3 Sep (Day 11) - Just like to note down these milestones.
This morning his umbilical cord dropped off and later in the afternoon his circumcision cap also dropped off!
Friday, September 3, 2010
1st Week Home
We were discharged on Weds. 25 Aug, after 3 days at the Hospital.
I was doing fine by the 1st day I could walk slowly to the toilet and pee - what a relieve. On the 2nd day I could walk better and actually passed motion and not feel painful with the stitches. Think this round my wound/stitches is not as big as the last round. So on the 3rd day Dr came to see me and allowed me to go back but I had to go to his clinic the next day for another check.
For Jasper, he was doing great. He could already suckle well in the delivery ward, in fact when he is hungry his mouth will open and search for "food"! So for Day 1 I did partial breastfeed; since not much milk yet and the rest at night would be good and Day 2 I started with full breastfeeding. His PD also did his routine check on Day 1 and told us all was good; his cries are strong, lungs are good, straight spine etc., he didn't exhibit any jaundice. Day 2 he was given his BCG and Hep B shots, still no signs of jaundice. Day 3 we did a blood test to see his jaundice level and it was at 9 so we were good to go home, as anything below 10 will be allowed home. But we would need to go back for a review on Saturday (Day 6), that's when the jaundice level usually peaks.
25 Aug (Day 3) - Back home.I started my confinement and had Mee Sua for lunch. Jasper would sleep most of the time after his 3hrly feeds, but when night time came he would be rather hungry and demanded for milk every 1-2hr instead. So I fed him, since he needed more fluids to flush out the jaundice. Suspect that he might be sleepy during the day so not taking enough thats why at night he needs to be fed.
26 Aug (Day 4)- Circumcision for the Boy. We went to my gynae for my review as well as for Jasper's circumcision. After checking on me, Dr proceeded to "chase" us away as he performed the circumcision which would take about 10mins. So we went downstairs for breakfast and after we were done went up to fetch the boy. According to the nurse he was well behaved but "complained" a little. Back home same thing, breastfeed him and middle of the night his hunger pangs would come. Could also see that his face getting more yellow and his eyes were abit yellowish.
27 Aug (Day 5) - Hospitalisation for the Boy. Went back to Mt A PD to check on his jaundice level and results showed that the level was very high at 19. So we had to admit him into the hospital for light therapy, this will usually take 2 days for the jaundice level to drop. We were back at the Nursery to admit baby, nurses were very reassuring, we could call the direct line to check on baby's feeding time and they would wait for us to come in to feed baby. We opted to give him formula milk and send over whatever expressed breastmilk (ebm) I could pump out as well as direct latch him when we visited him. So for the next 2 days the boy would be away from us after only 5 days since he was born. We went over to the hospital that evening, bringing along Hazel to pass the ebm to the nurse as well as to latch him. We spend about an hour with him. Once home I was busy pumping every 3 hrs, to ensure milk ss didn't drop.
28 Aug (Day 6) - Dr called around noon to inform us that Jasper's jaundice has drop to 12.3, which was very good. Told us not to worry and rest well. Visited him at the hospital at noon and latch him on. Spend sometime with him and therafter we headed home as MIL was coming over. Continued pumping milk. But got much more rest since the boy was not around. Was also able to spend sometime with No.1 as well, which made her feel less threatened.
29 Aug (Day 7) - Boy is fit for Home. Hubby's Paternity Leave ended and he went back to work so I headed to hospital on my own to check on Jasper and breastfeed him. On my way over, nurse called me to say baby could be discharge today, his jaundice has gone done to 7.3. Informed hubby and he said he'll come over during lunch time to ferry us back. Before we discharge we spoke to the Dr he informed us that tho. the jaundice has gone down by quite alot, it will still come back the next few days and told us not to be alarm, just need to go back and review the level next Mon. His skin was also peeling due to the light therapy. So we were back home with the boy by noon time, and we continued on his 3hrly feed with additional milk top ups to keep him hydrated.
I was doing fine by the 1st day I could walk slowly to the toilet and pee - what a relieve. On the 2nd day I could walk better and actually passed motion and not feel painful with the stitches. Think this round my wound/stitches is not as big as the last round. So on the 3rd day Dr came to see me and allowed me to go back but I had to go to his clinic the next day for another check.
For Jasper, he was doing great. He could already suckle well in the delivery ward, in fact when he is hungry his mouth will open and search for "food"! So for Day 1 I did partial breastfeed; since not much milk yet and the rest at night would be good and Day 2 I started with full breastfeeding. His PD also did his routine check on Day 1 and told us all was good; his cries are strong, lungs are good, straight spine etc., he didn't exhibit any jaundice. Day 2 he was given his BCG and Hep B shots, still no signs of jaundice. Day 3 we did a blood test to see his jaundice level and it was at 9 so we were good to go home, as anything below 10 will be allowed home. But we would need to go back for a review on Saturday (Day 6), that's when the jaundice level usually peaks.
25 Aug (Day 3) - Back home.I started my confinement and had Mee Sua for lunch. Jasper would sleep most of the time after his 3hrly feeds, but when night time came he would be rather hungry and demanded for milk every 1-2hr instead. So I fed him, since he needed more fluids to flush out the jaundice. Suspect that he might be sleepy during the day so not taking enough thats why at night he needs to be fed.
26 Aug (Day 4)- Circumcision for the Boy. We went to my gynae for my review as well as for Jasper's circumcision. After checking on me, Dr proceeded to "chase" us away as he performed the circumcision which would take about 10mins. So we went downstairs for breakfast and after we were done went up to fetch the boy. According to the nurse he was well behaved but "complained" a little. Back home same thing, breastfeed him and middle of the night his hunger pangs would come. Could also see that his face getting more yellow and his eyes were abit yellowish.
27 Aug (Day 5) - Hospitalisation for the Boy. Went back to Mt A PD to check on his jaundice level and results showed that the level was very high at 19. So we had to admit him into the hospital for light therapy, this will usually take 2 days for the jaundice level to drop. We were back at the Nursery to admit baby, nurses were very reassuring, we could call the direct line to check on baby's feeding time and they would wait for us to come in to feed baby. We opted to give him formula milk and send over whatever expressed breastmilk (ebm) I could pump out as well as direct latch him when we visited him. So for the next 2 days the boy would be away from us after only 5 days since he was born. We went over to the hospital that evening, bringing along Hazel to pass the ebm to the nurse as well as to latch him. We spend about an hour with him. Once home I was busy pumping every 3 hrs, to ensure milk ss didn't drop.
28 Aug (Day 6) - Dr called around noon to inform us that Jasper's jaundice has drop to 12.3, which was very good. Told us not to worry and rest well. Visited him at the hospital at noon and latch him on. Spend sometime with him and therafter we headed home as MIL was coming over. Continued pumping milk. But got much more rest since the boy was not around. Was also able to spend sometime with No.1 as well, which made her feel less threatened.
29 Aug (Day 7) - Boy is fit for Home. Hubby's Paternity Leave ended and he went back to work so I headed to hospital on my own to check on Jasper and breastfeed him. On my way over, nurse called me to say baby could be discharge today, his jaundice has gone done to 7.3. Informed hubby and he said he'll come over during lunch time to ferry us back. Before we discharge we spoke to the Dr he informed us that tho. the jaundice has gone down by quite alot, it will still come back the next few days and told us not to be alarm, just need to go back and review the level next Mon. His skin was also peeling due to the light therapy. So we were back home with the boy by noon time, and we continued on his 3hrly feed with additional milk top ups to keep him hydrated.
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| With the nurses at the Clinic before his Circumcision |
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Our Boy Jasper arrives on 23 Aug 2010
After my last post about due date, our D-Day was indeed on Monday, 23 Aug 10, via Natual asssited Delivery w/o painkillers.
Anyway here's his birthstory:
830am - Reached Gleneagles and had light breakfast at delifrance.
9am - Headed for Gynae's Clinic, saw one mummy slightly in pain coming out of Gynae's room and heading for delivery as she was already 7cm dilated. I was telling hubby I got no contractions or whatever not sure if cervix has dilated further.
930am - Our turn to go in and Gynae asked me if I was ready. He did a VE and said I was 4 cm dilated and can deliver today! He commented that actually I was in labour but did not know. He further broke my water bag and told us to head over to the Hospital Delivery Ward immediately. Nurse gave me a couple of those bed liner/sheets to wear as she told me more water will come out. As we were heading out to the lift, told hubby I want to go toilet to adjust the liners/sheets, as I entered the cubicle a gush of water just came out uncontrollably. I was all wet bottom down- but lucky it was in the toilet can't imagine if it was in the lift!
Hubby drove us straight to Mt A. lucky traffic was smooth, I was not having any contractions yet.
1015am - arrived at Hospital waited for hubby at the lobby as he got the valet to park the car. I could still walk up to the delivery ward without any pain, just feeling eeky because all wet.
1040 am - Was welcomed by an Indian Midwife Sister and she ushered us to Delivery Ward 9. Undressed and put on the hospital gown before lying on the bed and getting all strapped up on the CGT monitor to monitor rate of contractions. At this point I was still in no pain.
1100am - Midwife administer enema, so I could pass motion. Within 5 mins I went to the toilet to remove my bowels, not much anyway since I had light breakfast.
1120am - After that she went on to place a drip on the left hand, asked her what was in the drip she said it will help with the contractions. I guessed it was some sort of drip to induce labour.
12 pm - Starting to feel occasional contractions, another Chinese Midwife came in and did a VE check on me and commented still about 4 cm dilated only and very high. Hubby asked he should go get lunch, she told him better go now. I also told him to go ahead as I prefer to be alone and concentrate on my breathing. Midwife asked if I needed any injection/painkillers I answered her no need.
Anyway after that I was left in the ward on my own to rest, I could feel the contractions coming and it was manageable for a while with breathing and mentally calming myself. But not long the contractions suddenly became more intense and I crouch my body to the side and held on to the bedside for dear life. I started to sweat profusely, I even thought - Shit how long is this pain going to last esp when the nurse just commented only 4cm head still high :P, stupid me still say don't need painkiller! Anyway I tried controlled breathing on my own but couldn't take the intense pain each time the contractions came, I kept feeling as if I wanted to poo and push something out, I finally rang the bell and the nurse came in. I told her I felt like passing motion, she looked at me and said something but I couldn't make out what she was saying as another contraction was on its way, she saw me and realise I was in labour she hurriedly called the midwife in to attend to me.
I closed my eyes, as the midwife and nurses were busy preparing for me to deliver. I could hear the nurse commenting "so fast, must be my magic hands just now only 4cm".... "Ah ya you quietly in the room, already want to deliver never call us". The Indian Midwife was very comforting she kept talking to me and gave me the oxygen mask to breathe and told me to just listen to her instructions and I'll be fine. At this point hubby also came in and he held my right hand - think he was also surprise at the rate of things. All I know was I was going to deliver anytime and we were just waiting for Dr Tan to come to deliver the boy. The midwife was trying to delay my urge to push as she pressed my legs flat down and helped to massage them when the pain came, she also told me to take in deep breathes each time the contractions came which I did as I held on to the the oxygen mask on one hand and grabbed hubby hands in the other. I'm not sure how long I actually waited and endured but Hubby said probably about 45 mins.
Finally Doctor came in after 1415hrs and as he entered the room I was really relived that I could finally push baby out. With 2 mighty pushes and the help of vacuum, I delivered Jasper Boy at 1436 hrs!
This labour is much more painful in terms of contractions but definately a faster labour as I took only 3 hrs to deliver from the time labour pains kicked in! No.1 labour pains were bearable and dilation was faster but I took about 5-6hrs to deliver.
Anyway here's his birthstory:
830am - Reached Gleneagles and had light breakfast at delifrance.
9am - Headed for Gynae's Clinic, saw one mummy slightly in pain coming out of Gynae's room and heading for delivery as she was already 7cm dilated. I was telling hubby I got no contractions or whatever not sure if cervix has dilated further.
930am - Our turn to go in and Gynae asked me if I was ready. He did a VE and said I was 4 cm dilated and can deliver today! He commented that actually I was in labour but did not know. He further broke my water bag and told us to head over to the Hospital Delivery Ward immediately. Nurse gave me a couple of those bed liner/sheets to wear as she told me more water will come out. As we were heading out to the lift, told hubby I want to go toilet to adjust the liners/sheets, as I entered the cubicle a gush of water just came out uncontrollably. I was all wet bottom down- but lucky it was in the toilet can't imagine if it was in the lift!
Hubby drove us straight to Mt A. lucky traffic was smooth, I was not having any contractions yet.
1015am - arrived at Hospital waited for hubby at the lobby as he got the valet to park the car. I could still walk up to the delivery ward without any pain, just feeling eeky because all wet.
1040 am - Was welcomed by an Indian Midwife Sister and she ushered us to Delivery Ward 9. Undressed and put on the hospital gown before lying on the bed and getting all strapped up on the CGT monitor to monitor rate of contractions. At this point I was still in no pain.
1100am - Midwife administer enema, so I could pass motion. Within 5 mins I went to the toilet to remove my bowels, not much anyway since I had light breakfast.
1120am - After that she went on to place a drip on the left hand, asked her what was in the drip she said it will help with the contractions. I guessed it was some sort of drip to induce labour.
12 pm - Starting to feel occasional contractions, another Chinese Midwife came in and did a VE check on me and commented still about 4 cm dilated only and very high. Hubby asked he should go get lunch, she told him better go now. I also told him to go ahead as I prefer to be alone and concentrate on my breathing. Midwife asked if I needed any injection/painkillers I answered her no need.
Anyway after that I was left in the ward on my own to rest, I could feel the contractions coming and it was manageable for a while with breathing and mentally calming myself. But not long the contractions suddenly became more intense and I crouch my body to the side and held on to the bedside for dear life. I started to sweat profusely, I even thought - Shit how long is this pain going to last esp when the nurse just commented only 4cm head still high :P, stupid me still say don't need painkiller! Anyway I tried controlled breathing on my own but couldn't take the intense pain each time the contractions came, I kept feeling as if I wanted to poo and push something out, I finally rang the bell and the nurse came in. I told her I felt like passing motion, she looked at me and said something but I couldn't make out what she was saying as another contraction was on its way, she saw me and realise I was in labour she hurriedly called the midwife in to attend to me.
I closed my eyes, as the midwife and nurses were busy preparing for me to deliver. I could hear the nurse commenting "so fast, must be my magic hands just now only 4cm".... "Ah ya you quietly in the room, already want to deliver never call us". The Indian Midwife was very comforting she kept talking to me and gave me the oxygen mask to breathe and told me to just listen to her instructions and I'll be fine. At this point hubby also came in and he held my right hand - think he was also surprise at the rate of things. All I know was I was going to deliver anytime and we were just waiting for Dr Tan to come to deliver the boy. The midwife was trying to delay my urge to push as she pressed my legs flat down and helped to massage them when the pain came, she also told me to take in deep breathes each time the contractions came which I did as I held on to the the oxygen mask on one hand and grabbed hubby hands in the other. I'm not sure how long I actually waited and endured but Hubby said probably about 45 mins.
Finally Doctor came in after 1415hrs and as he entered the room I was really relived that I could finally push baby out. With 2 mighty pushes and the help of vacuum, I delivered Jasper Boy at 1436 hrs!
This labour is much more painful in terms of contractions but definately a faster labour as I took only 3 hrs to deliver from the time labour pains kicked in! No.1 labour pains were bearable and dilation was faster but I took about 5-6hrs to deliver.
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| Jasper weighing in at 2.94 |
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| Measuring his head circumference |
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| Me and my Boy |
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| The Phangs minutes after Delivery |
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| Jasper Phang looking abit like Jie Jie at birth! |
Sunday, August 22, 2010
D-day drawing near
Yesterday we made sure we headed early to the gynae's as it was a Saturday and we knew it would be crowded. Reached there at 9am and coincidentally met the Dr along the way cos he too just arrived. Fortunately, Dr was really efficient yesterday with seeing his patients, we didn't have to wait long for our turn. Anyway, I had some traces of protein in my urine- maybe because it's early in the morning and I haven't drank much water yet; my weight didn't change since last wed. Once in the Dr's room, he check on my BP, did a VE check as well as a placenta scan. Conclusion? He told us we can expect to deliver on Monday!! Since I'm already abt. 3cm dilated, my weight has stagnanted and the placenta scan showed that blood flow was slowing down. He initially told us to go straight to the hospital on Monday morning but later told us to come into the clinic first thing on Monday instead. So not really sure if tomorrow is "D" day a not. Dr was also very funny asked me what's my fave restaurant and told my hubby please bring her there to eat!
Anyway I have mix feelings as I would rather wait and have a natural birth instead of waiting at the hospital. I'm telling the boy to cooperate and let mummy have it naturally instead of anticipating.
Anyway I have mix feelings as I would rather wait and have a natural birth instead of waiting at the hospital. I'm telling the boy to cooperate and let mummy have it naturally instead of anticipating.
Friday, August 20, 2010
Some Last Minute Shopping
Can sense the boy probably will be out soon, so I took half day today to have a relaxing lunch at cedele before heading to Borders to shop for books! Can't resist the discount of 25% coupon+10% card member deal, and since I'm in need of stocking up some reading material for my maternity leave I ended up with 2 books for myself, 2 books for Hazel and 1 book for No.2. I didn't forget about Hubs, and even though I was already feeling abit heavy and tired, I headed to get Hubby's anniversary present before proceeding back home.
I'm officially on leave from Monday onwards, so today is my last day of work for 2010 - wow! Feels kind of strange that I don't have to work till next year, but I'm not complaining. I still foresee myself having to check office email occasionally and settle some outstanding matters, which my covering is unable to handle. Anyways I'm really thankful to have someone stand in for me for the 4 months- phew!
I'm officially on leave from Monday onwards, so today is my last day of work for 2010 - wow! Feels kind of strange that I don't have to work till next year, but I'm not complaining. I still foresee myself having to check office email occasionally and settle some outstanding matters, which my covering is unable to handle. Anyways I'm really thankful to have someone stand in for me for the 4 months- phew!
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Baby @ 38 weeks
It's week 38 already and the boy is still inside. Went for our weekly checkup today and Gynae did a VE again and exclaimed that I'm 2-3cm dilated and should be delivering soon... maybe Monday. Told me I will expect some bleeding later in the day and I shouldn't be too concern over this, anyway need to go back on Saturday to check on the babe! Today No vital statistics as Dr says too big to measure, we only scanned for his heartbeat which was doing great.
Later during the day I indeed had some bleeding which was not heavy and later turned slightly brownish. Anyways hoping the boy will cooperate and make things smooth and easy for me! Looking forward to seeing him.
Later during the day I indeed had some bleeding which was not heavy and later turned slightly brownish. Anyways hoping the boy will cooperate and make things smooth and easy for me! Looking forward to seeing him.
Sunday, August 15, 2010
Mooncakes before Mid Autumn
Goodwood Park Hotel was having an early bird special for their mooncakes- purchase 1 box and get the 2nd box at 50% off. Couldn't miss out on this great deal since they have flavours which I really like, the Ham with assorted nuts as well as Snowskin Durian mooncakes. So we popped by yesterday to get 1 box each. The Snowskin Durian mooncake is deliciously rich while the Ham with assorted nuts was not too oily and had enough crunchy bits. Ha better eat them before confinement hits me!
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| Yummy Baked Mooncakes |
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| See the generous fillings |
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