21.06.2011

21.06.2011 is one of the happiest day of my life as i received one of the best call ever. when i saw the caller-id reflected "KKH Nursery" i was so excited!!

The nurse said: "Mdm Say, this is calling from ward 81. your baby can go home today. u need to bring ur id and also a set of clothes for baby to change into."

those few simple words are the best words ever. we got ready and drove to KKH with me kept saying "Ashton"s coming home!!!!!" throughout the short 10min drive. Finally i could bring my boy home and hug him close to me the whole day!!!!!!

Ashton's home for 2 days already and we are still getting use to each other. he's been a very good boy. Eating and slping is all he does now so that he could grow grow grow!!!!

As for me, i'm just concern that i'm not producing enough breast milk for him. The nurse we saw yesterday said that if Ashton is not having enough, he will cry for it so i dun have to worry. i do hope that my breast milk will really start to come in. to be able to breastfeed him for at least 6 months is what i hope to give him.

oh yeah, we have started to send out Ashton's full month celebration invitation. it will be held at our place, due to space constrain, we could only invite a small group of frens. 

and Ashton's chinese name have been confirm. its 汪靖凯, instead of the original name that Dar wanted. The fengshui master said this name will suit him better. Both of us also like this name so we decided on it. Dar also went ahead and did up his birth certificate today. 

Day 10

its been 10 days and Ashton is still in KKH. Another 4 days to go till he comes home with us.
His jaundice level is of healthy range these few days hence he does not require the light therapy.

we have been coming daily to accompany him, hold him and sayang him. eh my breast milk is starting to increase, but its still not enough for Ashton. Like his daddy, he's a huge eater... whatever i pump he just finish in one feeding...faint... i really got to eat alot more fish to produce more milk...hahahah  

counting down to the last 4 days... 

Day 3

its been 3 days since Ashton's born and he is still in the nursery. its confirmed that he has G6PD deficiency and currently has high levels of jaundice. He is under going the light treatment as i blog in the breastfeeding room, waiting for 130pm to come till i feed and hold him in my arms...

its getting bearable each time i leave him with the nurses and head home without him in my arms... but like Dar said, its for his well being and the docs and nurses will give him the best care he needs. 

they are still monitoring his jaundice level so at the moment we do not know when he can come home. it could be next week or the week after. but i'm sure he will be home very soon ....

also need to start preparing for his full month celebration. it will be a fun day for all of us... 

Dar has been very busy and getting not alot of slp... he has been busy with household chores, sending me to the hospital everyday to breastfeed Ashton, going to mil's place to get food and items from relatives, still settling some things for the home and still have to cook my confinement food... what will i do without him???? 

ahhh cant wait for Ashton to snuggle in ned with us... =))

Home sweet home...

without Ashton...

i was discharge at about 11am this morning. However, Ashton still needs to stay for observation for another 7 days. Because the doc wants to make sure his G6PD level will be back to the normal range before releasing him. 

i actually took the news pretty okay when the doc told me the news... but when i was alone with Ashton, looking at him sleeping so soundly, my tears just started rolling down my cheeks. i guess it pains my heart to see the little him from outside the nursery instead of having him in my arms with us at home...

so for the next 7 days, we will be shuffling btw the hospital and our home, this is to ensure that  during the day, i can still breastfeed Ashton, giving him the good stuff from breast milk...

We will still go ahead and move into our new home tmrw as planned. we will wait for him to come home with us next week =))

telling myself that everything will be okay and that i shld stop crying as Ashton will feel it and the milk supply might not be as good..hahahaa

counting down till he comes home with us =))

its not false alarm!!

so the contractions that i experienced on 7th June morning was actually real!! and i must say that Ashton is really good... instead of been induced as per Dr Khoo's suggestion on the 8th, he decided to do it his way, the au natural way... 

So after observing my contractions from 6plus am to about 11plus am... we decided to make a trip to the delivery ward. was place under observation for about and hr and was told that my dilation was still only at 3cm and that the contractions are still pretty far apart and the pain level is actually very tolerable... so we decided to go home and relax and prepare instead of inducing earlier... 

Dar and me then head over to our new home to do some cleaning and packing since we intended to move in on the 10th June as per the fengshui master's recommendation. i could not do much as my contractions actually got alot more painful as time passed...but at least i had my fav cury rice for lunch!!! something i wanted for energy before i go give birth..hahaah

by the time we finish at our place and head back to Dar's place for dinner, i was in alot of pain, contractions are about 6mins apart... but still managed to tahan the pain till about 11pm, then we head over to KKH... 

at the delivery ward, the staff nurse did a round of check for me and confirm that i was 4cm dilated and wheeled me to a room o get ready. by then the contractions and pain is getting stronger.... but we still stick to our plan to have a drug free delivery.... i was very grateful that Dar stuck with me from the beginning to the end and kept encouraging me and remindind me to breathe throughout my contractions.... without him i tink i would have opted at least for the laughing gas towards the end....

i was very lucky as my dilation process was very fast...by 2am, i was about 8cm dilated and the nurse contacted Dr Khoo to come in... and by about 230am my water bag burst by itself and by about 244am, Dr Khoo gave the green light to start pushing and by 250am, Ashton is out and Dar cut his cord and he was in my arms before 3am.... 

i would say that the whole process is really memorable i will always rem the process of how Dar supported me and stayed with me. i will also rem the overwhelmed emotion when the nurse placed Ashton on my breast for skin-to-skin contact... i will alway rem the pain during labor as this will always remind me that anything is possible as long as i believe and stick to it... i will always rem that this experience i have with Dar and Ashton is priceless...

oh yeah towards the end of the contractions, i was in so much pain that i was practically screaming my lungs out like a mad woman and i broke the bed's handle..haha hope that will not be part of our final hospital bill 

i tink he's coming!!!!

i'm blogging this down in case its not a false alarm... have been having the cramps since 6 plus this morning....  tot was wanting to poop but nothing came out...had the bloody show...

showered, had light breakfast, timed my contractions and it seems like we are in active labor.... 

Dar went to our new place to get something... coming back soon then we will go for a quick check at KKH.... 

i do hope its false alarm, cuz i have not had my curry rice as supper before delivery... eh lavendar popian also can wor... heheheh plus the contractions does not feel as intense and its actually still bearable... 

ahhh.... Ashton is been very cooperative... =))))

keeping my fingers cross....

Counting down to 8th June 2011

counting down to about the last 72 hours till we check-in to KKH in preparation to welcome Ashton into our world... kinda of a mix feelings...hahah happy, exciting yet a little kan cheong and fearful...hahah but i know Dar will be there for us.. =)))

we have been busy the past few days moving, shifting, unpacking, cleaning things and stuff around our new place to make it our home.... our home is slowing taking shape and its getting really cozy.... 

Dar has been putting in alot of hours, energy and sweat into making our home our home... what will i do without him? 

coming week will be an exciting week for us as we will be super busy and our roles will change as Ashton comes into our lives... cant wait for that... =))))

its really coming true!!!!