After our 13 weeks checkup last Sat, we went to 1U for window shopping. I actually wanted to go Jusco and see if I can grab any cheap and nice baby clothes but Jusco section was under renovation and sigh, we proceeded to Parkson instead. Wow, looking at the prices of baby clothes age from 0-6 mths ain't cheap. Pumpkin Patch, 3 shirts cost RM80. I don't think I will ever buy that, unless I got this as a gift! Haha! Upon thinking twice, we decided to just survey the prices and see how it goes. We found cheaper clothes like Anakku and Disney which range from RM10-RM20 for a set. Ain't that so much cheaper. People keep saying that baby grows really fast, so don't get too many sets of clothes. I somehow agree with it eventhough I dun have any parenthood experience to understand the whole concept of baby growing like weed, but soon.. I will understand! Kekeke....
We didn't buy any clothes on that day, sort of disappointed but we decided to wait and put priority on the more important things like baby crib, playpen, bottle steriliser and so on. And these are the things that we have surveyed with the prices.
1) Philips milk bottle steriliser - RM300
2) Baby cot - RM500-RM1000
3) Playpen - RM200-RM400
4) Stroller - RM1000-RM1500
5) Car Seat - RM500-RM1000
6) Baby bedsheet/mattress/pillows/bolsters - RM100
7) Baby bath tub - RM10-RM20
So far I've thought of these things to buy, not really sure if there are any essential things that I've left out. But for the moment, I think we will get baby crib/cot with mattress, steriliser and car seat first.
Oh yeah, I already got my Philips AVENT ISIS iQ UNO Electronic Breast Pump from US. My bro got it in US and it is so much cheaper compared to Msia. He bought for only $100 and after conversion, about RM310. Ain't it cheap? Msia selling price is about RM900 for the same set. What a good deal.... thank you!
Well, baby shopping is really fun and enjoyable. I can't wait to own all those baby things at home! And yes, it is more fun than shopping for my own clothes. Guess I will get those things when I'm in my 3rd trimester only. So now is money saving time.. and hopefully I can tahan the tempation of baby shopping. Haha.. everything looks cute and nice! Thank you Lord!
Thursday, March 31, 2011
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Gynae Visit at 13 weeks - Nice Limbs Babe!
Back from Sydney and we had our 13 weeks 2 days checkup on 26 Mar 11 not at SJMC but at Subang Medical Center by Miss Kelly. Dr Lee requested us to check for baby's nasal bone and Nuchal translucency at SMC because in SJMC, they do not have any HD ultrasound machine. Sigh... this usually happen with private hospitals, in fact government hospitals have better and latest technologies.
Well, we prayed really hard that we will be able to get good results and God is indeed control of everything. The whole pregnancy, the entire situation, our Almighty God is in charge. Our job is to eat well, sleep well, feed our baby well and most importantly, to trust our Father in Heaven and believe that He will protect our baby. God is good..... we received few good news and big pats on our baby's back! Good job baby! Love you babe!
1) We saw such a nice consistent heartbeat and we able to HEAR the heartbeat for the first time... the sound goes like dug-gup-dug-gup-dug-gup-dug-gup at such a consistent rate and our baby's heart rate 139 bpm.
2) CRL measures 8cm and showing 14 weeks whereby I'm just supposed to be in 13 weeks 2 days by calculation.... such a great achievement! Proud of you baby ....
3) Saw nice nice arms and long legs... he/she will be pretty tall just like me yeah? Hehe... at the end of the ultrasound, our baby's legs lifted high up, to the max and yes, we saw it baby! We were so excited with the super long legs.... :)
4) Our baby is perfect and healthy!! Thank you Lord, the wonderful Creator!
We were so happy with the results of checkup at 13 weeks and we will collect the report on the next checkup at 16 weeks, 16 April 2011 at SJMC. God is truly good and we are really excited with this pregnancy.. Thank you Lord! =)
Well, we prayed really hard that we will be able to get good results and God is indeed control of everything. The whole pregnancy, the entire situation, our Almighty God is in charge. Our job is to eat well, sleep well, feed our baby well and most importantly, to trust our Father in Heaven and believe that He will protect our baby. God is good..... we received few good news and big pats on our baby's back! Good job baby! Love you babe!
1) We saw such a nice consistent heartbeat and we able to HEAR the heartbeat for the first time... the sound goes like dug-gup-dug-gup-dug-gup-dug-gup at such a consistent rate and our baby's heart rate 139 bpm.
2) CRL measures 8cm and showing 14 weeks whereby I'm just supposed to be in 13 weeks 2 days by calculation.... such a great achievement! Proud of you baby ....
3) Saw nice nice arms and long legs... he/she will be pretty tall just like me yeah? Hehe... at the end of the ultrasound, our baby's legs lifted high up, to the max and yes, we saw it baby! We were so excited with the super long legs.... :)
4) Our baby is perfect and healthy!! Thank you Lord, the wonderful Creator!
We were so happy with the results of checkup at 13 weeks and we will collect the report on the next checkup at 16 weeks, 16 April 2011 at SJMC. God is truly good and we are really excited with this pregnancy.. Thank you Lord! =)
Friday, March 25, 2011
Goodbye 1st Trimester!
Today mark the 13 weeks and 1 day.... which is a big milestone for us thus far. Thank you God for bringing us safely thru the entire 1st trimester and we believe, 2nd and 3rd tri to come will be the most exciting and amazing and blessed one.
Tomorrow is gonna be an exciting day as well because we will be checking on our baby and praying hard that our baby is healthy and perfect. Can't wait to have face to face moment with our lil one and who knows, we might be able to have a peek on the gender. Not sure if we can see as early as 13 weeks. Who knows rite, since the scan tomorrow will be using a High Definition machine. Anyway, girl or boy I will surely adore them the same. If girl, there are lots of stuffs I can buy to make her the Miss Universe Baby and if boy, I can make him to be the most handsome coolest baby on earth! Wow... I just can't wait for the shopping and shopping of baby clothes. But, most of the time 'm just too lazy to get out from the house and join the forever-crowded shopping mall. In fact, I've not been to shopping mall for 3 months, except for groceries shopping.
We really thank God that we have made it through the entire first trimester. Without His grace, blessings, power we surely can't achieve this, but with God, all things are possible! And we excitedly looking for the joy of 2nd trimester and then the last one, the 3rd trimester and then the arrival of our baby! 6 more months to go ... long or not long?? But my heart is just so itchy that I wish we are already in our last trimester now. LOL...
God is good... All the time! :)
Tomorrow is gonna be an exciting day as well because we will be checking on our baby and praying hard that our baby is healthy and perfect. Can't wait to have face to face moment with our lil one and who knows, we might be able to have a peek on the gender. Not sure if we can see as early as 13 weeks. Who knows rite, since the scan tomorrow will be using a High Definition machine. Anyway, girl or boy I will surely adore them the same. If girl, there are lots of stuffs I can buy to make her the Miss Universe Baby and if boy, I can make him to be the most handsome coolest baby on earth! Wow... I just can't wait for the shopping and shopping of baby clothes. But, most of the time 'm just too lazy to get out from the house and join the forever-crowded shopping mall. In fact, I've not been to shopping mall for 3 months, except for groceries shopping.
We really thank God that we have made it through the entire first trimester. Without His grace, blessings, power we surely can't achieve this, but with God, all things are possible! And we excitedly looking for the joy of 2nd trimester and then the last one, the 3rd trimester and then the arrival of our baby! 6 more months to go ... long or not long?? But my heart is just so itchy that I wish we are already in our last trimester now. LOL...
God is good... All the time! :)
Thursday, March 24, 2011
The Bump @ 12 weeks
So here's the bump at 12 weeks and I didn't take any bump pics earlier on because the bump is still so small and mainly are my 3 layers of belly fat. Haha.... Anyway, this is the bump at 12 weeks, taken at Capitol Square Hotel Sydney and the wristband on my hand is the Hillsong Color Conference! And our baby traveled to Sydney too... =)
Monday, March 14, 2011
Vomit and more!
At 11 weeks, the morning sickness seems to be increasing, which is a bonus point that our baby is doing really well. Well, it ain't food poisoning because I'm not having any diarrhea, but after every food intake, I just have the nausea feeling and then the urge to puke and vomit out everything. Sometimes it's hard, I had to push it out otherwise I will feel uneasy for the entire day.
Yesterday, I started to puke after lunch, then after dinner and today, after breakfast. From 5-11 weeks, I've not been this aggressive in puking but looks like the morning sickness increases from 11 weeks onwards. Not sure when it will end, but we will be flying to Sydney tomorrow and hopefully all goes well. I just can't imagine how I endure the 8 hours flight. Anyway, God is good and everything will be well taken care of and in good condition :)
Despite all the vomiting and uneasy feeling, I still thank God for all these because these symptoms are all great assurance that my body is generating the sufficient pregnancy hormones and our baby is developing well. Thank you God!
Yesterday, I started to puke after lunch, then after dinner and today, after breakfast. From 5-11 weeks, I've not been this aggressive in puking but looks like the morning sickness increases from 11 weeks onwards. Not sure when it will end, but we will be flying to Sydney tomorrow and hopefully all goes well. I just can't imagine how I endure the 8 hours flight. Anyway, God is good and everything will be well taken care of and in good condition :)
Despite all the vomiting and uneasy feeling, I still thank God for all these because these symptoms are all great assurance that my body is generating the sufficient pregnancy hormones and our baby is developing well. Thank you God!
Friday, March 11, 2011
Where does my help comes from?
I woke up this morning with this verse in my mind, "Where does my help comes from?" "My help comes from the Lord!" This is such a strong assurance that indeed, my God is helping me in times of trouble, in times I don't feel secure, in times when I make myself worry unnecessarily and also in times when I'm blank. Most of the times, I always make myself worry unnecessarily, how is our baby doing? Is our baby doing ok? Is this food that I take ok? Will the food affect our baby? Is this travelling ok? Why there is pain here? During this pregnancy, I've actually loaded myself with so many worries, worries in the day until they are carried forward to dreams, which is a little not fun! I've always wanted the best for our baby and strive hard to give the best. As long as I know this is good for baby, I don't mind spending, as long as our baby receives the best.
And this morning, I woke up with this verse.
And this morning, I woke up with this verse.
Psalm 121
1 I lift up my eyes to the hills—
where does my help come from?
2 My help comes from the LORD,
the Maker of heaven and earth.
3 He will not let your foot slip—
he who watches over you will not slumber;
4 indeed, he who watches over Israel
will neither slumber nor sleep.
5 The LORD watches over you—
the LORD is your shade at your right hand;
6 the sun will not harm you by day,
nor the moon by night.
7 The LORD will keep you from all harm—
he will watch over your life;
8 the LORD will watch over your coming and going
both now and forevermore.
Thank you God for reminding me of this powerful verse and immediately, I read it over our dear baby.
Dear baby, God loves you and He is watching over you. He created and moulded you, He created all your organs and every parts of you are perfectly created by our Almighty God. He will not let your foot slip, and He watches over you day and night and He never slumber. The Lord is your shade at your right hand, the sun will not harm you by day nor the moon by night. The Lord will keep you from all harm, He will watch over your life and the Lord will watch over your coming and going both now and forevermore. God loves you so much, and thank you God for blessing us with you. Indeed you are our miracle and you are a blessing!
Love,
God, mom and dad :)
God has spoken and it's time to let go off all worries, all fears, all uncertainties and start allowing God to do His job without us at the side interfering the job with fear and worry. Faith, yes.. faith pleases God! Human ability is just so limited and there are many things we can't do on our own, but God is Almighty and He is powerful and He protects! Surrender all to Him!
Thank you Lord for protecting our family!
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Yeay! Afternoon Sickness!
Yeay! I didn't have any morning sickness but it is called afternoon and evening sickness for me. Thanks to the increase of hormone level and I have those so called morning sickness that everyone is experiencing.
Every visit with Dr Lee, the first question he will ask is how is your morning sickness because he knows that I want morning sickness. This is cute rite because most people would rather don't want any morning sickness. He being a very positive doctor would just say "don't worry, your morning sickness is very mild all this while."
Early in the morning, a cup of milo with milk will make me nausea and feel like puke but I had nothing to puke out, so only the action of uuuu--wekkkk. I hold my breath and quickly swallow the whole cup of milo for the sake of calcium. Then, the action of uuu--wekkkk started until I suck on a sweet.
At 10am, I started to feel hungry and open my drawer to see if there's any interesting food that I wish to eat, but usually I will bring bread/biscuits. For the moment, no mood for any sweet biscuits, but bread alone is more than enough to do the job. Sometimes, I would just prefer a very plain bread. At least it won't make me nausea.
Then, by 11.30am, hungry again ..... so, this time biscuits or sometimes chocolates. Depends on my mood. At least these could last me until lunch time at 12.15pm.
After lunch, about 3pm and the nausea feeling started. It ain't that easy to cope with because I would rather vomit and I will feel better after that. But somehow, my sickness is only nausea without any vomiting. This will go on until dinner. And when come to think about what to cook for dinner, it makes me feel even more nausea especially when I don't have any special cravings for that particular day and I don't know what to cook. As I think of what to cook, it makes me feel more nauseous. I forced myself to cook, but I just don't have appetite to eat on those food that I cook. Unless, I eat out!
After dinner, fruits time and sunkist did a great job in fulfilling my sourish desire! When I was 5-8 weeks, kiwi did the best job. But now, sunkist replaced kiwi and I absolutely love it.
Today, my body reacted differently and indeed, I had my 2nd vomit after the few hours of nausea fighting battle in office. I felt so much better now eventho only puke a little. The 1st vomit not counted as I had diarrhea/food poisoning on Valentine's day. And well, this vomit gives me such a strong assurance that even without hormone pills, my body is still doing a great job! And most importantly, our baby is on track! Tomorrow will mark 11 weeks and yes, God is good! Thank you Lord!
Every visit with Dr Lee, the first question he will ask is how is your morning sickness because he knows that I want morning sickness. This is cute rite because most people would rather don't want any morning sickness. He being a very positive doctor would just say "don't worry, your morning sickness is very mild all this while."
Early in the morning, a cup of milo with milk will make me nausea and feel like puke but I had nothing to puke out, so only the action of uuuu--wekkkk. I hold my breath and quickly swallow the whole cup of milo for the sake of calcium. Then, the action of uuu--wekkkk started until I suck on a sweet.
At 10am, I started to feel hungry and open my drawer to see if there's any interesting food that I wish to eat, but usually I will bring bread/biscuits. For the moment, no mood for any sweet biscuits, but bread alone is more than enough to do the job. Sometimes, I would just prefer a very plain bread. At least it won't make me nausea.
Then, by 11.30am, hungry again ..... so, this time biscuits or sometimes chocolates. Depends on my mood. At least these could last me until lunch time at 12.15pm.
After lunch, about 3pm and the nausea feeling started. It ain't that easy to cope with because I would rather vomit and I will feel better after that. But somehow, my sickness is only nausea without any vomiting. This will go on until dinner. And when come to think about what to cook for dinner, it makes me feel even more nausea especially when I don't have any special cravings for that particular day and I don't know what to cook. As I think of what to cook, it makes me feel more nauseous. I forced myself to cook, but I just don't have appetite to eat on those food that I cook. Unless, I eat out!
After dinner, fruits time and sunkist did a great job in fulfilling my sourish desire! When I was 5-8 weeks, kiwi did the best job. But now, sunkist replaced kiwi and I absolutely love it.
Today, my body reacted differently and indeed, I had my 2nd vomit after the few hours of nausea fighting battle in office. I felt so much better now eventho only puke a little. The 1st vomit not counted as I had diarrhea/food poisoning on Valentine's day. And well, this vomit gives me such a strong assurance that even without hormone pills, my body is still doing a great job! And most importantly, our baby is on track! Tomorrow will mark 11 weeks and yes, God is good! Thank you Lord!
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Gynae Visit at 10 weeks - Baby's growth spurt!
We went for checkup at 10 weeks 2 days on 5 March 2011 and thank you God again that our baby is growing really well. Even Dr Lee was so pleased that he said "This fella is growing well". We saw the strong consistent heartbeat and this time, our baby's face is just so perfect. I can even see the cute ears, the perfect face feature from the side, hands and legs are growing longer and longer! Thank you God! We were supposed to be on 10 weeks 2 days but scan showed that our baby exceeded the milestone, 10 weeks 5 days! Wow wow wow! Such a big achievement baby and we were just so proud of your development.
No words can describe our feeling when we saw our baby is doing really well. Proud of you lil bub! Keep growing and very soon mommy can feel your kick! ;)
I was prescribed Duphaston at week5 when we tested positive up to week10, Dr said it's enough and no longer needed. I tried my best to persuade my Dr to provide until 12 weeks, at least the 1st trimester is gone but he said "No need la, your baby is growing well, be + in your mind". Ok Ok Dr, our baby is doing really well and my body is generating the sufficient hormones and I don't need this artificial one, ok ok .. my mindset must be positive! And most importantly, have faith that God is in charge. =)
No words can describe our feeling when we saw our baby is doing really well. Proud of you lil bub! Keep growing and very soon mommy can feel your kick! ;)
I was prescribed Duphaston at week5 when we tested positive up to week10, Dr said it's enough and no longer needed. I tried my best to persuade my Dr to provide until 12 weeks, at least the 1st trimester is gone but he said "No need la, your baby is growing well, be + in your mind". Ok Ok Dr, our baby is doing really well and my body is generating the sufficient hormones and I don't need this artificial one, ok ok .. my mindset must be positive! And most importantly, have faith that God is in charge. =)
And yeah, Dr Lee didn't want to see us biweekly already, but monthly. Sigh.... means I only get to see our baby every month. Initially our Dr scheduled for next checkup on 23 April, but after looking at my anxious impatient look, Dr Lee decided to push one week earlier, 16 April! Yeah!!! At least the waiting time is not that long... hehe. Can't wait to see our bub again! Love you! =)
2 more days and we will be in 11 weeks!
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