RL Success Journal

Here are the piece and parcel that make up all the little precious and joyous footsteps of my motherhood life in pursue of happiness and success...

1.18.2009

Year 2009 Goals

Like I mentioned earlier, I have a lot of dreams to be achieved. In the year of 2009, there are a few goals lined up, which must be achieved:
1. Renovate and fully furnished my new house
2. Travel to Europe/Australia with hubby SL & Jayden
3. Bring in new products for TOC and expand new markets

12.28.2008

Full Moon Party

It's Jayden's fullmoon party tonight! :)

Guests start coming in at 7pm. Wow! That's early for Malaysian to be on time. :P I am very surprised that quite a number of guests showed up. Although we have some guests who couldn't make it at the very last minute, we still have easily 60-70pax sitting in the living room and front yard.

J was sleeping soundly at the sofa in the living room. More and more gifts and hampers piled up at the side of the sofa, all of them were for Jayden! :) A few close friends couldn't wait to carry Jayden even though he was sleeping soundly at the living room.

Around 8pm, honey broadcast a presentation dedicated for Jayden. All the guests were impressed by his presentation, some of the female friends felt that the presentation is very touching that they almost burst into tears.. wow...unbelievable!! Hehe.. :P

The party ended at around 11pm. That's when I had my dinner - the leftover from the party. Thank God there were still a few pieces of Satay left for me and hubby. :)

12.18.2008

Playing Turning..


In the afternoon, we were playing with Jayden. I couldn't believe that due to the passion to take photograph, honey just left Jayden crying. That's how he managed to take some pictures of Jayden and the frog for his story telling in Facebook. Haha.. :P

To our utmost surprise, Jayden was trying to turn to his back. Well.. he didn't manage to turn around but half way thru - turn to his side. Haha.. well, what to expect, J is only 3weeks old!! But for a 3weeks old baby, he learned very fast. :)

11.30.2008

Second Day of Delivery

Honey was staying in the hospital with me since labor. He knew I needed his support very much and I would not be able to go through it by myself if he wasn't beside me. Thank you so much for your support honey. I love you so much.

J was still sleeping when mother in law and sister in law came to visit us in the afternoon. After an hour or so, J finally opened his eyes, but barely for a few minutes, J dozed off again. Mother in law urged me to wake him up so they could see him not only that, I could feed him too. However, my gut feeling told me that I should not disturb his sleep. He would wake up when he is hungry.

Pictures were taken when in laws are around.. I found Jayden looked so cute!!!!! :)




Hmmm.. Never understand why SJMC used such flowery clothes for a baby boy.. They should be a little more "sei sum".

Finally, my in-laws left. I’m worried because J did not wake up and hasn’t been fed for 24 hours. At around 6pm, the nurse came again and said he needs to bring J go. I told her that I have not fed J for many hours because he did not wake up. She said it is ok and she will bring him back at night. Oh boy, I miss J so much.

Tonight, I had roti canai and maggi goreng for dinner, because the dinner served sucks. Honey went out to buy me dinner before J was brought to the nursery, when honey got back; J was already in the nursery.

Today, the nurse brought J back earlier. J was awake and the nurse asked me to feed him. Without hesitation, I happily fed J. When J unlatched his mouth, I let him share bed with me. I felt so protective, and I felt a strange feeling of being a mother. I enjoyed looking at him, and through the night, I opened my eyes occasionally to observe him, and of course my honey too. :)

Pictures were taken when I was so bored waiting for honey to "tapau" dinner for me.. Yeah.. hospital serves "un-yummy" food.. LOL!! :P

11.29.2008

Jayden is Born!!!

Today, Jayden J-Yen Ong is born into this wondrous world.

The moment J detached from my body, I heard him crying. Then, I heard him sucking something, oh, he was sucking his fingers (I found that out from the pictures honey took. Thanks honey, else I won’t have the chance to see how he looks like when he is newly born). :)

I gave birth to Jayden at 3.56pm. I only had a glimpse of his figure when the nurse carried him to the side on my right, which is about 4-5 feet away from me I think. When I saw this figure, the feeling was very mixed, I was still in pain, I wanted to hold my baby but I was too exhausted. I couldn’t even blurt out a whole sentence; partially thanks to the oxygen gas that made me high and giddy.

I will never forget the ultimate experience. It's so unbearable.. PAINFUL!!! I still can remember clearly how honey was beside me supporting me through the whole journey of delivery. I am so thankful and grateful that honey was there for me else I barely can make it. I was so discouraged by the nurse that I thought I won't make it. The pain makes me lost control over my emotion and expression, the nurse thought I was losing control, in fact, I just need to release the pain. Anyway.. thanks honey. I love you. :)

As for how the oxygen getting over me, haha.. well, this is something I need to note down before I forgot. During the labor, I made sure that I didn't take in too much oxygen because Lena told me the oxygen could help me to relief pain, or made me too high that I wouldn't be able to deliver. Therefore, I used it in moderation. However, after J was detached, I still feel the pain in my lower abdomen, since Dr Mak said it's because my womb was getting back into places that caused the pain, i took in as much oxygen as possible to relief the pain, since I have already delivered J!! :P

When I was still struggling to believe I had made it, yes, I had given birth to Jayden naturally, without any painkiller or medicine, I wondered where they have taken my baby to. I thought my baby was supposed to be with me right after birth.

At 7pm, the nurse sent Jayden to me. I couldn’t believe my eyes when I met J. He’s so cute, so tiny, and he’s sleeping soundly and peacefully. However, I couldn’t recognize him. The feeling was so strange; he’s so familiar yet so unfamiliar to me. He’s my son but it’s the first time I met him in real, in person! I did not know how to react, how to show him love, and how should I feel at that time.

At around 8.30pm, the nurse came back and asked me if I have fed J as she needed to bring him away. Oh, I didn’t know that I am supposed to feed him, plus J is sleeping! Nobody tell me that I need to feed him when he was taken to me. So the nurse is giving me a little bit of time to feed J first. I breast fed J for the first time. With nature instinct, he gently suckles for milk. He was so close to me, so small in size, his mouth was so tiny, he has a little bit of rash on the corner of his eyes. I was a little worried about the rash but I heard the rash will go off very soon.

In about ten minutes, the nurse came back and said she has to bring J go. J was still suckling milk and she said I need to stop him and feed him again later. I almost cry. The nurse reassured me that she will bring back J to me at 10pm. I let them go.

However, when J came back to me, he was sleeping. I thought I would feed him when he woke up; however, he slept and slept and slept until the next day.

Pictures of my dearest newborn son Jayden Ong J Yen: