Back to School after 6 years

Day 1 of MBA

It was indeed exciting to be back at school after 6 years. Since it is my very first semester, I decide to take one module as advised by the school. Interesting enough, many of my classmates are also doing the same. On the first day, we all were introduced to one another and the subject. There were lots of interaction and exchange of idea. Oh, btw, I'm taking Marketing Management.


Day 2 of MBA

I realized that I will be buried in my case studies for many weeks to come. But case studies are a bunch of interesting reads. No problem there. I guess the text will be a little tougher to get through. My classmates are a good enough motivation for me to get reading. Looking around, I noticed many have read through almost all of their readings! Amazing....

Day 3 of MBA

Sleep wasn't that great last night. My daughter woke up every hour but luckily for me, my husband did all of the carrying except the last hour of sleep. Poor fella. Mid-way through class, I was totally exhausted. Coffee had no impact. Lesson learned: I need to bring energy bars or sweets/snacks to boost my energy.


Reason for returning to blogging? Something I learn in my Marketing class.
Overall, an engaging weekend and a good start....

Baby's First Laugh

Today while playing with her, she suddenly laughed so loudly. We were all so shocked but started laughing together. It's amazing that a simple laughter from her can get us all so excited! :) It made my day. Can't wait for her next laughter.

Baby's 'First' Outing

Technically, it's not baby's first outing as she had to go out to get her official documents since she was 5 days old. Then she went out with me to Orchard at night on my birthday. I could still remember this aunty's look of disbelieve when she found out my baby wasn't even a month year old yet. After that, she went out for her full moon and cny visits.

I'm very thankful and blessed that she has adapted to her outings which make it so much easier for us.

So what makes this outing so special? This time, I'm planning an outing not for any occasion but just to celebrate her being so brave after getting her painful injection. The needle was so long and her reaction was really difficult to watch. I do not know if I would be able to hold her again for her 2nd injection. At the same time, my husband will complete his exam today. & if all goes well, he has just one more semester to go. It has been a stressful month for him with work, study and baby duties.

Hopefully the outing will be a fun one. And here's a photo of her sleeping :)

My Bundle of Joy

I've waited for this day for quite a while. It's actually one of my biggest fear- delivering a baby. I've heard countless stories of how painful childbirth would be.

I've always love babies but never really thought I could go through it. As age is catching up, I left it to God's hands and all through my 9 months, I felt my baby was protected, probably through the prayers and well wishes of family and friends. Even then, I must admit that I still worry.

When week 40 came & passed, my anxiety grew, but my doctor assured me baby was okay. I'm also trying to avoid a C-section. But finally, we planned for her to be induced on week 41. As it got closer to the date, I got extremely worried, not only about the baby but (shamefully) of the pain.

But there's no backing out now, the baby has to come. It's not knowing what's about to happen and what is to be expected that had me so worried. Some say it's like your back breaking and others said it's the worse pain ever. And a few said even with epidural they could feel the pain.

At last, I had a 'show' a day before I was to be induced. Somehow I was very excited & didn't worry about the labour pain. Probably because the contraction was so bearable. I had my breakfast, informed my doctor and checked myself (together with my hubby and mum) into hospital. Then the nurse checked me and boy was it painful and my fear grew again. When my doctor came, I was so tensed that I had some kind of gas to relax me and it did wonders within a few seconds. After which, the doctor gave me the green light to have my epidural.

I moved during the insertion of the needle to my back and thus it was very painful. But the doctor explained to me why I'm in pain and it helped. Very quickly it was over. Told the doctor I could still stand the pain and to give me minimal dosage but in a matter of minutes, I could not feel the contractions anymore.

So far so good till my dilation stopped at 3 cm for about 6 hours. My mum went to the hospital's chapel to pray and so did I. Finally, it slowly progress a cm every hour till it was 5 cm. Doctor said the baby cannot be inside for too long without the water bag and gave me another 3 hours for it to go to 10 cm. But thank God, within an hour, I was told that I'm ready. We just have to wait for the baby to descend.

By the time the doctor came, she gave me the good news. And I could feel the contractions. Thus, I could push. And soon I found myself pushing and less than 5 minutes, my bundle of joy appeared. :) ;) :)

It was after that, that I could feel the intense contraction and loss a lot of blood and had to have a transfusion. That was the scariest part of it all. But luckily the doctors were good.

The week after has been smooth thanks to the care of my hubby and in-laws. Though baby wakes up every hour for feeds.

Even after a week, I find myself thinking back of my delivery and instead of being the scariest experience ever, it is one of the most wonderful day!! :D