My check up to the KKH

Went for my monthly check up yesterday. Got so many questions to bomb-bah my gynae as it's was a long waited 1 month.

3 more days to my 16 weeks of pregnancy, expected to see the gender of my baby but Doc Tan said he/she is too shy to open up or perhaps is just too busy kicking inside me!

For these 15 weeks, I've gained 1kg which is 45.1kg now (So proud of myself). Baby is currently 8.5cm long (3.5 inch) but still very small to know the weight. I am anxious to know about the growth and weight of baby is because Fayth was borned a IUGR (terms for Low Birth Weight Baby) at 44cm long, 2.26kg only and it was really tough to look after such a small baby. She's just like a little kitten even during full month!

When I'm preggy with Fayth, I was suffering from Low Lying Placenta which will resulted in bleeding and unable to have a normal vaginal delivery because it blocks the birth canal but usually the placenta will move upwards as the pregnancy progress. Now, again, I'm having this Low Placenta so hopefully it will move upwards when my womb gets bigger...

Knowing that I got a history of IUGR baby, Doc Tan prescribed me Prenatal Omega Fish oil for the development of baby's brain and eyes function. I've just measured the fish oil soft gel, it is 2cm long and 0.5cm thick! Oh gosh... ZPGY will know that I will have problem swallowing pills but I'm good at biting panadol, wahahaha~~~

I confessed to Doc Tan that I've this very bad habit of stealing coffee to drink but of cause I don't drink it everyday. Doc Tan said 1 cup of coffee a day is fine but it would be better if I don't drink it frequently as caffeine is bad for baby's development.

I really got so many questions to ask my gynae but ended up I missed out the most important question... I constipate almost everyday and this is my biggest problem of all, I wanted to get Doc Tan to prescribe me with something that can really help me with...but...sob sob, got to wait till next month again! :(

Oh yes, I no longer needed the medication that stabilised the pregnancy!!! And all my blood tests result normal! Now waiting for the major scanning on 18 May, Doc Tan said will check the baby gender again next month.

Baby, Be good ok! Don't be so shy, give doctor check awhile only then Mummy can start to think of nice names... If girl, will be Fynn Lam. If boy, still can't think of any nice name that start with F..... Chinese name I want it to be Lam Jia Le, suitable for both boy and girl but still will need to give those people to count the birth time etc after the baby is born...

Preggy week 15

Again, another week has past. Time flies, am patiently waiting for my monthly check up on this coming Wednesday. Can't wait to see my baby and I'm also waiting very patiently for his/her kicking and poking. Somehow, I seems to be able to feel some 'butterfly' movement inside me... perhaps because I'm not a first time mummy! Let's see how's my baby developments this week.

Your pregnancy: 15 weeks

Fetal development in pregnancy week 15: Fetus in fourth month Your nearly four-inch long gymnast is happily mobile inside your womb and if you're really lucky, you’ll notice a point when your sneezing, coughing or laughing results in a little kick here or a poke there. Still, many women don't feel anything until the 17th week or later. Although the poking and kicking isn't very charming during sleeping hours, it’s a good sign as it means your baby is actually reacting to outside events. Yay! You’ve got yourself one active healthy baby! Their little elbows and knees are bending more freely this week and their little legs are finally growing longer than their arms and getting pumped up for prenatal Richard Simmons. Her eyelids are still fused shut, she can sense light. If you shine a flashlight at your tummy, for instance, she's likely to move away from the beam. Many of their major organ systems are increasing in capacity—particularly that amazing tiny heart and complex circulation system, which is now pumping about 25 quarts of blood per day, and will increase to a very impressive 200 quarts per day by the end of the pregnancy. As far as hair goes, we’ve got some new scalp patterns beginning to develop on the head, although actual head hair is not yet present. Finally, if you have an ultrasound this week, you may be able to find out whether your baby's a boy or a girl! (Don't be too disappointed if it remains a mystery, though. Nailing down your baby's sex depends on the clarity of the picture and on your baby's position. He or she may be modestly curled up or turned in such a way as to "hide the goods.")

And how's mom doing? Have your cheeks been rosier lately? (No, no, no-- we’re asking about your face.) Are you feeling especially radiant? This famed “glow” is brought to you courtesy of the pregnancy fairy who has waved her magical “rosy tinge wand” over you. Seriously though, your body is experiencing an increase in be aware that increased blood flow might cause your blood vessels to expand, resulting in a series of not-so-magical nosebleeds blood flow and you probably do have flushed skin and cheeks. You've probably gained about 5 pounds by now (a little more or less is fine, too) and are well into the swing of your pregnancy, but you may still be surprised by an unexpected symptom now and then.

This Week's Activity: Talk to your baby. It's a great way to start the bonding process. If having an actual conversation seems odd to you, narrate your activities; read a book, magazine, or newspaper; or share your secret wishes for your child. This is great practice for after your baby's born. Talking to babies is one of the best ways to help them develop language skills.

How to spend the upcoming long weekend???

I am lost of ideas of where to bring my girl go during this coming long weekend... She will be making noise if we just stay home and ask her to watch her cartoons.

Wanted to bring her to the Zoo, but I know I will be tired and I can't walk for long as my back will start to ache.

Wanted to bring her to the Bird Park, but birds are dangerous for preggy as they got some kind of germs or bacterial which is harmful for unborn baby (i bet alots of preggy doesn't aware of it, go read more pregnancy book!).

Wanted to bring her to the Botanic Garden as they now having the 150 years anniversary event but it seems kind of boring to go visit the flowers, trees and grasses... For more details, please visit http://www.sbg.org.sg/

Wanted to bring her to the East Coast beach for some sand playing and swimming but the recent weather always ruined our plan.

Wanted to bring her to Downtown East for the Ferris Wheel ride and to explorer kids indoor playground but am afraid of HFMD as these little balls are full of germs! It's so dirty...

Haiz... my poor little girl always ask me to bring her out but where to??!!! Actually she's very easy to satisfy. Last Saturday we brought her to Parkway Shopping Mall to do some painting, she's more then happy! But I can't always bring her for painting, she will be bore too!

How? How?? How???

Pregnancy Week 14

Wohoo~~~ another week has passed and I'm now in my preggy week 14! Let's see what is my baby's developement for this week...
Fetal development in pregnancy week 14: You and your little buckaroo have roped your way right into trimester numero dos! Are you ready to rock!? Okay, okay… maybe just a little rolling and poking. Needless to say, your baby will definitely be making themselves known in the upcoming weeks. At about 3.5 inches long, their little body and limber limbs are coordinated enough for loads of complicated motions. In fact, their whole body is moving right now! You're not feeling it because their current size is still a bit too small to make an impact you'd recognize. Still, their movements are recognizable on an ultrasound. Speaking of which, you shoud be scheduling one with your health care provider! Week 16 is the classic date as you can usually determine whether your little one is going to pee standing up or sitting down. Your baby is also starting to develop the ability to move their eyes this week, although the eyelids still remain fused shut. What's more, they can make all sorts of fun facial expressions as they practice squinting, frowning, and grimacing. Cute development of the week: their little hands can grasp at things and they may already be sucking their thumb!

And how's mom doing? What’s in the forecast for your second trimester? We’ve got a heavy concentration of developing fetal movement, which will increase in magnitude in frequency through the duration of the second trimester before subsiding in the third trimester as womb-space becomes limited. If you think you’ve got the second trimester is typically experienced as the most exciting and enjoyable of the three— the morning sickness is gone, you definitely feel and look pregnant, but you’re not yet an overstuffed-lumbering-mammoth gas or some kind of odd bowel obstruction right now, it might actually just be your little one poking you hello! You’ll become more familiar with the sensation as the frequency and intensity increase (and you’ll never quite forget this special feeling!.

My new skincare regime

Due to pregnancy, hormones will tends to go hay wire, so it's better for me to take care of my skin properly as you just won't know if you will get a Mark Lee complexion or Jackie Chan nose (choy, touch wood!) few months down to the pregnancy. My 1st pregnancy is free of all these scary thingy, BUT every pregnancy is different so I better pray hard I will still look mei mei in my 2nd pregnancy. :)

Through a friend's blog, she recommended this new facial product which is effective in removing dead skin cells so I decided to request for a sample too.

I've received the sample 2 days ago and I've tried it for 2 times.

1st, you got to remove your make up, then wash your face with a cleanser. Tower dried your face then apply a few drops of Cure Aqua Gel onto your face. Leave it for a few second then gently rub your face in circular motion for 1 min. The gel will turn into liquid and become white, rinse off the dead skin with lukewarm water. After use, apply moisturizer and you find your skin more smooth and soften.

Wanna get a sample as well? Click onto the following link-
http://www.japalang.sg/cure/Free_Cure_Samples.html

Or read it for more details-
http://fr3b.com/CURE_index.htm

Will consider buying the full size product when the sample has finish :)

Bird nest has been my 'a must' weekly consumption since 2 months of my pregnancy, now I've even use it as part of my twice weekly skincare regime. I put on this mask after I've removed my dead skin with Cure for better absorption of the essence.

I bought this mask from Watson when they are having their promotion.

$9.90 for a box of 6 packs (usual price is $19.90). They also got sell in individual pack at $3.50 per pack.

I hope I won't turn lazy and continue to use it weekly...

Pregnancy Scanning

Finally there's some free time at home to upload these scanning...

My 1st scanning to the very recent visit to my gynae on 23 March.

23rd March, 12 weeks (Can you see the little hand?)

Also on the 23rd March (This show the little legs as well)

7th March, 9 weeks 5 days

28th Feb, 8 weeks 6 days

16th Feb, 7 weeks

Still deep in my thoughts....

I'm busy working, urgently checking invoices which need to submit by Monday but suddenly the images of the video just appear into my mind again...

I couldn't help and my tears just drop off suddenly when I was reading the abuse report on My Paper. Joanna had a very good description on how we feel after viewing the video: It's just like seeing our own daughter being abuse by the maid, so helpless, wailing in pain, no one to help and protect her.

My heart goes to the poor little girl, hoping she's in safe hands now. Most importantly, she didn't suffer from any internal injury...

Once again, fuck the idiot bastard CB no brain, no heart, cold blooded maid!!! Wonder which country did she came from?!

没家教, 残忍, 没人性, 狗都不如!!

Maid abuses Child

My colleague Amy asked me to view a video about 'Maid abuses a child' in Stomp this morning. And when the video was playing, I couldn't help but keep swearing and cursing the fucking idiot bastard CB maid (those people who understand me well, will know that I won't anyhow scold out any vulgarity unless I'm really being provoked)! In future, hope the maid better don't give birth (if she haven't married) to any child for god sake!!!

I really can't content my furious and pain about how the maid actually kick and stomp onto the poor little girl whom I think she's just bearly 3 years old!!! If can, I would really wanted to put my hand into the video, pull the maid out, kick her fucking face, pull her ugly bomb-like hair, stomp onto her fatty stomach, strip off her clothing's and throw her out onto the street to humiliate her further!!! She needs no mercy!

Understanding from the video, it might be because that poor little girl wanted to go toilet which anger the fucking CB maid! I don't want to upload any of the video or photos into my blog as it will only make my blog 'smelly'! But if any of you would like to see what the fucking bastard CB maid done to the poor little girl, click onto the following link.

http://singaporeseen.stomp.com.sg/singaporeseen/viewContent.jsp?id=64592#

It really makes me wonder why all those abuser actually aim on those poor, innocent and helpless child whereby mostly were only few years of age! They don't deserve all these! Why do all those fucking abuser can lay their hands and legs on their little body? They have no ways to defend themselves at all! Especially when the abuser is their own parents, they are suppose to take care and protect them. For god sake, don't give birth if you can't protect them!!!!

Other then child abuser, some mothers even can throw their babies into the dustbin and let them died there. Few weeks ago when I was reading The New paper, there's a news about a mother who gave birth in Changi Airport but threw her baby into the bin... And, another woman don't know from which fucking country gave birth in the plane and also throw the baby into the bin... My heart sank when I read about these news.

While yesterday, The New paper reports about Employer abuse the Maid and the employer should be humiliated in public. In this type of cases, yes we should pity the maid but be contradicting, I won't further pity them after reading all those child abuses from maid.

My theory is, maid can defend themselves. They can find chance to sneak away from the family but can those little children did the same too? Can they defend themselves? Do they know what to do? Do they even know how to sneak away? Doubt some even dare to complaint to their parents... In their small little heart, they will only think that they must have done something so wrongful that they deserve such a 'punishments'...

To those maids who abuses children: May you be lonely throughout your entire life without giving birth to any children as you don't deserve any offspring.

To those parents who abuses their own children: May you reincarnate into a maid in your next life, let people abuse you and also may you be lonely throughout your entire life without any offspring too!

ZPGY - I know I can't be cursing and swearing people now but I just can't help it! Anyway, I've close my unborn baby ears and eyes so he/she won't know the mummy is scolding vulgarity. Wahahahaha~~~~

Sleepy Tuesday afternoon

Had a filling porriadge for lunch, knowing that I will hungry at tea time, bought peanut waffle (yummy~~~)

Now, feeling tired with eyes nealy half closed and

Suffering from dull headache...

Unable to take any medication...

Endure

4 and half hours more to 6pm ~~~~

I have Graduated!!!

The long patiently waited 3 months is here!

I have finally graduated! And this is what my excitement and announcement is about!

I now officially announce that I'm a Preggy!!!

It has not been an easy 3 months for me. Lots of ups and downs, been visiting my gynae, Doc KT Tan (she delivered my 1st child), Senior Consultant from KKH almost every 2 to 3 weeks (usually every check up is once a month). Think I've spent nearly $2k for all the check up and blood testes (which all test results is well).

Remember I was ordered to bed rest at home for 2 weeks? That's because I'm suffering from early pregnancy bleeding, another term used by doctor is Threaten Miscarriage. Luckily I'm all well now :)

Went for my FTS (1st Trimester Screening) on last Monday. The screen is for Down Syndrome and is showed Baby at 90% Low Risk :). Also did the compulsory Maternal Blood test which test for HIV, Hep B, Major Blood disease etc (no news is good news!!!!)...

Waiting for another major detail screening test which they will scan the baby's brain, heart, spine to check for any birth defects on May 18 when I'm on my fifth months of pregnancy...

And finally for all my hard work, endurance and sacrifices, I've successfully completed my critical 1st trimester and am now stepping into my 2nd trimester which is another new journey of the next 3 months (total another 6 more months to my delivery).

Sex of the baby is not known yet, properly when I go for my next check up on 20th April and my Expected Date of Delivery (EDD) is on 3rd October 2009, Saturday.

I am now in....

Pregnancy Week 13

Fetal development in pregnancy week 13: fetus in third month This is your final week in the first trimester and your little weed continues to grow and grow and grow. Of the three trimesters, this one has been the most important for your little one’s development. Assuming you’ve carefully adopted a healthy diet, continue to exercise and get ample rest, your little one is set up perfectly for even more growth and development in tri-two! Way to go! He or she now weighs about 2.5 ounces and is roughly 3.5 inches in length. Little hairs, known as lanugo, will start to cover their body this week, as their sense of taste and smell are further refined. Their cozy little amniotic sac is also increasing in size and mass as it continues to fill with more fluid. Fingerprints have formed on your baby's tiny fingertips, her veins and organs are clearly visible through her still-thin skin, and her body is starting to catch up with her head — which makes up just a third of her body size now. If you're having a girl, she now has more than 2 million eggs in her ovaries.

And how's mom doing? Congratulations on a successful first trimester! A lot has happened (and there’s a lot more to come). You should be proud of your hard work and sacrifice. Giving up lattes, soda, and wine is not easy. Even if you snuck in a few of these goodies over the past 13 weeks, don’t dwell on it—there’s a lot The good news is some fashion designers are realizing that being pregnant doesn’t mean you can’t look sharp, sexy, sporty, or whatever your particular style might be to look forward to!