Saturday, 10 November 2007
Calculated to be born on Saturday, the 31 October, many moons ago, but she decided otherwise.
When you want a baby you cannot wait to be pregnant. When you are pregnant after 6-8 months, you can't wait for the baby to come out! I was getting heavier as the days past and getting fed up being pregnant.
Being my first experience, I was already on maternity leave before the due date. Waiting game was on ! We waited. She waited!
She was getting too big for the cosy home because in the middle of the night of 9 November I started to bleed. It was only a little, a sign that the uterus had started to dilate. It would be many hours before the uterus was fully dilated for the baby to pass. But being a new mother and being ignorant about the signs, I was frightened so I packed my things and Liew sent me to the Lutong clinic. I could have return home and continue the waiting game but I was admitted since there was only 1 other expectant mother in the ward.
Tuesday, 10 November - Because I was 10 days overdue, the examining gynaecologist decided that I be put on drips mid afternoon, to induce labor. Sorry, Lian, high time for you to come out!
It was 7:50 at night when she got out into the world, weighing 3.3 kg and measuring 50 cm in length with a head circumference of 35 cm.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY LIAN!
You are the first of the 3rd generation of our family in Malaysia. You are the first grandchild of your Ah Kong and Ah Ma, who had immigrated from China. You are their pearl.
Sorry Lian, Mummy & Papa were very late picking you after your Art class on a Saturday afternoon. You were frightened and you refused to go to that class anymore.
You are the first to graduate with a degree in the family as well. You showed your young brother and your younger cousins the way. You are beautiful, talented. You have a loving and good spirit. Don't let anyone make you feel otherwise. We love you.
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