Doing up a new IC soon

Waaaah...Finally received the letter from Immigration and Checkpoint authority to go and change my NRIC... Time to discard that old IC with the kiddy photo!!


which also means I am going 30 soon!! hahahaa... Will most likely go do up the new IC after delivery ba

Week 38 Checkup @ 24th Jan

Today was strapped up and having CTG reading for 20mins...as usual...no signs..nothing...no contraction(which i more or less expected it... coz when i was carrying Raphael...also same..)

Then Dr Kek came in to check for bacterial and did some test...then check for dilation...

the surprising thing was that I am 2cm dilated!! wah! and she told me very confidently..."Its ready, anytime, when a real contraction kicks in...the baby can be delivered...in fact if u wan to induce now... it can be done.. But why now... we try to keep baby as long as possible to reduce jaundice and let the lung matured further..."

same old saying "let the baby decide when to come out"....

we were all surprised that its due ANYTIME...at first i was still thinking at most 1cm lar...wah...2cm is alot wor!!! 10cm can give birth liao leh!! wohoooo

now when i am walking...somehow duno issit physcologically thinking...keep feeling its coming out....yucks!!!

will i pass this week without anything? hehe..lets see!

Gap Spree for the Phays!!!

Saw the offer of the jeans at USD $9.99 per pc with 30% off...work out to be less than SGD$15 per jeans...so decided to get 1 each for Ian, Caleb & Raphael... Cross fingers that got stock at point of order ba!!

The last romper is of coz for our dear Gabriel..How can I forget him?? Size wise I got bigger one to keep...as its less than SGD $10... ok lar... buy buy buy

Weekend laundry

This weekend I am focusing more on newborn's laundry as I realized I didn't wash much stuffs for him... Just been thinking it's still early and no rush to wash...

Until these few nights I felt the urgency to Wash as I am in a "anytime due" zone

But looking at 2+years ago where ah phael was induced at close to edd(or his edd)
Somehow I am not sure this little kiddo will come out earlier or simply too Comfy to come out anot

One hand I do not want to spend my CNY in hospital bed as it's also close to my bday
On the other hand, the weight of him is making my every step tougher

Even my knees I also felt the pressure when walking

Haiz... I am still counting down.. Let's see when will he be out!

42 inches walking tv @ week 38 of pregnancy

It's been long since I measured myself and thus since so free at my mum place, I took out the measuring tape and see how big is my tummy is after 38 weeks of stretching from this little Gabriel!!

It's a whooping 16+ inches increases from my original 26inches waist to now 42 inches!

This remind me of how big I was when I was carrying phael and I remembered I was about 42inches when I was at abt 38 weeks too

Heng ah though weight increase was much more this round, appx from 56kg to 79!!23kg increase compared to last time appx 18-19kg increase

My waist is not tt Jialat!! Hahaaaaa

Haiz.... Keep this post as a memory of how large I am now

Sticky Raphael... @ Week 38

Not sure if its becoz i am due soon but we noticed Raphael been super sticky, super "yang orrr" towards me... hai...

esp in the morning whereby when i reached my mum's place, i will take a short nap..but since duno last week till today, he woke up almost everytime i reached there... pull my arms and demand me to be with him...say that he dun wan me to work blah blah blah...

then will cry and ask for me..haiz!! headache... he will follow me in n out of house, even i go poo poo he also will stand there and wait...as if worried i be lost the next moment... =(

back to our house...he also will follow me in n out...ask me not to sit at the laptop to do work...haiz....

even when i am showering..he also will wan to be there... i tink maybe he sense soon baby is coming out and he will lose his position ba... sometimes this can make me super frustrated and irritated too as i cannot do my stuffs at all...

i need help...

Disney Sprees....Pjs

Was on MC today and my fav spree organiser email me to tell me got SALE!! alamak...end up getting the above 2 pj for phael....i did try to order for Gabriel but the 2 items were oos!! sob

look at the 2nd pc which i customized Raphael name on it!!

Sweet Sides of my SON!

Yesterday I was siting at the sofa, with Raphael happily munching the Digestive biscuits beside me...
I was abit hungry coz still waiting for Benji to tabao dinner back for us...

So I make a comment that the biscuit smells so nice... I wished to take a bite in chinese
 "哇好香叻。。。好想吃一口饼干！！"

Raphael immediately jumps off the sofa and walk to my mum and tell her to give him 1 piece of digestive as I am hungry and wished to eat in chinese
"Ah Ma! 给我一片饼干。。Mummy 讲她很想吃。。她饿饿了。。快点!!"

Then he passed that to me to eat... As i was eating..feel so touched by his small gestures...Some may feel that its nothing..but to me... It is something heartwarming... He is soooo detailed and attentive!

Then this morning, while I reached my mum's place, he was awake. So when I was going toilet, he again insist to follow me. Usually if I locked the toilet door before he is able to get inside with me, he will bang and cry outside...

Today, since he followed me so closely, no chance to lock it. He told my mum

"你不可以进来啊。。锁门了。。。"

I told him its slippery and not to move about. As usual, he stand at a corner, watching me, smiling away. No foul play, no playing with water, just quietly standing there...

I came to realised...Maybe he is not being naughty to want to be inside, maybe he got another objective...which is to ensure I am all safe and sound and will not slip and fall inside...

This may sound ridiculous as how can a 2.5YO kid knows this? But how do we explain him wanting to be inside and yet he is not playing around or meddling with the stuffs inside the toilet? He is just simply waiting for me to be done, then followed me out as if he accomplished a task...

It seems to start since I am pregnant with #2... before that I do not recall him being so free, wanting to go into the cubicle itself with me...

Next incident was whenever I am vomitting due to the gastric reflux and bad heartburn, he will always insist to be around... He will be the first to rush to the toilet and ask me repeatedly am I OK?

"Mummy 你OK 吗。。。真的啊"

Then try to pat my back...No matter how hard I ask him to go out as I feel its digusting to watch pple puking..He will tell me

"No Problem....没问题。。。" and waited patiently for me to be done..

At times he will pulled toilet paper for me to wipe when i am done...Then followed me out and look at me with those tender loving eyes... What a Darling!

Such sweet gestures really touched me every now and then....

Raphael's innocent Conversation

I knew that the porridge I cooked cannot make it up to my darling Raphael's standard...

never did I expect last nite when we were on the car, Raphael tell me

 "妈咪..我饿饿了。。我要吃 Ah Ma 煮的Porridge。。。妈咪煮的 porridge 不好吃。。。Ah Ma 煮 的很好吃“

Then I was abit shock and taken aback...wah... i knew he never like to eat the porridge I cooked..but to say such things...sob... so i "challenge" him by saying that next time my mum may not be able to cook for him...then how? I cook he must eat...he still continue on saying how nice grandma porridge is...OMG!!

This boy is so choosy!!

Start of Week 37 - 12-Jan-2010

This week marks the start of my 37th week into pregnancy...Could feel alot of changes in myself...

Back-aching every now and then...having a hard time getting up from lying down position...walk abit my lower body feel alot of pressure.... feel  my tummy like drop down abit...hmmm...now can put 2-3fingers between breasts and tummy...

then see more discharge...wondering when will i offload this new darling and see him in person....

alot of movement recently...can feel him pushing when raphael is applying pressure to my tummy..like protesting...

Weight gain is horrible...dun wan to think about it liao...hahaaaa

I need to pack my hospital bag by this week...else really siao liao if i give birth anytime!

also trying hard to educate raphael that yes he is still my #1 love... and he must love Gabriel... =)

Wohooo...official countdown starts NOW! 21 days to go to my EDD!

Confinement - Red Date Tea~~

Black Dates tea :

Plain water is a no no during confinement period. So new mothers would drink this throughout the day.

Ingredients :

12 red dates, pitted

15 black dates

15g dried longan flesh

20g tong sam

1.5 litres water


Method :

Combine all ingredients in a slow cooker and boil on slow heat, preferably overnight.

Serve the tea warm as a drink to the new mother.

Confinement - Nursing Bra.....

Currently had 4 nursing bra and 2 underwired nursing bra...so thought of getting 2 additional so that during my confinement I do not need to wash my laundry so frequently..hahaa.. I even got ready 6-8 pkts of disposable panty so that I dun need to wash them

Abit KS but .... must think of the situation I am in now...make myself happier by spending abit more on those nursing essentials for myself... this bra is really very comfortable..I like!!

Kueh Lapis from BP

Going to order this from BP and will get to taste it this friday evening!! Am soooo excited as I LOVE Lapis!!! Seems like so many good reviews from this seller and I am hopeful... Yummy....looking at the picture now simply make my saliva Drooooolsssss.... hehee....

Shall update my reviews soon!!

Confinement for #2

This round... For #2, we were all happily planning how am I going to spend my 16 weeks of freedom from work and handle the 2 kids alone after my confinement etc...

A huge blow came to me out of a sudden, no warning, nothing...I was caught off-guard... Honestly... Off guard... I never expect my Dad would have to open his new duck rice stall exactly in the month I am giving birth... YES! 20th Feb to be exact... It really put my mood down since last Thursday...

Worst part is, my mum who had promised to do my confinement had to leave me alone after 19th Feb... I have nothing much to say.. Nothing much to comment on this... Even though I tell her my risk of c-sect is there...she told me that it is impossible... and since my #1 is natural birth, #2 will be natural... (Well...she never heard of emerg c sect... haiz)...

To think all these started with a commitment on the helping of stall, ended up quite ugly now...
I dunno why they really weighs SON heavily over Daughter...Am I so worthless to them? Are my 2 kids not important?

Why they only plan for their current situation...and intend to mess up everything becoz of their own precious.... With this... I can forsee them few years down the road, too old to work, no money, their precious UNABLE to support them!

WHy? If he can support them now, would they need to go slog their lives out? Anyway...it was a selfish decision from this person... to commit and backout...then to say he will consider..and then backout and then call n scream at me and say we are forcing him to quit his own job..

Plain selfish person to only think of himself and even got the guts to ASK ME TO QUIT!!! omg...
Whenever I see this person now...give me nothing but black face as if I am the one at fault...

I am going to ban him from entering casino once I start and settle my confinement...

But I am lucky I have supportive sister, mother in law, brother in law and sister in lawssss.... Haiyo...damn touched when they tell me they will render me help if i need...They even help me plan for the worst!!

Lets see how it goes... well...shall hope for the best and i must remind myself not to let it affect me....

New year 2011... Raphael's Milestone..

Raphael is going to the school soon! ~~~ In Year 2011!!!

This Mummy is so excited when she received the call from the Appletree playgroup offering her a placement in the blk just beside her home in SK!!

Yippie! The school fee is reasonable, going at $125 per month, with a 6 months material fee of $85(inclusive of books, school bag and a deposit). The uniform are going at $13 per set!

We will start him in Jan!! Though it will means he may not be able to attend every single lesson but at least he get to mix around with kids and different races around his age!

Once Mummy give birth, he gets to go to school daily till my maternity leave ended in late May!! YEAH!

Week 36 @ 3.113kg!!

Our little boy is growing very well despite mummy trying hard to diet as her weight seems to balloon!

For myself I am weighing at 78.6kg as @ Sat!!
Baby is 3.113kg wor! This is a good weight and Dr Kek reminded me to cut down on sugary food to prevent ah boy from getting too heavy!

Hehee... Will cut down on choc n snacks coz I am still hoping for a natural birth

When Dr Kek ask me if I had any preference: c sect or natural
I told her the best would b natural birth but if she advise against it I will follow her decision

She asked if any preference on dates again told her no as long as she tell me ready then I am ready... Placing absolute trust in her!

She told us that the boy looks like phael!! Look forward to seeing this new darling!

Another milestones!

Life is full of choice..

in life, there are only 2 choice..right or wrong..most of us are guided by love and usually make choices base on emotions rather than logical deliberation..

How many times have we, when faced with the cold hard facts, choose to ignore or evade accepting the truth which could hurts. We will instead console ourselves with thoughts that whatever happened is not the worst, and be glad that the worst didn't happen.

What would happen if we continue to hold on to this? well..the worst WILL happen..

Actually what prompted this writing is already bygones and its best to let it rest :) But recent events stirred up emotions when some illogical thinking yet again.. And it seems all turns of events are "orchestrated" by a  person for his own benefits..

but who are we to judge, when our decisions are also skewed towards our own self interest..and we are selfish beings by nature..

Time is neutral and its the best judge