Pre-celebration of Paris' 1st birthday

Paris' birthday is on 9th Sept, but by then i should have delivered, as my EDD is 13th.. But my hunch is i may deliver in the 1st week of Sept.. Aniway, the Tays decided to do away with a party celebration for Paris. The whole family will be going on a cruise instead...

Yesterday, we went over to the Tays' house, to help Paris celebrate her bday in advance... It was Xiaolin's idea.. haha... They love the 2 kids alot, n it was just so happen that Xiaolin & Wenxian can oso click with the Tays. Gonna intro the Lees n Aws to them, hopefully next time got chance to gather, I'll jio XL n WX along too.. I'm sure they will get along well too...

Xiaolin got a cake for Paris.. Wow, the cake so pretty loh! haha.. well, I dun have the chance to have such CUTE stuff... Princeton as usual, more excited than ani1 else about cake... ahahhahaha! Rod bought dinner for us... Sung birthday song, eat birthday cake, then we started to have our dinner n chat...

We stayed there for less than 2hours, as XL & WX were going off to fetch Kyrine to go RWS to see fountain. Kelly was excited, so asked Rod to tag along.. So the 2 families quickly got their stuff ready.. We didn't tag along, bcoz I really feel heavy n taxing now, as I'm going to deliver anytime from now.. But Jaden did have a nice time at the Tays' house.

I gave Paris a little ang bao, as a token.. Hope she will always be healthy... If bb J decides not to come out in e 1st week of Sept, then I hope he'll have his birthday the same as Paris jiejie... hahaha!

Gynae Checkup

Today is my checkup with my gynae again at 37weeks+ preg... Apptment was at 8.10pm, but we waited for an hr plus b4 it's our turn...

As usual, my gynae asked me to stop gaining weight, as my breathing prob is getting worse. Gained another 2kg+... til date, should have gained 17kg liao.. Almost e same as the weight gained during Jaden's time... opppsss.. But i recalled I ate more 3 years ago loh, n i looked super bloated tat time. This time round, every1 said I only looked big at tummy... well, mayb is bb J who is absorbing more..

Gynae went thru my SWAB test.. It was negative... Great! Did a scan today. bb J changed his position again. He is facing the ceiling this time, I asked Dr Chua if i have any sign of labour, she said most prob this week won't.. phew, tat was wat i want...

Estimated weight of bb J shld be ard 3.4kg. Much bigger n heavier than Jaden. She advised me to go for epi this time again if I should go for natural delivery, coz just now when she asked me, i told her this time i would like to try natural without epi, but she said this time better do again, bcoz bb J is much bigger than Jaden. I anything lah, as long as dun tell me i need to go for C-sect.

Dr Chua asked me to come back again next week for CTG scan, to check my heartbeat n contraction. By then should be 38-38.5weeks liao... She estimated I may give birth ard e same time as I delivered Jaden. I had gotten my stuff all ready, I assumed hahahaha! Feeling rather not at ease, bcoz I kept having Braxton Hicks, n the frequency got more this week. Yest midnite was painful til I got up, but the frequency did not increase, so it's a false alarm again.

Both hubby n I are afraid of last minute happening saying I am in labour, coz during Jaden's time, everything went on too smoothly. Water level too low tat gynae asked me to go hosp induce. So, tat time we went home to prepare n went into the hosp as stated in e evening, but who koes during that few hours, i was actually dilating liao, so no need to induce. So everything went on smoothly til e arrival of Jaden. But, Dr Chua still find my labour time too long, while I still find it fast. Frm real labour pain til deliver was less than 2hours. So, i hope this time can be even faster. Well, it's gonna depends on the situation tat day.. Pray hard..

I gotta b on high alert, since this time round water level ok. It's just to wait for the real contraction to come.. It's like anytime loh, so we were rather scared... I just hope everything will b fine this time, n I'll b a good girl for confinement, Jaden will be a loving korkor, bb J will be a healthy bb... Please dun give me heart attack as in suddenly contraction comes hoh, I'll b very panic!

iPhone4

so late liao n I'm still awake.. Yes, I am... Hope bb J won't come out n turn out to be an owl... opppssss...

Just wana share something. Was busy with the sync, tats y so late then blog... frustrating...

Received a card from M1 tat I can re-contract my plan n get a new iPhone! Of course tat was wat I've been waiting for!!! Was so excited about it, in the evening, went to JP with my sis for dinner, together with my bro n 1 of his good frd Siwei.. After tat, my sis acc me to M1 shop, n there we went, I got my new iPhone4 white!

Was so happy with my new phone, though til now still not totally done with it... something wrong with the iTunes application in my pc.. shall deal with it tmr.. Paid $210 for the re-contract, n then oso need to pay to have a new sim card to be inserted.

Actually wanted to get a iPad2, but after serious consideration better not... I prefer to get a phone better.. haha! Going to rest now, hope tmr i can get my iphone4 done properly! Good nite!

Chinese herbs for confinement use

I think the very last thing tat I need to get b4 i pop is the chinese herbs...& Finally, today i went to buy liao...

Kelly went with me to si-ma-lu today... actually Xiaolin will b going with us for this trip too, but bcoz she cannot take leave, so only we 2 went.. Did not drive today...

There r so many shops selling the dried food n chinese herbs, n things tat ppl will need to use for confinement... We went straight to the shop that XL recommended...

Wow, the varieties really made me faint... so many loh... Through the recommendations by 1 of the person there, we bought quite alot of good/better qualities of herbs tat I need to buy... N it cost me $300 after discount, if not it'll be more exp...

Kelly think I should do my confinement well/better this time round, so does my sis... So, we gotta buy the better qualities of herbs... the CL tat I engaged was e 1 who did for Kelly last year when she delivered Paris. Though we already decided that we will stop at 2 kids, but it does not mean I no need to nourish my health back. Did tot of engaging confinement food from caterers, but Kelly thinks tat one 1 of no use at all, though can really save alot more $$...

After buying so much, we took a cab back. I quickly placed the herbs all into the lowest compartment of the refrigerator... the wine was bought by my FIL already... the herbs for bath was bought by hubby's cousin the other day. So, my stuff shld b more or less ready liao.. If anything left out, by then gotta trouble my MIL to help buy.

The purpose of getting a CL is to help me cook n restore my health during confinement month, n of course helping to take care of bb J for the month. Cannot expect MIL to be tat tired to handle Jaden, bb J, cook for me etc... So getting a CL is to relieve her too lah.. at least some1 is ard to take care of my food, my life n bb J for the confinement month. I hope she can help to handle Jaden more n give him more attention during the month to assure him tat he is still our darling. Though will b super broke, but no choice, wat to do... we dun earn alot...

I will try my best to be a better girl this time for confinement though I'm considered really obedient during Jaden's time.. I did not step out of the house at all loh.. It's just tat I'm more picky abt food n ate really little tat time. I oso only wipe/bath when MIL prepared the necessary stuff for me. If cannot wash hair then I didn't wash, v gd girl. I was thinking those ppl who went out during confinement, might as well dun do confinement better... But well, every1 has their choice. Getting nervous as days pass by, as I really hope bb J can come out in Sept. My hunch is 1st week of Sept, see if i'm accurate this time, coz I was accurate during Jaden's arrival.. haha!

My brother Weiwen's birthday

Today is my brother's 28th birthday! Yes, 15th August! Just now, went to JP for dinner with him, together with my sis...

Yest, they had a mini celebration at my parents' place.. His gf, Yinghui, baked a birthday cake for him. A cheesecake! Hubby n I went over and sing song for him loh, hahahaha...

My brother has always been our pride n joy... He is a graduate from SIM, holds a good job with high pay, n is v forward-looking with goals in his life. He is v independent and is well liked by ppl around him.

We grew closer when we were older... When we were much younger, we were not that close... But now, we 3 siblings always meet up and talk about lots of things in life. We learnt to appreciate one another more after my sis went to Dublin a few years ago, n when I got married. I thank my parents for giving me my siblings, really.

My brother is only 1.5 years younger than me... Soon, he'll b stepping into a new phase of his life, as he'll be settling down with his gf soon. I'm sure my brother will have a happy life, a healthy body, and will be blessed with happiness n joy. Happy Birthday my dearest brother!

Final lap of my pregnancy

Went for my routine checkup on Fri... This time round hubby did not go with me, bcoz Jaden was rather sick that day. He went to bring Jaden to see doc, together with my in laws.. Xiaolin accompanied me to the clinic...

As usual, gynae told me to control my intake of food, bcoz I've gained 15kg... My breathing prob became slightly worse now as the tummy is too heavy n big, and I dun belong to big size person..

Gynae said, I'm ready to give birth anitime. But i really hope can be in Sept... Abit nervous though is my 2nd time... Now it's really time to count down, dunno when I will pop... Recently, Braxton Hicks always exists... It's the 'pre-warning' for delivery...

I dunno how well I can handle this time.. All I wish for is, smooth delivery, bb J will b healthy, Jaden will be a doting korkor, hubby will be a more enthusiastic daddy, me to be a more patient mummy...

My hosp bag is ard 90% ready... I hope I can still enjoy the whole mth of August, bcoz I really dun wish to deliver this month.. Pls pray for me ok?? Thanks!

Nightmare AGAIN

Oh, I had nightmare again yesterday night... it gave me a big scare til i got up as early as 7.40am this morn..

For this preg, I've been having nightmares for many times, many days... My colleagues were afraid tat I might be suffering from pre-natal depression or stress... in fact, a few mths ago i was indeed v troubled... If it's not bcoz i had a chance to thrash things out, n then cried for 2 days, I think by now it should b worse...

After a few wks of peaceful nights w/o nightmares, though still will dream at times, now nightmare comes back again. I hope i dun have it again tonite...

I dreamt tat I was chatting with my colleagues over work and life.. N then suddenly I realised I was having v serious bleeding.. I was scared out of my wits.. i touched my tummy, n realised my tummy has shrinked, n blood kept coming out... I was so scared tat, am I losing my bb J??? I quickly asked hubby to call for ambulance, but waited for so long, the ambulance did not come. i knew I'm having a miscarriage.. Oh my.. after tat, i decided to wake up from the nightmare n I was stunned when I woke up.

During the process of carrying bb J, I had always been so scared to go to the toilet. I'm afraid I'll see blood again n then gynae is going to tell us tat we had lost it. The feeling was so scary til the end of 1st trimester when bb J was stable. I still remembered the twice a wk injection n orally taken duphaston to stabilise bb J. My thighs were injected by needles twice a wk, 1 injection on each thigh, til I got so numb of it. It was painful n scary 1st trimester. Had gone thru that for 6weeks+ til gynae confirmed that I need not go for the injection n oral med animore. Tats y u will find that I'm v low profile for this preg..

I hate nightmares, n I really hope after yest nite, nightmares will leave me alone. I'm v stressed enuf, pls dun give me animore unnecessary troubles. All I hope is bb J will b healthy n cheerful. Pls dun scare me again...

Jaden's new toys

My sis bought 3 presents for Jaden 1-2weeks ago... This week, he has started to play all 3...

The bike tat my sis bought for him, he liked it... Of course I hope he can take care of it, so that when bb J turns older by then, he can also get to play. Sometimes I do feel fortunate tat I'm having another boy instead.. Bcoz all the things really can re-use again. But after all, dun envy ppl for having sons, or daughters, or both sons n daughters.. coz some couple cannot even have 1 child of their own. I've already accepted the fact tat I may not have the fate to have daughters. Well, it's all fated lah. Most imptly, teach them the right values.

Hubby & I tried fixing the bike last week, but had difficulties. Finally got it assembled b4 the weekend, so tat Jaden come home can play... Can see tat he likes it!

The Paint & Math puzzles, Jaden oso like it. Hope to get more toys/games tat can stimulate him further n improve him more. I oso need to get another useful toy for him on the behalf of bb J.. Til now haven get loh.. Hope i have the 'time' to get it b4 i deliver.

When he is at our own house, I find that he may have more chances to learn more things. Given my current situation, I really have limited energy n strength to do things. Not as agile as b4 tats for sure, just look at my super big n heavy tummy n u'll understand. But I still try to acc my prince whenever I can, spending my time carefully with him. I know I'll feel super guilty when my confinement starts. i cannot drive him to school, I cannot peep at him in school, I cannot fetch him from school, I cannot bring him out to play etc... Whenever I think of confinement, I would feel so bad towards him. I will keep telling him how much I love him, n no 1 n nothing will change the fact. I just hope he can forgive me for tat 1 month.

I know many ppl may think I'm too protective towards him, but pls dun blame me, or dun tell me wat to do or how to do, coz I love him too much.

Hubby's 31st birthday

Today is hubby's 31st birthday! Exactly at 12am, i prepared some numbers n let him pick... This morn went to buy 4d liao, hope will open oh!

Hubby oso gotten his bday present from his sis n me... Opened the presents after picking the numbers... I bought him the latest Man Utd jersey for him. he was happy of course! Actually wanted to get a blue one for him, coz he has had too many red shirts, but my bro commented that red is actually nicer than the blue one, so in the end I still bought the red one.

I tot of getting him a small cake later in the evening. But who knows I so suay! Morn, Jaden went to school as usual. I drove mil back home 1st then I came back to 675 to get changed cozi was feeling far too hot. Hubby was at home waiting for me. So, when we were abt to leave home to go over to mil's place, after tat to go fetch my precious son, when i was opening the wooden door, it trapped my toe n it was so painful tat i bursted out crying immediately.

Hubby was beside me. he quickly held on to me coz I was closing my eyes when the incident happened. It was real painful. Hubby was busy pacifying me as I was crying badly. He told me my toe was bleeding, n quickly made me sit down on the couch.

My toe was swelling up. N it was my 4th toe on my right leg. So painful tat I couldn't drive or walk properly. After trying to stop the bleeding, there was some blood tat dripped on the floor. Hubby quickly wiped them off. After tat, he helped me to the living room, n went to find if there's anything for me to apply. After stopping the blood flow, we went to take bus to see a doc, bcoz my toe was feeling v painful, n was like a sausage.

When i was waiting for my turn at the clinic, hubby went to fetch Jaden back to my mil's house, then come back to the clinic to fetch me home. Doc said it was quite badly trapped. Gave me 2 days mc to rest at home, n c if the swell will go off. I was walking like a cripple, n with a super big heavy tummy. Oh my. Wat a day.

Now, resting at home. Hubby say I no need to go aniwhere liao. I was still thinking if i would have the chance to sneak away from his sight n get a cake or not... hmmmm.... It was so disappointing. Tot can get him a cake n let him make a wish.... Hopefully later i get a chance to go buy loh...