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I came across this site recently after reading the MomBaby March edition and I must shared with all on this very informative site, especially for the 1st time mums.

It has video clips of interviews with paedtrician & doctors who talk about the common issues and knowledge related to pregnancy and also child care. Basically what you'll wanted to know is there, and they are adding in new clips constantly. Unfortunately, the clips are all in Mandarin so it's only useful to those who can read and understand Mandarin.

Visit www.mombaby.com.my and sign up for free, I hope that you find it helpful too. :)

40th week update

Hi hi I'm still around & baby still inside my tummy. :)

Anyway, I have started on leave today, as I wanted to get away from work & get myself ready for labour, which might just happen anytime this week.

It seems like I'm still carrying high & "lightening" hasn't took place yet. But I have had some early signs of labour i.e. the show, diarrhoea & Braxton Hicks, which might indicate that labour is around the corner. :)

So during this "waiting period", these are what I've planned to do:
1. To run through the checklist again & see if anything is missing or need to be prepared.
2. Eat whatever I wanted to & sleep well.
3. Spend more time playing & bonding with Dillon as I might not have much time for him later.
4. Play PC games, watch some dramas, do a bit of online chatting, check & reply emails.
5. Last but not least, update my blogs & finish up my tag homework. :)

39th week check up

By this Saturday, I'll be 39 weeks pregnant.

I got a few sms yesterday, checking if I've already popped because they didn't see my posting in my blogs & I wasn't online, thanks for all your kind concern. :) Actually I have gone for check up at HUKM yesterday.

Well, I'm not quite there yet, as baby's head still hasn't engage. My weight is now 67kg (put on a total of 15kg since preggy), baby weighs about 3.1kg, which is very close to Dillon who was born at 3.19kg. Though you might not think I'm fat, but doctor has advised me better not to put on anymore weight, for an easier labour. (Well, I'll still go & eat all my favourite food before I pop, LOL).

Everything is still fine with me, no swelling, cramping or even Braxton Hicks. I even went shopping at Mid Valley myself for a couple of hours yesterday, hehe ;)

I'll be going back for follow up check on next Wednesday, 4th July, if I still haven't popped by then.

Anyone watched?

I wonder if anyone watch the show "The Miracle Of Life in the Womb – Twins, Triplets & Quads" on National Geographic Channel last night at 9pm? I have talked about it previously & I hope most of you have enjoyed the show.

I very much wanted to watch but I don't have Astro at home. Luckily I have asked my colleague to record it for me and I'm gonna watch it later tonight.

I'll share my views after watching & please feel free to drop your comments too.

I'm addicted

Well I know I should be taking a lot of rest now, since I'll due soon and need to take care of baby afterwards.

But what I've been actually doing was, spending at least an hour to two at night to play PC games. Normally Dillon will sleep around 10.30pm - 11.00pm so my game session will starts from 11pm - 12pm or sometimes 1am. This game addiction started since last 2 weeks when I was browsing the Yahoo! games site & downloaded a trial game to play on. After that I got addicted & found more cracked games & continue to play with; while munching on potato chips & cheezels.....

Now I wonder why is my butt getting heavier & seems like have been set on auto expansion mode lately....... :P

37th week updates

Current weight in 37th week is 66kg (+1.0kg since 34th week) and baby weighs 2.6kg (+0.3kg since 34th week also), both baby & mummy is fine. Doctor said the baby has turned but the head not yet engaged, so most probably I will not be giving birth anytime soon. This would be good as I still have a couple of occassions to attend within the next couple of weeks; also plan to watch the Transformers which will be in cinema this month end.......haha :D

Since 2 weeks ago, I've started taking coconut drink once to twice a week as many said it helps to cool down the body. Appetite is good but can't eat too much at one go. Baby's movement is a lot more aggressive, esp at night. Luckily I don't have leg cramp & swollen feet problem. I can still sleep pretty well, except that it takes me a lot of effort whenever I want to turn & change my sleeping position.

Need not mention that I'm getting more & more lazy and how I wish I could just stay at home. But the fact is, I still have lots of thing to settle & hand over to my colleague before I go on maternity leave.

My next appointment at HUKM will be on 27th June, in my 38th week.


This is the recent me, 18 days counting down.... :>

Something not to be missed......

I've received an invitation yesterday to the above screening, I would like to go but I'm too lazy to travel. Anyway, anyone of you interested can call Michele to RSVP.

National Geographic is organizing a free screening of their new production:

“The Miracle Of Life in the Womb – Twins, Triplets & Quads”

In the Womb: Twins, Triplets, and Quads follows the stories of three expectant mothers from conception to birth and travel inside the womb to see the tiny fetuses begin to interact with each other - pushing, kicking and even what looks like playing and kissing.

Experience this wonderful documentary in the cinema........FOC

Date: Sunday, 17th June 2007
Time: 11 am (registration), 11.30 (screening)
Show duration: about one hour
Venue: Cineleisure Damansara
Free Admission

For RSVP, please contact
Michele Mahendra
Michele@arciscommunications.com
H/P 012 316 5670

For those who is interested in the show but is unable to attend the screening, catch it on National Geographic Channel on the 24th June 2007 (Sunday) at 9 pm.

I believe this would be a great show, so don't miss it! :)

36th week - I'm ready

Finally, I have completed 2 tasks on my to-do list over last weekend, i.e. to wash all baby clothes & fold it nicely in the drawers (actually washing was done by my maid, hehe) and to pack my hospital bag.

When I was packing my bag, hubby said that I look so happy as if I'm packing my luggage for a long waited trip, hahaha, yeah it indeed is a "trip" which I have been booked into more than 250 days ago........and yes I'm excited about it, still.

So, I'm all ready now for the "trip", just waiting for the "call"..... :D

Butt getting heavier... :P

Well I'm already in 35th week now and I can feel myself getting heavier & lazier. It seems so difficult for me to move my butt off my office chair nowadays, even to get water to drink from the pantry.

So basically what I did on Saturday & Sunday was eat & sleep only (my privilege now! hehe). Except that I need to bath, cook & feed Dillon as maid was off on Sunday.

I have actually promised to attend a friend's house warming party on Saturday at 8.00pm and i was still lying on the bed at 7.30pm, really feel so lazy to get up and in the end, I have to "fong fei kei" (didn't turn up for the party), hope my friend won't mind la. Hubby had initially planned to go for movie Shrek 3 but due to my laziness, we didn't make it as well.

Until today, I'm yet to pack my hospital bag & take out the baby clothes & pass to my maid to wash, will put it in my to do list & hopefully get it done before next weekend la..... :)

34th week update

This is my 1st antenatal visit to HUKM as I only registered myself at 30th week (previous antenatal check up were all done at a private clinic). My appointment is scheduled at 11.00am and I reached there about 11.10am, finished the whole check up process around 12.45pm, which is consider quick this time.

I'm 34 weeks & 4 days pregnant as of today, everything is fine with me & baby. My weight is now 65kg (put on 2kg since 30th week) and baby weighs 2.3kg. During ultrasound, the doctor confirmed that I'm having a baby girl and I myself can also see the "private part" very clearly on the screen this time. :)

I'll have to return to HUKM on 11th June for MGTT test because my mum recently just found out that she has diabetes. So to be on the safe side, doctor has recommended me to undergo the test to check the glucose level in my blood.

My following antenatal check in HUKM is scheduled at 38th week so I'll need to go for check up at 36th week at the private clinic if I wish to.

Craving for mango

Have been craving for Mango in the past week and thus I bought 3 nos on Monday, thinking to eat one on every other day. I'm only craving for the sweet ones & dislike the sour ones. Therefore I have to keep 2 that are not so ripe yet in the rice bucket for a few days & wait for it to ripe, the other 1 I kept in the fridge.

On Tuesday morning when I want to take the mango from the fridge to my office, it is already gone and when I ask my maid, she said my MIL ate it last night after I went to bed. Ok fine, at least I still have the other 2 in the rice bucket, but since it's not ripe yet, I will wait patiently.

On Thursday night, the mangoes finally turned into nice yellowish colour and became soft, I kept them back in the fridge so that I can eat it over the weekend. Guess what then? This morning when I open the fridge, nothing is left there (who else could have eaten it?) I know it's just a small matter but you can tell how furious I am if you also have cravings before; as I'm writing this, I'm still furious but I know I cannot complain my MIL, because it's rude to do so.....So I can only vent my anger here.....:<

Red dates drink

I don’t know about the rest but I hate taking iron pills. Every time after I took it, whether on empty stomach or after meal, I will sure have a feeling of vomiting which will last for hours. Therefore in my 1st pregnancy, I only take iron pill once a week and I drink red dates drink every other day, and I didn’t have any low blood problem at all.

This time I am doing the same but I have become lazier & only manage to prepare the red dates drink once a week. But I'm planning to prepare it more often as my last blood test results showed that I'm a little bit low in blood count & haemoglobin.

To prepare the drink, just take a rice bowl full of red dates (buy the big ones) & 1/3 bowl of dong sum, boil in 2L of water for half an hour & drink it everyday. It is up to you to use the seedless red dates as some said the seeds are "heaty", but what I heard is the seeded red dates is actually better; just that you need to cut it into half before boiling it, so the lazy me just buy the seedless one la.

Bad temper

Normally Dillon will sleep around 11pm on the same bed with me, where later on I will transfer him to his cot & he will sleep till next morning without fuss. But in the past 2 weeks, he has been so cranky at night & refuse to sleep even it's already 12pm. He just non stop moving around on the bed, & disturb me not letting me to sleep; when I transfer him to the cot, he will be awake in less than 5 minutes & start making noise & wanted to sleep next to me, with his back or face sticking to my chest, really clingy..... Is it because he is more demanding as he grows now or he has sensed that he is going to have a sibling soon???

This often makes me lost my temper & I will scold him & beat his buttock, put away his pacifier & let him cry, but of course later I will comfort him also la, if not how to sleep? I don't know whether it's my hormone changes due to pregnancy or what, I just lost control of myself so badly recently & I hate being like this, it makes me feel guilty after I scolded & beaten Dillon... :<

Down with coughing & cold

I so wanted to drink iced cold Ribena in the past few days, therefore I've made 2 bottles & kept in the fridge & have drank it yesterday afternoon.

Then what happen to me now? Down cough & cold already loh.... sad case isn't it? I've been sneezing & coughing the whole of last night. It was really shiok when drinking the Ribena but now have to take the consequences pulak.... sigh*** Hubby scolded me too because I refuse to listen to him & restrain from cold drinks.

I had cough also when I was 5 months preggy, cough syrup won't help as it was too mild & thus I have to take chinese cough medicine (some sort of syrup too) & then I was healed. This time I'm still thinking if I should do the same, actually I don't want to take any sort of medicine if possible, will I just healed by myself? I'm just afraid it would get worst if I don't start taking any medicine now..... sigh*** what an unpleasant start to the week....

Feeling better

Something is different today, I notice that my womb has moved up & the following changes.

1.When I got up from the bed this morning, I don't feel as much pain & pressure on my pelvic area as I used to in the past few weeks.
2. I can walk faster & more comfortable.
3. Baby kicks more frequent on the upper part of my stomach instead of the lower part.
4. I eat lesser as I feel like the baby is pressing against my stomach & have slight heartburn too.

I am somewhat "happy" about the change because I don't feel the pain & pressure that much anymore. I am also blessed that I don't have backache, swelling or leg cramp, just like my 1st pregnancy, and I hope it'll continue to be like this till the day I pop. ;)

Weight gain

1st pregnancy in 2005
Started at : 49kg
Last weigh before pop : 65kg
Total weight gained : 16kg

Lost 5 kg right after giving birth, another 5kg in the following 2 months. Maintained at 54-55kg until I stop breastfeeding at 8th month, then manage to get back at 52kg (but soon at the 10th month I conceived again....hehe)

2nd pregnancy in 2006/07
Started at : 52kg
Last weigh at 30th week : 63kg
Total weight gained to date : 11kg

Looking at the rate I'm gaining weight, I think I'm on track & hopefully will be able to shed off all the extra pounds after delivery. I will share my weight loss diary here if I ever succeed, hahaha LOL

Look clumsy

As my tummy grow bigger, the pressure I felt pressing down my pelvic area has become greater as well.

It was difficult for me to change my position when sleeping & worst when I want to get up from the bed. I also can't lift my leg now when standing so I basically have to sit or lie down on the bed to wear my pants & undies. I am now thinking how to trim my toes nail so maybe it's a good chance for me to ask hubby to pay me for pedicure hor? hehehe

I've been walking like a duck nowadays, look so clumsy & so not glamour....sigh.... ;(

Baby & I are alright!

It's been more than 24 hours since I fell from the stairs yesterday and so far I did not experience any unusual discharge or pain in my tummy. Baby's movement is as regular so I didn't go to see the doctor and I guess baby & I are alright. At one point I was so worried that my baby will be affected by the impact & might cause me pre-term labour....... phew.... thank God! And thank to those who concerned about us.

This accident actually reminds me that when I was pregnant with Dillon last time, I fell down in the toilet also around 7 months preggy & I hurt my knee that time but nothing to the baby luckily. Guess I'm really getting clumsy nowadays with my big tummy, I'll be extra careful in whatever I do now.

Fell from the stairs

I was so so so clumsy, or I must have been day dreaming while walking down the stairs, whichever it is, I must be blamed.

Just now while I was walking down from my room to the 2nd floor, I accidentally took the wrong step and fell on my butt with a loud bang. Hubby quickly rushed down & helped me to get up. I was so scared and the only thing that cross my mind was "is my baby ok?"

I seem ok up to now, no bleeding/unusual discharge or any sort of pain in my tummy, except the normal kind of pressure on my pelvic area. I might go to see the doctor tomorrow if I still feel uneasy later on, I just want to less my worries.

I still do not understand how could this happen but I'm praying hard that my baby is unhurt.

This was where I fell from, "landed" on my butt & my back was against the wall.

Craving for sushi

I've been longing for sushi for months already and I finally went to Sushi King in Low Yat Plaza today for lunch.

Everything on the conveyor belt looked so yummy & tempting but I still restrained myself from taking the sake sushi (raw salmon), which is also one of my favourite dish..... Well luckily there were still a lot more varieties to choose from to satisfy my craving and I ended up finished 8 plates of sushi by myself while hubby was having the set meal Unadon Double.

Well so what would I crave for next? Stay tuned... :D (no no definitely not dim sum :P)