Day 0

This is the day I decided to come out from mommy's belly. After the due date (March 18) has passed, Dad and Mom prayed together before they went to sleep, then I started working at 12:45 am. Mom woke up Daddy, "Honey, it seems this is it" Dad was so skeptical and asked her" Come on, how could this be? Do you know what's contraction?". Dad started to record the time Mom felt the contractions and packing things up at the same time. By about 1:45 am, the contractions continued every 5 min for 1 hour. Yes, we said goodbye to grandpa and grandma and left for hospital. When we arrived at Kaiser Baldwin Park hospital at 2:30 am, the nurse put Mom in a monitoring room for an hour. A mid-wife came over at 4 am and said mom's dilation was only 2 cm and she was not able to be admitted to the hospital yet. She either go back home or walk for 2 hours in the hospital. So Mom had to bear the pain and walked around the L&D floor. By 5:45 am, Mom couldn't walk anymore. She went back to the room and rest. By 6:30 am, Mom has dilated to 3.5 cm, so she was admitted to the hospital. She asked for epidural immediately because she wants to conserve all energy to push me out, but unfortunately the hospital was changing shift that she couldn't get the epidural till 8:30 am. By 9 am, the mid-wife checked on Mom again and nothing in progress. She was still dilated at 3.5 cm, so Pitocein was ordered. Mom started feeling the contractions were getting stronger and she was pushing the bolus button for pain medication during each contractions. The doctor was called to the floor again. He increased the medication and Mom's legs were totally numb, especially the left leg. Everything was going smoothly at this time, so Mom and Dad took a nap. Dad even had time to check out the lighting condition of the birth room. He prepared the camera and video setup for taking pictures. By 12 pm, Mom has dilated to 5 cm and the mid-wife broke the water at the same time. She told Dad that hopefully Mom would deliver the baby by 5 pm with this speed. Therefore, Dad went to Cafeteria to buy his lunch and updates the news with all grandparents. However, I was not doing good inside Mom's tummy. The nurse realized my heart rate has slowed down a little bit, she gave a oxygen mask to Mom. But the heart rate was still unstable. The nurse checked on Mom's dilation again at 1 pm and shouted "You are ready, it is 10 cm and I feel the head.". She paged the mid-wife immediately and Mom knew Dad would take his time to order lunch. She called Dad to come back to the room at once. Yes, Dad was ordering a grill sandwiches and he had to rush to finish it by the time he paid. By 2:30 pm, the team asked Mom to start pushing. By 3:01 pm, I was born with 7 lbs 6 oz and 19.5 inches, name Isaac Yu Hin Li 李宇軒. Isaac means "Laughter" 宇軒 means 氣宇軒昂的縮寫.

I weighted 3kg 340 gram, which is 7 lb 6 oz.

Due date

I know Mom and Dad were getting nervous about this date. Mom has packed her stuffs and my new clothes already. However, it has been so comfortable inside Mommy's tummy, very warm and with lots of good food. I didn't really want to be out. Mom took a walk this morning to the bank, then walked to the restaurant for Dim Sum. She had green bean soup and watermelon for dessert. Her energy level was so high that she went to the garden to clean up the weed in the afternoon. Before dinner, Dad and Mom went out for a walk for an hour. They were so tired afterward but I was still doing good. After dinner, Mom had watermelon again. I decided to go to sleep early as her stomach was so full.

Counting down- 8 days to go!

Dad & Mom, are you ready? 爺爺嫲嫲 have arrived yesterday already.

9 Months Photoshoot with Dad and Mom

Today, it is Mom's birthday. Dad set up a tripod and took some pictures of three of us.

It's almost 9 months now, and I will come out any time from now on :-)

Can you feel my heart beats?

Hello, Mom and Dad

Hello, Mom and Dad.

This is my first post. I love you!

--Baby Isaac

18 Weeks

Today is my eighteen weeks in Mom's womb. Dad and Mom came to hospital and had another ultra-sound to take a look at me. So, they finally found out that I am a boy :-)

Yes, I am a boy :-)

Hear my heartbeats !!

12 Weeks

Today, Dad and Mom came to see my ultra-sound again. This time, Dad recorded some videos of me. I have already learned how to suck my fingers while in Mom's womb. During the video-taping, I jumped quite often, and I scared Dad. Ha Ha!!

I am sucking fingers :-)

I can jump!!