Birth of my baby girl - 16th Sep 2009

I know...this is long overdue...but I juz have to write it down......

EDD (estimated date of delivery) was on 15th sep but till 15th sep, I still have not encounter any labour pains watsoever. Thus, gynae asked me to admit into hospital that night to be induced.

15th Sep (11pm) : Admitted into TMC.

15th Sep (1145pm) : Gynae came to stuff a tablet into my uterus (i think).

16th Sep (4am) : Started to feel contractions. Began to time my contractions. Did not sleep the whole night.

16th Sep (930am) : Sent to observation ward after having breakfast. At observation ward, "something" was inserted into anus to clear bowels. Bowels cleared.

16th Sep (11am) : Gynae came to check and broke my water bag. Only 2 cm dilated.

16th Sep (1pm) : Took light lunch. Though the pain is still bearable, but was very tired. Thinking if I take epidural, I will have some time to rest. Requested for epidural.

16th Sep (245pm) : Took epidural. Did not rest at all. Side effect of epidural, slight fever and severe shivering (will not happen to everyone, unlucky me).

16th Sep (5pm) : Gynae came to check dilation again. Only 3 cm!! Super demoralised. He decided to put me on another induced medication which come in the form of drip.

16th Sep (7pm) : Gynae came to check. Dilated 5 cm. Yay! Finally....seeing some "light"

16th Sep (8pm) : I suddenly had the urge to push. Hurried hubby to call the nurse. Nurse came to check and found that I was already 9cm dilated!! Yay...finally!! But the urge to push is really difficult to control. Need to resist coz can only start pushing when dilated to 10cm. Nurse went to call gynae and I was pushed to the labour ward.

16th Sep (820pm) : In the labour ward waiting for gynae. Finally he arrived and I was already 10cm dilated! He then lowered the epidural so that I can feel the contractions. Whenever I have contractions, I was supposed to push. After that, everyone else disappeared and left me and hubby. So hubby was my nurse and whenever contractions came, he counted for me and I was pushing. Gynae was gone and the nurses were walking around. They say that first time will not be so fast. Gynae will only come back in when the baby's crown can be seen. Finally, after pushing for dunno how long, gynae came back and "suit" up, ready for delivery. 2 nurses were back together with hubby to assist me in pushing. After dunno how long again, finally.....

16th Sep (942pm) : Baby Natalie was finally out! (with the help of vacuum). Phew~!

baby's room

A peep into our baby's room.....

And a close up look of our baby's cot...

Day 3 of maternity leave

Today is my 3rd day of ML..what have I been doing? Nothing actually..playing FB, watching starhub..resting..

After having cereal and butter/jam sandwich for the past 2 days, I have decided to cook myself breakfast and lunch today..

My breakfast: Peanut Butter and Cheese Toast

Found this recipe online and decided to give it a try. It's not bad but I think it would be better if I had put peanut butter on both slices of bread. I tried it with wholemeal bread. Maybe it would taste sweeter with white bread. Give it a try!

My lunch : Capsicum omelette and sauted mushroom

This is my own recipe. Haha..doesn't really look like an omelette coz I cut the egg up in order to flip them. Din have the chef skill to flip the whole omelette as it is. I have tried both while I was in italy and I really love my sauted mushroom. Just saute it with butter and salt and it tastes good!
Been looking for recipes online these few days. Was thinking of starting to cook some simple dishes during these 4 months at home. BUT, not making any promises first in case hubby holds me to it. Just trying for the time being now...:)

Checklist

So exciting! We've finally bought the stroller. Today was the last day of the sale at mothercare for this stroller that we liked, so we had to get it!

baby cot - checked

stroller - checked

steriliser - checked

food warmer - checked

nappies - bought 10, checked

stroller

we like this.....

back...

hello...i'm finally back....


most of u know there are some changes and that there are going to be changes....yes, in my life...in our lives...*smile*



as i'm writing this, she is actively kicking me....



did we plan for it?

yes, we planned for a baby cow......


are we happy?

though both of us were surprised at first, as the day passes by, as she grows or rather as i grow bigger, we are gradually adapting to the presence of another life in me....and yes, we are happy......


are we ready?

financially, we are still saving...but we will adjust as she comes....and yes, we are ready for u, baby......:)