I remembered about 6 months ago, my god daughter was borned. It was quite an experience watching her arrive at this world. I remembered it was a Friday morning when I received an sms from her mum saying that she felt contraction and was on the way to the hospital. I was put on stand-by mode. I jumped out from my bed after reading the sms and had a quick shower. Minutes later, I was trying to get a cab to Mt E. Because it was just after peak hours, taking a cab from Woodlands was a nightmare. No cab in sight. Waited for about half an hour before I finally got one. In the cab, I was busy passing on the message to the rest of the girls, "...contraction...Meimei's coming!..." Everyone was so excited and the smses came non-stop.
Then, at the clinic, the doctor confirmed that it was contraction but Meimei was not expected to arrive yet so we were told to "take a walk". We ended up window shopping at Paragon, giving Meimei a last minute crash course of branded goods. We happily went for lunch thereafter with Liang. When we returned to the clinic after that, Meimei decided that it was about time she seriously pushed herself out. So mummy had more severe contraction resulting having to walk at 0.05km per hour. When we finally reached the clinic, the nurses were going out for lunch and we had the option to wait elsewhere or go directly to the delivery ward. Mummy decided that she could still wait cos she wanted to see the gynae before going for delivery. The wait, eventhough was only 30 minutes, really scared the wits out of me. Many scenarios were going through my mind, "what if she cannot walk? what if her water bag burst? what if...."
Nurses came back from lunch and were ready to do a last check before mummy was wheeled to the delivery ward. At the delivery ward, which was quite comfy, you see experienced nurses walking in and out. I was lucky to be able to have a stint in there though not for long (was told that normally they don't allow people besides husband in it). The nurse "tricked" me into going out as they had to do the injection and said that I could go back after it was done. I never did.
A few hours later, Meimei arrived naturally! All of us were so excited and the dian gu of forming teams to see the bb came from here. I think the first to reach hospital to see her was Line and Ngiam (if I didn't remember wrongly). All those memories were just six months ago.
Now, she can crawl, sit up and even stand! Think she is as atheletic as her parents. As what her mummy said, "she is going places on her own!". I wonder what she can do by the time I get back in June :)
Then, at the clinic, the doctor confirmed that it was contraction but Meimei was not expected to arrive yet so we were told to "take a walk". We ended up window shopping at Paragon, giving Meimei a last minute crash course of branded goods. We happily went for lunch thereafter with Liang. When we returned to the clinic after that, Meimei decided that it was about time she seriously pushed herself out. So mummy had more severe contraction resulting having to walk at 0.05km per hour. When we finally reached the clinic, the nurses were going out for lunch and we had the option to wait elsewhere or go directly to the delivery ward. Mummy decided that she could still wait cos she wanted to see the gynae before going for delivery. The wait, eventhough was only 30 minutes, really scared the wits out of me. Many scenarios were going through my mind, "what if she cannot walk? what if her water bag burst? what if...."
Nurses came back from lunch and were ready to do a last check before mummy was wheeled to the delivery ward. At the delivery ward, which was quite comfy, you see experienced nurses walking in and out. I was lucky to be able to have a stint in there though not for long (was told that normally they don't allow people besides husband in it). The nurse "tricked" me into going out as they had to do the injection and said that I could go back after it was done. I never did.
A few hours later, Meimei arrived naturally! All of us were so excited and the dian gu of forming teams to see the bb came from here. I think the first to reach hospital to see her was Line and Ngiam (if I didn't remember wrongly). All those memories were just six months ago.
Now, she can crawl, sit up and even stand! Think she is as atheletic as her parents. As what her mummy said, "she is going places on her own!". I wonder what she can do by the time I get back in June :)
2 comments:
selective memory loss!
Thanks for putting that event of 3 Nov 06 on blog. I was glad and thankful that you were with me.
You bought Adrian's birthday present that morning in Taka. We had lunch with liang at spagettis in Paragon on YF's credit card. His little show of appreciation to the 2 of you for being there.
Just for laughs, when I told him that I am going to the delivery ward, he asked if I can wait til 2 more hours!
For the record, line and ngaim were the first team. They couldn't wait and wanted to barge into the room where the lactation consultants were teaching new mums how to breastfeed.
After BB meimei, the stage is set for the amazing race to see the Golden pigs of 2007, starting with BB Sophie. This time round, I'm sure Meimei and I will be first:)
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