【獅子也累了....】

繼續延續前幾篇的話題，Lionel Sanders也進入大休了，
他在IG上的PO文也提到了一句『Now it’s time for some off-time to let the body recuperate!』更驗證了這狂人也累了，也要跟Daniela Ryf一樣，進季休了

其實從他賽事影片前段，聽他說明就可知道，他騎車時明明跟Joe Skipper與Sam Long兩個單車頂尖的人幾乎同時出發，但卻沒打算跟他們拼，只打算專注在自己配速與補給上，這不是他的風格啊。

而即使單車整段功率298w （不確定AP or NP）是他自認一年來最好狀態，但最後一小時功率只剩230-240w，這樣的話表示他在三小時後就撞牆了，而且也能反推，他前面應該是配到310-320w，三小時後掉了快100w，是很誇張的衰退幅度。加上我粗估他FTP在400-420w間，你可想像他最後一小時只剩60%不到的能力，是蠻慘的狀態。

不過跑步還是不受影響，這個到底怎麼辦到啊？

總之，他講話的語調也很平靜，中段也提到不去比California了（我猜是IRONMAN 70.3 Oceanside），因為他自己認為已失去競爭意識（Competitive），還有要連賽當然沒問題，但這樣不好玩了（影片8:50處）。

聽到這真是心有慼慼焉，過度密集的出賽，其實是在燃燒對這份運動的熱情，始終帶著疲勞上陣，一直撐著，賽後的心理反而比身理狀態更加累人。

總之，今年的賽事大亂，真的很考驗選手的調整，但好在我沒這困擾，因為都沒比賽呢............（苦笑～）

𝘽𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙙, 𝙎𝙬𝙚𝙖𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙏𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙨 🩸💦💧

To express without baby’s latch is really challenging. But I’m grateful to those who shared their tips, videos, and one particular nurse (Fazilah) in NICU who is taking care of our lil sweetheart. I wanted to have the lactation nurse to watch (me) if I’m doing it right bcs I wasn’t been able to yield excellent volume according to baby’s needs. But bcs the PIC was off, Fazilah agreed to help. She shared with me the technique and what works for her and most importantly, it’s very relaxing and not painful at all. ❤️

Initially I thought I was going to miss this chance (to harvest the colostrum) since baby was not with me and I wasn’t performing up to expectation. When I asked for guidance from the lactation nurse in my ward, all I rmber was how hard she squeeze my nipples n I was alr on the verge of crying. 😭 She told me this is the way to do and that’s the pain level I need to meet. 😵‍💫😵🤯🤬🥵😡 So I just did exactly what she said and for the first few days of “stimulation exercise”, I was in so much pain n misery. 🙇🏻‍♀️ It was hell of a torture 🧨💣🔪💥🔥and it makes me wonder why do mothers have to go through such suffering when the body were still recovering from the horrific labor pain; mentally and physically 🤒
But really, thanks God for sending us Fazilah just when we need it the most ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🩹💓

Bae visits the hospital daily. Already very popular among the guards and NICU staff 😅 He was always there to bring me things I need (and don’t need eg: sinful snacks) to make sure I have a pleasant stay. 🥰 He’ll push me on wheelchair all the way from my ward to baby’s at NICU. And we’ll both spend our quality time with our lil sweetheart 👶🏻. And you’re right, I don’t rmber the pain anymore when I see her, but if u ask if I’m ready for No.2, I can firmly tell you, I AM NOT LAH 😅😂🤣

I was ideally, expecting for natural birth VAB so I don’t risk for any complications or them touching my existing scars but 𝙄𝙏 𝘿𝙄𝘿𝙉’𝙏 𝙃𝘼𝙋𝙋𝙀𝙉.. CSEC on my midline scar with 100% epidural 💢

I was ideally, expecting for 10cm dilation, so I practiced an active lifestyle throughout pregnancy with hiking, swimming and walking but 𝙄𝙏 𝘿𝙄𝘿𝙉’𝙏 𝙃𝘼𝙋𝙋𝙀𝙉.. I have to endure 6 hours of contraction pain and labor still did not happen, hence, emergency C - SEC 🆘

I was ideally, expecting ok maybe if it end up with CSEC, it’ll be a fast and smooth surgery like cancer days and just recuperate at home for 2 weeks and I’ll be back on my feet again but 𝙄𝙏 𝘿𝙄𝘿𝙉’𝙏 𝙃𝘼𝙋𝙋𝙀𝙉.. I end up have to be readmitted due to infection and inflammation on my incision with on/off fever and was constantly in severe pain despite being prescribed pain killer 💊

I was ideally, expecting baby will be home with me right after birth but 𝙄𝙏 𝘿𝙄𝘿𝙉’𝙏 𝙃𝘼𝙋𝙋𝙀𝙉.. little did I expect, she’ll be admitted to NICU for Congenital Pneumonia and Jaundice (this is well aware bcs both of us are O+) 🩸

Yes, as I’m writing this, I’m back in the hospital (again) but feeling much better; 𝒃𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓 not because of the 100 positive things that has happened. ⚠️ 𝘽𝙪𝙩 𝙗𝙘𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙊𝙉𝙀 𝙥𝙤𝙨𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙚𝙣 𝙙𝙚𝙨𝙥𝙞𝙩𝙚 99 𝙣𝙚𝙜𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙧𝙪𝙞𝙣 𝙞𝙩. ㊗️ This time, I’m referring to my colostrum harvesting! They’re all hand express 😜 I am not born strong but I choose to learn on how to be one. I know how tough pregnancy n motherhood journey can be but I choose to ride on it bcs that’s exactly what I wanted. 𝙄’𝙢 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙮 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙖 𝙛𝙖𝙢𝙞𝙡𝙮. 👨‍👩‍👦 It’s definitely tough, and sometimes one might feels like giving up but I’m thankful n grateful to have a very supportive n understanding husband and fam. It makes the journey less lonely and more encouraging ❤️

Now I understand why we need to 𝙘𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙗𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙈𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧’𝙨 𝘿𝙖𝙮 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙢𝙞𝙪𝙢 𝙗𝙪𝙧𝙜𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙧𝙤𝙩𝙞 𝙠𝙤𝙨𝙤𝙣𝙜 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙁𝙖𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧’𝙨 𝘿𝙖𝙮 😂😂😂

P/S: Baby and Mummy will continue to be admitted until further notice 🚸

#breastfeedingjourney #pregnancyjourney #jennslifeaftercancer #spreadlovecreatehope #babydiverinthemaking #cancersurvivor #ovariancancer #stage3

𝙈𝙪𝙢𝙢𝙮 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙜𝙤 𝙝𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙖𝙛𝙩𝙚𝙧 6𝘿5𝙉 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙮 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙝𝙤𝙨𝙥𝙞𝙩𝙖𝙡 💝 Yes, only Mummy is home because Baby have to stay in NICU for few more days 👶🏻

She’s down with 𝘾𝙤𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙖𝙡 𝙋𝙣𝙚𝙪𝙢𝙤𝙣𝙞𝙖 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙅𝙖𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙘𝙚. So she have to be on oxygen tube, antibiotic treatment and UV light. She was also on feeding tube, so direct latching is not possible yet [𝙈𝙪𝙢𝙢𝙮’𝙨 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙙𝙪𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙞𝙨 𝙖𝙡𝙨𝙤 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙮 𝙮𝙚𝙩 𝙪𝙣𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙪𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙡𝙮] 😮‍💨 But doc said above mentioned condition is common, told us not to worry so much while we leave our sweetheart to the expert ❤️ In the meantime, I’ll try my best to recuperate as much as I can as the csec was cut on my existing mid line scar. The pain and cramp have started to develop since last night 🥴 Yes, it’s a vertical cut↕️, not the usual horizontal cut 🥵

𝙏𝙤𝙙𝙖𝙮 𝙞𝙨 𝙝𝙚𝙧 3𝙧𝙙 𝙙𝙖𝙮 𝙞𝙣 𝙉𝙄𝘾𝙐, 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙨𝙡𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙡𝙮 𝙞𝙢𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙙. 😘 The doc have removed the oxygen tube because her breathing has finally stabilised. This morning she didn’t throw up on formula milk anymore. They’ll continue to monitor her closely, if everything is ok, tonight they’ll transfer her to normal ward. 💓

My csec was a successful surgery. 🙏🏻 Initial worries by the medical team was the 𝙍𝙞𝙨𝙠 𝙊𝙛 𝘼𝙙𝙝𝙚𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣:
✍🏻𝘈𝘯 𝘢𝘥𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘳 𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘣𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘵𝘸𝘰 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘫𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳. 𝘈𝘣𝘥𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘥𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴: 𝘈𝘣𝘥𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘥𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘰𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘺, 𝘰𝘤𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘶𝘱 𝘵𝘰 93% 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘰 𝘢𝘣𝘥𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘳 𝘱𝘦𝘭𝘷𝘪𝘤 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘺.

𝙄’𝙢 𝙨𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙠𝙛𝙪𝙡 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙤𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙛𝙪𝙡 𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙜𝙚𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙚𝙖𝙢 𝙞𝙣 𝙎𝙪𝙡𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙖𝙝 𝘽𝙖𝙝𝙞𝙮𝙖𝙝 𝙃𝙤𝙨𝙥𝙞𝙩𝙖𝙡 𝙙𝙪𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙢𝙮 𝙊𝙫𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙖𝙣 𝘾𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚𝙧 𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙜𝙚𝙧𝙮 𝙞𝙣 2015, 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙙𝙞𝙙 𝙖 𝙜𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩 𝙟𝙤𝙗! 🥰💪🏻 There were no complication found during my recent csec at HKL and they even complimented on my incision; it was perfectly done. It even healed beautifully. I’m just so grateful 💯🌈❤️ Thank you SBH Hospital Sultanah Bahiyah💋

In the meantime, I’ll continue to count all my little blessings and look forward to little sweetheart to be home for the first time 🧡 CAN’T WAIT! 🎈🎊🎉

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[#PREGNANCY JOURNEY] In about 3 weeks time, I am going to give birth and confinement is an important period for my body to recuperate and recover from childbirth.

What should we eat during confinement? How to cook sheng hua soup (生化汤)? Can we shower? Watch this video and let MADAM PARTUM's founder Yen Lim explain to you more.

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Confinement, a common practice in Asia, is a period of time for women to recuperate from childbirth. The confinement period focuses largely on food, with its diet intended on supporting the mother’s recovery and protecting both mother and child from falling ill.

This Red Glutinous Rice Wine Chicken Mee Sua recipe has sesame oil, ginger and rice wine, which are all rich in antioxidants and anti-inflammatory properties that support the wellbeing and recovery of mothers.

Didn’t give birth? It’s completely okay to have this! This recipe cooks a rich and comforting meal, perfect for a cold day or if you’re feeling a little under the weather.

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There are so many first's, and June was officially the first month at HOME, first month into motherhood and first time doing something I've never done in my life.

June was pretty much a month of taking everything slow and pretty much offline. I took the first few weeks to recuperate but my body felt strong and I was back at work after the second week. Nonetheless, I still tried to follow all the rules of "confinement" as best as I could. My confinement nanny was the best help I could have ever asked for.

I kinda dropped off social media for a bit so I wasn't posting as often and frequently as I wanted to embrace every minute of this new chapter in my life.

Baby Noah is the best thing that happened to James and I and we're so happy from the bottom most of our hearts.

I am excited for all that is to come and looking back on this month's vlog makes my heart so full.

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