This post i want to dedicate to my boy, Kiern. While preparing my hospital bag, i decided to store Kiern photos into hubby creative zen so that i can look at it and be motivated during my labour. So let have some flash back...

FlashBack

^Straight after labour

^Straight after labour

^One day old

^Few weeks old, less than a month

^One month + old

^2 months old

^First swim

^First CNY

^First Birthday Celebration

^First Birthday Outing to Zoo

^Second CNY

^Second Birthday

Sad to say baby is now 2.4kg :( hubby said i siao why want baby so big, later baby 4kg then cannot natural birth. Come to think of it, what he said is true. If baby too big then i cant push then i be sad also cos i am pro-natural birth. Now i jus hope baby will be 3kg when birth.

Today went back to nyp wif my in laws because bro-in-law wanna buy laptop. Haha.. Felt weird stepping into nyp with a big tummy. So excited... next week start, baby is ready to see the world, now have to see when baby want to see the world.

10 more hours to my next gynae appointment. Going to see baby again and I am keeping my fingers cross that he weight at least 2.5kg.

Had my maternity shoot on 5th April. Had a lot of fun and Kiern is so excited. He thought he going to the studio to see his didi. When we were walking up the stairs to the studio, he asked "Is didi upstairs?" He brought along the toy that he wanna give his didi and was telling the photographer, Maryann, that he is giving that to didi. Then when we were selecting our shots to be developed, Kiern saw that there is another level up and he asked again "is didi upstairs?" haha.. he made us laugh a lot on that day. When selecting the shots, Kiern keep saying he like those artistic shots of mine.. haha.. why said artistic.. cos i took a plunge to take semi-nude pic or was it full nude??? I was naked but for the shots, i covered my important parts with my hands and thighs. Kiern keep pointing to those pics and said "I like this one". Haha.. He was very cheeky that day. Once i got the hard and soft copy of the pics then i will post the pics but dun expect me to post my naked pic..haha.. it only for me and my hubby view. After the shoot, when we got back home, i asked Kiern to keep the toy that he wanna give didi then he show me his sad face and asked "why keep? didi dont like this?" I took sometime to explain to him that didi is still in my tummy.

For those who are concern if i will be attending graduation ceremony, the answer is I dunno. If my baby comes to the world before 20 April then maybe i will attend but if baby comes after 20 April the answer is a definite NO. So my attendance on that day is on my baby hand.

Will update again after I get back from my gynae appointment.

Recover from flu but cough is still here... Got freak out on saturday and sunday cos baby did not move much in my tummy, was freaking scared and worried. Then i suspect maybe is my medicine so i stop taking it on sunday night and baby became active again on monday. I guess the medicine that cause drowsiness do affect my baby too. Think he is sleeping away in my tummy on saturday and sunday.

On monday i have this sudden urge to spring clean my whole house.. dunno where my energy come from i spring clean my whole house for 2 days! The only eye sore is the baby cot which laoye haven assemble as he is busy working.

Have been drinking at least 3 glasses of milk daily, hopefully on my next gynae visit(11/04) my baby will weight at least 2.5kg. Braxton hicks is getting more frequent sometime it hurts too but so long it is not regular that means i am safe from early labour.

As the DAY getting nearer i am more excited and fear set in as i forget how labour will be like so i went to libary to borrow some books to read on labour to keep myself prepare. One more person is also very interested in reading those books that i borrow, that is -->Kiern! Haha! Those books got a lot of baby pictures so he was like "i want to see baby" "Mummy, baby come out from your stomach?" haha... he is so cute.. he is getting the idea that he is going to see his didi soon so he feel excited when he see those baby pictures even to the extend of snatching the book from me. Only one book is without picture then he asked me why no baby pictures?

Can't wait to see my baby #2... ...

The flu bug found me again. So sick... Due to flu, i lost some weight which is bad news for mummy. At this stage of my pregnancy, i suppose to gain weight and not lose. Baby weight gain was not significant too according to my gynae, he said maybe due to my flu. I am worried that baby will be too small. I do hope when baby pop, he is about 3kg. Too bad i dun eat durian which is believe that it will fatten the baby. So i just have to increase my milk intake.

Too tired and too sick to write anymore... just hope baby will gain more weight and me to recover fast...

Its now a counting down game liao. Counting down to the pop day. 7 more weeks to my edd and 3 more weeks to the baby will pop on anyday. Haven start packing my hospital bag yet. Only wrote down a list of things that are to put in my hospital bag. Still double checking anymore things that i have left out. Need to prepare all the baby stuffs at home. Confinement stuffs, my mother-in-law said she help me settle. Haiz, a lot of things need to be done yet i do not have the strength to do. Baby cot still left disassemble at a corner of my living room... need to bug laoye to assemble it. Yesterday, parents in law are into the "guess the labour day date" game, mil guess 24-04. Haha.. we shall see... they also start to talk about baby name. Youngster bro-in-law said baby should be named "Qi Yu". So orbit can.. mil said he said that becos Kiern chinese name is "Qi Yan" so the two brothers will be "Yu Yan" which mean language in mandarin -_-"


This month got 2 old folks birthday. One is my papa and the other is my mil. haha, think hubby broke after treating 2 of them. For my dad birthday celebration, we went to Vivo city and it cost laoye abt $200 anyway condemn the place liao, the food sucks and the carpark sucks too especially when we were going home, all the cars are long having this long queue just to get out of that place. For my mil, we went to Long Beach Seafood Restaurant @ IMM, that meal cost a whopping $500, hehe.. thanks to that i finally had the lobster that i have been craving since first trimester. Too bad no photo for both cos too busy eating :P




**Random pics taken during underwater world and dolphine lagoon outing**

























Random Thoughts: I miss wearing heels and shopping for shoes and nice "slim" clothes...

Baby Ultrascan


^19 Sep 2007: 16mm Sac aka waterbag.
Heartbeat not detected as baby is still developing.


^26 Sep 2007: 7mm foetus aka baby.
Baby had developed. Heartbeat detected.


^1 Oct 2007: 8mm foetus.
7 weeks


^23 Oct 2007: 38mm/10 weeks 4 days
Baby had formed his basic body structure. Head is bigger than body at this stage.
Baby has now completed the most critical portion of his development.


^13 Nov 2007: 77mm/13 weeks 4 days
Baby body is starting to catch up with his head —
which makes up just a third of his body size now.


^23 Nov 2007: 15 weeks/85mm
We saw something in between the legs so gynae said 80% boy.
As it is still early to confirm baby gender.


^14 Dec 2007: 18 weeks/ 123mm
This time gynae said 90% boy.


^07 Jan 2008: 21 weeks 3 days. Baby weigh approx. 410 grams.
Had detail scan on this day which mean gynae scan every single part of baby, all his organs etc.

^07 Jan 2008: Baby cute cute face.

^07 Jan 2008: Gender confirm is boy.

^04 Feb 2008: 25 weeks 3 days
Estimated weight - 980 grams

^03 Mar 2008: 29 weeks 3 days
Estimated weight - 1.3kg

Now that I am in week 30, which mean 10 more weeks to my EDD and 6 more weeks to anytime baby will pop week. Previous check up, baby weight is 1.3kg @ week 29. Next check up will be on 17/03. As i am now in my 8th month, now check up is every 2 weeks instead of the usual 4 weeks. Once i hit 9th month then it be one week once.

There is baby fair at Takashimaya right now till 23-03. Went there on its first day(06-03), bought two big bags of items, lucky they offer free home delivery for purchase $100 and above. While shopping, i still worried on how i going to carry the stuffs back as i need to pick Kiern up from school. Thanks to the huggies promotor who informed me about the home delivery as there is no notification on free home delivery with purchase above $100 around the baby fair. I think i will go back again as i just realised some items i need 2 quantity as baby will be at my in law place when i start work so need to put baby items at their place too. Have discuss with my in law regarding baby, laoye and i will pay for a maid to stay at in law house to help do house work while they take care of baby or the maid will help look after baby while they are busy.

Will try to upload baby #2 ultra scan pics. Wanna to upload long ago but keep forgetting about it. Hopes i remember the next time i blog =)

Am I 29 weeks pregnant or 30 weeks? I am confused at this stage and getting more tired, forgetful and less alert (no worries, I have stop driving for the time being, see I am a responsible driver). Anyway my next visit to the gynae is this coming monday and I am anxious to know what is my baby weight, haha..

Been busy shoppin for baby #2 stuffs and those Kiern hand down clothes. No space for me to put baby clothes, baby clothes are every where in the house now. Later will be going to Toyogo warehouse to buy plastic drawer to put baby clothes. haha, to think of baby #2 will use all hand me down clothes and bedding set make me a bad mother, like mistreating him so i bought a few new clothes and still thinking if i want to buy one new bedding set.

Will be going for my maternity studio shoot next month (proudly sponsor by Laoye as Valentine's gift), probably in 3 weeks time, hopfully stretchmarks wont be showing on my tummy within this 3 weeks. I am lucky that my stretchmarks only appears near my bum area. haha.. will be bringing Kiern and laoye along to take pics with my bulging tummy.

Kiern is now a very good korkor. haha.. we went amk hub after our dinner at Jackplace then we went in to Mums & Babes, a shop where they sell stuffs for mother to be and baby. Kiern saw this "train", actually its a bus those long bus and he thought is train. Then he ran to me while i looking at other stuffs.
"Mummy I want to buy train for didi"
I asked him "which train?" "come i show you". He pulled me to the shelf and show me. I said asked his papa first. So he went around the shop shouting for his dad. Laoye had sneaked to the game shop next door, haha. Anyway when laoye came back, Kiern pushed the bus on to laoya hands and said he want to buy for didi.
We keep asking him if he has the money. "yes i have" then he will pretend digging money from his pocket and open his empty fist, "here the money". Laoye keep saying no and asked Kiern to ask didi want a not? Kiern put his mouth near my tummy to ask and straight away he said loudly "didi said he want!" then Kiern gave his best smile and said " i want to buy for didi ok? ok!" then straight away he put the bus on the cashier counter. Smiling back to us, so no choice, we pay for it and Kiern proudly said "I buy train for didi."
But i think he using didi to buy something he want, haha.. cos before stepping to amk hub, we told him, he cannot buy anymore trains as he have a lot and laoye actually order 1 special model from Thomas and friends collection from US which is making its way here. Kiern knows all the model of Thomas and friends, all their name although some look the same to you but he know the differences!

Finally graduated from NYP... Now is a long vacation for me till my prince #2 pop out but is it really vacation for me? I felt more busy now as compare to the time in school and attachment. I had my full hands on Kiern these few days, yesterday alone was a killer, morning brought him to see doc then walk all the way to ntuc, do bought some groceries then proceed to his school after which walk back home, do housework then fetch Kiern then entertain him for 2 hours as he need to attend his mandarin class if dun entertain him, he will fall asleep and will not wake up for his class. Time for his mandarin class then again WALK to his school then walk back home asked lao ye to wake up prepare and less than half and hour WALK to Kiern school again. Lucky we decided to stay over at my in laws place yesterday so my in laws came to fetch us fom Kiern school. All that walking under a crazy hot day gave me a bad headache during the night.

Anyway, I am in my 28th weeks, 12 more weeks to pop day! Receive an email from WhatToExpect.com and it sums up how I feel right now:

Week 28: You Feel Your Pain: Sciatica
This is it — you're two-thirds to the finish line, as you enter your third and final trimester! And what a difference a trimester makes. Gone, most likely, are the days when you could call pregnancy "comfortable" (that is, if you ever did). These days, your baby's kicking (or lack of) is keeping you up at night and worried during the day, your feet are swollen, you're getting tired all over again, and your backache is a pain that just won't quit. And even though he or she hasn't started crying yet, it may seem that your baby's getting on your nerves already — literally. As your baby gets settled into a proper (you hope) position for birth, his or her head (and your enlarging uterus) may rest on the sciatic nerve in the lower part of your spine. And if that happens, you may feel sharp, shooting pain, tingling, or numbness that starts in your buttocks and radiates down the back of your legs — otherwise known as sciatica. The pain of sciatica can be quite intense at times, and though it may pass if your baby shifts positions, it can also linger until you've delivered.
A heating pad, a warm tub, stretches, or just some self-imposed bed rest can help with the discomfort. So can some complementary and alternative therapies.

On my second last day of IPP, went out with my oic and fellow colleagues for lunch at Pizza Hut, too bad no photos were taken. On my last day of IPP, went out with some fellow classmates for dinner at Sakura buffet @ Orchard, had fun and lotsa of catching but when it is time to say good bye, Harmon and Ah Bao made the whole good bye thing kinda sad.

^Edited by ah bao

^fat fat me and huizhen

^me trying to get a nice snapshot of Yana but she turned away :(

^wo wo wo wo wo

^The hotdogs just come none stop this is not all the hotdogs we have, mind you.

^The couple

^I trying to take a shot where my head could be seen too in the sense that I am in conversation with them. haha.. too bad I failed then took to what ah bao said couple shot. haha..

^ah bao dirty area, my boy eat cleaner and neater than him!

^Not forgetting our class favourite uncle.

Dear frenz,

Time have flies and we come to the end of our journey in Poly. Next stop in life, we shall all walk in different directions. Thanks for the wonderful memories for the past 3 years and of course the great help I got from you guys. All the best to the future that await us and do keep in touch. **Hugs and Kisses**

Happy Chinese New Year!!!!

This year extremely tired because of the extra bump. Haven been feeling myself cos of backache, headache and will be in daze often. Shall ends here... Kiern wanna use the com.. cya..