Pregnancy Updates

Have not updated on my pregnancy for quite some time. Well, all thanks to the Lord, everything is fine and uneventful. I am now into my 39th week. At my checkup last week, the baby weighed 3.2kg, and is doing well. I think due to limited space in my tummy, the baby seldom kick now, but rather, I feel lots of pushing, and sometimes, I can feel his feet protruding out.

I am looking forward to his arrival, but this procrastinating mommy has not got everything ready yet. The cot is not assembled yet, and his clothes not washed. I told myself must get everything ready by this week. EDD is 4 July, but have been praying that he will come on 7 July, to share the same birthday as his mommy.

As for me, I am feeling big and heavy. Have not been sleeping well too, kept tossing and turning as every position gets uncomfortable after a while. Just last night, I kept changing positions almost every minute. I think I only got to sleep after lying there are a few hours.

Nevertheless, I am thankful that the Lord has watched over me and the baby for these 39 weeks. God willing, I am believing for a supernatural birth. Hopefully, I will have an awesome testimony to share here.

Some pics, car seat and a lesson learnt

We were at Mothercare at Harbourfront some weekends ago to get an infant car seat. Took some pictures of father and daughter enjoying their dessert while having lunch at Spizza.

Speaking of carseats, my intention was to get one that can be used from 4 months to 4 years old. So we went the much talked about Baby Hypermart to have a look. They carry only Maxi Cosi brand and do have what I wanted, but hubby was not too keen to get the 4 months to 4 years old kind. He felt that we should get an infant carseat for use from birth up to about 1 year old, and then switch to the current one Sarah is using. In my heart, I knew I should follow his leading, but I was still undecided so we spent quite some time there. It so happened we met hubby's ex-colleague who had a 9 mo daughter. She told us that its better to get an infant seat which can allow the baby to recline more as this is better for their small bodies. So with this, I conceded and agreed to get an infant seat. But hubby was not keen on Maxi Cosi, as he has seen the Britax one at Mothercare and felt that was better. So off we went to Mothercare to get the Britax Rock-a-Tot Plus Si.

Amidst all this carseat buying, I have been once again reminded of an important lesson by the Lord. I know that God has placed the man as the head of the family, and as a wife, I should submit and following his leading. But there are many times when I tend to insist on my way. I thank God for this lesson where I learnt that I should trust my husband and following his leading. Afterall, he is the one whom God has mandated to be my husband.

Children's Season @ The National Museum

Backdated: 27 May 2008

Daddy was on leave this week, so we planned some activities for the little girl. One of the activities was to bring Sarah to The National Museum for the Children's Season. This was our first time at the museum, and I must say that the newly renovated museum is very nicely done up.

Our first stop was the story-telling session by Monsters Under The Bed. They are a professional language and story-telling school. They are very good in getting the children to use their creativity and the story-telling involved participation from the kids too. I think Sarah enjoyed the session, though she was quite sticky to us and refused to sit on the floor by herself.

Getting the kids to use their creativity

Story-telling in progress

Next, we went to the The Murmurs Playground. This was where Sarah had the most fun and where we spent the most time. In fact, we spent so much time here that we did not manage to view the other exhibitions/workshops.

At the Musical Chef where kids use different kitchen utensils to make music

Drawing with cousin Daniel

Sarah's fav: The ball pit where she kept jumping in and out of it

It was a day well-spent at the museum. A pity we had to rush off and could not visit the Mozart: A Child Prodigy exhibition.

Out of Sorts

Have not been online much as I have been feeling a bit out of sorts for the past week. Is there such a thing as pre-natal blues? I must be having that. Physically, I have been feeling stretched. This baby likes to stretch a lot. Sometimes he stretches so much that I feel like my tummy is gonna explode. Depending on the position of the baby, I have been getting backaches on and off too. Emotionally, I am in no mood for anything, don't feel like cooking, going out, meeting friends, yet feel bored and frustrated at home.

Just venting here. Hope to be back soon. Will update on what we did this week, which is pretty much as daddy is on leave.

Update @ 31+ weeks

Went for my ob/gyn visit on Thursday. The little guy is growing well and now weighs 1.8kg. He is also moving actively, sometimes to the extent I felt uncomfortable. But I am thankful to God for these movements as they meant everything is fine with the little one.

For this birth, I have prepared a birth plan. Showed it to my gynae and got him to agree and sign off on it. Am glad I finally got this done. For Sarah's birth, I was quite ignorant of what to expect during the birth process, so everything was done accordingly to the nurses and midwives, which meant typical hospital protocol, which may not be all that necessary and comfortable for the labouring mommy. After Sarah was born, I read up more and also learnt a lot from other more experienced mommies. So for this birth, there are certain procedures I wish to avoid, and certain things I want to be done my way. I am glad my gynae is fully supportive of a natural birth and is open to different birthing processes.

Box Fun

Earlier this week, hubby bought the latest 24" imac which was delivered in a gigantic box. The moment I saw the box, I knew Sarah will have great fun with it. So when Grandma came to visit, we decided to make a house together. Sarah decided to call it her Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, after the show of the same name.

On Thursday, we cut out the doors and windows and put on the roof. Sarah used color markers to decorate the house. This was not enough for her. She kept asking to paint her house. So on Friday, we painted the house. Can see her putting in the effort to paint, though she got tired after painting the doors, windows and walls, and Grandma helped with the roof and the finishing touches.



Decorating the clubhouse with color markers


She likes to hide herself in the house



Painting the house

Later that evening, Sarah was playing with my shawl, and the ever playful Grandma decided to wrap it around her like a sari. I think she looked really cute.



Its amazing a simple thing like a box provided much fun for this little girl

Cracking Nuts

The weather has been really hot and humid, so last week, I decided to brew some cooling drinks. Since I have some ginkgo nuts in the cupboard, decided to cook barley with ginkgo and beancurd skin. But I hate cracking the ginkgo nuts. This time, I have a helper. When little missy saw me taking the small hammer out to crack the nuts, she was so curious about it and was very enthusiastic about helping me. At first I was afraid she may smash all the nuts, but I have to say she did a good job.

Look at how focused she was at her task.



With her helping me, the task was finished in no time. But when the drink was cooked, she only drank the barley water and refused the nuts.