Baby's hatch day is getting closer...and I'm nervous and excited all at once! Have been back in my home sweet home for 3 weeks now and enjoying being with my family, Bloss Bloss and scarfing down all the yummy & nutrious food I've been missing! I swear I can eat tau huay and fish porridge every single day!
Started HypnoBirthing classes with Ginny (who is also going to be my doula) 2 weekends ago and really enjoying it. Find it a lot more useful than the Birthing From Within Classes we did with Julia in Istanbul. While Julia's classes were fun (we did a lot of drawing with pastels!) and eye opening, they were very hippie touchy feel-y and not practical enough I felt. Whereas the HypnoBirthing classes have helped me to focus a lot. Really recommend them to every mum-to-be!
Slight panic last week when I found out my SG OBGYN Dr Paul Tseng was going to be away near my delivery date!! The panicky thing was he didn't tell me! I just overheard another patient talking to the receptionist while I was waiting to see him.
So I asked him who would replace him, and he said for births at Mt Alvernia, it would be Dr Beh. Consulted Ginny and she said Dr Beh may not be as open to my birth plan as Dr Tseng.
ALAMAK! Why do gynaes always do this? Ok I understand docs also need time off, but the least they could do is inform their patients as a common courtesy right?? I don't like the fact that I found out by accident and he didn't tell me. I remember June saying her doc was also away last minute near DN's birth, so Dr TC Chang had to step in.
So I was very gan cheong trying to find another doc who WOULD be around. Finally settled on Prof. Chong Yap Seng at NUH bcos Ginny said NUH is the best place in SG for waterbirths (which is what we plan to do). NUH is the only hospital in SG that has birthing tubs in every alternate delivery suite. Was also quite surprised that all the fees (both docs and hospital fees) are much cheaper at NUH. The only thing is, it's pretty far from my home. But JF says no where in Singapore is far....just that we're so used to short distances here.
We decided a waterbirth would be great for us cos we both are natural water babies, love swimming, diving etc and feel at home in the water. Waterbirth is also a very gentle birthing method for the baby bcos they have been living in water for 9 months. I want a natural birth without any drugs, so no epidural for me. (Here's where the HypnoBirthing relaxation and breathing techniques come in for pain relief!)
Have been busy gathering baby essentials and Mummy even inspired (and helped) me to make mittens! Ok lah I suck at sewing, but these are not bad rite?? (Thanks to Mummy's help too!)
Next I am going to attempt to make a Baptism gown if I can!! Heheh so ambitious eh?
In the meantime, I'm still driving (surprise surprise I can still fit behind the steering wheel! PHEW!) and wadling about town looking for baby stuff. My little Julien is wiggling about so much too! The funniest feeling is when he has hiccups almost immediately after I eat. (Hahah just like Mummy and Daddy who love yummy food and eat too fast!) It feels so funny in my tummy! Hic hic hic!
CONGRATS TO ZERNERD who also recently announced they have a little sugarbug on the way!! YIPPEEEEEE!!!
Miss JF and Cookie SOOOOOOO much even though I see them on Skype often. Can't wait til JF gets here.
2 comments:
Hee, the mittens look so cute, Dawn!
Glad to here things are going well, although the doctor incident seems unpleasant. I'm not really sure what is current in birthing practices, but I always thought reducing the pain would be a good idea. On the other hand, my fear of syringes might keep me away from that option as well. If I were not so afraid of water, I would appreciate the idea of a water birth. It's probably what happened for a long time when we were still out scavenging near water holes, 150000 years ago. No other good place to give birth, as you'd be immediately eaten by predators, so you'd stay in the water. Probably also why we lost most of our hair. Hope all goes well... Or went well...
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