i really couldn't remember his weight. But she mentioned the most she would let me wait is till 39 weeks. I left the clinic crossing my fingers!

I remembered the last visit (it was a wednesday) before birth was 38.5 weeks. Still no good dilation. And his weight was already 3.5kg ( i think). I have to go for an induction the following Monday. I finally accepted my destiny of induction again. On the very morning, i bathed and found my mucous plug! It was huge and slimy. I'm like wow! At least some natural signs! lol.

I went in and laid down on the procedure bed, strapped on to the very familiar CTG monitor. Finally, the door creaked open and the next familiar person to my feminine parts came in. There she went inserting the artificial hormone pill while stretching my stubborn cervix! OUCH!!!

We went shopping at the nearby mall while waiting for things to happen. Unlike the first pregnancy, i wasn't having any cramps. In fact it was so symptomless that i thought i may need the second pill. With a little disappointment, we went back in the afternoon as asked, went through the same thing and waited for my cervix's evaluation. To my surprise, there was a 2cm dilation, sufficed for breaking of water bag! Phew! My cervix got persuaded nicely by the progesterone.

We were admitted the same afternoon but in a nice labour ward. All by ourselves, unlike my first time when there were 5 other women half dressed in distressed. The midwives were fantastic too. Really love my experience there. Despite trying to be a hero again, i requested for epidural the moment my bag of water was broken. This time round, i had a big group of Reiki 2 channels to send me energy at the same time and it kinda hindered my blood from being drawn by the nurse. She could not at all draw any blood from me. I must say i have being a perfect person to draw blood, never once failed being drawn so easily! End up i had to consult a senior mentor on how to resolve this. N it really did help! It was pretty amazing to see the Reiki effects.

With all the Reiki help, i managed to pushed out Reagan easily. So much smoother than me turning blue for Ryker. Dr Wong was so shocked the moment Reagan was received with her professional hands. She said, "Wow! Look at his size! You still want to wait some more!" The midwives and Yida went to the weighing scale excitedly, guessing the weight of Reagan. While doing the meticulous sewing, Dr Wong heard it's a 4kg baby! She turned to me and said imagine if i waited some more.... True... i'm at risk of him not able to come out naturally. But being so big the labour was so much easier and shorter. How can i not believe the helping hands of Reiki? Yida was definitely convinced. We thanked all the Reiki Channels that helped out!

I was abled to latch Reagan immediately and take pictures with all the medical professional this time round. =)