斷裂,是反思的開始:一個樂於當產婆的婦產科醫師
從住院醫師訓練,到成為母親,再到幫人接生的產科醫師,漸漸體會到產科教科書中的「自然生產」一點兒也不自然,充滿父權體制對產婦的「控制」。2006年,美國婦產科醫學會在生產指引中建議限制使用會陰切開術(restricted use of episiotomy),John Repke醫師說:「我們必需小心,不要誤入讓醫學中的任何一件事變成『常規』的陷阱[5]。」於2016年美國婦產科醫學會再度強調,有許多方法避免陰道生產嚴重裂傷,而非常規會陰切開的臨床指引。2006年至2012年,美國會陰切開的執行率從33%降至12%[6]。威廉產科學教科書也開始建議限制使用會陰切開術。當然,改變的不只這些,還包括生產的姿勢、常規靜脈注射等等,教科書上的臨床技術建議都有改變[7]。2009年,世界衛生組織與聯合國兒童基金(英文全名World Health Organization/the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund, 簡稱WHO/UNICEF)提出的母嬰親善醫院倡議(Baby Friendly Hospital Initiatitve,簡稱BFHI英文全名)再版[8],強調生產方式影響日後母乳哺餵順利與否,所以在原本的十大措施之外提出第十一項母親友善(mother-friendly)生產措施,當中強調生產時能由母親選擇的人陪伴、生產時母親可以自由活動並可選擇自己喜歡的姿勢、生產時母親可以自由喝水和進食、避免不必要(常規)的醫療介入,提供非藥物的減痛方法等等。2015年從研究所畢業,思考模式改變之後,決定以「順勢生產」的實作,作為中年婦女二度就業的「逆襲」。2015年10月,協助好友小晨在家生產,是我實作的起點。
小晨落紅那天下午,我在台科大有個演講,結束演講回家準備兒子們的晚餐之後,我拎了幾罐啤酒進小晨家,在我到的十分鐘前小晨進了浴缸。拎著啤酒到浴室,開玩笑地問小晨要不要來一杯,聊沒幾句,小晨就進入產程最後階段說不出話來,寶寶作勢要出來了。探了探浴缸的水,覺得太熱了,問小晨有沒有要出來。小晨說她不想離開浴缸,那就要開始做水中分娩的準備了。因為過熱的水會消耗體力,確定小晨沒有要離開浴缸後,我開始將水溫調到接近體溫的溫度。隨著產程的進展,水中的血塊增加,還有一些排泄物。我想要保持水的清澈,一方面觀察寶寶的進展,一方面也預防寶寶出生後吸入。但是水這麼一進一出的,擔心擾動到小晨的平靜,在確定她不會被擾動後,我與助產老師美玲協助她度過陣痛的同時,也盡量維持水的清澈。這樣的時間,對在場的每個人來說,都是漫長卻又珍貴!大家同心等待寶寶的出生,當寶寶頭髮出現在水中飄動時,我指給先生阿火看,在小晨一直擔心自己失態叫太大聲的同時,阿火直說:「比我想像的好太多了!」
後來,小晨是在浴缸裡趴在邊緣生出寶寶的。當寶寶的頭順利娩出後,為了避免接觸到空氣開始呼吸,我低聲要小晨維持蹲姿不要站起來。再兩次收縮,寶寶就完全娩出了。攤開阿火之前準備好的大浴巾,助產老師美玲抱住寶寶交給她,初步擦乾後交到小晨懷裡。寶寶開始放聲大哭,活力滿滿,不用像在醫院那樣用吸球抽吸,也不用倒吊打屁股。我跟美玲老師還有阿火,扶起抱著寶寶的小晨,到床上去休息。「下一次,子宮再有強烈的收縮,就是胎盤要出來的時候喔!有這樣的感覺再跟我說。」一邊打理著小晨跟寶寶,一邊這麼跟小晨說。一段時間後,讓阿火幫寶寶斷臍。「好像在剪綵喔!」一旁攝影的鈺婷這麼說,整個房間充滿歡樂的氣氛。阿火斷了寶寶的臍帶後,就去開香檳,大夥兒一人一杯喝了起來。順產,本該如此歡樂。
小晨一直把寶寶抱在懷裡,擁抱孩子的催產素,讓子宮一直堅硬的收縮著,也讓人覺得在醫院產後,常規打一針子宮收縮劑的多餘。歡樂的氣氛中,沒人注意到胎盤其實早已娩出,連小晨自己都沒覺察,拿彎盆接的時候,預期還會有一陣血流出,卻是乾乾淨淨。在醫院產後立即拉下的胎盤,通常會伴隨至少200C.C.的血。胎盤娩出後,美玲老師提醒我檢查一下裂傷的情況。陰道是H型的,在不剪會陰的情況下,自然的裂傷,應該會順著H的兩隻腳裂,也就是會避開肛門。小晨的裂傷就是順著左側這支裂,1/4環形黏膜下第一層,腳不張開不去撐就會合回去的,要不要縫呢?內心掙扎著,也跟小晨與阿火討論,最後決定不縫,讓傷口自己癒合。對一個外科系的醫師來說,看到傷口不縫,根本就像把自己的手縫起來,但我忍住了。
首次的居家陪產經驗,讓我體認到「不做」比「做」有更大的擔當,「陪伴」比「監視」有更大的力量,「順勢」比「介入」有更大的耐心,「人性」比「科技」有更大的信任。大家常誤以為現在談「助產復興」,是一種不進步的想法。我想起很喜歡的日劇《仁醫》中,「回到那個年代去」,是南方仁開腦取出腫瘤的術後病人,抱著標本罐逃離醫院被南方仁逮到,跌入江戶時代前,對他說的話。江戶時代是怎樣的年代?在當代醫學訓練下,有一身外科好功夫的南方仁,回到江戶時代,施展得開來嗎?現代醫師如果離開醫院,跟一般平民百姓沒有太大的差別。這是受西式醫學教育的我,第二胎計畫在家生產失敗後的自覺與反省。如果一個產科醫師,離開醫院就無法接生,那麼西式產科學的訓練,是否就得跟醫院綁在一起?而這樣訓練出來的醫師,真正了解「自然生產」的「自然」嗎?南方仁在第一集中就有這樣的感慨:
未來,你也許不敢相信,我現在正在江戶時代。在這個做手術被認為是殺人的世界,沒有好的工具、沒有藥,我在這裡盡情地做手術—很簡單的手術,雖然沒有失敗,但這樣的手術卻讓我一籌莫展。
原來一直以來,手術的成功並不是因為我醫術高超,而是別人給我的,藥物、技術、設備、知識,沒有了這些,我只是個庸醫,一個連減少疼痛縫針都不知道的庸醫。十四年的醫生生涯,我沒有意識到這些,沒有意識到自己如此無力,還以為是謙虛,像我這樣的庸醫,還想要選擇有把握的手術來做,想想都覺得荒唐……。
助產師與婦產科醫師的關係,近年來總是因為性別的關係,而落入意氣之爭,處於競爭的狀態。如本文開頭提到的,一開始兩者可是合作關係呢!「生產」這樣獨特的女性身體經驗,更須要由女人的位置來發聲、來提問,去質疑男性建立起的西式產科學,並非客觀中立。
Hrdy的《母性:解開母親、嬰兒與天擇之間的歷史糾葛》(Mother Nature: A History of Mothers, Infants and Natural Selection),結合人類學、靈長類研究、演化生理學、昆蟲學、歷史學等龐大的科學研究成果,修正大家「母性天生」的想法。「我們女人並不是用甚麼人的肋骨作成的,而是多種不同演化遺留下來的綜合體,是10億年以上演化過程中留下來的成分組合,我曾靠腦內啡熬過分娩陣痛,就連這種物質也是人類與蚯蚓共有的分子形成的[9]。」我觀察到常常滿月大潮的夜晚,自然生產的產婦幾乎都是以破水為產兆來的。母親身體這個小宇宙裡的羊水,就跟潮汐一樣,與大自然連結著。當代醫學與科技,很多時候是干擾甚至是切斷這樣的連結的。如同Haraway在《猿猴‧賽博格和女人》一書所說的,「如何跨越那些分離我們的科學讓女人緊緊相繫?」,Haraway討論我們該如何設法在生產與再生產我們的生活時,不致全面仰賴控制與敵意的理論範疇和具體做法,提到生物社會的理論(biosocial theories)之所以把焦點放在生產,乃是基於一個根本的前提:以最表面的意思來說,人類是自己創造自己的,而工具中介了人與自然之間的交換。越演越烈的科技支配,讓我們對自然建立起一種異化的關係。如果我們可以去關注勞動過程本身,並重新建構我們對自然、起源與過去的感受,我們可以從工具返回到身體,在生產與再生產的生物社會條件中去認識身體。「我們的身體,我們自己」。女性主義學者重新取用了科學,以便為我們自己去發現,並定義什麼是「自然的」。我們手中握著一個人性的過去與未來。如此抱定特定旨趣對科學進行研究的取向,成若要認真看待科學論述的規則,但並不崇拜科學客觀性的物神[10]。我想,我們需要的是「性別創新」(gendered innovation)。來修正科學知識,讓女人緊緊相繫,也讓人類重新取得與大自然的連結。
「性別創新」這個計畫是由史丹佛大學歷史學教授Londa Schiebinger所提出,科學研究若納入性別,會展現很不一樣的成果。Schiebinger建議我們可以從兩個方向來著手:在科學與工程界發展性別分析的實作方法,以及提供個案展現納入性別分析之後的創新成果。分析歷年來,追求性別平等的策略包括「修補女性人數(fix the numbers of women)」,著眼於提升女性的參與。「修補機構(fix the institutions)」改變研究機構中的結構,增進職場的性別平等。現在提倡「性別創新」著眼於「修補知識(fix the knowledge)」,要激發科技研究納入性別分析[11]。若要在生產技術改革上實踐性別創新,女醫師人數近年已增加;醫學機構中的性別平等,還需要有更多的努力。而「修補知識」這件事情,就需要從更多的實作經驗中去累積了。
2016年結束8年全職母親的生活,重回職場,診所院長答應我做溫柔生產,但體制內沒有助產師的位置,我不可能每個產婦都像小晨這樣將自己化身為產婆照顧,於是興起了發展「助產師與醫師共同照護」模式的念頭,於2016年成立了好孕工作室,推行產前教育以及生產時助產師一對一的陪伴,到2018年成立好孕助產所,助產師的舞台才算架設完成。這一路建構的過程,2016年的丹麥行,給我非常大的啟發。那年與台北醫學大學醫學人文研究所施麗雯助理教授,一起到她的研究田野做訪談。在丹麥,助產師是接生的主力,生產場所無論選擇在醫院或是居家,都有完善以產婦為主體的照護方式。當生產出現「異常」狀況時,直接啟動醫師與助產師的共同照護。丹麥的助產學會有四百多年的歷史,而婦產科醫學會只有一百多年的歷史,所有婦產科醫師在受訓過程中,都謹守著專業的界限,「醫師介入低風險的生產,只會帶來災難。」是在丹麥訪談的婦產科醫師,不斷跟我強調的。
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2015年陪伴好友居家生產與接生,是阿萍醫師做溫柔生產的起點。
這五年來,從成立好孕工作室做產前教育,到成立台北市目前唯一的助產所,到協和婦女醫院建立起完整助產師與醫師共同照護模式。好孕團隊仍然繼續前進,尋求讓生產更美好的各種可能性。
兩天四堂課,是這四年來的總整理。思考模式的轉換、創業的歷程、接生技術的典範轉移、兩百多個新家庭用充滿愛與美的方式誕生,都將與大家細細分享,邀請大家來參與。
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who episiotomy 在 林思宏醫師 Facebook 的最佳貼文
「林醫師,你幫Janet接生呀?」
「Nonono.!..是George接生的!
從頭到尾都在搖滾區卻非常的專注冷靜!」
Janet Hsieh 謝怡芬 & George Young 真的是非常恩愛的一對夫妻
能參與他們的懷孕,生產,是件幸福的事
祝福你們
首先~要大大感謝大家的恭喜和祝福簡訊及禮物!其實到現在一切都還感覺很不真實,而我好像還停留在呆滯的狀態。我,的,天,啊,我真的是位媽咪了! George Young 我們有個兒子了!
(對了所以有人猜對嗎?是位男孩,10/11,凌晨2:37出生,3650公克,有大GG(像媽媽一樣man,哈哈!)
First of all, THANK YOU for all of the congratulatory messages, support, and presents! It’s been so surreal and I’m still in a daze. OMG! I’m a MOMMY!!! GEORGE, WE HAVE A SON!! @instageorgy
(BTW, anybody guess correctly? Baby boy, born Oct 11, 2:37am, 3650g, big GG (Takes after mommy. haha!))
現在我終於有時間可以稍微回顧,也同時想把這特別的分娩經驗分享給大家。
Now that I have time to think back, I wanted to share MY labor experience with you.
如何把寶寶生出來的101條守則:
How to deliver a baby 101:
先列出一個非常詳細的生寶寶計畫,包含以下需要事先想清楚:
自然產 v.s. 剖腹產
有打藥催生 v.s. 無藥
會陰剪開 v.s. 自然撕裂
是否寶寶一生出來就和母體肌膚接觸
是否保存臍帶、臍帶血
Write a very detailed birth plan. Include the following
Vaginal delivery vs. C-section
Medicated vs. Non-medicated
Episiotomy or natural tearing
Skin to skin afterwards or not
Do you want to keep the umbilical cord and cord blood for cord blood registry?
2. 小心翼翼地拿著那本生寶寶計畫並且沿長邊對著中線對折
Take that birth plan and carefully fold it in half, long ways, down the middle.
3. 再將紙攤開來
Open it back up again
4. 將紙的右上角往中線摺成三角形
Fold the top right corner down to the middle line, forming a triangle
5. 將紙的左上角往中線摺成另一個對等的三角形
Fold the left right corner down to the middle line, forming a matching triangle
6. 將你的生寶寶計畫(現在它應該是個紙飛機了)往窗外飛,然後和它揮手說再見
Fly your birth plan (now a paper airplane) out the closest window and wave byebye
哈哈。 well, 這個是我自己的經驗啦。
Haha. Well, that’s how it worked out for me in the end anyway.
生小孩之前,我們做很多研究,問了很多朋友然後跟我們的醫生 林思宏醫師 討論了。我跟George決定要用最自然的方式來生小孩, 用最少的醫療。 除非有緊急狀況或是必須的條件,我們盡量不要用催生、針筒、無痛藥或任何其他的藥物,也不想會陰側切或是剖腹。
Before delivering out baby boy, and after doing a lot of research and talking to numerous friends and our physician Dr. Jason Lin, George and I had decided that we wanted as “natural” of a birth as possible, meaning: as little medical intervention as possible. Unless there was a medical emergency or absolute necessity, we wanted no induction, no needles, no pain medication, no episiotomy, and definitely, no surgery.
不過很顯然的我們的寶寶很有想法,他有自己的一套計畫:已經41週大了他就是不打算出來(即便他已經有個超級大頭而且已經3700克),而且一點產兆都沒有!於是林醫師強烈建議我們催生。因此,在10月9日的中午,我們冷靜的打包好,吃飽午餐,非常平靜的前往醫院。這感覺好像是我們要去一趟三天兩夜的小旅行(嗯哼,最好是),但其實仔細想一想,我們的寶寶今天就要出來與我們見面這件事其實是蠻嚇人的!這是一種很詭異的平靜卻緊張的氛圍,好像我們一切都很有效率。
Well, our baby had his own plan. He (even with his big ol’ head and already almost 3700g) just didn’t want to come out, and after 41 weeks and not a single sign of labor, Dr. Lin highly recommended that we induce. So, on October 9 at noon, with our bags calmly packed, lunch eaten, we head to the hospital in a weird daze. It felt like we were packing for a 3-day holiday (haha! Yeah right!), but it was also so scary to think that we could have a baby TODAY! It was a strange calmness/nervousness. Almost like we were being too efficient.
其實坐上計程車後我們一度很想請司機回頭,並取消約診,然後回家繼續等。不過仔細想想又覺得,那,我們到底在等什麼?如果我們只是為了固執的等待陣痛自己來臨,卻因此造成拖延而產生很多不可控制的病發症怎麼辦?
There were moments in the short cab ride when we nearly told the taxi to turn around, cancel the appointment, and just wait it out. And then there were times when we thought, well, what exactly are we waiting for? What if we cause some complications because we were stubborn about waiting for contractions to start on their own?
每一位迎接寶寶來臨的準媽媽甚至準爸爸都會害怕自己的寶寶會在準備出生的前幾天因為受臍帶纏繞而窒息,或是寶寶會開始在媽媽肚子的羊水中便便甚而吃到自己的胎便,這其實很危險且容易造成感染,或是胎盤會開始失去功能等等。身為一位母親,妳就是會時不時的替寶寶擔心這擔心那,一切都是為了確保他/她能夠平安。
Every mother and even father has the fear that their baby will get tangled on its umbilical cord and stop breathing just DAYS before he or she is supposed to be born, or that it will start to poop inside and eat it’s own poop inside the amniotic fluid which can be very dangerous and cause infection, or the placenta will start will fail, etc etc. As a mother, you are constantly worried about that baby inside your belly and you just want to do anything possible to make sure it is OK.
所以,因為腦中有這麼多的擔心和顧慮不斷徘徊,於是我們乖乖的聽醫師的話,10月9日的中午12點準時到醫院報到,和飯店check in,喔不是,我是說我們的產房,並且真的開始面對催生這件事。
So, with these concerns and considerations in mind, we listened to our doctor and by 12 noon on October 9th, we checked into our hotel room, I mean, our hospital room, and started INDUCTION.
長話短說,38小時過後,我們的男寶寶來到這個世界。我絕對會說他是我們”美麗的男寶寶”!但你們真的見過寶寶剛生出來的樣子嗎?(George當時是搖滾區) 它當時並不是我認為最美的事物我必須承認...,它其實長得像異形啊!哈哈!
Long story short, 38 hours later, we have our baby boy. I would say our “beautiful baby boy,” but have you SEEN a baby when it comes out?! (George did at the business end). It is not the prettiest thing… it looks like an alien! Haha!
說真的我真的不知道如果沒有林思宏醫師、產房護理長王俐文還有其他護理人員、Holly及許多客服人員們的協助我會怎麼樣。生寶寶真的是件既美妙卻又嚇人的一件事,尤其當妳在分娩的這段期間只有感受到自己的無比脆弱,妳絕對會需要一個懂妳也懂妳的寶寶的團隊來支持妳:一個能不時監測妳和寶寶狀態的專業團隊,且具備充分耐心可以願意一一回答妳百萬種不可思議的問題。妳絕對會需要一個盡量能讓妳感到放心的環境,在這可能是妳人生中最不舒服的一天!(或者舉我為例,我人生中最不舒服的38小時!)
I honestly don’t know what I would have done without the support of Dr. Jason Lin, Wendy (our doula), and the rest of the nurses and staff at 禾馨婦產科-專業母胎兒醫學中心 . Having a baby is a wonderful, yet absolutely terrifying thing, and you feel completely vulnerable when you are going through labor. You need a team by your side who knows what YOU want for your delivery and for you and your baby. A professional group who is there to monitor you and your baby in case anything goes wrong, and who is also caring and supportive enough to answer all of your millions of silly questions. You need an environment which makes you feel as comfortable as possible, in what is going to possibly be THE MOST UNcomfortable day in your life! (Or, in my case, 38 LOOONG hours of my life!)
謝謝林醫師的熱情和專業,尤其在回答我們千奇百怪的問題的同時還能用一套幽默與邏輯來平息我們的不安。如果我真的要再做一次生產這件事,不用問,我一定會讓George來生...哈哈。不過說真的,我真的找不到第二人選來幫我的男寶寶順產接生。
Thank you Dr. Lin for your passion for your job, your professionalism when answering our questions, and your sense of humor to calm our nerves. If I had to do it all over again, there’s no question… I’d make GEORGE have our baby… Haha. But seriously, I can’t think of a better person that I’d rather have deliver our baby boy.
再來是護理長王俐文,妳真的是上帝派來的天使、我的救世主!妳陪伴著我和George最難熬的那幾個小時是我永生難忘!妳在我最艱困的的每一次陣痛幫我擦乾我的眼淚、用妳的笑容鼓勵我,幫我擠出那些痛、按摩我、跟我一起做骨盆搖擺運動,妳是我的意志力讓我堅持到最後。真的真的真的好感謝妳
And Wendy. Oh Wendy. You are an angel. A godsend. My savior! The hours that you spent with George and I during my most difficult moments will never be forgotten. You helped wipe away my tears, encouraged me with your smile, squeezed, massaged, swayed, and moved with me through all of my toughest contractions, and you kept me sane when I thought I couldn’t last another second. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU.
獻給那些即將臨盆的媽咪們,我不騙你,生產真的是我人生目前做過最嚇人的一件事!我從來沒有為一件事情如此害怕、緊張過。不過希望妳也可以一樣,有個很支持妳、照顧妳的家人和醫療團隊在妳身邊,也能像我一樣,順利地生出健康、開心又獨一無二珍貴的寶寶,妳們的寶寶!祝妳好運!加油!
To any moms out there about to deliver a baby, I won’t lie. It is the scariest thing I have ever done in my life. I have never been so nervous or scared about anything before. But hopefully, like me, you have an amazing support group and family by your side… and like me, you will also deliver a healthy, happy and precious baby. YOUR baby. GOOD LUCK. JIA YOU!
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原先我想像好萊塢明星一樣左手一個右手一個,身上再一個,爸爸那還有兩個~來個五胎組球隊~當然這曾是我愛死孩子的天真想法!
後來知道了一些現實面以及看過各種小惡魔的畫面後,決定兩胎真的已經很剛好了!很足夠!
但隨著年紀增長,越來越害怕各種改變與未知!一次又一次看到這種生產過程還有養小孩的過程~
我只能說: 但願我找到對的人,未來的老公能愛我很多很多!跟我一起加油~
首先~要大大感謝大家的恭喜和祝福簡訊及禮物!其實到現在一切都還感覺很不真實,而我好像還停留在呆滯的狀態。我,的,天,啊,我真的是位媽咪了! George Young 我們有個兒子了!
(對了所以有人猜對嗎?是位男孩,10/11,凌晨2:37出生,3650公克,有大GG(像媽媽一樣man,哈哈!)
First of all, THANK YOU for all of the congratulatory messages, support, and presents! It’s been so surreal and I’m still in a daze. OMG! I’m a MOMMY!!! GEORGE, WE HAVE A SON!! @instageorgy
(BTW, anybody guess correctly? Baby boy, born Oct 11, 2:37am, 3650g, big GG (Takes after mommy. haha!))
現在我終於有時間可以稍微回顧,也同時想把這特別的分娩經驗分享給大家。
Now that I have time to think back, I wanted to share MY labor experience with you.
如何把寶寶生出來的101條守則:
How to deliver a baby 101:
先列出一個非常詳細的生寶寶計畫,包含以下需要事先想清楚:
自然產 v.s. 剖腹產
有打藥催生 v.s. 無藥
會陰剪開 v.s. 自然撕裂
是否寶寶一生出來就和母體肌膚接觸
是否保存臍帶、臍帶血
Write a very detailed birth plan. Include the following
Vaginal delivery vs. C-section
Medicated vs. Non-medicated
Episiotomy or natural tearing
Skin to skin afterwards or not
Do you want to keep the umbilical cord and cord blood for cord blood registry?
2. 小心翼翼地拿著那本生寶寶計畫並且沿長邊對著中線對折
Take that birth plan and carefully fold it in half, long ways, down the middle.
3. 再將紙攤開來
Open it back up again
4. 將紙的右上角往中線摺成三角形
Fold the top right corner down to the middle line, forming a triangle
5. 將紙的左上角往中線摺成另一個對等的三角形
Fold the left right corner down to the middle line, forming a matching triangle
6. 將你的生寶寶計畫(現在它應該是個紙飛機了)往窗外飛,然後和它揮手說再見
Fly your birth plan (now a paper airplane) out the closest window and wave byebye
哈哈。 well, 這個是我自己的經驗啦。
Haha. Well, that’s how it worked out for me in the end anyway.
生小孩之前,我們做很多研究,問了很多朋友然後跟我們的醫生 林思宏醫師 討論了。我跟George決定要用最自然的方式來生小孩, 用最少的醫療。 除非有緊急狀況或是必須的條件,我們盡量不要用催生、針筒、無痛藥或任何其他的藥物,也不想會陰側切或是剖腹。
Before delivering out baby boy, and after doing a lot of research and talking to numerous friends and our physician Dr. Jason Lin, George and I had decided that we wanted as “natural” of a birth as possible, meaning: as little medical intervention as possible. Unless there was a medical emergency or absolute necessity, we wanted no induction, no needles, no pain medication, no episiotomy, and definitely, no surgery.
不過很顯然的我們的寶寶很有想法,他有自己的一套計畫:已經41週大了他就是不打算出來(即便他已經有個超級大頭而且已經3700克),而且一點產兆都沒有!於是林醫師強烈建議我們催生。因此,在10月9日的中午,我們冷靜的打包好,吃飽午餐,非常平靜的前往醫院。這感覺好像是我們要去一趟三天兩夜的小旅行(嗯哼,最好是),但其實仔細想一想,我們的寶寶今天就要出來與我們見面這件事其實是蠻嚇人的!這是一種很詭異的平靜卻緊張的氛圍,好像我們一切都很有效率。
Well, our baby had his own plan. He (even with his big ol’ head and already almost 3700g) just didn’t want to come out, and after 41 weeks and not a single sign of labor, Dr. Lin highly recommended that we induce. So, on October 9 at noon, with our bags calmly packed, lunch eaten, we head to the hospital in a weird daze. It felt like we were packing for a 3-day holiday (haha! Yeah right!), but it was also so scary to think that we could have a baby TODAY! It was a strange calmness/nervousness. Almost like we were being too efficient.
其實坐上計程車後我們一度很想請司機回頭,並取消約診,然後回家繼續等。不過仔細想想又覺得,那,我們到底在等什麼?如果我們只是為了固執的等待陣痛自己來臨,卻因此造成拖延而產生很多不可控制的病發症怎麼辦?
There were moments in the short cab ride when we nearly told the taxi to turn around, cancel the appointment, and just wait it out. And then there were times when we thought, well, what exactly are we waiting for? What if we cause some complications because we were stubborn about waiting for contractions to start on their own?
每一位迎接寶寶來臨的準媽媽甚至準爸爸都會害怕自己的寶寶會在準備出生的前幾天因為受臍帶纏繞而窒息,或是寶寶會開始在媽媽肚子的羊水中便便甚而吃到自己的胎便,這其實很危險且容易造成感染,或是胎盤會開始失去功能等等。身為一位母親,妳就是會時不時的替寶寶擔心這擔心那,一切都是為了確保他/她能夠平安。
Every mother and even father has the fear that their baby will get tangled on its umbilical cord and stop breathing just DAYS before he or she is supposed to be born, or that it will start to poop inside and eat it’s own poop inside the amniotic fluid which can be very dangerous and cause infection, or the placenta will start will fail, etc etc. As a mother, you are constantly worried about that baby inside your belly and you just want to do anything possible to make sure it is OK.
所以,因為腦中有這麼多的擔心和顧慮不斷徘徊,於是我們乖乖的聽醫師的話,10月9日的中午12點準時到醫院報到,和飯店check in,喔不是,我是說我們的產房,並且真的開始面對催生這件事。
So, with these concerns and considerations in mind, we listened to our doctor and by 12 noon on October 9th, we checked into our hotel room, I mean, our hospital room, and started INDUCTION.
長話短說,38小時過後,我們的男寶寶來到這個世界。我絕對會說他是我們”美麗的男寶寶”!但你們真的見過寶寶剛生出來的樣子嗎?(George當時是搖滾區) 它當時並不是我認為最美的事物我必須承認...,它其實長得像異形啊!哈哈!
Long story short, 38 hours later, we have our baby boy. I would say our “beautiful baby boy,” but have you SEEN a baby when it comes out?! (George did at the business end). It is not the prettiest thing… it looks like an alien! Haha!
說真的我真的不知道如果沒有林思宏醫師、產房護理長王俐文還有其他護理人員、Holly及許多客服人員們的協助我會怎麼樣。生寶寶真的是件既美妙卻又嚇人的一件事,尤其當妳在分娩的這段期間只有感受到自己的無比脆弱,妳絕對會需要一個懂妳也懂妳的寶寶的團隊來支持妳:一個能不時監測妳和寶寶狀態的專業團隊,且具備充分耐心可以願意一一回答妳百萬種不可思議的問題。妳絕對會需要一個盡量能讓妳感到放心的環境,在這可能是妳人生中最不舒服的一天!(或者舉我為例,我人生中最不舒服的38小時!)
I honestly don’t know what I would have done without the support of Dr. Jason Lin, Wendy (our doula), and the rest of the nurses and staff at 禾馨婦產科-專業母胎兒醫學中心 . Having a baby is a wonderful, yet absolutely terrifying thing, and you feel completely vulnerable when you are going through labor. You need a team by your side who knows what YOU want for your delivery and for you and your baby. A professional group who is there to monitor you and your baby in case anything goes wrong, and who is also caring and supportive enough to answer all of your millions of silly questions. You need an environment which makes you feel as comfortable as possible, in what is going to possibly be THE MOST UNcomfortable day in your life! (Or, in my case, 38 LOOONG hours of my life!)
謝謝林醫師的熱情和專業,尤其在回答我們千奇百怪的問題的同時還能用一套幽默與邏輯來平息我們的不安。如果我真的要再做一次生產這件事,不用問,我一定會讓George來生...哈哈。不過說真的,我真的找不到第二人選來幫我的男寶寶順產接生。
Thank you Dr. Lin for your passion for your job, your professionalism when answering our questions, and your sense of humor to calm our nerves. If I had to do it all over again, there’s no question… I’d make GEORGE have our baby… Haha. But seriously, I can’t think of a better person that I’d rather have deliver our baby boy.
再來是護理長王俐文,妳真的是上帝派來的天使、我的救世主!妳陪伴著我和George最難熬的那幾個小時是我永生難忘!妳在我最艱困的的每一次陣痛幫我擦乾我的眼淚、用妳的笑容鼓勵我,幫我擠出那些痛、按摩我、跟我一起做骨盆搖擺運動,妳是我的意志力讓我堅持到最後。真的真的真的好感謝妳
And Wendy. Oh Wendy. You are an angel. A godsend. My savior! The hours that you spent with George and I during my most difficult moments will never be forgotten. You helped wipe away my tears, encouraged me with your smile, squeezed, massaged, swayed, and moved with me through all of my toughest contractions, and you kept me sane when I thought I couldn’t last another second. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU.
獻給那些即將臨盆的媽咪們,我不騙你,生產真的是我人生目前做過最嚇人的一件事!我從來沒有為一件事情如此害怕、緊張過。不過希望妳也可以一樣,有個很支持妳、照顧妳的家人和醫療團隊在妳身邊,也能像我一樣,順利地生出健康、開心又獨一無二珍貴的寶寶,妳們的寶寶!祝妳好運!加油!
To any moms out there about to deliver a baby, I won’t lie. It is the scariest thing I have ever done in my life. I have never been so nervous or scared about anything before. But hopefully, like me, you have an amazing support group and family by your side… and like me, you will also deliver a healthy, happy and precious baby. YOUR baby. GOOD LUCK. JIA YOU!
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