The birth of my little pups, Shuo
Besides spending a good amount of time with Shin before delivery, I read every single birth story from DesignMom. These inspiring, lovely real cases helped me a lot in visualizing the kind of birth I had hoped for – that I would like my labour to progress naturally, free of stringent time limits as long as baby was not in any medical danger. It also gave me courage to think about delivering naturally without pain relief and reaffirmed other details in my birth plan that I wanted control over.
God heard my prayers. My totally-zenish gynae did not believe in induction and the nurses really read my birth plan at the hospital. At 39 weeks, Shuo took his time to arrive (yeah he outdid his sister’s 16 hours with another 8 hours!) and for the first time in my life, I felt and knew what real contractions were.
As I reflect on 2011, the single incident that stood out for me has to be my birth experience – SEEING Shuo being delivered via a mirror held by the husband. Him crowning and then shoulders and full body slipping out was the most magical moment, ever. With Shin’s experience of a lung infection, YC and I were very anxious and prayed that he would be healthy. Praise God I delivered Shuo and his loud cries were such a relief. YC got to cut the umbilical cord. I held and breastfed my little baby for a long time immediately after he was measured and assessed.
I am thankful for the beautiful and relatively smooth process and Shuo even came with what I hoped for secretly – a full head of hair and big eyes that he got so much compliments for in the past 4 months!
Freshly out of oven, nice and sleepy (haven't chut pattern yet)
