Thank you!

We are truly blessed...recieved lots of beautiful gifts, ang baos n well wishes from relatives n frens for the birth of my lil girl. The list is long.... so West and I sincerely thank all for ur generousity and kindness...

During my hosp stay, lotsa hampers were recieved! I benefitted from the many tonics and Kirs baby has more chio chio new clothes and accessories!

My ex company, Paet Engineering bought a playpen! now placed in my mom's room..so Kirs can slp there in the nite.

Back at home, we have more visitors and more gifts.....

Uncle Chuan and auntie Jasmine are gog USA to work for 2 yrs. Leaving mth end so cant attend her baby shower. So they got her a fisher price toy in advance!

Uncle Patrick was back home for the last weekend and gotta go back to M'sia to work. Cant attend the baby shower too. So he got Kirs more clothes!

Auntie Cavis painstakingly did hairbands, clippies and bibs for Kirs..100% handmade!

Rie's colleague, Micheal gave Kirs a pendant...

My Mom, Wai Po, bought Kirs an anklet and a necklace..

I hereby wana thank Rie too, for his moral support and love..Thou he cant help much in the general duties of taking care of Kirs, he is here for us and tries his best to do what he can. He forgo MOST (not all) of his leisure times, and just stay hm or runs errands for us. During this vulnerable period...his plain existence means alot to me..it means I have someone to rely on and cheer me on when i feel low....Thanks Rie, I lub u..muacks...

Last but not least, I wana thank my MOM!

She's the best mom in the world! helping me to do confinement and taking care of the lil one....it has been ages since she take care of a newborn and she's trying and learning. On top of that, she needs to take care of my meals and well being. And worse of all, I'll throw tantrums at her.. cos she'll remind me to drink chix essense, bird's nest n dom everyday... i find it nagging and always try to siam...When I cant bathe and have to eat and do the same routine everyday, I'm easily irritable and jus likes to retort back whatever things she asks me.... When she sees me..its always " Want to eat anything?" I know she meant well..and tinkin back, I feel real real guilty..

Actually I'm very fortunate, cos bb slps w her in the nite. She has to wake up in the middle of the nite to give her nite feeds while I can have ample rest and can slp thru out the nite.. She's really more tired then I am....

And because newton's store is shorthanded, sometimes she still help out in the weekend. When she comes back in the wee hours, she still cant slp in peace cos Kirs will be brought to her room, and any crying means she gotta wake up and attend to her...The things she did for me are too long to list.....but it sets me tinking....

A mom's love for her child is so generous n kind. Thanks Mommy, I lub u...I hope I can be a great mommy like u too...

Progress, Kirs @ 2 weeks old...

I've passed the half of my confinement ordeal! 2 more weeks to go!

Progress of Kirs,

1. In general she's a good baby..drinks her milk n get back to slp..

2. She drinks abt 90ml (3 oz) now. Meanin I have to keep pumping to meet her demand..thou sometimes supplement with formula.

3. She is very awake and likes to explore after her bath time..abt 11am to 1pm and also at nite 11pm to 1am sometimes 2am...very shag cos mummy wana slp! Lucky I got my mummy and rini to help me...keke

4. I dun latch her that often now, cos she will get sleepy after 1 side..and then refuse to latch the other side. Then cant gauge how much she consumed. Quite sad...

5. She's a real sucker...I need to introduce her to pacifier...

Progress of Mummy,

1. no more soreness for me. Now i can move with ease...

2. Menses stop...

3. Still adjusting to breastmilk, breastmilk and more breastmilk!

4. Bonding with Kirs aint strong yet..cos my mummy n rini help me do most of the work..

Pictures Time!

Mummy and daddy trying our best to act stylo and chio for our family pic... but fail terribly! haha....weird angle! U r a natural thou..keke ...The process was funny n hilarious...

So end of pdt is super unglam Mum n dad with lil Kirs.....

Then is elder sista Fifi and lil Kirsten!

Daddy posing with his baobei....

Kungfu moments!

Eeeee!......!! Mismatched mittens! wahahaha not me..its ur grandma....

Hospital Bill Size and Updates...

Kirs is 1 week 3 days old.. her umblical cord dropped on exactly at 1 week after her birth! She's peeling too...They said its normal cos she's growing up n changing her skin..(like snake?)


Then the blisters on her left index finger is recovering! We were so worried when we saw the blisters at birth. Wonder isit any abnormality? PD told us the blisters were due to baby sucking her fingers in my womb and will recover. So no worries.... I was tinkin..Alamak..Maybe I ate too much KFC when I was having her..then she's like "finger lickin good?" Muahahahahahahaha





Progress on Mummy herself....

Had my postnatal massage for 3 consecutive days oredi...the 1st day was shiok and rejuvenating..but after a few days of rubbing on the same muscles..it's quite painful wor...The jamu herbs really heat up and I always feel so hot after massage. The herbs are said to expel wind in my uterus and flush away blood clots. The massue, Mdm Suriyah, is very kind and she shared with me wat to eat to increase milk flow and wat food to avoid if I'm gonna carry on breastfeeding. And yes, it is super uber painful when she massage my blocked milk ducts!

I've cleared another 1 kg..so 6 more kgs to shed!
Confinement is really about sleep, eat, milk, rest and sweat... the weather is damn horrigible and yet I've got to withstand the heat n sweat it out.... Seriously, I felt unkept and irritable.. But wat to do... They always say is for my own good... only 1 week gone..3 more weeks? Damn ....


And Fifi is such a dear... She understands that there are changes in the family now. She doesnt disturb Kirs (only the occasional sniffing thou). She will silently watch us when I'm breastfeeding or jus bochup and sleep. Cashie boy on the other hand, barks when Kirs cry... dunno is he trying to be helpful or wat... ie. To inform us Kirs baby is crying or to tell us Kirs baby's cries is irritating .... well i choose to believe the former...kekekeke

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The vainpot mummy in action dolling up her baby.......Muahahahaha....





Hospital Bill
I'm blogging about it for my future reference and as a guide for my mother to be frens .....


Baby's Bill
Baby package 2 days 338
drugs/medicine 15.10
Medical supplies 41
Medical Lab Fee 39
Total with GST 463.42
Dr Keoy Soo Shin (PD) 225
Grand Total 688.42
Medisave deduction -427.04 (hosp charges) -100 (PD professional fee)
Total payable 161.40

Mummy's Bill
Assisted delivery w epi, 1 bedded 2070
Accomodation 116
Accomodation - companion 135
Drugs/Med 207.40
Med Supplies 40.40
Procedure 25
Facility 20

Total w GST 2796.76

Dr Loo Chee Chuen (anaesthetist) 300
Dr Lawrence Ang (gynae) 1600
Grand Total 4696.76
Medisave deduction -1650 (hosp charges) -950 ( Dr professional fee)
Total Payable 2096.76

Because my mode of delivery is more complicated and staying in the premier ward, thus more ex bill....

And adios for now....

Progress, Kirs @ abt 1 week old

Let the pictures do the talking....

Daddy's 1st feed...








Kirs 's bathing time...


Kirs smiling in her sleep...


Life's more sane now...She went to the PD today..all was fine..phew. Tmr will be my postnatal checkup and the start of my post natal massage..
Milk flow increase to 80ml-100ml fr both sides now. Giving birth to Kirs took away 5kg. 7kg more to go!

09/06/09, lil Kirsten was born!

3rd day at hm with baby, Kirs is 5 days old! Still adjusting to breastfeeding, sore nips, baby's crying and haywired day n nite...but it is all worth it..

ok here's my birth story...

08/06/09

4pm - visit gynae n told him abt my discomfort( itchy rashes and insomnia)..he asked if i wanted to be induced since I've no labour signs or alternatively, I can actually endure the itch and wait for EDD. If no signs of labour, still need to be induced.
so Rie and I decided to go for it..was 1cm dilated anyway..Gynae then inserted prostin.

11pm - Had a heavy dinner and mild contractions on n off in the evening..still bearable. Prepare all things ready and headed to TMC to be admitted to ward.

09/06/09

1230am - gyane came n did VE. Inserted prostin again.

215am - contractions intense and unbearable. Ask when can administer epi or any form of pain relief..nurse told me only in delivery ward and my contractions were still irregular. so ignored me..

230am - super in pain...puked.. wake hubby up and told him i cant tahan anymore. pressed for nurse.

245am - nurse came in n check my dilation. 3cm..my thighs were shivering uncontrollably.she told me i'm in early stage of labour. proceeded to arrange me to delivery ward.

3am - wheeled to delivery ward. very painful oredi. midwives kept asking me to breathe n blow. helped me to change to gown. jus b4 changing i started to have a bloody show.

310am - 4cm dilated. cofirmed that i want epi. arranged for anaethetist to come.

324am - epi administered! i was going crazy..they gave me an oxygen mask and asked me to breathe n blow thru each contractions. I was on the urge to push..they said i cant..else i'll tear badly!

334am - numbness came in. checked 6cm dilate. shivering badly due to epi and feel nauseous.

710am - fully dilated..but waiting for bb to go lower.

9am - Gynae came and burst waterbag. practise pushing..very numb to push. 2 midwives pushed my tummy.i pushed like hell and with assisted vacuum, bb kirsten was born at 911am!

Kirsten weighs 2.85kg, head cir 33cm, length 49cm. She inherited our double eyelids(not obvious yet) and has a head of shiny black hair (thanks to rie genes). Everybody is raving about the hair. I cant tell who she looks like but more commented that she looks like daddy..hmmm...

She sucks real well and I called her a milk monster! My nips are bruised from her suction but I do love latching, cos this create a special bond between us. Now I tried to switch between latching and expressing cos pure latching is simply too taxing! I can express abt 50ml from both sides now..not too fantastic. Hope I can have better milk flow!

Medalist Singapore Championship 09

Over the last weekend,29th - 31st May, we went to the new shopping centre, iluma in Bugis. Dearie participated in the Medalist S'pore Championship!

Rie paired up with Shirley and signed up for 3 events....

Below the partners in crime....




Day 2

Event 1 : Medley Doubles, C Flight.

They were top in the group stage. In the knock out stage, they got the joint 5th placing!



Event 2 : Team Super Count Up, BC Flight.

They went into the semi-finals..a pity only got into the joint 3rd placing...




A display of their achievements! I'm so proud of rie, cos he only get into this darting game for less then a month!




Day 3

Event 3 : Team Air Attack, BC Flight.

They got knock out in the 1st stage. sadz.....



Event 4 : Elite Trios, BC Flight.

Then the last event of the competition. Rie partnered with Shirley and Woon, representing No Clue(a pub), team Matador Juniors and lost in the group stage.

Overall, we enjoyed ourselves and they played lotsa games! Experience gained too! Woohoo...

P.S : More pix will be uploaded in FB