Looking back...

Oh wow... Time flies... Today, I am into my 31st weeks of pregnancy, which means, 9 weeks till I meet up with my little prince!

Looking back, I have passed through the terrible 1st trimester, enjoying myself for the 2nd trimester, and now, into the 3rd trimester, which again, not as easy as before...

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I still remember the moment we get to know that I am pregnant. I was vomiting non-stop for about 2 days, where we blame my brother on not doing a proper cleaning on the utensils, hence, causing me food poisoning. Then, we suspected that I wasn't food poisoning, but maybe pregnant… that lead us to get a pack of pregnancy test kit from Guardian. Tested twice and results were the same: I am pregnant!

During my 1st trimester, I was suffering on non-stop vomiting. Well, I should be glad that I wasn't working, which I may be able to sleep for 14 hours a day... At the same time, I took the opportunity to get rid of my morning caffeine addiction. Just can't imagine those working mummies... How did they go thru that!? In terms of weight gain, I actually loss about 1kg in my 1st trimester, due to the severe vomiting, even though I had been eating quite a lot! Other than that, I had notice the changes in my body: Pimples has been breaking up non stop on my face & my body (I have found pimples on my tummy, back, hand and legs!), enlarged breast where I had to go on emergency shopping for larger bra size, body hair started to fall off (which is good!), where my finger, hand, and legs’ hair are lesser… and the worst gift was, enhanced smelling ability. I can smell many weird things where Lewis and King were not able to detect those. I get irritated at cooking smell, shampoo smell, doggie smell, etc… I can’t cook during the 1^st trimester, even when the neighbor was cooking, I had to close all the windows and doors and lock myself in my bedroom (or toilet!). Again, we went on “emergency shopping” to source for non-fragrant shampoo, soap, cleanser, etc… Cheezie (my little Maltese) was brought back to KL home for temporary boarding. After all these hard works was done, I started to crave for food. And the best thing was, I was craving for KL/PJ hawker stall’s food, such as Hok Kien Mee, Pork noodles, Ban mian, chee cheong fun, etc… which must be the KL/PJ style, not the Singaporean style. Hok Kien Mee in Singapore is in white color (no dark sauce), with normal yellow noodle, not the dai lok mee like we had. Pork noodles here are tasteless, they call it bak chor mee, dry style with vinegar, eewww … Ban mian is even worst, tasteless and the soup was gluey with all the flour… Cha quay teow in S’pore is sweetened type, can’t find the penang style… >.<>

Finally, the nightmare of the 1^st trimester was over… Everything slowly turned back to normal. In fact, I felt so good in the 2^nd trimester and I started to go swimming weekly. We visited several places in Singapore like Zoo, recovery center, science center, etc… until one fine day, while we were visiting the Singapore Recovery center, I was clumsily fall down.. Just fell down like that, without kicking any obstacle on the road. I got my knee injury then, but thanks God that baby was fine (he was kicking non stop after the fall!) 2 weeks for the knee recovery, and then, I got flu! Went to see doctor twice. Since I was pregnant, the doctors gave me the mildest medicine, which took me 3 weeks to recover… we were so worry about the little one inside, that he might get infected. After all, things get smoother. I was still having the craving for KL food, but not as bad as in 1^st trimester. We planned our trip back to KL once a month, no longer a weekly task.

Then, by the end of 2^nd trimester, we were enjoying ourselves in our 10 days Japan trip. From Kyoto to Hakone to Gotemba to Tokyo, non stop walking, shopping, visiting temples, shines, and eating. I gained 3 kg from the trip itself, but Lewis gained 4!!!! We had no idea how much weight that Lewis’s dad gained, but it was so obvious that his shirt was way too small for him during the last few days. Many ppl thought that we were crazy; going on trip with my 27 weeks tummy, and more over, it was a light and easy trip (not following tour). I even went to onsen (hot spring), Lewis and his dad were enjoying themselves at the onsen. Since I wasn't ready to boil the little one inside with that hot spring water, I was allowed to soak up to my knee. Then, we had four days frenzy shopping (from morning to late night) at Tokyo. Shop from Takashimaya, Isetan, Roppongi Hills then to Akihabara for electronics goods and anime stuff… crazy…

Nesting instinct kicked in after the Japan trip. I had been online sourcing for idea, review, forum to compare breast pump, sterilizer, baby moisturizer, baby shampoo, diapers, etc… Since we opt for total breast feeding, we were busy asking around about breast pump and sterilizer. After comparing the function and prices, we noticed that Malaysia and Singapore’s distributor are selling the pumps at higher than MSRP. With that, I started my “online shopping” engine. I brought the pump from US directly, including tax and shipping cost, it was still far cheaper than buying in KL/S’pore. I went for the baby shopping daily for about two weeks to look for baby cot, bedding set, and all the baby stuff. I was told not to buy too many baby cloths as baby grows very fast. But, those clothing were so cute, and I couldn’t resist buying them. At the end, we have over supply of baby cloths now. Too late! And somehow, I am still buying when I saw those nice clothing… :-p

My tummy had been growing fast now-a-days. And I started to feel the discomfort due to the heavy weight and baby movement. This little one is real active baby. He has been turning up and down very frequently. Even though Dr said that his position will soon be stabilized. Two weeks ago, when we went for the follow up checking, the baby was in breech position, but he had started to turned head down these few days, causing me lots of discomfort and pain. Back ache, leg cramp, sleepless nights became part of my life now. Just can’t wait to see him face to face. 9 more weeks to go, and he will be saying “hi” to this world. Just be patient and wait…