Where were we?

So, so, I repeat, so many things happened since my last update on 34weeks.

At 36weeks and 3days, a day after my usual routine check up, our little boy decided he wanted to see the world earlier.

The labor story begins...

About close to 5.30am my waters broke, which I thought I couldnt hold my pee. Changed myself and went back to bed.

In bed, felt light contractions which I thought were the normal Braxton-Hicks. But the cramp went down to my pelvic area which was weird. Suddenly I felt the urge to pass motion.. The same symptom I had when I had Sara.

After going to the toilet to ease myself, there was light brown stains. It was then I woke hubby up to get ready to the hospital. Alerted my brother in law to care for Sara when she wakes up and bring her to school for us.

We reached KKH at about 6.15am, at the Delivery Suite. Once I was checked, I have already dilated 4cm. They wheeled me straight to the labour room and strapped me to the CTG scan. It was then about 6.30am. 

Contractions started to be more often and more painful until I felt like pushing towards the end but my gynae has not arrived yet.

Midwives and nurses were very good and patient. They taught me how to breathe in the laughing gas to calm myself down as I was hyperventilating. 

Finally doc arrived just slightly after 8am and she did the episiotomy and with one push, little Sam was out! Yay!!

Altogether this labour is slow and steady compared to Sara's, fast and furious. 

Praise God that Sam, though a little late premature baby, he was given the clean bill of health to be discharged with me the next day.

However 3days later he was readmitted due to jaundice for 2nights. Mummy was heartbroken. :(

To cut story short, Sam is doing so much better today. Drinking, peeing n pooping well... Very well!

Thank You Lord for all Your provision. 

Here he is today, at 25days old:

@34weeks

My stats:

Gained 3kg from 28weeks check. Total weight gain: 10kg

Baby gained 1.38kg from 28weeks check. Total weight gain: 2.38kg

So far:

- no swollen feet (yay)!

- no stretch marks (yay)!

- no need to get bigger clothes. Hehe

Preparations:

- bb stuffs done

- cot still not up yet

- hospital bag yet to be packed

Sara's reaction:

Awhile ok to have a sibling awhile she gets jealous. Normal I guess.

Hubby's reaction:

Excited but at the same time calm and composed. Hehe. Thinking of all the $$ that is going to be involved I guess. Hehe. 

Praise God bb is healthy and well... And I managed to control my weight better this time compared to the first pregnancy. :D

@ 24/25 weeks

My 24weeks stats: +5kg

Baby is 800g. ;))))

This is baby:

And this is me at 25weeks:

Tummy gets bigger everyday!!! But I am still able to move around fast. Thank God for it.

@ week 20 (#2)

Hello all!
Long time no updates... Been busy with the house renoworks and that too, have not updated the other blog.

The last post was more on updates for Sara, in which I'm also kinda busy preparing for a small party in school for her. But the best part is, I can do everything online! Woohoo! Except for the balloons I have to pick-up myself because the delivery cost is much more than the balloons itself. Hehehe.

So here is my 20th week picture:
Slightly bigger.. Tummy grew exponentially after the 18-19th week. Hehe.

Managed to get a video of baby moving inside. It was really so nice to see bb inside. Not much chances during Sara's time. Hehehe. Hello babes! Doc said bb is very active! PTL!

Mummy's weight: 61.9kg (~+1.5kg)

At the time I'm writing now, already 21weeks, I'm at least (+3kg already) - boohoo!

Baby's weight: Not sure... but should be around 360g, 26cm? Didn't measure during the checkup and I forgot all about it. 

I have started wearing a mix of maternity clothes already. Went shopping at H&M Mama ranges and the clothes are super comfy!!

Here's one, for just $24.90!

Very comfy and the pants are super nice and comfy.. and prices are not expensive unlike other maternity clothes range. :)

How do I feel these days? I feel much better now than in the 1st trimester. More energetic, able to do more stuffs, but since tummy is getting bigger, it is quite difficult to bathe Sara these days. And thus, the job has been handed over to Daddy. :)

Daddy has been helping me alot these days. Especially with handling Sara (and her tantrums and disciplining her) and also her well being. :) Not only that, he helps me with the laundry as well, which I am much appreciative. Thanks, darl!

Overall, I just want to thank God over and over again for the good health and stress-free pregnancy (minus the minor discomforts) this time around. It would be so difficult if I have very bad nausea, backaches and what not as some of my friends do, and are complaining about... though some of them are mothers-to-be. :) Maybe that's why they said the 2nd one is always EASIER. hehehe. Praise the Lord!

Baby has been kicking very, very, very actively, since 14 weeks it started off with flutters.. now it's super-kicks. Hehehe. Or sometimes I can feel baby somersaulting. And yes, we are keeping the gender unknown to all (except for close friends) as long as we can. :)

Till now, me signing off, have a great weekend ahead!

16 weeks and counting!

Yeah, time flies. I'm into my 16th week already.
Skipped my appointment for this month. Just plain lazy to go.
I just hope I am able to feel baby's stronger movements to know that he/she is OK. :P

So far, checking from my own weighing scale, have not put on weight yet. (yay!).
I hope I can maintain till 20weeks... so that I can have more leeway to put on after that.

Back starts to hurt once in a while. Trying not to carry Sara, but at time, just have to do so for a little one. My big baby. :P. The "zng" back pain starts from the hips right to the toe, usually on either side of the legs. Signs of aging I guess. The older you are, the more lethargic and tired I feel. May not be true for some of you.

Other than that, I'm perfectly OK!.

At the moment, we are also busying ourselves with house reno designs, etc.

Headache, but step by step. Can't wait to move in. :)

12/13 weeks and counting..

First trimester flew very fast!

In my last check up at 12 weeks, here's my stats:

Weight: 60.9kg (almost no weight gain from 8 weeks check up)
Baby shld be about >5 cm

How do I feel? So far so good. Appetite did not exponentially increased, still the same as before.

Another chapter....2013!

Chapter #1:
Sara is now 2 yrs and 9 months plus. She is definitely growing i.e in terms of physical growth and mental growth.

At this current moment she is now between 15-16kg (!) and stands at 95-96cm tall. Indeed, everyone says she is tall for her age.

Mentally, just a few months settling down here in a span of 5 months, she has certainly matured. In her child-like thinking, her logical and witty mind and quick-to-response/ impromptu minds. There were many times when hubby and I get so surprised with her actions, her response and her wittiness that I am not able to put everything in writing. But this is quite a classic which must be put into writing.

Daddy was driving the car a little fast:
S: Daddy, why are you driving like a crazy man? Later the policeman will come and catch you, ya know.
Lol!

Growing too fast, she is now venturing into the phase of "Whys". :D

Leaving you with a little picture of my little Miss, after Sunday school, not too long ago. :)

And.. another chapter of our life is about to be added in! (This explains the long absence from my blog updates)


Presenting to you, Baby! Scan shows at 8weeks into the pregnancy. 2cm long and heartbeat was seen clearly. Sara managed to catch a glimpse of this and of course, it followed with a trail of, "What's this?", Whys", etc...

Me, at almost 9 weeks pregnant. Those are fats from the 1st pregnancy, not bump!

Hehehe. How's the feeling like being pregnant all over again? Contrary to my first pregnancy, I had no forms of severe nausea or vomitting throughout my first trimester till now... Okok. I'm only 11weeks and 2 days pregnant as I blog this post.. But previously, I was having terrible vomitting at week 6 during my 1st pregnancy. It was that bad.

For this time around, besides the tiredness/ lethargicness during the first few weeks (I slept when Sara slept), it's better right now. At least I could stay up from 9pm to 11pm now. Hehehe.

Other than that, tummy now feels bloated after meal. Terrible feeling. Appetite? Quite ok, though some days I can't stand the smell of fish, or anchovies or all those fishy smell. And as usual, I need to eat spicy stuffs just the same as previously to keep down my nausea. I also noticed more headaches this time around. It took me almost 2 weeks to be totally ok to keep off my tea every mornings or once a day habit.

Trying to keep my diet as healthy as possible, and not to overeat like the previous pregnancy. Target to only put on 10kg for this pregnancy. Possible? I suppose so, if I can continue to keep away from sweet stuffs like cakes, ice-cream and DURIANS! (oh no!).

And yes, we've decided to give birth here in the lion city. So the headache continues in search of confinement lady, the logistics, and nanny of course!

Chapter #3:

Our nest. Yes, tentatively, we can only get our keys on 14th March. And only then we can deal more with contractors and all. So far, nothing firm planned on the renovations yet. Sigh. But all the same, am excited to move to our own place.. a place we can call home. And in future, Sara won't have to refer her house to Sara's house in Malacca, but she will also have a house in Spore. Yay!

It's 2013!

Yeah, sorry for the lack of posts.. I really was busy during the end of the year. With a long week shut down, we traveled to Segamat and KL and Melaka for that week.
Tiring though, but fun, coz I get to meet up with my ex-schoolmates.
Spent Christmas is Melaka and a boring New Year's eve in Segamat.

And another reason for being tired is well.... it is starting all over again... after 2yrs ++.

Till then, look out for my updates! :)

Labour of L.O.V.E

Yes, yes, I know that Labour Day has just passed...but this is indeed a LABOUR story. :)

05:40 Woke up to go to the toilet as I had the some bowel movements. Big business! Had slight stains. Thought nothing, it will take long before the contractions set in. So went back to sleep. Didn't bother to call hubby also.

05:50 Second time for big business. Just had the urge to do it again. Funny. Stains were more. Pain came in. Started to time my contractions. Unbelievable. It was 5 mins apart at first, and getting stronger!!! Mum was cool and calm... asked me to take my time to bath and get ready.

06:00 Contractions was really painful, and it was only 3 minutes apart after that. Called hubby and can calmly ask him to take his time. (Heard too many stories from friends that it usually won't be so soon). Took my bath, WASHED my hair, yes, very important to wash hair. And at most times, I was trying to stand the pain in the bathroom. Giving short-short-long breathes as what I have learnt in the ante-natal classes.

06:50 Reaching hospital soon, called hubby to tell him we're on our way to the hospital and I think we reached already. Can't remember.

06:55 Mum dropped me at the A&E and a nurse helped to wheel me in. At the entrance, the person at the registration had the cheek to ask me for my IC!!!!! I frantically searched in my handbag which was with me (thank God) and just put the IC on the desk. (I know this is dangerous, but heck care! I was in PAIN!) I was just ouch-ing the whole way through and the nurse brought me straight to the maternity ward.

There, she asked me what type of room I want. Single-bedded or double? I said single. Thank God there was a room available. She wheeled me in, and then, checked me through. Asked me a few questions on the way like what time contraction started, bla bla, is this your FIRST child? bla bla... Then wheeled me straight to labour room. I was like. So fast? On the way in, they were getting info on me, like who's my doc, and who's the child's doc. I was on the labour bed and the midwife just told me to PUSH. I remembered in class about dilating first then only push. So I asked her, and she told me I was FULLY dilated. I was like. Ok.. just 2 days ago, doc said I did not dilate even 1 mm. And now, fully dilated, thank God!

But the midwife probably didn't know Sara was abit big, so I began pushing with all my might and strength. And when I finally thought that her head was out, I just felt lots of water gushing out. And next minute I know, she was telling me, oh no.. "Baby poo inside already, water is yellowish-greenish". Fine. That's all I need to know to make me panic and the other stupid nurse made me anxious by saying the "C" word. Yes, C-section.

I said a fast prayer, HELP ME GOD!. Push and pushed but no signs of her crowning. Doc finally came in about 15 mins later (he was stuck in the traffic jam, and of all days, it was raining heavily some more). He came in, explained the situation to us (yes, mum was with me! But I could see the look on her face was not a pleasant one). Hehehe

Doc gave me 2 choices. He will try to help me with the vacuum suction or, c-sect. At that point of time, I couldn't give him the answer direct, but in my heart, I wanted c-sect. Fast and don't have to endure the pain. But of course, I chicken out at the thought of c-sect too. So without wasting much time, doc took out the vacuum thing and started to insert to try. My next contractions came and I really gave my all in pushing, and her cute little head popped out. Mum saw and first thing she mentioned, "Aiyohh.. so cute her cheeks!". The doc plopped her on my thighs since the paed was not around yet. Just then, the paed was around, came in and tried to suck out the stuffs from her lungs and all that, then came to pass her to me. She's so adorable, but I had no reaction to her because I was still in pain. It took the doc another about half an hour to stitch me up. Imagine how many stitches I had! I had to be on local anesthetic for the stitches, but no pain relief for the actual delivery. How irony!!

Anyway, still wanna thank God for the fast delivery that we have prayed for. And such a cute little blessing from Him. Appreciate my mum who has been such a great help all the while until now, taking care of me and Sara, having her sleepless nights, and also having to use up her leaves. Love you lots mum! (Now I really know what it takes to be mum!). Oraits... gotta go... Need to see the lil one if she's done her big biz or not. Hehehe. :)

The bun is still in the oven!

I can't wait to hear a "ting" from the oven. Hehehe.

Am getting a little impatient here waiting for my little woman to be out. From my status in FB, I think everyone probably knows how I am feeling right now. I get these questions "How are you feeling now? How are you doing? U ok or not?" of late. Thanks for the concern, but I guess it's easier for me to write it out so that I don't have to keep on repeating myself like an old record player. :P

And I pity my mum as well because my aunts and cousins have been calling practically either everyday or other day to ask the favorite question "Sudah ka, belum?" So before they can ask, my mum will usually answer them "Belummmm..." Same goes for her colleagues as well.

I am generally OK. Still bearable. Just that I am feeling so uncomfortable because tummy is huge. Like I said, it's literally like I'm carrying a basketball in my belly. She's getting low, so sitting down is so uncomfortable for me, I have to open up my legs a little bit.
Not only that, the weather has been so crappy of late. Even after a bath, I am literally sweating sitting under the fan, turned on FULL BLAST. And of course, it goes without saying I take probably abt 4-5 baths a day. Hehehe.

I have been walking alot. As in alot. At home, I time myself to walk every 15 mins, 5 laps. Then rest. Then 5 times squats every hour. Then in the evenings, I will go for a walk with mum and Philo around the housing estate. By the time I reach home, after dinner and all that, I'm really so tired.

I hate sleeping at nite because that's the most uncomfortable position. I get up to go to the toilet abt 4-5 times. Of late, I have been doing "big business" at 3-4am. And when I sleep, to turn left and right is such a huge task because of the size and weight of the baby. And if I sleep on one side too long, my legs or hands get numb because of the weight. So.. in short, I hardly sleep! So usually in the mornings, I sleep in till about 9am++ or when I'm really hungry, I'll wake up.

As I feel myself so heavy these days, my pelvic muscles in between my bone is hurting quite badly. It's like I feel anytime it's giving way. Hahaha.

Anyway, I know all's worth it when I see my little one in my arms. :) Can't wait for it. Hopefully, this weekend. Please pray for me and the baby, everything will go smoothly this weekend. :)

Happy Birthday!

To my lil bro! Hahaha.

Was hoping that Princess will be out yesterday, looks like she doesn't want to share her birthday with her uncle, and she wants to have her own birthday. We are just so curious when it'll be??!!

We went to watch "How to train your dragon" in 3D, coz we thought after some laughs, she might wanna come out. Walked up and down my house staircase, walked around the taman, shopping centres, to no avail. Finally, Jason gave up, he went back to Spore this morning, straight for work. Poor him, he must be so sleepy and tired now.

The exact due date is today!!!! Well, I have about another 14 hrs to go before she decides to come out or not. Right now, no signs at all. Lalalalala...

Anyway, mum tasked me to start slicing the ginger already... Cos when the bub is out, I think we will have no time to do this... anyway, we are just following my grandma's orders. She, being a confinement lady for so many years (she even did it in Spore), knows what's best, and I'm so thankful and glad that she will be able to make it at least for 1-2weeks of my confinement, more so to teach my mum how to cook confinement food. So blessed!

Till then, everyone... have a blessed week ahead!

She's coming...

WE HOPE!

Mum and Jason is on leave already (and is back in Malacca! Yay!). This morning had some discomfort. So... I'm still waiting. Taking my timings and all.

Not to mention, drinking my "pao sum" for some extra energy boost later if needed.
Have been going to the loo for the umpteenth time. Hehehe.

Till then, please pray for little one to be out safely today and also that I will have a smooth delivery. Woohoo! Can't wait to see my little woman! :)

week 39

Nopes, no signs yet. Though doc already mentioned I'm having some form of mild contractions. Tried timing them, but no definite pattern yet, so probably not yet. *sigh*.

Sleeping and resting is something so difficult to do now and I know everyone is telling me to catch up on my sleep before the babe is out. But how to??

Tummy is getting bigger and heavier, sleeping on sides, back doesn't help when baby is sooooo strong to kick me all over. Tried walking, but can't do it for long since my feet can't support my weight and gets all swelled up. Sleeping in air-cond also has side effects. Didn't realize it makes my fingers cramped up and numb in the morning.

Interesting facts, eh? And yeah, the unavoidable stretch marks are popping up already. Got a few lines on my right side. Well, I am to be blamed because I didn't apply the cream for a long, long, long time until last week when the marks decided to show up. Probably because the fact that tummy is getting heavier, going downwards, so the skin is really stretched. Boo hoo!

Till then... the next post will probably be when Princess is out. :)

@ week 38

My updates:

My weight: 75.5kg (-1kg from last week)
Baby's weight: 3.1kg (-kg from last week) - rough estimation I guess. Hehe. Her head has finally ENGAGED! Good girl!! Doc said should be any time.

What does "engaged" means? Check out the pics below. It means the baby's head has to be fall lower into the mum's pelvis (for this case, it should reach till "0"). If it isn't engaged, the doc will say it's still "high". Which means, if I go into active labour when the babe's head is still high, I will have a longer labour period. The more engaged the head is, the faster the labour it is (as it is near the cervical opening :))

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So what have I done in the past one week back home in Malacca?

Lunch with Liza @ Durian Tunggal - Yummy superbly spicy cili padi bee hoon goreng!

Just needed this one just in case I go in labour today....Coconut shake @ Klebang!

My brother got the Bentong ginger for me... 6kgs @ Rm13/kg!!! It's supposed to be the best for confinement.. anyway, me not a real ginger fan, I hope this will convert me. :P (not to mention the 15 bottles of rice wine that grandma has ordered and the 5 bottles from Jason's grandma). :P

Have been sorting and washing the lil Princess' clothes, hand-me-downs from Jason's uncle who has 3 angels of his own. This is the 2nd load, I have one more load to go. I do hope she's big/small enough to fit in all these lil cutsies! The weather is soooo hot that they get dried fully after 1 hr in the sun. :P

Tadaaaa! I finally finished ONE SIDE of the shoe. Hehehe.

Thanks to Aunt Cat Teh (Liz's mum-in-law) for this lovely suit. It's SOOOOO cute.. but in the weather like this, I wonder when she will have a chance to wear this.. Hehehe. :)

Next up, we were supposed to fix the car seat belt for the old Honda Accord to fix the child car seat, but had no time. Besides, we need to send the cushion for washing first...

Hubby and I were praying that baby comes out this weekend, but looks like she's still pretty comfy inside. I am having that occasional tummy stretch, which I thought was her stretching inside, but doc said it's not. It's actually a form of contractions. So, when he said that, I started to time them. First, it was every two-hourly. Hoping that it'll get closer, but now.. it sort of disappeared or took longer than 2-hrly. I guess it's probably Braxton-Hicks? Not sure. I don't even know what a contraction feels like as I get different pictures of it from different ppl. I do hope I do know what a real contraction feels like when it REALLY comes. Hahaha. Till then.. still waiting patiently for Princess' arrival. Oohh.. can't wait... :)

Home-Sweet-Home

It's so good to be home!

Especially more when you're staying with parents. Hehehe. I need to get used to their schedule, what they do, and what nots. We finally got down to buying the nitty gritty stuffs for the baby like the napkins (Jusco sells them, can you imagine??) and was folding them while inserting the nappy liners.

Washed a set of clothes as well. It's so cute looking at all the tiny clothes hanging outside on the big hanger. Mum was helping me fold the clothes while I was folding the nappies, and she mentioned.. "Are you sure this is a baby's clothe and not a dolls? Looking at the baby's size now, not sure if she's able to fit in". Haha. Indeed! I'm a little afraid that she might not be able to fit in into the newborn clothes. But then again, God knows best, ya?

We managed to fix up the cot, got a good fibre latex mattress for her, packed her bags and mine, her pampers, and all those stuffs. *phew*. It really takes a lot to prepare for the arrival of the baby. :)

I am so looking forward to seeing her. Hopefully she can be engaged by this weekend. Labour stories and pains aside, I think I'm rather excited than nervous. Having back pains now for awhile, probably with the walking and my legs can't be more swollen. Mum had to do a light massage for me last nite because I felt like pricking my own feet to let the water out. Hahaha. And my finger joints and knuckles are also "locked" up for a moment. Hehehe.

I am also hoping to catch up with friends, but looks like I can't for now. I can't even drive properly with my belly so big and my feet swollen. So for now, my social life is over the net. :)

Till then.. have a good WORKING week, everyone. :D

Hmm..

This morning's check-up stats.

My weight: 76.5kg (+21kg???!!)
Babe's weight: 3.2kg (+0.5kg??!!!!)

Doc said it's rough estimation, might be less. I really hope it's less. We managed to catch a glimpse of her face. Looks like she has small nose (like mine :(), high forehead, cute lips (can't make out it's thick like Jason's or in between)... and.. really chubby cheeks???

Ah well, need to start dieting now. And walk alot, alot, alot more cos doc said her head is still rather "high", not engaged yet. Anyway, if she were to be born anytime from now, she's considered a full-term baby.

Pray that she comes out during weekends. Hehehe. Good girl. :)

Meanwhile, have done shopping for the tiny bits like her napkins, my "sarongs", washing of her clothes and so on. And yeah, fixing the cot. Hehehe. Excited? Yeah.. I'm WAITING.... just waiting.... :)

My Progress

Interestingly.. I find myself rather thin during the earlier stage of pregnancy. Hehehe.

week 20

week 25 (+10kg)

week 29 (+14kg)

week 37 (+20kg)

April Fool's

Today, marks April Fool's day.

I share the same prayer as Sharon's on her Facebook status. Just that I have some additional requests (in red):

Dear God, may baby not come out today on April Fool's day, but anytime after today will be good. Dont let it stay to long too cos am feeling very uncomfortable dy. But make sure baby comes out anytime during the weekends so that daddy can be around on time (and not kelam-kabut) to witness the birth. Thank u God.

My brother told me to tahan if she were to come out today. Hahaha. Anyway, she has been like totally kicking sooo vigorously the past few days. I'm not sure if it's a way of her saying "Hey look, mum. I'm getting bigger, and there's not much space left for me. It's not that I'm doing any somersaults or aerobics, but I can't help it. Because I'm getting bigger, you're able to feel every move I make. Till then, mum, I hope to see you soon. :)"

@ 37 weeks

Just me. :)

@36 weeks

Hello all..
Blogging from Malacca.. :)

Went for doc's check up this morning, here are the stats:

My weight: 74.5kg (+2kg since week 32, +19.5kg in total! GOSH!!!!)
Baby's weight: 2.76kg (+0.56kg since week 32 --> Avg OK,but on heavier side :P)

Mum told me she was huge and clumsy when she was carrying me. And she went over 20++kg and lost all that in 6 months. I hope I can loose all that in 6 months too. But mum was naturally lighter than me (<50kg) before she was preggie with me. But I hope I can lose it faster if I'm breastfeeding. Hehehe. Vanity, yes!

Lil Princess was happily kicking when the US was done on her. I guess she doesn't like when doc kept on pressing my belly. Hehehe. He managed to show us a side profile of her face. She DOES have high forehead! Like me, I suppose? And one side of her eye can be seen. Seems big. Praying it's big. But Jason said, still can't see if it's big because lids were closed. Oh well, slit eyes like her dad is also cute. Doc said we can go for the 3D or the 4D scan if we want to see it. Well, we want it to be a surprise! Hahaha. So we'll just wait when she comes out. :P

We went to tour the ward awhile. There were no rooms available for us to view (but it's ok since we can roughly remember how it looks like from the number of friends/ cousin who has been there before), so we just went to see the labour room. What I'm happy about is that, they don't bath the baby immediately after they are born. They put them in the warmer, then the next day, either mid morning or towards evening, they will bath the babe. That's great! They gave us a tin of milk, Snowbrand. Anyone wants this?

At mum's place now packing some stuffs to bring back to Spore like the baby's clothings, my maternity pads, diapers and so on, just in case... JUST in case.. Princess decides to come out next week and we're stuck in Spore. :P Hehehe.

Oh Lord, we pray that everything will come beautifully in YOUR time. Amen!