2011, our new family member

This is my first post after a long long time. Please welcome my baby Nate.

39 weeks

I am now 4 days to my Expected Delivery Date (EDD) which is on the 11th May. This morning i had my check up done at the hospital with another Doctor. So far the bb is doing very well, amniotic fluid level is good and everything seem fine except the bb refuse to come out.


Effacement is measure to 30% only according to the Doctor. The doctor suggested to put another Prostaglandin before going for drip since my cervix is still thick. It is a hormone-like substance, which helps stimulate uterine contractions. By inserting the tablet into the vaginal, it helps to ripe the cervix.

Hope for the best

The day 30th April 2010

I thought this would be the good day for me and Nate, but i was wrong. Early in the morning, we were so exciting heading towards the hospital, to welcome our little prince to the beautiful world. The sky was bright and the rainbow was shinning above our head, what a good sign to us.

9.45am, started putting the first tablets outside the cervix ( it was still very thick at that time) to soften the cervix, to let it dilate. The sensation came within few minutes. I started to feel numb from my pelvic down to the legs. Then the contraction started gradually. It was getting stronger and after lunch,i walked around at 12 noon as Dr told to do so. It was pretty good to walked around rather than lying on my back. The pain started to come and i had my CTG test ( for bb heart beat and contraction) in the late evening. The result shown the bb was doing very well with the contraction, however the contraction was too mild and my cervix was still very thick blocking the bb. Dr asked me to walked more, and even asked me to go out for shopping :) Mid night, 12.30am, Dr visited me again, mild contraction, no dilate. So , i have to wait for another day, to put in another tablets to induce it again:( It was quite disappointed at that time because i have to suffer the same process like the whole day.

I did not sleep well the whole, it could be worried and pressure i guess. Dr came at 10.30am, put in another tablet. This time he can put inside the cervix because it was much softer now compared with the day before. The pain came very fast this time and it was much more stronger. I had my CTG test at 2pm, it took about an hour and i was really suffered lying there with the strong pain. Again, bb was doing well too this time, the contraction was higher than before. According to the Dr, this level of the contraction was between 2.5 to 3 with 4 is the highest. However, i still cant deliver yet as the cervix was strongly holding back. Dr asked me to walk more, this time, i did not enjoy walking anymore as the contraction was really pain I forced myself to walk, i wanted it to dilate faster.

8pm, Dr came to check the cervix again. We all were very disappointed as no changes happened. My tear came out and i tried to control it as much as i could. I was totally freak out and hopeless. I didn"t know what to do as Dr said tomorrow tried again, putting the drip. What if, not successful again? We suggested to the Dr, we want to give up the process as physically and emotionally, we were both exhausted.

The 3rd days, early morning CTG tested, no contraction. Dr allowed us to discharge. We were both a bit down because the bb wasnt out yet and we need to monitor his movement very closely to make sure he is doing fine inside.

I thanks God for the strength given to us, I thanks for the family members' s support, I thanks for my hubby, for his care, love and company. I love you so much Low Gong.

Let's hope for the best , in someday, when he is ready

失望

究竟是怎麼一回事，讓我那麼的脆落
想哭就哭了出來，眼淚也不停的流
因為寂寞，所以害怕，因為等待，所以有期待
我不是要求高，只是因為你說你會早回來
我等待
你不明白，我的期待
你不明白，我需要愛和關懷

人變得越來越沒有安全感
等他出來以後，我就會有寄託
那你呢？你會在哪？
人是會向東向西的，這是因為沒有安全感
是你的錯，還是我的過分要求

如果人生要這樣的走下去
我想， 你應該有別的選擇
我已被淘汰

37 weeks

Today is 20th April 2010, exactly to 37 weeks of pregnancy. As it is consider full term now, i can due anytime from now. Therefore the counting days has begun.

I am still worried about the position of the baby. He seems to be very active in the womb, moving from up side down along the day. I don't know whether i will end up setting a day for C sec or experiencing contraction then admit to the hospital. How will it be? Cant wait to know.

Transverse lie @ 32 weeks

An article was saying this " when a baby appears to be in the transverse position, that this symbolizes the baby’s comfort and desire to be close to their mother’s heart. While this is a sweet notion, when it comes to birth, the transverse position is problematic for a desired vaginal birth"

I was told by my OG Dr" he likes to stay in this position very much" where by it is exactly what the article said about. However, the Dr did not advise me to do anything to encourage the little one to turn. His advice is, wait and see for 4 more weeks. Being a very physical base working mother, i am so determine to go for natural birth. Therefore, i do a lot of searching in the internet, to look for the best thing i could do or help the baby to turn.

I learned some techques from websites, such as Inversion, breech tilt, open knee chest. I don't know whether it is safe for me to perform all these but i think i will try since i do not have any chronic conditions like asthma, or breathing problem.

At the same time, I found this statement "less than 20% of the babies who are transverse at 37 weeks will remain transverse when labor begins, so another option is to wait for labor to start and attempt to turn the baby or perform a cesarean if it is still necessary". I know i cant wait.All the best to me!

A song that encourange to breast feeding

My bonnie is over the ocean melody

Breast feeding is good for the baby,
Breast feeding is good for the mum,
Breast feeding is good for the whole world,
So we must breast feed our babies.

I don't know how to sing this song as the lyrics is passed by a experienced mummy to me. She asked me to sing the song whenever i am tired to breastfeed the baby.