14.mar.2008

I don't know what to title this blog really.
Finally have the time to sit down and type out what happened 3 weeks ago. It seemed like it happened long time ago...

My parents' place in Yishun caught fire in the wee hours of 14-March. My parents, brother and his gf were actually sent into SGH burn unit ICU. Thankfully the firemen came in time to rescue. Gosh! I broke down when I heard it. Seeing them in the ICU unit with tubes down their throat and everything. They couldn't move, need to lie in bed. need to be sedated else they would pull out the tubes from their throat. their hands need to be tied to the bed rails to prevent them pulling out tubes. it must have hurt. tubes in the throat. milk tubes up their nostrils. they can't talk. it was like this for 4~5 days, i think before the tubes were out of their throats. Trips to the hospital wore me down. almost fell sick after the 4th day. but luckily, my body antibiotics managed to overcome it.

This is a scary experience... when i recall the 1st day i visit them, what my mum wrote on a piece of paper to me (cos she cannot talk). nah, i don wanna write it here.

My dad who seemed the worst initially recovered the fastest. He's really the Hero. 1st to recover in my family. My mum took a longer time.

Hubby's support was important then. Thank god he's there with me when i got the news. that 2 weeks were tiring. lotsa of things to think about, people to handle, tons of people to talk to like relatives, etc. most of them are pretty understanding. me and my sister were super busy. we were like the information counter to update our relatives on our parents' conditions, etc.

So the house needs to be renovated again and my parents are staying in a temporary flat in amk. i hope that there won't be such an incident again. This is not the 1st time but I really hope it's the last....

I can't say anything else but God Bless!

Hunger PangZzzz!

I’m feeling super hungry despite eating a plate of vegetarian beehoon 15mins ago! It’s scary! And my stomach kept grinding as I was eating my breakfast just now. Don’t know why. My stomach is like an endless PIT! I definitely can’t eat anything for now. If not, I will take in too many calories. DISCIPLINE!!! Mind over Body! Sometimes the body sends weird signals like this. And if I just listen to it, I think will become a fat mummy in no time. haha…. So must control. Don play play. Trying to blog to digress from the “hunger” signal and drinking lotsa water to fill up the stomach. Water has ZERO calories.

I have been trying to blog for the past weekend on what has happened recently. But somehow I still am too lazy to do it and was busy during the weekends as well. Erm, let’s hope I have the time and energy and mood to do it soon!

For now, I’m feeling excited about a lot of things. Mainly Labour (the process)…. Breastfeeding (whether I can do total bf for the 1st 6 months)…. I told hubby 2 days ago,” I will need your support very much. It is very important to me.” And with him reassuring me with his support, I feel happy and sweet inside. These days, hubby is able to feel the little one kicking inside and I can see the happy Daddy now automatically put his hand on my tummy to feel for himself once in a while. No need me to instruct. Haha… Yesterday, I could see on my tummy the movement of his limb(sorry, don’t know it’s hand or leg.) protruding out. Find it super cool and amazing!

That’s All for nOw! :-)

Woke up by the little one's kicking!

I was actually struggling to wake up this morning. Slept at One plus am last night. Let the alarm snooze and snooze. but the little one inside seems all ready to wake up and action. Kicked me here and there. and I feel at times, it's stretching. can feel it in my left and right tummy simultaneously. And I played with him. he kick kick a few times n stop. I will then tap there a few times. then he will kick back. haha... read fm somewhere we can interact with them like this. bonding....

One interesting thing is that on my gynae visit on Monday, I asked him why the baby only kicked me towards the right side of my tummy. none on the left side. His reply was that this is normal. their positioning is like this. and woman who are going into labour usually hold their right side when they admit to hospital. Then today the baby started to kick me on the left side! Did he hear my "concern"? And wanted to show me that he's fine? haha...

I could start to feel him stretching today. Feel amazing and it's real cool.

I'm starting my last trimester liao. Time really flies yah. I will treasure the pregnancy period!

Back to work.

Baby Fair Purchases!

Last Saturday was a super busy day... went to Taka Baby Fair early in the morning. Bought the Pigeon milk steriliser set (with newborn set) and car seat! Each cost around $149. As I was one of the early birds, got their goodie bag as well! hehe... infant clothings and barang barang inside.

Walked in the wrong direction to Robinson. ended up near mrt station.... waiting to cross a road. Argh! Can u see my "shag" look?

Then I wanted to walk to Robinson. I don't know how on earth I could have walked the opposite direction. Gosh! And i ended up taking a train to Somerset. It was a super hot day man! But Robinson was having sales for Graco Citisport stroller so gotta get there. very light-weight (abt 4.5kg), easy to close and open meaning I can handle it easily. it can stand on its on when closed. the only con that i could see was that it's for use from 3~4months onwards and the stroller seemed abit small for a 18~20kg. I figured i can sling the baby when it's below 4 mths. But the "seemed small" part made me hesitate to buy immediately. The friendly staff told me Robinson has a "reserve" policy. So I reserved and wanted Allan to go see in the evening if it's worth it. We went in the evening and decided to get it.

So the critical things have been purchased! Nothing much liao. haha... We initially tot nothing much to buy except for milk steriliser. Now 3 big items bought!

My stroller has arrived today! Taka delivery will come tomorrow. My eldest bro-in-law just passed me alot of barangs last Sat. Now, the space above my wardrobe is packed!

hmm... i was too busy shopping for stuff that I didn't take pics of the stuff bought...

24 weeks and counting....

I received a startling sms few days ago that goes like this:

"Delivery booking at Mount Alvernia Hospital for LEO CAROLYN confirmed. Thank you."

It happened during office hours and I could felt andrenalin pulsing through my body at that instant! I just switched gynae to CH Koh @ Toa Payoh and I did inform him that I would want to deliver at Mount A. But I didn't expect the booking to happen so fast. Tot they will book maybe in my 7th or 8th month? This was totally unexpected. Delivery = Giving birth = Pain! That's how I associate it at the moment.

Today, I received their package.... hehe... quite excited though.Going for their ante-natal class this Thursday evening! Hope Allan and I will keep our eyes open.

Alot of things to think about... like what to prepare. I am not sure what are the MUST-Buy items too. Clueless! Mavis told me Takashimaya baby section have a checklist. I should go and grab a copy. I also saw a website http://www.baybsupplies.net/shoplist.htm that is pretty good. telling u what to prepare for your new-born and what to pack for your admission to hospital. Jenny also gave me a "What to Pack for birth" handy list. I appreciate all the tips!

I was just calculating over the weekend how much spent on maternity clothing till now. $500++. erm... quite alot but I can say I have bought enough liao. NO MORE BUYING! My buying spree at Spring Maternity was the most shiok! woahaha...

ok, feeling cranky again.

P/s: Looking forward to my gynae visit on 17-Mar. see ya baby then! =)