Mastitis at Day 12

I developed mastitis at day 12 of breastfeeding. So far I had been feeding Suzanne on expressed breastmilk and she takes about 60-70ml every 2-3hours.  And for me, I work on a 4-6 hrs schedule to express the milk.  All was fine until the early morning in day 12 I feel that my left breast [...]

Siblings @ 2 weeks old

Should not be a tough job to tell who is who?

Hayden Gorgor

I admit we did not do a good job in introducing Suzanne to Hayden. Afterall, today is the first time that Hayden meet Suzanne, after 7th days of her birth.  The past 1 week Hayden had been staying with my mom and since he was sick and running a fever, we have no choice but [...]

Home Sweet Home

Today Suzanne discharge from hospital for phototherapy.  She stayed 3 days in Thomson Medical Center and the SB level today was 11.1mg.  Compare with 11.3mg on Sunday and Monday, this is not a significant drop.  As today is Suzanne 7th day of birth and since the SB level did not raise, Dr Ong allow us [...]

Jaundice

Suzanne jaundice level was mark at 13.8mg on saturday(4th day of birth).  We were given an option to bring her home and come back again on Monday(7th day of birth) for another check. Or to admit her for phototherpy.  Though the alert level for phototherepy is 15mg, we decided to admit her NOW as there [...]

Suzanne say Hi

Here a quick peep at Suzanne as I have so much to write but too little time for that.  Confinement period for the past 5 days was madness and I didnt know that I had ended up coping all by myself, with the support of hubby and maid assistance.  Night feeding, expressing breast milk, waiting [...]

Suzanne has arrived

 
Beautiful Suzanne has arrived on 
16 Oct 2007, 14:49, weighing 2.95kg, Head circumstance 33cm and length 49cm…:)

Suzanne Birth Story
15 Oct 2007
18:30     On CTG monitoring
17:35     Insert first prostin
20:35     Off CTG monitoring and wait for contraction.
23:30     Cervix dilated 1cm
Since there is no sign of labour, I was advise to take a good night rest(if nothing [...]

Gynae visit at week 39 (Last check-up)

Had my routine check-up on 15 Oct 2007, 11.30am.  Had my weight taken and it shown a lost of 300g from 1 week ago. 
Dr Chong was a bit concern over the weight lost though I bargain with him that I had not taken my lunch yet…:) He later say I should be 500g heavier if I have [...]

Gynae visit at wk37

Visited gynae this morning and I am into week 37 4 days of pregnancy.  Last visit gynae did mentioned that he will do the vaginal examination(VE) today to assess for any dilation.  I was quite scared about this VE thingy as I recall how painful it can be…:(
As usual, the first thing Dr Chong asked [...]

#2 name is …

Suzanne 何诗莹
Hayden’s name(both english & chinese) were choosen by me. So for this time round, I had come out with a list of names and Daddy pick the above over the following names:
Yvette, Kimberly, Eva & Anthea
何诗颖, 何诗晴 & 何诗丝