first trimester scan

today, i went to ttsh for my physio then head straight down to kk for my first trimester scan. reach there and waited for about 30 minutes before its my turn.

baby is very active. he/she keeps on moving and was touching his/her face during the scan. spend some time in the scanning to get all the measurement. this time, i can get the result immediately after the scan cos i did the blood test at 9 weeks+. no longer needed to wait for the next gynae visit the get the result.

result is glow risk, 1:10658. result is not as good as yu ze's, 1:13113. i think age does matter in this. anyway, as long as its low risk that is good enough to know.

my ms is getting slightly better so i thought i would have gain some weight back. to my surprise, i didn't and lost some weight. i'm at 44.6kg now.

the next visit to see baby will be in another month. its going to be a long wait.

fruitful shopping

i had been having ms and feeling tired that we spent most of our weekends at home. finally we went out today. we had dim sum as breakfast at xin fu restaurant. yu ze had his share too and enjoying it a lot.

 

then we headed down to takashimaya cos i'm meeting a forum mummy to shop there as she is a member and will have an additional 15% discount on purchases. 

 

i wanted to get a thermal cooker, preparing to cook dinner for yu ze when he goes to childcare next year. heard that with a thermal it will save money in terms of gas and electricity. we just need to cook over the stove for 20-30 minutes then transfer the pot into thermal cooker and leave it inside for 5-6 hours without electricity or gas, it will auto cook the food further and still remains hot after 10 hours. i invested in a 6 litre tiger thermal cooker that cost $299 before discount. $299 is already a sale price and there is also a free gift of endo 1.5 litre thermal cooker. 

 

since got discount i must also stock up on avent teats and bottles lah, 20% + 15% is a lot of savings leh. i also stock up on the lo hang ka bird nest. we bought 8 bottles and enjoy a 15% + 15% discount for it. thought total damage is about 1.2k, we did had a saving of almost $400 loh. hehehe.....

yu ze - 14 months

standing on the sofa

today, my little darling is 14 months old liao. last month, i was saying that he started to walk with our assistance. now, he no longer need us to hold him to walk. he is able to stand up without support on his own too. now that he is more stable in walking, he actually tries to run instead of walking.

if he can't reach things he want, he will hold your hand and bring you to them and point out to you to give it to him. if he don't get it, he will start throwing temper. very bad temper boy. must start to discipline him liao, can't always give in to him.

he will shake his head to tell you he don't want. look up and point to the sky when you ask him where is the bird? know how to do the don't have hand sign. finally able to do the flying kisses but its still not consistent.

his favourite toy now is mummy's wallet. he will explore my wallet and remove everything from inside. he always ransack my bag for my wallet.

now he also started to have a bad habit. he will spit out his food. it could be the first few mouth of the feed or during the feed. don't know he don't want to eat or he is full liao. hopefully, this is just a passing phase.

he also started to cry when someone go out without him. he will be crying badly for that person to carry to bring him out but once that person is out of sight, he stop crying liao. we say he very drama.

he still haven't call papa and ma ma yet. he talks a lot of baby language that we can't really make it out. we can't wait for him to call us.

mc again...

i thought this week will be better than last week. i'm supposed to be back at work today. i took a bus to office and had my breakfast before going up. i didn't even have the chance to on my pc, i rush down to kk again. i realise i was bleeding again. the amount is the same as the previous time. the only difference is that i didn't get to start work and had to leave liao. sms my bosses and darling while i'm on my way to kk.

i registered myself and waited to be seen. i had a scan and was told baby is ok. i'm at 11 weeks + so baby is quite safe now. however, to be more kiasu. the doc decided to give me a jab to further stabilise the pregnancy. i was given 3 days of mc to rest at home.

after that we went to the wang's cafe in kk to get a drink. saw my gynae there and told him about my bleeding. he told me not to worry and if i need more mc just call him. i seriously hope that i don't need more mc cos of any more bleeding.

mc

i'm back to work yesterday and today only for 2 hours, then i realise i'm bleeding again. quickly pack my bag and leave a word with my colleague and i rush down to kk again. really don't know what is the cause for my bleeding. i didn't do anything very tiring or carry heavy things leh. i just sit and do filing only leh.

anyway, as usual i was given a scan to check on baby. baby is alright. this time round, doc ask me to up my dosage for hormone pills from once a day to twice a day. he is quite funny. after i told him what happen last week. he smile and ask me to quit to stay at home. hahaha.... he give me mc for the rest of the week to rest at home. comparing this week and last week, i think i'm making progress. instead of working for half a day and left, i had work 1 day + 2hours this week. maybe next week, it will be better.

first day back at work ends with more mc

after my long break from work due to my fractured left arm, i'm back at work today. it does feel a bit odd in the beginning but after a few hours, not too bad liao. i spent the whole morning doing nothing but printing and filing reports and its not done yet. sorting and filing continues in the afternoon after i came back from lunch.

knowing my own condition, i didn't do anything very tiring. i just sit there and do my sorting and filing. once in a while, stand up and took a file out of the cupboard and place it back. so the most 'heavy' work i did is just taking an arch file out of the cupboard and putting it back.

don't know if this is the cause of my 'bleeding'? i went to the toilet and realise that i was 'bleeding'. i use the word 'bleeding' instead of spotting cos its a lot more than just spotting. i was in shock. went back to my place and sit for a while and told my colleague about it. i told her i will monitor a bit before i head down to kk 24 hours clinic. she asked me to leave immediately and not wait further. i went back to toilet to check again and this time i saw more of it. i know couldn't wait liao better go immediately. i quickly off my laptop, grab my bag and head down to kk.

on my way there, i sms darling to tell him. i was so worried that something will happen to baby. i keep telling baby not to scare mummy and must be strong. i cry in the cab. i try not to scare the taxi uncle too, so i try very hard to control my tears.

i quickly register myself and waited for my turn. darling still didn't reach when i went in. the doc did a scan and told me baby is fine. i feel so relieve when i heard that. she say its old blood and must try to rest. she ask me how many days of mc i want. she can give me all the way till first trimester end. however, i only requested for this week. i cannot imagine going on mc again for about 3 weeks. shall monitor my situation and see how.

back home, i have been a good girl resting in bed and not walking much. yu ze is very cute and sweet. he climb up my bed when he saw me in bed. then suddenly, he just put his head down on my tummy - his way of showing love. he is so sweet. i smile and say to him. yu ze is a gor gor now, must love love baby ok. he look at me and he did it again. yu ze, mummy loves you.

3rd gynae visit

today, we went to fetch yu ze to go for my gynae visit. good thing is that baby is growing well at 9 weeks+. i have not been eating well for the last few weeks. my meal goes from 1/2 to 3/4 meal for breakfast, 1/2 meal for lunch and 1/2 or 1/4 meal for dinner. i felt hungry but simply got no appetite to eat. it just feels horrible.

i also did blood test today and schedule for first trimester screening in 3 weeks time. gynae wanted to give me some multivitamins to eat but i requested not to. i told him i will get those children's chewable multivitamins outside cos i can't swallow them. hahah...

yu ze finally got to meet my gynae and he is very cheerful and friendly towards him. when i was doing the scan, yu ze was crying for me. hubby brought him in to show him where i am and also the monitor and tell him where is baby. he just keep pointing at the screen as if he knows something.

due to my horrible appetite, i lost weight, only at 44.8kg now.