Neh Neh Ni Bo Bo

Baby Gerald is saying to Mummy "Neh Neh Ni Boo Boo.. I am not going out! Nooooooo..!!Very comfortable here in mummy's tummy...Hehehee"

Very clever boy.. haven't come out already know how to play peek-a-boo with mummy...

Gave me a scare yesterday and after that scare, I suddenly realised actually I am quite afraid myself!!! I have no idea what to expect! I keep repeating to myself that I have to go to hospital if I start bleeding, if my water bag breaks or if I am really in pain.. (regardless of the timing... becoz by right there should be a timing of contractions every 5 mins)

Already the last week le... hmm.. even my mum said it's time... when I called her yesterday in panic mode telling her about the symptoms that I am experiencing.. Before today, I would have nv thought I would have come sooo far... I kept telling my mum I have a gut feeling I will give birth early.. apparently not now!

Haiz.. supposed to go out for a walk yesterday.. in the end didnt.. becoz of the false contractions... wasted my sunday.. damnz! Going for the last baby check up today at 7.40pm... I should be able to get a more exact date on when baby is due...

False contractions

Today went though almost 6 hours of un-comfort... similar to menses pain... thought I was going through first stage of labor.. in the end after 6 hours.. the pain just vanished... duhz... actually it is jus false contractions... haiz..

Longing to get out and go on a holiday...

It's been 2 weeks since I started working from home.. last week was still okay despite my computer being down for consecutive 2 days on Thurs and Fri.. Went out on Mon for baby checkup and then went out for waxing on Wed.. so somehow last week seems to pass much easier.. This week was terrible.. other than going for my check up on Mon... and a night car ride ard north on Tues.. I practically didn't step out of my house at all!

And the boredom is really starting to get on my nerves... SCV dun seem to be showing anything interesting.. none of the dramas seem captivating enough... the games are getting boring... work dun seem to be much of a joy... although I thank god that I still have work.. but I seriously long to go out for a walk... go shopping or even better go for a holiday... I am sooo sick of being stuck at home.. and all I see day in day out is my TV, my monitor and my mother in law... although it's true that at this point of time, I could barely stand/walk for more than 15 mins before I feel a slight lower backache and numbness in my legs as they tried very hard to support the weight of my body + my huge tummy... but still I jus long to get out...

Rick did suggest that I take a slow walk to the market about 10 - 15 mins away for lunch with my mother in law but my mother in law didnt like the idea.. and insisted that she can buy stuffs for me, should I need any... I think Raymond is right... sometimes you can't help but to ask when is the baby coming out?? Ada is flying off to Venice tonight and thinking back, I havent gone for a nice good holiday since Redang? That was ages ago! Like coming to a year... goodness... when can I go for a holiday again??

I think baby can feel my emotions because he is kicking/moving inside me now.. hah.. anyway it is jus the boredom that's getting into me... maybe I am starting to imagine things...or thinking too much... especially since I am not getting enough slp at night... and having aches here there and everywhere... things just seem to be at a standstill right now..

11 more days to go!

11 more days to go!!! OMG!!!! It's getting closer.... moving into single digits countdown... 10, 9, 8, 7.... arghhh!!..

Dunno why I am argghing.. hahaha.. dunno whether I am scared or excited.. mixed emotions...

Thoughts are running through my mind everyday. How do I know I am due, will it be contractions, water bag breakage or a bloody show, how do I differentiate between real and false contractions, will my water bag break when I am outside, will it be in the day or at night while I am sleeping, will Rick be around when I am going into labour to send me to hospital, should I call Rick to come home and send me to hospital if he is at work or should I take a cab to hospital myself and meet him there.."

Nowadays everyone around me is like on standby... I accidentally missed call my dad the other day and he called back frantically asking if I have already given birth... dohz -_-" it is so funny... hahaha

The doc asked me during the check up on Monday if my stomach is starting to feel very heavy.. seriously other than turning left and right in bed, I have pretty well grown used to my tummy! On one end I envy Paola coz she dun have to play the waiting game any longer... whereas I am still waiting here! But I think my mum is right.. better enjoy the times now that baby is still inside.. at least he wun cry or scream on top of his voice.. the most he can do is hiccups and move his limbs... hahaha.. so yup I am enjoying these last moments with him inside my tummy...

Look at how big my baby is right now!

Check up @ 38 weeks

Went for my 38 weeks check up appt yesterday...

Baby is now 3.1kg... there is enough amniotic fluid surrounding the baby to keep it safe... the doc advised that in the previous doc appt, she did a swap and found some fungal infection around my vagina area.. which she then gave medicine for.. other than that, everything is fine!

Next week appt the doc is going to do an examination to determine if my baby will come earlier or later than my estimated date of 3rd May... can't wait till then...

So meanwhile the waiting game continues..

My baby cot

My baby cot (before)

My baby cot (after)



Don't you think the baby cot looks much nicer with decoration?? Haha.. I am so damn pleased with myself..

Ugliness of pregnancy...

I have stretchmarks all over my tummy.. the whole tummy... even on my thighs..

And today while looking at my side view in the mirror... I noticed cellulite marks on my butt and my thighs!!! Arghh...

I am going to be damn ugly after my pregnancy sia.. looking like all of the slimming advertisement models.. crap..

And I was watching Discovery Home and Health today.. there is this program called "Birth Day" and it shows women giving birth.. I like to watch such programs becoz it kinda prepare me for what I should be expecting during my own labour.. but so far all the episodes show women starting off insisting on no epidural and later decided to opt for it in the end... and it is putting thoughts in my head of "ops...will I end up like them? am I making the wrong choice of insisting on no epidural?"

Another night of bad slp

Paola just gave birth the day before. Her baby Madeline is super damn cute. I hope Gerald is as cute too! She was being induced and her delivery took 12 hours.. OMG... upon hearing it I immediately took out my maternity package and started calculating... my maternity package only allows me 8 hours usage of the delivery suite. After 8 hours, it will be 53 cents per min for the next 4 hours... which adds up to an additional total of $1272!!! After 12th hour, it's free.... duhz they most probably already know 12 hours is the maximum anyone need to give birth naturally or maybe after the 12th hour, they will decide to proceed on with a C-section which mean additional charges again!!!! Oh no... pray hard everything goes well within plans man...

Anyway I didnt slp well yesterday night again... however yesterday was a completely new reason.. it wasnt the toilet trips... it also wasnt the acid reflux... it was trying to find a comfortable position to slp in... I am quite used to twisting and tossing ard in bed... multiple changes of positions throughout the night.. but nowadays just to change from facing left to facing right is a hefty task.. it is like carrying a 3kg watermelon in a pouch in front of you and turning together with it. When it is lying down on one side, it's still okay.. becoz the weight of it is supported by the mattress.. then the act against gravity pull begins when it is 45degrees and then 90degrees (that's when you have a 3kg watermelon sitting on top of your body... imagine that) then back down again... Rick kept asking me to stop twisting and tossing.. he said Gerald will feel uncomfortable inside... a while he is lying on mummy left.. then when mummy switched to the right.. he has to make himself comfortable again on the right too.. yeh maybe.. Rick said thanks god I am already working from home.. at least I get to rest if I really need to.. that's so true..

Around 2 weeks and 3 more days to go! So far I guess my third trimester is going fine... except for the lack of slp.. but I read in a magazine somewhere that the lack of slp during the third trimester is to prepare you for what's coming up next.. which is sooo true becoz once baby comes out, forget about slp man.. u will be waiting up every 2 hours... so maybe baby is preparing mummy right now..good boy!!.. hahahaha

No good night slp

Didn't have a good night sleep yesterday.

Woke up twice to go to the washroom.. then woke up a couple of times with a burning sensation in my chest.. thinking that it might be heartburn or acid reflux, I adjusted my pillow to 45 degrees and tried to get back to sleep in a sitting position.. woke up another couple of times with a aching pain in my stomach.. for a moment I was wondering to myself if I am going into labour.. are those contraction pains?? Spent about 15 mins awake after trying to make sure they are not...

Anyway the whole night is spent drifting in and out of sleep.. I am feeling very tired.. at 11.30am in the morning when I just woke up like barely 1 hour ago.. the whole body feel soft like a jelly and brain is definitely not in full working condition...

Me @ 26 weeks

That's me @ 26 weeks.. Rick likes to take photos with his hand on my stomach... I think that's damn cool.. hahaha.. give the feeling like we are one big family... hahaha...



See that's me underneath a big cow. Why?? Becoz baby Gerald is a cow boy!! He is born in the moo year..

Check up @ 37 weeks

Went to KK today to check on baby...

Rick is at work so he couldnt come... my father in law took leave and drove me down to the hospital with my mother in law... both of them then went shopping while I go for my scan and check up...

Baby is now 3kg to 3.1kg. My sugar level is abit high... doc asked me to take note of my sugar intake and try to cut down on things with too much sugar... I reckon it is the whole big glass of sugar cane juice that I had yesterday night or perhaps the Oreo McFlurry that I had on Fri/Sat... But I just kept craving for sugary stuffs which is not good!! Haiz.. no more icecream... no more canned drinks... only fruit juice or soy bean milk...

Anyway doc is hoping that I will go into natural labour within these 2 weeks which will keep baby's weight within ideal range of 3.5kg... if not it might be too big for me to deliver naturally... in fact I am due anytime soon!!! After 37 weeks, a baby is a full term baby.. no longer a pre-mature baby... Now that's scary... and the thought of "how am I going to deliver a 3.5kg baby from my cervix" starts to get into my mind.. hahahah.. imagine how big it has to be for the entire baby to come out... ok.. enough of that... I am still sticking to natural labour..

3 weeks to go...

Time really flies!!! To think that not soo long ago, I tested positive...then came the first trimester which isnt as bad as I thought it will be.. even though there was a couple of days I was down with morning sickness... then second trimester whipped past without a hitch... and now I am at my third trimester already... and it will be ending soon in 3 weeks!!!! How fast is that??? Hah

I started my maternity leave officially on 9th May... even though I will be still working from home.. at least I no longer have to make the 2 hours trip to work, up 3 flights of stairs.. and then make the same journey back... I reckon I will feel quite bored being stuck at home... other than going back to KK for the regular check ups... but the check ups are more packed now... it used to be once a mth.. then twice a week and now onwards it will be every week... becoz the baby is due anytime soon and they want to closely monitor it to make sure everything proceed smoothly.. The last checkup, baby weight is 2.7kg.. doc said it is abit too big for a 35 weeks baby, especially for my size... hmm... but I can't really control whatever I am eating.. so what the hack..

Everyone that see me now said my stomach is huge, even my dad...!! All the aunties in my block have been asking my mother in law if I am having twins... duhz!! Anyway the way I see it.. I dun feel my stomach being big at all.... hello.. it's a real live baby inside.. what do u expect??? Some old wives tale about not knowing how to hide my stomach... why should I?? And besides why would people even bother to hide their stomach for??? If you are pregnant you are pregnant.. I am as proud of my bump as I can be.. hahaha...

Anyway we went down and book my maternity package last Saturday during Rick's off day.. so that's one thing down... I wasn't very happy with what KK have to offer.. but at 35 weeks, I can't be bothered much... so let hope everything goes smoothly as planned... and I wun incur any much additional costs on top of the package becoz it will add up to a very pricy amount if it does... and thanks god there is the 0% installment plan... somehow it just help a bit to reduce the heartpain of seeing one whole lumpsum of 2k+ disappear from the bank account... self consolation indeed..

Started packing my bag today... already on standby mode... since baby might pop any day now crossing into 37 weeks.. in fact my mum has been nagging at me for quite some time on that... actually there isnt much... I just need to get a couple of more things ready for my confinement...a long sleeve jacket, bedroom slippers and socks... went out yesterday to Mustafa but didnt manage to get any of the items... most prob try my luck again this weekend... but first thing first I have already chopped off my long hair and got myself a short hairstyle.. hahah ... since I will be super wrapped up during my confinement... not being able to shower, not able to slp with aircon, cannot have the fan directly blowing at me... have to wear long sleeve, long pant, socks and bedroom slippers.. I reckon I will be sweating buckets... so I am sure short hair will help greatly... the hairstylist thinks that it is a waste for I have been having long hair so quite some time.. but hey that isn't anywhere on my concern list at the moment... for now I am just worried about how to make myself more comfortable... and not the opposite.. it will just be for a month.. and maybe it will help me to lose weight fastly.. so ok let just do with it...

Now that the due date is getting closer... even me (usually the calm one) is starting to panic a little... even though I kept telling myself that I cant plan for all possibilities.... so I should just let nature take its own course.. I am opting for natural birth... with the help of nitrous oxide of course.. but surely not epidural... I dun wan a injection in my spine.. and I surely dun want the helpless feeling of not being able to feel anything waist down.... I have quite a high threshold for pain.. and I believe very much in the fact that the brain controls over the physical state of the body... so it is how u think and not how u feel... so I am hoping with all these I am able to overcome the painful contractions.. although I still have no idea how painful the contractions are... my mum and my 2 best frenz think that I will surely be able to make it through since my character has always been very strong and rough... they know that I am not one of those gentle type of gals that cry out in pain at any simplest things... but Rick is abit worried... his major concern is he dun wan to see me in pain.... extreme pain that's it... so he kept asking me why I dun wan to choose C-section... since most of the people are going for it... it's like the easy way out... go in 15 mins the baby is out and there is no pain at all (not until afterwards)... but I dun wan a C-section... it wouldnt be considered childbirth if you nv go through natural labour at all!! That's what I think.. unless touch wood.. if I really cannot go for natural and have to go for a C-section.. then bo bian... but if can.. I am sticking to natural and that's it...

Thanks to my hubby!

I have to say this.. I think my hubby is one of the best I can ever have.

I have to thank him for being so supportive of me so far. Giving up his drinking tius to stay at home and accompany me, even if he need to go out he will try and make it back early, making the effort to fetch me to and fro work, bringing me to eat whatever I feel like eating and wherever I feel like going.. and most of all being sensitive to me and understand why I am going through all these changes...

I can't really ask for any more...

Old frenz...

I used to have a couple of good male frenz.. those die-hard buddies who sticked by me despite not being in contact for years but you know whenever you need them, they will always be there for you...

Frenz like Chia He and Franklin who I know since Sec 2.. Frenz like Leon and Shi An who I also know since secondary school, who I always hang out with... seeing them almost everyday for continously months... frenz like Kenji who I only know when I am in Delifrance..

Was going through my mobile contacts the other day and realised I havent spoken to them for ages.. I guess as everyone grows older.. conversation topics change, everyone has their own life.. and nothing seem to be the same anymore.... even the occasional "how are you" sms only comes back with common short replies like "ok... good... fine...".. a bit bo liao to come and think of it..

Moving on...

Honeymoon

Isabelle a uni frenz of mine went to France, Switzerland and Italy for her honeymoon! And me... I went to Pulau Redang.. not even sure if that is my honeymoon also.. It was just a trip taken some time after our solemnisation...

Now that's a whole load of unbalanced hormones..

1 yr anniversary

One more week and it will be me and Rick one year wedding anniversary.. this year it happens to be on the second day of Chinese New Year!! so qiao right?? Can't go anywhere this year as both me and Rick can't go on leave.. so we are going for a short trip to Sentosa.. I know I know.. it's boring right?? But we got to stay in SIN for the reunion dinner and we have to go visiting.. so 2 days aint enough for us to go anywhere else except the nearest overseas "island getaway".. So yes we will be spending our first wedding anniversary at Sentosa... jus the two of us... enjoying some peaceful (hopefully) time together..

3rd trimester

Today marks the beginning of my 3rd trimester. It is the final stretch towards the end of my pregnancy!! Each day seems to be getting more and more difficult.. as I continue to suffer from loss of sleep, a heavy and uncomfortable stomach, a uncontrollable bladder, multiple loud hiccups and burping.. but whenever I feel my baby move inside me, somehow it just bring a smile to my face... I just hope everything will be fine, that he wil be a healthy baby and I will carry him to full term... everything else doesnt matter...

Solemnisation at Orchid Country Club..

It's lousy...sorry to say...

Went for a frenz solemnisation at Orchid Country Club today afternoon with my hubby..I happen to be the chinese emcee for the ceremony... (of coz with a script provided)..

Settings was nice though I thought a bit plain.. ceremony went well... but the food sucks... the fried rice being the only main course for the buffet lunch was hard and tasteless... the rest were just boring stuffs like chicken wings, nuggets and sotong balls.. the carrot cake accordingly to my frenz was lousy too.. most of our frenz went for only one round and no more... the choices for desserts was boring.. with mini fruit tarts, ham & cheese crossisants, fruits and nyonya kuey.. the nyonya kuey dun seem very popular.. so i went for mini fruit tarts and fruits.. will never go wrong with that... there is still so much food left they have to pack.. and the service is lousy too!! There is too little service staffs that most of the people ended up doing self service, the lady clearing plates asked me if i want to have my plate cleared when i am in the midst of stuffing a big piece of lettuce into my mouth.. how she expect me to reply yes or no... i was rolling my eyes then.. then hubby asked if there is beer and she replied.. it is a buffet so it's self service... so hubby have to take drinks himself.. sad case..

Dun really think it is worth to spend so much (dunno how much it is) to have your ROM at Orchid Country Club when perhaps you can have better food & service elsewhere.. Hubby is right.. if the food at your ROM sucks.. everything sucks all together..

I think our food at Amara is still the best... hahaha.. everything is just perfect.. from the venue to the food.. the food was just the most fantastic finale to the perfect day man... till now I can still remember the taste of the salmon sashimi, the opera cakes, the cod fish, the prawns with honeydew etc... of coz it comes with a cost.. but at least everyone enjoy themselves and the food... I think most of the people that went had more than one round.. and even until now I still have people telling me how great the food is...

I miss the noodles!!!

This is the picture of the noodle dish that I have been craving ever since I returned back from Kuantan.. my parents in law didnt really like it but I LOVE IT man!!! I almost wanted to order the second plate becoz it was sooooo nice!! But this craving is going to be very hard to ease because everytime I want to eat this noodle dish we have to drive all the way to Kuantan... hahahaha..

Behold the special tomato sauce noodle that you can only find at Sungei Lembing, Kuantan.

Bukit Timah Hill - Conquered!

The highest peak in Singapore stands at an altitude of 164 metres.. (only...)

It was drizzling when we started the climb.. Didnt go in proper attire.. was in fact in slippers..

Easy walk plus a short flight of stairs to end the climb to the summit.. no kick at all..

Started pouring when we started our walk down.. so we stopped at one of the shelters midway hoping for the rain to stop.. in the end the rain dun seem to be stopping so we decided to proceed anyway..

My slippers is giving way during the last part which is a steep slope so I decided to take off my lousy slippers... easier than wearing the slippers sia.. wahaha..

Anyway next step Gurung Rinjani..3726 metres.. what a big difference in comparasion... wahaha