the melodramatic mouse attempts to blog
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19 Mar 2010It was it! My story began at approximately 4.07am on 23 February 2010. Being a 1st time Mommy, I was unsure and so I endured — almost turning this story and LBJ into a home delivery *gasps* I recorded all the contraction time in my mobile as an unsent SMS. It was too early in [...]
At approximately 4.07am this morning, I was shot awake with a bad cramp in my belly. I’ve not been able to go back to sleep because the pain returns every 10 minutes or so. It is now 9.34am *yawn* Could this be the real deal or a false alarm? The contractions are similar to that [...]
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14 Feb 2010Before I begin this post. . . Our humble family would like to wish everyone a ♥ Roaring Chinese New Year this Valentine’s Day! ♥ xoxo Benjac, LBJ & Scubby Looks like I won’t be delivering today just yet since I am still here. And that leaves me wondering whether it is a good or [...]
2 February 2010 Attn To: Labour Delivery Unit Gleneagles Intan Medical Centre Kuala Lumpur Dear Midwives & Nurses Below is my “ideal” birthing scenario, but I am aware that in the event of a life-threatening emergency, I will be relying on your professional judgment and skills to see us through. #1 – Labour Birth Companion [...]
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2 Feb 2010Just like our 1st antenatal check-up months ago, today we waited a good 2 hours for Dr Tan because he had 2 deliveries back to back earlier at noon. The poor man didn’t get to have his lunch — until it was 4pm — after he had cleared all his morning appointments. Then immediately he [...]
Your baby now weighs more than 4.7 pounds (2.2kg) and is 18 inches (45cm) from top to toe. Your baby resembles a tiny person at this point. He will continue to grow by adding on valuable weight from now onwards. By next week, his hearing would be fully developed. LBJ does resembles a tiny precious [...]
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20 Jan 2010How time flies! Yesterday was already our 6th antenatal check-up with Dr Tan Lay Seng at Gleneagles. I always enjoy our appointments with him, even though we need to wait an hour or sometimes more just to see him each time Dr Tan always has a smiley face on. But yesterday he was in a [...]
The numbers above mean 2 things: 1) The hour of the day that the husband and I became boyfriend and girlfriend, 2) The month and date that he proposed and I said Ok! So it is only natural that these 2 numbers have a special place in our lives, besides 19:01 ♥ It hasn’t worried [...]
While most people — including myself — have been conditioned (by television) to believe that all deliveries are done on the bed with legs propped up and the Doctor’s head between her thighs, there are certainly more ways than this to bring new life to this world. I was reading a discussion from the UK [...]
What is a birth plan? A birth plan is a way of communicating with the nurses, nurse midwives and doctors who care for you in labour. It tells them about the kind of labour you would like to have, what you want to happen and what you definitely want to avoid. Find Out More I [...]
mel⋅o⋅dra⋅mat⋅ic
[mel-uh-druh-mat-ik]
–adjective
1. of, like, or befitting melodrama.
2. exaggerated and emotional or sentimental; sensational or sensationalized; overdramatic.
–noun
3. melodramatics, melodramatic writing or behavior.
mouse
[n. mous; v. mouz]
–noun
1. any similar small animal of various rodent and marsupial families.
2. a quiet, timid person.
3. Slang. a girl or woman.