* lawrence and alicia *

Tuesday, October 16, 2007

Its been sometime since we last blogged..

I m no longer pregnant..

My baby boy, Craydon has decided to make his arrival much earlier than his EDD 12 Nov, he is born in 34weeks 2days gestation and luckily I was injected 2 jabs to stabilized his lungs hence he is borned healthy and well except his weight is only 1.5kg when born.. He is now staying in KKH Special Care Nursery which he has to put on at least to 2kg before he can discharge..

When I was in my 32 weeks, my private gynae Dr Koh did a scan for me and found that my baby is very small size and hence send me to TMC for another detailed scan, result showed he is only 1.3kg.. Dr Koh then gave us an opt whether to stay with him or go to KKH for followup cos he predicted that shd the baby born, he will belong to small size baby & need to stay in SCN.. After much struggle, we decided to go KKH for another scan and result more alarming, he is only 1.2kg show in detailed scan.. And on next day, KKH gynae, Dr Marianne wanted me to admit to the hospital cos she suspect my waterbag leakage hence the baby is not growing so well inside me..

I was admitted to KKH on 29 Sept and after alot of dripping and CTG monitoring baby heartbeat and injection, I was discharged on 03 Oct.. Thats where the birth story started, I rested on our own bed when I reached home from hospital, I feel a pop sound inside my tummy.. Quickly I headed to the toliet and realised alot of water gushing from below and I know thats it.. my waterbag broke.. I cried and called my dear which he had to come back to fetch me to hospital again to re-admit (how funny rite? discharge and re-admit on the same day)..

Contraction is really no joke as it start kicking in every 5 to 10 mins interval and when I reach delivery suite, I was given the "laughing gas" to breathe in to ease the contracion pain.. As my baby is in breech position (meaning legs down head up) I had to go thru C-section delivery with epidural.. I was conscious throughout the operation (Thank God its only took 15mins) and the only thing I feel is shivering and the pulling sensation where the operation was.. And when I hear my baby cried, I feel so relieved, managed to catch a glance on him, I was pushed to another room to recuperate for awhile before push to ward..

I stay in KKH for a total of a week and it is really an example for me.. Never in my life I will know I hav to go thru this hardship to give birth.. All the planning of having my private gynae and giving birth in TMC is not fulfil.. But then again, I was very surprise that KKH has improve their service so much that I really appreciate the care and concern the nurses in my wards has given me.. I even told my dear I wana go back to KKH for our 2nd baby.. :)

Now, we r waiting for Craydon to gain more weight and able to be bottle feed instead of tube feeding now.. According to the nurse, he is bottle fed once in the morning and once in the nite and he is doing pretty well.. To date, he is 1.66kg since last weighed on Sun.. Hope he will gain more and be back home on time for his 1st mth celebration..

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