and Baby arrived !

the morning itself on 30th July 2008

I woke up suddenly at around 5.30 am by a sudden light trickle of water....
( it could be from the water bag ). I still have the gel like mucous stains on my pad.
I goes back to sleep after a change of fresh pad.

Then i got up again at 5.55am... go to the toilet. And there it was, the bloody showing !
That's what some of the pregnant ladies sign that labour is coming soon. It's the first time for me, because previous pregnancy involves water breaks and only light blood stain.

Feel a bit kancheong now. Nevertheless, still remains calms. As the contractions yet to kick into regular pattern. Prepare Ning for school, and told hubby to be ready after he send her to school.
I start repacking my stuffs.. ( even though i've packed and recheck, and i still left out some stuffs after i got there.... cheh ! )

I tries lying down to wait for the contractions. It came, but still very short contractions for between 10 - 15 minutes at times.

By 7.45 am, i can feel the contractions lasted longer now. So, we decide to leave for hospital. Calculating that it being a normal working day, there would be some hold up on the traffic jams by the morning rush hour to work.
And indeed, we did got caught in a slow crawl upon reaching the end of the parliament highway joining the Jalan Tun Razak. At times the car remains stationary as well. The contractions was getting much longer and pain started to kicks in at times.

Reached hospital, did the necessary registration and by the time i am in the delivery ward lying, it was almost 8.30 am.
The dilations of the cervix walls started rather quickly. By 9.30 am, it already reached 5 cm.
But the contractions makes the pain on the front abnominal and the back so damn painful !
Those 'pains' relives again my memory of my previous delivery....

By 10 am, i know the baby will surely arrive after 11 am. When the hour came, i felt like couldn't hold on any longer ! But the nurse advised me to hold it a bit longer, so that the cervix is dilated properly by 10 cm, to have a smooth delivery. Because they predicted my baby to BIG size !

I don't know how i 'tahan' until that final moment. But it was indeed a pain of the utmost degree... i don't think anybody can understand this kind of pain.. haha, except those who has gone through a child labour. When the final moment comes for the pushing, i was really glad.
And it was only few minutes of pushing, and the baby came out !

his arrival...
He is indeed BIG ! weighing at 9 lb 2 oz ( 4.16 Kg ) When they put him on my stomach, there is some satisfaction ( to see a complete healthy baby ), glad ( that the labour is over ), and surprisingly relaxed.well... he took on his elder brother's face shape, and there is a little bit of his sister's eyes and the chin.... The nose are much bigger than his sisters, but not as big as his brother. :p


He doesn't looks like a newborn.. And i wonder if i indeed have overdue the delivery date ? anyway, my last gynae did wrote down on the medical card that my EDD is on 30th July, 2008.
His tummy isn't bloated like what most newborn babies are. He looks strong, his body and legs are lengthy. In fact, i find his feet kinda big too... another bigfoot to the family! And his toe thumb is big too ( this same gene with his brother as well... )
everybody in the family loves this new addition to the family. Jing was so excited when baby came home. She even took her soft toys ( the bigger than baby sized barney, bear, etc ) and put them beside her new younger brother. Haha !
And then, she even brought her small blanket and pillow and bolster, intending to share with her new brother. But not until night fall, she took them back as she needs them. LOL !