Project codename "K"

(Originally posted on Notes @ Facebook on Aug 22)

Project codename "K" involved the three characters: Supermom, agent "J", the Dad.

{Act 1}

Since Supermon stayed into the hospital 3 days ago... "J" or Jay (my son) has been received about 4 presents. All the presents have a small little card, and a toy that Jay loves it so much...

"Hi J, I have not come out yet! love, K" - Mater from the movie "Car"

"Hi J, thanks for taking good care of me. love, K" - A fork lift truck from Bob the Builder

"Hi J, one more day, love K" - A highly flexible Ultraman

"Hi J, I am out. Please take good care of me from now on. love K". - Mac from the movie "Car".

And guess what...

the Dad: who gave you all the presents, Jay?

agent J: baby K.

the Dad: Wow... why baby K gives you so many presents?

agent J: be-cos baby K likes Jay Jay.

the Dad: and ...

agent J: I like baby K too.

This is where the bonding starts... and I am glad that I got this important tip from a good friend recently. And I have been building up this chapter of the story... and now Jay is fully up to take up the huge responsibility of taking care of his little brother Kay.

{Act 2}

The water breaks at 1pm. The joker (the Dad) is in the delivery suites entertaining the 2 nurses & mid wife as well as the Supermom. It was fun that the hospital CTG is hooked up and wired so that you can see other delivery room's CTG. There was this poor lady trying to give birth in suite #6. I was told that she is 2cm dilation, and I saw the CTG graph that she is doing 2 minutes contractions... Then my wife - the supermom started to comment "Aiya... she is on Epidural"... I don't believe, so, I asked the nurse, and the nurse happily says "Yes, how you know? She is on Epidural, so, she won't feel pain", but she may have hard time to open up to the final 10cm.

Good long contractions will help to open up to 10cm. And comparing to the Supermom, my wife is a good healthy 3-4 minutes apart long long ... this will prevent "tear". tear will couse pain later as experience during Jay's birth.







The Dad continues his massive jokes, makes all the atmospheres warm and happy. Supermom keeps acting cool during her contractions. at 4PM, the contractions getting stronger... Dr. Hagarthy came in from another surgery, that is where the roller coaster starts... Dr. Hagarthy asked if Supermom needs pain killer or Gas, the Dad & Supermom says NO.

At 16:15, baby "K" is finally born. 2.8KG, 4.9cm length. And the best thing is, every one is clapping their hands and cheer for the SuperMom who has not used any medicine, pain killers, laughing Gas etc at all. She wanted to do this all along, she believes the family traditions of "fast labor", and with a high level of pain endurance, she made it... I am glad about that... and she deserves to be called SuperMom.









So, it is possible to have a baby as naturally as possible. It is really possible to have the baby without pain killers. But the Dad must be strong and control the situations, and the Supermom must be strong and determined, really not to have the medicine. The trick is to have the breathing correctly. I am very glad that the mid wife are very experience and give correct breathing instructions, I am happy that Dr. Belinda (the baby doctor) also came to cheer for my wife. Surrounded by all the joy and cheerful encouragement, Supermom finally made it and have the baby without any drugs. and of course, she deserves the baby to place on the tummy skin to skin even before the baby was weighted, and clean. That really can come later. Thanks Katherine from the Parent Link for giving us this tips that baby need not to be clean right away... Don't let the baby bond with the equipment. So, baby K stays in mom's tummy for a nice 20 minutes before cleaning up.








{Act 3}

The Dad start joking about every single thing in the delivery room.

The Dad makes all the nurses smile and laugh.

The Dad of course makes the wife laugh in pain.

The Dad had to hold SuperMom's leg during the final dashing for 30 min.

The Dad's back is in pain.... but he has to keep holding the legs and guide SuperMom.

The Dad breath in and out to guide SuperMom.

The Dad cut the cords.

The Dad give body warm to baby K.

The Dad start taking pictures and videos.

The Dad starts all the paper work.

The Dad sent baby K to Incubator room.

The Dad sees the SuperMom off.

The Dad quickly go home at 7pm.

The Dad quickly drove the in laws and Jay Jay to hospital.

The Dad bring in laws to see baby K as the visiting hour closed at 8pm.

The Dad finally sit down eating his lunch and dinner.

The Dad makes all the movies (private)... not approved to be posted...

The Dad hits the bed and ends the exhausted yet another happiest day.

The Dad prays baby K to stay healthy and strong in the incubator.

The Dad prays hard.

The Dad slept.

{End of Act}