My Mommy's The Best!

Indeed, my mommy is the best! =)
This cutesy baby top is my first and was given by Cousin Tiara and Tania.
When daddy saw it, the first question that came to his mind was: " How come it is Mommy and not Daddy is the best?"

C-try carrying little one for the full preggy journey (though I'm only15 weeks and not so big and heavy yet) and I gladly announced to the whole wide world - Daddy's the Best!

Thank you cousin Tiara and Tania. Mommy told me she used to bring you both to play and have Macdonald's and you told mommy that you will do the same to me. I am sooo looking forward to the outings!

Me, Milo and Amos

Here you go, my companions for my tea breaks that oscillates between 4-4ishpm every afternoon. Well, their names are Milo and Amos. They have been my faithful companions since week 8 of my preggy journey. =)

Shaoji Shaorou Fan- anyone?

Basically, it means roasted pork and roasted chicken rice!
One of Little Moo's and my favourite dish ( at the moment)! Heee!
Well, it used to be chee cheong fan... Heee!

Little Moo and Friends

I went to Harbourfront Mothercare to check out the baby items on sale and thought I pop by Vivocity for a walk. For sure, this is my no. 4 or 5 times at Vivo as this place is always jammed packed with people. Since today is a week day and my day off ( thinking that the crowd would be half of the weekend crowd) lets give a try but I was wrong, there are loads of people especially the younger generations hanging out and around at Vivo.

Walked past Marche and spotted their brand ambassadors - the moos moos. Sat on the bench for a while, munching away my famous amos cookies, enjoying the beautiful scene in front of me and at the same time talking to my little moo.

Another nice sunny day with my little moo and its friends....

Lucky Number 13

Monday 13 July marks the start of the offical 13 weeks of my pregnancy.

1313 - a solid good number to buy 4D? =)

Hopefully the symptoms of the first trimester fade away and honestly, I do not need any new ones in my 2nd Trimester and so forth. I heard there will be gum bleeding, water retention, and constipation which had always been my companion in life (yucks!)

Well well, hope the start of the 2nd trimester will go well and Little Moo will grow strong and healthy!

A Dear Letter for Aunty Ellen

Dearest Aunty Ellen - Thank you for the lovely pressies you got for me and mummy! My very first pressies! I love the name you gave me - Little Moo!

Mummy instructed daddy to start reading to me soon and place batteries in the book for me to see the cowface lit up! =)

I told mummy to take my picture when I am born and place in the frame you gave as well.

Your book gave mummy and daddy some ideas on how to decorate my room though I am not sure if I am a boy or girl but the horoscope's colours gave them an idea for a headstart.

Mummy tells me a lot about you and I know you were colleagues at work and close like sisters. I hope the next time you meet mummy, I am literally around to feel you and embrace you.

Thank You and I hope to see you soon!

XOXO, Little Moo

The OSCAR!

Dun be mistaken.. this is not the annual red carpet event that takes place every year in Hollywood. Instead it was the so caled first trimester screening that all preggy mums to be had to take. But well, it is optional and not really a must have to take. Just that being a first time mum, you tend to be superly overlly cautious and anxious and whatever the gynae recommends, you just say yes yes and yes.

The OSCAR is a scan that takes place between 11 and 14 weeks of pregnancy, to assess the risk of their baby having Down's syndrome.

This is what happens during an OSCAR Scan
1) sonographers takes an ultrascound of the baby and tries to measure the length and thickness of the neck area (baby had to be in that ONE unique position for the sonographer to take this measurement)
p.s - little one was asleep and had to be woken up by the sonographer continuous rub over one area of my tummy
2) blood samples from the mum to be will be taken for laboratory tests

The above two steps more or less conclude the OSCAR.

My results will only be ready next week and hopefully all will be fine. =)

I shall post the images when they were sent to me. In the meantime, both of us get to find out that Little One now measures 7.25cm and Dr Tan mentions it is may be a big baby. Haa we'll see, both C and me are nor that big size to start off with and hence, we feel it is just the beginning.

One thing that came out good of this visit - I am officially cleared and completed my first trimester! Moving on to the next one which most documented were the best out of the 3 terms. I am spotting a small tummy now and me being petite, the bulge is a but hard to hide now....

Bizzare Dreams...

They sat that preggy ladies will have weird dreams during trimesters and boy, am I a firm believer! To date, I guess I have countless weird dreams, some so vague that I Knew I had a dream while some so deeply embedded in my mind that even when I woke up, I can relate the full story.

Let us talking about the dream two nights ago.
We were getting married again for the second time. Kind of Bizzare as we fekt we were married and that ceremony seem to be a renewal of wedding vows. I was always prepared for big events in my life like this but there I was standing in a plain off-cream short dress that looks like a bridesmaid dress than a wedding gown, hair was done but face make up and everything was just way off. I look ard at my galfrens who came to help us, they were all dressed to the nines with glam dresses and pant suits and i even ask C this.

Me: Do you have a suit?
C: I did.
Me: How come? I forgot to call Jazz Bridal for the stuff and I dun even look like a decent bride to walk down the aisle ( in almost panic tone and wana pikc up the phone and call for help)
C: (looking at me clueless and cldnt even bother to answer or offer help to calm down)

I didnt have proper jewellery to adorn the simple dress. I pick up the phone and call my daddy and these are the instructions I told him - "Daddy, go to my room, stand in front of the open wardrobe, on the left side, open the first drawer, get my diamond ring and whatever jewellery you can find. My daddy replied immediately - "Why didnt you pack everything there, you are super last minute and the items are expensive to carry ard, I am not bringing. Line dead.

Just as I was about to think of creative ways to work things ard( maybe I should pop a mentos then), the scene changed and I found myself wide awake lying on my bed. It's 3am in the morning and I guess I need the bathroom more than anything now....

Our Prune...

This is how Little One looks like in 11th week.
CRI: 4.2cm
if you look at the first picture, you see a faint print of the hand, it was then doing the elmo wave. =)

The Elmo Wave

I wanted to blog this on the day that we went for the second appointment but silly me didnt bring my lappie home and C's lappie does not have a XD card reader and I couldnt find my external connector for the camera. (Yes.. these are all excuses...)

In truth, this mom to be is pure lazy and super lazy. =)

Will not be long winded and will be telling the highlights of the second visit.
So looking forward to the scan and there we see Little One doing the Elmo Wave to us both.
You may be wondering if it was the way the roller ball machine moves over my tummy that may cause the elmo wave which C thinks it is the cause (damn logic!). This mummy to be choose to believe that it is Little One saying Hello to us. Sweet moment.

Oh yes - it was doing that hip hop bouncing action and Dr Tan told us it is swallowing fluids in the tummy so tend to bounce a little... heeee... cute...

Then we get to see the fingers/ knuckles, its body stetching and I was shocked that it grew double in length in just 2 more weeks. It is now 4.2cm now and Dr Tan says all is well but of course as a medical practioner, she also have to be honest and let me know I am not out of the so called danger zone yet. I am in my 11th week right now ( 2 more to go and 1st trimester will be over!)

Nevertheless, 2 more weeks and mummy can see you again and this time, we had to do some tests (oscar scan, blood tests) with docs and nurses in the clinic to make sure that all is well with you.

Like I always say to you, be strong for mummy and daddy!

Love ya lots!