The Power of Prayer...

before I went into the hospital for my second boy's coming... (cesarean) I was plain worried...

worried about anything, if you ask me... about the household, about how my husband and my daughter would cope...

and therefore, I pray, I prayed very hard... every night... (haha! I thought it's supposed to be day and night?? anyway... ya... I prayed... that's the only power I could trust...)

I prayed for smooth operation, (cos, I insisted on a cesarean!)

I prayed for speedy recovery aftermath,

I prayed that, my husband and my daughter will cope well, and

I prayed that, my newborn son, will be healthy, (health is the MOST MOST MOST important criteria... if you live healthily, there's indefinite possibilities in your life, whatever you want, whatever you wanna do, but if you're not healthy... that's it...)

as of today,

as when I'm jotting down little notes...

I believe, I've recovered well, coming close to 2 weeks...

I have my confinement food catered... in fact, I wanted to cook, but in order to let my husband to have a peace of mind, I opted for a caterer...

and Praise to God... (Thanks you God!)

that, Gabriel, was having just mild jaundice,

and that... the biggest blessing of the year, with his birth...

he's a born sucker... ^_^, very good and efficient in suckling, at this age, ie. 2 weeks old...

he latches on well,

and he sucks well, most of the time, he'll finish off both sides...

and that, he'll sleep, and since he's full, he'll sleep for 3-4 hours...

and like I've mentioned, as opposed to his sister, madeleine, (that time, she was having jaundice, a more severe type, we concluded it was breastmilk jaundice...)

madeleine need to be breastfed every 2 hours, and each time, she'll be on my boobs, even just 1 side, for around 30-45 minutes,

and with madeleine, of course, it's the first time in my life, for me to nurse a baby...

I had mastitis, I had cracked nipples, sored nipples, and I gotta apply the lansinoh all the time...

and for some reason, the diaper on madeleine just couldn't fit well, huggies, mommy poko, any other brands, it'd leak... and we've more things to wash... more things to change,

for Gabriel's case, all these are gone...

of course, he's his problem,

lately, just these 2 days, he starts to have yellowish eye discharge, just 1 side of his eyes...

we read, it's blocked tear duct...

so, I massage his tear duct on and off... it seems better now,

however, I also suspect that, it's because of the confinement food that I've been taking,

cos, last time (first childbirth) I've a confinement lady, though she wanted to cook super duper confinement heaty stuff, but I forced her to cook something simple... I practically eat the same food every single day... cos, I didn't want any other stuff... though she insisted that, she could cook well... well, those other stuff that I didn't want to eat... ^_^

but since, this round, I've the food catered... so, they delivered whatever, since I've paid, and thus, I'll just wallop whatever!

And I reckon, that “increase” my inner “qi” temperature... well, chinese saying “heaty”!

And that contributes to the eye discharge for Gabriel... that's what I think,

cos, when the eye discharge was like... non-stop... I'd mine too... though not as severe...

then, yesterday, I forced myself to have plenty of water... really plenty of water...

and today, it seems better...

see!!!

this is the “problem” with this baby...

still!!! I've to say, cos,

this is unforeseen, and that, of course, I didn't pray particularly about this, ie. Eye discharge thing... it's NEW to us...

but then, whatever I've prayed,

Dear Almighty God's obviously there to listen...

and that, He's granted me HIS Blessing,

and He's granted Gabriel, HIS Blessing...