Kelly tasted BM again

After pestering for milk milk for the 2nd day, Mummy gave in to Kelly, actually hoping that after she tried, she might find it too fishy or bland and decided that her Mamil Gold tastes better. Mummy gave Kelly 20ml of colostrum to drink, she was so happy that she went around the whole house showing everyone her milk before settling down to drink.

Kelly drinking BM after totally cut off since 1 years old...


To my surprise, Kelly likes the BM and kept asking for more after she finished. She even cried when she finished the BM. Mummy was thinking, if I am to pump enough for Kerryn and Kelly, isn't that liked having TWIN!!!

Notice the tears rolling down her left eye!

Kerryn is going home

It was finally time to go home after out 4 days 3 nights TMC holiday and we are going home with an additional member, what a wonderful feeling!

Bb Kerryn was all dressed up early in the morning ready for discharged but due to the high admission rate these few days, the bill did not come till near 12pm. At the meantime, bb Kerryn stayed with Mummy in the ward waiting for Daddy and Kelly to arrive.

TMC baby all ready to go home!

When the bill finally came, Daddy and Kelly went down to the cashier to make payment while Mummy and bb Kerryn waited at the lobby area.

Bb Kerryn must be tired of all the waiting!

When Kelly came up, she couldn't help but wanted to carry, hug and kiss meimei. It was nice to see that Kelly loves meimei.

No carry but only hugs and kisses!

Back at home, bb Kerryn slept through the afternoon while Mummy settled down for lunch. Mummy bought an Elmo few days before delivery, this was meant to be a present from meimei to jiejie, Kelly was overjoyed when she received the Elmo.

Kerryn sleeping with Elmo, waiting for jiejie to notice...

Kelly finally saw the Elmo after lunch!

Mummy's milk factory start production after lunch. I had decided to be disciplined this time round, that is to pump every 3 hourly regardless of anything. This will prevent engorgement and also to have more excess for storage. Mummy's first yield was 110ml of colostrum, considered very good since Mummy only delivered 3 days ago.

110ml of colostrum!

When Kelly saw Mummy with the milk bottles, she knew its milk and she insisted on drinking, but since its still colostrum, Mummy did not gave her any as meimei needs it more than jiejie.

Kelly curious with the 2 bottles of colostrum!

Kerryn has been a good girl so far since birth, she only drink and sleep, not much crying from her yet (keep our fingers crossed).

Slowly falling asleep after milk feed!

Kerryn's day 3

At day 3, bb Kerryn was already able to suckle well but the problem is, she likes to fall asleep while BF, causing engorgement on Mummy's breasts.

Cuddling bb Kerryn after BF...

Mummy usually leaves Kerryn on the bed for a while and see if she will wakes up soon for another feed before bringing her back to the nursery. True enough, she wakes up after half an hour looking for milk again.

Bb Kerryn after her nap...

To solve the problem of engorgement, Mummy got Daddy to bring the manual breast pump to hospital so that Mummy can pump out the excess BM or to be specific, Colostrum for night feed. Mummy managed to pump out 20ml of colostrum after each feed and that makes 40ml for night feed.

Colostrum or mango juice?

Today was a crowded day, we had 3 mummies and 1 soon-to-be mummy at TMC. Along with Mummy, Aunty Coolzy gave birth on the same day, Aunty Veron gave birth to bb Caitlyne today and Aunty Fengping who is still carrying her baby came to visit us. What a nice gathering!

Kerryn's day 2 and Aunty Marie's visit

Although the process of c-sect was terrible and traumatising, but after looking at bb Kerryn, the pain and agony just simply disappeared.

Only 2 days old, but bb Kerryn seems to be so interactive and curious most of the time. She normally falls asleep after breastfeeding and Mummy will place her on the bed and we will nap together for a good 1 hour, even the nurse laughed when she came to fetch bb Kerryn back.

Everyone who saw bb Kerryn commented that she does not look like a newborn and her skin is rosy red, just like Kelly. I think she will grow up to be like Kelly, having a smooth, fair complexion

Bb Kerryn looking around curiously.

Aunty Marie came to TMC to fetch bb Xander home as he was hospitalised for jaundice for the past 2 days. They dropped by after fetching bb Xander, it was nice to see friends at TMC because 4 days is really a long long time.

Mummy and bb Kerryn / Mummy, Kerryn, Aunty Marie and Xander.

Thanks to my brother's miracle powder, Mummy was able to get out of bed and walk the very next day after c-sect. The nurses were all surprised when they knew Mummy only have c-sect yesterday.

Enjoying dinner on the chair!

Kelly meets Kerryn

It was really a torture to go without breakfast and lunch for the whole day. Mummy was so happy when the nurse came to ask if fish porridge for dinner is alright.

Daddy and Kelly came at about 1700hrs and that was the most challenging time as it will decides if Kelly loves or dislikes meimei. When Kelly reached, we let her stayed in the ward to accompany Mummy for a while since she hasn't seen Mummy for the whole day and had dinner with Daddy before we brought meimei in to meet her.

She was happy when she saw the baby and couldn't stop saying 'baby, baby'.When Kerryn made some noise, Kelly will say 'no, no, no cry cry, Daddy beat beat'. That was real funny.

Mummy recovering from the c-sect wound/Kelly and Kerryn.

Finally came dinner, this must be the most delicious fish porridge and black bean soup I had even taken.

Mummy enjoying the first meal after operation...

The nurse commented that baby Kerryn is awake and alert most of the time in the nursery, curiously looking around. The moment she saw Mummy, she fell asleep, what a sweet darling!

Baby Kerryn @ Day 1!!!

Birth story of Kerryn Yee

Finally after much confusion, consideration and affirmation, Mummy decided to have the c-sect done on 31 March 2009 and the timing to be between 0600 – 0630hrs. For baby to be out by 0630hrs, Dr. Adrian suggested Mummy to reach TMC by 0400hrs to register in and get ready for the operation.

Maternity instinct woke Mummy up automatically at 0245hrs this morning to have a shower before labour. By the time Mummy came out of shower, it was close to 0400hrs, this must be the longest shower that Mummy had ever taken. By 0430hrs, we took the luggage bag, red dates drink and laptop, and off we go for our 4 days 3 nights TMC holiday.

Setting off for TMC...

It was close to 0500hrs by the time we reached TMC, luckily there was only one couple in the queue. We had our registration done by 0530hrs and was directed to the ward to get ready for the operation.

While waiting to change...

After changing into operating suit...

Not long after that, the staff from operating theatre came to fetch Mummy. At the lift lobby, Daddy was asked to take a separate lift and that's when all the anxiety, curiosity and nervousness kicked in.

Mummy was being pushed straight into the operating theatre but there was no sight of Daddy. The nurse went ahead with the preparation and next came the anaesthesias who administered the drip and epidural. The process was really traumatising. Dr. Adrian entered at about 0615hrs and was rushing the nurses to hurry up because he needs to get the baby out by 0630hrs which was instructed by Mummy.

Epidural effect kicked in real fast, within 5 minutes, Dr. Adrian has begun the operation. At 0630hrs, Dr, Adrian announced the arrival of baby Kerryn.

Pushed to OT...

While waiting for the nurse to clean baby Kerryn, Mummy was given 3 bottles of hot water to keep warm.

Right after baby Kerryn came out...

The nurse made sure that baby Kerryn cries and she has 10 fingers and toes. Baby Kerryn weighs 3.01kg and is 48cm tall at birth.

Baby Kerryn very first moment...

After cleaning up, baby Kerryn was put in the nursery to keep warm and to sleep.

Sleeping soundly!!!

The epidural effect on Mummy was real bad. It sent Mummy shivering non-stop for a good 3 - 4hrs. Since Mummy did not had breakfast that morning, the first thing that Mummy looked forward to was a good breakfast to cure the stomach before going to rest but to my horror, Mummy will not have breakfast and lunch for that day! My first meal was dinner!