Ashwen, yes I took a flight. On the plane was ok, departure/landing, baby was ok.. much to my surprise as I was struggling with the air pressure in my ear! Haha.. But after that was a big challenge. As need to feed every 3hrs, its very tedious. When on the airport transfer to hotel, I had to feed her on the journey. Oh man, its so mafan.. My friend was holding her, while I struggled to hold the bowl and cup and feed her cereal while the vehicle is moving! Whew.. then after that, we went shopping so its not too bad. At least, can stop and feed her milk etc. However, when we had our dinner at the street hawkers then a bit more mafan, cos there are vehicles moving around and its dirty, so ended up my hb and I took turn to carry her. And we all KO immediately back in hotel till 8+ the next day!
The next day, we went sightseeing like temple, butterfly park, the Peranakan Museum (little nyonya house!) Aiyo, can tell you its soo tiring.. The temple, we cant bring stroller and so many flight of stairs to climb. Then my girl sometimes want to walk the stairs herself, and its more tedious than I carry her up LOLz.. Also, need to find a place to feed her etc, cos the temple alone took us 2hrs! And not to mention diaper change time..
But she zzz when we are at the butterfly park and luckily that place allows stroller, so I can stroll the park leisurely finally.. but the peranakan museum we have to walk without the stroller and she's like roaming around the place, so I am either busy chasing after her or carrying her.
The last day, I was sick.. suddenly down with vomiting and diarrhea.. probably food poisoning? So didnt go anywhere, rest at hotel only.. Also, my girl develop fever due to the MMR jab one week ago. So hb busy taking care of both of us.. Poor him..
Overall, I think its a very tiring trip. Though I did enjoy having my girl there, but I feel that I cant really enjoy myself as much. Probably becos she is still small, so we need to attend to her. And wherever we go, we need to carry big bag small bag, containing diapers, extra clothes, cereal, milk, water etc.. So to certain places where stroller are not allowed, its kinda straining on us. We also need to standby a lot of stuff like medicine etc, so my friend was saying I look like I am on a Europe trip rather than Penang trip haha..
RE: Delivery
Mine was normal with epidural but it was long, took around 10 hrs. Gynae burst the water bag too early, so I need to stay in hospital for dilation =( But it was not painful cos with the epidural. hehe..
But my after pain was terrible. Took slightly more than 1 month to recover.