will be induced during march holiday

i went for my gynae appointment yesterday. my appointment was supposed to be in the morning as there was another patient planning to undergo induce labour on the same day and was expected to deliver in the noon or afternoon... who knows, she was in natural labour early morning thus resulted the doctor needed to attend her first and came back to the clinic only at 11am... this really made me panic as my plan was to fetch the children and bring them to mac after my gynae appointment. the children's school ends at 11am!!!! Therefore, i started to call for help... but none was available... left with no choice, i called the kindergarten, requested them to keep my children for an extra hour while i would rush to fetch them before 12.10pm. thank God the kindergarten was willing to help... but they said this would be the one and only exception... in fact i could understand... if all parents have this kind of request, the kindergarten will be in difficult position... Really thank God that they were willing to make exceptional help...

during my discussion with my gynae, she told me base on my past two birthgiving records, the possibility that i will go into labour myself is not high. If thats is the case, she may need to induce me before my week 40 gestation cuz she does not want the baby to be too big. she hopes that the baby will not be more than 4kg as she hopes that she need not perform episiodomy on me... and i honestly confessed to her that i am also facing difficulty as in if i am to go into labour while my children and hubby are in the school, i would need to fetch my kids to a caregiver and admit to the hospital by myself as there is very low chance that i could contact my hubby once he is on duty in school. the chance that i will have to handle labour and childbirth by myself is quite high since my EDD is after the school term holiday... i asked her if i am to go into induce labour, can i choose it on 1 April then as 2 april is good friday, dw can accompany me... she said no as the baby by then would be really too big le... then she asked me would it be good if she induce me during the school holiday? and i told her of course it would be the best timing during the school holiday... but i really wish that my baby can be 'breed' till full term.. and she told me after week 37, it is considered full term le....if she induce me on the 15th march (ie on the monday of the holiday) i am already in the 38th weeks. so it should be fine... she told me for my case, it is really better to have a planned labour. cuz other than the above reasons, another reason is she stayed quite far away from east shore hospital (though her clinic is just bearby). In case i go into labour in the morning or evening (when she on the way home, near home) during the peak hour when there is heavy traffic jam, she may not be able to rush to the hospital on time. Thus the best thing is i go into labour when she is in her clinic... (the clinic is just two street away from the hospital)

after the discussion, we move on to the scan... though i have controlled my sugar level well, and i have only gained 700g, (in fact only 400g... after i clear my bowel at the clinic, i weighed myself again) my baby is growing big and has gained 700g, hitting the weight of 2kg at gestation of 31 weeks 3 days!!! my baby has a big head which measurement is equivalent to week 34 or 35!!! he also got big feet! measured 6.6cm (3 weeks ago was 5.5cm). trunk (body) wise he is about 33 weeks (ok with that)... and thigh is bit short, 30 plus weeks... after all the measurements, my gynae, once again confirmed it would be right decision to induce earlier.... the only problem now we facing is, the baby is still in breech position. so we need to pray for the baby to turn around before weeks 37. doc said baby would turn before week 37. after that, there is no much space for him to turn le... so please keep me in prayer. yong en prayed for me last night too...

doc said most probably she will induce me beginning of the week (ie, monday or tuesday) so that dw can have more time with me before school reopens... but the actual day is yet to be set... dw needs to give me a reply whether he is able to arrange his remedial classes on thursday and friday, or whether he has got any meeting on monday or so....haiz, so busy... till seh gia also need to be planned like this...

oh ya, also not forgetting wendy's request to enter labour ward with me to video the whole procedure... sorry wendy, the gynae said this is not encouraged. she said sometimes it could be very gan jiong and cramped when mummy starts delivering... thus 'extra person' should be kept minimum... plus the hospital also has policy not allowing people to video the whole process and private scene of the patient unless special permission granted for educational purpose...she said even the spouse, they are only allowed to video and take pic after the baby comes out... so answer to your request is no....

i really hope that this decision to induce at week 38th is a decision that the Lord allows. I am also praying that if the Lord does not like this decision, let me have no peace about it....

Oh God, please let me know if You are happy with all these decision....

Good year of blessingssssss.....

Its the second week of school reopen... so far so good... the morning three hours free time is real good... for sleeping!!! kekeke....

Thank God, yongqi adapts well in school. he likes school very much. He would come back with chinese nursery rhyme and songs... he is also a 'chinese person' like his dad...

the funny thing was when we asked him what did the teacher tell him or teach him today, he would answered 'teacher said sit down'... kekeke... i guess he had been walking around in the classroom... today he told me when he reached home, 'teacher did not angry me' i asked him did he walk around in the class, he said no... kekeke... guess thats why the teacher was not angry with him today!

yongen started this year well too... i have been doing revision on addition and subtraction with her and she could handle them well... esp on addition, she could do addition up to 20..

she also passed her first chinese ting xie and english spelling well. she scored 2 upon 2 for the ting xie and 4 upon 5 for her spelling (mispelt 'brush' as 'brsh')... considering the amount of time she spent on her spelling, i think she was very good le...

this year is a good year, i believe. so much good things has happened in january (oh ya, yongen knows how to spell 'january' now, within 4 days after school started,.. i am so proud of her...) God will bless us even more in year 2010.

Firstly, the school my hubby teaches in has changed principal... and this principal, to me, is a more practical and family focused person...

secondly, my hubby's last year students had scored well in their O level maths. among the students he taught last year who took the O level exam, only one failed. and he said that the school's overall performance on maths has improved tremendously. Thank God for that.

Talking about O level exam, how can i not say my cousin's O level english result? finally she passed and clear her english paper!!! yay!!!! this is really a great news for us!!!! FYI, she has taken the exam 3 times... each time she improves by 1 grade. from E8 to C6!!! I have yet never heard of anyone who scored so badly in an exam, but pressed on till he/she passes... until my cousin did it! i really salute her perserverence!!! Well done, lin!!! i am proud of you! :))

next, of course, another blessing arriving and i have been waiting is the arrival of my yongjie, which will be end of march! The Lord has blessed my pregnancy soooo much.... He gives me the ability to make my sugar under good control and He also helps me to control my weight... so far when i was 7 months preggy, i only gained 7kg!!! compared to preggy when i carried yongen i gained 23kg and preggy with yongqi i gained 15 kg overall!!! kekeke... i believe after giving birth, i will slim down easily...

really thank God for this year so far... i am looking forward to count and witness the Lord's more blessing to coming... Amen!!!