*.* More Pictures of En Xi at Home *.*
lovingly Dad&Mum@ | 8:26 PM
*.* En Xi's First Visit to the Pediatrician *.*
Today, Fri 22 Jan 10, was En Xi's first visit to the Pediatrician.
I truly understand why parents are usually late for their gatherings or functions.
Her appointment today was at 1045am at Paragon
(too expensive for us, think we probably won't go there again.)
630am: Mummy and Daddy woke up for first feed of the day. 715am: Mummy rested.
8 to 930am: Mummy and Daddy started to get ready the items needed to bring out etc. Mummy ate breakfast. Mummy and Daddy feeling rushed as time was running late. CL helped to bath En Xi.
930 to 10am: Second Feed of the day.
1015am: Mummy, Daddy, En Xi and Grandma left house for Paragon.
There was a jam due to the heavy rain and En Xi could not get to sleep in the car seat. She only slept when the car started to move smoothly on the expressway and in Mummy's arms. She wet her diapers too but we couldn't change her in the car.
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En Xi in the Car Seat |
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Close Up of En Xi |
1115am: We reached the clinic. En Xi cried again and her diapers were changed. She was also fed.
1145am: She was examined by the doctor.
(Thank God! She gained weight after the discharge from the hospital and had only very slight jaundice! We really thank God for His grace 'cos we were so worried about her having jaundice and not feeding well as Mummy's supply didn't seem enough.)
12pm: We went to Metro in Paragon to see if Grandma could get En Xi really small clothes but Mothercare's clothes were still not small enough. Grandma wanted to just get 1-3 pieces that will fit her nicely for these two weeks.
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En Xi in her pram |
1215pm: We left Paragon. Again, traffic jam. Daddy says to not come to this Pediatrician again. Hard to find parking, expensive parking and always heavy traffic.
1230pm: En Xi cried again. Mummy tried feeding her for a while, gave up when En Xi seems sleepy. Mummy placed En Xi in the car seat and she slept all the way home and continued sleeping at home.
Mummy and Daddy was so tired by one short outing. Mummy's not going to go out for quite a while until confinement is really over, body's really weak.
lovingly Dad&Mum@ | 1:41 AM
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
*.* Birth of Enxi on 16 Jan 10 *.*
First of all, En Xi and her parents would like to thank all students, colleagues, friends and relatives for their concern, blessing and congratulations during this time.
The Wong Family would like to thank those who came to visit at the hospital as well as those who didn't due to our requests for their understanding as it was a tough time.
Here's the Birth of En Xi and Mummy's delivery story on 16 Jan 10:
5 am: Admission at Thomson Medical.
6 am: At the ward, Mummy had to get ready for operation changing attire and all.
630 am: Mummy was wheeled outside operating theatre to wait for operation. Daddy had to wait at the family waiting area.
645 to 7 am: Mummy was wheeled into operating theatre.
(I was shaking while waiting and after a quick prayer, suddenly the shaking stopped. Thank God.)
Mummy was inserted with the tube and given oxygen to breathe.
(Thank God too that it wasn't painful.) Gynae arrived and Mummy was given anesthetic through the tube and was knocked out. Somewhere in between, a urine cathater was inserted as Mummy will not be able to walk immediately after the operation. At the end of the operation, the doctor removed the breathing tube from Mummy's throat.
(It was terrible and I felt like vomiting.)
715 am: En Xi was born.
730 am: Daddy was asked to verify En Xi and En Xi was placed in a warmer in the nursery.
(Daddy told Mummy afterwards, how to verify En Xi, also never see her before. Heh. Funny. He checked her weight and all. She was well and weighed 3.27 kg!)
815 am: Mummy was finally wheeled back to the ward and on regaining more consciousness, felt very very cold and had to have many blankets placed over her.
Gynae told Daddy that there was a complication during the operation. The placenta did move up as seen in the ultrasound scan previously but the abnormal blood vessel was still at the bottom. This resulted in bleeding during the operation after En Xi was taken out.
(Argh...) Also, she said that it was good that we decided to do caesarian as En Xi was still pretty high up and had to be taken out using forceps. She was also bigger than expected. If Mummy tried to deliver her naturally, it would still result in an emergency caesarian.
(Thank God, indeed He is in control.)
815 am to about 3pm: Mummy was drifting in and out of sleep due to the anesthetic.
At 3+ pm: Mummy finally woke up and felt better. Mummy manage to take a peek at En Xi when she was brought out to be shown to some visitors. Daddy had to repeat what the gynae said to Mummy a few times because Mummy couldn't understand/remember properly.
At 4+ pm: Nurses took Mummy's blood pressure and found that her blood pressure had dropped.
At 5+ pm: Gynae came to check on Mummy and decided that due to Mummy's low blood pressure, she should get a blood transfusion of 2 pints of blood. Mummy's hand started to become swollen and rigid. The pethidine (painkiller) from the drip to reduce the pain of the cut from the operation had to be stopped as it can cause the blood pressure to be lowered. Mummy was off the painkillers at this point.
(Obviously, it became painful and I had to bear it until the blood came or at least that's what I thought. According to visitors and Nigel, at this point on, I was very pale. I didn't know until late Sunday when I commented that I looked pale and they said I was much better than previously.)
At 7+ pm: The pints of blood arrived and the first pint of blood was dripped. Mummy then realise that the painkiller was not going to be put back again as it cannot be put with the blood and it can cause the pressure to drop again even if it goes back up.
At 9+ pm: The second pint of blood was dripped. Somehow, there was some shift in the needle in Mummy's left hand for the drip and it was painful.
At 10+ pm: Daddy realised that the blood was not flowing from the drip and called the nurses in. The nurses spent an hour trying to troubleshoot and with every change they tried to do with the drip (pressing, removing, adding pressure etc. etc.), Mummy was in a lot of pain. Daddy became frustrated with the nurses and told the nurses to change the blood or tube if necessary.
At 11+ pm: The blood finally started to flow but as the blood was thicker than it's supposed to be and with the shift the needle, Mummy was in pain throughout the blood transfusion for the second pint and could not sleep. Furthermore, Mummy was asked by the nurses to keep moving her hands and legs to improve blood circulation to reduce the swelling. At one time when Mummy moved her leg, the urine cathetar shifted and the first nurse that came in insisted there was nothing she could do. Mummy had one more painful thing to endure. Finally, another nurse came in and helped to shift the cathetar slightly to a better position.
Throughout the ordeal, Mummy's blood pressure had to be constantly taken and a particular nurse kept failing to take the pressure properly causing Mummy more discomfort.
On Sunday, Mummy's blood pressure was back to normal and was given oral painkillers. The nurse put her back on a plain drip but with the shift in the needle, it caused a lot of pain. Mummy could not take the pain any more and the senior nurse removed the drip after notifying her gynae. After waiting for the gynae to check her on Sunday late morning, the gynae told Mummy that she can only remove the needle if she can eat well and remove the urine cathetar if she can walk. Mummy quickly ate up the porridge given to her as much as she could and tried to walk as quickly as she could despite the pain from the cut.
By Sunday evening, Mummy's needle and cathetar was removed and Mummy was able to start to nurse herself back to health. Mummy was able to start feeding En Xi only on Monday and Mummy is still trying hard at it.
En Xi and family is now back at home! Hurray!
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En Xi Just Born |
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En Xi after being cleaned up |
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Our First Family Picture! |
lovingly Dad&Mum@ | 11:39 PM
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
*.* The Waiting Game *.*
I will be 39 weeks pregnant tomorrow! Our little darling, Elisa, is still not showing signs of coming out.
I have had some irregular contractions but nothing real yet.
Well, when I knew that I could not take epidural for pain relief due to my spine condition, I prayed for a few things:
1. For her to be born between 39-39weeks (so that she won't be too big!)
2. "Painless" contraction/delivery/quick dilation
3. No induction
And I told God, if He knows it's going to be really painful (I'm super scared of pain), well then don't let her come out before 39 weeks and I'll go for caesarian with GA.
As of today, it seems like Elisa is really not going to come out during these few days, so with some fear and trembling, I'm preparing myself for a caesarian with GA. So, when will Elisa be born?
Date of delivery: Sat 16 Jan 10
Time of delivery: 7am
Place of delivery: Thomson Medical Centre
Please pray for me!!! Pray that it'll be a smooth operation with minimum pain from the injection/drip/wound and quick healing!
lovingly Dad&Mum@ | 12:14 AM
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
*.* Thanking God for ... *.*
Thanking God for ...
Healing during pregnancy
1. Reducing/removing the cyst (It can't be spotted in the scans!)
2. Moving the placenta up (no complications with bleeding!)
3. No Strep B infection
4. Relieving all the pains that come with pregnancy when I pray
5. Stopping the breathlessness during first trimester that caused me so much headache/money/work stress trying to figure out what's wrong
His Timing
1. Able to rest during most of first/third trimester during school holidays
2. Having Nigel to take care of me during school holidays due to his timely change of job
3. Not having to waste maternity leave!
Friends/Family/Colleagues
1. Colleagues that offered me rides home/to places of makan!
2. Colleagues who helped to carry and settle things for me =)
3. Bosses who were understanding, showing care and concern.
4. Friends who came by to entertained me while I was resting at home.
5. Friends who were understanding too when I couldn't be there for them as much I would have liked to.
6. Family who were just ready to help if necessary.
the list goes on ...
lovingly Dad&Mum@ | 11:57 PM
*.* Our Visits to the Gynae! *.*
Our Visits to the Gynae!
We discovered she was already 7 weeks old at our first visit to the gynae. We saw her heartbeat!
However, I had a cyst of nearly 5 cm! Pray!
A detailed scan was done at 20 weeks to check for any abnormalities.
Everything was fine with baby and it was then when her gender was confirmed!
However, at this scan, it was discovered that my placenta was low-lying and again this might cause complications like bleeding etc. so yet another thing to pray about!
At 36 weeks, I was tested negative for Strep B infection! Hurray!
See the scrapblog for pictures of the ultrasound scans at the different weeks (still work in progress =p)
lovingly Dad&Mum@ | 7:53 PM
*.* Scrapblog In the Making *.*
lovingly Dad&Mum@ | 7:43 PM
*.* Start of our Little En Xi's life *.*
Start of our Little En Xi's life
Haha. of course i'm not going to tell you the details.. =p It's RA ok.
Hee. But well, Nigel and myself have been married since 18 Nov 06 and we enjoyed 2 years of couplehood.
We thought about it in Jun 08 and decided that it was a good timing to try for a kid.
There were a few times I thought that I could be pregnant but it was just a false alarm.
Finally in Year 2009 when I was sort of wondering if I'll ever get pregnant and somewhat demoralised, God started to drop little hints like sending this lady to pray for me during a camp who I didn't know at all and prayed about children!
In March 09, I went for this church conference and the speaker asked us to claim by faith something that we really want and believe that it will happen in that 3 months. I decided to ask for a baby and nigel asked for physical and spiritual children. (Actually, I was just trying my luck. haha. I had nothing to lose.)
From March onwards, my pastor continued to speak on faith and something started to stir in my heart to really believe and claim it. I started to believe, pray and confess that I will have a baby in that 3 months.
It was a journey of faith. In May, the pregnancy test was positive!!!
I must say that it was such a testimony especially to my cell group as they were with me throughout the journey and they knew what I was believing by faith. I still remember when I shared with them, the "screams of joy". =o) Indeed, all things are possible with God.
This begins the journey of Elisa Wong En Xi. (Will tell you more about her name in due time.)
lovingly Dad&Mum@ | 7:39 PM
*.* Why start this blog? *.*
Why start this blog?
As I am waiting for our dear darling baby to come into this world, I decided that it would be good to note down the major things throughout this pregnancy and the process before i get lost in the whirlwind of things.
This way, nigel and myself won't forget the journey and also remember how God has brought us and our little one through.
Also, I thought it would be a good way to keep my friends and relatives updated with her milestones!
lovingly Dad&Mum@ | 7:23 PM