Tyler's First Day Home

We got home on Wednesday, 24th November, 2010, after 3 nights in the hospital.

We received alot of gifts and well wishes from family and friends. I didn't have the energy to open up all the presents to take a picture... Very big thank you to you~! =)

Managed to take a picture of some of the flowers... (this is just SOME of it...)

I was still feeling pretty sore on my incision and has developed bad backache from the hospital bed as well as adapting to feeding positions.

Tyler's is still being nursed directly from my breasts every 2 to 3 hours at about 9 to 10 feeds a day with 1 oz of cup feeding 2 or 3 times for supplement.

Our first night with Tyler was quite challenging. We didn't catch any sleep at all! He wakes up every 2 hours for feeding and by the time I'm done with feeding him, which takes at least an hour, I have to clean or change his diapers and when I almost get ready to go to bed, he's up for the next feed!

Other than the feeding times and our lack of sleep, Tyler has been a sweetheart...

Our confinement lady, Karen and TK's mother arrived on the same afternoon... So we have 7 persons living under one roof... Well, that's the first for me! Of cos, I wasn't in the mood for entertaining and I felt tired all the time, so other than feeding time, I'll be resting in my room...

The Labour

We arrived at BNH Hospital in the wee hours on 21 November, 2010...
Surprisingly, I was able to catch some sleep...
We went to the Gynae & Obs department to confirm our details...
It didn't really hit me that I Bao Bao was leaving me physically until they sat me in the wheelchair... I had a sudden rush of emotions on the verge of tears... Somehow I'm not willing to let him out...

Me: Can we back out now?
Tiki: Yes... Do you want to back out?

But we proceeded to the Labour Room anyway... The Midwife checked my cervix (SUCKS!) , and it was only dilated slightly... Then I was given enema to clear my bowels where I sat in the loo for about 40mins... It was like having bad diarrhea... It just doesn't end and it hurts!

Mummy, Papa and Tiki were with me in the Labour room for about 1hour before my parents left to wait for the good news...

The Midwife set me up with Baby's heartbeat monitor and the contraction monitor then gave me dose the induction through Intravenous. Before she left, she told me I will be feeling contraction pain in 10mins or so and that it's definitely going to be painful. If I am unable to take the pain, I should ask for epidural then. I waited... 10mins... 20mins... 30mins... 1hour... 90mins... 120mins... NO PAIN AT ALL!! I don't understand why. I told Tiki, I have a feeling, I will never experience how real contraction feels like... (I was actually looking forward to how it will feel like) But I was definitely having about 60 to 90% of contraction every 3mins... How come I don't feel the pain? Tightness was all I felt. Tiki said I was blessed not to feel the worse part of labour... I suppose so~

Dr Suvit came and went checking my dilation a few times... Then he said if in another hour and half or so there's insufficient dilation, we will have to go for C-section...

And so we that's our fate...

Everything seemed to be going on so fast yet I feel it was never going to end. I hated it!! The whole process of C-section... I was transferred to the operation theater, then was given the spinal block and had to curl up in foetal position... I felt the cold fluid seeping through my spine, it's not the best sensation. My legs started to feel tingly and eventually I felt nothing while they're sanitizing me. Frankly speaking I was a little afraid... Both my hands were tied up on either sides with my Anaesthetist on my left and Tiki on my right. I was literally in a + position. Tiki reassured me that I'll be fine, holding my hand the whole time... I can see he looked rather worried about me. I wanted to cry because I felt very very claustrophobic with the screen so near to my face and I felt like I couldn't breathe. I wanted to get up and run... But I kept telling myself I must be strong for Bao bao...

Until I heard a cry~ =) His FIRST CRY... =D His first scream right out of my tummy... He was immediately brought to clean up his lungs but I caught a glimpse of him and I finally smiled...

He was brought to me  and we took our first Family Portrait.
Tiki and me are officially Mummy and Daddy!!

Our Family

Our First Kiss

 Baby Tyler

Congratulations to ME!

Received news about the Final results for my degree course...
Although I should've put in much more effort than I did, I managed to score better than I expected!
But not as good as I initially planned it to be...

Well, there goes to show the effect of My Motto again!

"Aim High And You Won't Fall Too Far Behind"

Goal: First Class Honours
Actual: Second Upper Class Honours

Tiki said he thinks I could've achieved First Class if I put in a bit more time and effort in my assignments... But I told him, he was distracting me with TV and Sleep... haha~ Furthermore, he was preparing to leave and then stay in Bangkok and Bao bao was giving me even more stress during my Second semester in school! Far too many changes~ I was constantly tired, hungry and angry!!

Anyhow, excuses, excuses, excuses...

The outcome is good enough for me! What more can I ask for?
And of cos, Tiki happy for me too!
I told Tiki, luckily I didn't get First Class, if not, I would've requested for a Chanel 2.55! *bleah*

I'm thinking of Graduation Ceremony already... There'll be an addition member in the family attending! How exciting! =)

Announcement

Tiki and Me have decided Michelle Tan Mei Xin will be the Godmother of our son when he arrives...

Mich has been my Best Friend since 1994~ more than 16 years and still counting!
She was the First one to ask me about this...
So we discussed about it and Tiki mentioned that he hope our son's Godmother will be someone Special and she's really Special to me indeed... =)

From: Michelle Subject: Re: Updates from ME! To: "Angela Low",  "Shirley Tan", "Emilin Ong", "Cheryl Tok" Date: Thursday, April 15, 2010, 12:19 AM Congrats ah ley!!!!! so happy!! :) can i be god mum?? hehe... my best friend baby leh! :P update us more ok? and let me know when u feel bored when TK nt ard then i will go acc u! haha.. but that's after work lah! ;) have fun being pregnant and see u reallyyyy soon!

I Love Singapore!

Home
Music & Lyrics: Dick Lee

Whenever I am feeling low
I look around me and I know
There’s a place that will stay within me
Wherever I may choose to go
I will always recall the city
Know every street and shore
Sail down the river which brings us life
Winding through my Singapore

Chorus:
This is home truly, where I know I must be
Where my dreams wait for me, where that river always flows
This is home surely, as my senses tell me
This is where I won’t be alone, for this is where I know it’s home

When there are troubles to go through
We’ll find a way to start anew
There is comfort in the knowledge
That home’s about its people too
So we’ll build our dreams together
Just like we’ve done before
Just like the river which brings us life
There’ll always be Singapore

( Repeat Chorus )

For this is where I know it’s home
For this is where I know I’m home

The feeling of being home again is so wonderful. I've been away many a times during my flying days... But whenever I step into the soil of my country, I feel a rush of exuberence and sense of ease... Well, especially during this period when I miss my family and friends most... Not to mention the delicacies our little island has to offer... =)

(As I am typing this in Bangkok right now, I'm missing everyone and everything once again!)

I'm thankful for this opportunity for us to be able to stay for about 2 weeks. By the way, Tiki is officially a Singaporean now! Congratulations!! =)

A picture says a thousand words... Here's what some other stuffs we did during our visit back HOME~ 

Lovelies Plus 2 of Cheryl's Colleague @ Spinelli's

(A hangout where we frequent since more than 10 years ago)

Joycelin graced us with her presence~ hehe! 

My Other Lovely Lady, Chloe @ Shunjuu

(Thanks for the Magazine & Strawberries)

Tiki & Calvin @ Shunjuu

Church @ Wesley

Jie Jie (Esther) and Hilda @ Coffee Club

(Hilda kept whispering secrets... Cute!)

Wrist was hurting due to a slight sprain...

(Unable to support my sudden weight gain, I suppose)

More books from Harris @ GWC

(Got a old school mate working there, so we got good discounts!)

Vegetarian Bee Hoon with Faux Goose & Faux Pork

(While waiting for Tiki to get his Citizenship procedures done, I was too hungry to wait... So I went to a coffee shop nearby for Breakfast! Yum Yum!!)

Spread at Ah Ma's House... Needless to say... 

Everything is SOOOOooo Gooood!!

Finally, Us Home with Lacey

She's behaving so well during our stay... Perhaps she's worried that we'll abandon her again if she misbehaves... Sigh~

Well, needless to say I did visit some places and some people without taking pictures... =) We went over to Overeasy @ One Fullerton one of the days with a bunch of Tiki's colleague from UOB as well as Adrena and her gang... Although I'm not allowed any alcohol, I was actually impressed by the strawberry milkshake they serve! Must try their devil eggs and mini steak burgers!

Then there was the Lunch with Powerpuff gals at the Bund @ Clifford Pier~ I was craving for their XLB (xiao long bao), but due to the change in management, they did away with it! Sigh... what to do? But the company was good!

I didn't get to meet up with some family and friends... I'm sorry, time was not in my favour! But BKK isn't too far from Singapore!! Do start planning a trip here! I'll try to be a Good Host! That's if Bao Bao allows... =)