The Prince Had Arrived

21.10.09 (Wednesday)

Morning till 5 pm

Felt uncomfortable with on & off contractions.
Felt wet & went to check if water bag had burst.
Not sure but decided to wait till shop closes at 7pm before admitting to hospital.


9pm
Admitted to labour ward and was given enema.
Was hooked on CTG and monitored for about 30 minutes.
Had on & off contractions which is not strong.
Water bag is still intact & was only 2 cm dilated.

11pm
Sent up to observation ward to wait for stronger contractions.

22.09.2009 (Thursday)


1am
Having stronger contractions but not long enough to establish labour.


2amHaving regular & very intense contractions.
The nurse & new doctor’s having contradicting opinions on whether to sent or not to be sent to labour ward.
Decided to wait for more intense contractions in the observation ward upon advise from the more experienced nurse as upon in labour ward will be confined to CTG and the bed.


3am
Couldn’t take the pain anymore and requested to be sent down to the labour ward as the contractions comes with the urge to push.
Was hooked to CTG machine once in the labour ward.
Asked for entonox since they did not prescribe Penthidine anymore.

3.50am
Asked them to check if it’s time to push as the pain is unbearable.
It’s already 8cm and they asked to wait for the doctor on call to be here 1st.

4.05am
Couldn’t take the pain anymore and told them that baby’s coming out.
Water bag was burst.
4 pushes later, baby’s out at 4.27am weighing at 3.48kg and 48 cm.

Countdown - 6 weeks

It’s only 6 weeks to the grand arrival of the prince and I’m extremely anxious. Part of me doesn’t want him to arrive so fast as I’m not sure how I would cope with a baby, toddler and pre-schooler at home alone. Another part of me wants him to come out now, as I’m tired, emotionally & physically. The tummy’s getting heavier and my groin part is beginning to hurt if I stand or walk for too long, not to mention the backache, heartburn and countless trip to toilet. Sigh…

Well, at least something good had happened since my’ nesting instinct’ is here. The house’s somewhat cleaner and not that messy. Managed to shift the girls back to their room though Baby Princess still make her way back to our bed every night without fail. However, the number of hours she spent sleeping on our bed is decreasing, *victory dance*.

We finally have our own car last month. Not an expensive car but still ours and I’m still torn on whether should we get an infant car seat for the prince. No doubt, the first 3 months would be spent at home, as Princess will be having her year-end holidays, and we’re not sure on the arrangement of the kids once Princess starts her new term next year. I guess most probably we’ll decide early next year.

28th Week

25th June 2009

Went for the scheduled scan with Prof. After a detailed scan with him, he confirmed that baby is as normal as HE could be and no signs of Ascites. Praise the Lord indeed.

 

19th July 2009

3 weeks had passed since the last pre-natal check-up and I did not even follow up with Dr. I guess the pre-natal baby blues had affected me that much that I don’t bother to go for check-ups.
I really need to relax myself and not to be so tensed up with all the stuff that’s happening around me now.
I MUST REMIND myself that whatever that happened, happened for a reason. I guess I just have to live a day at a time.

22 Weeks and Still Counting

08 June 2009
- Went for a routine scan  in the afternoon. Everything seems okay with the scan except that the Sonographer detected a vague shadow, which seems like fluid, in Baby's abdominal wall which is not supposed to be there. She told us it might be a condition called Mild Ascites. She's not sure herself but not wanting to take any risks, she scheduled us for another scan with Professor on the 25th June 2009. We did managed to confirm baby's gender which is a BOY.


- Can't sleep at night which I'm not sure caused by the pot of Oolong tea I had earlier or if it's because of baby's unconfirmed condition. I felt helpless.


12 June 2009


- Felt calmer and better now compared to the first 2 days after knowing that baby might be having Ascites. Prayers from friends do help a lot. Thank God for friends that are caring and helpful during this time.


- Been keeping myself busy at home doing the never-ending chores and minding the girls. Trying to clean the house as much as possible before baby makes His appearance.

Bun In The Oven

05.02.09
Went for my first annual woman check-up which range from Pap-smear ultra sounds for breast, kidney, womb and ovaries to check on how healthy they are. Was prescribed some pills to be inserted down south and some oral pills for minor UTI. Was told to wait for my menses to come before starting on medication to regulate my menstrual cycle so we could start trying for another baby.

26.02.09
Went back to follow up on my menstrual cycle problem. Since my menstrual is still not here, Dr used the ultrasound to detect to see if I’m pregnant, Lo and behold, there’s a shadow there which is about 2.2 cm (almost 5 weeks). Due to my irregular cycle, it is difficult to estimate the baby’s age now, so he estimates it to be around 4-6 weeks.

05.03.09
Dr  gave me a booster injection to boost up baby’s growth as the baby’s still slightly small, only 2.7cm this week.

Learning To Let Go

Took Princess to her Kindy’s orientation day this morning. Well, nothing much, just to meet her class teacher and pay up the remaining fees. Her uniform’s gonna come in next week, after school reopens, so not much can be done now except to do some revisions with her.

Hopefully, with all my painstaking days of teaching her the Alphabets & numbers will be paid off soon in her lessons. I dare not imagine how she would be next Wednesday with a bunch of crying kids in her class. I know for sure she would not cry but that’s still slightly early to be so sure.

I’m not hoping that she would be the best in her class but which parents would not hope that their kids do well in class? I guess it’s really time for me to let her off to wander and learn from experience rather than being protected by me.

Deep down, I hope that she would enjoy and not begging not to go to school because she hates it there. I guess excelling in her studies would be a big bonus… :P