Engaged!

He has engaged! Yes, I had my weekly check-up yesterday and gynae confirmed he has engaged and weighs 3.1kg. Also, I'm 1cm dilated. Some of you will ask me, what is "dilated" means. Hehe....pls google for pregnancy + dilation to get the answer.... :p. For mummies, I'm sure you know what it means :)

I'm currently in 38th weeks and 3 days. I was poked "down" there and it was very uncomfortable. Not sure what my gynae uses but I suspected she use her fingers to measure the cervix for signs of dilation. And she told me is only 1 finger = 1cm. And after that, I have to walk like a duck for few hours.

Scheduled for another check-up in week 39th and this time round I will be doing half an hour CTG (to monitor the baby's heart rate and contraction time). Most likely I will be 2cm dilated next week? And good news is, I maintain my weight since the last 2 check-up! Hehe...curious of my weight? Please don't ask....fat enough Laaaaaa............!

False Alarm

I had a bad stomache yesterday since I woke up and I thought this was my first contraction to labour pain. I did some reading on contraction and it tells me it was like menses cramp. Problem is, I only experienced mild menses cramp and I can't differentiate between stomache and menses cramp!

It went off and on the whole morning and was trying to keep it cool the whole day without alarming my hubby. Knowing it if I alarmed him, he will be even more kan cheong than me or send me straight to the hospital. Than mid noon, it was so intense and I feel like poo poo. So I went to toilet and had a big Poo Poo! Thereafter, the pain subside and I guess is just the normal stomache.....

Again, in the afternoon I experienced the pain again!!! Geez.... what's wrong with me? It started again the whole cycle and I hinted to my hubby that I may go into labour anytime this week (just to keep him mentally prepare if anything happen...hehehe). Worst still, the pain came together as in I have to sloooooooowly stand up and take a SMall step before walking. It's like the baby's head is pressing my groin and this was my first real pain after carrying him for 9 mths...

We came back early yesterday from visiting my FIL and I was REAL beat the whole day with all the pain at the groin area and walking like a penguin. At night, I told my hubby I had stomached and am not sure if this is a sign of labour. He was quite worry and told me to call the nurse. Somehow, i decided to wait for a while and half an hour later, I went to Lao Sai - watery stools.

Thereafter, all goes well and till this morning I woke up with a stomache again and went to toilet to bake cakes....

Mia

It was my first time seeing my little niece, Mia since she was born on 4th Feb 07. Last week, my bro came back with his family for 2 weeks vacation and I have waited this long to meet her and I felt in love with her the moment I see her. She's such a darling!

She only cries for attention when she's hungry or sleepy. The rest of the time she's an angel.

Guess I'm going to miss her soon and wonder when will be the next occassion I will get to see her again .... :(
Hope to see you soon again, Mia....

Luv,
Kor kor

The Waiting Game now...

I'm now in 37th weeks and baby almost engage. I don't really understand what it means by "almost" engage. Was it there or was it not? Anyway, gynae told me is a waiting game now. Wow...finally I'm experiencing the "D Day" soon and I guess I will miss him kicking inside me.

I brought my 4 years old nephew together with me during the check up. Before that, he was as curious as a cat seeing me having a big tummy. He even thinks I have a BIG BODY! :) oh boy... and few times he wanted to hit or punch my tummy! I was shocked and I have to explain to him there's a baby inside my tummy. After explaning this logic to him, the next thing he did (few occassions) was to lift up my blouse and dress. He told me he wanted to see the baby inside my tummy! :-))

During the check up, my gynae show him the baby's head, tummy, legs and hands. He was so amazed and excited. Just exactly like how he watch his favourite cartoon-Pokemon. And he keeps turning his head to look at my tummy.....

I believe the whole event did wonders to him and he was such a darling after that and he touches my tummy softly and said...Baby inside. AWwwwww.....so cute and innnocent! I almost melt..... There on, he understand and did not hit my tummy anymore or lifting up my blouse or dress. :) Here's a pic of him playing his Star Wars Lego game and I will going to miss him soon.... :~(

Music for the Unborn

I received this gift from my sis-in-law for my little one. It seems that it will helps both mummy and the little one to have a smooth ride throughout the pregnancy and labour too. Initially, I was listening to Baby Einstein mozart and I do enjoy the nice classical music. However, this particular Music for the Unborn comes in 8 sonic stimulation program (very chim man) and the sonic stimulation involves playing sounds to the baby in the womb. Very interesting..... For more info, you can check it out here http://musicfortheunbornbaby.com/

I hope it works after listening diligently for 6 weeks and 2 more weeks to go!. First, let me warn you. The music is aint those classical nor mozart type. The 1st level program sounds like this - BONG.....~~ BONG...~~~ for at least 30mins. Initially, I thought my speaker spoilt as it started off this way. I replay the CD again and comes again the BONG...~~...BONG...~~~. After listening for 10mins I start to doze off.....ZZZzzzzz. Is another new found medicine for those suffering imsonia. And I have 8 programs to complete and each level I have to listen to 7 days, morning and evening. Sounds like a LOooooooong way to go man...however, each time I play I will tell and remind myself...... smooth labour, shorter labour, easy labour, baby healthy.....this is how I psycho myself for the past 6 weeks and am proud that I have reach this far and am very determine to continue for the next 2 weeks.

However, the music for each level will "improve" a little by adding on some "knocking" and echo like sounds to give some flavour and jazz to it. So, not that bad afterall.

I will let you know my birth experience (4 more weeks to go!) and whether this helps and am really looking forward to experience the "real" day soon..... :)

Sweet Dreams with Cookie Monster

Here's my baby cot which we're having problem in moving it around the house. Yes, the width of the cot is way tooooooo BIG for the standard size door (3ft). Hence, for future when baby has to be near to mummy for night feeding hubby has to dismantle the whole thing again. :p This is the ONLY best solution we can think of. Currently it has to be in the guest room for my bro who's coming back with his family and a baby in tow and also the confinement lady will be looking after him for a month.

Anyway, is big enough for him to roam around in his La La Land and I guess he will outgrow it when he's 2+.

35th Weeks & 5 days

Hohoho...! I'm 35th weeks and time flies! I'm getting a little worry as it's near to the delivery date (EDD: 9th Dec). Hospital bag is packed as hubby is as worry as me...haha...


We'd settled most of the major items and recently we bought him a nice baby cot. However, for first time parents (sotong like us) we never thought of measuring the width of the cot! Lesson learn #1, measure the width of the cot before purchase! Ours was too big and it can't fit through the door! Thought we had a good bargain but looks like a joke now.

For the time being, it comfortably sits in our guest room as brother will be coming back for a short vacation with his family. Hence, the "special guest" to open ceremony for this cot will be my little niece and it makes sense to have the cot in the guest room now. I will post a blog about this cot in my next blog.


Here's my tum-tum at week 35th! He's now @ 2.3kg+ and will check on his progress again next week.

The Making of Teddy Bear

Guess I'm too free nowdays and I decided to past my time creating my own teddy bear. It was so called a "gift" from a good friend to past my time and I guess she's not aware that I don't learn home science as part of my school subjects. :p My handiwork sucks......

I'm going to digress here, during my school days one of our projects to construct a mini size table for our SRP (Sijil Rendah Pernilaian) and "Ukiran" (crafting) for our SPM (Sijil Pernilaian Malaysia). It's so called a major project to us in order to pass this subject. Both of this subject I got a C+ and it was sweat and pain to make the table looks like a table but heck, I have 4 woobly table legs in the end! And the ukiran .... I must say you have to be creative enough to imagine the pattern or the so called "artist" trying to deliver her piece of art :p

Here I am again (am I too free or what???) trying to make my own teddy bear. I show it to my hubby and his first re-action... "Wifey, think I just get you a teddy bear".... :( Is that an insult or what???

Step by step instruction (which my hubby assist a little due to some chinese wordings)

This is how it looks before stuffing the cotton balls. The sewing process from head to toe takes me 2 days (of course with few some errors in between whereby I had to unpick and re-sew!!!)

TA-DA!!!! Here's my Teddy! :)) What do you think?

Will I ever make my own teddy again???

NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Almost give up in between but after a few remarks and "jittering" from hubby, I'm so determine to complete it! Thanks to his morale "support", I'll be giving this to him as his early X'mas present! HAHAHA..... :p

Moving towards motherhood and SAHM

I have not been blogging for the past week as I was busy with a new assignment while juggling on with my freelance work. Okay, that's not the real reasons as some of you are aware I'm shaking my legs at home! :p The truth is, yes partially to the latter reasons and the other half was my brain juice has dried up due to the new assignment! Well, I took up a challenge (and half way regretted!!!) to do a translation for a friend from English to Bahasa Malaysia and the best part is for a medical website! Oh boy, little did I know this is going to be an uphill task for me and since my big mouth has agree to it before my Brain objects it I have no choice but to deliver my promise.

Anyway, glad is all over and I have the mood to blog again. My freelance job ends yesterday and today is the mark of the beginning of Pre-SAHM (Stay-at-home-mom). I have another 5 more weeks to go and I'll be doing my count down today and wonder what is life going to be for motherhood or SAHM. Am I be able to perservere to be a SAHM and seeing my kids growing up and be a good mother to them? I guess is still too early to tell and let's see after 5 weeks and I will decide if I'm going to be a SAHM or back to the workforce. Unless luck change my fate to be a tai-tai and not a SAHM. That's my hubby strike big TOTO! (still dreaming.... :) ]