Counting down

Soon and fast enough, Mathilda is 2 months old. With God's grace, she is growing and getting stronger everyday! She is sleeping well, waking up for her feeds once or 2x in the night even though she can fuss and cry non-stop some days, she is a wonderful girl, a blessing to us.

As for Matthew, he had officially completed his "2nd" pre-school final term and had "graudated". Soon, he will be moving on to Grade/Primary 1 wehre it's going to be a totally new environment.

It's going to be a great challenge for us as we will be going through a whole series of changes and transitions - going back to France with the 2 kids, packing/moving for China, housing-hunting in China, school-hunting for Matthew and starting him in a totally new and unfamiliar environment where he will be "lagged" behind for almost 2 terms. I can foresee the "stress" that we're going to face in the coming months to settling down in a new place with the 2 kids, especially since Mathilda is so little and DH will be still travelling for the first 4 months.

It had been almost 1 month since DH went back to France. I'm counting down for the trip back to Clermont in about 1 week time to join him in the preparation for the move. Getting Matthew ready for the big transitions and getting myself prepared for this "stressful" moment. I'm trying to relaxed and enjoy my last week here with family's help. DH tells me not to get too stressed as it's not good to my pre-diabetic condition. There are plenty of things to worry about but I can only entrust them to God who will carry me through. He has always been there for me and prepare the ways before me. I love God and I love my family. I prayed for peace, protection and blessing for our family during this transition period. Thank you our Mighty God!

She's one month old

It seems like yesterday but the one month passed in no time! In Asia, it's a norm to have confinement after delivery. We have to be confine at home for at least one month, not leaving the house or doing any work. It's a month for us to recuperate. Some will hire a nanny to help with the baby and doing all the household chore that include cooking and feeding.
As for me, I have my wonderful mum to help me with all these. She cooked for me, bathe for Mathilda, bring Matthew to school and even help me with the feeding.

For me, of course, I didn't stay at home all the times. Mathilda was hospitalised due to the high level of jaundice. She has to be put under the light (photo therapy) for 2 days. I had to deliver the milk to the hospital and end up being very tired. But I'm glad she is better now. She is still quite "yellow". The doctor did a blood test and the liver was functioning properly. She is having breastfed jaundice and it will go away eventually. Thank God for that!

She has been quite a good gal, growing well and she wakes up 2 to 3 times to feed at night. Hopefully she will be able to sleep through soon. These few days she had some serious case of baby acne eczema. She had rashes all over her face, head and back. It is not harmful but it's just very irritating to have all these itching rashes.

Here some photos taken during the first month of her life!

She's here!

After 9 months of waiting, she has finally arrived! My previous post mentioned about the Dr's visit and true enough, he decided that it's time for her to come and wait no more! :P

He suggested that I would admit to the hospital the very night and will be induced by the next morning. I was a little shocked as I have program planned for that night and the next as it's Matthew's 6th b'day! I was caught off hand as I don't know whether to go ahead or not but the gynae said, it's better not to delay anymore, so I guess I had to heed his advise.

Decided to go ahead with the gynae's suggestion, I give DH a call and he was supposed to be doing his last day audit (presentation) the next day. Thank God, it still went on well.

The sad side is that we couldn't celebrate Matthew's birthday with him. I had planned a little birthday celebration for him in school. He had chosen a cake himself and prepared some goodies bag for his friends. I think he had fun even without us. He is pretty excited about little sister's arrivals too.





Before getting ready for hospital, we went ahead with the dinner plan for that night. We met up with friends we haven't seen for years. They were back for vacation from Australia and it was good to see them and we have a good meal before getting ready for "action".

The whole process went on well. I was admitted to labour ward at about 11pm and getting all the preparation ready, I managed to sleep a little before they induced me at 4am. By then, I was about 5cm dilated. The gynae came to break the water bag at 8.15am and told me it won't be long. Before I know it, I was fully dilated by around 9.40am. The gynae came and with the midwives' help, I started to push and with just 2 pushes, she is out!
I was pretty shocked by how fast she came and how petite she is! She is very small as compare to Matthew. She is like a tiny kitten, weighs only 2.715kg/ 5lbs 15oz. Matthew was 3.75kg/8.14lbs. But she is a great gift from God, a little angel, a blessing to our family.

Let the journey begins...

The nine months of ups and downs are almost over. DH is back for work but at least he will be here when the baby is out. We're getting ready for the little one to come.... waiting can be killing. The endocrinologist said I can't wait for too long but my gynae wanted to wait. The 2 conflicting proposal are making me confused too. Anyway, I think there's nothing I can do but to wait patiently and I believed that God's timing will be the perfect time!

Not too long ago. I was diagnosed with thyroid nodules. There's a big lump on my neck and it's quite big according to the Dr. I can't imagine I have a solid mass of the size of a table-tennis ball in the thyroid gland. Thankfully, the blood test came back to be negative (benign. Most of the time, it should be non-cancerous but the Dr wanted to make sure so the rest of the test and biopsy can only be done after baby is born. I'm worried but I will just have to leave all to God who is in control. I have been through so much and God has always provide a way out for me. He is the only one who can make miracle happens...

I will be going for another check tomorrow and hopefully my gynae will give me some light when it's going to end... or I should be saying when will the next journey begins. All of us are getting excited.

Matthew will be turning 6 in 2 days time and he is ready to be a big brother. He will prayed for us everyday and even said that maybe little sister will be born on his birthday. I prayed that God will help both my children to be strong and healthy, giving them wisdom and love, helping mummy to teach and guide them. Thank God for your graciousness upon our family... We love you GOD!

Month of August

Wow... time just flew by in seconds. It has been 3 weeks since DH is back with us. He just went back yesterday nite and Matthew misses him the very nite without daddy. I can't imagine how badly affected it can be for Matthew! He feels so upset and even cried in his sleep...it's the first time ever. He must have enjoyed daddy's company since they were together everyday for the past 3 weeks. They did so many activities together - from fetching him to and from school and music class, jogging and swimming together,watching movie, visiting the parks and having short trips to Malacca. Daddy has been taking very good care of him since mummy needs her rest. I guess he will be better in a few days times. But it still sadden my heart to see him upset.

As for myself, I'm getting bigger, heavier and more tired than before. My blood sugar is not well-controlled. I have to increase my dosage to twice a day and sometime it still get out of range if I don't watch my diet. I'm quite frustrated with the need to watch my diets so carefully but on the other hand, I know it will be over soon. I'm almost 34 weeks now and according to the doctor, I might need to be induced by the 38th weeks as the placenta tends to deteriorate after that. I'm not very keen to have a Cesarean section so hopefully all will be under God's control and blessing!

DH will be coming back again in mid-Sept for an audit (business trip) and hopefully he will be back in time to be with me during the delivery...I'm quite worried to be doing it on my own since it was 6 years ago for the last one.

I'm praying for the condition of the baby and myself. I need to be careful of my diet during this last month. Also need to prepare for the arrival for the little one but not neglecting Matthew at the same time. I prayed that everything will be well-planned and controlled.