Janet’s little corner

020409 is just a set of numbers.

no big deal.

i’m not a superwoman, i’m really not…

010409, baby jedd is 1 month old. decided to shave his head bald to celebrate this special day. nah! i just felt moved to do it. hopefully his new grown out hair will be nice..

it has been tiring for the past 1 month. been feeding, changing diaper, feeding, feeding, feeding and feeding. jedd is like constantly hungry for milk and constantly wants to be carried. i guess baby boys are more insecure? that’s the same for my nephew enzo. heard from my good friend that her baby boy is also like that.

Well, i just hope he will break away from this habit soon and sleep more independently. i need to sleep more! my dark circles are getting worst. think no amount of replenishing eye cream can cure me if i only sleep for a couple of hours everyday. 

time really flies, 1 month passes just like that. think soon he will grow up to be like rachelle, running around trying to talk. so, i’ll just enjoy this stage for now.

010309 at 3:10 baby jedd arrived..

the whole experience is so different from when rachelle was born..

i remember having contractions the night before and it only started to get regular in the morning at 7am. i timed the  contractions while half asleep. it was only at 10+ that the contractions started to be 5-10 mins apart. i gently turned to my husband who was sound asleep that i might need to go hospital later in the afternoon. he merely massage my tummy alittle & went back to sleep..

i heard from many people that 2nd birth is usually very fast. i wasn’t sure when i should head to the hospital..i contemplated admitting then with the ok contractions or to wait till the very painful contractions like rachelle’s time.. i couldnt come to a decision so i texted my gynae. he should be attending 1st service. he replied telling me to head to the hospital immediately. he was also asking how fast can i reach the hospital. i told him in an hr’s time so that he can finished the service. how nice of me! ha..

we bathed, packed and headed to the hospital.

when we reached the hospital, my gynae was already waiting for me. “did you managed to finish service?” i asked (in e midst of the contractions). “oh yes, i did! Ps Lian preached today. service was good!”. then we proceeded to the delivery suite.

“come janet, lie down & let me check you” said the gynae. I haven’t even changed into the patient’s gown. i haven’t had my bowels cleared. i haven this & that..

he checked & i was already 4-5cm dilated! that’s fast! i’m already halfway there. the pain was still bearable. that’s good. the gynae then burst my waterbag with an aminohook. immediately he put me on drip due to some bacteria condition in my body and he gave me the syntocin - the most horrible drip ever!!

i haven changed! i need to remove my clothes with the drip & needle on the back of my hand. tat’s a scary & dangerous move. we have to be careful in order not to hurt my hand with the needle. i suggested cutting my top. but the nurse say we try first. and so we did it successfully.

then, the effect of the irritating syntocin started. contraction pain was unbearable. i thought i almost fainted while the experienced husband quickly went to catch a bite. i was alone in the suite, accompanied the noise of my heavy breathing. i was breathing hard. i was trying to worship in between each contractions,hoping the singin could distract the pain. where is the doctor??!! i need my epidural NOW!! “coming, coming! reachin in 20mins!” the nurse told me

as promised, the doc did arrive 20mins later.  strangely, the epidural didn’t seem to work. i could still feel the pain, both my legs were still mobile. 3 hrs later, i have fully dilated to 10cm. my legs were still mobile. i could even raise my legs to the stand when getting ready to deliver.

i started pushin at 3:04, just 2 pushes. jedd was out at 3:10 - that’s 6mins. it was amazingly fast! wasnt expecting that though..

this time round i was so much more energetic. i caught all the actions..i even watched my gynae pull out my placenta, stitched me up etc..

that’s how jedd arrived! thank you Lord for a smooth delivery!

just realised i once wrote in my blog that we wanted to name our boy jaydon. somewhere along the way we decided to name him jedd wong for 2 reasons:

1. it sounds cool & unique

2. more importantly, it meant ‘beloved of God’.

Lord, i pray that he will be a man after your heart, just like david. he will grow up in the ways of the Lord and will be a man full of your wisdom.

I trust that he’ll b healthy, has big eyes, high nose bridge, nice lips, thick hair & long limbs like papa. hee, it sounds like i’m describing my hubby.

Well, it’s a miss. a miscalculation. Jedd wasn’t out on 220209. the hubby predicts he will be out on 260209. we shall see then.

my buddy who shares the same EDD as me is now in the hospital. we share the same birthday too. we once mentioned that it will be so cool if both our boys can be borned on the same day, just like their mummies. guess she will be ahead of me.

benjamin, aunty janet can’t wait to see you later in the hospital when you are out

the waiting game is killing me.. living everyday in anticipation of contractions to start. time and time again, those were just false alarms.

baby jedd, when are you coming out? not on 030309 k? mummy hope to see you in less then 12 hr’s time before 220209 ends.

220209 is a good day to come out. hee.. cos rachelle jie jie was out on 210108.. exactly 1yr 1 mth 1 day ago..haha

wow! How time passes by quietly.. didn’t realise i had not been blogging till i received an email from Friendster that my blog has been shifted to a new site. The last time i wrote on my blog was when i was 2 wks into my motherhood. And now, Rachelle is almost 8 mths old. How FAST is that?

Life has changed. For the better i believe. An interesting journey for such a time like this. Busy with work, family, building a business with my husband and all is really not easy. Perserverance and determination is what i need. And of cos, very importantly the grace and wisdom from God.

I believe my dreams will soon come to past as i placed them confidently into my Abba hands. It will not by my effort but His abundant grace. My light will shine the brightest in the darkest moments.

I recently read an entry from a friend’s blog. After going through the tunnel, you will see color! How encouraging is that! Thanks Joy! It was really encouraging reading that..

Here’s the most recent picture of Rachelle. She has really grown!

It’s been 2 weeks..Really not easy being a mother. Indeed it’s a high calling! Thank God my mum is here to help out. If not i would be so lost. Baby Rachelle has been good thus far. Except for times when she’ll cry non-stop because she didn’t have enough milk. Grace grace man. I pray that she’ll latch on properly every feed so that she gets enough to drink so that she will sleep more..Heh heh..the more she eats, the more she sleeps and the bigger she becomes. ha ha..

Waking up in the middle of the night to feed baby is really tough. My dark circles are evidence that i did my job. Poor papa has to be disturbed despite the need to wake up early for work. But so far he has never complained. That’s nice. In fact, he will wake up and cuddle Rachelle when she cries and when i can’t handle. Sometimes i find hb is doing a better job than me. Rachelle seems uncomfortable with the way i carry her. Perhaps Papa’s big hands are more comfy to sleep on..hee..

Last night, we brought Rachelle out for the 1st time for unofficial reason. Not to the pediatrician..but to sit on Papa’s new Honda civic. heh..took the chance to ask for permission to step out of the house. Mummy agreed! Yay..but had to bring mummy out too. We drove all the way to Yio Chu Kang..was a super long ride. Guess that’s what we call a spin right? Almost 1 hr drive to and fro from our place to Liz’s house.

Papa’s new car is so cool! I love it! Love the outlook, love the interior, love the ride. But it’s kindof scary. Don’t think i dare drive it even when i get my license. I’ve driven a few cars before but this is different. You can’t see the front of the car, it’s so hard to gauge space infront. i scared scared. I’ll just be the passenger for now. Wait till i get my own Golf then i’ll drive. kekeke..I claim it in Jesus’ name!!!

Hallelujah! Baby Rachelle has arrived on the actual Estimated Delivery Date. Previously gynae said might be early and we prayed that she will arrive at least after 38wks.. when i’m in my 39 wks..we are kind of worried that she will be overdue. Gynae said if she doesn’t come out on 21 Jan night, we’ll have to induce her. I prayed that she won’t be induced. And guess what? God is never early and never late…

On Sun night, i started having regular contractions (ie. very bad cramps).. i called my gynae as adv by Joy but he did not answer my call at 10 plus. Contractions started getting stronger.. i was listening to Still Waters throughout the night to calm myself down & focus on my breathing as each cycle of contractions begins.

Hours went by, by 5plus in the morning i couldn’t take it anymore. Gynae called me at 2plus to inform me if i can’t take the pain anymore i should head to the hospital, if not he’ll see me at 9am. Guess i couldn’t wait till 9am. At 5plus, i was kneeling down at the side of my bed..waking my hb up to send me to the hospital. We bathed and was at the hospital at 6:45am.

I was already 2cm dilated! Good! 8cm more to go. By 8:45, i was 4cm dilated. progressing well, i thought. Enduring each contractions that came by..still listening to my Still Waters. Well, by noon i couldn’t take the pain anymore. It was a million, zillion times more painful than cramps. I decided to opt for Epidural.

Epidural is heavenly! When gynae walked in after my Epi, he asked how am i. I replied "I’m a happy girl!". By 3:38pm, Baby Rachelle is borned! She looked just exactly like the father! So pretty. The moment we saw her after she was cleaned up, she was licking her lips, gave us a sweet smile. Awww..so heartwarming to see my sweetie after close to 10 mths of waiting.

She is such a special baby! On the very day she was born, she already started opening her eyes..not only that, by Day 2, she is already wandering with her eyes whenever she hears sound! Such an eager beaver! I heard comments like she is a fast baby, has strong legs and neck as a new born, sure to grow up very clever, very pretty! Thank you Lord for such a wonderful blessing.

Looking back, God has answered our prayer! In fact, over and above gave us what we asked for. We asked for a healthy baby and she is indeed healthy. We asked for her to have my big brown eyes and she has really big and sparkling eyes.. on top of that she has such defined double eye lids & long lashes. We asked for yanwei’s lips and she has that. As for nose, i left it opened to God to whether to look like me or yanwei and it came out so nice! She’s really one big pretty babe with long limps!

My wonderful baby!

All glory to Jesus! You have seen us through!

Last night, i requested for my hb to pray over me as the head of the house as i was fearful of heading to the washroom. My bowel movement was really bad. It was so hard and i didn’t dare force it through cos it was hurting my wound. It was so uncomfortable. I tried and i thought i broke my stitches. Called the gynae and confirmed i didn’t but still the pain was getting bad. By Day 2 in the hospital, i had already stopped my painkiller..how come it’s starting to get more painful. Fear came in and i had no faith! But i know as the head of the house, my hb has authority over my life. He prayed for me and this afternoon i could feel tha pain lessening and guess what?!?! My stools turned soft! (*sorry, i know this might be a little disgusting, but i want to give thanks to my Jesus!) I had no problem passing it out. I was so uptight..holding my hands to the bowl while i feel the stools slowly move down the ‘tunnel’..But it was not painful..and best of all..All that needs to be out is OUT! I feel so relieved and liberated! Thank You Lord!!

Thank You for speedy recovery of the wound, lots of milk for baby and soft bowels!

Well.. after hearing so much i’m sure you guys are waiting eagerly to see my baby..

Here’s Baby Rachelle Wong Yan Yee (黄 恩 怡)

Last but not least, i want to say a very big Thank You to my lovely hb. He has been such a great support throughout the whole pregnancy, delivery and even taking care of both Rachelle and myself now. He’s always there encouraging me, affirming me and helping out in the household chores. Almost everything is done by him cos i’m supposed to rest..He is simply amazing! Thank you Darling! The whole process seems so much easier with you around. Although on the actual day of delivering i did said 1 is enough..i guess with the same amount of support you have given me.. i don’t mind having Rebecca Wong (黄 恩 绮) and Jaydon Wong (黄 杰 恩) years down the road =)

In last than 3 days my sweetie Rachelle will be out to meet the beautiful world!

Was reading the bible on Rachelle..she was beautiful & had a good figure! haha.. Rachelle which means lamb symbolises purity! Lord, guard her heart & keep it pure wiht Your love throughout her life!

How exciting! It’s been a long wait for both hb and me. Can’t wait to hold her, cuddle her & love her!!!

Thank you Lord for a supernatural childbirth!! It shall be fast & painless!!

Am so looking forward to a new beginning.. a new year! A year of 1st born blessings! I claimed it in Jesus’ name!

2008 is a year of great blessing: First, my dear baby Rachelle and Second, a new toy that my hb is waiting eagerly to arrive…

ta-ta!!

Hope it will arrive earlier than end Feb..

So many good things happening at the beginning of 2008..can’t wait for the manifestation of more blessings to come throughout the year!

Graca grace to parenthood for both hb and me! Favour in both hb and my career! A closer walk with the Lord & a year of great breakthroughs in our individual growth! And off cos, a year of prosperity in everything we do..

A year of great things to come in Hana. Growth in strength, skill, business & very importantly partnership!!