Those negative whinings aside, I'm 18 weeks pregnant today. Yesterday went to my parents' place and then to a friend's place to pick up some maternity clothes and books on pregnancy. A colleague also packed a huge bag of her maternity clothes for me... and I guess I have almost enough to last through my pregnancy. I've bought a few online because it's really not cheap to get off the rack in maternity shops around the malls. With all these preloved maternity wear from my lovely friend and colleague, I'm gonna save a lot. =) Yesterday hubby also bought me a purple Esprit watch because my own watch with fixed strap length is getting tight around my wrist. City Chain is having $20 off purchases over $120 (if I remember correctly) and he bought a limited edition Seiko (additional 15% off) for himself!
3 April 2012 Big whine:
hungry: badly want to puke
want to eat: don't feel like eating
after eaten: badly want to puke
ate fruits: badly want to puke
ate biscuits: badly want to puke
ate rice: badly want to puke
is there anything that i can eat without feeling like puking?! i tot second trimester is gonna be better? why is mine WORSE?!
It's a long day. Chaired a meeting from 2:30pm to 4pm, then rushed for another meeting from 4pm to 6pm... super tired.
6 April 2012 TGIGF!! Thank goodness, it's Good Friday!! It's been a long week... despite it's only 4 working days. I've been vomiting much on 4 April... luckily I feel better now. It seems that I will feel like vomiting at a certain timing every night. It just depends on whether I can tide over that pukish period without puking... but it's not everyday that I can tolerate through it.
Hubby went to Batam this morning with his colleagues and will only be back on Sunday. I'll be meeting some gal friends to collect my 350 Run race pack (which of course I won't be running now) and catch up over dinner, then go back to spend my weekend marking away at my parents' place. 12 stacks of graded assignments and 2 stacks of class tests, it's no joke! >< I also have a physics paper to set, so gotta be back early on Sunday to set my paper! Really don't feel like lugging my heavy work lappy, along with all the markings, all the way out for dinner and back to my folks' place, and finally back again.
Just now I was asking MIL what she wanted to eat for lunch... I was hungry and was wondering if she wanted to go down to the kopitiam downstairs to eat, otherwise I'd just go downstairs and tabao... then she said, downstairs or nearby all the food not nice, she'd go Boon Keng to tabao lunch for me... (o_O)!! She took train all the way to Boon Keng just to tabao food for me?! I feel like a spoilt brat, but I know it's really because she has a fussy palate! Haha... =P Now as I type, she's probably on the way home with my lunch. She called me 10 minutes ago, asking me to keep the clothes because it's pouring in Boon Keng, and I quickly kept everything as the sky was turning really dark. And as soon as I was done, it started raining! Phew~
8 April 2012 Spent last 2 nights at my parents' place while hubby's away for short vacation in Batam with his colleagues over the long weekend. Just now tabao laksa back for lunch, from a vegetarian stall near my parents' place that sells stuff that I love since I was much younger. Good choice to have the gravy separated. When I was back I vomited and took quite a while before I decided to eat my lunch. Heat up the gravy and dropped the rest of the stuff in for my hot yummy lunch. I finished a 830-ml bottle of Meiji low fat milk in one afternoon! Won't get milk overdose one, right? I'm still craving for Meiji milk! Can't wait for hubby to be back, and make him accompany me to buy more milk =P And now I need to set my pure physics mid year exam paper. I'm 19 weeks pregnant today!
10 April 2012 I threw up twice in school today :( and I also read up on stuff because I was having peanut butter sandwiches and some friends told me that I should avoid all nuts and by-products. Here are two links to share...
It's a myth.. yes? http://www.cbsnews.com/2100-500202_162-5276102.html
Some of the comments here scare me... http://www.babycenter.com/400_is-it-safe-to-eat-peanut-butter-during-pregnancy_910427_63.bc Because there are a handful that claimed in the comments that the couple are both not allergic to nuts but after having all the nuts during pregnancy, the child developed nut allergy! Although also many who have eaten truckloads of peanuts and have perfectly fine kids. So is it really best to avoid?
Hubby won't be home today... on duty in camp. Home alone with FIL as MIL's at SIL's place. A bit sian, but nevermind, I'm gonna be kept busy with my 9 stacks of marking anyway. Well well, time to start marking!
11 April 2012 Today's to-do list
Vet sec 4 phy MYE paper
Redo some questions in sec 2 science, sec 3 physics and 3 sci(phy) MYE papers
Mark graded assignments - 6 stacks
Mark class tests - 3 stacks
Mark standardized tests - 6 stacks
Do lesson plan for lesson ob on coming Friday
Print past year papers for 3 sci(phy) classes
Order food for donation to the old folks home that RCY is visiting next week
Guess my marking have to push to later dates... MYE papers more important! So busy that I haven't been doing lesson plans for weeks. *oops* Bad teacher!
Later - I facebooked this at close to 7pm: "felt like puking in sch but held it back... need to at least finish editing one paper first so i can settle the other two at home... then when about to go home... felt ok, then on the way, felt worse... the most annoying part is the journey on feet... from the bus stop to home is already a long walk and after the overhead bridge i gotta stop every few steps to breathe... slow... in... out... because puking along the pavement is just so unglam! finally home and rushed to puke... omg when will this be over?!"
12 April 2012 My "baby diary" is gonna become my "vomit diary". Urgh!
Today I puked right after lunch. Ate in canteen, and puked in the staff toilet in canteen before going back to the staffroom, 3 storeys up. Felt a burning sensation in my tummy, but didn't have appetite. Ended up drinking a mug of the instant Cadbury hot chocolate from the staff pantry. My gastric juice is like super acting up! Came home and couldn't eat much too... had soup, threw the rice away. =/ Gonna ask the doc when I go for my scan tomorrow... why is this happening to me? Maybe my baby wants to help me fulfill a long time dream - to lose weight! Hahaha~ Good thing I bought some buns to snack on if I were to feel hunger pangs later. Now, time to get back to work!
14 April 2012 Yesterday was not a good day at work. I cried in staffroom after a colleague came to tell me to sleep more out of concern, which is very sweet of her, because my face literally looks like s**t, according to her, and that a lot of colleagues are actually very concerned and talking about it. I told her I couldn't afford to sleep earlier, I had to get my work done! So many deadlines to meet... Then I had to rush my papers. Supposed to pass to my HOD who's on reservist in coming 2 weeks, so need to get everything submitted by yesterday. But I had my gynae plus detailed scan appointment at 2:45pm. My hubby was already in school waiting for me by his car at 1:45pm but I was still working on my paper. By 2pm I realized I couldn't get it done on time and passed my papers to my HOD, some unedited, and his paper unvetted by me. I've let the second vetter vet it though. My HOD was very unhappy and told me off. He told me he has given me so much time and I still couldn't get things done. I told him my husband is waiting for me to go for the appointment, and he said I should make appointment outside of office hours in such peak periods. I felt really depressed and held it back until the moment I got into the car, I started crying like mad. Hubby was so worried and asked me what happened, but I just told him quickly drive off... because we're still in school and there were students walking around!
Went for the appointment. Baby, as usual, dancing away while doing the scan. I haven't felt any of her kicks though, as there's still ample room for her to move around. The detailed scan shows that everything's fine. She's a princess with what seems like pretty long legs. The report also shows that her femur length is well over average, while still within healthy range. I am blessed with a strong little girl and I am truly grateful. Hubby told me that his colleague's wife (whom we hang out with) was pregnant when he just came back from his overseas work trip. The wife called his colleague who was overseas with my hubby, and the colleague was so happy he told everyone there and then after he was informed of the good news. But yesterday hubby told me she had a miscarriage earlier in her first trimester because the baby was not strong enough to hold onto her uterus. My baby went through my mambo nights and just dance frenzy... when I was still clueless about my pregnancy. I'm very very blessed indeed, and I really am counting my blessings.
Doc also says my frequent vomiting likely due to the fact that my baby's "spacious room" inside me have my digestive system all squashed up, so I gotta eat tiny little meals every now and then. Otherwise the food will go through a "traffic jam" and those that didn't get to go down, will just come up instead.
18 April 2012 Just now was at the coffeeshop to pick up a dish that MIL ordered... my PILs often hang out there and every uncle and auntie there know them super darn well. One staff auntie looked at me and signaled to FIL (who spends every evening to night drinking at the coffeeshop but that's besides the point since my aim here is not to whine about him) if i'm pregnant. Then she asked me if it's boy. I said no it's girl, to which she promptly replied, "再努力!"
Why girl then must 再努力? Yes I wanted a boy at first, simply because I wanted to save money because I know I will definitely splurge on my girl, not because of 传宗接代 issues... Just don't like it when people think that: "Oh it's girl, not enough effort this time. Nevermind, put in more effort next time and get a boy." Oh boy oh boy >< that makes me pissed. I know my mum has been through the same when she was pregnant with me. It just doesn't make sense to hear such things now. Should I just retort, "Blame his son's sperms?" Seriously. *rolls eyes*
19 April 2012 Today is our wedding anniversary. I brought 5 stacks of markings and 2 papers for editing home, and we went to buy dinner at KFC drive-thru for our anniversary dinner.
I'm tired, but also looking forward to the real anniversary getaway this weekend.
25 April 2012 I spent the weekend in MBS. It was incredible. Then two nights ago I think I started to feel my baby inside me for the first time. But I can only feel it when I lie on my side... then the baby sort of drop down into a corner due to gravity... and that's where I can feel movement. Tummy's been growing really fast since the weekend. Although appetite is non-existence, while work is overwhelming. Gotta mark, I shall stop here.
26 April 2012 Yesterday after my entry I went back to marking, then hubby came home with the food I was craving for... roti prata! He was out on a work dinner function while I came back for dinner... which wasn't very appetizing unfortunately and I had super little rice... no appetite in the first place, and those yucky food seriously has no place in me! Texted hubby to buy some bread on the way home... as I didn't feel like eating rice, and felt more like eating bread or prata. He went to Jalan Kayu on his way home and bought 2 kosong prata for me! I was thrilled~ craving satisfied!! Yay~ And the most amazing thing is, after that, I started feeling baby inside my bump! So exciting~ :D
Tomorrow is my school's anniversary and awards day... it'll be a long long day. Alright, time to write the write those remarks for my students' mid-year progress report.
29 April 2012 Friday night we went to Brewbaker after school anniversary, as usual. Coincidentally there was a Kirin event at Brewbaker and it was opened to public. The night was filled with free flow Kirin beer that I can't drink! =/
There wasn't much crowded and we started dedicating songs. In no time we started asking for all the mambo numbers, and turned an ordinary event at Brewbaker into mambo night! And we danced the night away~ I don't need alcohol to dance, all I need is good music and awesome company! Now I just can't wait for my next clubbing session on the coming Saturday with my fellow colleagues!!
Last night I as I layed in bed trying to feel baby's movement, I started to wonder about a lot of stuff and posted this in Facebook: Sometimes when the baby kicks, i wonder what makes her kick. How does she feel? Is she happy and dancing? Or is she unhappy and throwing a tantrum? Sometimes when I press on the tummy trying to get a reaction, I wonder how does the baby feel. I'm amazed that this little being is living inside me but with her own individual sensing, feeling and character, totally independent of me, her current "bedroom". She can feel my emotions, but I have to guess hers. Isn't it amazing? I just can't stop thinking about how amazing this is!
Last night was at my folks' place. As usual, being pampered by my mum with wholesome healthy food. Today I met my primary school buddies for lunch. A friend, wife of a primary school classmate, gave me some maternity wear, Nan maternity milk powder and even Avent maternity shower gel! Hubby also picked up a baby cot from his friend's place before joining us. Then on our way home, we picked up some more items... baby girl clothings and toddler girl dresses... really grateful for the freebie preloved items!
I realized the pics are really small here, but just look at the huge stacks of baby girl clothings and girly dresses that came out of the 2 super-packed plastic bags! Unbelieveable~
A lot of expecting mummies in the forum I frequent actually started shopping like mad from the day they learnt about their babies' gender... I'm still procrastinating! I want to save money for better use in future and babies outgrow their clothes so quickly, so I'm really hoping to collect as many preloved items as possible and not spend a single cent... hahaha, call me a stingy mama!
Added later: Stingy mum is back! It's midnight and I actually just placed an order on Gmarket for 8 baby rompers (plain sleeveless ones in size for 3-month) and 24 pieces (3 packs of 8) of baby face towels... inclusive of postage, total damage is just below 40 bucks. ^^v Not including my prenatal or maternity stuff, plus that diaper bag organizer from Gmarket, this is my first expenditure on my baby!
