Joy of Parenthood

Holding Kaden in my arms for the 1st time is ******... well, the joy of being a mother.. dun know wat words to use to describe.. the feeling is jus simply wonderful =D
This is our 1st ever family photos... there will be more to come =D
watch out =D

Kaden @ 2 Days Old

Finally.. Mummy seeing her little prince for the 1st time...Kaden is so adorable...

Look at how happy the grandparents are.. Little Kaden is really the joy of both families...

02nd June 2009 - Finally =D

Hurray... Our little prince finally arrived =D

02 June 2009 @ 0732 am, weighing a healthy 2.48kg

hmm.. think he will hit at least 3.5kg upon full term.. ha ha ha.. but thanks to all the soup the mummies made.. tat's why Kaden can be at 2.48kg, even though he is delivered at only 35 weeks =D... Thanks, Mummies...

Our long wait on Sunday and Monday finally ended.. Dr Adrian delivered Kaden on Tuesday morning..

Not the usual C-section, where after delivery, Daddy can go into the ward to look at Kaden.. count his little 10 fingers, his little 10 toes.. watched his weight... instead, Kaden was rushed off to NICU for monitoring.. cos he was delivered at only 35 weeks, and not full term...

I din get to see my Kaden on the day that Kaden is born.. Sob Sob.. I was bedridden due to my c-section.. Also, as Kaden is kept under observation in NICU, so he can't see me also.. Dear is nice, being my agent.. running to NICU every few hrs during the visiting hrs to take pics of Kaden, then showing them to me.. Could feel tears of joys on my face everytime I saw the pics =D

Kaden's PD visited us tat night and told us tat Kaden is doing very well.. If nothing went wrong, he can be transferred to the normal nursery.. so looking fwd towards it =D

Pain me to see Kaden in NICU, but I know it's for his good... Sign of reliefs when finally he was transferred to the norm nursery the next morning =D

Daddy is waiting... waiting... waiting...

My thoughts on Tuesday morning...

Tick tock, tick tock....... It's only been 3mins since I last peered down my timepiece. Only this time, I wasn't admiring it. I was coping with the anxiety of not knowing what's happening with wife and son, who's in the process of delivery.

The PA system breath life into 3 eager bodies in the waiting room, only for 2 of them to settle back into routine. I was 1 of them. Still not my Ting and Kaden...... The father in question rushed off, leaving us in envy of his footsteps.

It only happened an hour after. But meeting the PD was a huge relief as Ting is fine and Kaden looks ok, only they wanna observe a bit, so off to NICU he went... And that's when all the chaos started..........

Early Arrival of Prince Kaden

Our little Kaden decided to report early to Daddy & Mummy... Yap... 5 weeks earlier than my estimated due date..

After tat frightful Sunday morning, it was confirmed that my waterbag was indeed leaking.. It din not burst, so there is no "big & strong" gush of water.. It was merely leaking.. And the funny part is, it only leak when I stand up.. but not when I'm lying down.. As such, I got instruction from Dr Adrian.. to CRIB until further scan to be done on baby... hmm, wat is CRIB.. Complete Rest In Bed... Opps.. can't go anywhere already... In the end, I was put on observation for that night.. was on drip all day.. so painful =(

Dr Adrian popped by on Monday morning.. Put me on waiting list to do an ultrascan to chk baby's status and waterbag condition.. He hope tat all is well and that I can "tahan" another week to wait till Kaden is at least 36 weeks.. Kaden as at Monday is all 35 weeks... Full term is @ 37 weeks.. Hopefully all will go well..

My ultrascan on Monday revealed all.. Kaden is a healthy baby while in Mummy tummy.. He weighs abt 2.4kg.. His organs are all well.. Only negative thingy is my waterbag level is almost zero.. which means the protective shield ard Kaden is almost gone..

Abt 4 plus to 5, Dr Adrian came into my ward and gave me 2 options...
Time of Delivery : Monday Nitz or Tuesday Morning (huh.. tat's fast.. was my immediate thought)
Mode of Delivery : C-Section.. Full GA or Half GA...(immediately i was like.. wat.. can't we do natural delivery)

Dr Adrian told me.. can't wait for next week.. cos waterbag level almost nil.. no protection over Kaden.. Kaden might be infected.. the earlier to deliver him, the better... No natural delivery cos my dilation of cervix is not ready for delivery yet... Plus for natural delivery, the water in the waterbag usually acts as a cushion when I push to deliver Kaden.. Now that my waterbag water level is almost nil.. I'll hv difficulty pushing him out..
So have to do a C-section.. Initially, Dr Adrian was like.. Okie.. let's do a half GA.. hubby be ready.. into the OT with wifey, camera ready.. baby come out and u can take pics..

We freaked out.. in the end, we decided to go for a full GA on Tuesday morning.. Monday nitz was a bit fast for me.. we are still coming to term that Kaden will be arriving 5 weeks earlier.. not going for half GA too.. can't imagine myself being opened up while I'm being "cut open"

So Kaden is expected to arrive on 2nd June.. scheduled time at 700am...

31st May 2009.... Frightful Sunday Morning....

On Sunday, 31st May 09, Mummy & Daddy had a frightful morning...

My waterbag started leaking while I'm still in bed abt 8am.. At that time, I thought to myself.. Hmm... muz be Kaden pressing on my bladder... weak bladder.. so I muz be losing the ability to control my urine... I told dear what happened and he suggested that I called my mummy to ask.. Mummy suggested that I go gynae for a chk up.. My gynae was not operating on Sunday, so I thought.. Maybe I can wait a day and go for chk up @ Dr Adrian's clinic on Monday afternoon.. Dear thought otherwise.. so in the end, we decided to go for a chk up at Thomson since I'll be there in the afternoon for my last pre-natal lesson...

Strangely.. tat morning, lotz of things happened unlike usual.. Normally, I'll go my in-laws place for lunch, then return home to bath & change to go for my class.. Surprisingly, I took my bath 1st.. and decided to go Thomson straight after lunch.. By instinct, I grabbed my hospital bag & my cord blood banking kit ... Dear also surprisingly logged on to internet banking tat morning, and cleared his credit card bills.. Normally, he will only logged on to internet banking & cleared his bills at nitz.. Not sure why we did all those things early on a Sunday morning...

Anyway, by 1 pm.. I was lying on the bed of the labour ward, with the nurse monitoring me on my "waterbag leaking" condition... Had my waterbag really burst????

Kaden @ 35 weeks old

Visited Dr Adrian last night.. queue was super long and I waited for 1.5hr before I can see Kaden through the scan.. But all the wait are worthwhile =D

Kaden now weigh a healthy 2.4kg =D
My weight dun move so much as compared to my last measurement.. so this time rd is really Kaden putting on weight =D

Was reading through online pregnancy guide, week by week update... am really glad that Kaden is progressing per average baby..

Here's what the online progress chart says..

"Your baby now weighs about 5.25 pounds/ 2.4 kilograms and measures approximately 18 inches/ 45 centimeters from head to toe. His elbow, foot or head may protrude from your stomach when he stretches and squirms about. Soon, as the wall of your uterus and your abdomen stretch thinner and let in more light, your baby will begin to develop daily activity cycles. "

So excited... my next appt is 2 weeks from now... hope to see Kaden again through the sacn.. getting closer to the due date.. excited yet scared.. so manymixed feelings =D

You are not owning one.. You are jus keeping it for the next generation..

Dear bought a new watch recently.. A Patek...

We love the tag line for Patek.. You dun actually own a Patek.. You are merely keeping it for the next generation.. That's what prompted dear to buy the watch.. We are merely keeping it for Kaden...

Preparation for Arrival of Kaden

Since April, dear and I had been starting to do up Kaden's baby room... One of the Thursday, we went down with dear parents and my mum to buy Kaden's cots, stollers and car seat.. As we bought 2 sets each (one for my place, and the other for dear's parents place), the salesman thought that I was having twins.. So funny..

We also bought a cupboard to house Kaden's clothes and all his barang barang.. So excited when me & dear did all that.. =D
During my gynae's visit last week, we came upon Baby Fox Sales @ compass point.. can't resist the cute and stylish top, so we bought a couple of top for Kaden.. Though he is unable to wear them yet, we will wash and keep them in the cupboard for the time being =D

Talking abt sales, Mummy is not the one who can't resist the good bargin.. Daddy Lim gave in to impulse buying.. His colleagues brought him to Isetan sales.. And guess what, he came back with 2 sets of Polo Ralph clothes for our little Kaden.. Dear had never done impulse buying before... And he did it now... 2 sets of Polo Ralph for $150... My 1st reaction... OH MY GOD... dear is really doting on our baby Kaden =D

But I muz say.. the 2 sets of clothes are really charming.. the material is also beyond words.. let see if Kaden can wear them during CNY next year =D

Did up a prelimary round of Kaden's cupboard.. started to wash his clothes also... hmm.. no wonder I'm tired and got no time to blog.. All of my time is given to Kaden now... =D But me and dear jus love doing the little little thingy for Kaden.. Can't wait for his arrival...

Lazy Mummy....

It's has been a long long time since Mummy Lim had blogged...

Tired from the pregancy as well as at work.. gotta to handover my workload to a new guy... Gotta to prepare Kaden's thingys and his new room... So busy...

Hope I can blog more often now =D