Bria had her first check up at the pedi clinic this morning. And for the first time, i packed our going out baby diaper bag.. Somehow i had a feeling that i forgot to bring something, and i really did. Forgot to bring Bria's health booklet.. and my clever C brought along an empty hot flask without my red date longan tea in it. So i was dehydrated for the 3 hours i was at the hospital.
I also realized I had nothing to wear to the clinic cause so far, all my breast feeding friendly clothes are front button pajamas. I ended up wearnig my front zip Adidas sports jacket, which was super short and exposed my super ugly tummy. = (
When we arrived at the pedi clinic, it was super crowded.. And full of children running around and babies crying.. The clinic is just beside my gynae's clinic, but the atmoshere is so so different. I bumped into Kelvin and Carol and their little boy at the clinic, and we chatted. Then about 2 more queue numbers to our turn, Bria woke up and i had to feed her in the nursing room. About half an hour later, we finally got to see the Pedi. Bria has gained weight, and doing well. She also had no jaundice. The pedi gave us a really useful booklet on all the common behaviors of a newborn, and i feel so relieved now. Apparently, the little pimples on Bria's face and head are normal. And her frequent hiccups and sneezing are normal too.
My Bria is so brave.. when they took her blood sample for the tests, she only cried for a while, and fell asleep after that. She's been quite a toughie so far = )
After the visit to the pedi, it was my turn at the gynae's. We waited for nearly 1 hour cause Dr Lim had a c-section going on. But once he arrived, i was the first person he attended to. It was the first time i didn't have to sort of "wait" for him at his clinic. I guess he felt guilty for going on leave when i had Bria. He actually apologized to me.. haha.. Anyway, everything's good for me too. Stitches healing well, and womb's recovering. I asked for some medicine for my flu and cough. Hopefully i will get well soon, cause the cough is really bothering me. Cause everytime i cough, it feels like my stitches are tearing below!
My mom in law came and pick us up from the hospital, and K bought my favourite fish porridge for my lunch. Bria was very good today. After the feed at the pedi clinic, she slept all the way until about 4plus 5. Had her bath and didn't cry at all. And now she is asleep again.. But C and I are bracing ourselves for tonight! Hopefully it will be better than the previous night!
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