Monday, the 19th, and Blossom Clover was due for her two-week checkup. This was a much more relaxed appointment than the previous one on the hectic day we moved to Orchard Scotts.
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| Sofie ponders the odd display on the doctor's desk. |
The first thing Dr. Chan said was to remark on how pretty Hapny looked. There was a bit of surprise in her voice, which prompted me to attribute that to our new found peace of mind in our comfortable residence and having passed the immigration challenges of last week. Everything is proceeding normally with the pregnancy and again, we saw the images and heard the heartbeat of the baby.
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| Latest pic of Blossom Clover! |
There was paperwork to complete for the hospital registration and Dr. Chan discussed expectations with Hapny about the delivery. In response to the doctor's comment that second births occur more quickly, Hapny described the short timeframe of Sofie's birth at the birthing clinic in Medan, Sumatra. "The doctor was wrong!" She said. Her labor had started in late morning and the doctor had advised that the baby would not come until that evening. Surprise to all that Hapny delivered without anesthesia about two hours later! Wow! Flashback: How I wished that could have been my experience! I labored 26 hours in the hospital with the drip to speed things up before Aron was born! When it came time to push, I was wasted, so was gassed into oblivion for a forceps delivery. It was a couple of hours before I even saw my baby! Not the kind of birth experience one would choose to have. I'm just grateful it wasn't a C-section. My second delivery took half as long and I was awake and pushing when Alex came into the world.
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Dr. Chan and the babes in Singapore.
Sister Sofie relishes her last weeks as a solo act...clueless.... |
My present concern is to respond post haste when Hapny has the first sign so we can avoid having this birth in a taxicab! It's going to be an exciting time. I hope Aron will be here by then. He arrives the 20th of June, a week before the due date. We're all hoping the baby comes shortly after that...especially me since I am scheduled to leave on the 27th....
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| Blossom Clover's growing layette. |
Dr. Chan wants to see Hapny in two weeks and will do some additional testing at that time. She kindly consented to a few photographs, even asking her nurse to snap one so I could be in the picture too. How thoughtful! We left and made a quick stop at the hospital next door to drop off the registration forms. Then we did a bit of clothes shopping in the Novena center. (Hapny's passion for shopping is rubbing off on me!) We've started to amass tiny duds for the tyke along with towels and blankets, but on this day we shopped for ourselves! We stopped by our favorite Chinese restaurant for lunch where we hadn't been for a week. Finally, grocery shopping and then home for the day.
I made the mistake and thought I read April but the baby is due in June!!!
ReplyDeleteDuh! You are scheduled to leave on the 27th and Aron is coming on the 20th. Sofie will have the awakening soon enough that she has a sibling. :-)