Double Happiness

Just seen Dr Tham today and set the date for the arrival of the babies via elective C-section. It wiil be next Saturday 21 April 7.30am. Babies are about 2.4kg today and Dr Tham predicts they will be around 2.7kg at birth. Though these are just estimates, we’re keeping our fingers crossed and hoping that he’s right!

We also settled the pre-admission paperwork today which is a relief cos we are now formally on the EPS package and will have Dr Tham attending to us should babies arrive earlier (instead of a team of doctors on duty who will shoo Tim away from the operating theatre). Dr Tham also confirms that the anaesthetist he will be working with that day is someone he knows and will not be a trainee. After what Yati told me about the young trainee anaesthetist who failed his first attempt at injecting the epidural for her, I was quite worried to suffer the poking twice.

We will see Dr Tham again in the evening just before the operation for one final check up and blood test. Then we will need to reach KKH at 6am on 21 April to get prep’ed for the operation. Knowing Tim will be with me through my first surgery makes this not too dreadful now. Money can be earned back eventually, right now it’s critical not to get too stressed up over the birth so we’re cutting ourselves some slack and just relax.