Drama queens in the making....

Lil' Tyann,

What a DRAMATIC trip to Melbourne we had...definitely a story that Daddy and Mummy G will remember, probably for the rest of their lives..

As you know, Daddy and Mummy G brought you (in the tummy) to Melbourne for our "last" holiday before you pop out from Mummy G's tummy..who would have expected the drama that unfolded in Melbourne...(expect graphic details....)

Thursday. 28 August 2008. 2.45pm Melboune time:

Mummy G decided to go to the toilet to ease herself of the damned constipation that she had been suffering from. Unfortunately, the stupid stool decided to get stuck in Mummy G's anus and caused Mummy G much agony. So Mummy G decided she had to get the stupid stool out. By hook or by crook. And so...she used all the strength she could muster...

4.00pm Melbourne time:

Still straining in the toilet....decided to give up but realised she could not stand up with that stool in the anus!! U-oh.....dieeee....Shouted for Daddy G to go to the pharmacy to buy Ecnema...the pump that you push up the anus to ease the constipation....

4.15pm Melbourne Time

Daddy G comes back with the Ecnema...Mummy G pumps the damn thing in her anus...to no avail...shucks..now what???
Mummy G decided to use all her might to stand up in spite of the terrible feeling of the stool stuck in her anus...

4.30pm Melboune Time

Mummy G groans in agony on the hotel bed and suddenly feels a gush of water flowing from her...goes to the toilet to check and realises her panties are all wet..double uh-oh....don't tell me the waterbag burst!!! and lil' Tyann is only 31 weeks!!

Daddy and Mummy G rush to the nearest Melbourne hospital, the Saint Vincent's Hospital.

At the hospital, the nurses and doctors says membranes may have been torn but told us they will need to ambulance us to the Royal Women's Hospital as they do not have any doctors specialised in the field of gynaecology in the hospital.

5.00pm Melboune Time

First ever ambulance ride for both Daddy and Mummy G....geez...Mummy G's mind is blank and only thinking about how that stupid stool stuck in her anus is hurting her...

5.15pm Melboune Time

Reaches Royal Women's Hospital. Gets wheeled into a DELIVERY SUITE!! OMG!!! "If lil' Tyann gets born here, will she become an Australian Citizen?" Mummy G wonders..haha...

6.30pm Melbourne Time

The doctor FINALLY arrives, and says he needs to insert some dumb speculum into Mummy G to get some swabs to do some tests to see what is happening...Mummy G is starting to hate this....

7.30pm Melbourne Time

Doctor finally reappears with the HUGE METAL SPECULUM. Gulp....that looks painful. And so the swabs were done with Mummy G yelling in pain...bleh....

8.30pm Melbourne Time

Damn doctors here seem to work in one-hour intervals... test results come back and announced to us by another doctor as the previous one was off duty. Says that there is some complication as test results show that Mummy G may have the possibility of going into labour within the next 7 days. HUH????

However, as lil' Tyann is only 31 weeks, her lungs are not yet matured enough to be born. So she told us we need two steroid injections, administered within 24 hours of each other, to help lil' Tyann's lungs to mature faster..in case she really gets born within the next 7 days...

Daddy G calls trusty ol' Dr Fong... and Dr Fong says that's an OK thing to do. So we agreed to take the steroid injections...

9.00pm Melbourne Time

Third doctor comes in and says we are not to leave Melbourne for at least 5 days and have to be hospitalised for the whole time!!! NOOOOOO!!! Daddy and Mummy G will not hear of it!!

We tell her we want to go back to Singapore the next day but the doc will not hear of it. She says we will get into trouble with the airline if Mummy G was to go into labour on the plane and lil' Tyann will not survive and the hospital will not be responsible..ya da ya da....She says we HAVE TO at least stay in Melboune until given the all clear even if we decide not to be hospitalised.

10.00pm Melboune time

We are still waiting for the damn injection so we can go back to our hotel....Daddy and Muumy G were so bored we decided to take some photos to commemorate the "special occasion"..



Staring at the TV screen (with no TV programs unless you pay) for about 7 hours...




Daddy G stoned out...



Mummy G looking at her IV tube stucked into her for nothing...sigh...

11.00pm Melbourne Time

Daddy G and Mummy G have no food and the nurses are NOT coming to give the jab. We want our dinner and to get outta here!! Grrrrr....Nurses have disappeared, so have the doctors...

12.00am Melbourne Time

Daddy G seeks out the nurses to COMPLAIN and they say "this is a busy night....". No time for a 30 second jab????

1.30am Melbourne Time

Finally!!! The nurse comes in with the jab. Sorry, the jab took probably 10 secs...We finally get to go back to our hotel.

30 August 2008

Daddy and Mummy G decided to "heck" the doctor's instructions to remain in Melbourne in case you decide to pop out. We went to the Qantas office early in the morning to change our flight to fly back on the same afternoon.

9.30pm Singapore Time

Back in Singapore safe and sound! No labour in the plane. Hahahha...Bleh to the Aussie Doctors! We are back in Singapore!!=))

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31 August 2008

Daddy and Mummy G went to see Dr Fong today and went to the hospital for the second steroid jab. Daddy and Mummy G hope that lil' Tyann will not decide to pop out this week so that she can be a stronger girl when she comes out into the world..

BUT, at the very least, we think we have gotten ourselves pretty covered.. with the two steroid jabs, lil' Tyann's lungs should be able to withstand the harshness of the outside world should you pop this week. Otherwise, perhaps you will have "SUPER LUNGS" if you pop when you are 9-10 months old in Mummy G's tummy as you have been "steroided"..HAAAAAA..=D

What a story to go down memory lane for Daddy and Mummy G. Mummy G says lil' Tyann is a Drama queen in the making. Daddy G says the Drama Queen is Mummy G...how dramatic to go through this episode because of...CONSTIPATION!! (*embarrassing indeed..*)

But Lil' Tyann, do you know what the moral of the story is?

Always be prepared for the worst.
Buy Travel Insurance.

Ruminations of a thankful mum (to-be)

Lil' Tyann,

A 30 week old lil' Tyann in Mummy G's tummy certainly feels very different. Lil' Tyann seems to be running out of space to move around.

Sometimes ("Some" is an understatement") you give Mummy G's ribs a hard kick and Mummy G gets a painful shock!(Daddy G says you must be gentler as you are a girl..so LEARN to be gentler and ladylike..or face naggings from you know who in future!!=D)

Lil' one, do you know that you may be coming out into this world in just 7 weeks? 37 weeks in Mummy G's tummy is considered "old" enough to be out into the real world and Daddy and Mummy G are getting so excited!!

Mummy G has bought a lot of nice clothes for you to wear when you come out. There was a major sale in Hong Kong when Mummy G (and Tyann in Mummy G's tummy!!) went for a business trip last week. You must have felt Mummy G go wild in the shopping centre! Hahaha!

Daddy G is his usual self...warns Mummy G to "Stop buying!Lil' Tyann will outgrow the clothes and she will not get to wear them! CONTROLLLLLL..."

Makes sense but the "Control" part is really diificult.. For Mummy G at least. Hee hee hee...Think Daddy G can only just shake his head in despair...Hiak Hiak! =p

Daddy G and Mummy G went to the hospital to do a 4D scan of Lil' Tyann... we really wanted to see how lil' Tyann looks like and so trooped down to Thomson Medical Centre for the 4D scan.

Alas! Lil's Tyann is certainly one cheeky fella. Dr Fong (and all other nurses, sonographers who have interacted with you so far) has said that you are super active-as in S.U.P.E.R active and you are one baby that cannot stop moving! Hence, you, agile one, gave us the slip yesterday and hid your face either behind Mummy G's tummy wall or spread both of your lil' hands across your face to hide it from us!

But Aunty Nurse managed to snap one not so clear picture of your face and that is Daddy and Mummy G's only picture of your full face so far...

Almost towards the end of carrying you in my tummy, Mummy G often feels an overwhelming rush of emotions when I think of the past 7.5 months.

In spite of the painful kicks, tightening & itchy tummy, slight disappointment in the 4D scan failure, Mummy G is thankful...

Mummy G is thankful for:

1. The day when she found out she was miraculously carrying a baby when it was "tecnically" quite improbable. (and this is another story for you lil' one.)
2. The day she heard the baby's heartbeat for the first time as it meant you were alive and fighting to survive against all odds.
3. The day she could stop her alternate day painful Progesterone injections to keep ll' Tyann alive in her tummy as it meant lil' Tyann had put up a strong fight in the first three months of your conception and won the fight.
4. The day she found out about the amniotic band/sheet in her tummy as it made her realise how much she already loved her lil' unborn one.
5. Tha day she found that the amniotic band/sheet had not harmed lil' Tyann as it meant her lil' Tyann had yet again fought another battle and won.
6. The day she felt lil' Tyann's first rumblings in her tummy as it was such an out-of-this world experience.
7. The day she received the results of all the blood tests etc and everything was good.
8. The day she realised she could not fit into her jeans anymore for it meant lil' Tyann was growing well in her tummy.
9. The day(s) when Daddy G put his hand on Mummy G's tummy for it showed how much lil' Tyann is loved.
10. The day(s) lil' Tyann would kick me at painful places for it meant you are getting stronger by the day.

Mummy G tells herself to remember this thankful feeling because it will be this feeling of thankfulness that will carry Mummy G through tougher times of parenthood.

When tough times arise with lil' Tyann in future, Mummy G hopes Daddy G, lil' Tyann and her will be thankful for each other and go through all good and bad times together- with the same thankful heart.

A short chat for remembrance sake...

Lil' Tyann,

I wonder if you will ever get to see them, but these are your great-grandmas...

The Great-Grandma on the left is your Ah-ma's mummy, and the Great-grandma on your right is your Ah-gong's mummy...

Daddy and Mummy G just returned from the hospital as your Great-grandma on the left is in critical condition. The next 48 hours are critical to her survival. She is also half the size from the picture you see. You are less than 3 months from seeing her and I really hope you will get to see both your Great-grandmas in person. Honestly, Mummy G is not so sure at this point.

Your Great-grandma on the right is also suffering. Her toe dropped off from gangrene last year and she cannot really walk now. She has also shrunk to half her size.

I just wanted you to see who your Great-Grandmas are, and uploaded their pictures (taken at Daddy and Mummy G's wedding last year) so they can forever be etched in our memories.

Mummy G feels surreal right now. Probably so because here I am celebrating life with your impending arrival and yet facing the possibility of mourning yet another lost life (the last time was your Dearest Great-Grandpa).

But lil Tyann, just as lives coming to this earth are celebrated, lives lost to this earth also means they are in Heaven with Jesus.

Heaven is a much nicer place than earth and that's where many lost lives will go. Once they can reach the gates of Heaven, they will live forever without pain and suffering.

And to that, Mummy G deeply wishes Heaven is where she will find her lost loved ones.