Baby Full Month Celebration

Initially we dressed up gal gal like tis... but we find her too man... so we quickly change her... keke.. if not, it will be so funny...

Planning a celebration is really a tiring chores... but no choice, still got to do it... we held the celebration on 16 Jan 2010 which is exactly one month... initially wanted to hold at the linkhouse but the malays has booked it for their wedding.... so no choice we hold it at our house... we split into 2 sessions... one in the noon n one at night... we cater the food from Neo Garden... tink tis will be the first time n the last time i order from them... their potion of food was pathetic... for eg. fishball... one pax is only ard 1 fishball... for both the sessions, we added on pizzahut... felt so paisey for not enough food lor.... their food is not bad but the portion really too pathetic and somemore not cheap oso...

It was a tiring day tat day... receive lots of gifts and angbaos from relatives and friends... ~Thanks~

Confinement

We were discharged on 18 Dec 2009, actually Dr WK Tan wanted me to stay for another night.. but i ask her if i am able to go home? then she asked me if i am able to take care of baby cos tis is my first baby... i say ok.. one thing i really feel uncomfortable staying in hospital and also staying for another night, i will need to pay 600-700+ more... so y should i? the hospital bed is too high and i climb up & down, my wound feels so painful... before we went home, we went to visit you long zi for gal gal chinese name... nightmares begins when i reach home... my whole house is not ready to welcome gal gal yet... bedsheet for gal gal's cot not done... luckily we wash already just tat we haven lay the bedsheet yet... so we quickly tidy her room and let her rest in her princess cot... keke... i was busying tidying her room, walking here n there... my wound feel so painful... n worse of all we haven buy formula for gal gal yet... luckily everything was more settled the next day... but due to my mum is not used to my house things, i have to tell her and help her to get used to it... the second night i am home, my breast begins to engorge... it was so painful tat i cant move myself when i sleep... n i even have fever... so in the midst of the night, i took out my medela pump and started to learn how to use it.... n i begin to learn how to pump milk.... after pumping for few times, then my engorgement went off... i put cold cabbage on my breast... it helps a bit when its cold, but very fast, the coldness will goes off... so i will still feel pain... my pain last for around 2 weeks... until doctor took off the stitch for me then i feel better after tat... the initial pain was so painful tat i wanted yong to buy me a float... but he cant get it.. haha... he saw me wif pain tat he ask me does gal gal still will have a didi or mei mei? haha my reply was dunno.. haha...

Confinement was a very boring process and it takes a month... oh my god... i simply cannot dun bathe.. initially when i came back, i almost bath everyday lor... my whole body stink lor if dun bath... haha... i m used to bath every 2 times a day... how can i dun bath?? haha... its only in week 3 then i started to settle down and took care of baby at night myself...

During confinement, it's really not easy to learn how to cope wif ur baby, learn breastfeeding and coping wif the milk supply... and also food is the most sian thing... everyday almost eat the same kind of food... and cant even drink plain water.. haizz...

For the malay massage, i started doing it a week after i gave birth... i do it for 5 days and wrap... still not bad, especially when she help me massage my breast n clear all my blockage... as for my tummy, i think the wrap did help me reduce but actually till now, i still have my little tummy...

Coping wif breastfeeding is the most stressful thing... cos my milk supply is not very good... initially start, i could only pump 20-30ml a time... it was so pathetic lor... one day i could only feed 3times of my breastmilk only... so ard 1/3 on breastmilk & 2/3 on formula... now, my breastmilk increase a bit liao... ard 2/3 on breastmilk and 1/3 on formula... i m still hoping to see one day where i can fully feed her on breastmilk... pumping milk for tis one month, i really feel myself like a cow... pumping n pumping... every 2-3 hours pump one time... the process was so tiring... initially i make myself so miserable by hiding myself in my bedroom and stare at the pump to pump... then it really makes me feel pumping milk is a boring thing... so thereafter i feel i must make myself enjoy more in pumping milk... so i pump in my study room while using pc... so life really got better... haha.... maybe more used to it by now...

During confinement, there's lots of things to do lor.. learning is a long process... we named our baby 陈思豫 after long discussion... finally do up her birthcert on 30 Dec 2009.. keke...

Birth of Kaylia to the world

On 11 December 2009, which kaylia is at week 37 exactly... as per normal, i went for checkup and Dr WK Tan told me that Kaylia is still enjoying herself inside... i have no contraction and baby not engage yet... so wont be so soon! she weigh abt 3.19kg already... i was so worried abt her birth weight cos i wan to try natural birth... but since doctor says wont be so soon, so i just have to wait... keke... n i still able to atend kuku's wedding and continue to enjoy eating... keke... :) so life continues as per normal....

On 15 December 2009, Tuesday night, i was working late until abt 8pm... and i was rushing my work etc... when i was abt to leave office, angela still asking me "will u be here tomorrow?" i still reply her "Y not?" of cos i will be here... keke...

On 16 December 2009, Wednesday.. early morning abt 7am... yong was talking to baby as per normal... he usually will talk to baby then he will leave home for work... so he was telling baby tat 9 more days will be christmas and baby will wan to be a christmas baby? then after talking to baby, he went to the kitchen for his bread for breakfast... so i wake up and went to toilet... the night before, i realise i have lots of fluid flowing out... but its normal bai dai like tat... so i ignore... so morning when i went toilet, i realise my panty was wet but as i was wearing a black panty, i didnt see the colour of my fluid... so i took some toilet paper n wipe... i saw blood stain!!! i was so shocked and i keep shouting for dear... telling him HOW?! i was in shocked n blurred!! dunno wat to do!! n i tell him or i go office first... handover then i go see doctor later... cos clinic oso not opened yet! then i walk here n there dunno wat to do... he is in daze too... cos he doesnt know if he still going to work or not... so i decided to call my mum n ask her... then my mum told me tat if got blood liao, i need to go hospital liao... then dear call up TMC n check... the nurse oso told him i should go hospital now... so we decided to go hospital... i still thinking it should be a false alarm... cos doctor say baby wont come out so fast mah... so when we reach hospital, i wasnt prepared tat i will give birth... i still tell dear dear tat tonight i be cooking birdnest for baby... and he still tell me he wan bring me go eat crab before baby comes out... so we were still not prepared for baby arrival... n the worst thing is i havent pack anything for hospitalisation... keke... so quickly packed in a rush and i quickly bath... so when reach TMC, i was observed using the monitor... to monitor my contraction and baby's heartbeat... the nurse keep asking me if i have any contraction, i told her no... then after monitoring for sometime, the nurse told me i have contraction already... so when Dr WK Tan arrived, she check my dilation and told me tat i have dilated 1cm already... i was so shocked.. so she put one tablet into my cevix for softening.... at tat time, yong went out to make phone call, so when doctor left, i still thinking will i be giving birth today? then i ask the nurse... the nurse says of cos... the tablet already put in... oh my god, i was so shocked... then when yong came back, i told him the nurse looking for him to register me for ward and medisave... cos i be giving birth today.... he was shocked oso... keke... so he went to do the necessary documentation, n came back to me... Think i should write the whole process with the time included:

7.00am : Saw blood stain

8.45am : Reach Thomson Medical Centre

9.00am : Put on Monitor

10.00am : Dr WK Tan came and examined. Dilated 1cm. Put in tablet to soften cevix

12.00pm : Serve my lunch

1.00pm : Nurse shave and pump in the fluid to empty my bowels

1.30pm : Bath and clean up myself

1.45pm : Sent to Labour Ward Room 5

2.00pm : Dr WK Tan examine my contraction at 1.5cm... then break my waterbag and put me

on drip to speed up my contraction

2.15pm : My contraction begins... PAIN PAIN PAIN! i tried to endure and used the gas but NO

USE!

3.45pm : Dr WK Tan came and i told her i cant endure, can i have empidural?

4.15pm : Dr Lilian came and help me inject empidural.. my contraction was so frequent that she

has to stop the drip so tat she's able to inject empidural

4.30pm : Empidural finally work and i was painless

5.30pm : Dr WK Tan came to check my dilation.. it was only 5cm...

6.30pm : Nurse serve me dinner which is sandwich...

8.00pm : A senior nurse came to check my dilation.. it was 8cm... the nurse told me most likely

i will be able to start pushing at 10pm....

8.15pm : My empidural started to lose effect.. i begin to feel my contraction again... but the

nurse told me they cant increase the empidural too much for me cos if so, i wont be

able to push later.. so they increase a little bit... n i could still feel the pain... but no

choice, i have to endure...

10.00pm : Finally the nurse check my dilation... it was 10cm...

10.15pm : I begin to push... it was so tedious and tiring... but at tat point, i only could use all my

strength to push... i wouldnt wish to go c-section after trying for so many hours in

labour ward...

10.30pm : Dr WK Tan came.. and help me... i push n push... the midwives help to push my

stomach.... after trying for 15 more minutes, baby is out... i could hear her cries...

i feel so happy... i kept asking doctor is baby fine? she told me baby can yell so loud most likely she doesnt have any problem... they carry baby for me to kiss n bring her out to yong to measure her weight n length...

she weigh 3.205kg at birth and length of 49cm... this is a photo of her at birth...

Baby at Week 36

Baby is 36 weeks already... time flies so fast... baby is going to pop out anytime... hee... yest went to see doctor... baby on 4 Dec 2009 is weighing at 2.8kg already... as of last check up, which she is at 34 weeks... on 20 Nov 2009, she is weighing at 2.339kg... she gain quite a lot of weight... i could say she will definately hit above 3kg when born... cos yest doc just told me should be end of this mth... how i hope baby will be a christmas baby... keke... when ppl ask me do i feel excited or scared... actually i really dunno... somehow mix feelings... definately i will feel scared lah... its first time giving birth mah.. n i dunno how pain it will be... but to think of can see baby soon... i really feel looking forward to it... i believe her daddy oso looking forward to baby coming out soon... today daddy training himself to learn how to take care of baby... he look after rachelle for a while... think he really likes to play wif baby now... initially, i still feel he like not fatherly enough n scared he dun like kids... but no lor... i feel he's more anxious than me sometimes... think he will dote on baby a lot next time... recently we been busy washing her clothes, bedsheet etc... suddenly realise we have bought so many things for her already.... keke...

baby is wif more n more strength now... she can kick me so hard... she will always play wif her fingers... n we can feel her fingers... the feeling is so special... but baby will be naughty at times... just like last night, after back from my company dinner... we are already so tired and slept at 2am... then baby disturb my sleep and wake me up at 5am... no matter which way i sleep, she will like poke me and make me uncomfortable... i tired to sleep but i cant.. so i feel maybe its becos she's hungry, cos i could feel a bit hungry... then i wake up to surf net and make some milk to drink... she still so active and kick me, push me here and there... just like now, i am typing and she's kicking and pushing me... maybe she knows i am talking abt her here... then only at 7am then i went back to sleep, think she drank milk already and becomes not so grouchy... so she finally allow me to sleep a while more.... hope she will be more guai tis few weeks more... if not, if she makes me lost sleep every night, i dunno how i am going to work the next day... baby, be more guai ok? mummy & daddy waiting for ur arrival... (",)

Updates on Baby

Recently too busy to write blog.. but some quick updates on baby kaylia... as of 16 October 2009 which is 28 weeks 7 days... baby weigh abt 1.355Kg... at then, i cant imagine my waist to be 39".. baby is growing bigger n bigger.. my weight was abt 55kg then...

As of 6 November 2009 which is 31 weeks 7 days... baby weigh 1.8Kg.. my weight is abt 56.5kg... my waist is abt 40.5"..

2 more weeks which is 20 November 2009, i going to see gynae for my baby latest development... hope she's fine and weight everything will be ok....

i was so worried recently, i scared my sugar level high n etc... i was so paranoid cos my fren just gave birth and her baby weigh 4.25kg at beginning 36weeks... then i grow so paranoid and scared that my sugar level was high.. last week, when i did my urine test at the clinic, the nurse asked me to do my blood test... i ask her, wat happen? my sugar level high? she was stunned to see me asking tis question when she ask me to go take blood test.. then she say no lah... wan to test ur iron... keke... i felt relieved.... then i ask the man who took my blood test abt my urine test results, he say its fine... then after checkup, i ask the nurse abt my iron level... she say just nice... never fall below tis time round but still got to take care of my iron level by taking my pills apart from milk products... ok, tats all for today... when i am more free, will update more... recently busy wif work as to handover my things to a temp so that i can go on my maternity leave soon... but my temp is giving me problems lor... long story.. hopefully, i will be able to solve all my problems wif my temp...

3rd Trimester Coming Up!

Today is my last day of Week 24… Baby going to be in 3rd Trimester stage already… I could feel she's growing stronger and stronger as each day goes by… I could feel her kick stronger and more painful for me.. But it seems like she knows wat we are talking abt... when i try to wake her up and kick daddy... she will... just tat daddy got to wait for her to kick... my tummy growing bigger and bigger... till now, i gain abt 9kg.. meaning to say i am feeling heavier and heavier now... my legs started to cramp more frequently at nites... my back ache alot!! and tat is terrible for me... cos i could feel the pain and when it comes, no matter i sit or lie down, i can't cure my pain until i have enough rest, then my pain slowly goes off... but it will be back very fast when i am standing for some time...when i am attending the antenatal class in KK, the nurse mentioned that when mummy feels back ache, it might be due to baby lying on mummy tats y cause mummy to have back ache... tink baby really lying too comfortably inside tat i am experiencing back ache so often... i m looking forward to my pre-natal massage on 5 Oct... 2 more weeks to go... hoping the massage will ease my pain...

Last week at KK, i finally decided to buy the medela breast pump.. after considering for quite some time, we decided to get Medela Freestyle... We got it at $759 at The First Few Years at KK... being comparing the function for freestyle and pump in style... finally feel like freestyle is better in many ways... and of cos more ex in anyway oso.... since buy liao, i really have to be determine to breastfeed baby... if not, all these will gone to waste... we really spend a lot on baby... recently i seldom shop for my own things... so unlike me, but i like to shop for baby things... keke... it seems fun and nice to shop for her things..

Last week, daddy went himself to Ikea to buy the Chest of Drawers… then he didn’t tell mummy abt it… cos he wanted to give mummy and kaylia a surprise… indeed, I was surprised to see the chest of drawers, installed and place nicely at baby's room… dunno wat surprise will daddy give again for the coming weeks... he still got plenty of things to do... eg paint baby room and decorating... think he's not getting himself free oso... got plenty of stuff waiting for him to do...

Yesterday I went to Isetan private sale… bought clarins products… cos got 20% off… so bought a toner and moisturiser… which cost me abt $94… then I buy 2 mphosis pouch… 3 home shorts for myself… 1 water container, and the rest… all small baby stuffs… I bought nuk pacifier... cos the lady told me tat the design is flat so its good for baby jaw development... so i choose nuk instead of avent in the end... oso got a pacifier holder... pigeon powder puff, cotton buds, seat belt protector, and some bibs... the bibs when i came back, i realise i dun like the shape... like odd shape n the cloth not nice... maybe still will let baby use at home lor... if not wasted oso... $6 somemore leh...

See if this week, if can, maybe we will be getting baby cot for baby… tmr going to visit gynae to see baby… recently I keep feeling the middle of my upper tummy very painful… but its not constantly one.. So I believe must be gal gal doing something inside poking me or wat... tmr going to ask doctor abt it...

Graco Playpen & Bumbo Seat

On 7 Aug 2009, when Isetan having baby fair, we bought a graco playpen & bumbo seat for baby... we bought the playpen at $199 where other places selling at $299... so still a good buy then... but the best buy is the bumbo seat... we bought at $49.90... so happy to buy things for baby.... it has been so long since i last buy things for myself.. haha... cos nothing much for me to buy oso... ~boring~ but at least can buy baby things... we apply for isetan card... and plus the playpen, and clothings, and set of baby pillow with bolsters, we pay abt $250... and we got back $25 voucher... so we used the vouvher to buy the bumbo... its really great buy... cos worth it lor... haha... the Isetan lady even tell me ur husband good at all tis huh... haha... cos he settled everything, while i busy looking at things... hope there's somemore fair n i could have better discounts in buying things for baby...

Graco Playpen

Bumbo Seat (Purple)

BabyPlus

BabyPlus information at: http://babysingapore.com/babyplus.html
We bought BabyPlus on 1 Aug 2009... so since then i have been using it for 3 weeks... we bought it at $288... it was quite expensive for something we dunno if it is really useful... but one thing, baby started to kick me when i am 17 weeks... it really generate her reaction.. actually we were wondering if baby likes or dun like the babyplus... cos it might be quite noisy for her... but still we bought... cos the main feature of the babyplus is to help baby to reach her milestone earlier and wont be a grouchy baby next time... i am at my lesson 3 rite now...think baby is used to it already... although i tried to follow everyday 10am & 10pm per day.. but sometimes, i still overshot by abit... hee...

Initially when i started using babyplus in office, i find it quite irritating in a way... cos everybody asked me wat's tat? n everybody doubting the use of it... although i oso a bit doubt on it lah... but buy already mah... so must use it lor... never try how u will know... n the most disgusting part is ppl keep telling me this kind of sound where got nice for baby to hear? should let baby hear music mah.. of cos music i oso let baby hear but tis is different mah... tis is with education purposes mah... haizz.. sometimes i regretted using it in office... but if early in the morning, i use at home, it will be too early for me... n i need to bath so if wearing tat, i am not able to bath... so the only choice is office... haizz... hope ppl will stop asking me and giving me comments on my babyplus...

Ours is a baby girl

Yesterday, i went for the detailed scanning... cos i have hit my 20 weeks... i never imagine it to be so detailed as in the see the baby's brain, heart, kidneys, lungs, bones, spine and etc... when doctor tried to explain to us the medical terms, he could see that we dun understand him... haha.. both of us are like staring at the screen dunno wat's happenning... so he told us... its very technical... keke... i could see baby is growing fine with all the features on... although i dun understand the doctor's saying, but i could see baby's eyes, nose, hands, feets, etc... they are all growing fine... then when comes to the sex organ, yong was asking the doctor, is baby a gal or a boy... haha... then doctor showed him baby is a girl... keke... i think tats the most impt part we are eager to know... hee.. we scan for about 15-20mins... after the scanning, the doctor told us... congratulations, you have a healthy baby! we felt so relieved hearing that... at least dun have to worry so much for now... then we went to see Dr WK Tan... she told yong, our baby is weighing at 354g now... n she won't be too big nor too small... she will be an average baby... then she put me on bed and out a round thing on my stomach... i heard "zzzzzzzzz" sound and some pomp pomp sound... it sounds like radio not connectivity like tat... then doctor told me... the pomp pomp sound is the baby heartbeat... the "zzzzzzz" sound is baby movements... then she said baby is very busy inside... keke... think baby is trying to swim again... haha... but no space for her liao... cos doctor cant measure her exact length as she's curling up already... then i told yong... a healthy baby is more important than the sex of the baby... Thanks god for giving us a healthy baby...

On our way back, we were talking abt baby's name... most likely, we will be calling baby "Kylia"... we been thinking either Kaylia or Kylia... the pronousation is the same but it seems like Kylia in words seems nicer than Kaylia... As for the meaning of Kylia, the origin is from Scottish and the meaning is lovely...

So baby, remember if next time you were to ask mummy how ur name comes about, u could read the blog and u will know...

Peg Perego Pliko P3 Classico Stroller (Moka)

We bought a pram for baby on Sunday... We went to Hypermart at Kaki Bukit... we bought it at $599.... Been thinking for quite some time so decided to buy Peg Perego... Have considered many other brands by comparing features and etc... but think tis suits us more... so we decided to get for baby... Actually last week at Vivo City Spring Maternity, we saw the pram selling at $598... but we didnt buy yet cos considering the limitation of colours... cos display they only have orange colour and the lady told us must check stock if still have the colour... we saw from catalogue considering red or moka colour... but we didnt get to see the actual colour... so in the end we didnt buy...

So on Sunday, we went to Hypermart, they have all the colours there and were on display... initially i like the model Switch but it cost $1,088 before 15% discount... n the weight of the pram is 11kg which is too heavy for us... but its really nice lor... but not worth it to get a pram near $1,000.... so we still decided on P3... when i saw the moka colour, i really like it lor... comparing with the catalogue, it looks different... so we decided to buy... cos the normal retail price is $758, which is true and we saw it at mothercare oso... then Hypermart got 20% discount so selling at $599... so thinking n thinking, we decided to just get... then we ask for freebies, but the person say dun have, maybe they can give us a fan at $7.90... but we think not worth it... so we ask for a 20% discount to get the raincover for the pram... the original cost of the raincover cost $59... so ex... so after discount is $47.20...

Features of the Pram:

-Maximum comfort in all seasons.
-Cup Holder.
-Footrest with a non-skid rubber insert to carry an older brother or sister. Back wheels have new centralized brake cable.
-Hood use sun canopy.
-Wheels ( 17 cm) with springs. Front wheels swivel or lock;back wheels have separate brakes.
-Large, practical basket.
-Five-point seat belt Freedom of Movement.

-Front bumper hinges open for access to baby or removes for toddlers.
-Light and resistant lacquered aluminium frame.
-Umbrella folding. Extremely compact when closed, it can even stand up alone.
-Side carrying handle.

DIMENSIONS WHEN OPEN
Height: 102,5 cm
Length: 87,5 cm
Width: 53,5 cm

DIMENSIONS WHEN CLOSED
Height: 103 cm
Length: 39,5 cm

WEIGHT: 8 Kg