Praise the Lord! Our much awaited little girl, Bernice Chia has safely arrived on Feb 16 at 9.30am. My water bag broke around 4.00 am that day and within an hour, Chung Bor and myself arrived Columbia Asia Hospital (Puchong). By 5.30 am, I was warded in the Labour Room, being strapped on the belt for the contraction stress test, I was already dilated 3cm. At 7.00 am, I was put on the "oxytocin drip" (supposedly to assist to full dilation) and after 1.5 hours, I began to experience the active labour for about half an hour. And Bernice was delivered the next half an hour.
According to the nurse, they didn't expect my baby to arrive that soon as I was only on the drip for 1.5 hour. Thank God, my gynae's private clinic is just 3 mins away from the hospital. And this time, I managed to deliver Bernice without episiotomy and unlike the previous 3 labours, I do not experience any kind of pain or soreness after the labour. Even till today, I do not need to take any pain killer nor having any constipation difficulties.
Another great testimony was that while I was still waiting for my breast milk to come after the first 4 days, our whole family began to pray about it that night. And amazingly, my milk started to flow in the next day and had an engorgement the whole day. Despite of the pain and discomfort, I praise the Lord for his miracle hands upon me.
Obviously all these are possible due to the constant prayers from my homefellowship members. They never failed to pray for me each time we meet every Friday evening. Truly Bernice is our "Victory Bringer". Her arrival is truly a great testimony as in 1 Kings 8:56 "There has not failed one word of all His good promise".
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Monday, February 23, 2009
Bellies....
This morning while feeding my 3 older children on their daily supplements (Scotts Emulsion and Kiddi Pharmaton), my second princess (Charlene) popped a question regarding my expanded belly.
"Mommmy, why is your belly so big?", asked Charlene with a curious look.
"Darling, this is called a "joy belly", I replied with a smile.
"What is a "joy belly"?, added Charlene with more curious look.
"Well, mommy got this belly as a result of the birth of your little sister, Bernice. Isn't it a joy?"
"Yes", replied Charlene with a joyful look.
"But, Charlene, sometimes some uncles or aunties with big belly can be called a "pot belly" because it was due to lack of exercise and unbalanced diets." as I carefully explained to my little girl.
"Oh, just like Uncle Tony and Uncle David from our homefellowship", responded Charlene as she chuckles with a laugh....
It's definitely a joy to have such an informative and fun way of communicating with my little ones. This has certainly helps in creating a closer bonding and yet they are learning so much each day. I am for sure proud that I am their main educator and am able to teach them new things in little ways as I can each day.
This is similar to the process of farming: planting the seeds of love and nurturing with patience on my children and with faith of the Lord, I am able to harvest the fruit of my labour i.e the day when all my children have fully grown to be and walk in the ways of the Lord.
Just like in the Bible verse, Mark 4:26-29 says.."First the blade, then the head, after that the full grain...The harvest has come."
In the meanwhile, I am still sharpening my blade, to cultivate their spiritual interest, pray for them and wait for the harvest!
"Mommmy, why is your belly so big?", asked Charlene with a curious look.
"Darling, this is called a "joy belly", I replied with a smile.
"What is a "joy belly"?, added Charlene with more curious look.
"Well, mommy got this belly as a result of the birth of your little sister, Bernice. Isn't it a joy?"
"Yes", replied Charlene with a joyful look.
"But, Charlene, sometimes some uncles or aunties with big belly can be called a "pot belly" because it was due to lack of exercise and unbalanced diets." as I carefully explained to my little girl.
"Oh, just like Uncle Tony and Uncle David from our homefellowship", responded Charlene as she chuckles with a laugh....
It's definitely a joy to have such an informative and fun way of communicating with my little ones. This has certainly helps in creating a closer bonding and yet they are learning so much each day. I am for sure proud that I am their main educator and am able to teach them new things in little ways as I can each day.
This is similar to the process of farming: planting the seeds of love and nurturing with patience on my children and with faith of the Lord, I am able to harvest the fruit of my labour i.e the day when all my children have fully grown to be and walk in the ways of the Lord.
Just like in the Bible verse, Mark 4:26-29 says.."First the blade, then the head, after that the full grain...The harvest has come."
In the meanwhile, I am still sharpening my blade, to cultivate their spiritual interest, pray for them and wait for the harvest!
Friday, February 20, 2009
Give Thanks...
As I was typing away on my PC while listening to one of my favourite Christian song, "Give Thanks", it prompted in my heart to daily give thanks to my Lord Jesus Christ not only all the goodness but also downtime throughout my life. Well, the downtime is part of the learning phase so that I will not repeat the mistake in future and most importantly to strengthen my faith in Him.
Give thanks to His endless love and mercy..for the weak shall say I am strong and the poor shall say I am rich because of what the Lord has done for us...Give Thanks!
Give thanks to His endless love and mercy..for the weak shall say I am strong and the poor shall say I am rich because of what the Lord has done for us...Give Thanks!
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