I Did It

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Confinement
It is a Chinese tradition for women to go through 30 days of confinement after child birth. During this period, she needs to follow a certain lifestyle and diet which is believed to not only help her recuperate but also rid her body of any prior illnesses. It is a belief that she will then emerge with a stronger and healthier body after the 30 days. If you ask my mum, she will probably ramble on about how disobedient I was for not following the confinement rules. To be frank, for both confinements, I did try my best to stick to the rules, BUT, failed miserably.

Breastfeeding
I am like a walking zombie these days At 3 weeks old, the little baby is wearing me out with his 2 hourly feeding. And I thought having breastfed Malcolm for 2 years had trained me well, I realised that it is not the physical fatigue that I couldn’t bear but more of the montonous and unchallenged chores of feeding, burping, changing that have wore me down. Malcolm was a breast fed baby He was breast fed till he was 2 years old and nothing could soothe him more than mummy’s breast He rejected the pacifier He rejected the bottle He rejected ALL baby formula Tins of baby formula went down the rubbish chute as nothin could please

I’m A Big Brother Now
We were a little concern about how Malcolm will react to having a little brother around He was sure that little brother will be noisy as baby cries alot And to mentally prepare him, we have been trying to feed him all the good things about being a big brother Beside talking and explaining to him, we turned to books and here are 2 books that we read to him regularly

Hello World
5 years ago, when I had Malcolm, I was certain and confident that I would give birth to my baby like any others, the way my mum did with her 4 kids, the natural way, through the vaginal birth canal. The chance of me having it any other way, was distant, remote perhaps even nonexistent. After more than 12 hours of labour, with my cervix still stucked at a dilation of 1/2 the required length, I was told that unnatural  intervention was needed. Malcolm was finally brought to the world under the doctor’s skillful surgical incision. The procedure was brisk but the recovery was arduous and painful. This time round, for my 2nd pregnancy, I was given the option. Vaginal birt

Week 38
Thinking that this might be it my LAST bump ! We hauled out the camera stand and started snapping away And we ended up with some cheap home studio pics