26 Feb, Rain rain go away....
Went for my check up today. Bad traffic jam on the way there. But luckily manage to reach in time. I waited for about half an hour today.
I did my pre-registration with lovely nurse, Rosalind. She went thru the charges with moi and Shawn. Saw pictures of the 4 bedder. It's a terrible place. It's like those old style kind of design. Like going there to die !! The chairs for visitors are those type schools in the past are using !! Then hubby cannot stay overnight. So decided to take 1 bedder. Difference in overall bill is nothing goes wrong *cross my fingers* will be $400. Anyway, i can downgrade before i admit if Nigel will be preterm. Then there's 2 types of labour ward. Normal one, and also deluxe with a nice bath tub for water birth !! Wow !! I always wanted to try water birth ! I'm surprise NUH have it and Prof Mary does it too ! I will discuss with her on the next appt about this.
Nigel is doing fine so far. His little head is down already. That explains all the funny movements. Prof Mary was so relief that I have finally hit 29 weeks. More or less in the safe zone. She feels I should have no problem hitting 37 weeks. I hope so too .... Next visit, will be on 18/03. I will get my ultrasound done plus CTG also. Next week onwards, have to monitor Nigel's movement over 12 hrs. Have to make sure there is 10 clusters of movement in 12 hrs. Otherwise have to call the hospital.
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Sunday, February 22, 2009
Iswati
22nd Feb Sun, SunShine
Shawn and Moi got a new Maid, thanks to my FIL. With the help of my Daddy, the search began on Mon at my Dad's fren's maid agency, Java Maids. It was pretty taxing to look for one since what i wan is different from wat my daddy wants. Finally, We manage to find one which we both like. Her name is Iswati. She's frm indo, 25 yrs old. She had 2 yrs experience in Jakarta, 9 mths in Singapore. She's a transfer maid. Meaning the previous employer decided to change maid. My Dad was pretty worried at first abt the reason why the previous employer decide to give her up. Upon enquiry, her previous employer blame her for the lost of his dog. But then again, he had 7 !! All husky !! Wow !! I think if she loses one of my doggies, my mum will be really happy ! The main reason Shawn and I decide to hire her cos of her experience with dogs. She also have experience with babies. Plus her English is also not too bad and she has a sense of humor. I'm hiring her more to look after my doggies than Nigel. My mum will be taking care of Nigel.
But before we can hire the maid, the Govt decided that new employers have to go thru some dumb, time online consuming test that cost $30. I took abt 2 hrs to finish it. A total waste of time and money. Also, Iswati salary is $350, no off day, the Govt gets another $260 ! Suppose to get a $90 discount for the levy cos got baby, but govt will only give u the discount after the baby is born ! DUH !
Iswati came yesterday. I'm pretty pleased with her. She's hardworking, not lazy at all. And the big surprise is my fussy Xiang Xiang love her immediately ! wow ! He wans her to carry him. He got jealous when she's petting Xuan. Bad news, She found ticks on Xiang. Good thing is she knows how to remove ticks frm him.
Another Bad news. I went to my MIL's place to celebrate her Birthday. I started having contractions again at 10am, abt 10 mins apart. Each one last abt 1 to 3 mins. Took another dosage of my medicine. At 1 am, still no effect. Called my doctor and she advice me to go down to NUH. The doctor did some test to check whether if I have preterm labour @ $200 ! Wow ! Luckily test was negative, cervix still close, still have, another 2 cm. But i have been leaking a bit of aminotic fluid also. Contractions stop at 5am. Sighz. Little Notti Nigel was as usual kicking the monitor at my tum tum thru the whole episode. Wonder how much it will cost ..
Shawn and Moi got a new Maid, thanks to my FIL. With the help of my Daddy, the search began on Mon at my Dad's fren's maid agency, Java Maids. It was pretty taxing to look for one since what i wan is different from wat my daddy wants. Finally, We manage to find one which we both like. Her name is Iswati. She's frm indo, 25 yrs old. She had 2 yrs experience in Jakarta, 9 mths in Singapore. She's a transfer maid. Meaning the previous employer decided to change maid. My Dad was pretty worried at first abt the reason why the previous employer decide to give her up. Upon enquiry, her previous employer blame her for the lost of his dog. But then again, he had 7 !! All husky !! Wow !! I think if she loses one of my doggies, my mum will be really happy ! The main reason Shawn and I decide to hire her cos of her experience with dogs. She also have experience with babies. Plus her English is also not too bad and she has a sense of humor. I'm hiring her more to look after my doggies than Nigel. My mum will be taking care of Nigel.
But before we can hire the maid, the Govt decided that new employers have to go thru some dumb, time online consuming test that cost $30. I took abt 2 hrs to finish it. A total waste of time and money. Also, Iswati salary is $350, no off day, the Govt gets another $260 ! Suppose to get a $90 discount for the levy cos got baby, but govt will only give u the discount after the baby is born ! DUH !
Iswati came yesterday. I'm pretty pleased with her. She's hardworking, not lazy at all. And the big surprise is my fussy Xiang Xiang love her immediately ! wow ! He wans her to carry him. He got jealous when she's petting Xuan. Bad news, She found ticks on Xiang. Good thing is she knows how to remove ticks frm him.
Another Bad news. I went to my MIL's place to celebrate her Birthday. I started having contractions again at 10am, abt 10 mins apart. Each one last abt 1 to 3 mins. Took another dosage of my medicine. At 1 am, still no effect. Called my doctor and she advice me to go down to NUH. The doctor did some test to check whether if I have preterm labour @ $200 ! Wow ! Luckily test was negative, cervix still close, still have, another 2 cm. But i have been leaking a bit of aminotic fluid also. Contractions stop at 5am. Sighz. Little Notti Nigel was as usual kicking the monitor at my tum tum thru the whole episode. Wonder how much it will cost ..
Saturday, February 14, 2009
V'Day
14 Feb, Cloudy And Humid
Today is the all special Valentine Day. But poor me is all alone at home with only my 2 doggies, Xuan and Xiang. Sobs.. Where is Shawn? At work lor. Sighz. I went down to Compass point to have lunch with him at subway since everywhere is so crowded.. He got me a surprise! A nice bouquet of red roses and a talking bear. When you press the tummy of the bear, the cheeks lite up and it says I LOVE YOU ! So sweet! I thought Shawn was not getting anything for moi. But after an hour, he have to go back to work. Hope he get off work early today. But earliest will be about 1130pm. Sighz..
I'm finally into my 3th phase. 27 weeks now. Little Nigel is moving more these few days. His kicks are getting more painful. Think my womb have moved higher up as my lungs can't seem to take in more air. Plus I get full eating a little but hungry again very fast. I manage to sleep well for 2 nights in a row. I have strain the left side of my neck currently, it's giving me a really bad headache. Cramps have improved with the new medicine. But it's making me puke more and really tired. Maybe that's why I can sleep well. Hope I can carry Nigel to at least 36 weeks. Another 9 long weeks to go. Each day seems like an eternity to me. My dad is currently helping me to look for a maid. His fren own a few maid agency. So far the indo maids we got from him is pretty good. So I hope my luck holds up. My FIL is paying for my maid! Wow! I don't have high expectations for my maid. As long as the house is not messy, cooks ok food, love dogs and babies.
Sunday, February 8, 2009
A & E
08 Feb, SunShine
I got admitted to NUH today..Sobs...
I woke up around 7.30am with increased heartrate. My left side felt like there is lots of latic acid built up. Also had headaches on the left side. Vomitted a few times. And Shawn happily slept thru it all. At 8.45am, started to get contractions. About 15 mins per time. Took my medicine, contractions stop after 1 hr. Then a while later, started again but irregular. My dad took the car so had to wait till he's back at about 11 then went to NUH A&E.
On the way there the contractions went down. There was a huge crowd waiting at A&E. Luckily for my case, they wheel me direct to the labour ward. I was put on monitor for contractions and Nigel's heartrate. Given medications also every half hour. Contractions stop and cervix still closed. Nigel was very active thru the whole thing. He hated the monitor and kept kicking the monitor. The monitor was on loud speaker so you can actually hear him kicking and kicking. I went back home at about 3pm. I wonder how much it will cost me this time.. Sighz. They will send the bill to me...
I got admitted to NUH today..Sobs...
I woke up around 7.30am with increased heartrate. My left side felt like there is lots of latic acid built up. Also had headaches on the left side. Vomitted a few times. And Shawn happily slept thru it all. At 8.45am, started to get contractions. About 15 mins per time. Took my medicine, contractions stop after 1 hr. Then a while later, started again but irregular. My dad took the car so had to wait till he's back at about 11 then went to NUH A&E.
On the way there the contractions went down. There was a huge crowd waiting at A&E. Luckily for my case, they wheel me direct to the labour ward. I was put on monitor for contractions and Nigel's heartrate. Given medications also every half hour. Contractions stop and cervix still closed. Nigel was very active thru the whole thing. He hated the monitor and kept kicking the monitor. The monitor was on loud speaker so you can actually hear him kicking and kicking. I went back home at about 3pm. I wonder how much it will cost me this time.. Sighz. They will send the bill to me...
Thursday, February 5, 2009
26 week Gynae visit, Sleepless night ...
04 Feb, Rainy
Today's appointment is at 10.05am. Usually there will be a huge crowd and waiting time is around 1 hour. Surprisingly, Shawn and Moi only waited for 15 mins !! We were thinking whether to request for ultrasound cos want to know how heavy Nigel is. But decided to skip it and save $$. Now have to save $$ since I'm on hospitalisation leave. Only got basic pay, a pitiful $1400 before CPF....sobs... My commission is usually more than my basic. Back to the topic, Prof Rauff decided to stop my injections since I'm on bedrest. It's not good to take too much injections as my body will get use to it and it will not work anymore.
My contractions is better in a way. It's not as frequent. I had bad contractions on Sat and Sun, lasted about 1 hour. Mild contractions on Mon. Today I had mild contractions too. But my tummy was really sore after that. My morning sickness has come back. Seems worst than my 1st tri.
Little Nigel is really active today. Kicking and punching me whole day. Maybe that's why I'm feeling really sore. He just felt asleep only. Hope I can sleep well today. He's been waking up at 1am and kicking me thru the night. Also, I think he's on my bladder. I kept going toilet like every 15 mins! Yesterday night I manage to sleep only at 5am! The previous night at 4am. Also cos my gastric juice kept coming up my throat.
Today's appointment is at 10.05am. Usually there will be a huge crowd and waiting time is around 1 hour. Surprisingly, Shawn and Moi only waited for 15 mins !! We were thinking whether to request for ultrasound cos want to know how heavy Nigel is. But decided to skip it and save $$. Now have to save $$ since I'm on hospitalisation leave. Only got basic pay, a pitiful $1400 before CPF....sobs... My commission is usually more than my basic. Back to the topic, Prof Rauff decided to stop my injections since I'm on bedrest. It's not good to take too much injections as my body will get use to it and it will not work anymore.
My contractions is better in a way. It's not as frequent. I had bad contractions on Sat and Sun, lasted about 1 hour. Mild contractions on Mon. Today I had mild contractions too. But my tummy was really sore after that. My morning sickness has come back. Seems worst than my 1st tri.
Little Nigel is really active today. Kicking and punching me whole day. Maybe that's why I'm feeling really sore. He just felt asleep only. Hope I can sleep well today. He's been waking up at 1am and kicking me thru the night. Also, I think he's on my bladder. I kept going toilet like every 15 mins! Yesterday night I manage to sleep only at 5am! The previous night at 4am. Also cos my gastric juice kept coming up my throat.
Monday, February 2, 2009
Baby Nigel's Cutie Shoes
2nd Feb, Cloudy
Got my no. 16th injections today. Suppose to take last Friday but the clinic was closed. Today's injection is not so painful or maybe cos I'm use to it. My Poor Butts !!
Over the months, I have gotten a few cute socks and shoes for Nigel.. Some Online, some at flea markets.
I got the 2 pairs of Fox shoes at $4 each at East Coast flea market. There's flea market there every weekend. Quite a few stores selling second hand baby stuff. I gotten quite a few branded clothes from there at $2 each. No point getting first hand since baby grow really fast
Got this 2 pair of socks online at US$1 each. Very cute. The toys are rattles also. I think it's very entertaining for Nigel. I also gotten 2 pairs for my darling goddaughter for christmas. Of cos I didn't forget my godson. I got a nice romper for him which says " if I'm not sleeping, nobody sleeps!"
These 2 are pretty expensive. The cute rabbits shoes i got them online, is about US$20. The knitted shoes is from plaza sing S$25. They are too cute to resist.
Got my no. 16th injections today. Suppose to take last Friday but the clinic was closed. Today's injection is not so painful or maybe cos I'm use to it. My Poor Butts !!
Over the months, I have gotten a few cute socks and shoes for Nigel.. Some Online, some at flea markets.
I got the 2 pairs of Fox shoes at $4 each at East Coast flea market. There's flea market there every weekend. Quite a few stores selling second hand baby stuff. I gotten quite a few branded clothes from there at $2 each. No point getting first hand since baby grow really fast
Got this 2 pair of socks online at US$1 each. Very cute. The toys are rattles also. I think it's very entertaining for Nigel. I also gotten 2 pairs for my darling goddaughter for christmas. Of cos I didn't forget my godson. I got a nice romper for him which says " if I'm not sleeping, nobody sleeps!"
These 2 are pretty expensive. The cute rabbits shoes i got them online, is about US$20. The knitted shoes is from plaza sing S$25. They are too cute to resist.
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