More awake...

Alexander is more a wake now a days... especially in the morning :) like his mom ahahaha...

He does not make a lot of unnecessary noise as he plays with himself :D He will just look around and keep moving his hand, as if he could grab it :P

He can turn his head slowly to the left and to the right and look at you when you talk to him.. and as i talked to him, he would react as if he understood.. (may be it's just my imagination lar.. ahahaha) Well, you'll have to meet him to know for sure ler..

i love this photo.. close up of Alexander... He looks so puffed up :D 'Gemuk' d lar in other words...

tt's all for now.. see ya all soon...

Alexander's photos... :D

Takes a long time to up load photos here so i can only upload some :D Hope it is sufficient for now.. will be able to go out next week!!! Yea!!! Bebas!!! Freedom!!! but not everyday lar... but will hopefully be able to go church on Sunday? at least...

We miss church, cg and Youth meetings.. After getting use to the routine of having Alexander around, we need to get use to bringing him out now... Which is a challenge for us i suppose.. It would be like 'moving" your house as we need to bring a lot of his stuffs out.. I hope we will be able to manage it.. i know many have done it but we are so active in ministry, i think need to set priorities from now on..

I hope that I would be able to be a good mom and wife and of course 'anak' too..

I notice the other day... the 3 most important person (besides God) in the world is at my house now.. before this was Only Nigel and My mom.. now... I have Alexander :)

What will happen when East Meets West...?? Contradictions...

As many may already know even though i am a native (bumiputra) i live my life pretty much on the East side of the baring.. Means more Chinese lar.. as for Nigel... yup!! you guessed it.. the West.. What we call "Ang Mor"...

So when our parents drop by to stay with our baby Alexander.. i get a lot of East and West Ideas on how to care of Baby Alexander... which gives me a little head ache.. Coz Nigel is not goin to listen to my mom on the having the fan directly blowing Alexander may not be as good as just leaving the baby sweating like a pig (tt is how Nigel would describe sweating when ever he sweats.. :P) as babies prefer to hot conditions than cold ones..

All I can do is pray.. pray that Alexander will be healthy and strong for anything and will not catch anything that will hurt him.. I also pray that we as parents will be able to do the right thing for him..

Oh, btw.. today i washed my hair!!! Geng geng geng!!!! My mom said at least 14days must past since my delivery date then only i can wash my hair.. so since i past already.. can d lar.. have to blow dry lor...

I do wonder, all these confinement thing is it just "pantang" that ppl in the olden days created or is it really a health issue? I think it's a health issue.. and yes i can go out and do everything as i have the energy now, but i am sure when i grow older, if i do not take care of myself now, especially after giving birth, I will suffer a lot of pain and health problems later.. but i know no matter what, I still rely on God for my health.. i just do my part and my best to keep myself fit for the long run.. that's all..

What do you think? Is Confinements Do's and Don'ts necessary? or not?

Confinement dishes Nigel cooked...

Nigel cooked for me for the past few days before my mom could make it. Share with you some of the photos i took on his master piece.. aheeheehee...

Nice ler... but a bit too much for me ler.. i only eat a little bit now...

I still look a bit fat.. so may need to call for the Malay Urut lady this week... lost some weight d lar but still not as nice as i would like it to be... :P

Btw, i got a slight fever right now ... haih.. i hope to get well by tonight so Alexander, Nigel and My mom would not be infected..

Time flies...

Time really past quickly when you have a new born in your life.. especially if you can stay home with him/her.. i am already thinking it would be dreadful for me to go back to work next year when i finish my M leave... :(

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Can't seem to get him out of my mind... such an angel and fragile little thing... He is more awake now a days and Alexander is able to look around and according to my mom, can actually see as he stares at ppl or things when we show it to him.. He loves the warm embrace and yes, i know i should not 'manja' him too much.. later he will always cry for ppl to carry him.. but what can i do, i just can't help it... i love to give him a hug even though he is already fast asleep... my mom keep teeling me to put him down if not i will have a lot of head ache later.. (ok lar.. i will try to put him down more often...)

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I am able to feed him breast milk d :D but he eats a lot so i cannot keep up ler... so, half formular half natural milk lor... At least he still wanna drink natural milk lar.. (by force..) Nigel is very tired cooking and taking care of the baby, now my mom is here at least can help on the cooking a little... till i am able to walk about freely next month..

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I have not tried to bath Alexander yet... a bit scared lar.. but will be doing it after my confinement i think.. i am so heaty and sweaty everytime i have my meals... haiyer... i feel so uncomfortable everytime i sweat.. yuks.. (must tahan tahan....)

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I love to take photos of Alexander.. he is my new obsession when taking photos... I am trying to get his cute laugh but it comes very suddenly i can't be prepared with the camera... later lar.. i will take the cute laugh one day!! :D I got this one though.. ahahah...

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After Delivery... due to a demand... show u photos instead lar.. :)

Nigel's first touch with Alexander...

My first hug with Alexander...

Alexander's First Ang Pau...

His first Visitors was Ben and Kat.. ( Sorry, didn't take photo on tt coz too tired on the day..)

And My bro Kenn, wife Irene and Nephew Edward with uncle Con..

And then Pastor Jeff and Jaecie...

Some CPY youth came as well along with Nic for a short visit...

All went to the Hospital to see Mommy, Daddy and most importantly Baby Alexander...

The first day Alexander lay down on his bed...

Sweet Alexander asleep...

Alexander with his toy 'fren' Bed Bug... :D

For more pics.. you may go to:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/24390265@N07/3022826535/

And my facebook account... thanks...

During Delivery.....

During delivery......

At about 7 pm i was feeling the real pain of contractions + dilation but i was not ready for delivery yet. It was very difficult to breath and the pain is sometimes unbearable but you know what? As we (Nigel n I) need to wait for another 4 hours for my doctor to come back to check on me, I see visions of Jesus being with us in the delivery room all those 4-5 hours as i was in much pain.. I was taking "the laughing gas" to ease the pain even though it does not look like it helped but it did helped me to relax and regain my energy for the next contraction and the vision comforted me as i knew i was not alone and I can do this.

Many have prayed for me and have encourage me by telling me that God is with us.. and it holds true to us.. God was there and is still here with us right now.. As time past and it was about 9pm, the first midwife have to go back and a staff nurse came in to help and she ask if i needed epidural, a stronger pain killer, as I was in so much pain. I was still thinking wan or not but Nigel was the one asking for it coz i think he was worried for me also.. I love it when he put me first above everything else... I was very glad to have him there with me and i told him that during the time at one point.. (Thank God i was not in a bad mood...)

BUT, we can;t get the doctor until almost one hour for my doctor to come in for the delivery only she was able to make it, she meaning the doctor who would inject the epidural for me. I was about to say no because i have already gone through almost the whole delivery without it.. so i was thinking.. might as well dun take lar... but Nigel convince me to take it as he fear i cannot contain the pain and starts to move too much which may injure my back bone.. so... in the end i said ok..

Even when the doctor came and put the epidural into my back bone i was still in pain but a while later my doctor came and suggested that i try to push to get the baby out.. "let's give 3 test push." he said... i said ok.. then i started to push!!!!

As i was pushing, the nurses cannot find my baby's heart beat!!! i was so so worried!!! in that spilt seconds i prayed and said this will be my last push as i want to see ny baby out safe and sound... so on the fifth contraction.. i think... i push a few times i was so determined and so worried at the same time that i pushed my baby out!!! Of course with a lot of help from my good doctor Prof. Paul from HUKM. He is really experienced as according to Nigel he was very fast and was very precise. He helped the baby out by vacuuming it out and of course 'cut' a bit more for room..

Then i think baby cried but i couldn't really hear it as i was really tired.. then they put baby on top of me as they were sucking some liquid from baby... i was trying to notice signs of life as i wanted to know if my baby was ok... when he started to move.. i was relieved..

.. to be continued on part 3...

What an experience.... before the delivery...

Giving birth naturally is not as scary as many people pictured it or described it. Yes, we'll go through some form of pain but to some none at all...

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I met so many people who gave birth without any pain killer and with only being in the labour room for less than an hour their beautiful baby is already welcomed to the world. Even though my delivery was about 8 hours long in the labour room, i still believe some of you out there will have an easy delivery :D you just need to believe that there is a chance for you to have that miracle..

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I prayed for short, safe and painless naturally birth... I believe it has come true in a way.. it was not short in terms of hours but it was when the REAL Contraction + Dilation starts to kick in (about 5 hours), it was painful only during the time of 5 hours, it was a safe delivery (even though we couldn't find the heart beat for a while) and it was natural delivery.. (with some help from a Vacuum.) Not perfect but it was wht I have asked for... in a way...

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I had contractions on Tuesday night and it continued until the next morning but it was not painful and it continued until my Doc suggested that i induce my delivery so it will not stress the baby out. So we listen to our Doctor and was admitted on 31st Oct and i thought that i would have a Halloween Baby as i was sent to the labour room at about 3pm ++.

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The sleepless night just waiting for the Real thing to come is agonizing.. Dunnno when and dunno how.. but i have to go and do a check up every day from Wed till Friday.. On thursday i did twice.. i went to the clinic twice to check on my dilation.. it was a bit scary experience as they need to check the.. hmmm... "opening"... and there was blood after every check up... (sorry for being too graphic... but it's not too bad..)

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..to be continued....