Happy Birthday to Mummy!

Today marks 31 weeks.

Not long now... another 9 weeks or less I'll be out and about to see the world through my own eyes.

The past week has been rather eventful.

TUESDAY
Mummy met up with Auntie LiEr and Huizhi for their long overdue gathering. Once again with good company comes good food. They all ate untill so full full. Had Jap food at Watami Raffles City followed by Fruit Paradise Tarts. Mummy felt that Fruit Paradise has dropped in quality of their presentation of their food and tea.

THURSDAY
It all started with Thursday 23rd Sept where we went to see Dr WK Tan for an appointment. Daddy is so nice to take leave and accompany mummy to the Docs. Mummy really appreciates how daddy takes time off just to go with her to see me. Checkup was good as usual. Heartbeat was really strong and I now weigh 1.6kg as of 30.something weeks. Its a good size says the Dr. Mummy and Daddy were able to see my defined spinal cord structure. Daddy event commented that he saw my jaw line. I'm now head down with my bum bum towards mummy's chest. So the movement she gets above the tummy is usually my bum or legs. =) Mummy's blood pressure and sugar levels are fine. Just that her bloodcount is a little low (that explains why sometimes she feels a little giddy rather easily). So guess what's for dinner?

After the checkup, mummy and daddy headed to Jones for some brunch. Yummy food as usual though their hot chocolate was somewhat not up to the usual standard today. Headed home to rest and relax (as daddy came home only at like 4am the previous night due to work) before heading out to Shaw Centre for some YUMMYLICIOUS steak for dinner then some shopping at Isetan.

FRIDAY
Friday was boring. Mummy had to attend a full day retreat @ work. She was sooo looking fwd to the end of the day as Daddy said that he should be back by 7pm to have dinner with her. At the end of the day, due to work once again, daddy only picked mummy at 9:20pm. By the time they had dinner at Newton it was already closed to 10pm. Mummy was not too happy with that. On the way home mummy actually vomitted. She thinks its due to the hunger pangs of waiting that's why giddy then puke. Luckily daddy had puke bags in the car for standby. Sooo SMART my papa.

SATURDAY
During her sleep last night, mummy had a very emotional dream. It felt so real that she was really moody (esp since daddy was really late for dinner and didn't really apologise for being late as well). She woke up sobbing away and felt really emotional somehow. In reality she knew it was some hormones playing up but she couldn't control the tear flow. After daddy woke up, he asked her what's wrong and she said nothing. Daddy was nice enough though to cook breakfast for the two of them. So sweet hor. Mummy felt slightly better after that.

At noon, Mummy met up with Aunties L, Y and M for lunch. This was their way of celebrating her birthday for her. It as become a custom that they usually go out for meals on any of their birthdays. Went to dempsey Pamplemousse. Food was Yummy. Desserts on the other hand, not so great.

After lunch, Mummy and Daddy went for Pre-Anenatal class. Their 4th class covered how to change and bathe ME when I come into this world. Daddy was really hands on with the diapers and Nappy. Mummy thinks he'll be perfect when it comes cleaning my smell poo poo. *Grins*

Dinner was spent with my cousins, auntie and grandma. Had dinner at Lao Beijing. Another delicious meal!

SUNDAY
This day started when the clocked stroke midnight. HAPPY BIRTHDAY MUMMY! Daddy surprised with a chocolate cake from Perla. Mummy was happily watching TV in the bedroom when daddy said he was going to get some milk from the fridge. Daddy then opened the bedroom door with a loud "AH!!!!" it was so hilarious because all mummy saw was a cake in his hand and the plastic knife in the other but the candle was already blown out. Apparently when daddy opened the bedroom door, a draft of wind was created thus blowing the candle out. Daddy had to go back to the kitchen for a TAKE 2. Mummy was so happy that daddy planned a cake at midnight. So they had cake for supper and breakfast the next day.

Lunch was with Auntie Erica @ Sun and Moon Wheelock. Daddy represented the 3 of us at Auntie Jean and Uncle James's wedding lunch. Mummy didn't go as it is not advisable for one to attend someone's wedding on their birthday. The pantang issue. Daddy joined mummy after the wedding. They did some shopping at Isetan ( daddy bought golf stuff and they bought a new Tiger Thermos Air Pot in preparation for me). After that daddy brought mummy to Sentosa for dinner. The view was GREAT setting was nice but the food though meant to be fine dining was so so only. Entering Sentosa for dinner was expensive. They now charge $7 per vehicle entry before 7pm on weekends which Daddy and Mummy found to be rather absurd. Oh well, now we know. =)

Mummy also said that I was a very good boy throughout her birthday as I was constantly kicking her to tell her I love her and Happy Birthday. =) Next year I can spend it with her! Maybe even help her to blow the candle out! =)

Till next week,
Ciaos
♥ Baby R

From Kungfu to Disco

Today marks 30 weeks.

In about 10 weeks time, I'll be out to see the world through my very own eyes. I kick mummy less often now but she feels me very often through my stretches. At times I do some dance moves in the womb that mummy's belly starts to wobble heaps. That's why she now names me the disco baby. =)

On sat, mummy met some other mummies @ Olive Tree Hotel Intercontinental for high tea. It was a nice session where they were able to chit chat and enjoy the lovely afternoon. Mummy loved the waffles there as it was really crispy. =) After that mummy and daddy had their 3rd pre-anenatal class. This time class was on labour. Watching the video for 30 mins made mummy cringe a lot. She looked at daddy often and squeezed his hand throughout the video. Daddy only smiled and said "Its too late now. =P"

♥ Baby R

AH!!! Are those.... STRETCHMARKS?

Today marks 29 weeks.

According to the lillypie counter on this blog I have only about 77 Days to go which is about 11 weeks. Wow!!! Time does fly doesn't it. It was not too long ago that I thought I just crossed the first trimester.

Had a long weekend doing nothing much. It was a time to catch up on rest.

Friday:
Hubby played golf on in the afternoon while I used the time to catch up on sleep. Picked him up after and we headed to my in-laws for dinner. One of my nephews and nieces was there. I noticed that although they were both having some fried kuey teow. One had veggies while the other didn't. So i decided to ask the little girl how come she didn't have any. She replied: "Cause I don't like." On the topic of kids being picky about food, this is something I don't really agree with. Its not like we are forcing you to eat something spicy or bitter, its just veggies. So being a meanie auntie (hubby always says I'm like the Witch Aunty that they are scared of, I mean its good to be at least afraid of one adult in the house right?) I picked off her brother's plate a few pieces of veggie and placed it on her plate and said "If you want to grow up strong, you must eat some ok?" She nodded in agreement and ate it down without any fuss. So what's it about not giving her veggies just because she says she don't like it.. this is something I don't understand.

Sat:
We both slept in late woke up and headed to Suntec for the porridge buffet. YUM! They have quite a spread and what I love most about it is the DURIAN PUFF dessert. It is funny to see how a queue forms within seconds when a serving comes out from the kitchen. People turn into vultures just to feast on the durian puff. Their burbur terigu is also not bad. Yummy! Then we walked around for a while to shop before heading off to Pre-Anenatal class 2. Bought 2 sets of pyjamas for nursing from LaSenza.

Class was fun. We watched a video on the various kinds of labour pain relief. I'm still deciding between Epidural & Entonox.or perhaps TENS (tanscutaneous electrical nerve stimulation). TENS has been know not to be very effective so I guess its out. Epidural on the other hand is highly effective but I'm just really afraid of the needle going into the spinal area and the possible side effects of it as well. Entonox is fast but it can get one too high and sick after. Sigh... which one should i choose. I did tell Hubby to prepare his arm though. That will be my best bet but who knows what decision I will make when the pain is very intense. At class we also learnt 3 different breathing techniques for pain relieve during the 3 stages of labour. Hopefully I can remember it when the pain hits me.

Sunday was another relaxing day. Had steamboat at mum's for lunch then home to rest and back there for dinner before heading home to relax to prepare for Monday's module examination.

Recently I've noticed red lines on the lower portion of my tummy. Did a google. To my disappointment it looks like i've got stretch marks. The texture of the tummy is still smooth though. It seems somewhat internal.. hope it goes aways. =(

That's all for now.

♥ Mummy of Baby R

Random Love Notes

Mummy & Baby ♥ Papa

Papa ♥ Mummy & Baby too!

OOoH Ahhh Ouch!!! Pain!!!

Today marks week 28. 7 months old already =)

The intital plan was to visit the gynae today however plans changed and I had to visit the gynae last friday instead.

Wednesday
Woke up feeling fine as usual. Went to the toilet for the normal morning routine. It was when I stood up that I felt a muscle pull somewhere near my tailbone. It was a really sharp pain. THe pain lingered on but it was still rather bearable. The intention was to have lunch with Papa. Not too sure where we wanted to eat so we lingered at home for a bit before heading to marina square. As we didn't have breakfast we decided to go for a buffet. Ended up at Aqua Marine to find that it was fully booked for lunch. =( So we ended up going to Imperial Kitchen for lunch. The journey out was rather torturous on my back. The pain seemed to have imobilised me. Reached home after lunch and all I wanted was just to lie down. Even when lying down i could feel the pain lingering on. I was really praying hard that it will go away after the nap as we got tickets to go watch Voyage De La Vie @ resort world. After waking from the nap, it was evident that I couldn't really walk. Even the few steps to the toilet seemed difficult as I was in great pain. Thus we had to forego the show. Luckily tickets were free. Papa bought dinner and washed up while I could only slowly inch my way back to the bed to lie down.

Thursday
Woke up. Slightly better but there was still much difficulty getting around. I couldn't stand straight at all. I was often hunching and walking around funny. What made it worst was that I could really feel the weight of the tummy on my back. Papa was on leave but he had a golf game in the afternoon so I rested in bed for most of the day.

Friday
The day we were suppose to head to Aqua Marine for our buffet lunch but yet once again never made it. The pain was still lingering in my back though MUCH better as compared to Weds and Thurs. Decided to call TMC to change my gynae appointment as I didn't want the pain to linger over the weekend. Finally I got a slot at 2pm. Papa was on leave to day as well. So he went out to buy breakfast from MacDonalds which we had at like 11am then rested a while before we headed to see Dr Tan. Didn't want to have lunch before going to see her as I was afraid that I have put on too much weight again. However the results was otherwise. I actually lost 500g. =) Not too sure if its a good thing but Dr Tan didn't really comment much. Dr Tan says that Baby R's heartbeat is really strong and he is in the correct position (head down, legs up). Currently he weighs 1kg. Oooo my fatty bom. After that we headed to Novena for a late lunch followed by a walk through the baby fair held at Square2. It was an utter failure I must say.. nothing much to see at all. Only about 10 stalls but I managed to buy for Baby R 4 more front button outfits. ♥♥♥ Then it was back home to rest my back once again.

Saturday
Papa had to work in the morning so I slept in. Was really tired and still nursing the aching back. Pain was a lot less but still there. So was very careful with all my movements. Cooked pasta for lunch and waited for Papa to come home. After that the both of us attended our very first pre-anenatal class by TMC. Was lots of fun.

1/2 the time was spent on listening about nutrition and how to breast feed.
the other 1/2 was on some simple excercises for mummies and daddies. Papa learnt how to massage mummy to soothe her aching body as well.

After the class we met my in-laws and the 2 kids for dinner before sending them back. By the time i reached home. I was ready to knock out.

Sunday
Papa had an early game of golf today. But he was so sweet. He sacrificed his 45 mins sleep to make breakfast for me. Sausage, Eggs, Bacon and Toast. YUMMY! Though it was the earliest I've ever woken in a long time to have breakfast but I woke up just because I felt special that day. Didn't want to disapoint papa too. It was really really sweet of him. After breakfast, he left for golf while i headed back to sleep.

When Papa came back from golf, we headed to pick up his race pack for the Safra 1/2 marathon from Kallang before heading to bishan for a hair cut, then to church and dinner at Akashi before home. =)Initally we wanted to go to Sushi Tei @ Holland V but parking is just pure madness there. Dinner @ Akashi, Orchard Parade hotel was YUMMLICIOUS. Will definately be going back there again. I so miss IKOI!

Till our next post.
♥ Mummy of Baby R