Comedian Park So-young revealed she nearly had to go to the emergency room about a month before giving birth.
On the 31st, a video titled "Delivery D-31 | almost went to the emergency room at dawn... happened" was uploaded to the 'Jubu Dwaessoyoung' channel.
That day Park So-young turned on the camera after visiting the hospital with her husband Moon Kyung-chan. She said, "I was so shocked yesterday that I was out of my mind. It was Sunday and I know that curry doesn't sit well with me, but yesterday I really wanted curry so I ate it. After eating, my stomach felt bad as expected so I went to the bathroom and felt like something was coming up. I was straining and maybe because of the abdominal pressure? I felt like I suddenly got wet," she explained.
She continued, "When I looked, the front half of my underwear was completely wet, not with discharge but with something like water. Until now there had been slight leaking as my due date approached, but this kind of gush was the first. At that moment I couldn't think of anything and I called my husband and said, 'If this is amniotic fluid right now or if it's just because of temporary abdominal pressure and it's coming out, I don't know. Just consider the possibility of giving birth.' I called and then asked people who had given birth what to do. Some said if it keeps coming you should go to the hospital, and some said if you're very anxious call the emergency room, so I called the emergency room at the maternity hospital I attend," she said.
Park So-young said, "I went without thinking, but just in case it might not be possible, I called first to ask and they told me, 'If this is amniotic fluid, it won't be a single gush but will gush again after some time and you'll have the feeling of fluid flowing even though it's not your intention. If so, come to the emergency room immediately; if it's stopped then it should be fine.' Then about an hour passed and that gushy feeling didn't come back," but she admitted she searched a lot on her phone because she was worried.
She said, "Starting from amniotic fluid tests. I know there was nothing wrong with the rest of my body because there were no further incidents, but yesterday the fetal movement was unusually strong, not normally strong but so intense it felt like it would burst through, so I wondered, 'Is the baby uncomfortable?' and I was anxious all day. Although there was no further gush of fluid, there seemed to be pain and all my attention was on my belly. So I kept searching and watching YouTube, looking for videos of people who delivered at 33 weeks. I thought that if anything happened again at dawn I'd have to go to the emergency room with my husband, but fortunately nothing happened through the night and dawn. After the gush I just lay in bed; lying down calmed me down a bit," she said.
She added, "Fortunately today happened to be the day I had a hospital appointment, so they did an ultrasound and the amniotic fluid looked black. If the black had decreased a lot they would do an amniotic fluid test, but the amount was appropriate and the cervix was well closed, they said. They also said that while the amount is generally normal, it is a bit more than that of typical mothers. Then they asked, 'Has fetal movement been strong lately?' I said, 'The day before yesterday and yesterday the fetal movement was extremely strong,' and they explained that when there is more amniotic fluid the baby has more room to move and moves more vigorously, so that's why the movement was like that. Fortunately the amniotic fluid was more than enough, so they didn't do the fluid test but disinfected once just in case. After checking, they said that was also normal," she said, revealing there were no particular problems.
Park So-young said, "Because I had been spacing out my hospital visits, I wondered how Meri was doing, and previously I said I had been breech and we were considering delivery methods, but when the doctor checked he said, 'The head has moved down.' He said the pelvis was fine and at the last hospital visit the baby weighed 1.4 kg, but in almost three weeks Meri exceeded 2 kg. I've been eating so well lately. No wonder my belly used to stick out only forward but now it's sticking out to the sides too. As the amount of amniotic fluid increased the uterus got bigger, so maybe that's why. Walking is harder and I get out of breath a lot these days," she complained.
She said, "I really thought extremely, 'What if I give birth tomorrow?' and it was so scary. So I thought, 'I should pack the delivery bag.' If I were to give birth tomorrow, I haven't even done laundry or anything. How would my husband manage? If I had to go to give birth tomorrow? I heard some people pack their delivery bag from 30 weeks, and that's really true. After 30 weeks the baby might come when it wants to. This week I'm going to do the laundry and pack the delivery bag. I shouldn't be letting my guard down. I thought I'd pack at 35 or 36 weeks, but that was a foolish idea," she said.
On the delivery method she said, "I'm undecided about whether to have a cesarean or a vaginal birth, but I'm aiming for a natural birth and will decide based on the baby's condition; if it's not possible I'll consider a cesarean, and both are scary. So I can't decide yet. For now I'll go with nature's course and, with the thought of trying for a natural birth, starting today I'll properly prepare the delivery bag," she explained.
Park So-young said, "Now about six weeks remain. I'll do my best without letting my nerves down until the day our Meri is born. Everyone, don't forget to register 119 and from 40 weeks I have a lot to do. I need to hurry. If I space out and do nothing, I'll have to go give birth without having done anything, so I'll spend the time I can in advance," she vowed.
Meanwhile, Park So-young married former baseball player Moon Kyung-chan in 2024. After preparing for in vitro procedures, the couple announced a natural pregnancy in February of this year and received many congratulations.<
[Photo] Jubu Dwaessoyoung
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