http://www.jbabiesinthedaisies.com/2012/10/learn-to-sing-record-your-song-in-studio.html
Go to this link to see what my mummy blogger kaki did for her 10 years anniversary .. so damn sweet la...
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Holiday
just a convo over dinner...
I was telling Trev how I suddenly miss spicy food, was telling him we should do a thailand trip or something. I swear its gotta do something with my friends posting thai food on FB, makes one salivate. But Trev was like "since when u like bangkok?" Well although I may not be a fan of the city, food actually appeals me loads more. The last we flew off to bangkok, it was a disaster for him hahaha, it was in bangkok, he realized my princess syndrome. Y? coz I hate to shop in the sun!! some wheres abouts CTC market I was going insane with the weather... keke. Yep every since then he vowed off hot and shopping places. I didn't do well in bali and penang either.
So I did surprised him when I said to go on a trip, his question was" with or without the girls?" me: "without of course" I will go insane in such terrible weather with 2 kids... I did some googling and am keen on W hotel which will be opening soon. I just need to peace out in a nice place, seriously doesn't matter if the husband is on a business trip or leisure. I am not a fan of shopping for threads in their shops, so its just food and chill out. He was like "whenever u are ready" I was like "hey shall we get aunty(nanny) to come in to bb sit for us?" awesome idea or wat!!
I spoke to aunty and she was amazed by my suggestion; like she say "u have so many people in the house to help u and u need my help" I was hello, u look after I can go on holiday in peace ma, bb nights feeds etc... she quoted me a great price and Trev is very keen on our idea. Its crazy I know.. now we just need to book my aunty for she is sooo busy.
In the mean time, if dates don't work out, I'm sure you all know what I will do. Book a ticket and fly off with Kate; I mean I am so capable of doing this - It is no longer a surprise... just that I do need to find a place I am really keen on going. A country did pop by recently and I may do a surprise Japan if I really really cannot take it. Clean, fresh foods, sanitized streets... just nice for a baby
At this point, life is still bearable.
I was telling Trev how I suddenly miss spicy food, was telling him we should do a thailand trip or something. I swear its gotta do something with my friends posting thai food on FB, makes one salivate. But Trev was like "since when u like bangkok?" Well although I may not be a fan of the city, food actually appeals me loads more. The last we flew off to bangkok, it was a disaster for him hahaha, it was in bangkok, he realized my princess syndrome. Y? coz I hate to shop in the sun!! some wheres abouts CTC market I was going insane with the weather... keke. Yep every since then he vowed off hot and shopping places. I didn't do well in bali and penang either.
So I did surprised him when I said to go on a trip, his question was" with or without the girls?" me: "without of course" I will go insane in such terrible weather with 2 kids... I did some googling and am keen on W hotel which will be opening soon. I just need to peace out in a nice place, seriously doesn't matter if the husband is on a business trip or leisure. I am not a fan of shopping for threads in their shops, so its just food and chill out. He was like "whenever u are ready" I was like "hey shall we get aunty(nanny) to come in to bb sit for us?" awesome idea or wat!!
I spoke to aunty and she was amazed by my suggestion; like she say "u have so many people in the house to help u and u need my help" I was hello, u look after I can go on holiday in peace ma, bb nights feeds etc... she quoted me a great price and Trev is very keen on our idea. Its crazy I know.. now we just need to book my aunty for she is sooo busy.
In the mean time, if dates don't work out, I'm sure you all know what I will do. Book a ticket and fly off with Kate; I mean I am so capable of doing this - It is no longer a surprise... just that I do need to find a place I am really keen on going. A country did pop by recently and I may do a surprise Japan if I really really cannot take it. Clean, fresh foods, sanitized streets... just nice for a baby
At this point, life is still bearable.
Sunday, October 21, 2012
Sisterly love
here are some overdue photos of the girls..
V has been amazing with her, with loads of hugs and kisses and then there will be days of jealously. This is especially so when K gets cranky and needs to be carried. But V is slowing understanding the concept of drinking and cuddling to sleep. But the words that comes out can be pretty harsh like " I hate my bb sister, only know how to cry" hahha its funny la, I don't see the need to correct her at this point and her vocab are limited and going all out to explain hate is a harsh word is way too complicated. Nanny has been really patient teaching us about sibling rivalry, she allows V to visit the BB is her room at any point. We were thinking it may disturb them, but nanny was really careful and told us to allow V to visit to minimize any jealousy. It worked really well, V doesn't feel the need to compete with her sister for attention. We all still give V her the attention 1st then the baby, if I'm latching, I will tell her after her milk I will go to her. But most of the time I am in my room and so she doesn't feel it much. Coz to her mummy is sick lol.. but most of the time I am just being lazy and recuperating.
Just yesterday I was in the hall, helping V play some games to help her collect coins so she can buy nice furniture for her cafe. I was ignoring K's cries as she is going through her 3rd week growth spurt and has been wanting to be carried.
V: Mummy, go and carry my baby sister ah. Cry and cry
Me: don't want, let her cry... I'm playing your game.. u go and check her
V: *rolling her eyes, Busy ah mummy
Me: with what?
V: eating, cannot see? chinese sausage very nice u know * waving her chinese sausage in her right hand
me: so? cannot check?
V: Aiya, bb sister only want milk, milk, milk. What can I do? *wagers her left hand like a mak nek nek
The grands has been AMAZING with V, loads of outings to distract her. The helpers entertain her daily to allow me to sleep. Sometimes I think God makes me sick with the blood clot to make the adults remember that child birth is a major thing. If he didn't do that, I believe I will be up and about trying to do everything myself - being such a hands-on person. I think its a illness sometimes, but hey its a great breather watching from a back seat.
was sick...
this confinement is really odd.. I got the flu no thanks to the husband who came back coughing his lungs out and in the end I got the fever. *crap
I been meaning to blog, but I have been busy with stuffs with I will share in another post. Then came a dip in energy, some work that I have to complete, a dip again and then bam the flu. So my nanny has banned me from TV, lappie and HP. Yea she told me in my face, no more... lol So I decided to listen and really no laptop for a week or so.. Tv was slightly hard coz I use that to sleep and Hp I control.
We paid Dr Han a visit again yesterday for I had the fever, sms him and he got me to visit him at the clinic. Thank god it wasn't any complications from the delivery, all cleared...uterus has shrunk back with no clots, stitches are cleared, boobies are not congested, but I did complain about migraine. Its been nagging and so we are monitoring if its the after effects of the epidural or the washing hair myth. So I have 3 weeks to monitor the trend and sms him before I visit him, just to see if I need a appointment with the anesthesiologist. Its just synflex and panadol for the next few days, I hate to be eating so much meds. (So I am just controlling the pain and not eating) I thank god every day for an awesome Gyane that looks after me like a private patient. Serious, I just have to sms him and walk into his clinic, his nurses are amazed that I have his private no. We just think he works too hard and he gets little treats from us when we visit, I did tell him that I am NOT KEEN TO SEE HIM IN ANY TIME SOON.
V has been a darling and coming to the room to check on me and peeling the meds from the blister packs. I did tell her after I deliver that once I can finish that HUGE bag of meds that KKH gave me after I deliver that I will up and about. She has been really patient about it. Its been the 2nd time, Trev and her has moved out of the room and allow me to sleep alone with the fan. I just need to sweat it out, the big type. Yea so the energy has upped this type round, lets see how long it lasts.
I really am very well looked after, u must see me - I'm glowing. It just that I have so many things I wanna do hahaha. Anyway I have dropped everything and decided to enjoy the confinement.
I been meaning to blog, but I have been busy with stuffs with I will share in another post. Then came a dip in energy, some work that I have to complete, a dip again and then bam the flu. So my nanny has banned me from TV, lappie and HP. Yea she told me in my face, no more... lol So I decided to listen and really no laptop for a week or so.. Tv was slightly hard coz I use that to sleep and Hp I control.
We paid Dr Han a visit again yesterday for I had the fever, sms him and he got me to visit him at the clinic. Thank god it wasn't any complications from the delivery, all cleared...uterus has shrunk back with no clots, stitches are cleared, boobies are not congested, but I did complain about migraine. Its been nagging and so we are monitoring if its the after effects of the epidural or the washing hair myth. So I have 3 weeks to monitor the trend and sms him before I visit him, just to see if I need a appointment with the anesthesiologist. Its just synflex and panadol for the next few days, I hate to be eating so much meds. (So I am just controlling the pain and not eating) I thank god every day for an awesome Gyane that looks after me like a private patient. Serious, I just have to sms him and walk into his clinic, his nurses are amazed that I have his private no. We just think he works too hard and he gets little treats from us when we visit, I did tell him that I am NOT KEEN TO SEE HIM IN ANY TIME SOON.
V has been a darling and coming to the room to check on me and peeling the meds from the blister packs. I did tell her after I deliver that once I can finish that HUGE bag of meds that KKH gave me after I deliver that I will up and about. She has been really patient about it. Its been the 2nd time, Trev and her has moved out of the room and allow me to sleep alone with the fan. I just need to sweat it out, the big type. Yea so the energy has upped this type round, lets see how long it lasts.
I really am very well looked after, u must see me - I'm glowing. It just that I have so many things I wanna do hahaha. Anyway I have dropped everything and decided to enjoy the confinement.
Thursday, October 11, 2012
2nd week - Kate lauren
oh man how time has past...
We were alone for 2 nights when we left the hospital as the nanny requested to come in on the 1st Oct, so were up to the challenge. The only problem was that Trev didn't want me to brief the family before i left to birth and so we came back to many uncompleted tasks in the household. ermm yea I was rolling my eyes, but he shoo-ed me up to my room and I ignored whatever was going now. Thank god that the husband did my 1st confinement which makes him 1/2 a pro; so to speak.
Victoria: That night was a little messy with V getting our attention and insisting that K sleeps by the wall on her bed so that she gets to sleep next to daddy and me. Her odd logic, but we played along, then there was the sobbing that when we move K back to the middle. Apparently we didn't love her enough I think, nope I didn't need to read up on any books to understand this, I was part of a 2 sister nucleus family structure. So Trev and I spend loads of time hugging and talking to her, then guess what? the Ipad came to the rescue, V has long forgotten about her obsession with the item then suddenly she wanted new games etc, we entertained her.
Next few days, the Ipad was still an obsession, she insisted on buying new apps *rolls eyes. Thank god for free apps... but we had to buy a few $1. type just because she WANTED IT and refused to budge. Just a syndrome and is really really easily rectified- now ipad is no longer her obsession , yea the syndrome lasted less than 1 week *phews.
The 1st few days, she insisted on doing everything K does, including sleeping in her cot which is in the hall- together. But after a while, she thinks the sister is a bore, "sleep sleep sleep" complains her. hahaha. I am thankful for the family who has been entertaining her for me as I recover. I had her for a full day while the nanny, mil, helpers were settling in, V didn't go to school for 3 days as there was a HFMD scare in her school and we didn't that virus to drop by. Oh man, she was so noisy she drove me insane and I ended up not resting at all... I believe it was day 6 or 7. Breastfeeding K was also a challenge as V wanted to lie down on my chest as well, and like all mummies day 5-7 the energy dips to a new low when the adrenalines depletes. So V was off back to school and I finally have some peace.
Kate: OMG she is amazing!!! Day 14 and no more jaundice. Miracle of what? She is hardly awake, seriously... drinks 100ml and more, poos at every freaking feed, sleeps. That is all she does! Nanny is great with her, feeding her on the dot every 3 hours, 1st week was on FM as my supply would not keep up!! The day we returned form hospital, K drank 150ml in 1.5 hours!!! NOT EVEN 1 week old! KO 5 hours haha. That was the day nanny came and she was amazed, didn't believe Trev fed her so much, till she took over hahha. Of course we had a little lecture for over feeding her... hehe
Trev had cup feeding duties from the day we returned, one time he brought K up and gave me the 50 ml that he prepared. I took the tiny cup and fed .. my god, K guzzled 20 ml in less than 10 secs. I looked at him and he was "yeap, milk guzzler" we could remember with V, she took 10 mins to drink 20ml (same cup)! V was like a kitten when it came to milk drinking!!
I made a decision to take a milk bottle out as it was impossible to cup feed K, for she finished her milk faster than we could pour into the cup hahaha. That day we gave her 60ml and she finished it in 3 mins, we took out the bottle and she wanted more. Like omg. Nanny came and she was so cute, she said " not even 1 week and asking for more milk" this was after we feed her 90 ml! yeap.
Now that my ducts are cleared, K empties 2 boobs and drinks 90-120ml after . Dumbfounded, yea so are we. There is no such thing as milk teats confusion for this child, she hops from a boob to another to a teat easily... as long there is food. Breastfeeding is still a challenge coz she dozes off pretty easily but to a 2nd time bf mummy, its easy peasy. I just place her to sleep and pick up when she opens her mouth again, seriously this one is just this simple. She sleeps very time and whimpers like a kitten, apparently thats is her cry *seriously? so silent as compared to the notorious bigger sister. With V at this stage, she was already rolling and lifting her neck, yea I'm sure u remember feisty Victoria when she was small. V hardly slept, all the photos of her had her eyes opened, with K, all are of her shut. To capture her open eyes like wow a magical moment keke. Its getting better now as days passes.
Me: Im recovering well, just 4 days ago I had to go see Dr Han coz I was breaking out in cramps and cold sweat. I felt like I was in labour again, it was crappy. Thank god I have his no, sms him, insisted that I see him the next day. It was actually blood clots that the body is trying to dispel out. I was put on antibiotics and painkillers, apparently my cervix is closed and the blood hasn't cleared out yet .*lame right? My odd body... anyway seeing Dr Han was great as we had a relaxing session chatting and making us laugh, its amazing how my Dr makes me n Trev so relax amidst all pain I was gong through.
I had 1/2 a samurai burger which was yummilious hahha, took my meds and we came home. Trev was like "Odd huh, u have a nanny, 2 helpers, a lady for boob massage, aunty for body massage, a mil, a hands on hubby and yet you are in pain" I was like "God is fair, he gives u a great baby and puts the pain on someone else" hahahha. So yes Im still on antiobiotics. I'm actually on bed rest now, was forbidden to move as I stay on the 3rd floor, the Urut aunty came and scolded me for moving about so much thats why there are clots. So now I am in long pants, socks, always on 3rd floor. The nanny brings up the bb to latch, the helpers brings up with my food. I just call the house phone if I need anything.. seriously I could get used to this. TRUST ME of course it came with pain thats why I have this preferential treatment. The whole family saw how pale I was when the cramps kicked in.. Thank god I have an aunty who had this problem and she basically dramatized how bad it was for her and that she felt like death etc etc. So I became the queen at home.
But life is more mobile now, just that the energy levels goes up and down. I have more to write but I need to lie down now.
We were alone for 2 nights when we left the hospital as the nanny requested to come in on the 1st Oct, so were up to the challenge. The only problem was that Trev didn't want me to brief the family before i left to birth and so we came back to many uncompleted tasks in the household. ermm yea I was rolling my eyes, but he shoo-ed me up to my room and I ignored whatever was going now. Thank god that the husband did my 1st confinement which makes him 1/2 a pro; so to speak.
Victoria: That night was a little messy with V getting our attention and insisting that K sleeps by the wall on her bed so that she gets to sleep next to daddy and me. Her odd logic, but we played along, then there was the sobbing that when we move K back to the middle. Apparently we didn't love her enough I think, nope I didn't need to read up on any books to understand this, I was part of a 2 sister nucleus family structure. So Trev and I spend loads of time hugging and talking to her, then guess what? the Ipad came to the rescue, V has long forgotten about her obsession with the item then suddenly she wanted new games etc, we entertained her.
Next few days, the Ipad was still an obsession, she insisted on buying new apps *rolls eyes. Thank god for free apps... but we had to buy a few $1. type just because she WANTED IT and refused to budge. Just a syndrome and is really really easily rectified- now ipad is no longer her obsession , yea the syndrome lasted less than 1 week *phews.
The 1st few days, she insisted on doing everything K does, including sleeping in her cot which is in the hall- together. But after a while, she thinks the sister is a bore, "sleep sleep sleep" complains her. hahaha. I am thankful for the family who has been entertaining her for me as I recover. I had her for a full day while the nanny, mil, helpers were settling in, V didn't go to school for 3 days as there was a HFMD scare in her school and we didn't that virus to drop by. Oh man, she was so noisy she drove me insane and I ended up not resting at all... I believe it was day 6 or 7. Breastfeeding K was also a challenge as V wanted to lie down on my chest as well, and like all mummies day 5-7 the energy dips to a new low when the adrenalines depletes. So V was off back to school and I finally have some peace.
Kate: OMG she is amazing!!! Day 14 and no more jaundice. Miracle of what? She is hardly awake, seriously... drinks 100ml and more, poos at every freaking feed, sleeps. That is all she does! Nanny is great with her, feeding her on the dot every 3 hours, 1st week was on FM as my supply would not keep up!! The day we returned form hospital, K drank 150ml in 1.5 hours!!! NOT EVEN 1 week old! KO 5 hours haha. That was the day nanny came and she was amazed, didn't believe Trev fed her so much, till she took over hahha. Of course we had a little lecture for over feeding her... hehe
Trev had cup feeding duties from the day we returned, one time he brought K up and gave me the 50 ml that he prepared. I took the tiny cup and fed .. my god, K guzzled 20 ml in less than 10 secs. I looked at him and he was "yeap, milk guzzler" we could remember with V, she took 10 mins to drink 20ml (same cup)! V was like a kitten when it came to milk drinking!!
I made a decision to take a milk bottle out as it was impossible to cup feed K, for she finished her milk faster than we could pour into the cup hahaha. That day we gave her 60ml and she finished it in 3 mins, we took out the bottle and she wanted more. Like omg. Nanny came and she was so cute, she said " not even 1 week and asking for more milk" this was after we feed her 90 ml! yeap.
Now that my ducts are cleared, K empties 2 boobs and drinks 90-120ml after . Dumbfounded, yea so are we. There is no such thing as milk teats confusion for this child, she hops from a boob to another to a teat easily... as long there is food. Breastfeeding is still a challenge coz she dozes off pretty easily but to a 2nd time bf mummy, its easy peasy. I just place her to sleep and pick up when she opens her mouth again, seriously this one is just this simple. She sleeps very time and whimpers like a kitten, apparently thats is her cry *seriously? so silent as compared to the notorious bigger sister. With V at this stage, she was already rolling and lifting her neck, yea I'm sure u remember feisty Victoria when she was small. V hardly slept, all the photos of her had her eyes opened, with K, all are of her shut. To capture her open eyes like wow a magical moment keke. Its getting better now as days passes.
Me: Im recovering well, just 4 days ago I had to go see Dr Han coz I was breaking out in cramps and cold sweat. I felt like I was in labour again, it was crappy. Thank god I have his no, sms him, insisted that I see him the next day. It was actually blood clots that the body is trying to dispel out. I was put on antibiotics and painkillers, apparently my cervix is closed and the blood hasn't cleared out yet .*lame right? My odd body... anyway seeing Dr Han was great as we had a relaxing session chatting and making us laugh, its amazing how my Dr makes me n Trev so relax amidst all pain I was gong through.
I had 1/2 a samurai burger which was yummilious hahha, took my meds and we came home. Trev was like "Odd huh, u have a nanny, 2 helpers, a lady for boob massage, aunty for body massage, a mil, a hands on hubby and yet you are in pain" I was like "God is fair, he gives u a great baby and puts the pain on someone else" hahahha. So yes Im still on antiobiotics. I'm actually on bed rest now, was forbidden to move as I stay on the 3rd floor, the Urut aunty came and scolded me for moving about so much thats why there are clots. So now I am in long pants, socks, always on 3rd floor. The nanny brings up the bb to latch, the helpers brings up with my food. I just call the house phone if I need anything.. seriously I could get used to this. TRUST ME of course it came with pain thats why I have this preferential treatment. The whole family saw how pale I was when the cramps kicked in.. Thank god I have an aunty who had this problem and she basically dramatized how bad it was for her and that she felt like death etc etc. So I became the queen at home.
But life is more mobile now, just that the energy levels goes up and down. I have more to write but I need to lie down now.
Tuesday, October 2, 2012
Birth Story - 27 September 2012
Yea I'm up and about.. my god's send confinement lady is here to pamper me ;) I had a straight 6 hours rest which is why I'm up at 7am to latch the baby and blog.
Birth Story - 27 September 2012 Kate Lauren
For those who missed Victoria eden's birth story. That birth story seem to pale in comparison to Kate's
Like I mention in my last post that we have to be induced due to low amniotic fluid, Dr Han says it means that the placenta is not supplying enough blood to the baby. So he decided on thursday as D day as I will need to take meds to clear my sudden increase in discharge on Tues.
27Sep: We left home at about 130am or so, DD slept but I was fidgety and decided that a bowl of instant noodles was more appealing than sleep. Dinner was KFC, DD came back just to drive me to have a nice meal.. Did I mention that I don't eat at home for this baby? Anyways we found this awesome KFC joint near home that has the most authentic KFC, its odd that this franchise has different tastes in different outlet. Well this one has THE SMELL! u know that smell.. yea its awesome. Okie I'm diverting ...
2am : Arrived at KKH delivery suite at abouts 2am, why this god forsaken timing? (Dr Han says that 2am they don't charge for the room till morning... how true I won't know until the bills arrives. ) so I was brought to the observatory ward, took off the bottoms and the nurses did their usual checks - I was 1 cm dilated and inserted something inside, I suppose was that pill I always read about. We watched Tv and there was cable which was awesome, finished an episode of Casar Milan and then the pain kicked in at about 330, I was having contraction of 1-2 mins - which to the nurses was pretty quick, checked and was dilated 2 cm. Tried reading Facebook which was boring at 4am and did blog hopping at that time. I lay there and then we both snoozed, me in between contractions. pretty uncomfortable to sleep with all the machine strapped to u and the nurses coming in to check why I was missing readings.. zzz. *I was praying to St Gerard and asking for a fast delivery.
5am : Medical officer came to tell me that contraction were pretty close and if I wanted to go back my private suite to sleep or wait for Dr Han. We decided to wait for Dr Han as it was silly to travel.. *so i think. They came back and informed me that Dr Han will only come in 8-9ish and they are arranging me a delivery suite. We waited and was transferred at about 7-ish... by then my pain was intense *I rate 4. Time seem to stand still whilst in pain :(
930am: anyways Dr Han came, broke my water bag *I freaking hate this, so much discomfort. I had no water! I could feel trickling only... so we made the right move inducing. Gave me my hand drip thingy, took blood, inserted that saline + oxy -something.
He left us and asked if I wanted pain relief.. If I counted correctly, I was asked this at least 10 x from inducing till then. Though I was surprised he asked as he was very much pro natural, he checked my records and although my previous was 3.5 hours without epi. He left and said " pain, ask for pain relief okie, see u and take care" He left and my neighbour was screaming!! the nurses came in for a shift change and I asked if baby was born? they were "oh, she is planning to take epi, she just came in" Me n Trev was like WTF. I mean she was really loud .... anyways..
11am: The next 2 hours was torture, the nagging contractions pain has intensified, my energy bar has reached a new low... coz controlling it was draining me. I tried sleeping but no avail and I could feel myself getting pale. The room felt warmer... I was winching. The nurse checked and I was 3 cm *ONLY, I heard myself curse in my head like freaking how long more ;( I lied on my side and had my rosary by my side (the one that went missing, oh this needs a blog post). I drifted in between consciousness, could keep hearing "epidural , epidural" It's odd okie coz I have never read up on this procedure and NEVER cross my mind to do this. I controlled for another 1 hours or so and asked "Laogong, should I take Epidural? its insanely pain and I wonder if this dilating will take another day?" He was like "I think you better, you are damn pale already" I pondered and waited out another 15 mins to decide. * I was praying to St Gerard for a QUICK delivery
I have shared with Trev about the record no of mummies in my sep thread who was induced and waited close to 30 over hours for birth and there were a few who had to have emergency c-sect due to low heartbeat. I was thinking if I was going to be one of them.
The nurse came in and I asked for epidural. Told her specifically to get me a power anaesthesian and she brought me a breath of fresh air, the Dr was so bubbly and fresh with her colorful headgear. I knew at that moment I was in safe safe hands. She did her explanation about the procedure and amazingly DD had questions for her. I believe he was researching it whilst I was trying to rest. Anyway to cut the story short, we administered it, she was swift and slightly pain free lol. It had to be done in between my intense contractions and I was held firmly by the nurse and a supportive hand squeezing husband. I have no idea what went on but I know there was many jabs and tapping and plastering of my back... cold tingling sensation down my feet which was odd yes the pain was still there. :(
12pm: My burst of fresh air left the room coz of emergency some where, there is this thing bothering me about the hospital. The crazy announcements about "code blue, code green, code red" F##$ people dying and collapsing near me ain't nice. Bad energy, negative thoughts... hahhah...
1215pm: Oh then epi sets in... I was OMmmmmm. for a while, nurse checked and I was 3 cm still, we watched Tv, some Jennifer Aniston and Adam Sandler show on HBO. Snoozed for 1/2 an hour or so and I felt pain. Asked the nurse why am I feeling pain? she left and came back after aeons to me came back to tell me I have too much pee and its pressing on my uterus. Poke me there to drain the pee * the thought of it :(
1245pm: She collected I think to me 1litre of pee, the freaking container was full!! The pressure went away then the suddenly it all came back X 100! I was like "WTF I paid money to feel pain??"" I asked for the gas, and again everything seem to move so slowly.. I mean its suppose to be near me right? *f*&^!! Gassed myself crazy I think, midwife came and I was dilated to 9cm, like freaking suddenly. The momentum of the room was crazy, I felt crazy, hot, wanted to scream... counting the contractions and gassing! aim for 10 breaths each round, man it was argghh... at 10 cm I was crazy high coz I believe my body was in shock at the intense sudden contraction :S *like again why do I dilate so fast? Nurse asked me how much pain, I swear if my finger could raise up, I would have given her the 3rd finger.
Midwife did breathing exercise n pushing thingy with me, I can't feel meself pushing but YET I CAN FEEL PAIN! At this point the logic sense of me wasn't making sense.... it was a whirlwind kinda feel. In fact nothing made sense... whatever. Dr Han finally arrived after 2 calls, was irritating as he still had time to change to his operation gear *like seriously? fashion show or what?
So the hulaboolus of labour and pushing and breathing.. standard la. But I didn't scream like that crazy neighbor of mine *tsk to her. I was very scientology like... Ommm so I think, no noise, just counting and waiting for instructions and telling myself NO MORE BIRTHS. Don't ask me how many push or pushes I did... I couldn't really feel that poo feeling like a birth without epi. YET I WAS IN PAIN? Do u all what I am trying to say? I swear I read that its a painless process... anyway the brain and body was not co-ordinating ... the baby arrives with a slight cry then angry ones. Not as fiesty as Victoria but eventually she caught up. hahahaha
Oh Daddy won 4D for her birthdate... his 1st time. Amazing:)
Birth Story - 27 September 2012 Kate Lauren
For those who missed Victoria eden's birth story. That birth story seem to pale in comparison to Kate's
Like I mention in my last post that we have to be induced due to low amniotic fluid, Dr Han says it means that the placenta is not supplying enough blood to the baby. So he decided on thursday as D day as I will need to take meds to clear my sudden increase in discharge on Tues.
27Sep: We left home at about 130am or so, DD slept but I was fidgety and decided that a bowl of instant noodles was more appealing than sleep. Dinner was KFC, DD came back just to drive me to have a nice meal.. Did I mention that I don't eat at home for this baby? Anyways we found this awesome KFC joint near home that has the most authentic KFC, its odd that this franchise has different tastes in different outlet. Well this one has THE SMELL! u know that smell.. yea its awesome. Okie I'm diverting ...
2am : Arrived at KKH delivery suite at abouts 2am, why this god forsaken timing? (Dr Han says that 2am they don't charge for the room till morning... how true I won't know until the bills arrives. ) so I was brought to the observatory ward, took off the bottoms and the nurses did their usual checks - I was 1 cm dilated and inserted something inside, I suppose was that pill I always read about. We watched Tv and there was cable which was awesome, finished an episode of Casar Milan and then the pain kicked in at about 330, I was having contraction of 1-2 mins - which to the nurses was pretty quick, checked and was dilated 2 cm. Tried reading Facebook which was boring at 4am and did blog hopping at that time. I lay there and then we both snoozed, me in between contractions. pretty uncomfortable to sleep with all the machine strapped to u and the nurses coming in to check why I was missing readings.. zzz. *I was praying to St Gerard and asking for a fast delivery.
5am : Medical officer came to tell me that contraction were pretty close and if I wanted to go back my private suite to sleep or wait for Dr Han. We decided to wait for Dr Han as it was silly to travel.. *so i think. They came back and informed me that Dr Han will only come in 8-9ish and they are arranging me a delivery suite. We waited and was transferred at about 7-ish... by then my pain was intense *I rate 4. Time seem to stand still whilst in pain :(
930am: anyways Dr Han came, broke my water bag *I freaking hate this, so much discomfort. I had no water! I could feel trickling only... so we made the right move inducing. Gave me my hand drip thingy, took blood, inserted that saline + oxy -something.
He left us and asked if I wanted pain relief.. If I counted correctly, I was asked this at least 10 x from inducing till then. Though I was surprised he asked as he was very much pro natural, he checked my records and although my previous was 3.5 hours without epi. He left and said " pain, ask for pain relief okie, see u and take care" He left and my neighbour was screaming!! the nurses came in for a shift change and I asked if baby was born? they were "oh, she is planning to take epi, she just came in" Me n Trev was like WTF. I mean she was really loud .... anyways..
11am: The next 2 hours was torture, the nagging contractions pain has intensified, my energy bar has reached a new low... coz controlling it was draining me. I tried sleeping but no avail and I could feel myself getting pale. The room felt warmer... I was winching. The nurse checked and I was 3 cm *ONLY, I heard myself curse in my head like freaking how long more ;( I lied on my side and had my rosary by my side (the one that went missing, oh this needs a blog post). I drifted in between consciousness, could keep hearing "epidural , epidural" It's odd okie coz I have never read up on this procedure and NEVER cross my mind to do this. I controlled for another 1 hours or so and asked "Laogong, should I take Epidural? its insanely pain and I wonder if this dilating will take another day?" He was like "I think you better, you are damn pale already" I pondered and waited out another 15 mins to decide. * I was praying to St Gerard for a QUICK delivery
I have shared with Trev about the record no of mummies in my sep thread who was induced and waited close to 30 over hours for birth and there were a few who had to have emergency c-sect due to low heartbeat. I was thinking if I was going to be one of them.
The nurse came in and I asked for epidural. Told her specifically to get me a power anaesthesian and she brought me a breath of fresh air, the Dr was so bubbly and fresh with her colorful headgear. I knew at that moment I was in safe safe hands. She did her explanation about the procedure and amazingly DD had questions for her. I believe he was researching it whilst I was trying to rest. Anyway to cut the story short, we administered it, she was swift and slightly pain free lol. It had to be done in between my intense contractions and I was held firmly by the nurse and a supportive hand squeezing husband. I have no idea what went on but I know there was many jabs and tapping and plastering of my back... cold tingling sensation down my feet which was odd yes the pain was still there. :(
12pm: My burst of fresh air left the room coz of emergency some where, there is this thing bothering me about the hospital. The crazy announcements about "code blue, code green, code red" F##$ people dying and collapsing near me ain't nice. Bad energy, negative thoughts... hahhah...
1215pm: Oh then epi sets in... I was OMmmmmm. for a while, nurse checked and I was 3 cm still, we watched Tv, some Jennifer Aniston and Adam Sandler show on HBO. Snoozed for 1/2 an hour or so and I felt pain. Asked the nurse why am I feeling pain? she left and came back after aeons to me came back to tell me I have too much pee and its pressing on my uterus. Poke me there to drain the pee * the thought of it :(
1245pm: She collected I think to me 1litre of pee, the freaking container was full!! The pressure went away then the suddenly it all came back X 100! I was like "WTF I paid money to feel pain??"" I asked for the gas, and again everything seem to move so slowly.. I mean its suppose to be near me right? *f*&^!! Gassed myself crazy I think, midwife came and I was dilated to 9cm, like freaking suddenly. The momentum of the room was crazy, I felt crazy, hot, wanted to scream... counting the contractions and gassing! aim for 10 breaths each round, man it was argghh... at 10 cm I was crazy high coz I believe my body was in shock at the intense sudden contraction :S *like again why do I dilate so fast? Nurse asked me how much pain, I swear if my finger could raise up, I would have given her the 3rd finger.
Midwife did breathing exercise n pushing thingy with me, I can't feel meself pushing but YET I CAN FEEL PAIN! At this point the logic sense of me wasn't making sense.... it was a whirlwind kinda feel. In fact nothing made sense... whatever. Dr Han finally arrived after 2 calls, was irritating as he still had time to change to his operation gear *like seriously? fashion show or what?
So the hulaboolus of labour and pushing and breathing.. standard la. But I didn't scream like that crazy neighbor of mine *tsk to her. I was very scientology like... Ommm so I think, no noise, just counting and waiting for instructions and telling myself NO MORE BIRTHS. Don't ask me how many push or pushes I did... I couldn't really feel that poo feeling like a birth without epi. YET I WAS IN PAIN? Do u all what I am trying to say? I swear I read that its a painless process... anyway the brain and body was not co-ordinating ... the baby arrives with a slight cry then angry ones. Not as fiesty as Victoria but eventually she caught up. hahahaha
DD 1st words was, "I think no more births, this round is really terrible with so many poking." I had to remind him to get the camera and snap.. *men-rolls eyes. I was poked more, here and there... didn't bother as miraculously NO PAIN. Fun huh... I still cannot reason why I was in so much of pain... okie maybe I didn't read to know what to expect then.
We had the cord blood donated and placenta to be encapsulated this round. Oh then the movie just ended.
In prayers, God deciphers Fast and Quick very well, so pray correctly.
Kate Lauren 3.408kg , 50 cm, 33 cm
1/2 hour to dilate 7 cm.. no joke
In prayers, God deciphers Fast and Quick very well, so pray correctly.
Kate Lauren 3.408kg , 50 cm, 33 cm
1/2 hour to dilate 7 cm.. no joke
Oh Daddy won 4D for her birthdate... his 1st time. Amazing:)
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| one last look |
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| 9-ish at the delivery suite |
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| awesome weight, she wasn't clean enough with 3 coconuts.. need to up that lol |
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| my gyane who went on a fashion show |
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| us after 12 hours in hospital.. waiting |
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| my husband's clever photo taking... |