waiting ...

Yup, I'm still waiting ... my induction is scheduled for Tuesday .. but I am still hopeful I will go into labour before then .. I stayed at home today .. I was suprisingly sleepy and couldn't think of anywhere to go. I still want to go to Vivocity ... but, er ... it is a rather far drive from there to KKH should I need to go.

We visited SITEX yesterday (Thursday) .. gosh it was crowded .. and we had to park BEHIND the Expo .. it was quite a walk to Hall 5. dammit. Plus, since we were early at around 11 plus, the blardy management STILL hadn't switched on the escalators .. so heavily pregnant aunty here had to climb up STAIRS .. I was cursing and swearing as I slowly made my way up. We spent about 2 hours there, had lunch at BK the decided to go to IKEA Tampines ... ah, that was fun for me ... replaced some kitchen stuff and bought storage boxes .. my maid happily stocked up on candles cos apparently the ones back in Indonesia suck big-time. We were done by about 4 I think .. I was by that time, quite revved up and wanted to head down to Vivocity so we could walk around there and see their decorations ... I took one look at hubby and the girls' exhausted faces and KNEW they weren't going to make it ... sigh. So I agreed to go home ... much to their relief. Good grief. I thought I was the heavily pregnant one here ... lol.

Anyway, we went to Cold Storage today to stock up on groceries in case things happen this weekend. Gosh, the waiting game ... Arghhhhh!

my 39th week appt ...

well, my bp was high ... it came down after testing at 15 minute intervals .. the 4th time .. lol. I am really sensitive to bp taking .. I get quite excited ... it affects the reading. I don't know how to control it ...

anyway, my gynae quizzed me on whether I was having any headaches (no), any water retention or body aches (also no) and decided to let me continue with my pregnancy till next week ... my water level is good and baby is fine ... but we've gone ahead and scheduled an induction for the 2nd of Dec .. a day before my EDD. After all, no point waiting once I've hit my EDD and there's no sign of baby ... so we decided to just book the date anyway.

She did however do a vaginal examination and basically tried to pry my cervix open in the hopes that it'll get labour starting before the 2nd ...

hopefully, it'll work so I won't have to get induced at all ...

In the meantime, I am aiming to go to Vivocity and also IKEA so please, please baby .. stay in there till I have a chance to go to these 2 places to see the Christmassy stuff ... lol !!

yes I still am ...

pregnant ... lol ..

I'm 39 weeks today .. I think I may just make it to my edd ... after all, I did for my last 2 pregnancies ... despite my running around here and there ... I went to Paragon on Monday ... walked from Orchard MRT station and nearly died ... I was with my friend and her 2 month old boy .. and he was in a stroller ... and I couldn't keep up!!! The minute we reached Paragon and she went off to meet her parents .. I started on my slow slow journey back to the MRT station ... I was walking so slowly I was hardly moving ... !! lol. It took me a hell of a long time to get back to the MRT station to catch a train back home ...

*sigh* yes, I stupidly thought it would be better for me to take a train instead of driving down to the CBD area earlier to meet another friend for lunch ... what an awful mistake .. !!

My first option was to park at Raffles City and then take the train one station up to Raffles Place ... I should've stuck to that plan instead of leaving my beloved vehicle at home and relying on pur public tranportation system. It wasn't the system that sucked ... it was the PEOPLE on the bus and train that MEGA SUCKED ... especially the MEN. Both ways up and down .. WOMEN were the ones who offered their seats to me ..

SHAME ON THE MEN.

I came home and told my maid that if sir died, I'd rather stay single the rest of my life than marry these horrible horrible Singapore men ...

Hubby keeps asking me why my "if-I'm-ever-single-again" scenarios always has him dying ...

hahahahaha :)

Anyway, I see my gynae today later at 2.30pm. She wants to talk to me about inducing since I have such fast and short labours and she doesn't want me driving myself to hospital while I'm in labour ... which of course is my plan .. duh ... I can still drive I'm sure .. possibly even road bully on the way to KK ... hahaha!!

Besides, inducing didn't work the last time with Emily ... only caused me a nite of unnecessary pain ... huh. So I'm sticking to my guns and telling her that I am not keen on being induced .. my BP is fine so I don't see why not ... I can still wait .. I have time .. another week in fact ..

Time enough for me to go to IKEA and some other shopping I haven't quite finished with ...

lol :)

Baby at 38 weeks

Gosh, I can't wait to see and hold her in my arms !!!

again and again ... lol

So the next day after our zoo outing ... we dragged Daddy to Orchard Road to see the Christmas light-up ... boy, was Daddy Mr Grumpazoids about the whole thing .. hahaha ... he claimed it was the lousiest birthday he had every had .. and that it was way past his bedtime (we arrived at Orchard Road at nearly 9pm so as to avoid the crowds). We parked at Holiday Inn Parkview near Centrepoint and headed to Macs first for ice-cream since it was still drizzling at the time. Once the drizzle stopped, we made our way slowly to Ngee Ann City ... and took photos along the way ... it was actually quite a disappointment .. which made Daddy more grumpy ... he was grumbling to our maid ...hahahaha .. she just kept laughing ... I ignored him and happily snapped photos of the girls ...

It was very tiring for me admittedly ... on the way back to Centrepoint, my tummy was beginning to feel crampy and I had to support the weight with my hands ... gawd, I hate it when I see other pregnant women do that ... well, now I know WHY they do it .. hahahah. My feet were aching too ...



But of course after a good nite's sleep, I was rearing to go out the next day as I'd already made a lunch appt with my friend and her kids at Suntec ... I really didn't intend to stay as long as we did .. we were at Suntec from 11am till 5.30pm ... my parking charge came to $14.98 ... *sigh* and yes, my feet were aching by the end of the outing. Plus I was an unhappy driver on the way back home and horned ungraciously at stupid drivers on the road who kept pissing me off with their terrible driving. hahaha. One of my friends has pointed out that pregnancy has been me somewhat of a road bully.

huh.

Tempting fate ....

Ahh yes, 38 weeks pregnant .. and I HAVE to walk around the zoo ... lol .. it's the holidays, man ... I need to bring my girls out .. went to the new Kidszworld ... awesome !! They had an enjoyable time with their old time friends .. John and Anna .. :) Claudia has known them since we were all in the States together ..

at home ...

Ah yes, and after this photo, I had such a tough time getting up off the floor ... lol :)

I had some spotting today ... methinks I won't make it to the 3rd of the Dec - my edd - oh dear. I haven't done A LOT of stuff ... I have yet to buy my Maxi Cosi Infant car seat .. (darn) ... and have my eyebrows trimmed ... (yes I am vain, I don't want pictures of me and bebe with my ugly un-trimmed eyebrows)

The spotting (brown) is usually a sign of impending labour ... I read that it can happen within the next 2 weeks so .. who knows - I may still make it to the 3rd of Dec after all.

Damn it ... there goes my plan to bring my girls to the zoo on Monday (Stanley asked me if I wanted to have my baby at the zoo) and IKEA Tampines on Tuesday ...

I'll keep u guys updated :)

37 weeks ...

Hubby says I shouldn't be posting a pic of my tummy online ... it's not porn .. it's not even exciting looking ... just a huge tummy ... lol.

Luckily I'm er, plump, to begin with .. so no stretch marks :) wooo hooo .. that's the ONLY advantage to being er, plump ..

sigh ...

I'm waiting ... I'll be 37 weeks tomorrow .. I love being pregnant but I'm also anxious to see my baby :) I was just thinking of doing a maternity shoot ... when hubby suddenly asks me in the car yesterday ... "Do we want to go for Baby No. 5?" ...

hahahahahaha!

At the time, it wasn't funny cos I just have this week and probably the nezt to make up my mind and book the package to do the shoot before I pop.

My response was ... "WHHHHHHHHAAAT?!!!!!" --- and then I went .. "But I want to book a maternity photo shoot .. Can u pls decide and let me know so I can call them up to book ASAP?"

I thought we had decided already on the baby bit ... obviously I thought wrong ..

It's not that I absolutely don't want another baby ... I really would love to have more kids .. but time doesn't seem to be on my side .. I'll be 35 right after Christmas this year .. if we go for another baby, I'll probably give birth when I'm 37 ...

Yes, yes it's not that old .. but I always envisioned myself to be free and easy at that age .. not running after a little one ..

Anyway, we still have time to THINK ABOUT IT. lol :)

My gynae says I don't have to do the ligation procedure right after I give birth .. I can always come back to her in a year or 2 when we decide for sure ... while that sounds like a good plan, the slight flaw with that plan is if I get pregnant FIRST ...

Oh well.

Then we'll really have to buy a mini-bus ...

SO cute !!!

I had lunch with a friend at United Square yesterday ... and then of course, we walked around the kiddy shops looking at clothing .. I saw this at Gingersnaps and fell in love with it immediatedly !! It's meant for my new girl .. I bought it in size "6 months" ...

I was pleasantly surprised to learn from the sales lady that Gingersnaps is from the Phillipines ... they have some really lovely, lovely and sometimes quirky stuff .. and the material is so suitable for the weather here ... it's soooo soft and comfy .. :)

36th week appt ...

and my gynae claims my baby is still ok sized at this point .. 3 kg .. and that it's unlikely she'll hit 3.9kg in the next 4 weeks ...

huh. I hope she's right ... baby seems bigger and longer than Emily in my tummy .. I can feel her every movement .. and guess what? For the first time in all my pregnancies, I have heartburn ... well, not all the time .. but a good part of the day ... it's not too bad .. I can still ignore it and eat .. but I'm just amazed that I even have it ..

I usually have none of the stuff that plague pregnant women (besides the 1st trimester nausea which I've had the misfortune of having for all my pregnancies) ... so this time it's slightly different - with my heartburn - ... and baby feels really bigger in my tummy which btw is also bigger .. I've only gained about 5 kg so far ... in total ... so thank goodness for that .. but she seems to be taking up a hell of a lot of space in my ever expanding tummy ... my tummy still can expand some more .. since I am on the large side .. so no stretch marks for me .. but I can feel her all the way up near my ribcage right down to my pelvis ..

I'm still hoping to high heaven that she'll be 3.4kg at birth ... lol :)

Me and my pink girls

Here we are .. we spent the afternoon at Sentosa with Daddy and took a round trip cable car ride .. :) the girls LOVED it and my maid was initally terrified cos we got the glass bottomed cabin.