Arrival of Little Isaac

It's been quite a while since I updated my post. Maternity started from 17 August but as the days passed, Isaac was still happily enjoying himself in my womb.

24 August was the due date but on that day, there were no symptoms. I thought to myself that Dr Madeleine Tan will probably induce the labour on 26 August during my checkup...

On the morning of 26th August, woke up with a weird feeling. Arrrhhh!!! I realised that I'm spotting which signals the arrival of Isaac soon. Took my time to have a nice shower, packed up and got everything in order then Dear and I headed off to Thomson Medical for my checkup.

Dr Tan, upon realising that I was 2 to 3cm dilated proceeded to burst my waterbag and it was really weird to feel the gush of water. Sat on the wheelchair and was whisked off to the observation ward. Everything was moving along well, but my heart was thumping hard... Excitement and anxiety was filling me, the contractions were also starting but these were really minor.

When I was transferred to the delivery ward, the real pain came this time and the contractions were really starting to be unbearable but everytime a midwife ask me if I wanted an epidural, I'll give her a firm "No". My labour lasted 12 hrs and was glad that I made it without epidural.

The person who suffered a lot that day will be my darling hubby cos I was pretty out of control from the pain and he was so worried. Lucky he's a solid pillar of strength and supported me well throughout my delivery.

At last, precious little Isaac arrived into this world at 11.28pm on 26th August weighing 3.5kg.

Into the 3rd trimester

Being in the 3rd trimester now is sure not easy. The kickings are more and I can even feel him doing his somersault in my tummy... Quite fun and exciting at times!

William and I are busy preparing for the arrival... (looking at the credit card bills we have chalked up recently), my dad and william have set up the baby's wardrobe and changing unit while I was out as Chinese culture forbids the pregnant lady to be in the house while all these fixing are being carried out.

Since William and I are free today to rest at home, we have decided on our baby's name and he shall be called "Isaac".

Isaac means laughter and he definitely has brought lots of joy and laughter to us.

Super busy Saturday

Went for the gynae appt yesterday morning. Baby is healthy and all is good but we are unable to determine the sex of the baby as the baby crossed his/her legs this morning. Dr Tan says that we'll have to wait for next mth's full scan to find out the sex of the baby.

Proceeded to the IT fair at Suntec and boy was it crowded with lots of pple. Didn't buy anything from there so we proceeded on to Takashimaya for the baby fair.

As a first time mum, it's really exciting to go to a baby fair. Dear and I bought our baby's cot with free gifts ($359 - thank goodness for the big discount cos U.P. is $700+ ) and the pigeon starter set that comprises of the rapid steam sterilizer, 3 big & 2 small milk bottles, the bottle warmer, the brushes ($159 - U.P. is $250)...

Proceeded to the 3rd floor and found some maternity wear for myself.... $200 spent there.... Bought make up products for $80+...

Looking forward to find out the sex of the baby to buy really nice baby wear for him/her.

Disclosure after 1st trimester

To all who have been wondering if I'm pregnant looking at my slightly bloated tummy and pale looking face in the morning, I would gladly tell them now that I am pregnant. It was definitely difficult to deny when pple would ask me if I'm pregnant.

Once you are a mother, there are many things that you would rather believe so that it would be best for the baby. One of it would be to disclose the pregnancy after the 1st trimester where the condition will be more stabalised...

I thank everyone for their well-wishes and concern. In fact, many of my friends have also agreed that it is definitely safer and standard practice to disclose the pregnancy after the 1st 3 mths.

Till then, I will keep everyone posted of the journey till my delivery in this blog.

Have a great Sunday!

Missing in Action

Been MIA for a long time... nursing myself back to good health cos the first trimester is definitely a tough one.
Had to hide my pregnancy from many pple as MIL says cannot tell till after 1st trimester. Well, I'm currently now into my 14.5 week. Quite cool as the little bump on my tummy keeps growing.
Ah Dear and I are really excited bout things being 1st time parents. Now I understand what mothers go thru... it's really all bout sacrifice cos u can no longer it all types of food as there are many think bout like will it affect baby's skin, growth, etc... my biggest sacrifice will be my daily dosage of coffee... sometimes i look like a zombie when i head to work.

My Mini Garden

Decided to give a try with gardening so went to Daiso to purchase my garden materials and headed to one of the nursery at Kovan to buy plants. Hope i'll have "green hands" and the plants will continue to grow nice and lovely. If it works out, William wants to plant lime and chilli so that we can use it when we eat fried hokkien mee... haha!!!!

S vs XL

Wow!!! Why is William so thin even though his food is always so much larger than mine? Look at his double whopper... I was asking him to try the stacker thingy... the one with 4 beef patties inside....