Too weak to go office

I woke up yesterday feeling very terrible. Very giddy and very weak. Since Sunday I've been feeling very bad. Constantly want to vomit and I was not able to drink much coz I need to drink very hot water and it has since burnt my tongue. Everything is basically tasteless and that makes the naseaous worse. I have to eat but I can't and if I don't eat the gastric juices will make me feel even worse. It's making me feel very terrible and frustrated.

So I called in sick on Tuesday and gave the gynae clinic a call. The nurse asked me to go see Dr Heng again and see if she would recommend me a drip. But I was too weak to go on my own so I called DH and asked if he could accompany me there, which he did.

Once I reached Dr Heng's clinic, the weighing machine told me that I lost another 0.2kgs.. within 5 days. It seemed like the drop has slowed down but I feel really damn horrible. After she sees me, she recommended that I be put on a drip and I did.. 2 packets of it in her clinic.

She said I was quite dehydrated and my veins became quite small. Thankfully she was able to put the drip needle in at 1st try (gosh I was so painful). After 2 packets I feel slightly better and they gave me 2 days MC and I went home to rest.

Today is slightly better but I'm still not drinking and eating well... I really dunno how long I can tahan being like this coz I really find it hard to function properly in this state. :(

It's only 8weeks+... it's still some weeks to cross the 1st trimester.... :(

2nd visit to gynae

After waiting anxiously for 2 weeks, it's finally time to visit the gynae. Was quite worried about how the fetus is growing coz my appetite is very bad. The MS is now in full swing and I could barely eat anything. I hasn't had rice for ages coz I just couldn't swallow it. Neither can I take porridge. So it's mostly soup and some dishes. Maybe times I feel so bad that I only drank soup.

When I weigh myself that day, I was shocked to see that I've dropped 1.5kgs from 2 weeks ago. Although my weight dropped initially when I had Valerie but I didn't drop this fast. If I did not remember wrongly I dropped 2 kgs in the 1st trimester. Now I dropped 1.5kgs in just 2 weeks!

In any case, this visit was fruitful as I can see the fetus & hear the heartbeat :-)

This is the scan for the day. BB #2 is 1.43cm now (almost 8 weeks) and my EDD is 5th Sept

Wireless.. Finally!

After getting the new Dell laptop, we always wanted to have our home wireless. We thought we needed to add the booster before it could work thus we delayed buying the wireless modem/router. Thank god for that coz we got one for FREE! Thanks to DH's colleague who gave up trying to tie his D-Link with his new Mac Laptop.

Since it's free, so we might as well give it a try. And it works! Now we have wireless in the house! Yippie!

Is it age?

Merely going to week 6 and I'm already feeling darn lousy. :-( The morning sickness isn't that bad.. at least not yet. I still can eat.. albeit only half portion. But I feel like a blown up ballon waiting to burst. :-( Not a very nice analogy I know but that's how my tummy feel. Taking car ride is another nightmare and I'm bound to feel more car sick than before.

And the tiredness is ridiculous. I could just basically sleep through the day if the weather permits.

And the headache & the backache. I dunno where they come from but it's just draining me. I feel like a bloody invalid at times, not wanting to move or do anything!

I think I need to resume some physical activities before I come too nuah...

Are these all due to age?

2008 CD Calendar

Bought the template from Shabbyprincess around Nov I think.. finally managed to complete it. Would love to personalise it further but I just don't have enough time. :(

This is the cover & for the month of January

First Visit

When to see Dr Heng today. I think she's a nice lady. Very smiley and I'm feel quite comfortable. She told me she & Dr Ho (my previous gynae) worked together before, from Alexandra Hospital to KKH. Her charges are steep though (same for Dr Ho), consultation is S$50 per visit (today is S$70 coz 1st consultation with her), scan is S$50 each scan. So today's bill comes up to S$140, including 2 bottles of pills meant to stablise early pregnancy.

During the scan, we can see the sac but not the fetus and heartbeat. Probably coz bb still small (roughly 5wks). I'll have to see her again 2 weeks later on 24th Jan. Hopefully by then can see bb & heartbeat.

Here's the scan for today


Oh.. did I mention that I'm ballooning?!?!? I really feel damn ridiculous coz I swear I haven't been overeating or snacking or indulging on sinful food. All that probably happened is that I stopped jogging (Dr Heng says no jogging btw). And then I can feel my pants getting tighter and the weighing scale tipping..

This is just so terrible! ARGH!

Domestic violence

Our new neighbourhood is typically quite peaceful and quiet. But not tonight. Around 930pm we started hearing some screaming and banging. But when we look outside of our window, we can't see anything. Around 945pm, I heard someone knocking on our door and my FIL calling DH to go downstairs.

After a while I understood what was happening. Our Indian neighbour's drunken son bashed up the entire family. According to DH, the father & mother had blood on them. DH called in the police.

When the police came, the mother actually told the police that she wanted it to be settled via Family Court and not leave any criminal record with the police. I guess this wasn't the 1st time it had happened to them.

Sigh.. how can anyone be able to raise their hand to beat the persons whom are the closest to them?

Unable to comprehend.

New Year's Day gift

This was what I found out yesterday.



It was quite unexpected coz I do not have any symptoms yet. In the past I've tested and yielded negative results, so for this time round, I expect that it's probably another case of super late period. But next thing I know.. I see 2 lines staring at me!

I immediately took a picture of the test result and MMS to DH. Guess what he said when he called me back?

"Why did you send me a picture of a toothbrush?"

I almost fell off my chair! Hahahaha (To be fair to him, I sent him a picture of the test kit, which did look like a toothbrush :P)

After I told him "Can't you see the lines there?" and that's when he goes "Oh!"

Men..

I haven't gone to the gynae yet. Getting Pheng to find me one in East Shore if possible coz going to Mt A is quite troublesome now.

Soup lady

We know Valerie likes soup. But we found out yesterday that she sure knows how to appreciate soup. Everytime she goes to my mom's place, she'll definitely go "I want soup". The soup bowl will be in front of her, the rice bowl at the side.

Yesterday my mom was unable to buy any ingredients coz she went to the market late. So there were no soup. At dinner time, 1st thing Valerie asked for is "I want soup". We really didn't know what to do. Then DH suggested making egg soup. And he did, using those abalone & chicken stock cubes to make Valerie some egg soup.

It tasted quite reasonable actually and we were quite pleased. But for the conisseour (pardon my spelling).. that is no good! She refuse to drink it!

Can you imagine.. a barely 3 YO child can differentiate between real soup and MSG one. :p

Valerie goes to toilet!!

Oh.. this forgetful mommy almost forgot to blog this major milestone! It started on 29th Dec.. I was on 3rd flr (Valerie was supposed to be downstairs) getting changed so that we could goto the pool. Next thing I know, I saw a shadow outside the bathroom.. It was Valerie! She climbed up 3 floors all by herself!!! Well.. not that she is not able to.. but it's still dangerous without adult supervision right?

Ok.. so I saw her and she was grabbing her shorts (since I know we are going to head to the pool, I didn't wear diaper for her). I asked her if she wants to pee and she nod her head. I brot her to the toilet and asked her to use the toilet bowl, half expecting her to protest.. which she didn't. So I took out her shorts and sat her on the toilet bowl.

I went.. shhhhhhh shhhhhhh and next thing I know.. she was peeing!!! She looked at me with a very pleased face and I was soooooooo proud!! I encouraged her and gave her a hi-5 for peeing into the toilet bowl!

Since that day, we've tried a few times at home and it was successful :-)

Today, she went to school with no diapers on! :-)

Let's hope there'll be no 'accidents' in school :p

More LO!

It's been real busy at work.. really! But I just need to steal some time to do some LO coz I find that it helps me destress. I guess it also help bridge the gap I feel towards Valerie as a mother. I love her but I guess I don't know how to express. Many will say that spending more time with her is more constructive than spending time in front of the computer doing scrapbooking. But I want her to have something she can hold on to when she grows up. And I want to try to document down all the happy times we have spent together, so in the future when times are bad, there is always something that we can fall back on.

To reflect, to cherish, to remember..

Happy 2008 everyone!

It's 2008! How time flies. Many resolutions set.. none achieved! *lol*

So this year, I'll just try to make things simple. Resolution for 2008... *drum roll*

To be happier than last year.

Simple enough? :-)