It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year

Just in a few blinks and Christmas is already over. Oh times flies! Soon it will be Chinese New Year!

2015 surely is the year our lives "leveled up" as we welcomed little Kyra! Right after confineyand Kyra's full moon, my mom suggested that I move back to my parents home till Kyra reach 100 days old. Because my mom can't stop worrying if I am eating the right food or if I am able to manage Kyra on my own. (My mom handled my confinement because we sweetly convinced her to)

We all thought it was a great idea, also its my mom's way of saying "I've missed you so much ever since you got married and moved out!!" Needless to say, my dad spoilt Kyra to the max!! He carries her and cuddles her on demand, and even when she doesn't need to be sooth he will still rock her and talk to her. Now Kyra demands attention every waking moment, even when I out her down just to get a drink of water. Grandpas have the best job!

100 days sure pass by quickly when you have your hands full, and it was time to move back to my in-laws. Kyra adjusted pretty well, just as I was so used to having to put her to sleep and waking up in the middle of the night to feed her. On Christmas eve, she slept through the whole night! On boxing day eve, she fell asleep on her own after having her milk. Oh my she's growing up too fast!

2016 is going to be eventful, being a new parents and learning new things with little one, being jobless and stay at home mom so hubby has to work harder. I still can't believe I'm a mom!!!

Merry Christmas and a blessed new year to everyone!

The Day We Welcomed Our Little One

As I finally got to sit down in front of my laptop to actually update my dusty blog, Little One is now 22 days old. Little One popped out and said hello 22 days ago, how time flies! I know some of you definitely are maybe a bit curious on the whole experience and all that, well here is how it all went down. Thinking back it was kind of funny, a little embarrassing and pretty much quite a blur.

I had my scheduled appointment with my doctor just a day before my estimated due date, still no signs of Little One being ready to say hello, and my cervix was apparently still shut tight! So my doctor advised me to get induced if nothing happens at the night of the due date, before Little One gets even bigger. Meanwhile he said he's going to assist in opening my cervix a little, to get the bodily chemicals working (that's how he described it). And boy was it an UNPLEASANT FEELING!! I got to say, from that on, I am freeze every time I hear the doctor or midwife say "We need to check your cervix".

On the day of the expected due date, I had a little false alarm or false scare, whatever you want to call it because I started bleeding a little. Turns out it was nothing, after making a trip down to hospital and discovering that the bleed was caused by my doctor's attempt to assist the cervix in opening up. But by dinner time, that's when the pain started. Of course being pregnant for the first time, and having a baby arriving soon, I would assume that they were contractions. I was scheduled to admit the very next morning to get induced, so I toughen up and wait it out till morning. it was the worst 12 hours I had to endure, watching the clock every half an hour, not being able to sleep with all the discomfort and pain while the hubs snores away.

After the long wait till it was time to get admitted, no time was wasted, the nurses, midwives, my doctor started checking Little One's heartbeat and tracking my contractions then giving me the medication to induce labour. About a couple of hours after I was given the medication, my water started to leak, but nothing was really happening yet but just wait. A lot of waiting and a lot of getting check up on, while the hubs was sweet to accompany me all day in my hospital room. The pain got more intense as the hours past, I was a wuss and ended up asking for painkillers which would make me a little sleepy, and then more waiting.

Nearly more than 12 hours later, my doctor said its time to take me to the labour room to give me some sort of IV drip the help with the inducing, because I was only like less than 4cm dilated, I think? I asked for more painkillers but I wasn't allowed any, but I could only have laughing gas and water. So bring it on! The laughing gas didn't really help much with the pain but it did make me really dizzy and sleepy, so dizzy that I puked and got a little dehydrated. Not long after the doctor finally came in and said "Okay, time to get ready to deliver your baby. You're still not dilated enough but I have to help you already la." Having not slept for more than a day, drugged with painkillers and laughing gas. I was so out of this world all blur and confused, a lot was happening which I will not go into details. I do remember asking the hubs if it was too late to opt for a c-sec because I no longer had any energy left to continue. I do remember the hubs and my doctor laughing saying everything is fine, and no c-sec because the anaesthesiologist already went home.

I was actually sorta half expecting the hubs would be standing one side, but instead he was watching the whole "crime scene" even chatting with the midwives asking when am I suppose to push and all that. I was so impressed! He seemed pretty relaxed through the whole delivery which made everything less of a panic for me. Little One finally popped out to say hello, and she really is a big baby! We were all relieved that everything went well, I'm fine, Little One is fine,the hubs is fine. Though I suddenly had the energy to joke around with my doctor as he stitched me up (she really is a big baby!).

And that's the some what delivery story of the day we welcomed our little Kyra Anne~~!!!!! Next challenge, taking care of a new born, oh dear oh my...

The bun is still baking.

It is now exactly one more week till my EDD (Estimated Delivery Date) of our little human. Wonder if she's a punctual one or an early one. Only time can tell. Yes, we are having a little punk rock princess!!

Many have asked, the typical questions and giving advice ......

"Are you ready?"
Seriously? Who ever is??? Especially when it's your first baby.....

"Natural or C Sec?"
I'm listening to my doctor's advice.

"What's your pain tolerance level? You're gonna die from the pain!"
Gee......thanks?

"Are you going to ask for any painkillers or epidural?"
....... I don't think so

"You better more sleep now or else."
Hmm......easier said than done.

"Are you sure you can eat ice cream?"
Come on...seriously? It's ice cream! Give me a pint now!!

"Eat more now! You won't get to enjoy all these food anymore!"
....... I'll live.

Those are just some of the stuff that I can remember that I personally find makes me speechless. But truth be told, I am FREAKING out! The whole pregnancy has its own ups and downs, but this is only the beginning ....... I know that very well. Well I guess we are just going to wing it as it goes.

I am definitely looking forward to mum's home cooked meals though.

Any Day Now

Time is really flying by like a rocket ship! 36 weeks already and pretty soon we will be meeting our little one face to face. Mini human!

Have we bought and prepared everything we need? Did we get the right stuff? Did we get enough? Are we able to set up little one's sleeping corner in time?? Panic mode!!!!

Everything seems more real day by day. Am I ready? Are we ready? No more time to doubt, just go to jump in and wing it. Positive vibes, anything is possible. Amen.

Though we have been getting lots of "advice" on getting more sleep now, or else. Well easier said than done people.....try getting comfortable with a 2.7kg watermelon strap to you. Every turn and movement is a challenge.

And since I am a clumsy person by nature, I have to be extra careful of tripping over my own feet and bumping into stuff. But every other day now, I keep bumping the bump into table corners and chairs........I bet it must have felt like an earthquake in there for little one. Haha.

Counting down the weeks and days now, trying to crochet as many cute stuff as I can and binge watching tv series before I get too busy. Any day now.

"Adventurous" Doctor Visits.

So we are having a little human. What do I do next? Visit the gynea of course, but.... I've never been to one before, in my life!

I really thank God that for almost a year now I started to keep in touch with a high school mate. We have never really spoken before in high school, but was recently reunited by a mutual high school friend of ours during her wedding, and we have been keeping in touch.

She gave me a lot of helpful tips and also recommended that I pay a visit to the gynea she went to when she was pregnant with her little boy. And what an adventure it was!

Turns out the doctor she recommended me is pretty well known and gets A LOT of patience daily. We needed to try our best to be there before 6.30am to grab a number and then register ourselves, and registration time is 8am. We had a lot of time to kill, from having breakfast at nearby mamak to loading movies on my ipad to kill time. Sometimes the hubs brings his laptop so he could do his work.

For our very first visit, naturally we overslept and we went on a weekend so we waited nearly 6-7 hours till our turn! Boy was it tiring, yet thrilling because we get to see our tiny little human in the scans. And from then on, every single visit was an adventure, watching our little one grow from a tiny little egg sac to a mini human.

Time sure flies like nobody's business, we are now at 33 weeks! Can't wait till our next doctor appointment!

How did we keep our little secret?

Obviously by the time this post is up, it is no longer a secret anymore because my bump would be super duper obvious. But apparently still not obvious enough when I take the public transport because some people are still too blind and selfish to give me their seat.

So how did we keep our little secret for almost 4 months?

Having found out that we are having a little human before Chinese New Year, we were concern about family meal times and friend gatherings. Because knowing how much I enjoy my alcoholic beverages and spicy food, along with the compulsory "lou sang" before every meal. Would people get suspicious when I don't eat the yee sang or decline a lovely glass of ice cold beer?

Well, no one noticed or suspected, but only gave me very confused looks went I declined having those delicious white wine that was on free flow during the company's annual dinner.

Fortunately I did not suffer any morning sickness that involves vomiting, but I did however loose my appetite for more than 3 months. I had to force myself to eat every meal, in fear that I might not have enough nutrient. Plus I didn't gain any extra weight until the 4th month which was the time the hubby was about to explode from keeping our little secret for so long.

But now that the secret is out, he can breathe easy now, and start his shopping spree for all things cute! Can't wait to meet our little human :)

What on earth has been happening?

Lack of motivation? Not bothered? Or just plain lazy .....

Nearly 9 months since I last updated my blog! Should I just shut it down since it is only a personal blog? I have yet to decide.

So what on earth has been happening in this silly girl's life, especially since after getting hitched and moving in with the hubby and his family.

October 2014

We finally decided on our honeymoon destination - BORACAY!! WOOHOOO!! It was an awesome vacation and I would to return there again in the near future. We did make a tiny little mistake planning our trip, our stay was too short because we didn't know it would take us a full day to get to the island. Almost 12 hours of travelling!

November 2014

The hubby convinced me to sign up for the Maze Challenge, a way to keep us active and participating on a fun event together. It was not bad, I actually wished there were more obstacles, but then it was a time based challenge.

December 2014

Joined the Run For Your Lives 2014 with the hubby and some friends. Boy oh boy why did I agree to join him on marathons when I don't enjoy long distance running............it was definitely fun getting chased by zombies and going through obstacles. But it was oh so tiring and HOT!!! Our slot was fairly early but some of the roads were closed due to MRT constructions, so we only made it to the race site at almost noon.

January - June 2015

Could say that 2015 started out pretty quiet and slow, yet maybe not so much, because we did have big news which we struggled to keep hidden for almost 4 months! We are going to have a little human, and yes it was planned. We just didn't know that it would happen almost immediately though, so here's to another new milestone in life.