I guess I should get around to writing Adam’s birth story although I think a scheduled C-section is really quite unexciting and there’s nothing much to say about it!

We brought Anya to Amazonia at Great World City the evening before so that we could spend some precious time together as a family of 3. Since it was a weekday, we practically had the whole place to ourselves. After dinner, we brought her to my mum’s place and went home to get our things for the hospital.

We got to the hospital at about 11.30pm and, to our dismay, we were given a 2-bedder room which wasn’t even in the maternity ward. There were no single rooms available so we could only hope to transfer to one after my procedure. The nurses came and took some readings and we were left to sleep after I had a cup of Milo. I wasn’t supposed to eat or drink anything after 2am. I didn’t sleep very well because I was feeling very nervous and Adam was also happily kicking away inside.

On Friday morning, we woke up pretty early and soon it was time for the C-section. I think I was better behaved the first time around and didn’t move when they were preparing me for the epidural. This time, I was anticipating the jabs so I flinched a little. Dr S came in at 9.03am and by 9.09am, Adam was born! According to those who had a better view, once his head was out, he opened his eyes and looked around. They showed him to me over the ‘curtain’ and the first thing he did was scream at me. Tsk tsk. Then he was cleaned up and passed to me. After we took some photos, Adam was taken away and Adrian followed him while I was sewn up.

So I stayed in bed the rest of the day with a drip, a catheter and a tube to drain my wound. Anya came to visit her brother that day and gave him a present. We also gave her a present to congratulate her on becoming a big sister. I think she was quite happy to finally meet her brother and said that he’s “handsome like a flamingo” (quoted from Eric Carle’s The Mixed Up Chameleon) and that he looks “like a hamster”.

We stayed in the hospital until Monday and many friends and family members came to visit us and made us feel very loved. And now Adam and I are at my mum’s place and we will be here until he’s one month old!