Baby Alex Monster

Breastfeeding, admittedly, has been tougher with baby Alexander (compared with Aidan). Alexander, just like Aidan, had no problem latching on since his birth at Mount Alvernia hospital. I recalled he was all so tiny, wrapped/swaddled up like a cocoon when he was in the hospital. The nurses were helpful in bringing him for breast milk every 3 hours or so. Invested in the Korean Spectra S1 pump (kind advice given by colleague Karen). The first 3 nights post discharge from hospital was tough as I was co-sleeping with Alexander & was breastfeeding him almost constantly! The tough part was him not sleeping whenever I tried putting him down onto the Lucky Baby's Dreemee co-sleeping cot. Hubby ordered The First Few Years' travel co-sleeper & some nights became much better! I started pumping out on 4 April 2019 (8th day from Alexander's birth) & yielded 80ml (had to pump because we had to attend Aidan's FIRST prize-giving ceremony at St Stephen's for him...

29 March 2019 Hubby had picked me up from my Company’s Townhall at Changi Cove around 6:00pm. Actually thought water bag burst during Townhall during rehearsal at around 3ish-pm. Met Aidan for our usual sumptuous Korean dinner at Katong V after Aidan’s Wang Learning weekly Friday lesson. came Thought what felt like contractions around 8ish-pm, but was not entirely sure (thought tummy was upset/bloated from the sumptuous Korean dinner). Went to poo & took a shower. Laid sideways on the bed to manage the tummy upset, but nagging feeling to start timing contractions via the app (at hubby's advice). Whoa, contractions were coming at 5-minutes intervals, each lasting around 4-5 minutes. The app alerted that it is best to head to the hospital! Gosh, my hospital bag was not fully packed (procrastinator me!) Had slight difficulty in walking & needed Liza's help to accompany me in the lift to the car. Had some show while seated at the back of the car seat. It was probabl...