Seth is the only little guy I did not go home with when i discharged from hospital. His jaundice level was fluctuating from 12 to 15 and thus, he continued his stay at TMC for photo-theraphy treatment. For that couple of days, his gor-gor and jie-jie will come back with a hopeful qn "Has baby Seth come back?" He only got home on Day 7 & we continued sunbathe him for few more days.

My post natal massage session also started on Day 7 and was finally over yesterday! Auntie Ann is the nonya massage lady that i had faithfully engaged for all my pregnancies. Mind you, the massage is no spa like. Besides the painful massage, I also had to endure the tight wrap overnight for 7 nights. Post natal massage is said to remove wind and restore the womb to original state. The extra thing is that she never failed to guarantee is that i will get back to my shape :)

At 2wks old, he has now more awake time for interaction. He's also a big eater, demanding to be nursed every 2 hours. When birthed, many commented that he looked that Sky. Gradually now, i find that he looks that Shan. Some mentioned that he looks like both.

Seth

Sky

Shan

13 Feb 09

My 40wk appointment has finally came and i hadn't made much progress. Was quite hopeful for things to happen though (those who know me would know why i prefer this date) and asked Dr Tan if i could be induced that day. Dr Tan advised that my cervix was not open yet and decided to schedule induction the following day.

Nevertheless, happily went to Copthorne King for Penang Buffet which I have been craving for 2 wks already. There, Dh saw his OCS Instructor course friend, Pierre Png (Yes, the actor). Both of them catch up on the NS days and he congratulated me dunno how many times! Was sharing with dh that he looks like a unpretentious, friendly and sincere guy.

14 Feb 09 (EDD)

7.45am - Reach TMC for induction.

10am - Finished the procedures of breaking my water bag and passing motion. Dr Tan mentioned that i was in fact 2cm dilated already. Still, as I was feeling no pain, I was being induced. Was pushed to the birth room shortly after and consistent but bearable contraction started to kick in. Valentine's Day seems to be a hot day for giving birth. Almost every half an hour, we will hear bb wailing outside and I was wondering when my turn will come.

12.30pm - All of a sudden, the contraction got intense and longer. I started to moan in pain. Midwife checked that I was 5cm dilated. Started my screaming session and asked for epidural!! The midwife calmly told me "Too late, dear. You are already 8cm dilated." Ok, this sounds familiar..heard this when i'm pushing Shan & Sky out too. Started to feel like pushing but midwife kept telling me not to push first. I could also hear dh's gan jiong voice asking why Dr Tan is not here yet.

1pm - Dr Tan arrived and turned me on the stirrup. Was feeling extremely exhausted and felt that i could just die!! Gave a 2 push and out came Seth!

Was in complete shock when the nurse announced that Seth is a whopping 3.9kg boy. It was the most amazing experience of my life. The pain was awful, but I wouldn't change a moment of it for anything. I'm so proud and amazed that I was able to give birth naturally to my 3 baobeis and my body's ability to do what it needed to do.

I thank God for this beautiful creation.

Shannon has to be coaxed to not to join us in attending XL & Eric's wedding. In the end, dh promised that he will bring them to fly kite the following day.

After church, we managed to locate a party shop in bugis that sells kite and went to West Coast Park to fulfil the promise. It was scorching hot day! The kids had a good workout running with the kites!

As of last week, Shan will have spelling test every Monday. As a diligent (kiasu) mother, I better test her every Sunday before she's being tested the following day.

Instead of giving it to me for marking, she proceeded to mark it herself, gave herself 4 stars and wrote "I am clever ok"! (had to ask me for the spelling of "clever") Very Ego, right?!?

Sky has always been the active one and would not sit his butt straight for long. Even during story time, he would run around rather than patiently sit by your side to listen. I was rather worried abt his lack of attention span.

However, he surprised me by finishing 6pcs of colouring neatly in another room with our helper while i was with Shan on her piano practice.

Soooo proud of him!

Feeling creative during the CNY holiday and made a simple Hotdog breakfast for the kids.

On 初二 night, we noted Sky's sausage ear. Must be an insect bite when he went down cycling in the noon. This is the second time and whenever there's a mosq bite or any insect bite, it will get swollen. Shan kept on praying for him and indeed children's prayer is very powerful. His ear was back to the normal size by 初三 night.