long story later .... here's a short story about our little baby RACHEL!

10th June 2009, 7.30am.

Last family photo with 1st baby in my belly!

thats her favourite spot where our little always nudge me!

the sticker we got at 8am at the hospital got smaller! cheeky me still paste it where the baby is!you won't believe it... after we checked out the room...

we checked out the touch screen system in our premium single room...

we both played the games in the system before nurse came at 11am to get me change into op gown...

got lots of needles poked in, blood drawn for Singapore public cordblood bank...

then when doc was ready, gx was allowed into the room,

he sat next to me with a very worried look...

i was smiling at him and signalled him an OK sign!

Gx said he will post a blog on his experience,

his feelings when he saw me, the docs at work, the birth of our girl,

everything that happened at the delivery suite

first tears ... our girl's cry is LOUD!

Our little girl's first visit in the room and she was surrounded with 4 anxious grandparents!

my first try at breastfeeding our little one!

These little packages of milky way chocolates and special beautiful pastel coloured M&M chocolates were packed by me, especially for the people who came to visit Our little baby and me!

we took photos of all our guests with our baby and will post then up soon!

On the 2nd day, 11th June 2009, Our little one opened her one little eye to peek at us while both of us were having breakfast!

this was taken in the afternoon... she was wheeled in to spend some time with us before i feed her.

so i took the chance to take some photos for her with the first little toy cow i bought for her!

the experience of getting off the bed on the 2nd day for me was tough! will post my experience after gx's blog!

we got fewer guests on the 2nd day compared to the first day and everyone who came by had more time to see our baby and they spent time chatting with us!

Baby's progress - she can turn her head on her own! she amazed us!

Baby's 3rd day!

she is starting to "teh" us with her cry!

Proud daddy and her precious little baby girl!

my little one with the pretty, pink missy cow from her uncle, my anxious brother!

Baby's progress : she is very calm to noise and she sleeps thru with the tv, the chatting...
she is doing well, working very hard with me at breast-feeding time!
but very "teh" today!

Thank you for all the well-wishes! We are all doing very well!
The real challenge will be from tommorow onwards when we discharge!

a new beginning!

my blog's HEADLINE NEWS OF THE YEAR!

We are delighted to annouce the arrival of our precious darling!

Rachel Tan
Born Wednesday, 10 June, 2009

Mother and child are both healthy and well. We would like to thank everyone for your well-wishes and concerns!

Cheers!

969

Tuesday 9th June 2009 - 969. will it be today?

in an hour time, i will be leaving the house with gx to my gynae. Gx has 2 days MC. Gx fell sick since saturday starting with a mild flu and it got worse on Monday. He took half day from work to go see doc and he was given 4 types of med for his flu attack! he slept thru the afternoon while i escape the renovation above my head! he needs to get well to be with me in the delivery ward and also to be able to carry our baby! i went to aunt k's house for peace but not really quiet at her place as nesa didnt finish her hols hw! helped to plan and book nesa's bdae party this sat but too bad i will not be able to make it! I should be in confinement by then! SHOULD BE!

this morning met up with a lady representing the Singapore cordblood bank. Singapore public cordblood bank. managed to sign up for the donation and signed all the papers to arrange to donate my baby's cordblood to Singapore public bank. Gx has always think this is a better choice than private-banking. I only agree much later when i did more read up on cordblood banking. Cos own family's cordblood may or may not be the best match. Also this involve no cost unlike private banking its pretty expensive! Glad i made it in time to sign all the papers.

then head to the peak showroom to hand in the rest of the missing documents for our new flat, got breakfast and came home to do last minute surfing to find buffets, arranging surprise cake for aunt's 10th wedding anniversary, seems like a busy morning... so far no symtoms yet althou baby worked very hard at moving down last night! Wonder what will be the outcome from the checkup later... will she be induced? will i be even busier then on? or will time be extended again? I only can wonder... i really want her to decide on the date by herself if possible...

if its today, i have got my cousin B to standby to help me post up the news on my blog! everytime i go gynae now, its pretty mixed feelings cos never know what the doc might say!

Into my 40th Week with baby!

Saturday 6th June - we haven't receive our HLE and i went to HDB hub to wait for 2hours again! officer revealed that we didnt submit in sufficient documents! HEADACHE! i can't log into school system from home to retrive my payslip and they are not happy with just the CPF contribution list! but lucky they say no need to have these in hand when we apply for the dbss flat on sunday.
waited for gx to get home and we head to jurong for lunch 1st. Next we went to science centre for Da Vinci exhibition. I was so glad gx agreed to bring me to the exhibition! The carpark was so full it took us awhile to find a lot! we got there in time for a guilded tour. the girl explains certain pieces and how, why, when Da Vinci did his inventions, models, art works.

as the girl speaks, the group got bigger, some people who were wandering around the exhibition by themselves tagged along. i tried to walk alittle further away from the crowd but at the front of the mona lisa big blown up poster, i got surrounded and i felt very warm and tried to move out... then seriuosly unexpected meeting an IDIOT, this inconsiderate guy, i would call him a F****er, push his way thru towards me when he saw me turn around trying to get of out from my spot. he was B*st*rd! instead of letting me pass 1st, he tried to squeeze dun know where to as there is little space next to me! i then raised my voice to tell him "STOP PUSHING! CAN"T you SEEEEE i am PREGNANT!" he then look at me and say ONE TIME sorry softly and past me. HE IS A TERRIBLE A*S!

so where was gx? he knew i needed space and didnt want to be in the crowd. also i let him listen to the girl so that if i have a question about the piece of work, he know the answer, when gx heard me get pissed with this guy, he walked over to me. He told me i should have been louder to embarrass the guy! i told him, i tot i was loud and like he cared he still pushed on, just shame on that guy! i enjoyed the exhibition but i find the exhibition alittle smaller than i expected. It was still pretty interesting but the best part was .... to be able to see Mona Lisa again!

thou all the artwork are replicas and not the real thing, the difference is that we can get really close to it! esp mona lisa! i am still feeling lucky to have been to the Lourve in Paris and i saw the original Da Vinci's Mona Lisa Painting. again, gx and i went to different corners to look at her and true enough, her eyes are fixed on you no matter where you stand!

I am amazed with Da Vinci's writing. He writes in such a odd way and i wonder how many people out there do the same as him! in order not to let people steal his thoughts, his notes, his discovery, he writes in a mirror-image way! Its incredible! His human parts drawings are so realistic! So precise! The Vitruvian Man is a world-renowned drawing created by Leonardo da Vinci around the year 1487. at the exhibition, there was a prism device and when you looked through it, instead of seeing 4 V-man, there will be an additional V-man standing in the middle and making it 5 V-man! it was amazing! after that we packed dinner and went home to have a quiet nite. Gx is down with flu and the adults are all attending a wedding dinner so we didnt go back to mums.

We got our flat on Sunday 7th June 2009!

Woke up early and prep to go to the peak showroom. we head to have our breakfast at Lorong 1 market and then went over to select our 1st flat! We got ourselves a 3-room flat after the endless paperwork we needed to fill in!

then we head back to fetch mil to work and we rushed back to tpy to catch a movie. after getting tickets, i went to Mc to gobble up a fishburger meal in 20mins before the show starts. when we got into the cinema, we tot we are the only ones! cos when the show started, it was just 2 of us but a man came in followed by another couple. it was so quiet in the cinema and it was good as we were afraid there may be alot of kids as its sch hols! well, we have to get used to it soon as next time we too will bring a kido to the cinema! the movie was not too bad and i was glad we managed to catch it!

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we went home and we each occupy a sofa and took a long nap! woke up to make porridge for dinner and we caught night at the museum part 1 on tv. from our house, we could hear fans' screams and we change channel to catch Show (xiaozhu) on the charity show. Yes the charity show was held out of studio and in tpy hub area... but of cos we didnt go over as in the afternoon, when we walked past the stage area, many were already there to get a spot to catch their idol!

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Into my 40th week, i now feel calmer about the due date. Next appointment on tuesday 9th. my bro is so cute! he is more anxious than me! he can't wait to see his little baby niece! he actually calls me everyday to check on me and he told me the same thing as my mum! DUN RUN AROUND STAY AT HOME! also i was very happy when dad called me on the 4th and then on the 6th to check on me. Sis was even funnier! she called me on the Saturday to tell me Lee KaSHeng has a grandson born on the 5th! if i did my little one would have the same bdae! I believe everything is fated! See, my baby let me go to the exhibition, watch night at museum with me (she kept kicking - happy to hear the story i guess!) and most of all, allow gx and me to select and buy our 1st flat together!

baby kept everyone waiting!

5th June ... got a call from sushi tei that my card is ready for collection. so i called cousin B and he was available to travel down with me to cityhall to collect it. Also I needed to talk to him about helping me post up the entry when my baby arrives. Met at cityhall and since the restaurant opens at 11.30am, we went to check out the party shop and i showed him what i liked. we both were starving! we just stood right infront of the restaurant at 11.30am to wait for the doors to be opened!

after collecting the card and vouchers, we head in to eat. I was bad, i totally forgot about the lunch date i had with gx... he didnt call back and when he did i didnt hear my phone and worse, i was starving! by the time i heard the phone, i hace oredi ordered a table full of dishes! so hungry we grab a plate of avocado sushi! then came the peas, then the ebi and veg tempura don came next and we were kept so busy! soon, the fried squid came but i felt the squid wasnt cripsy enough! then the cold chasoba with pork cutlet came. didnt like the chasoba texture and guess with all the food, the noodles wasnt cold enough and became sticky... didnt like the pork as it was alittle tough and prob we ate it when it was cold ....

the baked mayo scallop was really good! I LOVE this! the scallop was huge and the baked mayo sauce was heavens with it! we talked quite abit as we ate! i keep having different dishes as we talked! the dish that had us waiting for 20mins.... my favourite ebi mentai! somehow, recently whenever i take photo my eyes seems to blink or appear small! We were both filled! i hate it when i given a 2 seater at sushi tei! lucky we changed to the booth seat and i think the waitress is surprised! we managed to have the table filled with dishes! as i tot i was gog to give birth today, i treat myself with a good meal and its been awhile since i jap.

got a new top from island shop. 70% of $133! it was a good buy and i had a further 10% discount when i paid with mastercard. then head home to tpy, nice B accompanied me to tpy station and on the train, told him the favour i needed from him. he agreed readily to help me. then before gog home, i popped into phamacy to get myself a guard and i was happy i did so! it provided better support and reduce the pain! when i got home, gx was unhappy i forget about the lunch appt.... and he got pretty pissed when i told him the time i was given for our appt.... 4.30pm! he was hopping mad! but no choice as i told him that when i just called in to double check, nurse said the gynae has gone for emergency op... i cooled him by serving him some ice-cream!

after the short rest, we prep and went for our appt. i was really unsure if we will be told to induce the baby! so alot went thru my brain! to induce or not to... i was very cheeky... after having our temp taken, we are always given a sticker, so i decided not to spoil me woolly top and i paste the sticker on my baby belly! when gx asked baby if she wants to come out today so that if we are asked to induce her, we did ask her.... gx put his hand on my tummy and asked "today or tomolo" and she kicked non-stop! then gx laughed and exclaimed "what did that meant!" i found the expression so funny and feeling the kicks made it ticklish! also we asked if she was trying to get the sticker away! both of us love to imagine what our baby is thinking!

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gynae checked and told us she did move down but its not time yet and she is still healthy and enough fluid to support her till 9th even to the 12th which is the lastest she can stay in! Gynae's advice to us, to monitor her and give her a few more days to make it full term 40 weeks! he said she was measure 3,8kg! but this time, he told us that always take away 10% of the estimated by the scan as that will be more accurate! so she is about 3,4kg! he told us not to worry and let her be and she will know when she wants to come along!

alot of people knew it was the day. Family members, our close friends and collegues were all on standby, waiting for our calls! when we both went to the lobby, we decided to mass send the msg out on the baby status and at the same time, we receive many mgs even before we sent out! after we sent out, we both receive even more mgs! Both of us are very grateful for everyone's concern and well-wishes! But our little one is still staying in and happily playing but she is working on pushing down! somehow after today's appt, i felt alittle relieve as my gynae did not rush us into delivery but gave our little one somemore time to decide on her own THE DAY she wants to be born. think gx didnt want to decide but wanted to hear doc's opionion 1st and i wasn't ready to decide for her too! Waiting game is still on!

went home to see mum. she was on half day as the cable guys came to fix up the wiring. we persuaded her not to cook and we went to eat out. we went to the seletar restaurant opposite my mum's place. we ordered the famous general tao's chicken which was not bad, the gailan was quite nice, uncle k liked it very much. while mum, gx and uncle k had beef horfun which i know my sis loves is nice, i had the fish horfun which was not bad. mum ordered the dongbo rou with steamed buns and it was nice, the meat was firm but soft and not too oily! the little clear glass teacups used here are really cute! uncle k ordered a durian pudding and i had a little spoon of it as gx still doesnt allow me to eat durians... went back to mums and the oranges mum bought were not sour at all, it was sweet!

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had little chat with mum about baby, the peak flat and before i went into the car, i insisted mum feel my tummy! she is very reluctant like my mil! she said the same thing as my mil! last time people never go feel other people's tummy one! but i took her hand and had her to feel baby's little feet! she broke into a smile and i got her to move her hand to the centre of baby belly to feel how firm her little grandchild is! mum smiled as we left to head home to rest after the whole day of anticipation!