The Event Worth Waiting For!

It's set. See ya on 30 Dec!

All in a Day's Sleep

Who says babies only sleep, eat and poo. I pose too. Here comes the photo roll:

While Papa feed me, I hold the bottle

Okie, who's making noise and giving me a headache?

Mummy, can you stop?

Para para sakura?

Elle est arrivée ! - My Birth Story

20.11.2011. An extraordinary day for Papa, Mummy, Hamilton & Toby. Here's my birth story...

14.11 -

Dr Yang told Mummy I'm not growing much in her womb and I'll grow better outside. But Mummy's cervix isn't ready and I'm not cooperative either. Dr Yang told Mummy and Papa to decide when I should be birthed but definitely not later than 25.11.

17.11 -

Mummy hadn't slept well for the past 3 nights. The fact that I needed to be birthed soon and the mammoth task of having to make so many decisions freaked her out. Dr Yang did another check and Mummy's cervix wasn't ready still. Papa and Mummy decided to deliver me through Csection to ensure my safety. 20.11 shall be D day. It also happens to be Nai Nai's birthday.

19.11 -

Mummy and Papa was at Nai Nai's birthday dinner at St Regis. Mummy didn't have appetite at all. And for once during her pregnancy, Mummy is feeling unwell and nursing a runny nose. Mummy's having the jitters!

20.11 0010

Mummy and Papa checked into Gleneagles hospital. The nurses shaved Mummy's you-know-where and advised that they will get Mummy ready for the procedure at 0645. Mummy and Papa couldn't sleep.....

20.11 0500

Mummy woke up early to wash up and wait for 0645 to arrive.

20.11 0645

The nurses came and administered poo-inducer. But nothing came out. Guess Mummy really didn't eat much. Mummy was then wheeled to the operating theatre. Papa came along.

20.11 0745

A busy hour had passed. Mummy was put on drip and wheeled from station to station and checked again and again. Each time, the nurses and anesthetist cracked jokes so that Mummy will loosen up. Finally, Mummy was wheeled to the operating room. She could never get the correct posture for the epidural to be inserted. So the nurses helped her. She swear she was going to kill Papa for asking her to choose epidural, but was thankful that she need not witness how thick the needle was.

20.11 0800

Dr Yang came in, followed by Papa. First the left leg and then the right leg. Within 10mins, Mummy no longer feels anything from chest down. Dr Yang inserted the catheter and asked Mummy if she was ready. She said: yes. And Dr Yang said: Actually, I cut already! Err...not funny. But Mummy was glad she did not feel anything.

20.11 0809

Dr Yang asked Papa why he's so quiet. Asked him to talk to Mummy. He needs to do his fair share of the work. Dr Yang then asked if everyone was ready and told Mummy it'll be anytime. And then Mummy heard - everyone push! And Mummy felt herself being swayed from one side to the other. Even the anesthetist Dr Tan was pushing from Mummy's side of the screen. And then Dr Yang said: she's out....but no cries?

And then Papa and Mummy heard my first magical roar!

20.11 0812

Still covered with vernix, I was handed to Mummy. Mummy cried tears of joy...for the first time in her life. Papa sneakily switched the camera to video mode...

20.11 0820

Papa left the room with me, leaving Mummy to be sewn up....Mummy can literally feel the stitches and her body being pulled. Dr Yang showed that she meant business, she was barking all the way at the crew. Opps.

20.11 0845

The procedure was a success and Mummy is slowly gaining sensation in her legs.

20.11 0915

Mummy was wheeled back to her ward. She asked Papa where am I. Papa told her that I was in NICU as I had fluid in my lungs. But I'm expected to be cleared within the day.

20.11 2359

My pediatrician Dr Yip came by every 6 hrs or so to update on my progress. I'm improving but the fluid remains so I gotta remain in NICU. Papa and Mummy feels heartpain but know I'm a fighter. But of course! I'm a miracle baby, to start with :) As Mummy cannot leave her bed yet, Papa visited me at NICU every few hrs.

21.11 0800

Dr Yip informed Mummy that I can be released from NICU this afternoon. Mummy's so relieved.

21.11 1000

The nurses brought me in to see Mummy enroute to nursery. Mummy asked for me to stay in the room. The nurses say cannot as I need to go nursery first. Mummy protested and said she hadn't seen me since I was borned. Emo Mummy had tears in her eyes when she said that. The nurses relented and allowed me to stay for 5 mins and the off I went to nursery! :)

21.11 1020

Papa and Mummy shared the good news of my arrival with friends and relatives.