You are cordially invited to an Exhibition of OE’s showroom @ Jalan Ampang KL
Its your chance to view OE’s jewellery designs accross its reach history of 100 years. The Vintage Collection features a glittering, visual record of the way fashion has evolved, from pre World-War 1, through the pop art period of the 60’s to extravagance of 1990s. Some of these pieces are specially flown in from our head office archives in Muenster, Germany and every piece tells a story.
Alongside these marsterpeces shell be a display of antiques and collectibles – all rare and precious from the private collections of heritage enthusiasts.
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A marriage is the union of two separate lives. A wedding is the celebration of a marriage, the customary merging of two families, the beginning of the rest of your lives together as man and wife. It is a huge milestone for anyone and everyone.
A marriage is the union of two separate lives. A wedding is the celebration of a marriage, the customary merging of two families, the beginning of the rest of your lives together as man and wife. It is a huge milestone for anyone and everyone.
Start your wedding plans at the Parkroyal Kuala Lumpur’s Bridal Fair, a fairyland of wonderful wedding ideas and advice. Have a chat with our wedding planner and find out how we can personalize your wedding just the way you envision it to be. We know and understand that no two couples are the same; therefore no two weddings should be either.
Learn more about Parkroyal Kuala Lumpur’s 2010 wedding packages and get inspired by a wide array of wedding essentials and options from favours and flowers to photography. Mock wedding set-ups and a fully-dressed ballroom will also be available for viewing during the Bridal Fair. Relive the magical moments when you fell in love with each other as you gear up for the most important event in your life.
A wedding is the first day of your marriage and this is where it begins!
Date : 21 & 22 November 2009
Time : 11:00 am – 7:00 pm
Venue : Level 2 Foyer
Health & Beauty: Lancôme, St. Gregory Spa, Serene Nails Studio
Gowns: Carven Ong Couture
Jewellery: Tomei Gold & Jewellery
Floral: Wishing Tree
Décor: Aspra Events
Beverage: Asiaeuro Wine & Spirits
Photography: Catchlight Photography
Here at Parkroyal Kuala Lumpur, we know how much your wedding or that special get together means to you and those close to you. We also understand you’re probably working within a budget and don’t want any unexpected expenses creeping in to spoil the fun.
Perks & Packages for 2010 Wedding Day Bookings include:
· Current year pricing for weddings held between 1 January 2010 until 31 December 2010
· Design your own Chinese, Malay or Indian set menu
· Complimentary 60-minute massage for two at St. Gregory Spa
· A special choice of a pearl necklace from Rafflesia Pearl Centre OR a perfect pair of his and hers 18K white gold diamond wedding bands from Tomei *
· A special choice of a raised dais (pelamin), a pearl necklace from Rafflesia Pearl Centre OR a perfect pair of his and hers 18K white gold diamond wedding bands from Tomei for Mutiara Kasih package
· Chinese Wedding packages from RM998++, Malay Wedding Packages from RM750++ & Indian Wedding Packages from RM750++
* Available for selected packages only
And if you’re a UOB cardmember, additional perks include:
· UOB Instalment Payment Plan (IPP) with 6 or 12 month tenure
· Complimentary pre-wedding reception canapés and refreshments for 100 persons (based on a minimum of 30 tables)
Other terms and conditions apply.
American midwife Vanessa and her husband Gilbert are expats in Kuala Lumpur. When it came time to have their second baby, they assembled their own labour and birth team to do the job at home!
I was snuggling my three-year-old son, Miles, when contractions started at 6.30am. It was still dark and at first I wasn’t even sure these were more than Braxton-Hicks contractions. Could this be it? As they intensified I realised this was in fact the beginning of labour so I snuggled closer to Miles and enjoyed what would be his last hours as my only child. I was both sad for this and thrilled to finally not be pregnant anymore — since I threw up for most of the nine months, I was ready for it to be over!
It was Sunday, March 1, 2009 — the day before my due date and the day after my midwife arrived in Malaysia — so the timing was excellent. My midwife had travelled from California so I knew she needed as much rest as possible — I let her sleep. She woke at 8.30am to find me in early labour. I was folding laundry to keep from focusing too much on the labour — my last labour was 25 hours, so I knew it could be many hours still.
We were planning a homebirth — and quite possibly a waterbirth if I wanted to stay in the pool — so my labour team (my husband and my midwife) started to get everything ready as I had requested. Candles were lit, clocks were covered or turned off, birth affirmation cards were stuck to the walls where I could see them, and the red raspberry leaf tea was brewing. The waterbirth pool we had was really just an extra deep inflatable kiddie-pool. It wouldn’t take long to fill, so we decided it was too early to start. As much as I wanted the relief that being in warm water would bring, I knew that if I got in too early it could slow down my labour. I needed to remain as mobile as possible until a good pattern of strong contractions was established. Much to my surprise this didn’t take long. My midwife had brought her two-year-old son with her from the US and the boys were playing loudly — so I knew it was time to send them to my downstairs neighbour’s condo unit where they could play. I was at the point in my labour where things were starting to get more intense — this was probably “active labour” — the point where the noise was beginning to upset me and my labour. So, we sent them down to play and I got down to business.
Awhile later (who knows how long — remember the clocks were hidden!) they got the pool set up. My contractions were getting to the point where breathing through them was very difficult — standing and curling the toes on my right foot seemed to be my favourite way to cope with the pain. I had had back labour with my first son, and this labour had brought the same — with my first labour it was so excruciating that I didn’t even feel the contractions in my lower abdomen. Luckily though it wasn’t as intense this time and I felt the contractions more in front than in my back — or perhaps I knew what to expect and was able to cope better, able to relax more.
During my whole labour I had been drinking tea and peeing regularly — but soon it started to get difficult and painful to pee and I asked my midwife to catheterise my bladder as I thought maybe it was getting too full — but in retrospect I think the baby’s head was blocking my urethra so that didn’t help at all. Since I was getting impatient waiting for the tub to fill up, I finally just hopped in when it was half full.
Oh the relief! When you are at the end of pregnancy and feel as heavy as an elephant, even rolling onto your side or trying to sit up takes great energy — so when I hit the water I realised very quickly that I was able to move around as if I weighed nothing, since the water is so supportive. I think I was in transition at this point and weathered the contractions pretty well considering we were nearing the end. I, of course, had no idea where I was in my labour (I hadn’t had any vaginal exams), but I know I was well into Labour-Land by that point and was focused inward. In between contractions I rested, took sips of water and tea, and then when I felt a contraction starting I would open my eyes, read whichever birth affirmation was in my line of sight, and focus on the words as I breathed and wiggled through the intensity of the contraction.
At some point during a contraction my waters broke with an audible pop and a gush of amniotic fluid. There was light meconium in the fluid, but not enough for any of us to worry. I definitely didn’t like the intense feeling of the bag breaking as it felt like it pushed really hard on my cervix. It probably helped me to dilate some more, but it did not feel good, did not feel like a relief of pressure, as some women say. I decided it was time to call my friend and downstairs neighbour, Dionne, to come take photos. This was extremely important to me as I didn’t want her to miss out on taking photos of the baby crowning and the birth itself. I think that being a midwife myself created this intense desire to be able to SEE it happening later when it was all over. (I watched through a mirror when my first son crowned, but didn’t retain the image as well as I would have if I hadn’t had the photos to look at later). She ended up being with us for the last hour and took amazing photos that I will always cherish. (If you are unsure you want photos taken, take them anyway — you can always burn or delete them later!)
All of a sudden I felt my body pushing. My baby wanted to come out, and I couldn’t wait to meet him. My midwife asked if I wanted her to check me to make sure I was completely dilated. I agreed (as this would be my first and only) and she quickly checked me as I lay in the water. She found that there was no cervix left, meaning I was 10cm dilated and ready to push when my body told me to. The first couple of pushes seemed to be completely out of my control, as if my baby and my uterus were working together, without my permission! They took my breath away, quite literally, as I yelled to my midwife, “I can’t breathe!!!” She reminded me that of course I could breathe just fine, and so I went back to work. Being a midwife, I had an urge to know how things were progressing, so I kept two fingers in my vagina from the moment I started to push. I wanted to feel his head and know that he was moving down with each push. By doing this I was able to hold his head as he crowned and try my best to support my labia, which was being stretched beyond imagination– the burning was unbelievable (this was the hardest part for me — good thing it only lasted seconds!).
Meanwhile my midwife was providing rectal pressure and my husband’s hands were also down there ready to catch his son. I felt that someone was poking me, and I yelled at both of them to “stop poking me!” They both said that they weren’t doing anything of the sort, and it turns out it was probably my baby’s hand, as we believe he was presenting not just head first, but head and hand first! Soon his head slid out into my hand and all I could think about was that it was almost over. As we waited for another contraction, Pascual’s head hung out in the water and his body rotated to face my husband. On the next contraction his body slid out into his papa’s waiting hands. Gilbert remembered to bring him up face down so Pascual wouldn’t get a mouthful of water on his way up.
He was placed on my belly where I immediately saw that he had a very tight cord around his neck. Poor guy’s head was pretty blue! I told Gilbert to push him back down a bit so I had enough slack to unloop the cord from his neck (it only went around once) and once I did, my midwife and I gently went to work rubbing his back and suctioning his nose and mouth to get him going. Little Dude was so full of mucus he needed a minute or so to cough it all up. We had oxygen at the ready, but my midwife did such an efficient job of suctioning him that he came around quickly and we didn’t use it. His colour returned to normal and his tone improved and we were left to snuggle and get a good look at each other. Most people feel the need to hear a good cry to know everything is alright, but babies can, in fact, be happy and healthy without having to scream their heads off. Pascual didn’t make a peep — this isn’t uncommon with waterbirths — he was so calm, quiet and alert, just looking at mama and his surroundings. In fact we didn’t even hear a cry until sometime in the night when I didn’t get the nipple into his mouth fast enough! He was gorgeous! I couldn’t believe he was in my arms already. I kept saying, “I can’t believe I just did that. I can’t believe what we just accomplished. I am completely amazed at my abilities and feel like I could do anything.”
Studies have shown that planned homebirths are as safe, if not safer, than hospital births for low-risk women, but we have built such a culture of fear surrounding childbirth that it doesn’t shock me one bit that so few women plan homebirths. When you are pregnant, people feel the need to share mainly the horror stories with you. I invite you to look outside the box and talk with people who have had unmedicated births (in hospitals, homes and free standing birth centres) with little to no intervention and you will quickly figure out that birth can be a peaceful and extremely gratifying experience. Many people now treat birth as a pathological, medical event — but it shouldn’t be approached this way every time, for every woman. I will be the first to admit that homebirth isn’t for everyone. There are women who need to be in the hospital for various reasons– women who are not candidates for homebirth. And although caesarean sections are performed much more often than the World Health Organisation recommends, they are still necessary to save mums and babies when a true emergency occurs. KL is not the ideal place to have a homebirth (traffic being the main problem, and a lack of midwives willing to attend births being another) and it took a LOT of planning and faith on my part to make this all come together for my son’s birth. I had faith in the process of birth, my body, my baby and in my birth team. Through the work of the Gentle Birthing Support Group as well as many other individuals, perhaps the climate around birth in KL will continue to change for the better in the years to come. Know that your body knows what it’s doing. Know that you and millions of women do this every year. Know that we have been doing this for centuries.
You’ve decided it’s time to start your family. But are you ready? By making a few lifestyle changes now, you can give your baby the best start possible. Read this list (or print it out) and find out if this is the right time for you. (For information on the tests and check-ups you’ll need, see our physical readiness checklist.)
Improve your diet
Now more than ever, proper nutrition is essential. Throw away every fad diet book you’ve ever bought, put aside old myths, and learn to eat real food. That means a balanced diet of at least three meals a day, including at least five portions of fruit or vegetables a day. Three of the most important nutrients for a healthy pregnancy are calcium, iron and folic acid. A good multi-vitamin tablet will ensure that you get enough of them, but be sure to drink plenty of milk and eat citrus fruits and juices, dark green leafy vegetables, nuts, whole grains, and fortified breads and cereals. For more information, see our articles on nutrition for a healthy mum-to-be and dad-to-be.
Women who are trying to conceive may also want to cut back on their caffeine consumption. Research linking a woman’s caffeine consumption with a lower chances of conception has been contradictory, but, in general, low levels of caffeine consumption are recommended. By contrast, dads-to-be should feel free to drink an extra cup: caffeine may help men by stimulating sperm motility.
Think about your weight
Being either underweight or overweight can affect your fertility and pose significant risks to your pregnancy. The best time to try to hit a healthy weight band is before trying to conceive so that you increase your chances both of conception and a healthy pregnancy.
If you’re overweight or obese, take it steady. Extreme weight loss from crash dieting can deplete your body’s nutritional stores, which isn’t a good way to start a pregnancy either. Nor is it a good idea to be on a diet while pregnant because you may limit your baby’s access to important nutrients. Instead begin before you start trying for a baby by choosing low-fat, high-fibre foods. The best route to success is to combine a balanced diet with an exercise programme, and aim to lose 1-2lbs / 0.45-0.91Kg a week, which is a safe rate of weight loss. In other words, don’t overdo it.
If you’re underweight, get some meat on those bones! Your risk of miscarriage is significantly higher if you conceive while underweight. While skinny women can and do have healthy babies, studies have shown that underweight mothers tend to have low-birthweight babies. Of course, gorging yourself on chocolate won’t give you the important vitamins and minerals you need. Try to get your extra calories from all four of the basic food groups.
Start taking vitamin supplements
While it’s no substitute for a healthy, balanced diet, taking an antenatal supplement (or an all-purpose multivitamin) ensures that you’re getting enough of several important vitamins and minerals. At the top of that list is folic acid which is a B vitamin that helps prevent neural tube defects in developing babies. Ask your GP or midwife to recommend a vitamin supplement for you.
Create (and follow!) an exercise plan
A good, balanced exercise programme provides three important benefits: stamina, strength, and flexibility. You’ll need all three to lift and carry a baby, run after a small child, and cope with the day-to-day stresses of motherhood. Plus, getting in shape at least three months before you conceive (ideally six to 12 months) may make it easier to maintain an active lifestyle during pregnancy and enjoy those nine months, not to mention helping you to get through labour. Strengthening your back muscles now, for example, can stave off low back pain later. And aerobic exercise can improve your mood and energy levels, not to mention help you to achieve a healthy pre-pregnancy weight. You’ll also be less vulnerable to the hormonal shifts that can make pregnant women angry and irritable and send family and friends running for cover.
Great exercises to help get into shape for pregnancy include running and jogging, walking, swimming, bicycling and aerobics. However, some of these activities are fairly strenuous and should not be undertaken for the first time while pregnant, so be sure to begin well before you start trying to conceive. Then you can continue your routine when you are pregnant.
Note: for all of the above activities, start slowly and don’t push yourself too hard. You should always consult your doctor before starting any new exercise programme.
Stop drinking, smoking, and taking drugs
It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to work out that smoking, taking drugs and drinking too much alcohol during pregnancy can harm your baby. Study after study has shown that all three of these bad habits are connected to miscarriage, low-birthweight babies, and premature birth. Smoking in pregnancy can increase your baby’s risk of cot death, and excessive drinking during pregnancy can seriously affect your baby’s development. Partying and pregnancy don’t mix.
Eliminate environmental dangers
Some jobs can be hazardous to you and your unborn children. If you stand all day, fly a lot, or are exposed to chemicals or radiation on a regular basis, you may need to consider making some changes before you conceive. Talk to your doctor about what your daily routine involves and see if you can come up with ways to avoid or eliminate hazards in your workplace. The Health and Safety Executive has some useful information on how you could work with your employer to make your work environment safer.
Stop using contraception
For some people, stopping contraception is as easy as shoving the condoms or diaphragm to the back of a drawer. But if you’ve been using the Pill, some doctors think you should wait a few months after you’ve stopped taking it before trying to get pregnant, because your cycle may need some time to return to normal. However, the usual advice is to start trying once you’ve had one normal period after stopping the pill.
If you do get pregnant while you’re still on the Pill, stop taking it immediately and talk to your doctor about it. In the past, when doses of hormones in the Pill were higher, there used to be worries that getting pregnant accidentally while taking it would be harmful to the embryo. But more recent research has found no evidence of an increased risk of abnormalities. (For some women, especially those who’ve been taking the Pill for a long time, it may take several months to a year for their menstrual cycle to get back on track.) If you’ve been using Depo-Provera, it may also take a while for the effect to wear off completely. The makers say it’s no more than 12 weeks, but critics claim this kind of contraception can make it difficult to conceive for as much as a year or two after using it. While you’re waiting, use a backup method, such as condoms.
For information on stopping other kinds of contraception, including Norplant and IUDs, see our chart.
Get your finances in order
You may never feel that you really have enough money to have a baby, but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t try to save up a little before you get pregnant. After all, many studies have shown that having a baby is expensive, and the expense can go on for 18 years.
Some other financial issues to consider: life insurance and (gulp!) a will. And although it may seem early, this isn’t a bad time to start thinking about saving for university.
Think your decision through
A child demands a lifetime commitment to provide love, nurturing, nourishment, shelter, education, attention, and so on. So before you decide to have a baby, it’s important that you and your partner look realistically at what you’re in for. This is, after all, a decision that will change your lives forever. Some of the key questions to consider are:
• Are you both equally committed to becoming parents?
• If you have religious differences, have you discussed how they will affect your child?
• Have you thought through how you’ll handle childcare responsibilities and balancing work and family?
• Are you prepared for the possibility that your child may have special needs?
• Are you ready to give up sleeping in on Sundays or line up a babysitter every single time you want to go out without your baby?
• Have you thought about how becoming parents may change you, and your relationships with those closest to you?
Having a baby won’t just have a small impact on your life; it’s going to shift the entire centre of your universe. For some, this is the most natural thing in the world but for others it can be a real shock. Think about how you’ll feel, how you usually cope with change in your life, and how you can prepare yourselves for the highs (and lows) of family life.
What you eat, and how much you eat, can affect your ability to conceive a child - both positively and negatively. Here are some of the most important food-related ways you can boost your chances of getting pregnant and having a healthy baby.
Improve your diet three months to a year before you conceive
For both men and women, foods and fertility are linked. If you both stick to a balanced diet, you can boost your chances of conceiving and of having a healthy baby. Read on for specific advice for you. Your husband can also find out more about nutrition tips for a healthy dad-to-be.
Reach your ideal body weight
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You may choose to shed some weight (or gain a little if you’re underweight) while you’re attempting to get pregnant. It’s a good idea to be as close as possible to your recommended weight when trying for a baby as being overweight or underweight can reduce your chances of conceiving. But consult your family doctor before you embark on any diet or exercise plan.
If you are overweight, a sensible eating plan could include lower fat and higher fibre foods, but don’t forget to exercise. You are more likely to get pregnant if you join a group which includes exercise and advice on your diet than seeking advice on diet alone. Extreme weight loss from crash dieting can deplete your body’s nutritional stores, which isn’t a good way to start a pregnancy. (Read more about how your weight affects your fertility.)
Follow a healthy eating plan
Healthy eating means eating a balanced diet and avoiding foods high in fat and sugar, such as cakes and biscuits. The UK Food Standards Agency recommends eating a variety of foods while trying to conceive, including:
• Fruit and vegetables - these can be fresh, frozen, tinned, dried or a glass of juice. Aim for at least five portions a day.
• Carbohydrate foods such as rice, noodles (mee, meehoon, kueh teow, pan mee), breads, thosai, idli, chapatti, pasta, potatoes, keladi and keledek.
• Protein such as lean meat and chicken, fish, eggs and pulses (beans and lentils). Vegetarian protein sources include tofu, fu chok, beans, legumes, seeds and vegetarian soya protein (mock meat).
• Fish, at least twice a week, including some oily fish - but don’t have more than two portions of oily fish a week. This includes fresh tuna (not canned tuna, which does not count as oily fish), mackerel, sardines and trout, cod and seabass.
• Dairy foods such as milk, cheese and yoghurt, which contain calcium.
• Iron rich foods, such as red meat, pulses, dried fruit, bread, green vegetables and fortified breakfast cereals, to build up your resources of iron in preparation for pregnancy.
It helps your body to absorb iron if you have some food or drink containing vitamin C, such as fruit or vegetables, or a glass of fruit juice with any iron-rich meals. Avoid drinking caffeine drinks (coffee, tea, Colas) after having an iron rich food source. Wait at least two hours after your meal to have your caffeine-containing beverage; this will allow your body to absorb the iron first.
Take a vitamin supplement
While you can meet almost all your nutritional needs through a balanced diet, some experts believe that even the healthiest eaters could do with some extra help. “My doctor suggested I take a supplement while trying to conceive and I reckoned it couldn’t do any harm,” says Margaret. “I don’t always have time to plan meals and I sometimes eat on the run. This way, I’m making sure I get everything my body needs.”
Remember that a supplement is a safeguard, not a substitute for a sound diet. And since over-the-counter supplements may contain large doses of vitamins and minerals that could be harmful to a developing baby, it’s sensible to switch to a pill formulated for pregnant women even before you conceive. Or choose a supplement that contains about 100 per cent of the RDA (recommended daily allowance) so that it does not contain mega doses of vitamins or minerals. Talk with your doctor about the right antenatal supplement for you.
Get lots of folic acid
Everyone could do with more folic acid, not just women - this B vitamin has been linked to a lower incidence of heart attacks, strokes, cancer and diabetes. It also reduces a baby’s risk of neural tube birth defects such as spina bifida (a serious congenital condition, which occurs when the tube around the central nervous system fails to close completely).
Women who are trying to conceive (or who might become pregnant) should take a supplement of 0.4 milligrams (mg) daily - also written as 400 micrograms (mcg). You should take this from the time you stop using contraception until the 12th week of pregnancy. Make sure that the supplement you use does not contain vitamin A or fish liver oil (see below, “What else to avoid”).
It is recommended that any woman who has had a child with a neural tube defect should take a much higher dose - 5 milligrams (mg) a day. If you or your husband or an immediate relative has a neural tube defect you should also take 5 milligrams (mg) of folic acid a day. This higher dose is also recommended if you are taking anti-epileptic drugs, have coeliac disease (gluten intolerance) or sickle cell disease.
In addition, it’s wise to eat folate-rich foods such as dark green leafy vegetables (such as spinach or kale), citrus fruits, nuts, whole grains, brown rice, fortified breads and cereals.
Cut back now on alcohol
If your drinking habits leave something to be desired, you’ll have to make some adjustments. Here’s some solid advice: cut out or only occasionally drink alcohol. The current advice is to drink no more than one or two units of alcohol once or twice per week. A unit is half a pint of standard strength beer, lager or cider, or a pub measure of spirit. A glass of wine is about two units. The main risk here is to a developing fetus, which can be harmed by heavy or binge drinking. (It’s recommended that pregnant women totally cut out alcoholic drinks.)
If you have stopped using contraception, there is a chance that you could already be pregnant - it’s better to be safe than sorry and avoid worrying later about how much you drank early in pregnancy.
Think ahead about caffeine
There is no consistent evidence to link caffeinated beverages (tea, coffee and colas) to fertility problems. However, the UK Food Standard Agency advises that pregnant women should limit their intake of caffeine - having more than 200 mg of caffeine per day has been linked to miscarriage and low birth weight. As part of your preparation for pregnancy you could start to wean yourself from caffeine in chocolate, cocoa, fizzy drinks and coffee so that you are used to a lower intake before you become pregnant.
To check how much you are consuming now - 200 mg of caffeine is roughly equivalent to:
• 2 mugs of instant coffee (100mg each)
• 2 cups of brewed coffee (100mg each)
• 4 cups of tea (50mg each)
• 5 cans of cola (up to 40mg each)
• 4 (50g) bars of plain chocolate (up to 50mg each). Caffeine in milk chocolate is about half that of plain chocolate
What else to avoid
The UK Food Standards Agency recommends that women who are trying to conceive should also avoid the following:
• Too much vitamin A. This means you should avoid eating liver and liver products such as pâté and avoid taking supplements containing vitamin A or fish liver oil. You need some vitamin A, but if you have too much during pregnancy, this could harm your baby.
• Fish containing mercury, such as, shark, swordfish and marlin. Also, don’t eat more than two tuna steaks a week (weighing about 140g cooked or 170g raw) or four medium-size cans of tuna a week (with a drained weight of about 140g per can). High levels of mercury can harm an unborn baby’s developing nervous system.
Your doctor can give you more information on the dos and don’ts when trying to conceive - it’s a good opportunity to make sure you are in tip top physical condition for pregnancy too.
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He was placed on my belly where I immediately saw that he had a very tight cord around his neck. Poor guy’s head was pretty blue! I told Gilbert to push him back down a bit so I had enough slack to unloop the cord from his neck (it only went around once) and once I did, my midwife and I gently went to work rubbing his back and suctioning his nose and mouth to get him going. Little Dude was so full of mucus he needed a minute or so to cough it all up. We had oxygen at the ready, but my midwife did such an efficient job of suctioning him that he came around quickly and we didn’t use it. His colour returned to normal and his tone improved and we were left to snuggle and get a good look at each other. Most people feel the need to hear a good cry to know everything is alright, but babies can, in fact, be happy and healthy without having to scream their heads off. Pascual didn’t make a peep — this isn’t uncommon with waterbirths — he was so calm, quiet and alert, just looking at mama and his surroundings. In fact we didn’t even hear a cry until sometime in the night when I didn’t get the nipple into his mouth fast enough! He was gorgeous! I couldn’t believe he was in my arms already. I kept saying, “I can’t believe I just did that. I can’t believe what we just accomplished. I am completely amazed at my abilities and feel like I could do anything.”