Week 1

接下来的好几天才是和宝宝互相了解的开始。我呢, 对做月不是很享受。尤其是第一个星期,我基本上没什么胃口。请來的陪月婆也问题多多。不支持喂母乳,还一直投诉宝宝爱哭,每天每餐都一样,不肯我吃水果和家婆准备的菜,
还不断叫我买爱康直销产品。我在第四天后就让她走了。真的是赔了夫人又折兵。不过还好宝宝很乖。基本上她都在睡觉,醒来就喝奶。我们白天打开窗口给他曬太阳,还好她的"黄(jaundice)"不是很高。从第四天的9点多,到第七天的五点多。感恩当时有老公表姐的母奶供应。而我在第七天后才有足够的母乳给宝宝(待续)

第二天

终于回到家了! 很不幸的我在手术时,因为医生的疏忽导致我的尿袋无辜被割伤。我在接下来的两个星期必须带着人工尿袋以便排尿。记得当时下床后的艰难走动,勉强的出院回家。回到家的第一晚,和昨日的心情些许不一样。陪月婆在另一个房间照顾宝宝。不知是否不习惯家里有陌生人,感觉宝宝在医院被护士照顾比较放心点。我还是没胃口,随便吃些晚餐就呼呼大睡。倒是半夜醒来看到老公醒着,原来宝宝在哭。感觉上这天过后我有一点产后忧郁症(待续)

第一天

从来没想过自己有一天可以成为母亲。还记得当时的生产剧痛,却在第一眼见到宝宝后眩间消失。记得那时老公第一眼在产房见到宝宝后出了一声,恰是开心又惊喜。而我很是冷静。我记得她好安静, 好小, 好红,她很努力的张开眼睛。她应该也是很奇怪她已经身处在不同的地方了。

离开产房后,当时不管自己开刀过后的疲累,就想抱着宝宝。看她爱睡微微张开她的小嘴吸母乳,我和她独有的"bonding"就这样开始了。回想当时我半夜醒来,费劲的去听是不是宝宝在婴儿房哭。然后一大早就要求护士宝宝抱來。当天我亲喂了宝宝大约一个小时。觉的她好轻好小好安静,她一粒声都没有。我们拍照时,她就盯着相机看和打哈欠。我们细心的看她到底像谁。记得当时我的婆婆就说宝宝有老公那边的特征,尖尖的下巴,眼袋,大眼睛。无论像谁,宝宝的确平安无事的来到这世界。我真的开心,虽然也有掺杂一些的不安(待续)。

Baby update 1

I just couldn't believe I am a mother now!

Is time to update my blog and record her development because she has grown so fast!

I remember she was so tiny when she was born, only 2.69kg.  She learned to latch on my breast on first day and she was so quiet the whole day. We went home on day 2, then day by day I see her changed differently. She slept a lot for first 3 weeks, woke up 1.30-2 hrs interval for feeding.

She poo every day until 1 month when I started breastfeeding her exclusively. She passed motion twice only in a week! Dr said it is completely normal for breastfed babies because they absorbed all the nutrients. 

She still crying like mad when we bath her. It is very rare if she quietly let us do the job. She can lift and turn her head strongly when she was 8 weeks. I started putting her to sleep on her tummy when she was 8 weeks and that ease my work because I usually didn't have to pat her to sleep.

She was extremely fussy on 5.5 week and I feed her on demand. She started sleep 3 hrs long stretch through night afterwards. I hope she can sleep up to 5 hrs at night very soon.

She can play herself and look around quietly especially when she is naked. Sge hates whrn we wash her mouth.

She likes to listen when we are talking and very sensitive with motion, she knew when we about to put her down to sleep and cries if the car stops moving.

She can stand firmly and hold her head upright when she hits 2 months. 

For once she spit out milk a lot, but now at 2 5 months old she can burp herself after feeding.

Her face start developed rashes when she was 7 weeks old, and we suspect it was due to saliva and heat rashes.

She still cluster feeding every night with at least 3 feedings before she fell asleep.

1 month 3.9kg
2 month 4.9kg

Reviewer

I am fortunate to be given opportunity to learn a new aspect of scientific critical review and writing, which could be added value for my life science career. Having said that I have been submitting manuscripts to a few journals, been rejected and accepted by some of them. Things I didn't expect to see were I was invited to review other submitted manuscripts by two of these journals. Circulation genetics is one of the top cardiology journals with a 3 years impact factor of 6, was the big shock for me when they invited me to be reviewer. I remember it was 2 years ago, and I seriously thought that was their mistake because of my paper rejection and my own qualification. Till then, I have helped to review two manuscripts of total 4 requests for them. Seriously I am glad of this kind of opportunity,  because I learnt a new study idea and realized how strong the overseas research team. It could help me to improve the research culture if I still in the basic science field.  I thought it would it would end my reviewing career after I quit and canceled my ex-institutions working email. Till last month, the invitation to review two new manuscripts by second journal really sparked up my passion in scientic writing. I decided to draft my sixth manuscript before I officially say goodbye to my "ex" team. This manuscript is not for my hunt to gain more publication title (seriously, I don't need to be first author) but to feed my interest to write. Unbelievable,  how all these have got me in love with scientific writing more and more.

期待

倒数一个星期! 期待第一次真正误人子弟。

一篇让我喷饭的文章

原来我们相信圣经的话就是迷信?亏他还称自己是基督徒。世界已不断在败坏,连同性恋也不是问题? Sigh!