New Addition - another baby girl

Praise the Lord. We have been once again blessed with another beautiful daughter. My wife safely delivered our second baby at 11.16am of 12th October 2008. We want to praise God in spite of the painful labor. I almost lost my wife during the delivery process. We were told by the doctor that the baby can be delivered normal. So, my wife and I were prepared for the delivery process as we have a little experience delivering our first child, Sophia. So, here is where the misery started………………Jessie had 8cm dilation and the nurse called the doctor to come over to deliver the baby. The doctor came and by then it has dilated to 9cm. So, Jessie was taught how to push the baby out. Everything was ok….when the big contractions came…she started pushing hard (I was right next to her supporting her). It went on and on for almost 90 minutes. The doctor kept on telling us “keep on pushing, the baby is almost here….don’t stop, keep on pushing....push and push”. Jessie tried her very best for almost 90 minutes and gave up. She was over exhausted and started fighting for her breath. She was struggling to breath….the pain was too intense furthermore all her energy was drained out by efforts to push out the baby. The doctor was trying to vacuum the baby out…but he couldn’t. Finally I told the doctor not to push my beloved wife any further. Jessie was too weak…..she was full of tears and told me “I cant, I really can’t….” She tried her very best indeed, but she just couldn’t push out the baby. So, the doctor was not left with any choice but to rush her for an emergency caesarean operation. I really panicked then. I started praying for the survival of my wife and my baby. When they rushed her into the operation theater, I just sat down wondering what is going to happen to the both of them and broke down in tears. I was all alone. It was Sunday morning. All our loved ones were in church. The Lord was my only companion then. At about 11.30am, I saw a nurse carrying out a beautiful baby girl from the OT……she sighed at me and said “this is your baby and the mom is fine…..she is sleeping”. I started praising God for His goodness and mercy shown upon his servant.
I want to magnify God’s name for the baby and the safe delivery. At the moment my wife is still warded at the Perak Community Specialist Hospital (formerly known as Ipoh Chinese Maternity Hospital).

A special thanks to Dr. Anand and his team for their dedication and expertise in saving the lives of both the mother and the baby in such an emergency state.

Please pray with us for Jessie’s quick recovery. Poor girl…… went through both normal delivery process and an operation. She needs special grace to recover from all the wounds and aches. Also pray for Sophia who misses her mom a lot. She was crying in her sleep asking for her mom. My daughter Sophia (2 years old) is very attached to my wife…so…in her absence…..i really ‘have to suffer’….explaining to her and comforting her especially at nights. In fact, I was distracted from blogging this entry several times as she gets up and cries looking for her mom. Man…man….its tough…in fact very tough to be a single father even for a day.