Day 2

I am going home today!! After we finished all the paperwork and hearing test in the morning, I was discharged from the hospital. Although I was kind of fussy and cried a lot, mom and dad were able to leave the hospital by 2 pm. Actually, we were supposed to go back home for lunch, however, I was so hungry that mom had to feed me again before we left the hospital.

The first time I sat at the car seat was wired. It was still too big for me no matter how Dad had adjusted the seat belt. I cried and screamed for help. But once we got on the freeway, it was so comfortable that I felt asleep right away. It was a good drive. Dad, thanks for the new car.

Day 1

The first night at hospital was tiring. All grandparents 爺爺嫲嫲, 公公婆婆 visited me last night and brought some food and soup for mom. Mom felt so tired, but she didn't sleep much the whole night as she was trying to breastfeed me. Plus, her left leg was so numb that she was not able to stand until this morning. Somehow I was very cute, but very fussy. The nurses were very nice, however, they were not very helpful to calm me down. Every time after a nurse calm me down, I could only sleep for a while and began to fussy again. I guess I need to take some time to adjust this new world. However, mom and dad said my cry was not as loud or bad as the baby next door.

There was some funny incidents. When the Pediatrician checked on my eyes with a strong light this morning, being a strong boy, I was able to "escape" by kicking against the border of the bed in a "frog like" position and moved away. She has to pull me back several times.

Mom and dad did lots of paperwork for me and I did some genetic tests in the afternoon. Thanks grandaunt Christina and auntie Karen visiting me today. Also, thanks all the grandparents running back and forth to the hospital again.

Day 0 - with family and friends

Let's celebrate with Mom and Dad!

With 爺爺嫲嫲

With 公公婆婆

Happy 婆婆

Thanks Uncle Kit and Auntie Mable for visiting me

With 姑媽 Catherine and Uncle Wilson

With 舅父 Johnny

With 公公,婆婆,舅父

Hello Uncle Timothy and Auntie Bess.

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?