Tiring trip to AMK Hub...

Just back from Amk Hub with my bb, mum and sis..
Bringing a bb out is not easy... so many things to bring out.. and need to find nursing room to feed him, change his diaper.. haha.. Ethan changed 2 suits in just one hour.. poor bb... ;p

I told my mum, next time either one of us go out will do.. bb will stay at home.. haha.. coz it is too troublesome le.. but bringing him out to see see look look is quite fun too..

:: Ethan is One Month Old ::

I knew it....

I knew it wasn't going to be easy...

taking care of a newborn is not easy...
breastfeeding is surely not easy...
losing sleep is not easy...
getting help from others is not easy...

broke down a few times due to tiredness and stress... when one slept for only 3 hours every night and had to deal with baby crying, stress is unavoidable, right...

to breastfeed really needs a very strong mind and determination to push you to carry on... i almost gave up a few times.. lucky thing is that i didnt standby any formula milk at home, if not i would have give in to it...
now Ethan is feeding from bottled breastmilk most of the time... so i know how much he is drinking and because i am getting lazier... bottle feed is much much faster than direct feed... 10 mins compared to 30 mins... =0

every MID-night, i have to wake up at least 2 times to feed him, burp him, change his diaper, change his clothes coz he always spit out milk after feeding... this will take me at least one hr...

I hope he will soon grow out of this phase so we all can sleep throughout the night... staying over at my parent's place isn't that easy and comfortable when we are imposing on others, though they are our family i still feel paisei... ;(

Getting the hang of it....

Today my bb Ethan is 22 days old.... and i have been sleeping less than 4 hours every night since day ONE!!!

I was told that bb will feed 8 to 12 times a day BUT Ethan had been fed 11 to 13 times a day.... every 1 to 3 hours he needs to be fed...

It's very tiring but quite happy to see him growing... his weight is now 4kg... haha.. ;p

My poor hubby is deprived from spending time with Ethan as he needs to work and study... every tues, wed, fri and sat he will be at school studying so the time he can spend accompany us is very precious...

One more week to go to the end of my confinement... though my confinement is not those 'strictly old traditional confinement', i still missed outside food...

For my confinement, I can bathe (with herbs), on e fan, watch tv, surf net, etc.... just that i am sick of those confinement food... every day is rice or porridge or mee sua.. ;(

Looking forward to the massage next Monday...
Looking forward to the massage next Tuesday...
Looking forward to the trip back to office next Thursday...
Looking forward to the trip to Kimage next Thursday...

Ethan Tan has arrived on 10.28.2008 @ 10.08pm

this is the 5th day i am rotting resting at home... .

for the past 4 days, while my friends are working, i was surfing net, ate my meals, took my naps, watched my hk drama... and time really passes fast sia... after my nap, hubby will be on his way back from work..

i am now patiently waiting at home for the BIG day to come... last friday was having some cramps and tummy pain, went to the doc, he gave me anti-contraction pills to relax the womb and he said better dun let the bb out so early coz it's only 36 weeks.. (before going to e doc, me and hubby still say maybe we can go for the op the next day to get bb out, but after seeing doc's expression, we took back our words.. )
so these few days the cramps and pain comes and goes... already used to it le.. ;p

last night mum packed the room awaiting the arrival of this "golden grandson" (she teased us abt our bb as golden prince in teochew) and the playpent had been fixed up...

this sunday will be going to the church and our Jurong lovenest for the last time before bb is out... the last sunday i have before 1st nov 08.. hee....

this week....

tomm is my last day in office......

last friday, my gynae advised me to stop working and stay at home to rest as my pelvic hurts when i walked or moved.. he wanted to gave me hospitalisation leave till my c-sect operation but i requested to work for one more week so that i can offically handover my work, pack my stuff and say goodbye to my colleagues/kakis... ;p

i can feel that my bb is getting bigger and lower as the strain on my lower half of my body is getting on me whenever i walked... i have to dragged my feet when i am walking... and i really walked like a penguin... hahaa..

Yesterday, my kakis celebrated fe's and my bday at Bistro One two three... hee.. had read good reviews about that restaurant before and had wanted to try the food there... so finally got the chance to go there... had a fulfilling lunch there and our kakis sang a really loud birthday song for us... hahahaa.. Thanks Kakis!!!

as the date comes nearer...

last sunday, before going to sleep, i was lying on the bed.... i began to count down the days to the delivery.... SUDDENLY i just broke into cold sweat and was trembling... the feeling is like i am going for a very important exam the next day and i forgot to study for it!

i was feeling scared and worried abt the delivery out of the sudden... and my heart beats damn fast... after a few mins, i couldn't hold it anymore and called out to my hubby in tears..

me: lao gong, i very scared...
hubby: scared of wat?
me: scared of giving birth...
hubby: huh?! abit late to say that right.. haha somemore is late by 8 mths le.. haha

i told him abt my fear of the delivery, the process and the life we will have after the bb is out.. are we able to cope with the big changes?? are we able to take care of the bb? are we able to be a good parents???

alot of questions marks ?????? in my head as the date comes nearer and nearer...

Rain again....

this morning woke up to a raining weather... my mum asked me to take leave as it is raining super heavily... but this week i had already missed work for 2 days (monday due to MC and wednesday due to heavy rain), don't feel nice to take leave again... so i had my breakfast while waiting for the rain to stop...

made my way out at 7.55am after seeing the rain had turned smaller... who knows at Harbourfront, the rain there still continues heavily... no choice got to walk to the bus stop.. and it is super crowded lor... waited for 20 mins and finally the bus came late at 8.55am and stupidly stopped the bus outside the shelter... ;(wanted to back off to take the next bus as i do not want to get in the rain, but the crowd behind me just rushed forward and i had to go with the flow... luckily a lady infront me opened up her umbrella and i jus shamelessly stick to her back using her umbrella.. hahaa... but the rain is too big to hide from la....

Thank God today will be the LAST day for me to take public transport to work.. hubby is coming back tonight... finally!!!!

baby is super active these few days.. keep turning and tossing ard... tomm i will be going to the 'Baby's coming' seminar with V and her hubby.. Dan has to go for his lessons so cant accompany me to go... hope the seminar is interesting and useful as this is the 1st (and i think will be last) seminar i am going ever since i am preggy hahaa...

Day 6 without Hubby...

5 more days to go... counting down since the 1st day hubby went to Germany.. ;p

the weather for these few days were terribly HOT... i was sweating non-stop the whole day...

went to ikea today, papa drove my car as i wasnt allow to drive.. ;p bought some storage box and basket for bb's items heehee...

father called today.. tomm he will be going to see the specialist in SGH, hope the medicine will be of some help...

tomm i will be on MC, went for checkup on last friday... gynae asked me to rest more as he felt that my body is quite weak.. he wanted to gave me 3 days of MC to rest but i say Monday will do as i do not want to miss out my work for too long.. another 6 weeks to go and i will be on my 3 mths long of maternity leave le... have told gynae the date for my c-section operation.. hope bb can ta han till then... am getting more and more anxious/nervous/excited as time passes.. and time really passes too fast... now i am in my 32 weeks and 6 days!

my tummy!!

staying at Sengkang.....

i will be staying at Sengkang till 26th September... coz my hubby is now in Germany working and only back on e 26th...

today went to work by mrt and bus... took e mrt to punggol 1st so that i can have a seat.. but it took me an extra 20 mins... came out from home at 730am and reached office at 850am.. is long until~~~~~

today is the end of week 32 of my pregnancy...
i feel that the bb is getting bigger and bigger... feel so breathless...
and bb kept hiccup-ping and it keep beating my tummy... feel like vomitting especially after meals..

Terrible week...

this is a 'sick' week for me...

monday, i had a slight flu and headaches, thinking i will get better after resting for half a day coz i dun dare to take medication now.. so i 忍痛睡觉...

tues till now.. still having headaches.. i think it's migraine... last night went home after dinner and was in terrible pain... tried to sleep but can't... ended up crying to hubby and he insisted me to take panadol.. so i finally gave in... hope this medication is ok for bb..

wake up real early this morning and went to a seminar.. they invited the broadway beng to perform... and he sang my fave Hokkien song 'One Million Dollars 一百万。。。一百万。。。一百万。。。' hahaa....

officially now 3pm we can go off to prepare for our DnD tonight.. but we have nothing to prepare.. so we shall go after Fe's result is out... wish her Good Luck! ;p

SUPER blur me....

guess wat, i deleted my old blog in just a blink of my eyes...

i created this new blog last week thinking of doing up a new blog for our junior dan who is coming in this November.. then today i am thinking of jus maintaining one blog will do, so i jus click delete and i thot i have deleted the right one.. faint!!

ok so this shall be in use instead hahaa... ;p
everything restart from zero...

took PM leave today.. was feeling terrible this morn when i woke up, but went ahead to work despite feeling unwell as i want to finish my project asap before i leave for my ML..
when i reached office then i realised i have a lunch appt with my mentor from TMP with cj... ard 10plus, i cannot stand my nose running and headaches so decided to take PM leave to rest..

had lunch with mentor before coming home, and as usual and as cj expected, we tok abt pregnancy stuff throughout.. now almost every mother i saw, they will tell me abt pregnant and bb stuff... actually i am quite bored listening to it already hahaa... once in a while is ok with me.. or when i have qns to ask, i will be very interested to hear more.. but not everytime or everyday... luckily i only have less than 2 mth to go.. ;p