Wednesday, May 8, 2013
8 weeks old
Time seems to fly. Baby is now 8 weeks old! I'm now waiting for him to learn to smile back. :)
Thursday, April 11, 2013
Monday, April 8, 2013
Birth story - Part 2
After everything's done, I was being transferred to my ward. Dear upgraded me from normal single room to premier single room as there were no more rooms available. Dear mentioned that he wanted to reward me for "saving" money on the bursting of waterbag and without the use of epidural. In addition, he was feeling "heartpain" to see me turning from normal to red to blue to black face when pushing the little baby out.
I was feeling very giddy on the day of delivery. Totally zero energy and my blood pressure was very low. Not to mention there's heavy lochia too. No appetite whatsoever.
At around 7.50pm, baby was roomed in for latching. Supportive daddy stood there and learned with me.. especially on the massaging of the breasts to prepare for latching. He said that he could helped me with the massage next time. :) So sweet.
I rested 3 days 2 nights at TMC... and I wanna thank all my friends and family who had taken the time to come and visit me. Not to forget, thank you for the gifts and red packets too. Our little one will be growing up strong and healthily!
A new life awaits us. No more nurses to help. No more sending baby back to nursery when we couldn't handle the baby crying. We have to do it ourselves. Learning from the scratch.
First few nights were terrible. Latching, cup feeding, pumping, baby crying, diaper changing etc.. although all sounds normal and routine - it was tough for me to handle. Lack of sleep was the main problem. I got emotional every now and then and cry and sob every time I touch on breast feeding issues. Low supply, inverted nip, sore nip, engorgement etc, it is not an easy journey. I felt like giving up but on the other hand felt guilty to have the thoughts of giving up. Sigh. Though hubby has been very encouraging, I still couldn't help it but feeling down and blue.
I was feeling very giddy on the day of delivery. Totally zero energy and my blood pressure was very low. Not to mention there's heavy lochia too. No appetite whatsoever.
At around 7.50pm, baby was roomed in for latching. Supportive daddy stood there and learned with me.. especially on the massaging of the breasts to prepare for latching. He said that he could helped me with the massage next time. :) So sweet.
I rested 3 days 2 nights at TMC... and I wanna thank all my friends and family who had taken the time to come and visit me. Not to forget, thank you for the gifts and red packets too. Our little one will be growing up strong and healthily!
A new life awaits us. No more nurses to help. No more sending baby back to nursery when we couldn't handle the baby crying. We have to do it ourselves. Learning from the scratch.
First few nights were terrible. Latching, cup feeding, pumping, baby crying, diaper changing etc.. although all sounds normal and routine - it was tough for me to handle. Lack of sleep was the main problem. I got emotional every now and then and cry and sob every time I touch on breast feeding issues. Low supply, inverted nip, sore nip, engorgement etc, it is not an easy journey. I felt like giving up but on the other hand felt guilty to have the thoughts of giving up. Sigh. Though hubby has been very encouraging, I still couldn't help it but feeling down and blue.
Sunday, March 31, 2013
Birth story - Part 1
Dear Pororo,
Now you have a name. Baby SK! You chose to come out on 12 Mar Tuesday afternoon. What a nice date~! Your birth weight was 3.025kg and measures 50cm in length and 33cm for head circumference. Very normal, average baby. :) Right now, you are week 2 day 5 old.
Let me back date on my birth story, since I have a little spare time now.. (Maybe after that I will need to take a nap coz I'm really sleepy)
Ok, here it goes:
I had my gynae checkup at week 37 and noticed that there’s a slight decrease in amniotic fluid. So the checkup for week 38 was brought forward 3 days from 14-Mar to 11-Mar (Thurs to Mon). During the week 38 checkup, baby was still safe, but we chose a date for induction 13-Mar (Wed). We didn't want the amniotic fluid to drop too much.
Dr Wong also did a cervix check and during that appointment she said that I was already 1cm dilated. Thus I may not need to be induce at all, but it all depends on baby. We returned home after that and then on and off, blood clots were seen throughout the day. I called Dr Wong and she said that it was normal to have blood clots after cervix check. But of course, if the blood clots kept on coming after a day, I will need to return to check again.
So, I felt very mild contractions in the middle of the night,. It was like menses cramp and thus I ignored it and went to sleep. I woke up around 6.30am again and the mild contractions were still there. Dear went to pick up mother in law from golden mile while I waited for him to be back and then decide on whether we need to go to the hospital. Diligently, I timed the mild contractions. They were consistently at 8-10 mins apart.
I told Dear about it when he returned and just to play safe, we headed off to the clinic. We reached the clinic around 9.30am where the nurses did the CTG for me. Mild contractions were still 8 to 10 mins apart. Dear was a little frustrated.. he thought it was another false alarm...until Dr wong came in to check the "happy" me. Before putting her hand in to check my cervix, she told me to induce on that day since I kept having blood clots discharge. She don't want us to keep waiting and worrying like, forever. LOL.
Tadah~ checked. Cervix dilated 4cm. I was in labour! How come there's no strong contractions? Dr Wong then asked me to go for a good breakfast and then proceed to admit to the hospital. Pororo was coming. Everyone's reactions towards me was "wah! 4 cm dilated still not pain and walk around happily ah"
10.30am. I'm in the observatory ward. Changed gown and got bowels removed. I'm supposed to wait for the doctor to burst my water bag, to hasten the labour.. but she took too long to arrive and my water bag self-burst at 11.55am.
12.30pm. Dr Wong arrived n checked, 5cm, fully effaced but contractions still 8 mins apart with bearable pain. I was transferred to the birth room. They were all hopeful and encouraging me not to take epidural.
2pm plus, the pain intensified, dear couldn't bear to see me suffer.. thus we asked for epidural. It was too late. I'm 6-7cm dilated. I was given laughing gas.
3pm, Doctor came to check again and I was 7-8 cm. Painful contractions at every few mins.. There was nothing much they could do. Not even pethidine injection. Laughing gas was my only friend. Seeing the distress us, Dr Wong decided to help by manually stretching my cervix to 8-9 cm. It was damn painful!!!
3.40pm, there was an urge for "passing motion". Nurse was there to help to push. I'm nearly out of breathe, I nearly gave up. But dear was there encouraging me. Dr Wong then came in shortly after I started pushing. I kept puking because I used all my strength and abdominal muscles to push. All my gastric juices were out. Yucks.
4pm plus, he was out. Dear was sobbing while being offered to cut the umbilical cord. So sweet. Priceless.
Doctor then proceed to deliver the placenta and the stitching was very painful. Piles were pushed out during the birth process too... swollen and painful.
That's it. He is out. We are a happy family.
Now you have a name. Baby SK! You chose to come out on 12 Mar Tuesday afternoon. What a nice date~! Your birth weight was 3.025kg and measures 50cm in length and 33cm for head circumference. Very normal, average baby. :) Right now, you are week 2 day 5 old.
Let me back date on my birth story, since I have a little spare time now.. (Maybe after that I will need to take a nap coz I'm really sleepy)
Ok, here it goes:
I had my gynae checkup at week 37 and noticed that there’s a slight decrease in amniotic fluid. So the checkup for week 38 was brought forward 3 days from 14-Mar to 11-Mar (Thurs to Mon). During the week 38 checkup, baby was still safe, but we chose a date for induction 13-Mar (Wed). We didn't want the amniotic fluid to drop too much.
Dr Wong also did a cervix check and during that appointment she said that I was already 1cm dilated. Thus I may not need to be induce at all, but it all depends on baby. We returned home after that and then on and off, blood clots were seen throughout the day. I called Dr Wong and she said that it was normal to have blood clots after cervix check. But of course, if the blood clots kept on coming after a day, I will need to return to check again.
So, I felt very mild contractions in the middle of the night,. It was like menses cramp and thus I ignored it and went to sleep. I woke up around 6.30am again and the mild contractions were still there. Dear went to pick up mother in law from golden mile while I waited for him to be back and then decide on whether we need to go to the hospital. Diligently, I timed the mild contractions. They were consistently at 8-10 mins apart.
I told Dear about it when he returned and just to play safe, we headed off to the clinic. We reached the clinic around 9.30am where the nurses did the CTG for me. Mild contractions were still 8 to 10 mins apart. Dear was a little frustrated.. he thought it was another false alarm...until Dr wong came in to check the "happy" me. Before putting her hand in to check my cervix, she told me to induce on that day since I kept having blood clots discharge. She don't want us to keep waiting and worrying like, forever. LOL.
Tadah~ checked. Cervix dilated 4cm. I was in labour! How come there's no strong contractions? Dr Wong then asked me to go for a good breakfast and then proceed to admit to the hospital. Pororo was coming. Everyone's reactions towards me was "wah! 4 cm dilated still not pain and walk around happily ah"
10.30am. I'm in the observatory ward. Changed gown and got bowels removed. I'm supposed to wait for the doctor to burst my water bag, to hasten the labour.. but she took too long to arrive and my water bag self-burst at 11.55am.
12.30pm. Dr Wong arrived n checked, 5cm, fully effaced but contractions still 8 mins apart with bearable pain. I was transferred to the birth room. They were all hopeful and encouraging me not to take epidural.
2pm plus, the pain intensified, dear couldn't bear to see me suffer.. thus we asked for epidural. It was too late. I'm 6-7cm dilated. I was given laughing gas.
3pm, Doctor came to check again and I was 7-8 cm. Painful contractions at every few mins.. There was nothing much they could do. Not even pethidine injection. Laughing gas was my only friend. Seeing the distress us, Dr Wong decided to help by manually stretching my cervix to 8-9 cm. It was damn painful!!!
3.40pm, there was an urge for "passing motion". Nurse was there to help to push. I'm nearly out of breathe, I nearly gave up. But dear was there encouraging me. Dr Wong then came in shortly after I started pushing. I kept puking because I used all my strength and abdominal muscles to push. All my gastric juices were out. Yucks.
4pm plus, he was out. Dear was sobbing while being offered to cut the umbilical cord. So sweet. Priceless.
Doctor then proceed to deliver the placenta and the stitching was very painful. Piles were pushed out during the birth process too... swollen and painful.
That's it. He is out. We are a happy family.
Sunday, March 10, 2013
Approaching
Dear Pororo,
How are you right now? In the last visit to Dr Wong, you didn't put on much weight (only 100g), and mummy didn't put on any weight at all. Dr Wong noticed that mummy was a little low on amniotic fluid.. so she had to push forward the appointment date next week from Thursday to Monday (which is tmr). She assured me that everything is fine, just that she wanted to play safe and not taking any possible risk.. so if you are still not coming out by then, I have to select a date for induction. We tentatively selected Wednesday to be the D-day.
You also gave me a scare yesterday. I was extremely tired yesterday. I was feeling giddy when trying to shop around to exercise more. I couldn't continue the window shopping and thus returned home to rest. In the evening, I noticed that there's a streak of blood in my discharge, but there was no contraction pain... only painless Braxton hicks every 20-25mins. I was getting nervous and daddy went ahead to pack his hospital bag, just in case. I rested early so that if you were really coming in the middle of the night, I need to have energy and stamina.
I woke up in the middle of the night for toilet break, but nothing happened. I slept through after that to the morning. Turned out to be a false alarm.
Just now we went to have breakfast and when I returned home, there was another slight brown discharge. Hm.. I understand that you are trying to give me signs and symptoms.. but these symptoms are getting me nervous! Are you coming?
Love,
Mummy.
How are you right now? In the last visit to Dr Wong, you didn't put on much weight (only 100g), and mummy didn't put on any weight at all. Dr Wong noticed that mummy was a little low on amniotic fluid.. so she had to push forward the appointment date next week from Thursday to Monday (which is tmr). She assured me that everything is fine, just that she wanted to play safe and not taking any possible risk.. so if you are still not coming out by then, I have to select a date for induction. We tentatively selected Wednesday to be the D-day.
You also gave me a scare yesterday. I was extremely tired yesterday. I was feeling giddy when trying to shop around to exercise more. I couldn't continue the window shopping and thus returned home to rest. In the evening, I noticed that there's a streak of blood in my discharge, but there was no contraction pain... only painless Braxton hicks every 20-25mins. I was getting nervous and daddy went ahead to pack his hospital bag, just in case. I rested early so that if you were really coming in the middle of the night, I need to have energy and stamina.
I woke up in the middle of the night for toilet break, but nothing happened. I slept through after that to the morning. Turned out to be a false alarm.
Just now we went to have breakfast and when I returned home, there was another slight brown discharge. Hm.. I understand that you are trying to give me signs and symptoms.. but these symptoms are getting me nervous! Are you coming?
Love,
Mummy.
Saturday, March 2, 2013
90% ready
Tadah~~~ Baby cot is finally up and ready for Pororo :) Did this with hubby this afternoon. I'm so happy! We got everything we needed and washed all baby clothes. The 10% shortage is just the tiny bit left, like learning how to use the sterilizer as well as sterilizing the breast pumps and bottles.. :)
After we "set up" the room, we went to mum's house to find the kids and also to pass 2 tops for little Yize we got for him at Isetan. Little Yize was very happy and co-operative today, to take a nice picture with dear. :) I like this picture. It just shows how my dear is getting ready to be a father himself. So sweet!
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
My Angel
Dear little pea,
How are you getting on? Daddy reminded me of you when we talked about the handphone charm that's dangling on my iPhone the other night.
We got the charm from USS at around Jan/Feb last year. It was a little angel. It was chosen as if it was representing you. You made us happy - the joy and excitement for new parents-to-be. Sadly, those happy moments didnt last for long. You and I were not ready, and you chose to be a real angel. An angel that is always watching us, sending us blessings from somewhere.
Some time in June last year, I conceived again. I don't know it is the old you, or a new you. All I know is that once again, you brighten up my life. Each and every visit to our gynae was a milestone for both of us, as well as your daddy's. You are special to us.
Just a few more weeks or a few more days if you can't wait, we will be holding you in our hands. The excitement, the anticipation and the stress that comes along with it - I feel like my emotions are secretly going on a roller coaster ride. I am glad that throughout this journey, there's someone who never fails to stay by me. He's none other than your daddy, as well as my beloved hubby.
Mummy missed you, little pea. Pororo is now coming to either replace you, or he is just the grown up version of you.
We will be waiting.
Lotsa love,
Mummy and Daddy
How are you getting on? Daddy reminded me of you when we talked about the handphone charm that's dangling on my iPhone the other night.
We got the charm from USS at around Jan/Feb last year. It was a little angel. It was chosen as if it was representing you. You made us happy - the joy and excitement for new parents-to-be. Sadly, those happy moments didnt last for long. You and I were not ready, and you chose to be a real angel. An angel that is always watching us, sending us blessings from somewhere.
Some time in June last year, I conceived again. I don't know it is the old you, or a new you. All I know is that once again, you brighten up my life. Each and every visit to our gynae was a milestone for both of us, as well as your daddy's. You are special to us.
Just a few more weeks or a few more days if you can't wait, we will be holding you in our hands. The excitement, the anticipation and the stress that comes along with it - I feel like my emotions are secretly going on a roller coaster ride. I am glad that throughout this journey, there's someone who never fails to stay by me. He's none other than your daddy, as well as my beloved hubby.
Mummy missed you, little pea. Pororo is now coming to either replace you, or he is just the grown up version of you.
We will be waiting.
Lotsa love,
Mummy and Daddy
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