Hanbaobao

5th month ++

2009-12-07T18:59:00.002+08:00

I been missign from blogging as im too held up w Edna.. and of cos myself haaa..
Past 2 mth she had antoehr 6 in 1 jab.. 1 more block nose episode which was HELLISH fo rme since the papa isnt ard when she fell sick..

Past 2 mth she learnt to flip.. learn to "wormed" ard the cot... she learnt to flip fr tummy to back.. then later on back to tummy... Early in the morning she will go 'singing' to herself in the cot when she discovered she could 'sing'.. fr sing to scream aft a long while if I do not attend to her (im sleeping heheh)

After a few days she seem to know I wun b bothered LOL.. and thus she stop singing.. jus concentrate on playing herself till I feed her.

Until last week.. she had 5 feed a day. 5am was her 1st feed which was impressive as usualy she wakes up 4 hour sharp at nite. Oh yes i try to giv her more milk.. she usualy drinks 120ml per feed of 4 hourly..
1 fine day i gave her 200ml.. she happily finished it. and that fateful day it happened to be I gave away my stash of frozen EBM! Panicky!! So worried she wun hav enuff milk since I can onli giv her 150 max per pump... feenugreek and MLMMP tablets din work.. instead supply drop.. aft a few days of stopping these supplement and eat birdnest daily. supply back to normal.. phew....
and 2 weeks plus later aft she drink 200ml daily.. my lil fella here slept thru! for 4 days she hard her milk between 9-10 pm.. go to sleep... wakes up make a bit of noise early int he morning and bkto sleep w/o any assistance! 4th day she cant b bother to maek noise anymore! She gets her milk ard 8.30 to 9.30 am every morning..Effectively she hav 4 feeds a day! And to make up for the amount of milk she needs. 1st and last feed I giv her 240ml while day time feed she gets 200ml. that makes approximately 900ml a day w 4 feeds!

I would say I am proud of myself w Edna's training. Thou the sleeping thru came a bit later than I expect(i targeted 3 mths)... but I reminded myself Edna is a fussy bb... For a fussy baby who can sleep and nap on her own since birth.. and then sleeping thru now... flip n 'crawl' pretty fast...what more can I ask for?

Excet for this am.. suddenly she cry for v long while at 6 am asking for milk. Nt sure if she is realy hungry or any discomfort prob due to teething. so I waited 15 mins for her to cry.. and fed her... Then later on in the day it occurs to me she wasnt hungry this am.. suspected some discomfort in her gums as she did not drink well for the nxt 2 feed. she onli had 120 ml of milk for 2 feed. which is like 60% of her usual intake.. worrying... she prob tot she need to go on diet? since she is due for check up cum jab on weds.

LAst check up she was 5.6kg at near 62 cm. wonder hw heavy is she now... I must admit ever since she had 200ml per feed.. i can feel her bones grown bigger and heavier... putting her into baby bjorn carrier is stressful to my back too!

past 2 days I also let her try on some plain water. 30 ml each time. she gave a weird look. but nonetheless she drank up everythg. I started on plain water since I am not gg to start her on cereal this month. she is 5 mth 2 weeks for now. but for health sake n allergy reasons I decded that she is onli getting her cereal aft 6 mth.. and since dec is a busy month for me.. I decided on 1st january for her to take cereal.

Hunting down a few brands of cereal for her. Organix fr vitakid, healthy times organic brown rice cereal... and Heinz (cant find it for now as its out of stock). Will giv her the above mentioned cereal just inc ase if any brands goes OOS, then there willl be other brands available.
Despite I do not want to giv her bottled food.. I guess I might jus do it once or twice for the sake of letting her try in the event if we travel and no freshly cook food available for her. Good to try now since I will know if she will get allergic to the bottle food anot. Not funny if she get allergy during our trip!
Looking at avoacado as well as potato for her 1st puree toos! Wun giv her carrot n banana as yet as they r sweet. which might put her off to eating yucky veggies. and banana give quite a bit of phlegm .

And talking bout trip.. little Edna got her passport done! we r gg on a trip nxt week! YAY!! Her first flight... lucky girl!!!

I shall post some potos soon.. After her 3rd jab i promise!

In the 3rd Month

2009-09-21T13:57:00.003+08:00

In Edna's 3rd month... she is changing loads! so much so that she is driving me crazy...
bottle rejection... milk strike.... wakeup in the middle of nite for NO REASON.. all these which people said coudl be due to teething.. ehh she is onli 2 mth plus.. I dun need her to grow teeth so early... hahaaa

She start to 'talk' to us at the beginning of her 3rd month... If she is int he good mood int he morning she will talk to herself (or her toys) in her cot for quite a long while before she start crying for me to wake up...
If she is in a bad mood.. ta dah.. she start crying imemdiately!

Lately she even knw hw to scream! In excitement?? hmmm...

Her neck been rather strong since birth.. at 1 month plus she could support her own head for quite a while. And so now.. she def can support it longer! Friends were quite shock she could do it... haa..wait till u see hw she flip from her tummy to her back which she did it since 2 weeks old (occassionaly)

I so love her hair hehe...

Full of expression when she is in gd mood

Cheeky!

And oh yes... did I say she master the art of thumb sucking? initialy her hands was shakin all over her facve.. now.. she pop her thumbs into her mouth easily! and ehh she even suck it to sleep! Mummy me got worried bout callus.. and as per Auntie Robyn suggestion. I gave in to pacifier.. But alas.. this girl dun like pacifier! grrr.... she spit it out thou we help to push into ehr mouth.. haiz... we tot prob she is off mitten early.. so she master the art of suck thumb faster!

and hur hurhur.. she can suck her thumb tactically w/o u seeing...

Look

Looks like she is covering her mouth rite?actualy she is happily sucking!

Another Happy face....

Weds she is gg for her 6 in 1 2nd dose.. keeping finger cross she is ok after that...

she finaly bk to her routine of eat play sleep... I dun wan more changes... keep the teeth in.... hehehee.. Hope she will sleep thru the nite soon too

Tui Na

2009-08-19T23:30:00.001+08:00

Edna crying been killing me... thou I am always ear plug mode... but well.. its just that i dunw an to get bothered by her crying... not that I do not bother.. still I wan to curb her crying..
The rid wind Dr Tan gave dun realy help and so she gave me another medicine call 'acolic' instead.. well well it doesnt realy help much and it does have side ffect like puking.. after taking a few times.. it doesnt realy seem to work... I finaly decided that she should try out other method .... TCM Tui Na.. its liek massaging but more on the acupoints...
I brought her to Yu Guo after some recommendation and reviews by various friends and serene.
Sinseh said she had a super bloated tummy... (ahh so her fat tummy is not cos she got fat but its bloated!!).. alot of wind inside!
Also she mentioned this little fella is afraid of heat.. cos of her heat rash on her face... Advised mi nt to gie her formular as well sicne I been supplementing her w 1 feed at nite for sake of not wasting the formular =(
she said breast milk is best! and so I chuck that tin of formula away!

The whole tui na proces sis that the sinseh will 'prescribe' what is to be massage on.. the acupoints to be precise.. then the tui na lady assigned will do it accordingly as prescribed
and also herbs are given.. in small sachets.. to be wrap ard the tummy... OSMOSIS???

Edna dun realy like the massage at 1st... at the rate of $20 per tui na.. herbs are charged seperately.. we were told to bring her back everyday for it.. aft going for 5 days ... I was shacked out... but I still continue to do so.. cos... I could see she begin to get used to it.. and she seems better too!!!!

its quite amazing how touchin a certain part of her left hand.. cound do the job... and oh yes.. she farted more than usual too!

Hope she recover soon.... at least make the money spent worth it!

6 in 1 Jab

2009-08-11T19:00:00.000+08:00

Its week 6 and 2 days, time for the nxt jab... we opted for 6 in 1 jab to spare Edna from the extra pain fr the jab. So the idea of having her jab at poly clinic is passed. Initilay tot of gg to KKh for it.. but since its pretty far fr the MRT and I dun hav access to the car easily... I choose the option of gg to the PD near our home.

Dr Tan fr Kidz Clinic was rec by Judy whose son goes to her too. She is a fast speaker LOL... I almost couldnt catchup w her speed despite I speak very fast too LOL

She gave us an appt for the jab while Edna is in her 6th week.

Weighing 4.4kg... Edna is 1kg heavier fr birth.. I wouldnt think thats a big increment since most of myf riends bb gain much more weight ina mth than Edna in 6 week. But each baby is different... hard to compare.. esp each parenting method is different too which actualy contributes to hw a baby feed, and sleep. And Edna is not a demand feed baby. More on a scheduled feed except at nite. And thus perhaps it contribute to the not so much weight increment. .But since Dr Tan said she is growing well.. there is no call for concern.

Measuring at 56cm... she is on a tall side as I was told.. Actualy I cant believe she is onli 56 cm.. since she seems much longer than birth...hehe

She have got some eczema on the face since she always like to b on her tummy. The heat between her face n the mattress is causing her those ugly rashes.. days where she is out w no tummy time.. her face is smooth like tofu...

Her good skin day...

Being only in her 7th week or less.. I would think this lil fella is quite a "mature" girl.. ...

For she already have tears since day 3 of birth while doctor said tear ducts r usualy matured onli ard 3 mth or later.
and also she drools alot before she was 1 mth old.. NO new born drool I was told.. I voice my concern bout this to Dr Tan and she said usualy bb dun drool so early.. Again.. it could be due to her early maturing of the saliva gland... she loves to suck her fist!!! and thats also before she turn 1 mth.. tskkk

Bot forgetting she can lift up her head really high .. super neckpower!!!
and she can wriggle all over the bed..inching herself forward..rubbing herself against the side of the cot.. and she nudge me off the bed literally!!!

Hope she grow up soon thou.. her crying is crazy haaaa
here she goes wailing while I blog... grr...

A pic of her on her 1st swim at Hwa Xia

The 1st month...

2009-07-26T22:40:00.001+08:00

Some pic of the little princess in her 1st month...

I like it whenn we swaddle her up like this...

She looks like those russian doll we bought *giggle*

Her 1st bath back home... by papa dearest...

She looked very much like Papa when born.. but she is slowly chagning.. and it seems liek she look vry much like me now...

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Hee...

Tot prob I shall scan my childhood poto n compare w these...

For the 1 mth... Edna been crnaky many times.. in fact the 1st 2 weeks.. she barely sleep int eh day time.. she cried from 9am to 6pm... super stressful... since we duno what exactly she wants.. I rem the 1st week she cried till 4am in the morning.. and both dear and me were just staring at her wondering what shld be done.. she seemed to resist us carrying her.. which is realy weird.. i tot babies like to b cuddled??

We try giving her gripe water.. but that did not realy solve her crying problem during the day time...

eventualy we brought her to the PD who actualy suspect she might b colicky.. th which I ever tot of but prob impossible cos I tot colic usualy happen for 4 hours and usualy also at nite? anyway we were given the colic drops ' ridwind' and it kind of help a little.. at least.. she managed to have short nap in between feed thou crying still persist a little..

Im quite a strict mummy

since we came home.. I been trying to establish a routine for her.. I hardly give in to anythg less than3 hour feeding. I guess I miss her spurt growth drung the 3rd week cos of that.. hope it dun affect Edna very much... since spurt growth might prob need a lil more milk for that few days..

ANyway at the end of 2nd week when we brought her to PD for the colic prob.. she weigh about 3.6kg.. a weight which pd say is quite ok since she is on TBF.. she mentioned tbf babies usualy gain weight slower...

and mummy me haven got much milk..

We supplemented her with "similac" during the 1st week via cup/spoon feeding since I was worried bout her jaundice and all I want was to get rid of the yellow-ness in her asap.. thankfuly her jaundice did not escalate aft the 5th day of birth... thou the visit to polyclinic to do blood test was unavoidable... aft 2 weeks all was cleared... YIPEE! By week 2 she was on TBF.

I managed to established a routine for her as I mentioned earlier... she managed to sleep thru the nite aft mid nite feed. thou occassionaly she wakes up less than 5 hours aft sleeping.. which makes mi wonder if any activity during the day had caused her to wake up? over stimulation? that remains to be observed.

I must say the routine is SUPER impt to a baby and the care giver.. more predicatable at least.. esp for me who have to stay home alone w baby since week 3 after dear went bk to work and on some days he is away and not home at all.

Right now.. our day starts ard 9am.. Here is how our typical dayis like

9am: 1st feed and I pump out any excess since the nite been quite long since the previous 12 midnite pump/feed. Then I will rush out to soak the bottles, pump n etc, make myself a cup of warm drink, eat all my supplement as well as chikcen essence while she wail on bed =p

9.45am: bath time

After which she will be bk to her bed to nap.. she usualy will doze off very fast(ehh 20 mins of struggle?) during this nap (took us 4 week to get into this particular nap routine)

11.30am: usualy by now she will have woken up... sometimes of she is too tired she wills till be sleeping.. I prep for her feed that is supposed to b at 12 noon

12 noon: feeding time.. sometiems i pump out and feed sometimes I latch...

Latching takes about 30 to 40 mins...

and nappy changing.

play ard w her aft this thou she barely like to play w us.. she is sooo boring... I usualy put her on bouncer aft this feed.. cos I will be having my lunch. so while I bounce her w my feet.. I get to eat.. sometimes i just let her cry in the bouncer.. Im quite shut off to cries =p

after i fin lunch I will pop her bk to bed.. she struggle on..and fall asleep... no patting! it doesnt work on her anyway =)

3pm: feed time, diaper changing time.

Attempt to play with her a bit more... thou usualy she make noise n then struggle to sleep again w/o my sassistance...

6pm: feeding time

Usualy by this feed she is more tired.. and will b in semi sleep mode...

I will change her diaper.. put on socks and long pants for her to go to sleep. This sleep.. she struggle less cry less... but might take about 45 mins or so for her to go to sleep.. but at least lesser cries...

My day with her ends here actualy... cos is her bed time by 7pm... and I get to eat my dinner.. do my stuff n etc.

9pm: wakes her up.. dream feed her.. if she is very awake i will change her diaper.. else I will leave her as it is.. she will go bk to lala land immediately after this feed... usualy I give her bottle feed as it is faster and I can get papa to feed her... bonding time mah... (dream bonding that is!) and of cos I need to pump milk too...

After all these... its ME time again!

of cos I got stuff like washing of bottles n sterlising to do..

I wait till 12midnite.. pump and bottle feed her and she continue to sleep w/o fuss... I LOVE evening n nite!

and I go to bed...

Usualy she does not wake up for milk until about 4am or later.. the latest will be 6am where I will latch her on to dream feed her while bothof us continue to sleep till the nxt feed at 9 =)

In btw she will stir a little.. I guess she had more than enuff sleep for the nite =)

I noticed the moment the sun goes down.. she will go to sleep mode..prob cos its dark? and the moment when the sun comes out.. she will start moving more... I hope she realy understand the difference of day n night. In the tummy I will tell her when is day n nite everyday w/o fail... I hope that works =)

while she is strictly on routine.. she is still a cry baby.. I wonder when willt he cryign stop and smiling starts.. she is def not a smiley baby for a start.. sigh...

Full Month

2009-07-25T20:28:00.003+08:00

Its finaly the day for the party...
As what some friends said.. e party is meant for daddy mummy and not baby haaaa

Got this cutie serviettes for the party....

DIY red egg the day before.. sprinkled with gold lustre dust =)

Full Month cakes for some friends and colleagues

Our family portrait

With the Maternal grandparents

Host of the day... Missy Edna Faith Han

We catered our party food from Mum's Kitchen.. we r their regulars =)

Very Nice set up.. 2 buffet line for 70 guests.
Pan Seared Dory Fillet with Caper Butter

Oven-Baked Chicken with Apple Thyme

Sauteed Cauliflower & Broccoli with Crabmeat

Crown Seafood Dipper

Thai Fried Rice with Sultana

Vietnamese Spring Roll

New York Potato Salad

Mango Pudding

And... whats a party without cakes?

Edna is a lucky girl she got both cupcakes n cake!!!

Courtesy of Aunty Linda and Aunty KH

Cupcakes by aunty KH... she made near 50 pieces!!! OMG..

And a cake by Aunty Llinda.. took her some 2 weeks to do it!

Oh ya the 3rd cake.. A diaper cake!!!

With God ma and God pa and lil AA Jnr somewhere...
Missy Edna having her milk..drinking with contentment

Milk supply

2009-07-21T21:51:00.002+08:00

Tonite.. I managed to pump out a record of 110ml of milk ... oh well thats my record so far...
from the initial 15 to 20 ml.. to 30.. then 50... which was stagnant for very long.. then 65ml.... and suddenly I got 110ml today.. guess its pure luck? haaaaa keep finger cross for the rest of the week since daddy is gg to b away from home for a week!

I am starting to take 4 fenugreek pill a day instead of 2 as I read that we can take up to 9 pills a day.... wish mi LUCK

Random pics of the little Princess

2009-07-18T20:03:00.002+08:00

See hw much she have changed...

she look so like me now... esp the eye n nose...

Happy feet

Naming our Precious

2009-07-07T20:09:00.002+08:00

We have long decided on HBB english name. We want to name her Edna Faith. Edna is a combination of Big mac n my name... while Faith is given by Daddy dearest big mac....
Then comes the chinese name.. since we are giving her 2 english name... and so we wanted to give her a single character chinese name.. else she will prob scold us for making ehr write such LONG name in school n during any registration nxt time haaa...

During pregnancy... I was of the word 宇 amongst many other character... I wasnt sure if its good enuff... asked Big mac to give some suggestion he seemed to give me the same character asa well... ahh so limited meh? few thousand chinese character leh... and we can give same name?? Undeterred... I told big mac.. we shld consult the shifu for the name since a name is REALLY impt for a person to make it BIG in life...
After much hunting of various master for naming HBB... we decided on the one that gave Xavier his chinese name...

Guess what? I got the BIGGEST SHOCK out of my dear life when the shifu came to give us his list of names.. ... its the same character! 宇... oh my... of cos he gave other names too but he said this is the BEST one for her... needless to say... I did nto even consider other names given... Our lil one shall be named 韩宇... 韩 is the surname while 宇 meaning universe... May our precious one dominate the universe! haaaa
of cos there was some in depth details of hw the name comes about but its more on the astrology kind of meaning... I shall skip that....

Meanwhile... we can finaly do our lil Edna Faith's birth cert.. and daddy dearest was very proud of Edna's birth cert number haaa... cos is a super nice number.... everythg seem too wonderful for the lil one =)

Colostrum

2009-07-04T21:08:00.000+08:00

On day 4 upon delivery... my colostrum is finally enuff to 'show'....
Since home coming... I use my PIS to pump every 3 hours.. using a tsp to scrap n feed HBB w it... its liquid gold afterall!

Here's mummy's gold fr baby!

The colostrum is yellowish n transparent... it is actually quite sticky =)
After feedin HBB... her mouth will have flakes of dried colostrum =p

Hope the milk supply kick in soon!

D Day....

2009-06-30T15:36:00.000+08:00

HBB finally willing come out on Monday 29th June 2009.. 1 day later than the EDD
Heres my birth story

7am: woke up w mild cramping, tot prob bladder full tt y... after gg pee jus nuaing on bed surfing net and chattin w piggy she was still telling me bout wat her mil tell her bout contraction!
7.30: intermittently feel 'cramping' n consistently backache ... with the wan go poopoo feel.... sms Big Mac say gt cramping he asked I need go hospital? I say no!
8.30-9am: decided to get off bed to do laundry saw a tiny patch of very light pink on bedsheet! w/o checking I know its 'show time' even told piggy online i tink i must go hosp liao haaa immediately sms BIG MAC ' u better come hm nw' din say bleeding in case I alarm him n he endangered lives on road lol
hop in for shower...saw huge pc of liver like clot along w some lighter blood

Did some last min chores while waiting for Big Mac.

10.30am: Reach KKH, monitored contraction for 2 hr doc came chk.. 2cm dilation he suggested wait @ ward so I cn walk ard n aso labor ward full
2.45pm : @ labor ward 3cm dilation gynae suggested induce. Before I knew it.... he broke my waterbag! damn pain n sore!! on drip too... he say will pop by 9!
5pm : contraction every 2min @ 5cm dilation. v bad pain cos no pethedine given! laughing gas make mi giddy so I told myself get e epidural! wise choice since I trust gynae estimated forecast! Dr Dendy Fun who administered e epidural was good! no pain!!
7pm : start feeling more pain again nurse n dh say cos contraction worsen
9pm : nurse prep mi to push.. while waiting for gynae to arrive.

9.48pm : gynae came did episotomy on me n began my pushing.
9.51pm : Edna Faith Han arrived!!!!

Nurse cleaning her up...

Good weight of 3.4kg

Inside the warmer

Hello all!!!

she weighs 3.4kg.. at the length of 50 cm and head circumference of 35 cm...
She is much bigger than I expected
We expected her to be about 3kg to 3.1kg...
Oh well... she's realy a Han Bao Bao heehee

I consider the labour as 6 hours or so... not too bad... Now.. a new journey to motherhood...

Its the day....

2009-06-28T12:56:00.003+08:00

The day have come... 28th June 2009... however.. no sight of my lil HBB....
My dear lil girl is too comfy in the tummy...listening and dancing to Kenny G pieces while I surf the net!

While I have occassional cramps and prob BH... I dont think its a sign of her wantign to come out... Since Im still doing my usual chores..

I had washed my piloow cases n protector since I woke up at 7 this morning.
Walked over to NTUC for some grocery as well as for BF w Big Mac...
Yes Grocery! I intended to cook some (quite a few) thing for today.. Planned to make bird nest to keep so that I can eat tomorrow if I pop today... papaya fish soup to drink to get ready my 'milk production', white fungus with papaya dessert for today since I probably got some left over papaya. Lunch will be fry mee tai mak as big mac and I are sick of outside food already.
Also I think he prob will be eating alot of outside food for the nxt 1 mth.. I surely do want him to eat somethg homely 1st... I dun wan to neglect his tummy =p

I hope all goes well.... I hope I hope.... If I realy pop by 1st july... it goes to show my instinct right from the start (6 yrs ago) was very strong already... cos I already foresee I will have a 1st july (or somehwere ard thr) baby. I keep having the vision since then of a double promotion for big mac... I duno if it comes true anot thou....
we shall see.....

A rather funny(I feel its funny lar) incident tis morning at NTUC.. was looking for the carrot cake but cant find so I ask 1 of the auntie working thr wher is it placed. Auntie was very kind, offered to show mi where it is placed despite she is busy re stocking the fresh food in the fridge...
And she keep asking me to be careful of the tummy (cos quite a bit of ppl thr).. then she was saying: ur tummy v cute hor.. so small... must b a boy hor....
HAHAHAHAa today is the popping day liao.... still got ppl feel tummy is very small and its a boy LOL... its quite funny I thought...
suddenly again I was tinking will HBB turn out to be a boy? haaa
good thg is ppl all tink tummy is small... so means aft popping I wun hav much fat tummy left? *keep finger cross*

Meanwhile... its nothg but eat, play n sleep for myself before a brand new chapter of our lives start.... with a lil cutie terror hahaaa

12th and Last Gynae Visit at Week 39

2009-06-24T23:24:00.001+08:00

We last seen Prof Tee 10 days ago... and he mentioned today will be the last visit..

Ok.. weigh 1st... 62.2kg.. an increase of 300g fr last week...

The wait was short.. I din even have to wait in fact...

Actually the org appt was in aftnoon but cos I wanted to go join Big Mac at his office for his promo ceremony.. and so I chg to nite clinic.. and who knows nurse fr TPS called in morning n said I can go earlier.. like 6ish.. oh ok...

Seems like the gynae need to perform soem surgery and so..lucky I wasnt that late else I prob need to wait 100 yrs for him haaa... thankfully... all these visits I do not have to wait fr him to deliver babies n etc... phew

Checking on dilation... He said im 1cm dilated (ONLY??!!!)

no sight of HBB coming out... and since the EDD is this sunday... He suggested that I have to induce HBB out by weds morning... Sigh....

He say check in at 0730hours on that day... have LIGHT bf before I go... wah lau.. light bf? wat if I get too hungry later on?? grrr...

I hope by tues nite HBB will auto show willingness to come out. at least dun ahv to induce rite? I hate the idea of inducing since the chance of naturaly birth is only 50% if done via inducing... and the contraction is much more painful... which might just dash my hopes of gg epidural free..sigh

She is about 3 to 3.1kg as of the this visit... good weight I guess even if its just an estimation...

Big Mac keep asking HBB to come out soon.. LOL.. bet he cant wait to have sleepless nite huh? hehee

11th Gynae Visit at week 38

2009-06-16T14:35:00.002+08:00

My dear lil HBb is still comfortably in my womb...
With the 11th visit... she weighs appx 2.9kg, up from 2.8kg last week. Myself.. I top the scale of 61.9kg. .up from 61.7 kg.

Big Mac did not acc mi for the check up yesterday as he was having some meeting.. and last min DUTY.. grrr...
I was worried becos supposed to do VE and I heard its painful like siao... some ppl say got cramps n bleeding after VE.. ekkkks...
Prof Tee did the VE.. and ehhh ok not pain till wan die but its painful alrite!
I did not have cramps .. luckily... But he said cervix not ripen yet.. meaning not open yet.. haiz... means gotto wait for thing to happen.. he predicted that I wun pop tis week.. and say see mi nxt week...

Strep B test cleared.. no need anti biotics during labour.. YIPEE!

I was blur.. I tot he seeing me on nxt mon.. onli to realise its weds... werid huh.. mayb he presumed my cervgix realy take a longer time to dilate bah... I hope everythign goes smoothly nxt visit as he said its gg to be the last visit.. I hope for some dilation at least... else if induce... I will b v stress... Hope for natural dilation......

Heres what I gt from Baby Center Singapore on how to have natural delivery...

Natural ways to bring on labour: a guide
Written for BabyCenter Singapore

Nipple stimulation
Castor oil
Sex
Eating pineapple
Homeopathy
Herbal: blue cohosh and black cohosh
Eating spicy food
Acupuncture
Red raspberry leaf
Walking

10th Gynae Visit @ Week 37

2009-06-09T14:31:00.003+08:00

Little fella is now about 2.8kg... up from 2.3kg 2 weeks ago.. oh my she is growing fast hehe
I asked Prof Tee if she is engaged.. he say half.. I was like huh? got such thing as half??
I posed him a challenging qns... when will I pop? hahahaaa...
He said likely to be after 38 weeks... lets see if he is accurate anot yea =p

With my weight gg up from 61.1kg to 61.7kg.. looks like Ipersonally din gain much.. *grinz*

I did the Strep B test yesterday too... not as invasive as I thought... phew... but next week gg to do VE.. ekkks... and Big Mac might not be able to go with me... sigh... Scare I cant walk after that manz....

Wonder when this little fella wanna come out...
Big Mac been asking her for the past 2 nite when she be out haaa.... I wonder too.... Hopefully no need the number 11 gynae visit ah? LOL

Pelvic Pain

2009-05-28T20:14:00.002+08:00

Previously I had bad pelvic injury due to work.. and it took me a great deal of time to recover.. onn off th epains come back.. so when I was in my 20 odd weeks.. I had the same pain.. I dismissed it as an old injury...
Seems like I was wrong... It wasnt.. More like its due to the weight of HBB this time round...
Prob due to past hisotry there fore with a bit more weight.. My body or rather my pelvic begin to feel the strain...

Anyway I had actualy nt put much tots or worry bout the pain .. no complain either.. since my previous pain was far much worse than this.. Just that I will have problem walking.. getting off bed/chair.. putting on my pants n such... and turning myself on bed...

Last week after constant nudging from Big Mac I went back for my foot reflex again.. The nxt day while I was in bed.. I thought I could manoeuvre easily..weird.. I even jump off the bed to 'test' my pain... NO PAIN!
Surprised.. I told Big Mac bout it... and he attributted the recovery to the massage i did the day before... The recovery did not last long thou... aft 3 days.. By chance.. I think I strain my pelvic again.. no thanx to Big Mac! and my pain was back...

Today I had another round of foot reflex.. and oh well.. I realised... the pain is gone again! how cool!??!!?!

I hope the recovery will last longer this time round thou....

1 more day before Big Mc is back... Little HBB misses papa!!

Turn Turn Turn

2009-05-27T20:27:00.002+08:00

Ever since the check up knowing my dear little girl is facing the right side.. I been 'nagging' at her to turn haha... Constantly doing my pelvic turn to make sure she find her way to engagement too.

Funnily.. this morning when I woke up... I notice I can feel her movement on my left as well... ahh did she turn? haaa I dunno.. I hope so!
I have to keep giving praise to the little one.. so that she will be encouraged to turn better n get engaged... surely she understand my praise n encouragement hehe

And today I do feel that tummy seems much diff.. a diff feel.. but Im not sure what...

With Big MAc away on his cruise again till friday.. we r left alone at home again once more.
I am beginning to pack our hospital bag.. packing little girl's clothes meant for her discharge.. I cant decide which to bring.. as I was afraid the rompers will hurt her little umbrilical cord.. and i dun hav pretty 2 pcs clothing for her for the moment.. and obvously Im gg to buy no more as she have far more than enuff clothes!

Today there is a confirm case of H1N1 in SG.... Quite worried that orange alert will come on... if that happens I heard Big Mac might not be able to stay with me in hospital. On top of that onli 1 nominated visitor is allowed. If that realy happened.. I told Big Mac Im gg to down grade to 4 bedder as no point having the 1 bedder.. after all it will means 4 bedder have lesser visitor n I dun have to be afraid of disturbance rite? And save munny! Pros n cons... I duno... haiz.. this flu thgy is getting on our nerves!

I wish for little girl to be obedient... and get engaged soon... she is free to come out after next tuesday... aft my maternity photo shoot haha

Mummy cant wait to see u!! I bet papa too!!!! We Love you!!

9th Gynae Visit @ week 35

2009-05-25T18:39:00.002+08:00

Today is the 9th visit!!
Prof tee assured me the moment I sat down.. that if HBB wants to come out now.. she is going to be safe.. I was like Duhz... now? isnt it a bit too early? haha.. I always tot at least 37 weeks.. then again gotto trust the expert rite? since he is quite a pro and confident doctor.. but still.. nono.. HBB dun come 1st.. cos mama yet to take maternity shoots hehee... my shoots are nxt tues.. and so.... pls pop after that hee

Did the usual scan... head not engaged yet.. still head down.. she is facing the right side..meaning she is sleeping on her left.. I think she been in such position for very long.. at least few weeks... cos i always feel her limbs on my right hehe.. she is getting cosy inside I bet...

Weighing about 2.3kg now... she gain about 500g for the past 3 weeks... she's of average growth I guess.. . thous Big mac say she is small! oh well... she just a baby ok.. and we dun need her to be overly big inc ase mama here have a hard time pushing her out hehe.. so long as she is healthy!!!
Also i guess the average weight gain is prob due to my not so good appetite... but I am trying to eat nutritious food to beef her up a mere mere bit...
at least I know.. safe to eat durian now haha

Oh yes... I weight 61.1 kg now.. gain 1.6kg since 3 weeks ago.. I think I gained more tis 3 weeks as compared to the previous... like wat the others say... we bloom fast during the last few weeks...

Now.. I am trying hard to get HBB to get engaged... I wonder when it will be... many ??? now as to when she will wan to come out n etc... I better pack all my thing n settle everything soon.... time bomb ticking!!

Seeing gynae again in 2 weeks time!

Hiccups

2009-05-13T18:33:00.002+08:00

Lately HBB had more hiccups than usual.. every day there will be more than 2 occassion she have hiccups..
I read that the babies will get irritated with the hiccups.. and I tink its true!!! cos everytime I notice the hiccup aft a while she will be busy struggling in there... moving left right left rightleft right left!!! And continue to hiccup for a while more...

How cute... hahaaaaaa

Already in week 33 now...
Going for my bloom photoshoot package end of the month..Hope by then tummy stilllooks good with no stretch marks... geez....

8th Gynae Visit @ week 32

2009-05-05T20:59:00.003+08:00

Time flies... or is it becos of the shorter time frame for the nxt gynae visit since its onli 3 weeks apart now.. We gotto see HBB again.

This time around.. we have to go thru thermal scan.. wear a mask while waiting for my turn to see the gynae.. no thanx to the Swine flu... I think I prob couldnt breathe at 1 point of time that I gotto put down the mask and gasp for air LOL

I was kind of late for the appt but well din wait for long anyway... phew...

The usual scan... the usual stuff... somethg unusal was... Dr tee showed us something 'intresting' LOL
U see.. he barely talk anything extra during most of our visit! and for him to say there is something interesting during the scan... it must be interesting right? haha
Oh yes.. he said HBB is playing with her toes!! He showed us the toes n fingers... How cute! Its of cos interesting for mi lar... but I duno for a gynae like him who see dozens of patients every day how interesting can it be.. but of cos if he said so.. I would think he find it cute n interesting hehe
But he din seems to hav printed the scan for mi tis time ard! Grrrrrr.... I forgot too.. haa
aiya.. too excited bout the toes lor!

Anyway.. Hbb is now about 1.8kg.. so she gained about 400 g since 3 weeks ago. Not alot but not too little either.. Gynae said she is of average weight.. and I asked bout birth weight... he mentioned shld b average between 2.9 to 3.2kg... oh well.. thats my targetted weight... YIPEE!
Hbb already headed downwards but not engaged yet.. I was trying very hard for past few nite using torch light to shine on her... to lead her the way to the 'exit' LOL... wondered was it bcos of what I done that make her head down cos aft doing it for a few days.. I could feel the difference of her position of her legs too.... how cool.. now I started doing the other exercise to make her head get engaged... so I try to do it while I am shamppoing my hair haha

I now weight 59.5kg.. up from 58.1kg 3 weeks ago.. so meaning I gained about 1. 4kg.. of which.. 400 g went to HBB... not too bad huh? hehe...

Still gg to have my nxt visit in 3 weeks .. not fornintely leh... I wonder if its cos of the swine flu or is it bcos the gynae is too busy to see mi often.. then again either way.. save some money la haha...

Hbb is happily kicking away now while I blog... she is 1 active girl. I hope she will be a happy little baby when she is born hehe.. I am looking forward to her arrival.. I want to hug her carry her kiss her n smell her feet!!!! Im sure Big Mac is looking forward to her arrival too!!!

Colostrum

2009-05-02T21:01:00.002+08:00

Its said that milk duct starts forming the moment we get preggy... and by 3rd trimester.. we shld have some colostrum ready for the litttle ones...

Colostrum is the first "milk", also known as liquid gold.. that the breasts produce as a precursor to breast milk. Your breasts have been growing and developing throughout your pregnancy and are now producing this rich, high-protein pre-milk, ready for when your baby is born. Colostrum is actually produced in the breast from about 16 weeks and is a thick, creamy or yellow substance.

while size doesnt matters as said in the books n website... I would not have expect myself to have colostrum ready at this point of time..
but oh well I was wrong...
somewhere last week I think there was some slight droplets of milky transparent liquid fr the nipples... and i guess thats colostrum right? Quite amazing since Serene mentioned she din have a single drop in sight... cool cool... HBB have somethg to drink immediately aft she is born!!

Meanwhile I notice HBb haven been moving much for the past 2 days... she does move but not much anymore.. .suspect she is getting bigger.. no space for action pack moves liao hehe..
And for myself.. past 2 days i feel more tired too... guess the weight is weighing me down manz...

Seeing HBB on monday again.. guess its gg to be a long process of taking temp n etc due to the swine flu.. sigh...

Hospital r also limiting 1 visitor per patient.. and so if it gets on so for the nxt 2 mth.. I will be more or less affected... it could b a gd thg... so at least i dun get unwelcome visitor hehe.. more rest n enjoy the single bedder luxury thr?? LOL

Our Babymoon

2009-04-25T09:26:00.000+08:00

Big Mac and I been talking bout having a holiday before HBB is born... and we been delaying it due to work n etc...

Also due to all the political unrest in neighbouring countries like BKK... unsafe places like Malaysia... and I am a lazy bum who din wan to go further like Australia n etc... we decided to go Batam or Bintan again (1st time for the year thou)

I had choose Bintan while Big Mac had perhaps prefered Batam.. and oh ok.. I give in haha...

Choosing to stay at Harris as we have never been there before.. leaving Holiday Inn for nxt trip with HBB =)

Service at Harris is good! thou the place is a bit ehhh ulu... haha.. too hot n humid too due to the freaking weather! Imagine I feel liek fainting when I ijust reach there due to the heat n poor air circulation.

Literally no wind at all.. and for once i feel the water in the swimming pool are HOT...
I had 2 good days of swimming plus massage... did a little shopping.. for who else but our dear HBB... got her 3 pairs of cutie soft shoes.. but seriously they are a bit too big for her now .. at least till 10 mth old I think... but im happy w the buy cos they r realy sweet n not forgetting CHEAP... the freaking shoes in SG cost at least 20 bucks a pair.. and I got them at half the price!
Kids outgrow their clothes n shoes fast and thus I realy dun wan to spurge too much on such thg... thou they do deserve good stuff once a while.

Anyway its my 1st time swimming since having HBB.. it feels jus the same as not preggy haha.. cos in the water the tummy is literaly weightless... and I cant even feel her kick hehe.. but when I put my hand on tummy i could feel with my hands all the vigourous movement in tummy.. I think she could sense that she is 'in' a different environment... she is cute lar!!!! I bet she enjoy this trip very much and we look forward to bringing her to the resort in REAL nxt time round... bet it be fun.. of cos that might means I cant go massage so readily anymore HAHA

7th Gynae visit week 29+

2009-04-13T17:10:00.002+08:00

Its time to see HBB again

this time round time seems to pass faster thou its still 4 week wait maybe cos Big Mac went overseas for 2 weeks and I sneaked off to BKK haaa

Anyway...

our dear HBB is btw 1.3-1.4kg.. grown quite abit since the last month(800grams)... no wonder I can feel her more n more nowadays... she is literally active whenever im awake.. walking n etc... lucky thing she lets mi sleep at night without bothering me haha

And yes.. her head is now in the middle of my tummy while her little leggies ate on the upper right side of the ribs
So many times I can see my right side of the tummy bigger than the left...
ands quite embarassing sometimes I think when I wear tight fitting clothes n go out with her doing her "marches".. then my tummy go left right left right left right left... LOL

While I voice out my concern of no appetite.. Prof Tee said its ok (expected such an answer) cos she is growing well... Oh well.. since he said so LOL

For myself, I have been having the Braxton Hicks Contraction which sometimes give mi much pain till I thought HBB is coming out.. he have prescribed Nifedipine for me to be taken 3 times a day. He did mention is a medication that is used for hypertension... and so Im kind of worried since my BP is always on the lower side. And also.. I am worried if I control the contraction now.. later on when near EDD I dun get any contraction then how?!?!?!?!? no contraction higher chance of C sect.. somethg which I want to avoid... Luckily the pharmacist said if I feel ok I can dun take it and so I am controlling myself on this... not starting on it until if I get bad contraction.

We also signed our admission package today... for 3 days 2 night of stay in a 1 bedder ward under the premier package.. we have to pay about 2.4k in cash.... and well that is if I dun exceed anything! If i exceed say labour of more than 8 hours... additonal charges applies
OMG... giving birth is ex! Oh ya.. the bill dun include HBB nursery bill ok!!
the duno hw many K govt give as cash gift isnt gg to be enuff manz!
I kind of freak out and almost wanted to downgrade to 4 bedder.. but Big Mac said I can always opt for 4 bedder NEXT TIME!
what next time? gosh.. he sure think very far... #2? OMG...
I hope HBB be good.. dun delay too long.. dun need much thing in hospital.. so we can save some cash LOL...

Last but not least.. I now weight 58.1kg.. 1.3kg increase since last gynae visit. not too bad huh esp when HBB gain about 600 gram... hehe.. im happy with everything... Just hope whatever I expect of Big Mac will be there... sometimes Big Mac make mi sadz... haiz... and I onli can 'hug' HBB n cry...

and Im seeing gynae in 3 weeks time! thats an indication I can see HBB very soon IN REAL!

Short Getaway

2009-04-10T06:58:00.002+08:00

I had a short getaway to Bangkok on monday... HBB 1st trip(in my tummy of cos)!!!
It was a last min trip... as Big Mac was away on biz trip for near 2 weeks... and im getting bored up at home.. Happened to be my gf is gg to BKK to work for a night... and I thought it be nice to tag along(she jio mi so many times but I nvr once made it to go w her!)

1 phone call to Big Mac 'asking' for permission... since BKK have been having riots fairly often... and dear gave green light! wow...
Now the big prob is.. its onli for a night.. I do feel that its not justifiable to buy an SQ ticket to tag along! Luckily there is such thg as redemptionof miles! YAY!... paying $100+... for tax n surcharges.. I managed to secure a ticket and fly over to BKK!!

HBB is obviously excited (on the plane).. bet she haven heard the engine sound as yet until Monday... where she started to figet n kick when the engine of the plane came on.
And it lasted thru out the whole 2 hour flight! gosh....
But well at least she 'behave'... din make mi puke or what on the plane haaa

Some 3 hours later.. we arrived at Sheraton Hotel in BKK. and there we go... our shopping starts!

Bought some realy nice nursing bra at attractive prices.. wacoal have got pretty cheap ones too...
kind of good deal!!
Kiddy stuff arent cheap unless u go for the not so good material and so Hbb got almostnothg.. but hey! she got her 1st wacoal undies! haha... named Little Wacoal... its a set of 7 pcs of undies which i been looking for so she can wear them under the cute dresses.
For just near $15SGD.. its realy a steal!!

And I got my durian chips stock up!! how nice!!!

A trip to BKK for jus a night... barely 48 hours! its just like taking a ride to JB for shopping and stay over nite.. HAHA.. its fun!!
Not very tiring thou I walked quite a fair bit... and I think Im realy recharged... hehe...

Meanwhile my passport is waiting to get 'stamped' again end of the month where I will have a get away with Big Mac over the weekends... YiPEE!

Baby, Can U understand?

2009-04-03T21:03:00.002+08:00

Sometimes I wonder hw much does a baby understand our words...
Many times I noticed HBB seemed to follow my instruction...

She is such an active baby.. she is more or less kicking n moving quite obviously when Im awake..
When I am gg to nap or sleep.. I tell her.. mummy need to sleep already.. its nite time.. Baby also must sleep till nxt morning.. dun move so much aleady... after I sing her twinkle twinkle.. and then say good nite not forgetting to 'hug' her.. and also on big mac behalf .. a hug is given to her... she jus stop moving that much!!!!! and perhaps went to sleep.. if i dont do all this before i sleep... she will move n move... weird huh?

When she move too much n I think she is prob hungry or thirsty (ya i now she wun feel thirsty haha) I will promise her food or drink in a while.. she will stop moving... until I forget bout it.. she seem to prompt me hard by moving.. haha she wans food!!!!!

Last nite I promised her story telling (I been reading aloud to her on n off).. she also seem to b waiting... waited till near midnite and I total forgot bout it... untill she protested.. haha.. when I read to her she seem much calmer n enjoyed it.. after which she jus simple stop fidgetting ..

CUTE huh?

I hope she can realy understand n take instruction.. and when she is born life will be easier... for me and Big Mac

Hope Big Mac can start reading to HBB too... she need to listen to his voice lar!!!

Meanwhile.... Big Mac been away for more than a week already... while he is away.. I am gg to bring HBB (in my tummy) to BKK for a short shopping spree hehe... She must be very excited!!!

moody again

2009-03-24T15:35:00.003+08:00

since last week my mood went hay wire again.. feeling so depress... esp when im alone at home..
I just cry whenever like... it feels weird... I will start at my tum tum n cry hoping HBB will give mi a hug n console me...

Maybe Im too depress.. end up I had a short dream of HBB... swaddling in the blanket lookin at me innocently... maybe thats whats she is doing in my tummy while im feeling sad.. wondering why is mummy so sad..... I also dunno why am I sad... sigh...

3 more mth to see HBB...

Dr. Robert C. Titzer’s Goodies

2009-03-21T17:13:00.002+08:00

I been aiming at this range of reading material for as long as I could remember at Takashimaya as well as Tangs..
There was once Dr. Robert was in town for a workshop on teaching kids to read but I sort of miss it.. (that was way before I was preggy haha)

I know there are quite a few good 'teachers' on such reading material.. another 1 such is by Glenn Doman.. which I have yet to find out more.

Anyway... back to this...
Procastinating between the set of 5 DVD or VCD is 1 main problem as obviously DVDs cost much more... but dear said it will last longer (I hope so)

Then there is 2 different kind of flash cards(set of 2 each).. 1 with words only while the other comes with sentence n pictures... again dilema

And there is this set of 5 books...

Zzzz...

NO prize for guessing right which one I bought (U can guess I bought them all)

Im a kiasu mama... this is not my 1st educational stuff I got for HBB... we already got her the Leap frog touch pad with all the story books available for her! and also the magnetic phonics fridge set as well as the 3 letter set.

I hope she will read fast!!!! And in no time read the menu with us in the restaurant!!!

6th Gynae Visit 2 week 25/26

2009-03-20T19:50:00.003+08:00

The reason why I titled this post to week 25/26 is becos I tot based on my EDD I should be in week 25.. but Prof Tee said im in week 26... haa so i also duno which week I am now already...

Anyway... My appt is suposed to b nxt monday. However cos Im down with flu n fever (yes again!!) and Hbb haven been moving much since monday.. I decided that I shall go to the gynae few days earlier.

Since monday.. I been feeling tummy very hard.. like HBB trying to squeeze herself in the middle of the tummy... after which I realise she doesnt move as much anymore! on tues/weds she realy din move much despite hw much I pleaded with her.. I COAXED HER WITH SINGING, TALKING.. WALKING, JUMPING... but she doesnt stir much!
worrying!! esp so when she is a hyper active girl.. and suddenly nomovement.. like 80% reduction.. I was so worried I tink Im almost in tears esp when Im alone at home..
Worrying she play too much in there n get entangled w the cord n etc.. sigh...

But I did suspect she chg her position on monday thou...
and well I think I was kind of right.. thou surprised!
Cos I thought she prob chg to vertical position..
but yesterday during the scan.. seems like her head is on the left side now instead of the right..
I seriously wonder how she does it?!! she is more than 30cm long already... hw to squeeze herself that much to chg fr right to left huh? OMG
And Prof Tee sanned her to make sure everythg is ok... and there she goes..waving at us in the tummy as shown inthe scan.. nottie girl! make mi so worried.. but at the very least she is fine.. phew...
The doctor said mayb i am sick and thats y affected her movement a little.. I certainly hope tats the reason...

the little fella is now 800g... up from the 500odd grams 3 1/2 weeks back.. while mummy have gain 1.2 kg to 56.8kg... ok my weight is not too drastically increased.. perhaps due to my lousy appetite.. but doctor say its alrite as HBB is growing well... yes certainly very well haha... so well that she pulling pranks on me!

As im down with flu n fever again this week... I have no choice but to take the panadol n flu tablets again... since I dun want to get more sick than ever n affect HBB in anyway... I hope aft 2 days of medication I can recover.. unfortunately I tink I still is very sick at this point of time... sigh..

I try to cover myself with my quilt n sweat out to feel better... but somewhat I dun feel safe cos I worry the high temp (before i sweat) will hurt HBB... and true enuff before I sweat.she be busy figetting n there... but aft I sweat it out.. she is all at peace.. sleeping I guess haha...

HBB.. so sorry I gotto take medication... I must recover soon else when daddy big mac flies off no one take care of sickly mummy... endure ok!!!

Can you hear me?

2009-02-26T22:02:00.003+08:00

While I was just pondering if HBB can hear me.. or whats gg on ard me.. I tink more or less she can!
Why do I think so?

The other day.. when big mac suddenly open the toilet door... HBB jumped in mmy tummy.. I tot it was a coincidence...
Then as I spoke to her.. asking her for kicks if she is awake... she did it!
And today... she seems to be able to hear the noise created while the train was travellling in the tunnel!!!
Both times when I was int he train today... the initial part.. she keep figetting in my tummy

AMAZING!

And she is 1 big fussy girl I think... Many times.. I try to sit up, leaning my body more forward than usual.. I think this position cramp up her space in the tummy... and she keep kicking for space! Seems like she dun allow mummy to sit up leaning forward.. but too bad u haven got a choice girl.... if u haven gt any space in thr... u move urself ard n find space k? haaaaa
3 1/2 to 4 mth more before u can wriggle urself out.... so make do with the space now hee.. be a good girl yea...

yes its v fast.. its like 3 1/2 to 4 mths more... in no time it will be 2 1/2 mths n etc.... i shldnt be counting down as yet cos i have got 101 thgs UNDONE!

That Hard Kick

2009-02-25T10:01:00.003+08:00

I always wonder if that certain hard kick which jerks me up I get occassionaly.. is it my muscle knots.. or is it HBB kicking.. since is not always constant
I get it mostly when I moved from lying down position to sitting up position in morning.

While it had not happended for many days already..suddenly this morning I thought of 'testing' HBB. Usualy when I wake up.. I will call for her... I will asked if she is awake.. if she is, I prob can feel her movement, she is realy active.. I will call her a couple of time while I nuaz in bed.
Tis mornign after calling out to her as usual... as I was sitting up I told her to kick mi gently if she is awake... was about to tell her I dun want the hard kick that jerk me up... .I was only half way thru the sentence... she jerk me AGAIN! She can read my mind or wat?!?! Grrrrrr... of cos I jumped up lar... this girl... she realy like to play tricks on me...

yesterday she was moving about while we watch tv.. so I ask big mac to put his hand thr to feel... and yes he felt her moving.. sounds fun huh? hehe.. yes the movement is fun indeed... bet tis will be the part I miss most after HBB is born...

I was reading the book Mei had sent me. on what to expect for the 1st year.
Coincidentally... .some stuff I been doing (which I tot might be silly) was mentioned in the book.
Like when I change.. I will tell Hbb.. mummy gg to get change and where we are going...
when I am cooking.. I will tell her what are the steps to do.. like gg to wash the vege 1st then cut.. or wat seasoning am I adding...
even when i eat I try to tell her what am I eating...
seems like the book actually encourages us to do so... hee..

now I dun feel silly anymore =p

While I am blogging this entry... the active lil burger is moving in thr... she is probably hinting its time for mi to go grocery shopping liao...

5th Gynae Visit @ week 22

2009-02-23T22:06:00.002+08:00

Finally its the visit to gynae again.. .I said finally becos, its been 6 weeks excluding the detail scan that I last seen the gynae... We waited for this 6 weeks to passed so hard that I think we almost turn into a giraffe.

Main thing to know this visit is how the detailed scan turns out to be. Thou by right everything should be normal.

It was raining lightly, but I still walked my way over to the hospital since Big Mac is probably on his way from office. I was half hour early and I thought I could have had my lunch 1st before I see the doc. Who knows everythg was too fast today.. I waited ZERO mins for the doc... instead he was waiting for me haha... and obviously Big Mac hasnt arrived. oh well...

As usual.. spent about 5 mins in thr.. alone this round of cos. and doc read the scan report and confirm all is well. Also again he confirm fr the report that baby is a SHE. hehe... oh yes we got her name ready anyway =)
And she is weighint 517g as of now. ... I thought is pretty big for a 22 weeks baby... and no wonder she can kick mi so hard!

I had some time to shop ard while waiting for Big Mac to pick me... I was lured by the disney stuff in Mothercare once again.. its on offer! gosh.. but well it helps that I alread bought 2 similar colour n prints 2 to 3 mths back.. and I restricted myself from buying haaa... ok if i got next round and Big Mac say yes.. I might jus buy it haha

Next visit will be in 4 weeks time.. Hope Big Mac can make it to see HBB then.. He is probably kind of disappointed that he did not get to see her today despite the effort made.
But last night.. I showed him sth funny... HBB movement... haha
I placed the remote control on top of my tummy n waited for HBB solo performance... While the remote control thump sloooowly according to my heart beat... suddenly big jerks could be seen .. u know.. when U watch Jurassic Park.. where the dinosaur is walking pass.. those jerks on the floors it created.. yes.. same thg.. HBB kicked/box me that hard! That the control jerk around!

Based on the scan, her head seems to be on my right side.. so meaning the feet are on the left since Doc said she haven turned heads down yet. I begin to wonder is she trying to mimick me playing golf when I feel hard jerk on the right side now. She jus gave me a hard one jus now that I jump!
I am trying to imagine how hard it will be as time passes and when she grow bigger with lesser space in there

As of today.. mummy weighs 55.6kg.. thats 900g hevier than 2 weeks ago!

Detailed Scan @ Week 20

2009-02-12T22:40:00.002+08:00

Today is the day of detailed scan.
Mainly to see HBB little fine details like hands, arms, legs, body, skull, spine, organs etc...
HBB wasnt cooperative today. She was in a face down position.. my 1st encounter with such! she is usualy on her back.. so I guess she is more active now that she can do funny position...
Facing down, while being scanned make me feel like I have a little dinosaur inside due to the spine shape haha
Quite cute looking.

Becos the sonar wasnt able to see her nasal bone as well as lips, we were asked to go take a walk and go bk shortly to se eif she will flip over...
I "bribed" her w a piece of papaya... originaly I was thinking of cheeseake but... I tot papaya is better haha..
The bribe works a little only.. she onli turn a bit.. or prob is becos I was walking about that why she turned... But its good enuff to get the scan done n over... I almost doze off while the scanning was carried out...

At least now I know HBB is growing normally hehe.. nottie little one... she been kicking in the morning ard 6ish almost everyday
she is an early bird.. not a bad thing thou...

and yes I weigh 54.7kg as of today... From 52.3kg.. so thats a near 2.5kg increase in 4 weeks.. Oh GOSH...

cheesecake

2009-02-05T23:45:00.002+08:00

Mummy's favourite is always cheese... I can eat all kind of cheese jus like that... ANd I am already missing them already since I do not know which type of cheese is ok to eat and which are not. Afterall I realy like certain soft cheese..

To get the cheesey feelign inf ood.. I began to tink of cheeseballs.. its nto a craving.. but seems like a substitute but I am determine not to eat them as I tot they are pretty high in msg n etc... Until someone mention cheesecake!!! Arghhhhhhhhhhh New York cheesecake... Last week Big Mac brought 'us' to sentosa and finaly I had my 1st ever piece of cheesecake since pregnancy... its HEAVENLY!!!!

And today AGAIN he brought 'us' for cheesecake.

I had my 1st fitball class at Birth and Beyond and I must say the instructor is very good. I was late for like half hour due to misleading address.. and yet I managed to have a pretty good work out(my arms n legs are aching already!) and she was very informative on hw to ease pain during delivery n etc. Oh yes she is an ang moh... hehe.. and so I tink her ways of relieving pain n etc is more on the western way which I think I prefered. hehe. I will sign on a package aft I used up the remaining last class Serene passed me.
At the $220 for 10 classes, price is pretty steep but tis for like 1 1/2 hour or more. And instructor is good.. I guess it should be quite worth while.

Today I had my 1st body treatment at Clarins too after Mei recommended it to me. Big Mac sponsored me to this treatment as I tot I wanted a massage. Priced at $200 for a 75 min session. I was hesitant to go at 1st.. for the price I can do like 3 times at Spa sauvignon our usual spa.
Unfortunately I find the massage a tit too light... Yea I know I can't have hard massage now but the feeling was like jus gently touching with the aid of product to prevent stretchmarks n etc.
They are very generous with the use of the product... I tink they easily used up like 1/3 tube of stretch mark cream on me!
Stuff like tonic oil, anti-eau oil, bust lotion are also used.
At the end of the session I felt more tired haha.. mayb cos i realy din feel the real massage... but it was a real treat for my body which have very dry skin.
Big Mac had offered to let mi go every month for this treatment but I guess I can easily do it at home yea? Just buy the product.. the few pdt they used easily add up to 200 bucks and I can do it many times w the amt of money... so it shall be so!

He brought us for cheesecake before we embarked on a shopping spree for HBB. Bought some necessaity for HBB and we had Crystal Jade Korean BBQ.. hehe...

and yes.. I put on 3kg tis week.. tsk tsk

Happy Moo Moo Year

2009-01-26T23:14:00.002+08:00

Its the year of the Ox at last! the year where our little precious HBB will be born... so HBB is a little Ox/cow depending on wat the gender shall be.. tentatively hbb shall be a cow haha

Hbb got her 1st angpow from who else but her beloved papa big mac.
Actually earlier on I was still tinking of teasing big mac bout giving Hbb an ang pow, but I was too tired to tease due to my excessive cooking sessions. Who knows he seemed to have read my mind.. or perhaps great mind thinks alike hehe.. He gave me 2 ang pow.. 1 for myself of cos and 1 for hbb... lucky girl!

I am entering week 18 this week.. officialy 4 mths?
Anyway Hbb haven been moving (I cant feel) for 2 to 3 days.. tot whats wrong with her... finaly just now after dinner she move a little... the gentle flutterin came bk once more... I started talking to her ask her to kick more so I can feel.. and the nottie girl stop! Grrrr.... when I went bk to my comp.. she start again... before gg bk to sleep(i tink) again...
Perhaps she is enjoying the chocolate her godma gave me earlier and got all excited and therefore started kicking haha
Think she is as tired as me for the past few days so no movement hehe..

5 more mths to go before I get to cradle her in my arms.. very excited.. that prompts me to go for my fit ball n yoga class sooooonnn

Thinking of names too. Of cos big mac shld b doing the job.. cos I entrusted him this job but I seriously doubt if he is working on it... I wan a nice name, a special name.. im greedy... afterall how often do u get to name a child rite?
then I decided... Hbb will have 2 english name in the birth cert.. example will be 'Anna Joe Han+chinese name'
So it will makes sense that papa give 1 name n mama giv 1.. and the chinese one we let te feng shui master count the strokes and decide. FAIR N SQUARE haaa...
I already have 2 name in mind.. rather similar name.. but I tink I shall use the 1st one.. but will discuss w big mac first... so now I need Big Mac's input!!!!
I choose a name that symbplises both big mac and me..
the 2nd name includes hbb too.. and so...
BIG MAC
hurry up!! I need the names!!!! I need to talk to hbb and call her by the name hahahaa

Happy Lunar New Year

2009-01-24T21:17:00.002+08:00

For the year of the Ox...

We..

we chance upon this romper with this message and tot its pretty meaningful and so we bought it..

HBB is the biggest gift for the year.. and for our life..

Waiting anxiously for you babe...

4th Gynae visit... Surprise...

2009-01-14T21:38:00.003+08:00

Its our gynae visit at long last!
After 5 long weeks... oh well.. its meet the bugger session again

Anyway.. my weight finaly went up the scale! haaa... after 5 weeks.. I gained 2.8kg... now im 52.3kg.. .
I lost 2.3kg previously.. now I gain it back... so tat means aft minusing the loss.. I am gaining 500g!
near 3kg in 5 weekis no joke! esp when I cut down my meal to 4 meal aday haa...

Anyway, It was a chop chop session... oh well.. so chop chop that I forget to ask if I can go for massage LOL cos I was too excited!!

He ask mi to proceed to scan.. then... oh well.. I asked... can see gender today? he replied: can try.... haha

and when I saw the monitor... I tot I saw the birdie... haaa.. cos Big Mac and me always felt its a he...
Just as I tot I saw the birdie.. Prof tee said: Is a girl...
I was like duhz? realy?? am I hearing things? hahahaaaa he said 90%... OMG..... its a dream come true...at least for me HAHA
HBB is now 9.8cm.. a bit smaller than i tot haa since intialy she was pretty big.... haha but nvm.. I am not aiming for a huge baby anyway...
It can be further confirm when I go for detailed scan in 4 weeks time!!!

And my nxt gynae appt is 6 weeks... anyone had such long interval for their gynae appt? OMG...

I cant wait!!!!! I need to know for sure soon!! HELPPPPPP

And I got my NUK bottles from BHG today.. 2 big and 2 small ones for $26.. what a bargain! Originally, It cost like $9plus per bottle ... im a happy mummy

Shopping

2009-01-07T23:02:00.002+08:00

we had began shopping around for HBB stuff quite a while ago... the 1st to be bought were stuff like stroller and car seat which we tink is good investment since its gg to last us for quite a while.
And it was a bargain when we bought it...

We got quite a bit of hand me downs such as cots, tubs n etc which is simply great as it means savings for us. And the 1 othr big item I tot we realy need to buy will be a milk pump as I hope to BF HBB as long as possible.
Over this 1 yr or so.. I have heard, and seen how various pumps works.. the efficiency.. and not forgetting the price.
Good things sure comes w a hefty price tag. Esp for people like me who want to BF, and yet worry my supply will b low.
It seems like, there is a difference in what pump u use when ur supply is low..
And I have decided on Medela PIS. As I have personally seen how much the out put it gives compared to other brands such as ameda and avent.
Its costly indeed.. near 700SGD here.. .and for me.. who wants to stop at 1... its definitely too expensive.
Luckily Big Mac went to the States(he's still thr!) and could get the PIS at a cheaper rate. I tink it cost like $260USD. which is about $400SGD..
I had the option of buying Medela freestyle, but it cost like $150 more. and so I tot better not. After all its the same except this is a newer model and I dun realy need the memory function.
Going to ask Big Mac to buy the parts as spare just in case... as its very ex to buy them in sg also.

Big Mac have really gone crazy shopping there for HBB... I guess literally 70% of the stuff is for HBB.. and 20% are tompang by friends leaving onli 10% for both himself n me...

He gotten the leap frog touchpad too. YIPPY!!... why am I more excited than HBB?? HAHA

Actualy Im more excited on Big Mac's home coming. I been very depressed since he left and all I could do is 'hug' HBB and cry. Indeed its not healthy.. but somehow.. the hormones at work.. sigh...
I talk to hbb everyday.. when I poo, when i drive, when I bath, before I sleep, before I eat. Even before I call Big Mac hehe...
hope HBB understand my rattling...
and Big mac had better start talking to HBB soon!

Im already in my 15th week.. based on my EDD... MS is subsiding at long last. I hope its gg away for good HAHA.
i eat lesser meal now.. sometimes I dun even feel hungry.. weird.. is it stress??

1st Black Out

2008-12-21T21:08:00.002+08:00

I encounter my 1st black out today while shopping at the mall..
Funnily... I have ever been more tired yet alone at the mall for an even longer period of time some how.. today was bad...

I just q for some gift wrapping... and the q I was in.. i tink prob jus 5 mins (thou it felt kind of long)
For no reason suddenly I saw stars.. .ears were blocked.. and I told Big Mac to take over the q while I try to stand by the wall... oh well before I knew it.. .I was already on the floor.. .Horror...
Luckily some nice shopper offered me medical oil.. and rub my limbs. My limbs seem all numb and I was in cold sweat. I came to before long... and feel like puking... haiz.. luckily Idid not puke thr haha else I will freak all out.. thou I did hav a plastic bag with me... The BHG people offered me hot drinks and ambuance which I declined...

Now I have painful butt n knee cos i tink I knock onto them when I fell... OUCH

1st trimester is over!

2008-12-19T23:26:00.002+08:00

Its either its officially over.. or is it already over?
I am confused as some website says i am while some say soon. Moreover with the change of EDD it seems like I am more confused than ever.. but strangely my morning sickness is still plugging me... thou its much better compare to week 5 or so.. but still its really irritating when I need to puke when I go out.. esp when the car goes over a hump and shake me and lil hbb a little...

I can eat slightly better now.. More of popiah, and fan choy, and also wantan mee... thats about all... haaa

Oh ya I managed to eat half a foot of subway sandwich yesterday too... n felt hungry rather fast after that...

Doctors and websites say actualy we just need to eat our normal portion from now till end of 2nd tri.. and 3rd tri jus need to eat slightly more... but seriously.. my daily intake of food (including frequency but excluding puking) is at least 3 to 4 times more.. I counted... I have like 6 meals a day...

Big Mac will make mi milo every morning, leave it by the bed so the moment I wake up I just jump ont he cup of drink to make myself better. Then I pop back to sleep.. and have my usual cornflakes n milk at ard 10ish... by 12 I will have my lunch... then 3 i will lhave my T break. and ard 5ish near 6 will b dinner... 9ish will be supper like a fillet burger, or popiah... if not toast. Sometimes 11ish i still eat!
gosh............

I try to stretch the timing so that I can skip a meal or 2. My record was 5 meals i tink... Im tired of eating the same old food everyday.. sigh...

Nxt week Big Mac is gg back to work.. I tink my days of plain porridge is BACK AGAIN... I still doesnt realy dare to goout n buy lunch alone since i feel breatheless very often.. I duno why...

NT Scan

2008-12-15T22:29:00.002+08:00

Today I went down for the NT scan. Its mainly for down syndrome. I have my concern on such thing and so decided to go for the test.
Big Mac was busy.. so I gotto go alone.. He shld have tag along LOL.. cos today I saw HBB dancing in thr... was moving the body up n down... quite a funny sight.. at 1st I thought its a hiccup sign but the sonar say its normal movement hehe.. how cute...

the neck thickness was measured, and the nasal bone was detected. both showed that bb have lower risk of abnormalities. Oh im glad... but further test are needed. Gave 3 tube of blood for testing. The nurses were pretty good I must say.. well I dun expect much at KKh haa but they surprised me... I felt a needle poking thru me.. and then no more pain.. and before i knew it.. the nurse said all done... and i tto i onli had a tube.. but she said 3! wahhh... she is realy nice... make me painfree.. ok well.. im not afraid of needles in 1st place HAHAAAAA

3rd Gynae visit

2008-12-12T00:44:00.005+08:00

For the past 4 weeks.. life was yoyo for me.. either i puke like mad.. or I am good as ever...

Its a tough 4 weeks to b frank
Big Mac cant come home occassionally meaning I have to settle my own meals..
oh well im sick of eating alrite..esp so when i can onli eat pasta, mee sua and porridge.. PLAIN! n not forgetting fillet o fish...

I get kind of depress occasionaly and cried alone esp in the shower or under the blankets... its the hormones at work.. and of cos Im worried if HBB is ever healthy and well... Explainable since I realy dun wan to go thru life with an unhealthy child and the pain of losing them . I tink I have enuff of such in life.. sigh...

Thankfully.. I think the past 4 weeks wait is fruitful.
While I knwo I shld expect HBB to be showing a baby shape today via the scan.. still im thrill to see HBB haha... HBB was busy kickign ard while dr Tee scan me. seems like tis is a proud little fella who like to show off LOL...
showing off how long he/she is... the sihoulette somehow tell me HBB is a boy...

At 4.8cm.. its an amazing 4cm longer than 4 week ago and so .. HBB is growing like 1cm a week?

Dr Tee say HBB is growing well..
Despite mumm have lost another 1.3kg.. thats a total of 2.3kg in all.
But with the gain of HBB growth.. he say its doesnt matter if i gain/lose anythg at all. Now I weigh 49.5kg...

Big Mac was funny.. he asked me after we left the consultation room... if I can feel HBB kicks? haaa of cos not.. thou once a while i do feel some kind of vibration... .but i doubt is HBB at work LOL

Im due to go bk for check up onli 5 weeks later..that be aft Big MAc trip... oops.. hee cant see gender yet... so too bad.. onli unisex clothes allowed on the spree list!

Dr Tee talked bout down snydrome test today and I decided to go along with the test thou I knw risk are low and people will protest on why I want such test. I love HBB as much as any mummy loves their child that why I want such test to be done. I want HBB not to suffer ... I can onli give HBB the best till the day I die. .after which noone will provde for HBB and so I must make sure HBB is healthy and fit enough to stand on his own feet. So i decided to go for the test on monday,,
I keep my figner cross all will be fine. seriously... I am worried.. so worried I cried... such pain and worries I go through I dont think Big mac can understand. I can only stomach it myself.
Im trying to stay positive.. afterall im nt that old rite?!?!! the risk is like 0.2%? and so HBB will be very blessed at the very least hehe... Hbb will b a healthy n bouncy baby.. Im going to spend the 4300 for nothg.. and im glad!

Im not looking fwd to put on more weight for now ... not that im vain LOL.. but since HBB is growing well..why force feed myself? just eat healthily yea...

Tummy starting to show... and partly cos i already hve a small tummy to begin with hehe... maternity pants rocks! they are so comfy.. and show off the shape so well LOL... cool... H&M ROCKS!

I did not prepare any present for dear big mac... for I know.. the scan today will be his best gift... Hope Big mac will guai guai and start saving hard for HBB hehe and be a good daddy

2nd Gynae visit

2008-11-13T21:38:00.003+08:00

We decided to go for the gynae visit earlier.. as Big Mac will be away next week.

10 days ago we saw our 1st scan.. and now.. our 2nd. HBB have grown to 0.86cm.. still v tiny.. and this tinypea is enuff to create havoc in my life.. im puking worse than ever. and YES! we saw the heartbeat.. I was very cukoo LOL... I laid thr.. while Dr tee showed us the heart beat.. I tot it was the monitor flickering LOL.. but big mac could see it clearly... how cool... I wish I could carry HBB in my arms then..

I lost 1 kg for the past 10 days... thats alot i tink...
now I weigh 50.8kg...

Dr tee is very assuring... he say bb is growing well... and said can go bk for check up 4 weeks later...

While waiting for the counter to bill me.. I cant wait but go and puke... i look as if im fainting.... its bad... MS sucks!

When i got back.. Big Mac got the nxt appt already.. oh well.. 11 dec... hee.. what a date.. its big mac birthday!! will he get 1 of the best present ever?? Im sure he will...

puke, blood, and more

2008-11-08T18:52:00.003+08:00

I been puking since last fri if i rem correctly...
initialy i realy puke out things... 4 time a day only...

After monday... things began to change... I cant puke most o fthe time... i went w/o puking anythg solid for 1 day I think.. and finally when I did.. nohg much came out... but just then.. I begin to see blood in the saliva I spat out while puking.. my delicate throat is injured... boohoo...
Ya see.... I dun even eat things like cookies n etc cos they hurt my throat alot.. I hate that feelling.. and now the puking realy injured me...

Big Mac got me laksa fr hong lim complex yesterday.. but somehow its not spicy.. it s sweet... Needless to say.. hamburger rejected everything...
Then the wrong mee tai mak today. I wanted fish ball.. yet he got me... ehh mince meat... Again everything came out... gosh

I ate a slice of bread at 4pm.. I tink its stuck somewhere in the throat now... sigh

OUR 1st meeting

2008-11-03T23:05:00.003+08:00

Our 1st meeting with han bao today.

Coincidentally its mummy's buttday =) Happy Buttday to me!

I choose Dr John Tee @ KKH, The private Suite as my chosen gynae for han bao.

We were late for appt! gosh... but luckily.. we did not have to wait too long =)

Im pretty worried whether I can see the sac today since its pretty early.. like 5 weeks plus..

Routine test includes: Urine test, blood pressure as well as weight taking.

Currently at 51.8Kg (thats an increment fr my previous weight!)

Wait for about 10 mins for my turn.. enuff time to drink up a cup of hot milo while waiting since I just emptied my bladder due to the urine test hehe

Preparing myself to go for V scan later on when I go in..

Saw Dr Tee, a friendly gynae .. much friendlier than the previous one =)

With confidence.. he said he will give me a tummy scan instead of V scan which is more invasive.

And there we saw Han Baoz..

A v tiny sac.. but lucky thing was its visible via tummy scan!

No heartbeat seen yet.. still too small.. but Im happie enuff to see the sac =)

After some Q&A with the gynae.. we can go off... Dr Tee says go bk in 2 weeks time to scan again for the heart beat.. 2ww sucks.. but I am happie to wait =)

Dear Han Bao pls grow fast so daddy mummy can see ur heart thumping hehe

I got the 2nd best gift in my life today =)

My best gift? Big Mac of cos =p

Starting...

2008-11-02T23:14:00.003+08:00

Started to feel heart is beating faster.. May said cos heart need to pump blood n oxygen to han bao..

last ntie I managed to have a good nite sleep... no cramp or tummyache... but later in the day time I got a bad one =( so which is better? haiz

My Merlion stance now increaswed to 3 times.. morning... before lunch and before dinner... need to clear my tummy before eating huh? HAA

Han Bao's heart shld have started beating le... tomorrow we can see on the scan.. twinkle twinkle little star =)

Its my buttday tomolo.. this will be my best pressie =)

Evening sickness?

2008-11-01T23:06:00.001+08:00

I puke again this evening.. I wonder am I having evening sickness?? not too bad if tis evening sickness haha cos just once only LOL

had bad nite last nite.. cramp n tummyache till break out in cold swet... shucks...

My 1st Merlion Stance

2008-10-31T18:18:00.001+08:00

My 1st puke started ...
My milo, bread and oats all came out.. sigh... I guess this is just the tip of an ice berg...
5 weeks.. and counting...

Double Promotion?

2008-10-30T12:52:00.002+08:00

Couple of months back.. while we are trying hard to ttc... I always wonder why is it a failed mission... I consoled myself.. perhaps, its fated.. cos being promoted means a big thg and we sure need to get promoted with a bang =) I was wondering perhaps, Daddy Big Mac will be able to get a double promotion. Well I have this stupid idea.. cos the year he was promoted at work.. the same period.. he was promoted to be a hubby.. and oerhaps han bao is just waiting for the period to come hee...

Strangely.. my prophecy might come true once again. I was counting the EDD via an online calculator.... and the EDD was either 1st or 2nd July '09.. how interesting if daddy big mac get his promotion next yr too... its a promotion I been hoping he will get.. and now.. if its a double promo... Its the best thg that ever can happen rite?

I dreamt of 2 little babies on my bed 2 nites ago... few weeks bk i dreamt I got a positive on OPK (despite my O was long over) and indeed I tested +ve on opk last week in a hurry =p... and so... wat is the last dream is going to come true? Am I going to have double cheeseburger? *chuckles* I am thinking too much LOL. Hopefully on monday we can know the figures... LOL

Blur Mummy

2008-10-29T17:26:00.002+08:00

I got the weekly dates wrong.. seems like today is the start of my 5th week only HAHAHAA... oh my dear han bao.. can u grow faster please.. i want to see u on tv hehe

Well or unwell?

2008-10-25T18:03:00.002+08:00

I haven got much to update.. but to keep my mind active.. and my memory from failing.. I tot I might just want to have a record of whats going on within me...

Yesterday I was out for half a day since late aftnoon... I was kind of scare tat I will feel sick n puke outside since no serious kind of puking is at presence for now. Funnily.. apart from the mrt ride which had some scent of certain ppl which make mi feel sick.. otherwise im like a happy bird.. Hamburger likes to go gai gai!

I had a potato salad for tea break fearing I might go on hunger pangs suddenly... and dinner at Dian Xiao Er... oh My.. Im surprised I could eat almost anythg everythg haaa... and I could still shop at carrefour... just tat by time I got bk I koink out hehe

I begin to feel worried... since suddenly I do not feel unwell... perhaps its just too early to feel unwell int he 1st pl.. but with its presence and suddenly disappearance there is a call for concern.
But who knows by time I reach lift lobby I feel so sick... I realy almost puke.. my eyes already teary by then... lucky I managed to control hehe

Anyway I begin to feel alittle of sore boobs liao.. I hope its a good sign hehe...

Some mummy wanna be friends have asked me for tips for the success of this month... and I thought its good to pen it down here too...

I used preseed for the 1st time.
I had my HSG done coincidentally at the same month too
I was not feeling good end of last mth and went to the GP, and was given multi vits like vit b as he suspect my body lack of certain vit.

This are the 3 new thg that happen within a mth.

Also I suffered from a round of food poisoning. Which causes me to LS near 10 times in a day and I ate near a can of pineapple to get rid of the virus... Pris made me some cucumber kimchi 2 weeks ago, and I ate everything up in 2 days...
on and off every week or so my tummy felt weird.. Loose stools.... weird...

So tell me.. with the amount of pineapple n cucumber that I had consumed.. would I have ever tot I might graduate this month? Obviously not.. and yes... it always happened at the least expected... this was my mentality for this month.. and Im glad I did not think too much bout it... now I get my fruit... geez...

Im anxiously waiting for 3rd nov for my 1st gynae appt.... Meanwhile.. Im feeding hamburger with loads of things..perhaps durian as well? since it prob will help hamburger to gro bigger and we can see him/her at the scan easily...

Hamburger.. promise me... dun play hide n seek with us ok!

CD29, 4 weeks

2008-10-23T20:54:00.004+08:00

I couldn't sleep last night... I watched dvd till 2am ..before i finaly slept... by 4ish in the morning I was up... pop bk to sleep... and by 8 am I am wide awake.. cant even go back to sleep... I gt soemyoyomood.. suddenly I feel so lost... I suddenly cried... ya..call it hormonal changes... I tot the best way is to go ahead n chat w my bunch of soon to be mummy friends...

By 10ish.. I tot maybe I should have breakfast. Maybe I should fix my meal time.. .so tat its more predictable... I had my milk n cornflakes w raisins.. I could barely fin the bowl of bf.. haiz... after which I start to feel sick.. the tummy is upside down.. Moral of the story... dun eat when U r not hungry....

Noon time I went down to get some meat for dinner... cant decide wat to have for lunch... so I stole a bit of my dinner (kimchi chiggae) to eat.. oh my... when I amhungry and eat this... it makes my day! duno is the msg or the spiciness haaa... at least i dun feel unwell... but the bruping continues....

I dun fancy chicken wing anymore... I can no longer stomach a curry puff and a chicken wing at 1 go... it took mi 4 hours to eat this 2 items when dear got it for mi.. too greasy I guess

I have no appetite for dinner..but dear gotto eat.. I had the soup n the mushroom.. suddenly the appetite came.... yes it chg faster than the weather.. so I got myself some brown rice to go w the soup... hee.. satisfying...

I hope to sleep by midnite hee...

on n off.. i tell hamburger dun disturb me.. let mi eat n sleep properly LOL.. lets hope hamburger understand what I mean...

And Im gettign a little greedy... I wnder is it just a hamburger.. or is it a double cheese burger!!!! haha.. ok greedy me... but I am hoping the clomide fr the last few months gave me more than 1 burger LOL

Nxt week I am gg to start hamburger on Mozart Effect twice daily...

oh yes.. my date with Dr Tee is set.. on my buttday 1500hours... I am getting my buttday gift on that day!!!!

The 1st positive

2008-10-22T23:14:00.001+08:00

I haven placed much hope for this month despite.. oh well we did work hard for it.. but since I had my HSG done earlier in the month.. I thought this cycle will be wasted...

Still, the preseed came into pic when "A" striked and I offered to take over her remaining tubes.. and I hurriedly collected from her during my CD12 hic hic hic... and of cos use it lar.. we used it for cd 14 as well.. after which cd 15 I just skipped using it as I thought I want to save the rest for nov =p

I had an open mind.. cos dear have been flying... 1st he went off for like 12 days.. bk for 10 days.. then away for another week... on my part.. I had my gfs to acc mi.. celebrate the birthdays n etc.. It totally took my mind off bout TTC-ing. Days pass... and well it seems boobies are not sore as yet..Im worried.. it means AF is not coming yet... I normaly feel sore 1 week before if not more... The bunch of girls encourage me..telling me that its a sign.. cos its diff... oh well hw cold i believe that.. cos the soreness period have been declining since 3 mth ago.. from 2 weeks.. to 10 days to 7 days.. and now none...

Last night... I was feeling really warm.. I keep complaining to my friends.. they prob tot I was overly sensitive.. but Im usualy very sensitive actualy... even to minor changes... I felt my feet sweating... palm sweating... hot air gushing out. I took my temp.. 37.1 degree.. I was quite gan cheong.. either i am running a temperature.. or sth is not right... I ask "K".. K said night temp is normaly higher... and so I dismissed the thought of testing...

Today, cd28, I woke up and took my BBT.. thanx to "C" who encouraged me to... 36.92 degree.. STILL HIGH... usualy I think my body temp is about 36.3.. yes im cold blooded haaaa

In a hurry.. I dig thru my drawer for the HPT... I saw those OPK i got fr UK.. not what I wanted.. then I saw 1 kit..that looks diff from others.. grab it and run off to toilet... cos I realy urgent! and I knw its tough to test after 1st pee cos I drink too much water after that.
after I stick the strip in... ehhh I realise the strip have the green coding... ehhhh ehhh ... thats an OPK no? HAHA ... but hey! 2 lines appear... 2 boldline... I have NEVER EVER gotten such bold lines during my mid cycle period. and so this is amazing...
After much Q&A.. I decided to try again with the proper HPT.. I got 3 left in drawer.. hidden somewhere further in haaaa...

I keep my finger cross... I hope I dun get the imagine a line syndrome... `grin`
I was anxious... I been using this HPT for MONTHS and I always get a white as sheet result.. I hope I could imagined a line but hey myeye is alrite.. cant imagine... today... I tot I saw a faint line... I rubbed my eyes.. stare at it again... for 5 mins... ehh the line is forming... I smiled ... darn happie alrite! then again only cd 27.. Im also worried is a false positive..

I cant decide to tell dear anot... cant disappoint him later on rite? I try to get him on sms but he din reply... aft some hours... he call mi back.. I guess he could have guessed what I want to tell him.... but I refused to say HAHAAAAA

ANyway the rest is history... I think is for real... cos the very night... I felt sick... bloated.. lots of gas... .my taste bud seems diff.. yes too early to have changes.. but I swear its real.. plain water taste weird... I need my bori tea.. hehe

Dear suggested a celebration.. but since nothg is confirmed... I dont want to celebrate as yet... is onli 27 days... seriously... han bao bao is prob 15 days old ok... haha.. I call the little one han bao bao hee.. yet to tell dear tat thou... He shall read this blog n get to know himself hee.. Dear is han... so is little one.. is a little baby... so bao bao.. and ok.. its hamburger.. daddy is Big Mac.. while mummy is Mc spicy LOL
I told dear wait till all is confirm then we celebrate(provided I dun puke my tummy upside down). Moreover I think we bursting budget for the month.. Dun want to spend so much...
so he said ok go buangkok hee.. cos there is korean food thr I wanna try.. at the food court...

He is anxious in his heart.. I know haa.. he acted cool.. grrrr... no good.. must b excited wat?? right?

I have decided to chg gynae.. from Dr Loh to Dr Tee.. since I did not realy conceived under Dr loh.. I will try to call for an appt soon.. too early to go to any gynae.. since hamburger prob onli the size of a mustard seed now.. if not smaller...

Its REAL!!!!

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This blog is create ... to record the milestone in our life...
The addition of "han bao bao".. aka hamburger...

Little one will have the Han surname and I think its cute to give him/her such a nick now.. hee.. after all.. is our little bao bao mah =)
and is a miraculous month for me.. since I have done or eaten 101 nono thgy hehe