Saturday, June 22, 2013

21 June 2013 - 22 June 2013

Dear,

This is your birth story.

Mummy and Daddy checked into the hospital at 12 midnight this morning so that we can be induced to bring you out upon this world. Daddy was great. He kept mummy company, cheery and had to keep everyone else updated too. First, they cleared my bowels (you should see how fast mummy ran to the toilet!) and checked my cervix. Checking the cervix is one of the most painful thing to go through. Found out mummy was already 2cm open! Yeah!
Sweetheart, mummy never ran to the toilet that fast in my life! It's actually salt water up my arse... worst feeling ever. But the toilet break was another thing itself! Daddy had to help me get out of bed because hospital beds are hard to roll in! haha. Then did the drip on my right hand, which hurt when they pricked it. But i kept telling myself you're coming soon, it's all worth it. Then they put the first dosage for inducing me, and we had to wait.

We waited for 4 hours, and mummy's cervix was only 1cm dilated. And then they had to extend it and injected me again. No dilation. Sweetheart, after 22 hours, and Mummy's cervix only opened 3cm. It was anguish and exhausting. In the end, Mummy went into distress, Doc Ong said you were in too long, so we had to have a C-sect.

Mummy was panicky though she wanted Daddy around, so we couldn't do an epidural C-sect. So we had to do a C-sect under general anesthesia. It was costly but it was needed. Do you know that C-sects are very dangerous? Mummy's life was on the line. But thank God everything went well.

Daddy said you were born at 10.30pm, and it took about an hour of you in the operation theater (Mummy stayed longer as i needed to be sewn up). They wheeled you out to Daddy (who said you looked pretty chinese looking, but perfectly gorgeous.) He cried when he saw you but wasn't very sure yet because Mummy hasn't come out yet. You were perfect darling... absolutely perfect. 3.34kg heavy and 53cm long. Full head of hair, and the cutest sweet face ever. You had a touched of jaundice, but very minimal but had a bad case of mucus. So Daddy and Mummy were wary of what special care you need (for your cute little nose)

Mummy only saw you at 4am plus when i woke up. I saw you and you were asleep. The cutest baby ever in the world. My flesh and blood. You are perfect. I can't stop saying that. You were wrapped in the white cloth and asleep. You haven't opened your eyes yet. And they had to wheel you back into the nursery because Mummy was pretty weak. But trust me, i love you even more. And you're all mine.

Daddy kept wheeling you in and out showing you to the world. We had alot of visitors in the hospital dear, in and out, and both of us couldn't have any rest. It was exhausting. But that's how great your arrival is darling. It's a great special moment.

It's all about you.

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