Waiting

BB [V],

As your movements get stronger and faster, Mummy knows that the end is here..

If you must know, you have been excellent in my womb as you barely give me any discomfort or pain...

Its interesting that you don't kick, but mummy do feel your occasional punch with your fist when you stretch..

You definitely enjoy your swims and turns as daddy and I watch in amusement when my stomach moves to your groove..

I am impressed that you do have a mind of your own when you move to remind me to eat... (especially so when I'm sleeping)

or when you are the one who controls my meals, having the exact appetite as daddy...

I enjoy you telling me that you recognize daddy's voice when he comes back or when daddy is awake...

It fun to feel you having your hiccups though we really pity you since it lasts at least 15 mins, we wonder how it feels to keep having them...

I will miss you getting startled in my womb when bambam does her sudden barks, because the feeling is indescribable when my heart and my womb leaps in tandem....

Mummy is going to miss you inside me and daddy is waiting...

I can feel you getting ready for your journey into the world..

We can't wait to cradle you in our arms...

Mummy

Roly Poly Floy

here is me at 35 weeks (1 wk short of 9 mths), +/- 13kg

I'm growing sideways and am so not motivated for dressups.. Everywhere is swollen, even my nose, its actually reddish when i don't powder my face, like Rudolph.. haha so appropriate right since its xmas...

Antenatal class

We finally graduated..

Yesterday was the last lesson for our antenatal class, it was to prepare both of us for the stages of labour. We did our breathing exercises, the relaxation poses,the proper position for labour, the signs of labour and the father's role during the labour.

Both of us enjoyed the 10 lessons we had, it prepares us emotionally and mentally the expectations as parents and how to look after the little one. It gives us an idea as new parents on how we want and can look after BB[V] .

It is great that DD Trev is so involved,, it honestly feel like we were doing our degree all over again. (Lectures, slides, books, discussions...) The lessons are extremely useful for DD Trev as he totally understands why I am behaving the way I am. He nows knows when to say the right things and when to shut up.. haha (preggers and hormones... you can NEVER win!!)

BB[V] is arriving in less than 40 days and I can feel the changes in my body. I never understood why preggers waddle, they walk like penguins!!

Well, I'm starting to do so sometimes, especially after sitting down for too long. The weight is so concentrated around the tummy area, the pelvic muscles and the joints are aching, the knees are starting to feel locked, the liagaments are loosing up to prepare for labour.The torso area is so itchy, I know she is stretching to get whatver little space there is inside.

I know its soon...

But when? Is she going to be a rat or ox, capricorn or aquarius?

I wonder which day she is choosing for her birthday....

Baby Kai

Latest addition to the family...

Kai Edward Lipman, 3.5kg , 51 cm, 13 December 2008

BB [V] 's cousin and playmate ...

We can't wait when Uncle Dave, Auntie Riannan and BB Kai comes down from Sydney in April..

My tum tums

Water Isssues

2 kg of fats or water??

I was shocked that the weighing machine showed that I put on 2 kg in 2 weeks.. but Dr Han said it was ALL just water. "It will be flushed away once BB [V] is out" he said that statement with a twinkle in his eyes.. Phew!!!

It was good news to me as I reckon it was easier to clear water than to clear fats, right!! I was happy like a bird!!!

Everything preggers do is a vicious cycle,
I refrained from drinking water as I wanted to control my toilet breaks...
I wanted to control my toilet breaks as I was not sleeping well...
I was not sleeping well as I was having the itch, remember??

Then I gained 2 kg... freakish... and all because of an itch..

Anyway I Yahoo-ed and read up about water retention, about 50% of preggers have it, Water retention during pregnancy is beneficial and a sign of a healthier fetus. (whoo.. BB [V] is about 2.4kg)

The trick is to drink more, to flush of the excess. So my goal to clear this 2 kg of water by the next appointment, which is on Boxing day..

By then I forsee another problem, Xmas weight!!hahahaaaaa

Fish

I decided to be adventurous today (07dec08) and ordered a plate of fish and chips..

Yahoo.. no adverse reaction!! Finally some brain food for BB[V]...

My first fish dish in 8 months...

But I think I will still stay away from the grilled, the steamed, I feel sick just writing it..yucks

Odd shape

wonder if its BB [V] hand, feet, elbow or knee........

Itchiness Of the Orifices

Orifice: The entrance or outlet of any body cavity

I am itchy!!!! The itch is just so bothering me, just so disturbing, just so irritating, just so cannot sleep....

I am itching at the weirdest places...

I have 11 earholes on my right ear, the whole bloody ear is itchy and only this ear! Damn no logic... I had to take my earring and start poking the holes so as to be able to ease the itch. Interestingly, it has been at least 15 years and they are all still open!!




My belly button is also killing me, the inside part YOU KNOW!!! don't know if its the piercing or the endoscopy operation... Everyday I'm using cotton buds to scratch the insides, sometimes I try to be adventurous by using my nails, damn shiok...

When I check the internet for answers, apparently its normal..arrrrggg!!!
boobies: its just growing to receive milk,
vjj: Ph level has changed,
bumbum: varicose veins caused by Bb's weight

Its always due to HORMONAL CHANGES!!

Oh dear, oh dear how long will this itch last......

Preggers Woes

9 months of joy and woe

Preggers glow: They claim its the increase in the blood that is flowing around giving the skin its radiance. But my analogy it is actually the invasion of the fats that is tightening the pores thus giving it that baby soft smooth skin.

Body change: It gets better later especially during the last trimester, at least it looks preggie. The boobs gets bigger and the stomach rounder. If not it just looks like a bloated buffet full stomach with stubby legs.

Pee-ing: Now that her head is down, she has a tendancy to keep lying on my bladder..When that happens, it can get as bad as toilet visits every 10-15 mins. Home; there isn't much a problem as daddy trev has since swapped sides with me as the toilet is nearer on his side. Outside; it is damn bloody frustrating to keep looking for toilet, its worse when u drip only 2 teaspoon of pee. Darn!!

Heartburn: The acid reflux is disgusting. Imagine warm horrible tasting fluid flowing up the oesophagus touching the base of tongue and its tastes bad. Not forgeting the fact that pregggers become an instant burp and fart machine. Seriously!!!

Water retention: Don't know if its water or fats. Its damn sad...

Itchy Belly: Its growth spurt time when the belly becomes really itchy. Sometimes I can be applying oil on the belly like 4 times in one night. Then you cant scratch cuz it will become stretch marks.. Self controolll!!!

Just as I was finishing this entry, daddy trev came into the room and called me a whale!!