FollowWhen I found out that I was pregnant with Alycia, my first born, I couldn’t believe my luck as she was an Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) baby conceived via IUI. Our fertility specialist told me on the day of my IUI procedure that only 1% of my hubby’s ‘little swimmers’ were good. I lost hope…
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Pre-Natal Check-Up At Week 37
Anyone who sees Dr Jason Lim at SYMC (the superstar gynae at SYMC) would know how fast he sees his patients. That’s the reason why I only go to see him after week 32, for all three of my pregnancies. Yesterday afternoon I waited almost half an hour and I was the first patient to see him…..…
Simple Lunch
That was my lunch yesterday – croissant stuffed with sardines, mayo, tomato ketchup and lots of Japanese cucumbers. I don’t have appetite to eat heavy meals these days. Even sitting at the dining table feels uncomfortable as my bulging tummy will be pressed against the table. I can’t even reach out to the dishes on…
Still Dragging My Feet
After reading Chin Nee’s post on her early preparation for the arrival of her twins (she’s only 23 weeks preggers), I realized that I haven’t done anything yet and I am already 36 weeks preggers this week! So this week or next week, I have to pack my hospital bag, dig out Aly and Sher’s old…
They Love Following Me To The Hospital
Alycia and Sherilyn just love tagging along with me to the hospital for my check-ups. First, they get to play in the playroom whilst I wait for my turn to see the Ob&G. Sometimes, daddy buys them sandwiches and muffins from Starbucks (yup, there is even a Starbucks within the hospital). Then, they get to…
Pregnant Belly At 35 Weeks
Pregnancy At 34 Weeks
I will be 34 weeks pregnant tomorrow. The Braxton Hicks contractions and tightenings on my uterus are getting more intense and frequent. This little babe has been giving me lots of strong and painful kicks too. She weighed 2.2kg on Monday. My weight is 53kg (increase of 9kg) and has not been going up for the last few weeks. I’ve…
Pregnancy at Week 31
That’s how big my belly is at week 31+. Of my 3 pregnancies, my belly is the biggest this time and weight gain todate is 8.5kg. I have finally decided to let the gynae at Sunway Medical Center deliver my baby since he is the one who delivered both Alycia and Sherilyn. I have just…
Pregnancy at 30th Week – Ultrasound Scan
I went for my 30th week detailed scan at the fetal specialist’s office yesterday. As usual, baby is really shy and keeps covering her mouth with her hands. My Ob&G kept shaking my tummy with the probe to make her budge her hand. Finally after about 15 minutes, she moved her hand away briefly and…
Pregnancy At Week 26+
I went for my pre-natal check-up today. The ultrasound scan revealed that my baby’s right kidney is still mildly dilated. The umbilical cord is also round her neck in a single loop. When I heard my ObG telling me that, I was really worried but my ObG was so blase about it and told me it’s very…
My Three Miracles Of Life
Any woman who has gone through infertility would understand how painful it is – both emotionally and physically and also strenuous on one’s pocket. I know it as I had gone through years of infertility before I had Alycia. I had sought various invasive methods of infertility treatments which include taking several rounds of Clomid, underwent a…
Pregnancy and Parenting Guide
Do you remember the very first time you said “ Honey, I am pregnant” to your hubby when the pregnancy test kit showed a double line? I still remember that particular day vividly. We were at the fertility clinic and the urine test results showed a positive. Hubby and I had gone through years of…
Pregnancy At 24 Weeks
Today is the 24th week I’m into my pregnancy. Went to Dr Patrick’s office this morning, the fetal specialist to have another detailed scan of my baby. The right kidney is still around 6mm+ dilated, which according to the dr. is considered mild. Dr Patrick told me that it is close to normal and reassured me that…
I’m Crazy Over Vegetarian Food
Vegetarian food is my latest crave now and these are my favorites now : Fried tofu blocks, stir-fried ‘foo choke’ (tofu skin) with ‘nam yue’ (fermented tofu…. yes yes, the entire dish is tofu based) and vegetarian meat balls. The vegetarian meat balls taste sooooo damn good. They are made from the stumps of black…
Oranges, Oranges, Oranges
These are some of my current pregnancy craves now – ‘kam kat’ (tangerines) and tiny mandarin oranges. When these were off-season a few months ago, it cost almost RM1 for EACH tiny tangerine, yet I bought them coz I was craving for them. Now, the tangerines are sold everywhere and I bought them for only RM5 per pack at…
Cravings Changing Like The Weather
My cravings are changing like the weather now. During the initial months of my pregnancy, I only liked eating salty and spicy food, absolutely nothing sweet as they would make me feel nauseous instantly, and I felt hungry all the time. At 20 weeks now, I feel bloated and full most of the time. My…