Wednesday 13 August 2008

Caitlin Kho, God's gift

On that fateful day, 7 August 2008, all of us woke up late and we had to rush. We arrived at the hospital at 7.15 am after leaving Ryan with my aunt in Selayang. Traffic was horrible as there were road blocks but thankfully, we made it in time.

As they said, c-section is a planned delivery and everything went smoothly, as planned and baby Caitlin Kho, weighing 2.65kg arrived at around 1pm. I choose to have spinal injection/epidural instead of general anesthetics so that I am aware of what's happening. It was frightening but hubby was with me all the time, so that was a plus point. The only uncomfortable experience was that I felt nausea when the operation was about to take place but was immediately given some medicine and thank god the relief was immediate. I can feel people rubbing, touching my tummy and before I knew it, I heard Caitlin's first cry.

From where I was lying, I could see that she was pale. They cleaned her before bringing her to me. I cannot describe my feeling of seeing her for the first time. It was joy and definitely relief to see that she's well and has healthy lungs !!! I did tears and those are tears of joy as we welcome Caitlin Kho Yee Lin to the family.