Mum : Year of the Pig next year is going to be a good year you know?
Me : Why ah?
Mum : Good, because it is going to be the Golden Pig!
Me : So??
Mum : Cayden is almost 2 now. Get another child. Pig is good and GOLDEN PIG better still.... Normally people born in the year of the Pig generally lead an easy and carefree life...
Ok..Mind set. Let's get a second child. If it means better life for the child means indirectly would be better for me too :)
Trying...trying...trying... yet again no easy process. In my heart - Hmm... I may just miss the GOLDEN PIG year.
After some tests, medications, injections and finally we have something growing in my tummy. Phew...still in time for the year of the Pig and in fact also made the 2 year gap between the kids.
Finding out that you are pregnant the second time around is just as exciting but then I would say that I don't remember much about the second time but I can still recall clearly what I went through during the first. I never thought I would be excited considering that I'm not the type of person who gets surprised easily (according to Cavin).
Anyway, being pregnant second time around is really different. It was more difficult...but still tolerable coz I know many friends who suffered worst. This time around I was still spared from morning sickness but heartburn was bad. As usual the sense of smell is greater but luckily this time I didn't have to endure the smell of the neighbour's cooking...no more curry smells and I wasn't disgusted by the smell of detergent.
Due to my already stretched body from the 1st pregnancy this time around I bloated up faster and was rounder. Surprisingly didn't really put on that much weight. It could be also the fact that I was carrying a girl hence I felt all the differences and carried differently.
The EDD was 24 Dec 07 ...omg a day before Christmas. Friends and relatives were all giving the same comment that I should hold on till Christmas. On the contrary I didn't want Christmas day and reasons are :
1) My gynae said that he may be on leave then (Eee...I don't want a different gynae seeing my down there)
2) Hospital charges doubles since it is a public holiday (Me being thrifty :p)
3) My baby will only get a birthday present which doubles as a Christmas present too :(
20 Dec 2007 - Was a public holiday for Hari Raya Haji and I was feeling fine coz I just went for my check up a day before that. I wasn't sure whether I heard the doctor correctly but I distinctly remember him mentioning that there may be slight bleeding coz he just did a pelvic examination, so I don't have to panic. So since the bleeding was more like staining, I just took that it was normal. Later in the evening I could feel very very mild tugging at the side of my stomach. Am quite certain that the baby was gonna arrive sooner than EDD. So we decided to go to the clinic the next morning.
21 Dec 2007- At the clinic I told the nurse that I have slight bleeding and was told to wait my turn. After waiting for a few more patients it was then my turn. As soon as the Doc checked, it was confirmed that the baby was on the way. The nurse outside got a scolding for not informing the Doc of my condition.
In I went to the labour room. Anticipation was just as great. MIL came soon with Cayden in tow as we were worried that the hospital nurses may not be attentive enough. This time labour was gonna be faster coz second delivery. No hiccups this time around in fact there were so many people to check on me till I felt that it wasn't necessary.
Before the Doc could have a bite at his lunch the baby was coming. The whole room was filled with trainee nurses till I couldn't even see where Cavin was (pretty much like a scene from Grey's Anatomy only difference is that these were nurses and those were Docs). There were like 20 over people cramped into the room. Well most of you would ask why I allowed everyone to witness the delivery...to me, at that point of time nothing else matters...JUST GET THE BABY OUT!!!
21 December 2007, 1.37pm - Caitlyn was born.
Photos of her are lesser. The enthusiasm sort of died down. Here are some (blurer ones are taken with handphone camera :p )
Newborn
1 month old
3 months
10 months
October 08
"Yo...yo...it's my 1st BIRTHDAY!!"
May 2009 (17 months)
