Alan's Breakfast

My oldest son is very sweet. When I was at the hospital, the first day doctor is not allow me to move or I going to the bathroom. My son was helping me to take a disposal bathroom chair for me to do my necessities. After that, he went to throw it away the waste in the bathroom. Nurses saw that this little child can help me when I need somebody to help me. Everyone saw it and they said how this little boy can help his mommy when his mommy needed help.

After, I came back home from the hospital, my son continue taking care of me. He prepared breakfast for me. He brought his home made breakfast to my bed.

He prepared very typical American breakfast, it has an egg, potato pancake, and cereal. He made the table very nice and tasty. My son is very sweet. He knows how to take care of people when they are sick.

Hospital, Daily Meals

Each day, I have a very special meal at the hospital. Each day the food looks delicious. It will cost $380 a day per meals. I can get breakfast, brunch, lunch, afternoon tea time, diner, and a little snack before bed time. Eating 6 times a day like a big pig.
I have to have each meal in bed. It is so painful.
This is my breakfast, it has vegetables, noodles, meat and two kinds of drinks. Sometimes, it has bread, hamburger meat, vegetables, ham, and two kinds of drinks. It is not too bad at all.

This is my lunch. Sometimes, it has fish or meat and a lot of vegetables and the rice, of course soup and fruit are included.

This is the morning and afternoon tea time. It has a drink only in the morning and in the afternoon, it has a little dessert and the drink.

happy time, I have my tea time.
This is dinner time. It doesn't have too much difference from the lunch. It has soup, fruit, rice, vegetables, meat or fish. Sometimes, I like the food at the hospital and sometimes, I do not like it at all. It is depends on the vegetables and meat that they prepare.

Changing Rooms

At 12:00 P.M. the nurse transferred me to the room at the hospital. My room number is 4012 B.

This is the double room at the hospital. It looks good, it has everything people needed. It has a fridge, TV, bed and the bathroom.

This is my bed, I have to be used to this bed for a while. I have to be here for a long time.

This is my bed, there's a little fridge next to me.

There's TV close to my bed also.

On the wall, there's name of people. Who is going to be in the morning, who is going to be in the afternoon and the evening turns. Overall, people at the hospital are very kind.

Andrew 36 Weeks

On Sunday Jan. 24th, 2010, whole day long, I did not feel Andrew was moving inside of me. I thought he was tired and he needed some sleep. We went to have dinner at Da-Da Tea Shop (大大茶樓) at Tainan City Center. This restaurant is mainly on 飲茶 [yin cha], Cantonese little snacks, for tea time only.

After diner, we went back home, at that time, I started to feel that Andrew was not even right. David bought orange juice for me to drink and see if the baby would move more, unfortunately, nothing. I went online and I registered to see the doctor at the first hour on Monday morning. Unfortunately, I got the second to the last number.

When I entered to the doctor's office, I told him that baby has problems, he blamed at me right away. he said if the baby didn't have a heart beat, it was not good for you and for anybody else. He asked me to more tests.

After the first test came out, he told me that I have to stay at the hospital, I cannot even go to home. I cannot even go to the bathroom or move around. I have to lie down in bed until my condition will get better.

I am at the hospital laying down doing nothing.

I have to put out all the machine in my tummy.

There are two circles. The first one (down) it the baby's heart beat and the second one (up) is my uterus contraction. It will measure how many beats per minute. I usually get 10 - 15 minutes around 70. If I lie down on the side of my tummy, I can get normal beat which is 5 to 20, no more than 20.

It is so painful to lie down at the hospital's bed doing nothing. I can just eat and do nothing else. From this time, I felt that I am a big pig with a baby inside of me, ha ha ha...

Now, Andrew is 2,400. Now, he is still small to come out. He needs to gain more pounds before delivery, ha ha ha...

Andrew 35 Weeks

Last night, I went to the doctor and I am 35 weeks and two days now. The doctor says Andrew is very small. He is just 2,280 KG. I guess in Chinese size, it is not too big and not too small. I remembered in 32 weeks, Andrew was just 1,909 KG. How much he gain? He is growing 370 KG. in two weeks. It is amazing how much he can get bigger and bigger.

In these days, my tummy gets heavier and heavier. More than that, it is so difficult to sleep. Any position now, it is so difficult to get sleep.

I am hopping that after Chinese new year, my Andrew will come out to see the world. I am looking foward to meet Andrew.

Andrew 32 Weeks

Yesterday, I went to see the doctor and the doctor told me that my baby is growing to 1,909 KG. From 1,460 to 1909, he is growing 446 KG. The doctor asked me if I have some problems, I told him that my tummy is getting very tight.

He did not ask me more questions, he told me that I have to take a rest and do nothing. It is better for me to lie down in bed. Not standing all the time, I have to try to seat down and relax. How can I do it? The school gave me so many classes and so many meeting to attend. I cannot even relax at my work place. When I go back home, Alan needs my help. He always finds me and he wants me to help him or teach him all the time.

My husband David is trying to help me with house chores. He is trying, but he sometimes forgets what to do. He is too lazy to do things around the house. When my in-law parents come to Tainan, I am very worrying that my house will get too messy.

Anyways, I shouldn't worrying too much, I have to take care of Andrew. He cannot come out in three weeks, he will be 35 weeks then, he will be too little. He has to come to this world in 6 weeks. But that time, he will be big enough.

Andrew's Present

David's cousin and his family came to our house on Saturday afternoon. They have 5 children and only two of them (the twins) came to our house. Other three children had to go to school for extra study.

One of the present that David's cousin's wife gave to Andrew was a little baby box. This box is small but valuable.
I opened the box and the box contains little gold for Andrew.
It is so cute and expensive present from them. The box contains a little necklace, two bracelets and two rings. Also it has a little cute bear.

Here is the bigger picture of the present.

Andrew will like it. He is so lucky that everyone gave him a present. When I had Alan for the first time, people also gave Alan presents. Alan had more gold compared to Andrew. My grandma bought a lot of golds for Alan but I do not know if she will buy it for Andrew.