5th Day :Jaundice?

I don't know how much you believe in gov nurses who came to our house usually on 2nd or 3rd day after gave birth. I really appreciate government for sending them over to check on our conditions. But please ensure that those service is at upmost standard la.. This X nurse came to our house on 3rd day. She said my bb a bit kuning, better test blood to check. Since YiJing is delivered in private hospital, we went back to the hospital for test. Came out result 12.4 , according to the nurse, only when reach 15.0 and above need to be warded. So, on their follow up call, we told them the result, but she said since bb is O blood type, better check again the next day, coz this blood type easier to get jaundice. Fine! This time, we though maybe it is FOC in gov clinic, so we gave it a try. After blood is taken, nurses asked my hub to send the blood to "makmal". My hub waited for 30mins at least , NOT WAIT for result.. but WAIT for that lab assistant to finish "Yam Char" aka "breakfast". And yes! 1 makmal 1 assistant only. CIALAK. Then my hubby got back the result in <1 min after passed the blood to him.. <1 MINUTE!! And the result came out to be 15.0 tepat tepat!! The nurse wrote me a letter and asked us to admit YiJing to General Hospital. We did not object, we just wanna get out of the place ASAP! Negative confident! My hubby immediately said go to private hospital to check again, just to ensure YiJing is not 15.0. So, we went back, and the result came out 30mins later, and showing only 12.5!! So , u tell me how to let them handle my precious if they do things like tidak apa! Though the service and hospitalization fee are free, but how to be confident with them if the diagnostic procedure is so terribly lousy? AIYO!

After 2oz of breast milk.. she now sioK siOk in her dreamy land.. hehehe .. :)

Confinement Food

My CL (Confinement Lady) is one fine cook. She has a lot varieties in mind and all are yummy-delicious dishes. SIMPLY IRRESISTIBLE!!

I will sure gain a lot during my confinement.. this is for sure.. :)

Today's breakfast: MiHun Pork Soup with Fried Shallots

Today's Lunch:

Green Sawi with fried garlic

Turmeric Chicken

Pig Stomach Soup - One of my favourite soup

Yesterday's Lunch:

Mixed Veggies with Char Siew

Chicken Wine Soup - I don't particularly like wine.. but somehow i love this dish today. I drank all the soup.. and it boost my milk supply a lot.. :D

The Chinese pregnancy & confinement cookbook

4th Day

CL (confinement lady) bathing YiJing

Refreshed after bathing.. now eyes terbeliak.. can't sleep..

Face exactly like daddy.. hehehe.. Size as well.. :P

My Princess YiJing is borned!!

Finally my second baby girl is borned!! Yeah! She is a big and healthy bb , weighing at 3.76kg aka 8.3pounds. Never expected my bb is gonna this big size. Doc din really hint me as well.. though the scanner did told me her weigh 1 week before delivery was 3.5kg. From doctor manual examination, he assured me she is gonna be 3.3kg only. Many tau, all also wrong..

My actual DD is 17th Nov but on the 6th Nov, i went for check up and doc told me that my cervix is already opened 2cm and bb position is OK. So doc told me it is anytime. Must induce within 48hours else bacteria might enter in and harm the bb. So he schedule me to induce latest by 8th Nov. In unprepared situation, i got to plan my delivery, since my in law told us 8th Nov is not a good day, so we decided to have it done on 7th Nov. On the 6th, I quickly went back to office to pack my notebook and other stuff, so that i can work from home while i'm away. Get ready all YiWen's stuff so that in law and my hubby can take care of her while i'm away. Of coz , also my hospital bag, stemlife bag and so on.. really a mess.. hahaha.. coz it happened so much earlier.. very unexpected, u know what i mean?

On the 7th Nov, once settled down YiWen, myself and hubby quickly report to the delivery suite. It was very very quite and dark inside the suite.. with only 2 nurses standby. From my previous experience, usually this suite is packed with mommies, nurses walked around busy with patients and monitoring equipments, few doctors rushing between delivery rooms. But today, just feel very awkward. Well.. don't care la.. i told nurse in the suite i'm here for induce .. but nurse told me no induction to be done on Sunday unless emergency. UH?!!! Then why doc asked me to come anytime.. ISKS! Nurse called my doc and he agreed to do it for me on his rest day... felt so relief.. so this suite is only for me and not shared by any mommies.. so special. Kekeke!

I was then induce at 2:30pm.. then by 3:30pm, my cervix has opened up to 10cm already.. doc is with me standby.. but somehow my contraction after contraction is very far apart.. about 2.5mins. Each pain, i'm required to push.. and the whole session last till 4:22pm. It is horrible to push.. initially thought doc will help me by vacuum .. but he said i can do it by myself.. AIYO! Somemore, without knowing that i'm pushing a big bb out! Sakit tak terhingga ooo! Once bb is out.. i was already too blur to know what is going on ... i only hear nurses said.. "wah! big bb ooo!!" Wah , so big ooo the placenta... ! When i wore my spec back.. the floor are stained with fresh blood.. some more a pool of blood by the placenta tray.. wah! I asked my hubby.. "so much blood ar?" Doc said "big bb mah.. now got to stitch back your part.. too big already." And the stitching like took forever to be done.. PAIN like hell!!

So glad that all is over.. and relief to know my bb is super healthy.. mommy has no complication too, except loss of excessive blood which i need to "bou" back during my confinement period.. :)

Some photos of YiJing to share with you.. :)

Long Bean Rice and Chan Choy Soup

I learned this dish from my MIL. Some ppl say it is Hokkien dish, so I asked my mom (since she is Hokkien) whether she is know or not, she said never heard about it. *slap forehead*. Instead, my MIL who is non-hokkien is the one who introduce it to me. Hehehe..

This is a very nutritious and yummy dish. If you lazy to cook for 3 dishes meal, you can try this recipe. I change the recipe a bit to suit my taste.. :)

Long Bean Rice ( cooked in rice cooker)

Ingredients:

Long Beans (cut into 2" length)

Chinese Sausages

Minced Pork Meat

Dried Cuttle Fish (shredded type)

Dried Shrimp (soaked)

Garlic

Shallots

Seasonings:

Light soya sauce

Black soya sauce

Pepper

Lea & Perrins Sauce

Water

Cooking Steps:

1) Heat oil in wok. Add in garlic, shallot, dried shrimps and shredded cuttlefish. Stir fried for a minute.

2)Then add in minced pork and chinese sausage. Mixed well and stir fry until fragrant.

3) Add in long bean and all the seasonings, mixed well and stir fried for 3minutes. Done.

4) Prepare and wash the uncooked rice. Put it into the rice cooker.

5) Transfer all ingredients into rice cooker and add water till it covers rice completely just like how u usually cook rice.

6) Turn on the rice cooker and wait for it to cook automatically.

ENJOY!!

Lately I been boiling lot of vegetable soup for my family. Last 2 weekends, i boiled Goji Leaves Soup and Amaranth Soup. To me, i feel it is easier to feed my daughter vegetable this way. She loves to drink soup.. and she will eat those green vegetables as well. This time, instead of putting chicken egg, i put in salted egg. It actually taste a lot better.. :)

Chan Choy Salted Egg Soup

Ingredients:

Chan choy leaves

Pork Ball

1 Salted Egg (get rid of the dirt and wash it)

Anchovies

Ginger - 4 small slices

Water

Seasonings:

Salt

Pepper

Cooking methods:

1) Boil water in the pot. Add in anchovies and ginger once water is boiled. Turn the heat to lowest and simmer for 30 minutes.

2) After 30 minutes, scope up all the anchovies and ginger

3) Turn back into high heat and put in pork ball and chan choy and boil for 2-3 minutes.

4) Break and add in the salted egg into the pot and quickly stir it.

5) Finally add, salt and pepper to taste. Done.

My daughter, YiWen loves the rice and soup. You know what, those food that she loves, no need adult feeding. She will sit obediently and eat on her own. Glad she had a good lunch that day. :)

Last Sunday Lunch : 23rd Oct 2010

Bitter Gourd+Carrot+Onion Soup, Worcestershire Sauce Fried Chicken, Onion Omelette, Hoisin Sauce Prawn

Many don't fancy bitter gourd. And I don't know if YiWen likes it or not. So I dare not use it to cook with chicken or omelette as these dishes can't hide those bitterness of the gourd. So, i use it to boil soup this time. At least salt and red dates can actually hide a bit of those bitterness. Plus, it is very good to reduce body heat .. great for my hubby. He always complain got ulcer in his mouth. Of coz la! Don't drink much water and eat lots of snacks outside! I would say this soup turn out to be very tasty.. sweet and little bitter. I felt that the taste is so balance! YiWen drank lots of it. :)

Of all the dishes up there, I ate the onion omelette and soup the most. This weekend prefer to eat non-meat dishes. So most of the meat, my hubby and YiWen wallop.. YiWen ate 2 chicken wings (upper part) and 3-4 prawns. This gal simply loves meat and soup.. good! :)

U know what.. it is a very joyful moment to see your family members enjoying the dishes that you cook. All hard-work paid off.. :)

Weekends Lunch : 16th Oct 2010

Lately i love to eat cooked tomato. Those tomatoes from ABC soup or sweet sour sauce.. all i hentam.. and now I always keep 2-3 tomatoes in my fridge for my weekends cooking. :)

Last Saturday, running out of idea to cook.. hehehe.. if see image below.. then u know liao.. simple dishes only. :P

Saturday Meal: Yellow Bean with tomatoes, Goji Leaves Soup with Pork Ball and Egg, Fried fish with fragrant toppings

Don't know why my hubby said the fish is very nice and fresh. If you see it is not really nicely fried.. muahaha.. skin off here and there.. :P He walloped almost all of it. I only aimed at those tomatoes in the yellow bean and goji leaves soup. YiWen drank lots of soup and at lots of Goji leaves too.. maybe those leaves are soft .. easy to munch :)

YiWen "helping" me to pluck the long bean into shorter length. End up I have to tidy up her mess.. alamak!

Sunday Meal: Old Cucumber soup, Honey Stir-Fried Chicken Breast (Specially for YiWen), Steam Bean Curb with Fragrant Toppings, Stir-Fried Belacan and Dried Shrimps Long Bean

Dessert: Hasma with Red Dates and Gingko Sweet Soup

This is second time i boiled Hasma with Red Dates and Gingko Sweet Soup for my family. Previously I only put 4 grammes to boil.. and my hubby said too little.. some more, I shared it out with parent in law. Lagi la he said not enough. Btw, this soup is good for women, not men.. but he likes the texture so much.. hehehe.. This round, I put double.. 8grammes, and he said very nice! I think he ate 4-5 bowls.. YiWen had half bowl only. Though she loves it, but accordingly to wikipedia, children are not allow to take too much as it might speed up the development of fertility system. I guess i need to stock up more since my confinement period is near.. Will ask my CL to boil this for me.. :) Siok! All good food during confinement.. YUMMY!!

Saturday Lunch - 4/10/10

Since my 7th month into pregnancy, i'm required to go for checkup every 2 weeks. So it is absolutely a big rush for me on the Saturday if need to go for checkup. Got to wake a lot earlier to go to market, prepare all cooking ingredients, marinate meats etc so that once back from hospital, i can start cooking immediately. Of course when i have no time , then i can't prepare 3 dishes meal for my family.. so got to do 1 big pot meal lo.. like "Claypot Chicken Rice". Hehehe.. actually is "Rice Cooker Chicken Rice" coz i don't have claypot yet. Going to get one soon.. :)

Rice-Cooker Chicken Rice

Ingredient: Rice, Half Chicken, Mushrooms, Ginger Slices, Spring Onions

Seasoning: Lea and Perrins Sauce, Light Soya Sauce, Dark Soya Sauce, Pepper, Sesame Oil

Lotus Root+Groundnut+Sweet and Bitter Almonds Soup

Ingredients: Pork loin, Lotus root, Groundnuts, Sweet and Bitter Almonds, Red Dates, Wolfberries, Dried Octopus

Sunday Lunch - 5/10/10

YiWen actually dislike sour food. But to make her not so choosy on her food, i try to cook more with tomato sauce. Tomato sauce at least is not too sour.. it is more to sweetness. After she can accept it, i introduce her sour plum sauce.. hehe.. Suprisingly she can accept it! She ate a lot of the pork ribs.. things that she loves to eat, will require no adult-feeding..she will climb up to dining chair and grab those food she loves.. and she did it onto my sour-plum pork ribs.. hehehe.. glad she can accept it. :)

Belacan Stir-Fried Tapioca Leaves

Ingredients: Tapioca Leaves, Shallots (chopped), Garlic (chopped), Dried Shrimps (chopped), belacan powder (i use maggi)

Deep-Fried Pork Ribs with Sour Plum Sauce and Tomato

Ingredients: Pork Ribs (Deep Fried), Tomato

Marinate Pork Rib: Lea and Perrins Sauce, Light Soya Sauce, Pepper, Corn Flour (only when deep-fried)

Seasoning: Sour Plum (Maggi), Chicken Stock Powder (Maggi), Sugar

Yummy!! YiWen savouring the pork ribs while watching tv.. :)

Saturday Lunch - 9/10/10

Last Thursday, we went to DELICIOUS STEAMBOAT for dinner. It is all-you-can-eat buffet style restaurant. I saw my hubby took 1 packet of udon and had it all by himself. He must be liking it a lot. So, this weekends, I will make him Udon too... but not soupy type but stir-fried.

Stir-Fried Japanese Udon Noodles

Ingredients: 2-packets of Udon Noddles, Marinated Minced Pork, Fish Paste, Carrots, Garlic (chopped), spring onions

Marinate (minced meat): Light Soya Sauce, Pepper, Sesame Oil

Seasoning: Light Soya Sauce, Oyster Sauce, Dark Soya Sauce, Pepper, Water

Hub liked it! :) Yiwen not so interested. She prefer yee-mee.

Additional snack - Nam Yu (Red Fermented Bean Curb) Fried Chicken

Ingredient: Half Chicken

Marinate: Nam Yu, Light Soya Sauce, Pepper, Sugar

Use corn flour only when deep fried

Chili Sauce (I use McDonalds Chili Sauce - my favourite coz it is extra spicy than other chili sauce)

Actually there are a lot more of the NamYu Fried Chicken, but hub took few pieces and when Yiwen saw hub ate the chicken, she also snatched some from the dining table. Luckily i still managed to catch photo of it before they savoured all.. hehehe.. Frankly speaking, not all can accept the taste of NamYu, but luckily YiWen can accept it. Now i can happily use NamYu in my cooking. :)