1st - our new house is in a mess as there are still stuff which I haven't unpack or put in their proper place yet.
2nd - there are still some stuff at our old house that we haven't cleared yet. Our 2nd appt is on 7 Aug 2008, thus we estimated that we would need to vacate our old house by end July.
3rd - mei mei's clothes are not washed yet. I thought that since mei mei is only due in Aug, I can wash her clothes about 2 weeks before she is due.
4th - there are still some stuff which I haven't buy yet for mei mei & my confinement, e.g. her bedding set, cot mobile, breast pump, dai fong ai for my bath, longans & red dates, etc.
Kel was already asleep by then as he needs to help his friend to lead a group of students to Pulau Ubin today. I woke him up & told him to stand by as I am having regular contractions. I tried to sleep, but I have a feeling that it's time already. So I busied myself by checking my hospital bag, packing some stuff, etc. At 11.15pm, when I went to the toilet for the umpteen time, I discovered that my water bag had broke. Omg... mei mei is really coming...
I went out & woke Kel up. I told him that my water bag had burst, thus we need to go to the hospital asap. I called Dr Chan up & informed him about it. He was very surprised to receive my call. When he heard that I am having regular contractions & my water bag had burst, he was very concerned. He told me to go to Mt A asap & he would meet me there. I hung up the phone & went to change. Kel had changed by then. He then went out of the room to make a cup of milo for me. When I had changed, I went out to the dining room to drink my milo while Kel took my hospital bag out. He went to let Asty know so that she can look after Daryl while we were gone. When I had finished my milo, I went back to our room, kissed Daryl goodbye & left the house with Kel.
During the journey to Mt A, I timed my contractions & found that they were 2 minutes apart. Great... now there's no turning back already. When we reached Mt A at about midnight, the main entrance was closed. Thus, I told Kel to drop me off at the A & E entrance & go & park his car while I wait for him inside. I went in & the doorman directed me to the delivery suite on the 3rd floor. On the way there, I was thinking to myself, what a difference 3 years makes. 3 years ago, when I delivered Daryl, I had to be wheeled to the Delivery Suite as the contractions were so painful. Now, I can walked to the Delivery Suite myself. :p
At the Delivery Suite, there was no nurse on duty at the counter. I pressed the bell at the counter & waited. No one came, so I went to sit on the sofa nearby & waited for Kel to come. When he came up a few minutes later, he was very furious to see me sitting on the sofa. Thus, he went to search for a nurse for me.
When a nurse came out, she brought me to the monitoring suite. Then she asked me to change in the en suite bathroom & peed into a cup. When I was done, I came out of the bathroom & the same nurse told me to lie down on the bed. The CTG machine was then strapped onto my tummy. Another nurse went into the bathroom to test my urine. The test results show that there is no protein in my urine. She informed the nurse who was attending to me. According to the CTG machine, my contractions were indeed about 2 mins apart. In addition, they were very regular. She got worried & went to call Dr Chan again. She came back after a while to inform me that Dr Chan is on the way to the hospital already. Coz he had to go back to his clinic to pick up my file. As I was 1 month early, there were a lot of stuff which was not done yet. E.g. my admission letter is still with Dr Chan, the anaesthetician & the pediatrician are not booked yet, etc.
At about 12.30am, Dr Chan arrived & checked on me. He told me that I am 2cm dilated already. Thus, he asked the nurses to prep me for the operation. He then left to prepare himself. Kel came in to see me & reassured me that everything will be okie. I guessed he knows that I am feeling apprehensive coz mei mei is too early. Even though I know that I am in good hands, however, I can't helped feeling scared.
When I am ready, the nurses wheeled me to the OT. Kel followed me all the way till the entrance. Before I went in, he gave me a kiss & said that he would be waiting for me & mei mei.
Inside the OT, I met Dr Kwa & Dr Ng again. They were the same doctors who helped to deliver Daryl. Seeing them reassured me coz I know that I am in good hands.
Mei mei was delivered via emergency c section at about 1.30am. Kel was there when she was wheeled out of the OT.
Kel's 1st look of mei mei after she was wheeled out of the OT. She hasn't been cleaned yet, thus the gunk on her head.
The nurse putting on a diaper for mei mei
Mei mei sleeping peacefully after her diaper was worn.
Mei mei being monitored as she was premature.
Kel then came back to the OT to meet me. When I was wheeled out of the OT, I sensed that he was beside me. Thus, I reached out with my hand to hold his. I wanted to ask him how is mei mei, but I couldn't say anything. All I can do is to squeeze his hand.
At the ward, after sleeping for a while, I managed to gather up my strength to ask Kel how's mei mei. He said that mei mei is fine. She weighs 2.67kg at birth. Her weight is better than expected coz her estimated weight at my last checkup was 1.775kg. However, she had to be sent to NICU as she was hyperventilating when she was born. My heart sank when I heard that. I kept asking Kel about mei mei. He told me that mei mei looks very pretty & she had more hair than Daryl at birth. I kept drifting in & out of consciousness due to the effects of the GA. Kel told me to sleep for a while as he is going to check on mei mei.
The above 2 pics were taken by Kel when he went to check on mei mei. It pains my heart to see them. Mei mei had a tube inserted so that she can be fed. In addition, she was also hooked up to a machine to monitor her vital signs. She looks so small & frail, yet she has to go through all this. Kel also took a vid of mei mei.
When I woke up, Kel was beside me. He told me that mei mei is being monitored in NICU currently. He told me not to worry & to go back to sleep. I told him to go back & sleep as he still needs to send Daryl to school tomorrow. He replied that he would leave once I had fallen asleep. The last thing I knew before drifting off was holding his hand.
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