Merry X-mas!!!

Merry X-mas!!! After attending Phaik Har's wedding in the morning, we brought Angel to 1U. I can't remembered how much time we spent finding car park. Hubby was so frustrated that he kept on telling Angel to give him luck. Hahahahahaha, after he pat her head, immediately there's a family walking out towards us and drove out. He was so happy that he actually believe her little girl gave him luck....lagi lah sayang!
Angel was sleeping as usual until I changed her clothings and diaper. She woke up and start to look around with her big eyes. I quickily ask hubby to get ready with his camera and our photoshoot session started........

On and off she will show her sleepy face. We both laughed out loud and she just kept on staring! Overall, this is so far the most satisfying photoshoot we ever had!

Angel is 6 weeks old!

Yesterday it was 'Goh Tung' festival and it also mark Angel 6 weeks old. Time really flies, I am about to start work very soon. No 'tong yuen' to eat, hubby didn't buy. But we spent the night snaping lots of photos with Angel. Can't upload all here, just a few to share. She really is growing cuter....


Though the first shot is shaky, but i love to see her face!!


Now we can see clearly, they both really look alike......jealous-nya!

And today, we brought her to PPUM for injection. She had three vaccination all together, one jab on the left thigh, one on the right thigh and one via liquid into her mouth. She did not cry much, just five seconds when the nurse poke the needle into her thigh. Good girl, I praise her....
She is now sleeping lesser in the day time, and would want me to be by her side or carry her often. I've been telling her not to do that and she just stared at me. And good news, yesterday night, after her milk at 1am, she slept until 6am. I was also surprised how come i didn't wake up, haha, not used to sleep for 5hrs straight......perhaps she is tired or perhaps this is the beginning of a normal sleeping cycle.....pray to God that Angel will sleep well at night from now on!

Angel's second day out : 20 December 2009

Yesterday we took Angel to Jusco Alpha Angle, Wangsa Walk Mall and Carrefour Wangsa Maju. As usual, she slept the whole time there. We went to Jusco and see some of the promotions they had there. I was checking on her clothings and thought to buy a few for upcoming Chinese New Year. I love all those dresses but didn't dare to buy as I do not know what exact size to buy. Hubby looked around and said children clothings were even more expensive than his clothings....Hahahahaha, I replied, "Now only you know ar!!!" We ended up buying nothing, hubby wanted to go and look for more choices yet..his attitude as usual.
At Wangsa Walk Mall, hubby spent me lunch at TGIF, replacement meal for my birthday and wedding anniversary. Angel continued to sleep too and both of us had some time together and enjoyed our meal. We went to Carrefour to buy some groceries and still she was sleeping....A Malay lady came up to hubby and commented on our cute baby. Then she asked him, "berapa bulan ar?" 3 or 5 months? Hubby just showed hand signal, 1 month. The lady replied, "wow, besarnya!!!" So funny......I even heard the promoters there praised my cute baby when hubby passed through them. I just felt so proud!
After that, we decided to bring Angel to shave her hair. The night before, my MIL called and reminded us to bring her to shave as her hair would be very long by now. Initially, we thought to shave during full moon, but couldn't as her head swell at the right side. As hubby was driving, he kept on saying he didn't want her to shave, not so fast. He was so reluctant to let her shave. I said better do it now as she is sleeping. Who knows, by the time we reached there, Angel woke up. It was also time for milk.....I fed her with milk and told her that I am bringing her to shave her hair, and told her to be good. She just looked at me with the innocent look.
During her time there with the barber, she didn't cry much, just 'merajuk' abit at the very last few minutes. Lucky for us, turned out to be both me and hubby were more anxious than her. We reached home and I quickily bathed her and changed.
She now look like a little monk. Hubby still wasn't used to see her new look now. He said he will take her photo everyday from now, just to observe how her new hair grows. The shots below were taken after her bath...

Angel's day out : 18 December 2009

Yesterday it was Angel's first day out. Hubby and I took her to Midvalley Megamall for jalan jalan and to enjoy the Christmas season there. I have been telling her to be good ever since the night before. And in the morning, I ask her to settle her big business first..Ha ha ha, I was lucky, she really did that before her bath. We put her in a very nice blouse and pants, gift from sis's SIL.


Hubby was very excited and happy to see her dressed up. However, he failed to make her smile during these shots. There's one close up shot which I like:-

After I fed her with milk, we made our move to Midvalley. She was already half asleep in the car. Since we have not got ourselves a baby stroller yet, I carried her. We also need to check out the stroller prices and also the features for each brand. Surprisingly, the minute we entered Midvalley, Angel became Sleeping Beauty instantly. Notice her sleeping time is still unadjusted yet. Believe it or not, she slept the whole time there. She couldn't be bothered with the crowd and the noise there. The only time she is awake is her milk session and also when I changed her diaper. That was also lasted less than 5 minutes. Hubby is so sad as he wanted to snap her with the Christmas deco there. Still he said, since we are there, just take the photos.....so you would see most of the photos she is asleep....



There's one which she was awake.....



We went to several stores to check out on the stroller. still have not decided which one to buy...lots of factors to consider....hubby wanted to wait for even better bargains...

Wonder when is the next baby's day out again...

How to adjust??

Angel's time seem to be the other way round. She can spend the whole daytime sleeping but wake up frequently during night time. Somehow I find her couldn't sleep well during night time. I tried alot of methods, still no change. Whenever I try to wake her up in the afternoon, she doesn't seem to bother at all. What should I do?
This week, I also find something different. Whenever she taken her milk at about 6am, she will continue awake till the next milk session or even until 12noon. And in these hours, she would cry for attention and will want me to carry her. I can't simply carry the way I wanted, she preferred me to put her on my chest. Aiyoh.....and if I see her slept already, I would put her back to the babycot. What happened next is she will awake and start crying again. Yesterday was the worst, she wanted me to be by her side, I can't even wash the clothes, have breakfast or even go to the toilet. She now recognises my voice already. Ohhh, did I pamper her too much?
Whenever she is awake, I always tell her to sleep more at night and wake up during day and talk to me. And whenever she wants me to carry, I will say what if I start working, will she get used to Grandma or even later the babysitter?
Today, she's 5 weeks old. Time really flies and both hubby and I are enjoying seeing her growing day by day. Hubby now calls her 'bao bei' and loves her very much! The shots below are taken right after her bath today:-

Day 34

It has been a week I spent alone with Angel at home. My daily routine is to bathe her and feed her with milk. Then put her to sleep. I will then continue to hand wash her clothes, cook and clean the house. Overall, it is still manageable given that I am still in my maternity leave.
Angel is still waking up every 3 hours during night for milk, her condition is much better than before as she will sleep right after being fed. Previously, she didn't sleep well and it makes me tired.
I had started to talk to her about alot of things, hoping that she will understand.....hahahahaha, expecting her to be like an adult...
Now that I called her name or "Baby", somehow she understood, and she will smile at me cheerfully. Looking at her everyday, hubby said she really grow up alot. One habit she can't seem to avoid is she keep on sleeping on her right side. Her left head no longer swell as I massaged it with my breastmilk. No matter how I tried to adjust her head or placing a pillow beside, she will return to the same position. That is why my sis commented that her right head is flat. We need to buy her a better pillow. I already checked in the website, and now waiting for hubby to purchase it.
This morning, after her milk at 6am, she refused to sleep. And after awhile, she cried....it is because she need me to change her diaper, there's plenty of shit inside...Hubby laughed, Angel would hint us everytime she settle her big business. You can see her smily and calm face right after I changed her diaper. And just before her bathing time, I managed to snap a few shots of my CUTE BABY!!!

Angel experiencing first power failure

Saturday night, all of the sudden, power failure. My first reaction, my baby. I quickly ask hubby to open the main door as there's corridor light. Thank goodness, she was asleep that time. I open my eyes widely just to ensure no mosquito attacking her. And hubby also fan her just in case she is hot. We don't want her to wake up in the middle of darkness. I called the TNB customer service to report the power failure. Luckily the power was restored in less than half an hour.
Hubby said to Angel, first power failure, you were in Mummy's womb, now you experience yourself first power failure. Hahahaha, I do not know if she understood what hubby said.

Finally!!!!

Today mark Day 30 of Angel's arrival. And also my graduation day from confinement. Huh, big relief. I knew I can't simply eat any food I want now, but at least I knew I don't have to eat ginger and sesame oil in every meal now.
Today is also my third day alone with Angel. She was not sleeping well yesterday night, keep on crying. No matter what I did, she is not comfortable at all. She must be not feeling well.....poor thing! And she spent her day time sleeping like a sleeping beauty. Couldn't be bothered with any noises and disturbance at all.
On Tuesday night, hubby took the chance to snap more photos of her. And this round, I have the chance to be in the shot with my Angel as well.

Thank you Daddy for this wonderful shot!

This one not too bad too!

There is also one shot where Daddy caught her smiling cheerfully.


One more of my favourite shot, she was yawning and we caught that. She must be thinking, this Mummy and Daddy got nothing else to do already....hahahahhahaha.....


Now I just pray and pray and pray that Angel will sleep well during night time. Hopefully her sleeping time will be back to normal.

Me alone with Angel!

After the full moon party, we headed to Teluk Intan on Monday morning. Reason being to pray the ancestors. MIL went back to have a rest. Hubby drove me and Angel home the same day as he can't take day off on Tuesday.
And today, I started my days alone with Angel. She wasn't sleeping well during night time, kept waking up. I woke up at 8.30am, and quickly rush to bathe Angel as she is due to drink milk by then. MIL had me trained two days earlier on how to bathe her. I am slowly picking up and glad that Angel love to be bathed. Then she had milk at 9am.
She slept the whole afternoon, waking up for milk in the middle and continue to sleep. Hubby came back at about 7pm and took a few photos of Angel as she is awake. I wiped her face and body and get her changed as the weather is hot today. Hopefully she will sleep well tonight.
I am to start working on 11 Jan. Till then, we will take Angel back to Teluk Intan. MIL will help me to take care of her until Chinese New Year. We will start the babysitting service after CNY.

Full moon party cum Wedding anniversary : 6 December 2009

We organized a full moon party for Angel. We make it earlier coz the actual day would be in the weekday and also to celebrate together our 1st year wedding anniversary. Hubby called some food (fried bihun, fried mee, curry chicken, deep fried spring roll, carrot cake, fried pau) from a restaurant in Desa Setapak, MIL made yellow glutinous rice, red eggs, SIL made egg sandwich and coleslaw and hubby bought honeydew and 'ang ku'. It was just a simple lunch and we invited hubby's relatives, my relatives and some close friends.
Angel was sleeping the whole day, couldn't be bothered with the noise and crowd. Everyone praised her thick hair and also her height. Just that they didn't have the chance to see her awake. And I was busy and forgotten about taking photos of the event. Hmmm, no photos to show.....
We would like to thank everyone who came and thank for their gifts and ang pau. I remembered what my MIL & grandma said, last year this date, we become husband and wife, this year this date, we become mummy and daddy. And I quickily replied, there's not going to be another baby the following year, not too soon. I must give myself a rest and also time to raise Angel first. Hahaha.....

My birthday 2 December 2009

Happy Birthday to Me

Happy Birthday to Me
Happy Birthday to Meeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
Happy Birthday to Me!

It's my birthday yesterday. Hmmm, like what I said to everyone, MIXED FEELINGS! This year, Kuan Yin had blessed me with Angel and she is the best birthday gift I ever received. And having her on my birthday is a joy I wouldn't ever forget. However, celebrating in the confinement period wasn't something I ever wanted. With gingers and sesame oil, so miserable. I requested MIL to cook mee suah with egg for my dinner. That is the traditional way of celebrating birthday.
Hubby bought me a birthday cake after work. And having a slice of it really makes my day. He asked me to take a shot with my Angel just before cutting the cake. He said we must celebrate together with her, which is why he insisted to take photo with her even she is sleeping. Aiyoh, this daddy, so excited.

Mybirthday cake

Posing with Angel, notice she is sleeping!

Day 19

Angel is steadily growing. Yesterday was her Day 19. A few of hubby's relatives came to congratulate us and visited Angel. His 5th aunt even bought her a set of clothes with booties and mittens. Thank you.
Angel was well asleep when they were here. The minute they left, she was awake and then hubby had chance to snap photos of her.




Hubby is loving her more and more each day. He is very anxious of how we carry her and treat her everyday. I felt that I am at the bottom position in his heart. This is the fact I knew I will need to face the minute Angel is out. Hopefully he will keep on supporting me throughout Angel's growing process. And I will be satisfied and all sacrifices would be paid off.

Gift from hubby's colleagues

Hubby received a gift from his colleagues for our newborn Angel. The gift comprise of Little Bean Flexi Clip Fan and Nuby Dangly Dooz. They will be useful when we put Angel to the stroller next time. Big thank you to them.

What happened to Angel?

Yesterday night, Angel did not sleep well. After each session of milk feeding, she refused to sleep and cried. Everything was pretty normal, MIL tried all possible ways to make her sleep. Still she didn't sleep. Perhaps she wanted us to carry her often. I even sang lullaby to her, still her active eyes looking straight at me, and doesn't want to sleep.
I'm sad at times, as she is so small and lesser sleep is not healthy for her. Today, she slept most of the day, she must be tired. It is also a public holiday today, glad to have hubby around. I'm happy that now hubby is excited to see her daughter each time he returns from work. And I always try to snap shots of Angel whenever I can. My laptop wallpaper is constantly updated with Angel's latest pic. Today, hubby said, "Our daughter is getting cuter each day and her hair got style". Ha ha, I always caught him kissing her forehead. I can tell that in future, he will be the one protecting her and I'm the one who have to teach and be the bad person.
These are the latest shots I took yesterday night:-

She acted so cool!

The cheeky side of her!

I love this shot, she look so adorable!

My Confinement Blues!

Day 14. I went through half of my journey and counting down to my full moon. Of all the stages, I find confinement is the hardest. Pregnancy, laboring or even taking care of Angel were not as tough as confinement. Alot of firsts in confinement, first time taking ginger in every meal, first time having sesame oil in all food, first time not being able to take bath and wash hair everyday, first time eating pig kidney, first time drinking red dates tea everyday and first time not able to eat fruits and vegetables. Hmm, I was so paranoid that I tell myself to stay away from all these upon full moon. Then again, too much traditional beliefs being brought out by MIL, which I can't accept some anyway. Still, no choice, I had to follow, just in case what she said might come true anyway.
Angel is now growing day by day. Thank God, her jaundice had recovered, but now, she had colic. And this is also tough for me as she will be crying at night. MIL had given her with Chinese herbs and also rubbing medicated oil on her tummy. Yesterday night, she was all right, getting up every 3 hours for milk and sleep well till morning. Hopefully she will recover soon!
And this morning, after taking her bath, looking at her being active, I managed to snap a few shots. I compared with the ones I took earlier, she really grow alot. How I love to look at her every second now.

Angel at Day 14

Angel's name

Today mark Day 13 of Angel's arrival. And Daddy finally got Angel registered with Jabatan Pendaftaran Negara for birth certificate and MyKad. Angel is now named as CHEW KYE XIN (周 恺 馨). This name is being choosen and checked its meaning and matched with Angel's date and time of birth. To me, it will be a challenge for me to write out her chinese name, especially the word "xin". This will be my next goal to achieve.

Numbers!

Throughout my labouring of Angel right to the admission for jaundice, the numbers seem somehow related. It's kinda funny thinking of it. During admission, I was placed at bed no. 2 to wait. Then in the labour ward, I laboured Angel at bed no. 8. If we add up these numbers, it resulted in 10, which is Angel's birthday. Soon after delivery, I was sent to maternity ward bed no. 28, a combination of no. 2 and 8 previously.
At the second admission for jaundice, I was placed at bed no. 16. And I was discharged on Tuesday, which is Angel's day 7, which is the result of adding up 1 and 6.
Ha ha, all these came into my mind during my time in the hospital. Somehow, it reduces my stress and able to think positive to welcome Angel back home!

4 days in PPUM: Angel had jaundice!

I started to notice Angel's face and eye white turned yellow at Day 3. She slept alot during day time and did not ask for milk, even for about 5 hours interval. During night time, she is not sleeping well and cried even after taking in milk. On Saturday, hubby and I decided to bring her to see the doctor in PPUM. We went into the Pediatric Emergency section and got her checked. They took her blood sample and her jaundice level came to about 347. Normal reading is about 250.
Doctor suggested for her to be admitted and to receive the photolight treatment. I had already prepared myself mentally before I went to hospital. I was asked to stay with her as well. We were sent to pediatric ward. We were given a room with a single bed for me. They started the treatment for Angel straight away. Her shirt was taken off and she cried alot during the first night as she is not used it. I cried when they took her blood samples. And she is also on drip as her sodium level is high and there is lesser water content in her body. Poor thing!
From Saturday night till Tuesday midnight, she is under the photolight. First reading is 347, 2 lights given. Second, 365, 3 lights given. I started to get scared and sad as well. Then the third reading went down to 280. Then they bring down to one light only. Next reading is 206. This reading is the safe level. On Tuesday midnight, they switched off the light and waited until morning 8am to take her blood sample again. Thank God, the reading is 175 and they let her discharged in the evening.
However, her eyes had infection and were given eye drops and oilment to treat. These few days I did not sleep well, had to constantly feed her and to observe her bowel movements. And I kept on telling myself to be strong. Hubby came to visit me after work and brought me meals. He is not feeling well and yet he supported me throughout the period. I felt better just by lying on his shoulder, and he would just say we are going back home soon!
Just about we discharged, I managed to take a shot of Angel, she looked active and cute!

My amazing 18 hours labouring process in PPUM!

It was Monday night. My last dinner cooked was chicken rice with soya sauce chicken and vegetable with onion oil. I would say that is so far the best meal I cooked ever since we stayed here. Right after the dinner, I felt some mild contractions. I wonder if it is going to be real. Throughout the whole night, on and off I had to go to toilet. Had diarrhea for 3 times, then I thought perhaps it is not contractions after all. Still the pain did not go off right until 5.30am. I found out there's slight bleeding. At first, if the bleeding didn't happen, I wanted to go back to office just to check things out and made final wrap up before proceeding to the hospital.
I had my bath and washed my hair, asked hubby to wake up. I guess he is nervous, he ended up changing into his work clothes. I asked him why, he said he will work after sending me there. And I said "Hello, aren't you suppose to accompany me throughout the whole process? There's paternity leave right?" Then he said "Oh ya, how could I forget?" And I just had a glass of warm water. Reached there around 6.20am and there goes my 18 hours journey.
I went to Level 1, Maternity building. I said I had bleeding. The nurses confirmed if I wanted to be admitted or wait to be examined by the doctors at the maternity clinic. I said I wanted to be admitted. Hubby wasn't allowed to enter. I changed into the uniform and they checked my blood pressure, temperature and baby's heartbeat. The nurse then put in a medicine at my buttock to let me pass out all before I start to deliver.
I was placed on a bed and the nurse placed a hearing machine on my tummy, to check the baby heartbeat and the frequency of my contractions. A doctor came in and had his hand inserted into my vagina. 2cm he said. Another trainee doctor came and asked a series of questions. He really tested my memory, as to understand my medical history.
I need to wait until 10cm before I can proceed to deliver. They transferred to the normal ward at level 2. It is considered a waiting ward. I can't remember how many doctors came to examine me, but what they said is to ask me to go back home and come again when the contractions become frequent. I said I want to stay here as I might turn out to be nervous if I am at home or work. Hubby was with me at the waiting ward and he saw the contractions I had throughout the morning right till 12noon. My contractions become frequent and at about 2pm, I asked the doctor to examine me again. 4cm this time, and they instructed the nurse to bring me down to the labour ward. I started to get very sleepy as I did not sleep well throughout the night.
They did not allow hubby to enter the labour ward. I was all alone and only God and Angel knew the pain I went through. Nurses there encouraged me to walk around and not to sleep on the bed to encourage faster delivery. It become harder to walk when contractions came. I reminded myself to be strong and prayed for the process to be easier to me to go through.
At about 6cm, it is 4cm. They did ARM on me, which is to break my waterbag. So I asked how long do I need to wait before it can go to 10cm. They said it is normally a cm an hour. But case to case, it might be different for each person. I must remain lying on the bed, and I felt water flowing out. At about 8pm, my contractions become more frequent, and the nurse asked if I needed epidural jab or painkillers. I said No, and the nurse asked if I can take in the labour pain as it is unbearable. I insisted No.
After half an hour, I can't bear the pain anymore. I quickily asked for painkiller, but it wasn't helpful at all, maybe only 10%. At about 9pm, I felt the urge to push, like passing out. The doc said it is about 7cm and I can't push yet as I might rip off the vagina. So I wait and wait until 9.45pm, the doc confirmed it is 10cm. Doc said I can practice pushing out. I had to take in deep breath, lift the head to the front and push to the fullest. This can be done provided the contraction is there.
My pushing started from there, and many times I felt sleepy and drowsy. Perhaps also I did not take much food, I got no energy to push her out. My breath is not deep enough and my techniques is not right. Thanks to all the nurses and doctors there. They really encouraged me throughout the session. The session lasted for almost two hours when at the very last minute, 11.20pm, I just push to the end and the baby came out. First feeling, I felt awake and I felt relieved. The doctor praised me for my good effort, and gave me an option, "boy or girl". I said I wanted a girl, and she smiled at me and showed Angel to me. A girl, she said. But another nurse said she passed out motion in my womb and swallowed some into herself. She needed to clean her up first and she wasn't crying that loud yet.
They proceeded by taking out my placenta and stiched the wound. The doctor, Ms. Premilla, she was good, she mentioned there's alot of cases today and she felt tired. I thanked her for the good job she did. She injected painkillers and started to stich. I felt the process and not as painful as I thought it can be. She must have done a good stiching.
After that the nurse pushed the baby to me and said she given her oxygen gas as she is quite weak. Her head is slightly longer and red as I delayed the pushing time, her head is in and out. But she will be recovering soon.
The nurse pushed me to the ward at Level 3 at about 1am. She bathed Angel and brought her to me to breastfeed. But I think she doesn't like it and I don't have much breastmilk yet. And she pushed her to the baby room after that. Hubby was there when I complete my labouring process. He went back home and constantly calling the nurse to check out on my status. We both were thinking that Angel will be out the next day. Guess she wanted to be born on the same day with her Uncle cum my Brother. Husband brought me a flask of hot water, cereal and bread. I ate a bit, went to the toilet and slept. That is the end of my 18 hours journey.
The next morning, at about 6.3oam, the nurse brought Angel to me. We were told to eat breakfast and changed our clothes. The doctor will come to examine us. They checked out on the stiches, body temperature and blood pressure. Everything is normal.
I received alot of calls and SMSes from family and friends. Thanks you to them. Thank you to my office colleagues who bought me a hamper of Eu Yan Sang products and my Taiping friends who bought me a bottle of DOM wine. My mother-in-law also reached KL and cooked me lunch. My sister's parents in law also cooked me red dates and her brother-in-law brought it to me. Thank you. Baby and me were discharged at about 7.30pm.
I managed to capture a few shots of Angel in the hospital:-

Daddy's girl

She's very alert and look around!

All prepared to go back to home sweet home

Daddy is still finalizing her name. To me, she's always my Angel. And prayed that Angel will grow healthily to become a smart and beautiful lady in future.

8 November 2009 : Hubby's birthday cum 1st year ROM anniversary

Surely another day to remember for the year 2009. Today is our 1st year of ROM anniversary and also Hubby's birthday.
Early in the morning, Hubby brought his "first wife" cum his car for inspection and servicing. I consider myself as the "second wife" as men tend to love and care second wife more. Ha ha....We went for lunch and then went to haircut together. It's been a while since the last cut, and I wanted to shave off as much hair possible to prepare myself for the 'non-hair wash' during my confinement. And this round, it is the cheapest cut of all, RM 14.80. It turned out to be not too bad. Hubby loves it too.
Next, we went to Tesco Ampang just to shop for some groceries. Hubby bought three coconuts for me. Alot of people had explained the benefit of drinking coconut just before delivery. And previously we fought over this and I believe by now he would have believed what the others said, but from me who said that previously. I came back and made some egg tarts. Hhmm, this round it turned out to be bad. I turned on only the top part of the oven, not like usual, separating between top and bottom. Guess the heat is too much for the egg tarts this time, it turned black.
There's a few nice ones and I brought them to my sis to try. I went to visit her to take stuff she brought back from Taiping. And also to greet her goodbye as she is flying off to Bangkok to unite with her husband soon.
Hubby and I had our dinner at Wendy's at Aeon AU2. Though it's not a big restaurant, still we enjoyed our time there. I can tell that Hubby is anxiously waiting for Angel to come out. Somehow I think he wished if she's out today itself and it'll be a triple celebration for us every year. Hmmm, it's too good to be true, and it won't as it is now 11pm.
I bought a wallet for Hubby. And though I did not receive any gift or surprise, still I'm glad that we spent the day together. He is supporting me through my last 2 weeks of pregnancy.
I love you Dd, Happy Birthday and Happy ROM anniversary to both of us. May we live happily ever after!

Eighth PPUM checkup : 6 November 2009

Today, we reached around 7.20am. I followed hubby to buy The Star and then we walked together to the maternity clinic. I am the fourth person today. As usual, my urine and blood pressure were perfectly normal. Gained 0.7kg compared to previous week, to make it to 9.5kg total weight increase. I didn't wait long to be called to see the doctor. This round, the doctor greeted me cheerfully as she congratulate me saying that my baby has reach full term. And she is testing me on all the symptons of delivery. Just in case if it happens, I won't be panic. She measured the length of my belly and took the heartbeat of my Angel. Normal. She even said that Angel's head is locked in the pelvis area already.
Before I left, she reminded me to observe Angel's movement. Should there be no movement, I am required to come back to the clinic and check it out. I was told that if I still have not deliver after the due date, they will give me a grace period of 7 days before they induce me. This however only happen to 20% of pregnant ladies.
My next checkup will be next Friday. We returned to office right after checkup. I reached office at around 9.26am.

Experiencing first power failure during pregnancy and in my new home!

Yesterday I had a terrible 2 hours of power failure. Apparently the whole area is in darkness. At first I thought it is just a while. Never did I know it will last that long. It started around 9pm, just after we had our dinner. I made a report to the TNB call centre. We stood at the balcony for fresh air. I couldn't stand as my body temperature is now higher compared to normal times. I went into the bathroom to take a short bath. Still it does not help much. Hubby asked me to go to bed early. It rain a while after that and I thought situation could be better. At around 11pm, I was awake and found myself sweating terribly. I couldn't help but to wake up. About 5 mins later, the power is back to normal. My first action is to switch on the air-conditioner.
During the whole two hours, I was thinking what if I were to deliver my Angel? I threw this question to my hubby, but no respond. He was pretty confident that Angel wouldn't be out that soon. Still, he tried his best to make me comfortable during the two hours.

Getting busy trying new recipes just before entering MOTHERHOOD

Right now I own a kitchen myself. And best of all, there is somehow the "cooking mood" is in the air. Office colleagues also getting busy experimenting new recipes, which in fact an encouragement to me as well. My first try is the Egg Tart. Hmm, I've tried twice, but still not good enough. The pastry is very very hard. Reason I suspect is the milk I used. It says to use the milk powder to make the pastry, but I used fresh milk instead. I do not know if there are other reasons, but will make the third attempt probably this weekend. I apologized to all my white mices in office for still taking in the egg tarts no doubt it is not that very nice. My second attempt is better, but still not perfect enough. Anyway, the egg tarts looked perfectly nice. A snapshot of my first attempt:-

They looked nice, but sadly the pastry is hard.....

My second try is the Glutinous Rice, also known as "Loh Mai Kai". I made them yesterday night. Elaine gave me the recipe. Not too bad, except that it is abit salty. I should have reduce the sauces given that I used three cups of rice when the recipe said 3 bowls of rice. Kinda subjective to measure the rice used. Hubby gave me 80 marks for this dish. He said this is the highest score he can give. Somehow, he is being too frank with me, which sometimes discouraging me, sometimes motivates me to improve further. I also managed to take two shots of the dish:-

I managed to make 9 bowls, these are just freshly steamed out from my I-chef

This is the ingredients i placed on the bottom of the bowl:- chicken drumstick, wax meat and mushroom

And given that there are some ingredients left unused, like few pieces of chicken, mushroom and wax meat, I decided to my own 'claypot rice version' for my dinner tonight. Hubby is not taking much as he had a farewell party to celebrate in office and is full taking in the food. I cooked rice and placed all the ingredients plus an egg and onion oil on top. And using my I-chef steamer, I steamed the rice. And it turn out to look like this:-

My own version of "claypot rice"

Hmm, what will be my next try? Perhaps I will learn to make cheese cake or cook chicken rice or nasi lemak.....I wonder if Angel is excited inside. If she's out, then I shall postpone my plans. Then again, I'm very proud of myself for being able to cook meals everyday even though I'm now carrying my Angel. I just pray and hope that someday Hubby will be happy eating every single meal I cook.

Seventh PPUM checkup : 28 October 2009

Today I went for my checkup in PPUM. Hubby took leave and fetched me there. We are a bit late today and resulted in me to be the 27th person to queue up. I had to go for my ultrasound scan first. The lady doc said Angel's head is down and she is growing healthily inside. Everything seems to be normal and she is about 3.464kg. Hmm, pretty good, still it is subject to +/- 500g.
With the report, we went in to see doc for consultation. Doctor also commented that the head is down, but it is not exactly down to the pelvis area yet. Anyway, she said it would pretty much stay there till delivery. I am now 36 weeks 5 days pregnant. Doc said she is not worried if I deliver now since the baby size is all right and it will be full term come this week 37.
I asked for the symptons of delivery, she commented either blood stains with mucus, water bag burst or contractions every 15mins. If I have doubt when I had one of the symptons, it is advisable to come to the hospital to double confirm as they are operating 24 hours.
She couldn't determine my actual delivery date and asked me to observe if I have the symptons she mentioned.
My next checkup will be much closer, in 1 weeks time. For this checkup, my weight increased only 0.6kg, totalling to 8.8kg increase for the whole 36 weeks.
My feet still swell from time to time, seems very ugly to me. Still, I have to accept it. And good luck to me, counting down the days to welcome my Angel, about 25 days left.

Daddy's win

Congratulations to hubby dearest for winning the RM1,000 BSN certificate for the Power Root contest June09. Even though this is only the consolation prize, but still we are proud enough. He managed to win it with just two entries.
Last Saturday, the personnel from the office called him to collect the prize at the Technology Park, Bukit Jalil. The best part was he has to undergo a shooting event and interview before he can collect the prize. Sounds hard as we couldn't expect how the situation is going to be like.
We were asked to reach the office by 10am. Not much people are there, more or less about 5 families. Some of them won the same prize like hubby, some of them won the RM500 cash money.
Guess what, the Power Root ambassador, Rosyam Noor and a lady arrived. They started to shoot for each winner. We are the only non-bumis winner there, which makes them even more interested to shoot the segment with us. I was in the shooting too, but I didn't get myself involved in the photo shootings.
Luckily I used my hp camera to shoot down a few photos. Just for rememberance. Angel definately bring us luck to win this contest.

Hubby is acting secretive. He wonder if anyone could recognise his face.

All the winners with the ambassador.

One shot for memory. Who knows he will win the grand prize of RM 1,000,000.

This is the two entries he submitted. This is requested by the shooting team.

We have no idea if they are going to advertise this in TV. So scary, I wouldn't have look nice in it with my pregnant look. Ha ha, still this is a very good experience for both of us.

Angel's chest drawers

As promised, we went to Ikea right after work on Friday, 16Oct09 to buy the chest drawers for Angel. Thank God the price went down from RM 229 to RM199 with the new issuance of the catalogue. At least we save up the RM30. There are only less than 10 units left, it must have been very popular then. It was seriously heavy as hubby lifted one up.
Hubby only started to install it during weekends. It is pretty amazing that he finished installing it within an hour plus. Guess this round he followed the instruction strictly. As usual, I didn't have the chance to participate and can just look from far.
The bad part of me was I secretly took a few shots of the installation process. Ha ha, he didn't notice it. And I arranged the shots nicely as below:-

Thanks Hubby! Angel would love this!

Yesterday went to see gynae!

I was not feeling very well on Wednesday night till Thursday night. I had stomachache and also sudden headache. I wasn't feeling well to eat and felt restless the whole day in office. Hubby drove me to the clinic after work. The doctor checked my pulse, body temperature and blood pressure. All that are fine. Then she examined my belly. I asked if the pain were contractions as my office colleagues are very anxious to hear about my pain. Doc said it wasn't contraction because my belly is not that hard yet. She said probably it is food poisoning. She gave me two tablets of Charcoal to eat. That is to get rid of the wind inside my stomach.
She then asked if the PPUM doctors did perform the scan to check the water level. I said no. She asked me to insist to be examined by a specialist. She said my belly doesn't look big and my baby might be a small one. I then asked her to perform the scan just to be on the safe side.
She started off by measuring the water level, this round it is about 14.5cm, compared to 8cm earlier. According to her, it is a good reading. Big relief for me. She then measured the weight, and it came up to about 2.989 kg. Angel is growing 1 kg more in about 3 weeks time, oh my goodness. Doc asked if I force myself to eat more. I said I ate more compared to before, but can't be forcing myself to eat alot. Anyway, it is a good progress. Angel might come up to 3.5kg.
According to her, the weight shown in the scan might have 20% margin difference. And Angel's head is engaged in my pelvis area already, indicating that I should not be having any problem to deliver normally. Indeed a good news to hear, Angel knows Mummy wanted to deliver normally so as not to spend a lot of money.
Angel, you must keep on growing healthily, you've got just one more month to go. Mummy and Daddy will be welcoming you very very soon. Mummy will get you a nice chest drawers to keep your clothing and items. We'll do our best to make you feel comfy at our new home!

My feet started to swell!

On Monday night as I was preparing myself to sleep, I noticed that my feet swell. And I couldn't accept the fact that they swell that much. I remembered Mummy was telling me that this is the symptom of delivery. I began to worry. The next morning, as I was on my way out from home to work, it is tighter when I wear on my sandal.
I showed to my colleague about my feet. They laughed at me saying that it is normal. But they also commented that it is a sudden change. They taught me to lift up my feet higher during sleeping time. I used to have a pillow for my feet, but on that night, I added another one.
Thank goodness, the next day they are not that swelling anymore. I was being reminded to rest more, not to stand too long.

Sixth PPUM checkup : 14 October 2009

It was a rainy day. I drove myself to the checkup. I fetched hubby to work, then straight to PPUM. Reached there right at 7.30am. This means I'm late to take the number already. Still, I walked carefully to the maternity clinic and to my surprise, I am the eight person to take the number. Not too bad, it must be raining and many of them still haven't reach yet. I ate the bread I took and waited for my turn. As usual, my urine test and blood pressure were perfectly normal. Gained 1 kg from the previous checkup, in total gained about 8.2 kg so far.
At about 9am, only my number was called. This doc said my belly looked small and after checkup, she commented that my baby is of average size only, not too big. And the baby's head is down already. My next checkup would be on 28 October 2009. PPUM will also perform an ultrasound scan on my next checkup.
After the checkup, I drove to office to work. I was surprised that there are so many cars on the road despite it's already 9.30am. Reached office at about 9.50am. Surprisingly, there are about seven to eight late comers today.