Toilet break

On the 3rd day of hospitalization, I finally got out of bed myself unassisted! Hooray! I felt better today, getting out of bed is still not easy but I managed it. The walk is less painful now and it's definitely easier today than yesterday. It was exhausting getting to the toilet yesterday.

I was on painkiller meds for 3 days now, but since yesterday it's oral medication already. I love the injections- they gave you instant grouchiness and made you so sleepy!! I was in so much pain on first night that I had to ask for double dose which was super "happy"!! Haha! It took the pain away instantly!

But the next day, I felt much better and went on to try pills instead. It maybe lesser of a painkiller but at least they did take some pain away. Dr F came on Day 2 and told me not to pinch on painkiller- which I think it's good to have. You need the pills to take he pain away so whenever the baby comes by to your room, you can carry him, cuddle him, hug him with ease. Otherwise you will be so distracted by the pain.

I'm glad that baby is a healthy boy. So far I tried to breastfeed him 3 times already, and on the 3rd time it was success. Albeit it was just a little plus he was such a sleepy head. He fell asleep 2 minutes into feeding!! Hahaha! But I'm glad that he didn't cry a bit when he was with me :)

He is here!

Andrew Wee Song Ngee (黄松毅）came to us via c-section on the 17th November 2011 at 12.44pm, weighing 3.03kg.

I had the "the show" (aka Mucous Plug) at around 1am then again at about 6am. My backache was better only if I have the heat pack so it's not going away anytime. My lower abdomen is starting to be painful from contractions.

So I called the clinic and Dr F told me to go straight to the hospital, he will meet us there!

Ok the time is here and is NOW! Off we go to the hospital only to miss the junction! Hahahaha!

We registered ourselves and off we go to the room and got myself prep for the surgery.

By 12.44pm, all is done now. I'm officially mummy!

Pain stays

As of 6am, the back pain is here to stay!!! And at approximately 1am, I saw that my mucous plug (brownish in color) had appeared...

I managed to get some much needed sleep for about 3 hours with the help of
the heat pack! I think heat pack is such God-sent!!!! Greatest invention by mankind!!!!! The moment the heat is gone, I woke up from pain. I was sleeping on my favourite "throne" for the 3 hours. So I tried to get back to sleep on the bed, it was not good! I got onto my back and the back pain is terrible!!! And so I turn toy left. I actually felt ok on my left for 5 minutes then I turned to my back- biggest mistake EVER!!! The pain went on not only toy back but my nether region as well - sucks to the max. I got up and decided to go back to my throne and I felt much better sitting in a reclining position.

So is it imminent that the baby is coming today or tomorrow?

Coming Soon

We went for our Wednesday doctor appointment - started with the EKG again to check in baby's heartbeat. He was sleeping in the beginning of the test but after a while we can tell that he is awake. Which is pretty cool to see his calm heartbeat of 140s jumping to about 160s, and there is so much noise whenever he made his moves!

Then when it's time to see Dr F, I told him about the lingering backache that I have been suffering from since the night before. He showed some concern!!! Hmmm... During the ultrasound scan everything about the baby looks good and in fact he put on a whooping 500gm from last week. He now weighs 3.3kg!

After that Dr F had to do a vaginal exam, which I have no idea how or what way it is to be done. A bit o TMI here, turn away if you don't wanna know!!! He stuck his hands into my vee-jay-jay and by stuck I mean putting his hand into me!!!! OUCH!!!! The pain was pretty intense!!!!! All I can feel was PAIN!!!!! I knew doc was poking and feeling something in there but no idea what it was all about. It was really really painful and it's no joke!!!!

After which Dr F explained that I dilated for about 1cm already and that my cervix felt soft. Hmmm... he called it the early stage of labour- Latent phase. He said it might last from 14-24 hours, it all depends on how my body works. He said even with the show - where the mucous plug is released, there is not certain timing how long the labour is going to be.

So for now, go home and monitor. Oh wow!!! So this is it!! The time has come!

Dr F sent us home and told us to call the clinic the next day to update my status and that I might need to drop by the clinic again if the pain lingers or any other labour signs happen.

So let's wait!!! But yes looks like that he will be here before 20th November!

It's almost coming to 6 hours now

Yes I am still sobbing about it after almost 6 hours. I have been very good at controlling my emotion but today... today, I am such a failure. I thought I managed to overcome being emotional about things during pregnancy, alas I was overpowered. I never thought I would.

At week 38, the hormone won

Today is the first day I let my hormone and feeling overpower me. I have been sobbing non-stop for more than 40 minutes. I tried stopping but I just can't. Each time I thought I'm gonna run out of tears, they will come streaming down!

Why is this happening? It's all in the naming of MY BABY!!!!!! Yes MY BABY!!!!! MY SOON TO BE BORN SON!!!!!

We asked hubby parents to give us some suggestions for the baby's chinese name but they were epic failed because those name were either of no meaning to me or just sounds like ridiculous. I have a great Chinese and I want my kid to have a wonderful and meaning name too.

So I gave hubby the suggestion of one particular Chinese character that goes well with this English/Christian name. He is a determined warrior- after all the infertility that we had been through. He is my little warrior! But when we mentioned that to my in-laws, particularly my mother-in-law, she said no to it. Not because she didn't like the meaning of it but because it sounded like hubby's maternal grandmother's name. Oh come on!!!! It's like Daniel vs Daniele!!!!!! What's wrong with it!

And I totally lost it this morning when I heard the conversation between hubby and his mom. Hubby said if not this then we will go with another one. She went on to say. This other name is fine even though one of the male cousins' name also sound like it. I was like why can have same or even similar name with a cousin and not grandma. And the worst of all is one is a male name and the other a female name!!!!

I just lost it. I cannot accept it. She find a name that sounds like or doesn't sound like while I am looking for a name that means something to me.

I am STILL sobbing after an hour!

Bring it forward

We went for our check-up with Dr F last Wednesday and all is good. However may not be as scheduled as we thought... Dr F told us to be prepared and have an escape hatch in case the baby cannot wait until 20th November. Hmmmm.... I should have stuck to 11th!!!

The main reason I guess is that the discomfort on both of us are getting really annoying. He was 2.8kg last Wednesday. So by next week he could be 3kg at week 37. And which means that if we wait till week 40 he could weight approximately 3.7kg (at the growth rate of 250gm per week!!)

Ok he's gonna be a biggie!!

I'm feeling heavier by the seconds! My stomach is no longer mine. I think I lost my bladder too. I have been waking up every 2 hours to pee whenever I sleep/nap- good training for feeding schedule huh?


I haven't eaten rice for a week by now. Rice gave me bad indigestion and acid reflux, and I could not sleep until 2am since I had to sit upright for the discomfort to subside. When I don't eat rice, I felt better. I have less discomfort so I've decided to follow this diet for a couple of days to go? But tonight I had rice (though not much) so far still alright! Fingers crossed! Oh you might wonder what do I eat then... well I normally have something really soupy at night - noodle or meehoon. During the day, I have extra option of having bread :) Well, I'm hoping I will be back to normal diet after giving birth to baby!!

I can't wait to see you baby!!!