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Since I'm starting work soon, there're few arrangements for me to prepare to settle Zachary at his nanny's place. One of the main item is his sleeping ground and we have decided to use his playpen. We are very fortunate to own this good looking and sturdy playpen and it was hands-me-down from MH's good friend. It still looks clean, I would give 8/10. Here are some pics and I had tried putting Zach in there and I guess he likes it.

And this, was also a hands-me-down and I would say the condition is 9/10. We're not bringing this to his nanny but will be placing it as part of our furnitures. Yes, he loves to watch tv and I have started him with the Baby Mozart Animal. Surprisingly, mummy enjoys it too! haha...

Zach's chair cum swing cum carrier

Zachary has arrived!

I didn't expect this blog came so soon after my last blog. Well, I'm glad that he decided to see the world early and here I would like to share my experience on my labour process. Some friends were curious to know if the Music for Unborn works for me ~especially the short labour pain.

Ok, here's the chronological order of my labour pain, huffing, puffing, grinding, ....all in one day, 3rd Nov 07 (Mon).

4:25am - Woke up with some menstrual cramp feeling. Not intense to make me rush to the
hospital. Decide to sleep back.

4:45am - Crampy feeling comes back again. Decide to time it. With my notebook and a pen on
hand, start jotting down the time. Geez, this is madness!

7:30am - Same feeling again but very intense. Too sleepy to bother it. Slept through it again.
Told myself to call my gynae later in the morning to bring forward my appt. to Tues.

9:05am - Woke up with some intense pain at front abdominal. Went to toilet to pee and had the
"show".

9:10am - Called clinic and inform them on my situation. Told to go there immediately for a
check.

9:50am - Arrived clinic. Did a CTG and VE check by gynae. Gosh, I was told I'm 4cm dilated!
Was sent to delivery suite and told that labour will happen later in the evening.

12:05pm - Reached delivery suite after got lost like sotong. Pass a few times the delivery suite
without realising. Change gown and getting ready for labour.

3:20pm - Given epidural ( I should call it "Happydural"). Crampy feeling getting more frequent
and intense thou still bearable but told myself, dont try to be SuperWoman. Just get
it done and fast. Did VE check and only at pathetic 5cm dilated.

6:00pm - I'm 8cm dilated! Baby's heart beat drop and contraction comes in too near within
one another. Sense something is not right and nurse face turn from smiley to
frowning. Don't like this feeling as I'm hoping to have a natural birth.

6:15pm - Baby's heart back to normal. SMiley face from the nurse again. Phew.... Pray no more
frowning from them.

7:00pm - Gynae came to do another VE again. Told I'm fully dilated. Very happy look and told
I can start pushing soon.

7:15pm - Pushing starts! All eyes on me as if I'm giving out the TOTO no. Very encouraging
from everyone.

7:40pm - Gynae decides I need some assistance.

7:49pm - Zachary has arrived! He was vacum out by my last push. He was plopped on my
body the moment he was delivered and I felt in love again.... awww.......

Here's some pics of Zachary and will try to post more of him.

Day 1 (in the delivery room)

Day 3

Day 3

Counting Down...

Hey! I'm still doing the count down! Another 7 days to GO! Was busy last week entertaining my niece and nephew who were down here for 2 weeks. Now they have gone back and I'm Missing them loads! :((( To all my friends & relatives who are excited as me, I'll keep you posted when I delivered. :)

I feel like a walking time bomb. Anytime by now, when the lil' one decides to pull the "plug" and say hi to the world. I have been thinking whether to place my packed bag in the car or in the house. I'd "drew" up a plan in my mind in times of emergency when I'm alone, What's the BEST MODE to get me FAST to the hospital. I pray and hope that I won't be stucked in the peak hours jam. Scary thoughts of possibilities keep running through my mind on the "D-Day".

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....

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.

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.... :) ]

4D....

Yesterday was my 32nd week's check up and we did a 4D scan. With today's technology you can roughly guess the baby's features in my tummy and whether he/she resembles the mother/father! :) Well, for my case I can only tell he has a BIG nose. It's so prominent and I guess he follows his dad's nose. Hah! :p

Ok, besides the features we were told that he's a tall baby. I can't deny that as I was being poked everyday down below my ribs or when he does his stretching I can feel that he needs some SPACE in my tummy! I can fully understand him. If you falls into the category of being born with long legs and travelling on a long haul flight you just need to STREeeetchh your limbs in your small little "cubicle".

Between he's growing well...he's 1.9kg at 32 weeks. Will see him again in another 2 weeks time :) . Looking forward to my next appointment and till then....

Wishy Washy

Ok, I have been delaying in washing my BB's clothing. Looking at the heaps of clothing and thinking on the hanging and post washing of folding clothes make me cringe. Is more on the post washing than dumping everything into the washer.

Somehow I had the motivation to start the washing last week and all in all I did 4 loads of washing. Today was the last load and am glad is over. Mission accomplished! Yay! Here's a photo of the post washing and I find it so cute especially the mini clothing hanging on the bamboo pole. And this is how I hang them...

SOHO

This is my 3rd week since i started as a freelance and working from home. Getting adapt to my new "environment/office" as we call it SOHO. Is just a few steps away from my bed :) and dragging my foot to work in the morning is something I never get to experience before! Well, I had been working in KL for the past few years and my work place smack right in the middle of the city and the horrendous jam is unbelievable and sometimes we call it as "huge open car park".

So, this feeling of SOHO is so so .....hehe...BLISSFUL! I don have to drive and stuck in the jam, whats more I can wake up 5 mins before work start! However GREAT DISCIPLINE is needed here as you tends to sway away from other distractions like watching HKG series non stop for hours.... :p is so intoxicated!!!

Hmm....am I going to consider this after my delivery or back to the "reality" again...???

I am 28th weeks

Here's a photo of me at 28th weeks.

Baby are getting more active now which I can feel more kicking, squirming and punching. Sometimes, he will have a few series of hic-cups whereby I can feel a consistent movement of bubble like at the lower abdomen.

Gearing up...

I have been actively and happily doing my shopping for the past few months for the baby and I must say I ENJOY IT EVERY MOMENT!

Even so the constant nagging from my friends to prevent me from over purchased but I guess I'm hooked to this so called pill "ShopaBaby". The most addictive section that I can't resist is the baby's clothing which sometimes I wonder why can't the manufacturer just make a few size bigger for us adults?

Our recent purchase was a set of baby feeding bottle bought in Takashimaya Baby Fair and I "think" it's a steal. After paying at the counter, I quickly whizzed hubbee off from the fair to prevent me from burning more holes in our pocket. However, the cold turkey inside me starts kicking in....

6 mths going on 7 mths...

I'm half way through my 2nd trimester and everyone's telling me that this is the "honeymoon" time! I wonder this is to console me and to get ready for the 3rd trimester ultimatum? So, this is what I discover during my "honeymoon time" and you tell me....

1. Requires minimum 20-30' of tossing and turning to find a comfort position to sleep. This contributes to depriving of sleep lately.
2. Daily experience of Braxton Hicks Contraction (contraction of the uterus that is normally painless, but can sometimes be quite irritating. It consists of a localized tightening in your belly, which does not travel, but stays in one spot)

However, the periodically kicking of the baby is a WONDERFUL feeling that any mummy would agree with me. And I begin to notice (I "think") the normal waking and sleeping routine of him at certain hours. He will wakes up at 7-7:15am to begin his tai-chi or kung-fu exercise and sleep back around 8 plus and he's extremely active around 10:45pm - midnight. Sometimes he enjoys sitting on my bladder using it as his waterbed.

Whever he kicks and squirm around in my belly I can see the wave like movement on my belly...haha...and when hubbee try to put his palm on my belly he will just keep still or pretending he's sleeping. Oh, what a cheeky baby!