First day home alone with baby

So relunctant to wake up this morning ... coz today I have to bathe the baby all by myself. So worried that I cannot handle ... but I cannot lie on the bed and deceive myself :(

Today is my lucky day, I bathed her .. and she did not cry. Infact she is so quiet till I thought I might have strangled her thus she was not able to cry ... *paranoid* :p Infact .. while drying her with a towel after the bathe ... she SMILED at me ... I thought why she love me sooo much :p .. and know what happened???!!! She actually urinated on the towel ... aiyoh .. have to wash her *pi pi* again ... (luckily is only wee wee and not shit shit :P) ...

Baby Grace Full Month

Confinement lady went off in the morning but luckily that hubby wake up with sore eye, so in the end, he was on MC (at least someone is at home with me ... not me home alone with baby) :P

Baby was exceptionally *guai*. She spelt throughout the whole afternoon. In the evening time, we drove her to my mum's place to celebrate her full month :P .. she was really well-behaved. Even though its her feeding time already, she did not scream ... so relieved ...

Wonderful Birthday ... Thanks Lao gong!

This is the 2nd most memorable birthday I had with my hubby :p

24/07 (00:00am) : I received my birthday present from my dear hubby :D .. its a beautiful watch ... I will take good care of it this time .. will try not to bath with it :P

24/07 (02:00am) : In bed, lao gong showed me the birthday card he had created for me in this blog using his handphone ... I'm so surprised and touched ... *love you lao gong* .... no wonder he was still awake at this hour ...

24/07 (11:00am) : Someone pressed the door bell ... open the door is a dozen of red roses infront of me ... thanks lao gong (but if u self delivered would be even more romantic :P) .. so many surprises ...

24/07 (07:30pm) : Lao gong is back from work .. so happy to see him ... saw him bought a cake for me ...

24/07 (08:30pm) : Melissa & baby Tristan, Li Cheng, Celia reached our house and we had a great time together :D (actually wish to spent some 2 "persons world" time with my hubby ... but am so glad that my colleagues made an effort to visit me during my confinement and celebrated birthday with me ... thanks!)

Lao gong ... thanks for being such a gentle & understanding hubby and father ... u are so supportive and initiative when it comes to taking care of baby .. and at the same time .. so understanding for my emotions / impatience towards the baby ... Lao gong .. thanks and love you alot!

Our Happy Family

Happy Birthday to Lao Po!

29 June 2007: Baby has jaundice ...

So happy that we will be discharging soon ... but peadiatrician came in saying that baby got slight jaundice and we would need to sunbathe her for 8-10hrs (wow! so long hours!!!) naked when were were back home ....

But soon, nurse came in saying that baby's jaundice level was 10.8 ... had to stay for an additional day in TMC for phototherapy. Grace was then pushed back to the nursery room that very moment ... we feel so sad ... baby cannot go home with us :(

We went home without baby Grace ....

At night, we together with my parents and the confinement lady went to visit Grace at TMC ...

Does she look yellow?

28 June 2007: Still in Hospital ...

This day, I woke up very early. 7am ... coz I know that mother-in-law will come in very early ... feeling better ... can get out of bed slowly without help ....

I quickly wash up myself ... and before I can finish all the washing up .... my mother-in-law came *sigh* ....

Late morning, I saw hubby walked into the ward ... I'm so happy but puzzled too ... he was suppose to be at work *confused* ... he told me his boss granted him leave until end of the week ... I'm overjoyed! Hubby's presence at this period of time was very important :P

We decided to extend our stay by one more day ....

He stayed overnight with me (unofficial :P) ... I washed my hair that night (shhhh..shh) ... and we ordered McDonald's for his dinner (my supper) ... *yummy* ... Bedtime, we squeezed together in the single bed .... so happy :P

27 June 2007: Next day after delivery ...

02:00am: I was wheeled out from delivery suite back to my ward .... the corridor was very quiet .... am still shivering and feeling nauseas coz I'm having a slight fever .... vomitted again while I'm in my ward. Baby Grace was send to the nursery room ...

02:00am-06:30am: The epidural effect is wearing off ... i start to feel the soreness near my anus area ... my whole body is aching .... i can't sleep .... I feel sorrowful (dunno why) .... AND my dear hubby is snoring his way *anger* (actually thinking back .. he is oso very exhuasted ... he has been a great support throughout the entire birthing process :P) ... I waked him up ... scolded him (poor thing) ... and finally... he asked for some painkillers from the nurse and I managed to sleep ....

07:30am-10pm: After catching an hour sleep .... pple start coming in to visit me (*tired*) ... MIL, BILs, parents, hubby colleagues, my colleagues and my sisters ... I have no strength to get out of bed at all .. and must smile to entertain all visitors ....

10:30pm: This night ... i will have to spend the night alone in this ward coz hubby has to work the next day ....

26 June 2007: Delivery Day ....

26 June 2007, Our Happy Familee BIG day! I will be admitting to TMC for induction. Baby now is 40 weeks old.

7am: Suppose to check-in to TMC but we (me + hubby) is still stuck in CTE (super jam!!!) *panic*

8am: Reached TMC, settle all the admission process and I'm admitted to the delivery suite directly (I thought I can wait at my single bedded ward till delivery :P) ....

09:30am: I was on drip, induction process starting ... no pain yet .... determined to fight the contractions without epidural :p

4:00pm: Deliveried? No lah ... only 4-5cam dilated *jialet* .. so slow ... The pain was super intense (but I can't really remember the pain anymore) ... I was grabbing on to the oxygen mask dearly ... Dr. Cheng (my gynea) warned that the process may drag ... advised me to take epidural ... should I, or should I not? Money ... side effects ... procedure of epidural *scared* .... but the pain is really intense ... okay! take epidural bah ....

4:00pm - 09:30pm: After taking epidural ... No pain ... yeah!!! but 2 legs were totally numb ... cannot move my limbs at all ....

09:30pm: I started to shivered ... feeling nauseas ....

10:00pm: Midwivies changed 3 shifts already ... finally declared that I'm 10cm dilated ... but gynea is nowhere in sight ... midwives asked me to start pushing ... just listen to them .... but after pushing for 10mins no avail, midwives ask me to wait for one hour (huh? give birth also can wait one ... neber mind .. just trust them :p) ... they reduced the dosage for the epidural ... can finally feel my legs :p

11:00pm++: Dr. Cheng reached. I'm so relieved. The actual birthing process started ... Midwives asked me to make 3 pushes at every contraction ... and at the same time ... they were pushing my tummy with their hands too!!! Like that also can :p ... I used all my energy for the first 2 pushes .. and eat snake a bit for the 3rd push ... Dr. Cheng used forceps to *clamp* the baby out to make delivery faster for me ... very soon ...

11:47pm: Baby Grace is out!!! *finally* ....