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BABY Updates: I am going to be a mummy this December.
These are pictures of my Princess:
(You can click on the thumbnails to view full image of pictures from my Gallery) 

23rd May  At Week 11

23rd June At Week 15

 At Week 20

 

 At Week 25
(too big for the screen now. U can see her head and tiny praying hands)

 

Image is a bit blur, cos taken in a hurry (Dr Heng was going to attend an operation after seeing me) - 26th Sept 09

At Week 29 & 4 days -Baby's head. Hmm... not taken very well again as Dr Heng was in a hurry to go for an operation after me. But i saw baby's fingers and Baby Faith was moving =)

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November 16th, 2009

Counting Down?

Ok... yes. Im ready to be excited..

"When is it my turn?"
The hospital bag is out on the floor - have packed all the necesserties following the list that ESH had provided in their phamplet. Have spent all the necessery monies on whatever is required...found our original marriage cert (phew!) and chucked it into the bag...
Disposable panties -Check!
Maternity Pads - Check!
Breast Pads - Check!
My pyjamas -Check!
Toiletries -Check!

The baby cot have been set up in 648 last Saturday.
It was done in a jiffy by the delivery man. We have opened our windows and ventilated the room last weekend. Thank God for the weather - it was rather cooling.
Actually our room is like the baby's room now (except for the Queen-size bed). We even have set up a shelf displaying all her bathing/changing necesserties - like her bathing towels, her J&J bath lotion, her bum-cream, powder, etc..
Oh... What else is not about baby Faith now... haha....
She is all we can focus on...the pending arrival of our beautiful Princess Faith.

Did i share that we finally met Sharon, my forum friend whom we got to know through SingaporeMotherhood? We just happened to have the appt to see Dr Heng on the same day - 10th November. She was to take the CTG scan that day - whereas it was my first appt with Dr Heng after 2 weeks. So Sharon's baby, Daphne is 2 weeks older than Baby Faith.
I had gained 1.2kg whereas Faith gained 400grams and she is 2.3kg at Week 36. So, there again, 800grams went to me! I have gained 10kg so far in my pregnancy. Baby Faith have "engaged" according to Dr Heng. But when i asked about the 'lightening' effect - apparently she did not agree.
She did mention Baby Faith is a small baby. It will be my turn to do the CTG scan on my next visit - which would be this Friday - 20th November.
CTG scan is to monitor the baby's heartbeat and also to monitor if we have contractions.
So, since then, i have double my milk intake each day. I hope baby Faith takes her time to grow in my tummy and continue to receive the required nutrients to her each day.
My EDD is still 10th Dec..  (So baby, take your time... December is the month of Thanksgiving, celebrations, gifts and bonuses.. keke..)

And i read the forum this morning to discover that Sharon had delivered Baby Daphne at ESH yesterday!
Wow. i was so happy and excited for her. I went to use my hp to surf facebook immediately and saw her beautiful daughter...
Apparently, when i checked the forum, on Saturday morning, she informed us that she had gotten 'the show'. But Dr Heng din ask her to admit, just monitor the contractions. Then on wee sunday morning she was on forum chatting with a fellow mummy abt the movie 2012 and that she wanted to watch on Monday.
Half way, her waterbroke, so she admitted herself to ESH at wee morning 2am, after 6 hours, she delivered baby Daphne at 8 plus... Din hear her mention abt epidural. But she had used vacuum assist as she was saying by 7.30am, she still could not have the energy to push the baby out. I think its all so worth while, i see her carrying baby Daphne in her arms and she could successfully breastfeed the little girl... so cute!!!

Another mummy who was seeing Dr Heng also delivered last Friday.

So it was all about congratulations and excited messages this morning in the forum... I shared with Julian as he also saw Sharon on our last appt. So we will plan to go watch 2012 this Wednesday. keke..Take it as our last movie treat for ourselves....

You know how it feels like now?
God has given me a gift....inside me. And i am waiting to see how the precious gift of life looks like!
I can't wait to put on those small cute baby tie-string clothes on her. I can't wait to hold her and breastfeed her. Im looking forward to putting my sleeping princess on her cot and admiring her from my bed..
Am i imagining everything to be too easy? Treat her like my 'toy doll'..
Well.. i have to admit i din have much practise with my Barbie doll except that i enjoyed tying up Barbie's hair into golden plaits.
I try to believe things will be manageable and it is part of learning and becoming a mother  =)
Oh really... this can be nerve-wrecking at times..But i try to calm myself down and be as prepared as possible for the day when it is my turn.
In any case, like discussed with so many people - it is like taking an exam paper - it is all about "real time reaction" now. (临场表现)
I want to be au natural about it, cool and just do what is natural for a mother to do....just like how our ancestors brought our fore-fathers to this world...
And of course, i pray for God's presence and grace to be on us - Bless Daddy Julian and me and this new family member which God had given to us.

I may think i will not have much time to update this blog soon..
But i will still keep this passion burning - so besides Facebook, i will write all my feelings here - AS LONG AS I have internet and the laptop....okay?

I will be getting busier and please forgive me if I have been extra forgetful or distracted during this period of time..
This is one of my life's most important transition... and im going to enjoy it (well, i have enjoyed 9 months of it!) and make the most out of this....(my maternity leave) haha.
I will be back soon!

Please continue to pray for our family and join me in my count down to December... and Baby Faith  =)
Its the season to be jolly. Fa la la la la, La la la la.

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November 5th, 2009

Good question..

Talking to Julian about my hospital bag...
Then suddenly he asked, "if mothers aren't supposed to bath during confinement, then why need to pack the shower stuffs in your hospital bag?"

Hmm... i was stumped! I looked back (i think i stared!) at him and found myself dumbfounded.
Like i could hear my mouth waiting for that electric signal from the brain, so i could sprout out a smart reply. But the mouth and myself was waiting and no answers came!

*GOOngggggg!!* eh wake up, dey!*

i spluttered, "ooohh.... Why din i think of that? "
And i was even mentally prepared to 'enjoy' my first hospital stay! Wahaha....

So.... until i get more answers, I think i have to assume that i wun be bathing or showering in ESH during my stay.
Oh.. wun i become a smelly pig?
No wonder gynae recommend that mothers take a bath (if they have time b4 baby pops out), then prepare for admission to the hospital....

But im sure to exert force and sweat in the labour ward right?
Oh right... I guess instead of showering stuffs, i should bring my deodorant.....

"For my Faith, ...... for my maranthon..." haha

Posted by icecreamgal at 10:12 PM | 2 New flavours!

November 4th, 2009

Crossing to November -Am i excited?

Recently, I have been asked this question a few times already....
People wants to know how i am feeling..

Hmm..  not exactly so that I can feel the excitement yet.  I am giving myself more time - probably by mid November, i should get excited.
Its more of an anticipation and a mixture of anxiety..
Becos i have been relaxed for so long and now i find that i have little time to get all the stuffs ready for my baby Faith.
Clothes are easy....But what about the cot, the space in our room, her drawer of stuffs - things like Ru Yu Oil, thermometer, nose cleaner(?) <-- i am a bit fearful of using this... so im gg to ask more ppl if i need to get this appartus first (Otherwise the alternative is to suck from her nose...!!!!!????) Erhm.... i think i may get this eventually.
Many other small stuffs...need to start to wash her clothes too.. Need to buy special detergent for baby's clothes, special detergent to wash baby's bottles etc....
I better start to turn the other half of my 648 bedroom into a baby room - once the cot is delivered and set up (14th Nov!)- we shall then (have more idea to/ be prompted to) appropriate the space. Now, its more like "Hi Faith, mummy is not ready yet okay... you take your time to grow inside..while i get ready".
No... dun tell me how many weeks i have left - Wait, NO...Dun remind me how many days i am closer to Dec 10th..
Wait... give me some more time..
So, u see....  im not excited yet.
Once I am ready and waiting at home for her to be ready - that is call excitement...

Still got thousand and one questions (even b4 i set up to drip The Body shop Green Tea essential oil into the oil burner, i had to consult the internet first) - but i am blessed with many ppl (experienced and first timers) who are around me and I can call on them if i have any problems.
Even when im shopping for a receiving blanket for the baby - i will sms to my "panel of mothers" to get their opinion..  I smsed them b4 i got my nursing bras...really thank God and appreciate them for their willing help and guidance.
My panel of mothers: Joanne (relative -1st time mum), Catherine (Weehow's wife, 1st time mum, delivered at ESH ), Josephine (my cousin -2nd time but more prepared mother), sometimes, Jacqueline, my ex-colleague. Sometimes, Eileen (2nd time mum, relative). I also can consult my current colleagues, Sin Wan and Joleen. Joleen, 2nd time mum after taking a break for 12 years -  have passed me a couple of useful stuffs, like breast milk bags, breast cream and disaposable breast pads... Sin Wan, a first time mum this year, she is very willing to share and initiated a few conversations with me. She seemed more excited than me when talking abt childbirth and babies! Look at how she smile! (Hmm..... Can after childbirth give me this kind of glow too?)

Im just so..... 'market research' plus 'survey' person...In the end, Catherine's advice was to get a swaddle or blanket that comes with hood, or i can give her a cap to wear when Faith is out... So yar, there i am, haven got the 'receiving' blanket for my child.
But i am waiting... waiting for a day for my busy julian to be free and we can grab those stuffs at one go - in his car and into our room! I have done my research and the one stop place to go would be Kiddy Palace (As recommended by Catherine too).
As for myself, i need to get pads, more disposable underwears, think of what i am going to wear in hospital stay, my shower stuffs, bring along breast pump also... ... etc --> this is for my hospital bag.

Do i sound like i am lamenting? Do i sound like im complaining (already!!!???)?
Gosh! This is the part - i have been enjoying myself before in the past months... and now -this is the part 'Crossing over to Parenthood'.. and its happening. Lets freak out! HAHA..

No... i dun see YS or Weehow freak out... they are so cool.
And i think to myself, if teenagers can be mothers, i can be one too! What big difficulties can they face that i can't?
At this thought, part my brain relaxes and say "Sub-sub-water lar!" (While the other half doubts... )
YS and Lynn were relaxed on Sunday for Baby Jovia's 1st month party. Lynn's mum was taking care of Baby Jovia. Even after we alerted YS -  cos we saw her daughter red-faced and was 'pushing' in her sarong- so we (all 3 girls) thinks Jovia had poo-ed, but the 'cool' father only thinks she had farted, can continue to let her sleep in her lovely pink sarong... (Hmm.. then wats the baby cot for?)
The only thing i heard good of sarong is that the baby head will be round - as compared to baby sleeping in a cot - cos we have to take effort to flip her head so when her head is still soft, she doesn't press on one side of her head for too long... (I need more info on this too! - I shall ask Mrs Wong this Sunday!)
Yes, baby cot - So i saw the 2nd example of a baby cot under-utilised. Apparently, Weehow's daughter Gerelle likes to sleep with mummy on her bed. So poor daddy have to sleep on the floor... (DUH?)
Thats not all - Babies are also particular about:
- (the brand of) milk bottles they use 
- their diapers (Its like they have super bum-skin, can differentiate what brands they like...and what they dun like) 
Not sure if there are any more we, as parents, have to sacrifice and pay attention to.

BUT i know one last thing on my baby list is the baby pram. This is kinda a big investment (other than the cot), so i just 'feel' we need to let her be comfy in her own 'car car' when in future, we bring her out.. I cannot make any decision for her now (except the kind pf specs we roughly want - cos we are the co-users). I would prefer Baby Faith sit on something she likes, then i will buy for her. Easier for adults to adapt than babies, right?
Not yet think about the baby car seat yet..

Last Friday, i took the chance to go back to mum's place for dinner.. as DD was in Bangkok. We kept in touch via phone calls whenever Jul was free to talk, he would update me.
Saturday afternoon was KTV-ing at International Building/ Partyworld with Sis. It was a good time, the songs still ringing in my ears and i so wished to go sing again soon.
But i had to forgive myself for i was unable to sing properly now - with tummy upwards, i guess my diaphragm have been squashed too. So is my abdomen area.. so i find i do not get enough breath easily when singing and i cannot project my voice properly now. No 'power' in my singing liao.. No more Zhang Huimei crooning - only songs which requires my throat pitching.. But still it was good time - i enjoyed my bubble green tea. Hehe..
Then while we exited International Building -  i saw a familiar face entering the building and then upon second glance, i recognised her and naturally smiiled at her, as if i saw my relative. She was  Xiang yun. She returned my smile. Very friendly and warm. She was with her daughter. But i did not see Edmund. Prob he was walking too fast in front of the mother and daughter. I only managed to see his back view - thin and the likes of a 'teenager' built.
Across the bridge to Far East Plaza, accompanied Sis to get her caridgans. And saw another two celebs, Lai Yi Ling and the guy co-host with her in "On The Beat 2 都是大发现". The skies turned darker as we came out from shopping. Sis was planning to go Pasir Ris, while i need to go Marina Square to meet Jeannie and Singyin.
I saw my bus 124 and hopped on hurriedly, without giving Sis the goodbye hugs.. I was gan cheong -cos i did not want to be stuck in the rain..(with little cash) -the ATM at Far East had long queue...
It started to rain cats and dogs. I was glad the bus stopped at the bus stop closer to the entrance of the City Hall entrance near St Andrew's Cathedral. So, after some waiting, i took the 'leap of faith' and walked to the shelter and walked along it to reach the entrance of City Hall mrt. Phew!
Singyin was shopping at Mango. Soon Jeannie joined us. We headed to Mothercare and went to shop for a gift for Baby Jovia. Cos we were attending her baby shower the next day..
In the end we bought her a set of rompers - with cute elephant and mouse design. After dinner at Waruku... we went to Fox and topped up with another pretty dress...
Conclusion: shopping for baby's stuff will be most likely to make me bankrupt next year!
I better thicken up my savings!!! (Faintz)
At the same time, i think this will strengthen my judgement on "needs" and "wants" - especially for myself, the household, and for Baby Faith.

I am blessed to receive a bag of baby clothings from Eileen, my relative's daughter last night. I have not "ransacked" it, but they looked new to me. I think that bag alone saved me a lot of money - just like how my hand me down pregnancy clothes from Liyen saved me bucks on getting maternity denim jeans.

Jul returned on Sunday morning 1am. I was so happy he bought so many stuffs, for me and baby.
Jul is not of 'shopping' material.... He does not know how to buy girl's stuff.
But consider he did it for me, shopping alone -So, i have to accept his answer when he says: I bought it cos it looked good on the mannequin.."
I can ony smile sweetly at him.. becos i see his gesture, his thoughts... not what he actually bought.
He bought me a slipper, a dress and 3 tops. He bought Faith a dress( but paid by his boss, Reggie) and 2 shoes. His colleague, Lilian bought Faith three Osh Kosh tops in yellow, pink and red colour and a pink mini skirt. Good for her when she starts walking, she says..
I think we need to categorise her waredrobe then... and keep reminding myself Faith has enough! So we do not spur on her clothes even as she gets older! (Cos ppl already pre-buy for her liao)
Jul also bought for himself a yellow slipper, 3 "man-bermudas", belts, ties and tailored a pants and some shirt for himself. Missed each other so much, we chatted in bed until we were tired.. and drifted off into sleep.

Going into Wednesday! Tads fast!
I will try to enjoy my week - the Team returned from Korea today (Tuesday) - and our day started with gifts like: lipgloss, faceshop facial masks, seaweeds.....magnets, pens. 
But im also glad they are back - i can settle many pending things..

More blessings, Lord... Thank you God for keeping me (sane)...Thank you for your great love showered on me each day! =)

Take care and have a good week! Keep you updated again!
Love, Me & "moving- a- lot" Baby Faith
 


"If you see me getting uglier, you will see Baby Faith getting prettier..." me to Jeannie at Marina Square Fox, uponing seeing the price of a pretty baby dress...
I am joking. yes.....  =P

 

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October 26th, 2009

A new week, the past weekend

Time flies..
Day 1 of a new week is back again.. November will soon be here to stay and will the rain clouds come by too - to remind us that it is winter soon?
 
Bosses not around. And this is my other sentiments of today:
昨天是个" 大日子",今天很多人没有来上班。。。
Who's big day?
That "ah lian" in my company's Wedding Banquet(& Birthday)
I know its rude to call her 'ah -lian" but i know she wun mind...
Apparently rich lor, i guess she got a wedding planner company to 'bao' all her videos, camera, banquet and all. 
And her 'face-very-big' - although dun have bosses around this time, she has VIP table not just for her relatives but her guests.
And some colleagues were involved in her wedding prep, thus they all took leave today..
I reach Amara hotel at 8 plus, i tot i was late cos i "over-napped".
BUT i was not late - consider the rest were too early (most of them girls from Operation Depts) - were snapping picture non stop - some were dressed up like D&D.. hehe.. but its good to see how a Globelink family celebrate their colleagues wedding dinner.
Heng, i was not too bad looking either for a preggie lady. =P 
Cos i was wearing my brand new yellow dress which caught my eye at AMK Hub after my lesson in the afternoon - it was a chiffon yellow dress with chiffon flaps v-neck down the chest and i liked it (Jul liked it too!) as it was not too thin chiffon. I din even try on cos since its one size anyways. (U can see when I upload pic to FB tonight... wow, I got a lot to upload! including the chalet pics on Friday.... )
So after walking around the shop - i think its call Top 20, or something -2nd floor, take escalator from 1st floor - can see the shop on the left hand liao.
i decided not to resist - i parted with 33 bucks from my wallet.

Dinner only started at 9 plus. We were all famished and after every one got into the ballroom, my table was anticipating the couple to walk in and start dinner. But,they wanted 6 mins more from us to play the cartoon clip of how the both of them met. Apparently it was so detailed, i think i do know more abt this colleague of mine.. love maranthon as they knew each other since 1996 and persisted in their love. They ROM on 2002. I think they are those 'dream-wedders' - thus use 6 yrs to plan this wedding banquet and save up money to dump on this special event!
4 videos, 4 gown change plus 3 different march in styles, and 1 birthday cake:
1. traditional couple wedding march, 2. Groom walked in and wait for bride to walk in - in a hand held mask (akin masquerade), 3. walk in with violin-player (but i feel its just an act- not the real violin sound)
Throughout dinner - there were not just the 'morning session videos'...
(Akin to Fann/Christopher, they had their 'morning groom fetch bride ceromony' at Amara hotel.....)
Also the video clip of their Taiwan photoshots! ( just like those we watched of F/C in Maldives) - showing the my colleague, Valerie in her nice gowns posing in the freezing strong taiwan wind - of cos the pictures all turned out very nice
Last but not least - a video recording of the bride's very long, thank you video (pre-recorded) played for guests to see. (She explained she would freak out on stage and plus (Ah-lian) she not very good with words one..  but very good at "shouting" - serious!)
But i would prefer if she did not have to look and read line by line from her clipboard. Really lose the human touch and sincerity..
Yes it was a different wedding dinner -but it started too late. Banquet only ended at 11.30pm..
Yam dessert was not nice =(
But okay, it was a fun filled night - with colleagues.

Thus i guess this 'freshness' has sustained me this morning..
I would be sleepy - cos i did not had a good sleep last night - i lay in bed, read my book, play my game, but still couldn't sleep until like 3am!
Was flipping in bed to get into a comfy position... i am afraid im beginning to dread sleeping at night - all becos of this 'little' tummy of mine... =(


Rewind:
Friday -
After appt at Changi, i went to Simei to get a gift for Jul's birthday. He had wanted a soccer tights. (to prevent him from injury that will scrap his butt/thigh skin off when he slide his opponents on the field - so far working well)
Since the cheesecake was quite a failure, i was not confident anymore to be able to bake him one within such a short time. Thus, the tights would be his gift. He currently has one but its a swimwear tights.
Got home and work abit then Jul returned from work. We proceed to the chalet.
The SAF Chalet was a very nice one! Very much like a resort, very well facilitated, large bathrooms, sleek TV and aircon and it has mini kitchen, 2 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms, all sea view one - so very relaxing feel. As it was a friday, there was not much crowd and thus it was more of a 'private' resort feel that we got. Very shiok!
Together, there were 6 couples , including Jul and me. And it was such a coincidence, we got changed into brown tops and black bottoms that night.. hehe.. so sweet.
I was quite hooked onto the “家好月圆” which was playing in the TV in the living room. I was asked not to go near the soot and heat. I did helped myself to the marshmallow though eventually. Yummy!
After we were full, we cleared up and brought all the leftover food into the chalet -and turned on the aircon. It was entertainment time..
I joined Yanlin, Adel's husband, Shawn and Jen's bf, Kenny at mahjong and then at midnight we celebrated Lynn's (and Julian's) birthday. We had shared money to buy Lynn a makeup palette and for Julian (i have no share in this gift), they bought him a beanbag (from Sydney -->cos i think it was cheaper) and they even bought him 3 bags of 'styrofoam" for him to fill the beanbag... (but what is his, is also mine.... keke)
Then the games continued.
The rest were very entertained with our Wii set - they were playing baseball, boxing, tennis and bowling. Cos got penalty - so things were very fun. They even paired up and in the end, Julian & Jennifer had the lowest score at bowling and had to finish 1.5 litres of water. 
Then, Wanyu and bf,Thomas went home as the bf need to work the next day.
Left with 5 couples, who was to camp behind. I was hesistant at first cos it doesn't seem we had enough bed space. But i had wanted to hear more of the sea waves the next morning (yes i haven been to sea for a long long time!!!!).. and thus we decided to stay behind.
Bathing in the large bathroom was a luxury.. everything was brand new and clean. Staying behind meant that the 3 girls (lynn, yanlin and me) had to endure "cramping" into one queen size bed.
The gals were amazed i had such energy as a preggie mum to stay awake till wee mornings. i explained that i am 'playful' so when there is company, i will stay around and awake as well.. Frankly, i also have no good answer why i could stay up so late.... I only caught some winks, cos jul was not beside me. It was also my first time sleeping beside Yanlin... keke.. (i told her i shy, haha!! Hilarious!)
Then I woke up at ard 9 and walked to where Jul was sleeping and joined him. We snuggled together for a while then realised the rest also got up already one by one, couple by couple...  

Saturday:
I assumed all of us din have enuff sleep - cos some stayed up to watch video clips of "Xin Guang Da Dao" from Kelvin's laptop.

The guys went to Changi market to buy brekkie..and guessed what - i was so pleased when i saw this indian food - "Putu mayang!" - seeing it is just like seeing my childhood friend!
Seeing putumayang also killed my craving for hotcakes instantly at that moment. Hehe... Im really crazy abt the orange (brown) sugar... not so much the coconut shavings.
hehe... And there were other food, like buns, fried carrot cake and chwee kway.. After that, we all bid goodbye to Jennifer and Kenny - kenny was the one who is with SAF and was able to ballot for such a nice place for us.Taking this chance, the couple have asked other friends along, so they will be having bbq food for another 2 days (Saturday night and Monday night). Really admire their spirit of hospitality.

Rushed our way down to Dr Heng for our 11.25 appt, but she had earlier on went to deliver a baby - so there was a lot of "backlog" mummies waiting. I had to wait for an hour.... that i was feeling very lethargic and i was fearing Julian (who did not have enough sleep) would lose his patience sooner or later. I had gained 2kg this month, weighing at 53.2kg since september.
Baby Faith is 1.9kg at her 33rd week !!!
i did hope she was heavier. Cos it means she had only gained 700 grams since last month as she was 1.2kg.. but anyway Dr heng din say anything. Baby Faith was head down again this time. Her head is low down at my right side, her spine is on my left side and legs on my right. She was moving during the ultrascan thus the scan iof Faith's head din turn out very clear.
Next, they took a swap from my vagina - explaining that this is to test for bacteria/infection as this is the place (my birth canal) where baby would be passing thru when delivered. So if there are infection, have to treat early so baby would not get the infection at birth. If not, then its okay.
Was a 40 bucks test and i was kinda shocked - cos i din hear my online friend told me abt this test.. 
Anyway, not much answers i got from Heng cos she felt these questions I had for her were too early.. she say would discuss more in my next visit which would be in 2 weeks time. Unfortunately,they cannot fix it on Sat so i have to take half day leave on 10 Nov, Tuesday to see Heng after work - and to see how much have Baby Faith grown..and to discuss more question about delivery etc.. I did asked about going to the dentist. Cos i can feel a wisdom tooth trying to erupt from my limited gum space on my right upper gum.Drats! It bettet not give me trouble until i deliver. Limited space liao, i dunno where it will pop out from, probably this is another slanted growth - pls God dun let it "langga" my last molar....

We head home for nap. Until it was time for Julian's soccer. Then he sent me to Hougang Mall to pick up Wenlong and dropped me there for my manicure and shopping. Shopping wise, I burnt a 300 bucks hole in my pockets at Perfect mum for nursing bras - since they were comfy and were having promo -so i bought them at one go- have underwired and without wire ones. I need to wear at home too... for support of my breast during breastfeeding. So treat as investment bah. Then also signed their membership card since i hit 300 bucks of spendings. Perfect Mum has branches at Kovan Mall, Suntec and Tanjong pagar. The staff was also friendly and helpful.
From another 'kiddy' shop, I also bought for baby Faith - A pink baby cap (For her to wear on her birthday at ESH) and a set of white with pink linings cotton mittens and booties.. =)
Wanted to try to buy as much things possible from the Baby List that we have.
I will ask my mum what is receiving blanket... and how should it be like.. cos i dun wanna buy myself and get the wrong thing.
After that, i went to do nails at  Hougang mall, took the LRT. Chose another pink hue for my nails..
Then was about dinner time so expecting Julian to tell me where they are and i will take cab down to meet them for dinner.
Julian was supposed to treat LA dinner as a form of his birthday treat. But things had went wrong at the Bukt timah field.

<Back from lunch....>

Wenlong had injuried himself and seemed like it was serious enough to have them call the ambulance to send him to NUH A&E.  No one knew what was the condition, except that Wenlong could not walk by himself after his left leg was hurt. I wanted to keep Julian company, since he was alone at NUH, supposed to wait for Wenlong on his diagnosis, also dunno must wait how long. So i made my way down too by cab.
At NUH, Julian was playing PSP when i arrived. We waitied at the food court until Wenlong sms-ed us about his condition. We were expecting the worst. Like, he had broken his bones or something.. maybe he might even need to be warded. But thank God! The x-ray showed that there was no bone fracture. He did not need to be warded, but he had to use clutches and cannot strain his knee on his left leg. It was not casted in plaster just bandaged up from his lower thigh down -just to restrict his movements.  
Wenlong was given painkillers and then asked to wait for their call to fix appointment with specialist.
After he got out from A&E, he was famished. So we went to Hougang for dinner. And the rest of LA arrived at the kopitiam too, to cheer him up using the "LA way" - teasing and suaning. Tiang called him "Tie Guai Lee".. which suited him very aptly that night.. Later the guys accompanied him back to his house as there was stairs he needed to conquer from the nearest lift to his flat... I guess his legs are thankful for this short bed rest. His painkiller were wearing off by the end of dinner.
Wondering if he has seen the specialist and have a detailed diagnosis done.
Jul felt he was to blame as he was the one who "jio-ed" Wenlong to this soccer match. He paid for the medicine and stayed worried and 'head-shaking' mood all night
(but it did not last, cos on Sunday, he went to play soccer with Ken)
Boys are boys - they are scare for awhile, then they forget about it. Jul calls it passion. He cannot live without soccer.
 
Sunday:
Julian had to be at showflat, we woke up, drove to AMK Hub and in time for some New York New York lunch.
We had teriyaki chicken chop, i ordered their cuppucino mushroom soup and a side order of mushroom fritters to share. For drinks, Julian was so satisfied with his "Rootbeer" size mug filled in his favourite Diet Coke and Vanilla icecream.
I ordered a hot chocolate (forgot to ask them to remove whipped cream - but heck - cos they decorated 4 marshmallow around the cup and made me laugh cos they looked like 'ears'!)
Was late for my lesson at Mrs Wong. Walked in and took my seat - the video was playing - already heard the woman in the video screaming in pain.. Haiz.. i cannot run away from this i guess. So right in my face, was video of a baby's crowning head peeping out from a woman's vagina.
This video, was something Julian should watch! (So he doesn't freak out on the actual day!)
I was also glad to have watched this video - cos i was kinda apprehensive to watch these videos alone by myself when I was selecting a few to watch in Youtube a few days ago... (i was afraid i might go into early labour!! haha)

Video in total showed 6 styles of birthing methods, including water birth which really amazes me - the way the nurse was there to ensure the baby was not in danger of gluping in water when she was out... the mum really pushed her out in that tub of water. Of course, part of delivering babies is the "labour" part - we had to be very  patient when watching the mum go thru their labour  -cos pain and endurance was the only word written on their face... plus a lot of deep breathing plus pushing. And a supportive hubby beside her.
The video gave me a mental prep for my actual delivery/labour day and i feel more prepared that this was what i would face. Epidural?... i am hesitant
1. Yes - i duno my threshold of pain towards the contractions which all women says are "terrible, menses pain x 1000 times".
2. No - I really would like to try not to have someone poke a needle into my back (spine) and later cause me side effects.
So would i endure the pain and all to avoid this?
Still a big question mark..
Julian is supportive i get epidural.. i guess he does not want to see me in pain. Guys do not like to find themself in a situation whereby they have no solution to and can only watch and see... I think if labour was our pain then when our husband watch us "suffering" - that is their pain.
For me, I would have to rely on his patience and presence. Will he do a good job? 
Ok, i shall not frighten any unwedded/ unpregnant readers here. So i shall not go on.. Until i relate my own story about the day of God, Faith and me!
Like what Mrs Wong said: these videos was not to be showed to ppl who are not pregnant... becos they are not prepared.  
Lesson ended and since i was unable to figure out if i had other questions for Mrs Wong so I left.
I shopped around at Top 20, as i wanted to get a cardigan. Took fancy on the yellow dress that i mentioned above. 
I proceeded to SweetTalk and bought a green apple juice plus pearl! It was very shiok to munch and squash on them.  I took Bus 25 and sat behind the driver, munching the rest of the pearl bubbles away.. while tuning to classical music.
Prep up at 648 for valerie's wedding dinner, while Julian went soccer with Ken.

This was my weekend..

And as im typing on a Monday evening, i am looking forward to my next weekend already. 

J
ulian is going on a company trip to bangkok on Friday. I will be alone this weekend.
Before he fly, we will be having a birthday dinner at The Line on Thursday, his birthday.
I
t was planned that the HT gals will meet to buy gift for TYS's daughter's first month celebration. It would be held on Sunday, 1st Nov and it would be my first time going to his house too.
No additional plans yet - except i may plan a dinner at Mum's place this week. Maybe Friday. Need more meat for Faith.
Mrs Wong would be in Berlin for some discussion, so we will have our parentcraft lesson on 8th Nov instead.

No more need for manicure this week as my next wedding invitation is in Nov - it is jul's army friend - Soon's ROM. Congrats to him - for he has finally 'made himself" settle down with his Thai gf...calls for a celebration for the end of his bachelor lifestyle. His wedding banquet at Meritus Mandarin would be on 8th Dec, and this one i surely have to give it a miss. Jul will also decide if he wants to go.

Maybe a pedicure will be nice.. a "rub-a dub & scrub for the feet" as a "wind down" to the end of the day... change the striking pink colour to a lighter hue and let the nails rest soon in time to come.. yes, i will miss the colours..

Ok. i shall update you all again and upload more pictures!
Have a good week ahead peeps!

Love, Me.

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