snoring mummy

today dear told me that he woke up in the middle of the night due to my snoring.. :( I never snored before I was pregnant. *angry* hehe then i scolded him! he snored almost every night and I never once complained to him! :(

Anyway, since he complained.. i hope now he understands my plight. sleeping beside him is never a breeze... :) zzz zzz zzz I think i need more than 10 hours of sleep~!

this morning i had a cramp, luckily dear had not left for work yet, he was just beside the bed so he quickly massaged my leg for me. But he ended the call telling me that i fell asleep immediately once my cramp was gone. i felt like a pig... a moment ago i was screaming in pain, the next moment i doze off in deep sleep.. oink oink...

cheers.

baby's name

Finally we have decided on the name 'Jade' for our baby girl.

And here's the url to her blog which I cross-post it through Multiply.

http://babyterny.blogspot.com

Origin and Meaning: JADE (Spanish) From the stone. Jewel name: the precious green stone

Additional info:

Jade has been considered a precious stone for thousands of years, used in jewellery, weapons, and grave goods. Its name is derived from the Spanish phrase "piedra de ijada," which means "bowel stones." It was believed that jade could prevent gastrointestinal distress.

Mummy's Milk Supplement

So far I have tried only Anmum Original and Chocolate flavour.
It tastes really blend and a bit heaty. The Chocolate tastes really weird.

As it doesnt taste so well, I took a looooong time to finish the free samples.. :)

NTUC selling ANMUM MATERNA MILK PWD - REG in 900 G.

The other brand that I have tried and love it, is Frisomum.
Its slightly sweet and diluted. It is said to have fibres included.

NTUC selling FRISOMUM NUTRITIONAL MILK - VANILLA in 400 G.

Anyone drinking other brands? and tastes good?

pkum @ wk 22/23

We went to see Dr Lim on tuesday. He informed me that I am slightly over-weight. Alvin just could not contain himself. He kept laughing and he told me that he is going to laugh at me for at least a month. I think he thought that by doing that I will cut down on my sugary craving. Dr Lim kept reminding cut down on biscuits, rice and noodles and to eat more protein like meat. I am also supposed to rest at least 8-10hours on the bed whether I feel like sleeping or not.

Baby is growing well. EDD stays at end Oct. She weights about 500+grams. Only mummy is over-weight. Daddy keeps saying.. obese.. and overweight means overweight. There's no such thing as 'slightly' over-weight... Dr Lim is just being polite.. haha..

Hmm... naughtly daddy!!! but still after the gynea visit, Alvin brought me to China Square where there is a traditional chinese confectionary shop selling green bean biscuits and other traditional biscuits. My favourite is their Ma(3) Ti(2) Su(1), I dont know what's that in english. I think it contains malt honey in the center. Their biscuits are freshly baked... My tummy is grumbling now... hmmm... (luckily I brought some to the office.. but it is finishing soon) I hope Alvin will buy for me when I am too heavy to go anywhere. But he is always against of me eating sweet stuff.

He forbide me to eat durain.. *angry* but I ate a few durain puffs last month.. that was so long ago... :( Aunt Catherine wanted to buy some durain for me but the malaysian mobile uncle did not turn up last saturday, he was supposed to bring us some durians. The durains he sells are very yummy, most of the time even better than those in singapore food store or geylang. I think his business is so good that he skips our office last saturday.

My tummy is really getting bigger unlike the beginning, I lost some weight and my tummy was not that obvious, I did not take any photo of it. Now it is bigger, maybe I will try to take a photo weekly.. keke.. next time can show baby...

This weekend, I will buy some hagen daz ice cream. Maybe tiramisu and strawberry cheesecake.. been having craving on strawberries. I tried very hard to cut down on digging into ice creams and cakes and I turned to make my own strawberry milk agar agar last weekend. I was supposed to make pudding but I could not find gelatine made from fish. So I used agar agar powder, it turned out too hard. I like it though. But my fuzzy cousin, Wisely and naughty bro, Andy says its too bland. I was not supposed to put too much sugar!!!! I think it was good enough with the strawberry milky taste... *drool*

Maybe this weekend, I will make Mango ones... gotta go to buy Mango puree.

confinement lady byebye

one fine day, my mum told me that she wont be able to help me with my confinement as she has to bring my youngest bro (now pri 1) to school and there are times, that she goes to the market. It was really stressful for me when she broke the news as I always thought that she'll be the one whom do my confinement for me just like my granny doing confinement for her.

Suddenly, I have to source for confinement lady. I went searching through the Singapore Motherhood forum and even sent enquiries to the agency(in case, I couldnt engaged any). Forced my hubby to discuss with my mum and dad as dad would not want a stay-in CL. (He opposed to having a maid as we are staying at his place we cant force him. therefore, I have to temporary be a stay at home mom. this is another side story...) As for my mum, she thinks that if engaged day CL, she might as well, do everything herself and save the $$$! But she was the one whom said she cannot handle!!!! then she suggested getting my granny to help out, at least she can help to take care of my youngest bro.

I was so stressful and the confinement agency keep calling me to follow up. I cannot give them an answer as my hubby was taking long sweet time to talk to my parents. Moreover, mum kept going to granny house to stay over. Dad seems to be only interested in his game and occassionally speaks of tying baby's hair when her hair comes out.

when finally my mum comes back from my granny house yesterday... my hubby spoke to her. to our surprise, she asked what made us want to hire a CL. she can help us. OMG!!! i think she got some memory loss. she was one of the cause that adds on stress to me and now she says that.

btw, hubby is working 3 or 4days per wk(due to his shift work) therefore he will be home half the month to care for me.. so he has to be my part time CL.. so nice...

anyway it is a GOOD thing. i have to pray to my Buddha... hiaz... thanks for making my wish comes true... and less one issue to worry about. haha...

its a baby girl..

by the way, i m expecting a baby girl this end of oct... and we are still very headache of deciding an english name for her. it should not be complicated and hard to pronounce as her grandparents will be calling them in a weird tone.

we wanted to call her Carrie. and my dad made fun of it by saying, "so next time, you will get the maid to carry Carrie? Doesnt it sound confusing?" so we drop this name...

then Alvin likes the name 'Amelia' but in the end, he read up and realised this name means "work hard, labour, hardworking". he does not want baby to grow up like a workaholic, so we dropped this name.

Fiona seems good to me, but he says he don't want his girl to be the same name as Fiona Xie. I like Celeste... of he gave the similiar excuse... Amber seems cute... He says there is no feel for this name. Ariel sounds cute too. He says hard to pronounce and he wants a feminine name for our little darling. Emily is out, as it has the same meaning as Amelia. Kimberly, Kim. NONO.. he has a aunt with that name.. Florence.. he dont like.

Somehow i am going crazy about this name selection thingy... he gave baby a new name each day... haha.. i guess little princess must be pretty confused by now...

I think worst comes to worst.. baby's name will be Jade as this was the first name I thought of. I already give up. Hahaha....

while mummy waiting for daddy to fetch

finally i get to blog about our baby terny whom is 8wks old in my womb.

one fateful morning, 3-3-08, Grandpa was sick hence mummy tern had to go to work by bus. Just 4 stop away from the office, mummy could not bear with the sudden wave of nauseous and giddiness. She decided to alight on the next stop. Therefore mummy ended up walking three bus stop to her office. It was a horrible day for mummy as her bosses were oversea and had to oversee many things in their absence. She 'braved' through the squeezy feelings but things did not change for a good turn. Instead she woke up feeling more unwell the next morning.

4-3-08, Mummy Tern decided to consult the GP. It went like this:

Doc: how are you feeling?
Mummy: bad. nauseous. vomitted. giddy. tired.
Doc: hmmm... anything else?
Mummy: actaully I missed my menses. It is usually late by 1-2wks.. is it important?
Doc: Do you feel... blah blah blah (what forgot what the doc says.. hahaha )
Mummy: yes, yes, yes... but i can't be pregnant right? Maybe I just gained weight... hmmm..
Doc: we better not take any chance. Let's test your urine.

*** mummy tern came back with her urine
Doc: this is gonna be very fast.
*** 1 min passed.. two strokes appeared from the kit
Mummy: Ah Ha!
Doc: you are pregnant.
Mummy: huh... (am i dreamin?)
Doc: you should be at 6th week. It is still very small. You have to make decision if you want to keep the baby. (he babbled too many things. Mummy just could not hear him)
Mummy: okie thank you. i will talk to the baby's father.

Well, the story went on like this... Mummy called Granny Sandy and Great Aunt Michelle.
Granny Sandy's response: Are you sure? then now you have to...... (as usual Mummy is too shocked to absorb)
Aunt Michelle: Are you sure? Come to office quick...

Mummy then smsed to Daddy and Uncle Patrick:
6th wk pregnant...

Uncle Patrick: are you joking? ......

No reply from Daddy after an hour, Mummy decided to call him.
Mummy: Dear ah, doc says i m pregnant le. now 6th weeks. how?
Daddy: Ah, I am going to be daddy??!

how come the family is more shocked than happy leh?

When Great Aunt Catherine called back from oversea...
Mummy: Good morning, you are going to be Great Aunt...
Great Aunt Catherine: Huh? *took some time to response* Oh... Good lo... good...

Poor baby terny.. seems like nobody welcome you... WRONG! Everyone is so elated now! Be good okie.. Mummy and Daddy love you!