Dr@co Chinese Name

I went to Master Lim and collected Dr@co's naming report. There were quite a number of characters for us to mix and match from to form Dr@co's name. Master Lim also inform me about Dr@co's general characteristics based on his "eight characters (八字)" which equivalent to his birth date and time. He also told me some of the things that Dr@co should avoid.

"Make sure I have a powderful name ah!!" - Dr@co

Dr@co's (Scheduled) Due Date

Today was Dr@co scheduled due date and it was his second day home. We were still stressful that he kept crying.

We called in my mother-in-law from Yong Peng to help up too. In the afternoon, she reached, and I hoped everything will be better.

now I had two grandmas to help, I went to fix my viper and did some shopping. In my shopping list, I included a tin of milk powder, just in case. When I was back home, the two doesn't seems to be able to handle Dr@co too. So, I decided to let go. Let go of what the doctor said. I brought out all the milk bottle, soother bla bla bla.... sigh....

soon after I allowed the two grandmas to handle it thier ways, Dr@co seemed to settle a bit (of course) ...

Cordblood Stored

StemCord just SMSed to inform me that Dr@co cord blood was enough for storage. It will be stored in two different bags (not the tube, hehe) at two locations.

Back to HomeSweetHome

Mommy decided to discharge from the 5* "hotel" as the bed is not exactly comfortable to sleep, and it was quite expensive ward.

We packed up eveything and settle all the bills for mommy and Dr@co. Around 11am, Dr@co aunties and grandma came to visit us at the hospital.

I headed out to pick up my ride. WHAT!! the pair of front vipers of my car were stolen!?!? make a short report to the car-park management, and what the heck, Dr@co is more important.

mommy no milk to supply ....
at night, I notice that Dr@co had the jaundice problem. We did not know what to do.... I was panic and I messaged couple of friends for help....

Dr@co Candid Shots

Dr@co One Day Old

Dr@co one day old already. Hurray!!

Many more days to come ...

before this, mommy's colleague informed us that she bought 4D on our room number and got a starter price!!! Dr@co is a lucky star for everyone.

Dr@co's First day

I wasn't around at night because no companion allowed for double room. Early in the morning, I woke up and prepared for mommy's need. Then I headed to hospital to see Dr@co and mommy.

here is the shot. He has the feature of two of us (of course!!) Big eyes belongs to momy and the big earlobe belongs to dad. the rest, mixture of both. I hope he has my brain quality...

"Mammy's brain also not bad lah ... " - Dr@co

At noon, we moved to a Delux room. Oh man, it was like a 5* hotel with a price to pay. Room number 331. Seems like Dr@co was full of "3", i.e. weighted 3.330kg, born at 2303...

The Arrival

It was a long day. Full house in the delivery suite. We were quite lucky to be slightly earlier to grab the last room available...

0000hr - we were put into Delivery Suite 9 (DS9);

0100hr - registration for admission completed. Back in DS9. Mommy was "equiped" with a monitoring system for baby's heart beat and contraction. Baby was shown VERY ACTIVE.

0145hr - mommy took a break with bread we bought from bread talk. Soon after, mommy was inserted with a pill to soften the cervix. According to our last visit, it was still rather "hard". My concern that it won't work well ...

0300hr - Ik Chian (mommy's sister) called to check if Dr@co arrived yet. Of course not, still far from that.

0541hr - Nurse gave mommy an examination, the cervis remained unchanged ... sigh ...

0805hr - breakfast time;

0900hr - Dr. Ong came to assess mommy. True enough, after 8 hours of waiting, the cervix remained unripe, at all. Dr decided to start contraction through dripping;

0910hr - Mommy was furher "equiped" with a tube for the dripping Dr ordered;

0930hr -

.... to be completed.....

1100hr - urine bag administred.

Final Countdown

I woke up earlier to get breakfast for mommy. Mommy started her maternity leave from today and to get ready for the arrival.

Six pm, get my A ready and back home. We had KFC for our dinner at Toa Payoh and we did our final shapping before the arrival. We bought some pearl powder for baby and some ginseng for mommy ... I bought a musical toy for Dr@co from Kiddy Palace.

Around 11:30, we loaded our luggage on car, and headed to hospital. There we were: Mt Alvernia - for our baby arrival. We headed to the delivery suite, we were putted to Delivery Suite 9.

38th Week - Malaysia National Day - 12 Days Left

Today was Malaysia National Day, and there are only 12 days left to Dr@co due date.

I went for another one month old celebration for ex-colleague's baby girl... Didn't stay for long, and I was back home earlier.

"(Singing) Negara Ku, Tanah Tumpah... " - Dr@co

13 Days Left - Gynae Visit

We had another gynae visit. 3.1kg. Amniotic fluid had decreased slightly, but still at a safe level. So far, mommy and Dr@co were progressing well. Basically, Dr@co is at a full grown size and ready to meet us, either the coming week or next, which is the 40th week of mommy's pregnancy. The only thing we need to watch out was Dr@co's movement, which we hardly worried so far. My only concern was, with such grow rate, I was afraid that Dr@co would be too big for mommy's size ...

Dr@co continued to be active, sometime too active. The movement could be quite reckless sometime ...

We continued to clean some of the Dr@co's belongings, and I have finally set up the cot. Personally, I find it ugly ... you will see...

16 Days Left - More Movements

in the morning, mommy felt some interesting movement by Dr@co for the first time. It was like some bubbles (not the usual one) running under the belly... mommy ask if Dr@co was hiccuping or burping...

Mommy took a half-day leave for rest. but when rested, Dr@co was moving. the movement was like getting more and more...

I was rather concerned that Dr@co would come earlier...

"Don't want lah... in mommy better!" - Dr@co

17 Days Left - Possible Wedding Event

My younger brother informed me that he might need to do his wedding within 100 days from today, because his girlfriend's grandmom just passed away.

If it is materialized, Dr@co may be able to attend the wedding.

Other than that, it was announced that Anwar won in the by-eleection, and he was one step closer to Malaysian PM's office..

"Anwar?? What is that to do with me ?!?!" - Dr@co

18 Days Left - 北京欢迎你

Started liking this song, and have downloaded the MP3 for my phone. Had been repeating it again and again. Hope Dr@co liked it as well. Still searching for the MV.

Wanted to get the 北京欢迎你 fuwa, but don't know where to get it. Anyone?

37th Week - Olympic Closing - 19 Days Left

Just realised that Philip carnival sale is already on and today was the last. The deal was damn good, but we were too slow. All the good deal items were gone already, DOH!! Nevertheless, we still bought some no so good deal items...

Still rainny, and afraid that Dr@co cloths could not dry...

20 Days Left - Gynae Visit

2.9kg's tiny body was pressing mommy bottom half body, but so far progressing well. Doc had issued an admission letter to us signified that the baby was ready, and we should be ready for Dr@co arrival too. Doc indicated that 80% of baby arrived earlier....

Today, I shoted the ultrasound scan with my camcorder. When back home, just realised that I did not know how to convert the footage into the form that is at least viewable on my computer....

afternoon, cloudy.l We took out clothing and cleaned them before Dr@co arrives ...

21 Days Left - Pillow Set

Daddy got pillow set for Dr@co from Taka's baby fair. It consisted of a pillow, a bolster and a comforter ... I hope Dr@co likes it.

22 Days Left - Durian = Nosebleed

Mommy nosebleed again due to the durian (I thought)... think mommy could not resist ...

"Yummy yummy durian .... " - Dr@co

24 Days Left - Daddy MC

I took MC due to some flu and infections... but gained a good rest.

At evening, we picked up mommy, and we went to pick up Dr@co's mattress before we head back home. Surprisingly, the matteress seem to be quite well quality ... hope Dr@co will feel the same too.

Thereafter, we had seafood dinner at ToaPayoh Lorong 8... Yummy ...

36th Week - Table Tennis Live - 26 Days Left

It was an important day for Singaporean, as the Women Table Tennis Team fought China's Team for the Gold Metal. As most others, we watched the whole match. Personally, I felt that the Singapore team didn't perform well and the Gold Metal went to China ... Anyway, Singapore team walked away with their very first Olympic Metal in 48 years ... Good for the players that team were awarded SGD750,000 for the silver plate ...

On the other hand, the man single badminton also fought in the final alongside with the table tennis game. It was China vs. Malaysia, our home country. Well, not surprisingly, China got that too. Well, so, Malaysia also got the Silver, just not sure how much the player would be awarded.

During the match, I think mommy was too excited ... she had a nosebleed. It only lasted for a while, and it stops soon after.

At night, Dr@co did his usual exercise in mommy before mommy gets to sleep. I made mommy a small glass of milk to drink ... thereafter, Dr@co kind of calm down. I think Dr@co is a big eater, just like daddy.