The beginning...

When Caroline was first pregnant, first was joy, follow by "what to do...", and then "now what?". Ok so it's our very first in life, two grown ups faced with an incident which we never encounter before in our entire life! Funny isn't it?

It seems that nature always has it's way, naturally as the days goes by we begin to "behave" like a couple who were parents to be!

1st month - 2nd month:

We double check with the doctor after tested positive with the pregnancy test kit. The doctor too also checked twice with the kit to make assurance! Then was endless joy and discussions on the new member of the family followed by "announcements" to the rest of the family members. Almost everyone thinks it's about time we have a baby as we're already married for 3 years.

3rd - 4th month:

Nothing much, started the regular trip to the Gynae and shot him with tons of questions, basically getting most of the answers as "not to worry...". All our topics with our friends and relatives surround around babies and pregnancy. Almost everybody's comments and experiences are different. Some say during pregnant can't take papaya, pineapples, don't do constructions etc. Some say do more walking, eat more fruits, don't drink coffee or baby's skin will be dark. Some told me to take extreme care of caroline, say she'll start behaving different (Yes as a matter of fact she's so happy she have been playing Mahjong almost every weekend!). I decided the best advice would be from the doctor, which is "not to worry..."

Then we got our first look of the baby! Which looks more like a little tiny fish.

5th - 8th month:

So we have more pictures of the baby. We never get tired of looking at them, thanks to the person who invented the Ultrasound, you made our day!


Caroline's stomach is getting bigger and movement slower due to the weight. I always can't help to laugh at her new penguin walking motion, cruel me I know. The exciting day come when we scan for the baby's sex = it's a girl!

Most will ask mothers to be more careful during their pregnancy, but it's me who's always worrying her of tripping, not to drive, not to eat this that etc.

During the 8th month we get a taste of how expensive having a baby can be after getting most of her stuffs like baby cot, stroller etc. We got a big box of clothes from our relatives, some old some new as gifts, so we decided not to buy much.

The Final Countdown:

So everything was ready, even the baby room was ready. During the 39 weeks during a checkup the Gynae was sup rise to find contractions a week before the expected delivery date! Caroline felt nothing at all but the Gynae mentioned it could be "anytime from now". We were advice to go home and get ready. We went to have a big meal with my mum as Caroline knew she wouldn't be able to eat her fav. foods after giving birth.

The next day, nothing happens, until night when we were about to sleep. She felt something was not right for the very first time, contractions? We both didn't;t know how it should feel. A quick search on the net and some recalled advice from the Gynae alerted us that we better head for the hospital, and we did.

We arrived at Mount Elizabeth Hospital about 1 am. And was at the delivery suit till 5pm and after all the worries and confusion our Gynae came and PUSH!

The Arrival:

I think all guys won't know how great your wife is after you go through with them during labor. It's such a difficult task I described it as nothing compared to 2 and half years of army infantry training. The baby arrive with less than 30 mins of pushing and seeing this miracle happen in front of you can change the entire perspective of life!

So this is where it all started...