I've been very motivated to work hard like a cow lately, dealing with all the incoming problems from both companies under my husband's management. It feels good to be needed. It feels good to be appreciated in some ways. Time flies a lot quicker for me. Without realizing, i need to go for week 23's checkup this Thursday. Another month has gone by. I was buried in piles of work. But i seem to be enjoying it at the moment.
Another 3.5 months to meet my girl face to face. It's been a moment of anticipation since the day we found out we're pregnant with our precious baby. I can't say i've been very health-conscious so far as i do drink milk tea, carbonated drinks from time to time but i've tried my best to avoid them if i can.
At the mean time, i'm still taking iron, calcium, folic acid one tablet each as daily supplement for my body and baby's. I drink pregnancy milk powder almost daily and recently, as introduced by a friend of mine, i start to drink protein powder supplement so that my girl grows stronger and bigger each day. I tried to cut down on my carbohydrate intake slowly and i'm still working on it as i need to maintain my energy level for work. One thing i notice is my girl can kick and move VIGOROUSLY in me now! When i say VIGOROUS, i do mean VIGOROUS without much concern that she shares my tummy at the mean time. No, she doesn't take that into consideration. Every night, she just party away in the belly doing whatever she enjoys doing. As i still haven't figure out (i dont know if i ever will) whether that's a kick or a punch, she just loves to do that sudden sharp kick or punch whenever i'm at the border line to almost fall asleep. Then, she just stops and leaves me staring at the ceiling for at least another 15 minutes before the sleep bugs come again. I'm being bullied! T__T already....
Anyway, we've already planned something out. Half year after she is born, we'll be bringing Chloe back to Perth to visit her grandma and both aunty and uncle..hehe. Then, when she's around 1 year old, we might bring her for her first time holiday somewhere near. ^_^ I'm looking forward to it...
Showing posts with label Pregnancy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pregnancy. Show all posts
Monday, July 7, 2008
Monday, June 30, 2008
Revitalised!
It's equally important to anything you find in your top to-do priority list! Especially when you're being pregnant and you think you just look so pale, dull, swollen and in the nutshell, ugly.
My wonderful husband bought me a BIG box of skin care products from Clarins a month ago. I've been using them for a month now and man, i feel good about myself. Despite being big and bigger, swell and getting more swollen, i find myself rejuvenated every time i use the skin care. You have to feel good of yourself, you have to love yourself before others love you! The wallet bled a bit after he bought the pack but he is just being so sweet and considerate and most wonderful husband of all! Love you dear!
Here's the BIG pack:
And it has every thoughtful mind in it:
A carry bag where i store all the products in there AND of course, the bag can be used for every other purpose when it comes fit.
From left to right: A non-alcoholic face toner, a soothing bathing gel, a 100% natural herbal stretch mark-prevention/minimization oil, a big tube of body scrub (I LOVE THIS), a day-time face lotion and a small bottle of energizing emulsion for my exhausted legs.
From left to right: I bought the second slim bottle a month later and it cost me around RM200. It's said to rejuvenate your facial complexion, improve blood circulation, lessen the dark rings and eyes puffiness and it helps to detox my face where all the 'toxic' could be wash down the 'drain' via the lymph nods located behind my ears. The last small tube is the newly bought face scrub that i used to use it when i was still in Australia.
I have to mention it again! I LOVE THIS BABY! I take time to scrub the whole body with it. Splash a little amount of water on the body and just scrub in circular motion and you'll feel like you're a soap! So slippery and smooth! I do this twice a week and the scrub leaves my skin smelling herbally great!
Claimed to be good for reducing stretch mark but my skin is still smooth and even smoother than before. Well, cuz it's very stretched now? ^_^ Stretch mark, GO AWAY!
My wonderful husband bought me a BIG box of skin care products from Clarins a month ago. I've been using them for a month now and man, i feel good about myself. Despite being big and bigger, swell and getting more swollen, i find myself rejuvenated every time i use the skin care. You have to feel good of yourself, you have to love yourself before others love you! The wallet bled a bit after he bought the pack but he is just being so sweet and considerate and most wonderful husband of all! Love you dear!
Here's the BIG pack:
And it has every thoughtful mind in it:
A carry bag where i store all the products in there AND of course, the bag can be used for every other purpose when it comes fit.
From left to right: A non-alcoholic face toner, a soothing bathing gel, a 100% natural herbal stretch mark-prevention/minimization oil, a big tube of body scrub (I LOVE THIS), a day-time face lotion and a small bottle of energizing emulsion for my exhausted legs.
From left to right: I bought the second slim bottle a month later and it cost me around RM200. It's said to rejuvenate your facial complexion, improve blood circulation, lessen the dark rings and eyes puffiness and it helps to detox my face where all the 'toxic' could be wash down the 'drain' via the lymph nods located behind my ears. The last small tube is the newly bought face scrub that i used to use it when i was still in Australia.
I have to mention it again! I LOVE THIS BABY! I take time to scrub the whole body with it. Splash a little amount of water on the body and just scrub in circular motion and you'll feel like you're a soap! So slippery and smooth! I do this twice a week and the scrub leaves my skin smelling herbally great!
Claimed to be good for reducing stretch mark but my skin is still smooth and even smoother than before. Well, cuz it's very stretched now? ^_^ Stretch mark, GO AWAY!
Sunday, June 22, 2008
Blows from inside!
What's that?! Calm down. It is my baby...SHE is trying to tell me that she's doing superb in there. She's a real joy to have..in my belly. I can literally feel that she's getting stronger day by day. And bigger and better. And less space. So, she just moves and kicks anytime throughout the day, being super energetic between 12-1am. If I'm quick enough, i will be able to catch a quick glimpse of a sticking out tummy surface. A very energetic young lady. Well, that puts my husband in doubt of the accuracy of the anatomy ultrasound. Did the gynae get the gender wrongly? Ha Ha.
Now i can tell it's definitely not the gas. It's my baby moves! In a getting-more-compact space inside. I rub tummy, she moves. I get busy, she moves..less. I settle down, she moves A LOT! That's a whole new level of experience for me that i'll never ever forget in my life. She's our BABE! Our little PRINCESS! I'm counting down the days...ticking away. In exactly 4 months and 1 week, I'll get to see her for real and hold her in my arms..and in daddy's arms. How touching! God's creation is just too marvelous for words.
Now i can tell it's definitely not the gas. It's my baby moves! In a getting-more-compact space inside. I rub tummy, she moves. I get busy, she moves..less. I settle down, she moves A LOT! That's a whole new level of experience for me that i'll never ever forget in my life. She's our BABE! Our little PRINCESS! I'm counting down the days...ticking away. In exactly 4 months and 1 week, I'll get to see her for real and hold her in my arms..and in daddy's arms. How touching! God's creation is just too marvelous for words.
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Congratulation!
I would like to dedicate a congrats post to a couple in my church care group! Another bun fresh in the oven! So fresh that baby is only 8 weeks! Thank God for everything! It's all exciting and jolly happy!!
Monday, June 2, 2008
Fetal development: Week 18
Finally, I am stepping into week 18. I realised that recently i kept telling friends that time can be either whizzing past or crawling by for me. Friends asked "How many weeks are you now?" "I'm in week 17""Wow! Almost half way to go. Great! Time flies~"
"Oh yeah? Yeah...well, time flies." Time does fly when there are only 2 weeks to go to mark the half way of the 40 weeks journey. But when my mind flashed back to few months ago, "what!? Not even reaching half way yet? oh man~Time crawls la..."
I dont know. My thoughts just contradict among themselves sometimes. It has been 2 weeks since i last saw ah B on ultrasound monitor screen. I wish i could have u/s every day to know how he/she is doing inside. I miss ah B. He/she is so near yet so far...
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Baby should be about 15.24cm by now. Last measured, ah B was 11.05cm. Quite a remarkable growth in length hey! And weight? Should reach about 200g. I forgot to ask gynae to weigh my baby for me as i was too excited everytime i lie on the bed looking at the monitor til i forgot everything single thing that i had in my mind. =_="
Baby has, now, two layers of the epidermis and the dermis underneath the surface skin. The skin is now fully covered in a kind of wax and in medical term it is vernix caseosa and looks something like this:
I know..it looks YUCKS!!! *Imagining myself covered in a layer of room-temperatured white subtance oil...=/ eww~~~
Greasy, waxy, cheese-like substance are how it feels like! I know it sounds nasty but it does the baby good for goodness sake. This fatty secretions is covering the baby from head to toe to cover their extreme thin skin from bruising and abrasions as well as chapping since they stay in water for the whole 10 months. The greasy substance does something else apart from protecting the skin. You know the birthing process? The pushing part? You would thank that greasy waxy cream for smoothing the way for that watermelon to come out. If you know you're pregnant with a girl, it's a uterus within a uterus! Your little princess will have developed a uterus and vagina canal by the end of this week.
As for the mom, if you haven't seen you inn-y belly button yet, the great news is that you'll be discovering it popping out soon and stay in that way until after you've pushed your bun out from your oven. Be ready for breathing difficulty (well, not to the extreme side) since your lungs are squished by your belly and the space is getting more cramped as you can imagine. Everything else (your organs) in the mid-section is getting properly squeezed as well. Thanks to your growing (and grow and grow) belly. Be sure to eat your iron and calcium supplements, drink your pregnancy milk for mom and to continue with your folic acid (those prescribed by your gynae) daily since your body is producing more blood for both of you and your baby's bones are all in the process of hardening. Keep in mind that as more blood is being produced, it lowers your blood pressure. So standing up quickly and/or occasional speedy movements may cause slight dizziness or lightheadedness (yes! i agree to that totally!!). This is absolutely normal and it also means that preggo should stick to slow and steady movements.
Something that i didn't know: preggos at this point are producing more melanin, which cause dark patches of skin to occur on random parts of the body. These dark spots (unlike those of your parents) will retreat soon after birth (and so far, i haven't notice any on me yet and HOPEFULLY, they won't appear on me).
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Not much excitements compared to the beginnings of the pregnancy where you'd anticipate a lot of happenings on the baby. For now, the major progress of the baby is to grow in size so that the whole body grows into the right proportion with the used-to-be-enlarged-head. Gambate ah B!
"Oh yeah? Yeah...well, time flies." Time does fly when there are only 2 weeks to go to mark the half way of the 40 weeks journey. But when my mind flashed back to few months ago, "what!? Not even reaching half way yet? oh man~Time crawls la..."
I dont know. My thoughts just contradict among themselves sometimes. It has been 2 weeks since i last saw ah B on ultrasound monitor screen. I wish i could have u/s every day to know how he/she is doing inside. I miss ah B. He/she is so near yet so far...
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Baby should be about 15.24cm by now. Last measured, ah B was 11.05cm. Quite a remarkable growth in length hey! And weight? Should reach about 200g. I forgot to ask gynae to weigh my baby for me as i was too excited everytime i lie on the bed looking at the monitor til i forgot everything single thing that i had in my mind. =_="
Baby has, now, two layers of the epidermis and the dermis underneath the surface skin. The skin is now fully covered in a kind of wax and in medical term it is vernix caseosa and looks something like this:
I know..it looks YUCKS!!! *Imagining myself covered in a layer of room-temperatured white subtance oil...=/ eww~~~
Greasy, waxy, cheese-like substance are how it feels like! I know it sounds nasty but it does the baby good for goodness sake. This fatty secretions is covering the baby from head to toe to cover their extreme thin skin from bruising and abrasions as well as chapping since they stay in water for the whole 10 months. The greasy substance does something else apart from protecting the skin. You know the birthing process? The pushing part? You would thank that greasy waxy cream for smoothing the way for that watermelon to come out. If you know you're pregnant with a girl, it's a uterus within a uterus! Your little princess will have developed a uterus and vagina canal by the end of this week.
As for the mom, if you haven't seen you inn-y belly button yet, the great news is that you'll be discovering it popping out soon and stay in that way until after you've pushed your bun out from your oven. Be ready for breathing difficulty (well, not to the extreme side) since your lungs are squished by your belly and the space is getting more cramped as you can imagine. Everything else (your organs) in the mid-section is getting properly squeezed as well. Thanks to your growing (and grow and grow) belly. Be sure to eat your iron and calcium supplements, drink your pregnancy milk for mom and to continue with your folic acid (those prescribed by your gynae) daily since your body is producing more blood for both of you and your baby's bones are all in the process of hardening. Keep in mind that as more blood is being produced, it lowers your blood pressure. So standing up quickly and/or occasional speedy movements may cause slight dizziness or lightheadedness (yes! i agree to that totally!!). This is absolutely normal and it also means that preggo should stick to slow and steady movements.
Something that i didn't know: preggos at this point are producing more melanin, which cause dark patches of skin to occur on random parts of the body. These dark spots (unlike those of your parents) will retreat soon after birth (and so far, i haven't notice any on me yet and HOPEFULLY, they won't appear on me).
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Not much excitements compared to the beginnings of the pregnancy where you'd anticipate a lot of happenings on the baby. For now, the major progress of the baby is to grow in size so that the whole body grows into the right proportion with the used-to-be-enlarged-head. Gambate ah B!
Thursday, May 22, 2008
Fetal development: Week 16 / Wee lad or lassie?
I've had my anatomy ultrasound. Spinal cord is detected and it developed well. Brain of the size of a peanut, so far, appeared on the screen. Black spots showing both eye sockets are so visible. Nose and nose bridge are developed. Bones in the hands and fingers are so transparent since the skin is so thin and no fat composition has developed, yet, at this stage.
Pink or blue? Wee sitting or standing? We're only 80% sure cuz legs were crossed during screening. It's a mystery to be confirmed latter in the months.
Baby has lots of actions in there. Somersault. Yawn. Scratch head with the right hand. Flipping up and down. Just whole lot of self-entertaining programs lining up in there.
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Little fetus should measure about 11.45cm by this week. Mine is 11.05cm. I'm on the right track yay. The baby no longer looks like some sort of alien with out of proportion head to body ratio but rather they're starting to even out a bit and rest assure that the rest of the body is starting to grow faster than the head from now on. Baby's limbs are lengthening, almost reaching the normal proportions, which he/she will have at birth. Eye lids are seal shut at this stage but they're sensitive to the light. Hence, if you're planning to enjoy a sun bathe, your baby will be busy covering the eyes with their hands. Little one can suck the thumb and perform all sorts of actions with their hands, fingers, face (facial expressions) and reflex movements. They're just as active as they're going to be when they're ready for the world.
Wk 16 to wk 18 is a period where doctor would recommend for some tests to be carried out to check for the risks of genetic or birth defects. AFP test, which takes sample of preggo's blood and put it to test thus it's totally safe for the baby whereas amniocentesis test could be harmful for the baby at certain level since a sample of fluid need to be taken out from baby's amniotic sac. Both tests are to determine if baby's exposed to any risks of defects or Down Syndrome. I had some hesitation whether or not to do the test but hubby assures me that God is taking very good care of our baby so we just rest assure all the worries in His hands.
Give thanks to God that baby looks okay to gynae and she gave away that satisfaction look after checking our ah B. I'm relieved.
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Short note: My skin is stretching as stretched as possible. I feel the tension. Inside out. Outside in. It just makes me feel so uncomfortable at times. All my micro veins are becoming visible on both side of tummy. I'm like a bloated balloon ready to be let go into the air. Wait. Not yet. I'll stretch further and i will get bigger. Then, i shall be ready for the flying...in my hot air balloon. Goodnite folks.
Pink or blue? Wee sitting or standing? We're only 80% sure cuz legs were crossed during screening. It's a mystery to be confirmed latter in the months.
Baby has lots of actions in there. Somersault. Yawn. Scratch head with the right hand. Flipping up and down. Just whole lot of self-entertaining programs lining up in there.
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Little fetus should measure about 11.45cm by this week. Mine is 11.05cm. I'm on the right track yay. The baby no longer looks like some sort of alien with out of proportion head to body ratio but rather they're starting to even out a bit and rest assure that the rest of the body is starting to grow faster than the head from now on. Baby's limbs are lengthening, almost reaching the normal proportions, which he/she will have at birth. Eye lids are seal shut at this stage but they're sensitive to the light. Hence, if you're planning to enjoy a sun bathe, your baby will be busy covering the eyes with their hands. Little one can suck the thumb and perform all sorts of actions with their hands, fingers, face (facial expressions) and reflex movements. They're just as active as they're going to be when they're ready for the world.
Wk 16 to wk 18 is a period where doctor would recommend for some tests to be carried out to check for the risks of genetic or birth defects. AFP test, which takes sample of preggo's blood and put it to test thus it's totally safe for the baby whereas amniocentesis test could be harmful for the baby at certain level since a sample of fluid need to be taken out from baby's amniotic sac. Both tests are to determine if baby's exposed to any risks of defects or Down Syndrome. I had some hesitation whether or not to do the test but hubby assures me that God is taking very good care of our baby so we just rest assure all the worries in His hands.
Give thanks to God that baby looks okay to gynae and she gave away that satisfaction look after checking our ah B. I'm relieved.
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Short note: My skin is stretching as stretched as possible. I feel the tension. Inside out. Outside in. It just makes me feel so uncomfortable at times. All my micro veins are becoming visible on both side of tummy. I'm like a bloated balloon ready to be let go into the air. Wait. Not yet. I'll stretch further and i will get bigger. Then, i shall be ready for the flying...in my hot air balloon. Goodnite folks.
Monday, May 19, 2008
Too early?
Recently, i've kick start on my baby's prenatal learning process. How? Thanks to the BeBeSound Prenatal Kits (borrowed from a friend of mine) which includes a heartbeat listener, two earphones for both anticipating mom and dad, a pair of speakers with a fetal microphone. And a guidebook of course.
We failed to locate ah B's heartbeat mostly because ah B is still very small thus weaker heart pumps. So, we shall wait and wait til we reach 20+ weeks for stronger heartbeats from now. At the meantime, we indulge ourselves in the excitement talking to our unborn baby. We talk, we sing and we just blabber away twice daily for 10 mins session each cuz the book tells us baby needs a lot of rest. Don't over disturb.
I'm not too sure if this is too early but i'm sure it will sure has its positive effects on baby's brain development. Like learn to talk sooner, walk sooner, think sooner?...since brain controls everything else. Friend of mine introduced this BabyPlus product to me earlier last week. I'm still half confused with the functions of the product. It's said to contain 16 pre-recorded maternal heartbeats that differ from mom's and baby starts to learn to differentiate and thus get the brain to learn and function prenatally. I was a little convinced to get the product but then i have to shipped it oversea and bla x3 then i think i can just settle with the BeBeSound kits to get my ah B's brain functions early too. We'll see how it goes.
We failed to locate ah B's heartbeat mostly because ah B is still very small thus weaker heart pumps. So, we shall wait and wait til we reach 20+ weeks for stronger heartbeats from now. At the meantime, we indulge ourselves in the excitement talking to our unborn baby. We talk, we sing and we just blabber away twice daily for 10 mins session each cuz the book tells us baby needs a lot of rest. Don't over disturb.
I'm not too sure if this is too early but i'm sure it will sure has its positive effects on baby's brain development. Like learn to talk sooner, walk sooner, think sooner?...since brain controls everything else. Friend of mine introduced this BabyPlus product to me earlier last week. I'm still half confused with the functions of the product. It's said to contain 16 pre-recorded maternal heartbeats that differ from mom's and baby starts to learn to differentiate and thus get the brain to learn and function prenatally. I was a little convinced to get the product but then i have to shipped it oversea and bla x3 then i think i can just settle with the BeBeSound kits to get my ah B's brain functions early too. We'll see how it goes.
Friday, May 9, 2008
Cravings anyone?
Lately, i just love a rich spread of crunchy peanut butter on bread and munch it down together with a cup of thick Ribena drink! Sooo yummieeeeee!
To the preggos out there..
As early as week 11/12 onward, have you noticed that your heart beat is getting "louder"? It seems like someone is knocking from inside and when you look at your tummy's surface, you can even see the "thump thump thump" movement on the complexion itself.
If you do, you're more than just normal. I noticed it since my week 11 and according to findings, it's the increased volume of about 20-25% of blood in your body that is causing such heavy thumps. Your heart is working hard to provide blood for two individuals remember? So, protect your heart, eat healthy! Your body and baby will appreciate you in return.
If you do, you're more than just normal. I noticed it since my week 11 and according to findings, it's the increased volume of about 20-25% of blood in your body that is causing such heavy thumps. Your heart is working hard to provide blood for two individuals remember? So, protect your heart, eat healthy! Your body and baby will appreciate you in return.
Friday, April 25, 2008
All for the sake of precious one..
1. I'm a bird. One that is caged.
2. I forgot how I looked before I fell pregnant. Now, I'm all out of shape and to top it off, I'm getting heavier all the time.
3. I was all the time active, energetic and outgoing. Now, I'm all the time in inactive mode. Bed is my new best friend.
4. I used to eat without much hesitation of what I ate. Now, I need to peel the skin of each grape I pop into my mouth.
5. I was a coffee, tea and coke lover. Now, my main beverage is Anmum milk powder.
6. I swam, played badminton and jogged. Now, I see the 4 walls, some windows and fishes in the pond. Damn, even they have bigger rooms, comparing our sizes.
7. I went out to enjoy husband-wife's night out in some cool cafes randomly. Now, refer to 5.
8. Travelling was a breeze. Now, it's a banned mind and topic for the next 6 months. Or wait until baby is out, safe and sound and age 1.5 years old. That's approximately in 2 years time? Great.
9. I faced computer when I needed it. Now, I'm addicted to Facebook and picked up the old forgotten Yahoo! Mahjong after so many years.
10. I talked to others. To family. To friends. To hubby. Now, I talked to myself stupidly and to the air, assuming baby could hear what I've blabbered.
Ah well...
2. I forgot how I looked before I fell pregnant. Now, I'm all out of shape and to top it off, I'm getting heavier all the time.
3. I was all the time active, energetic and outgoing. Now, I'm all the time in inactive mode. Bed is my new best friend.
4. I used to eat without much hesitation of what I ate. Now, I need to peel the skin of each grape I pop into my mouth.
5. I was a coffee, tea and coke lover. Now, my main beverage is Anmum milk powder.
6. I swam, played badminton and jogged. Now, I see the 4 walls, some windows and fishes in the pond. Damn, even they have bigger rooms, comparing our sizes.
7. I went out to enjoy husband-wife's night out in some cool cafes randomly. Now, refer to 5.
8. Travelling was a breeze. Now, it's a banned mind and topic for the next 6 months. Or wait until baby is out, safe and sound and age 1.5 years old. That's approximately in 2 years time? Great.
9. I faced computer when I needed it. Now, I'm addicted to Facebook and picked up the old forgotten Yahoo! Mahjong after so many years.
10. I talked to others. To family. To friends. To hubby. Now, I talked to myself stupidly and to the air, assuming baby could hear what I've blabbered.
Ah well...
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
A little more than bulging belly
Pregnancy is a little more complicated than what i thought to be just the bulging belly itself. It's all about knowledge and learning human biology all over again. Well, not exactly. Some things are just not in the books. Schools won't teach you how to do A to get B and do C to get to D. You have to learn it by hard.
Schools teach you about XX chromosome for a girl and XY for a boy but they never teach you sperms of X-chromosome are bigger in size, swim slower, carry food on them for "camping" and of course, live longer than those of Y-chromosomes. And not to mention that due to the various characteristics of X-chromosome sperms, you wanna have girls, you gotta xxx like 6-5 days (back count) prior AND stop whatever you enjoyed 3-2 days before and on the ovulation day. Well, why stop since it maximizes the chance of scoring a goal? I've said, if you want a girl, you should do something like above.
Y-chromosome sperms appear slimmer, swim faster and die off quicker as they can't be bother to carry food on them. So, if you continue xxx for the rest of the days until ovulation day, you'll max the chance for the Y-sperms to reach the goal faster instead of allowing the X-sperms to do that. Poor them! They've been camping for days....
If you don't mind having either a boy/girl, then do however and whatever you want from after menstrual til ovulation and stop right there since anything after ovulation is no more fertile.
Now, if you would like boys, of course, as much xxx 3-2 days before and on ovulation day itself and hopefully they can find their right way. Again, only one side of the ovaries is at work each month so if the swimmers get in the wrong entrance then bless them.
Above are only some guidelines i learnt by hard via Internet and i don't bear any responsibilities upon any failures (credit me the success if you've seen this and did what i told ya and yay~you're pregnant). Please also be advised that even if you have done all the above and still don't see the result, the cold hard fact is that, there's only 25% chance of conceiving each month for doing everything correctly.
Another fact is, sometimes the more u depend on those ovulation kits, Basal Body Temperature-taking and charting and etc, the less chance you might get to conceive. Maybe it's the stress factor. The more stress u put on yourself and yr partner, the more it might not be a success. Mine? I threw those away 1-2 months ago and later, i'm having a small bulging belly. Believe it or not.
After some facts on the sperms, let's look at the ovary.
Image taken from http://www.medicalook.com
Those (many) round follicles, you actually get them from your mother since the day you were formed as a fetus inside your mummy's womb. Those follicles are being released every month to assist with your ovulation (some months you don't get ovulation even though you're perfectly healthy and menstrual still arrives like every other months). You will see all the round follicles as some deep black holes on computer scan. The "holes" vary in sizes. Holes with bigger size means they're almost ready to rupture and follicle in it to be released for ovulation in the next few months. The number of holes and follicles DO NOT increase in numbers as you grow older but in fact, they decrease in numbers. That, explains the proved fact that older women (>35) are less fertile as the follicles have been decreasing for the past 30+ earlier years and they're left with not many in the ovaries. It makes conceiving a little more less chance and harder than younger age women. To me, it's a very scary fact to come to know this. Just to think that one day, my ovaries will not have any of the fertile follicle left makes me go @_@"
So, if you're healthy, got a steady ongoing partner to spend the life with, not against marriage, not having that thought "i should enjoy while i'm still young", not against babies, not against the idea of having the responsibility of taking care of a family, then i don't see why you're not into the idea of getting married a little younger and get started a little younger. And no offense to anyone here. Everyone enjoys different lives. So enjoy yours.
Schools teach you about XX chromosome for a girl and XY for a boy but they never teach you sperms of X-chromosome are bigger in size, swim slower, carry food on them for "camping" and of course, live longer than those of Y-chromosomes. And not to mention that due to the various characteristics of X-chromosome sperms, you wanna have girls, you gotta xxx like 6-5 days (back count) prior AND stop whatever you enjoyed 3-2 days before and on the ovulation day. Well, why stop since it maximizes the chance of scoring a goal? I've said, if you want a girl, you should do something like above.
Y-chromosome sperms appear slimmer, swim faster and die off quicker as they can't be bother to carry food on them. So, if you continue xxx for the rest of the days until ovulation day, you'll max the chance for the Y-sperms to reach the goal faster instead of allowing the X-sperms to do that. Poor them! They've been camping for days....
If you don't mind having either a boy/girl, then do however and whatever you want from after menstrual til ovulation and stop right there since anything after ovulation is no more fertile.
Now, if you would like boys, of course, as much xxx 3-2 days before and on ovulation day itself and hopefully they can find their right way. Again, only one side of the ovaries is at work each month so if the swimmers get in the wrong entrance then bless them.
Above are only some guidelines i learnt by hard via Internet and i don't bear any responsibilities upon any failures (credit me the success if you've seen this and did what i told ya and yay~you're pregnant). Please also be advised that even if you have done all the above and still don't see the result, the cold hard fact is that, there's only 25% chance of conceiving each month for doing everything correctly.
Another fact is, sometimes the more u depend on those ovulation kits, Basal Body Temperature-taking and charting and etc, the less chance you might get to conceive. Maybe it's the stress factor. The more stress u put on yourself and yr partner, the more it might not be a success. Mine? I threw those away 1-2 months ago and later, i'm having a small bulging belly. Believe it or not.
After some facts on the sperms, let's look at the ovary.
Image taken from http://www.medicalook.com
Those (many) round follicles, you actually get them from your mother since the day you were formed as a fetus inside your mummy's womb. Those follicles are being released every month to assist with your ovulation (some months you don't get ovulation even though you're perfectly healthy and menstrual still arrives like every other months). You will see all the round follicles as some deep black holes on computer scan. The "holes" vary in sizes. Holes with bigger size means they're almost ready to rupture and follicle in it to be released for ovulation in the next few months. The number of holes and follicles DO NOT increase in numbers as you grow older but in fact, they decrease in numbers. That, explains the proved fact that older women (>35) are less fertile as the follicles have been decreasing for the past 30+ earlier years and they're left with not many in the ovaries. It makes conceiving a little more less chance and harder than younger age women. To me, it's a very scary fact to come to know this. Just to think that one day, my ovaries will not have any of the fertile follicle left makes me go @_@"
So, if you're healthy, got a steady ongoing partner to spend the life with, not against marriage, not having that thought "i should enjoy while i'm still young", not against babies, not against the idea of having the responsibility of taking care of a family, then i don't see why you're not into the idea of getting married a little younger and get started a little younger. And no offense to anyone here. Everyone enjoys different lives. So enjoy yours.
Saturday, March 15, 2008
No more wait
2 weeks are just too long for a wait, dont you think so?? Agree? Yeah...
So regardless of my appointment date on 18th March, I popped in the gynae's clinic this morning with husband. We are 3 days early but after a week plus had gone by, something should be able to be seen i think. Thick faced, i registered my name down and almost immediately before i managed to find a seat, the nurse asked me into the room while husband was still looking for car spot.
A senior nurse led me to another room and sat me down. She searched for my file and opened it and asked me what i was there for today. I rolled my eyes a bit and told her i wanted to ask doc about the safety issue of some direct sales vitamins and ALSO, to do a scan if possible. She looked away a while and told me that i might not need to do the scan since i've done it last time. But, she didn't know nothing could be seen in the sac last time. Duh! I want the scan today. I must see something on the screen. Get me laid down on the bed. Do the test. I'll pay the money. *Dont you know pregnant women are aggressive?*
Without further ado, she took me to the bed and i waited for the doc to scan me. My husband joined the team shortly. This time i saw the sac grew much bigger and within the sac there's another little sac. In medical term, i dont know what it's named but the fetus is inside the little sac in the big sac. Very blur. Couldn't see much. I was very anxious at that point where i couldn't see much again. Husband got anxious altogether. Laughingly, the gynae tried to calm the couples down by using the cross hair to point to a little "flashing" dot in the little sac. THERE IT IS! MY BABY!!!!The tiny little heart is beating like nobody's business! T___T Almost want to burst into tears la! Anxiety+anticipation+amazement+cuteness overloaded = holding back tears (at least wait til i get home first). The heart is already functioning at this point of time even though it is still very weak. Too tiny to be seen vividly, it just looks like some flashing LED light if you turn it on and off. Beating ma! ^_^ I'm so proud of you my little one! Keep on fighting for life and our God will be guiding your way! No fear!
So regardless of my appointment date on 18th March, I popped in the gynae's clinic this morning with husband. We are 3 days early but after a week plus had gone by, something should be able to be seen i think. Thick faced, i registered my name down and almost immediately before i managed to find a seat, the nurse asked me into the room while husband was still looking for car spot.
A senior nurse led me to another room and sat me down. She searched for my file and opened it and asked me what i was there for today. I rolled my eyes a bit and told her i wanted to ask doc about the safety issue of some direct sales vitamins and ALSO, to do a scan if possible. She looked away a while and told me that i might not need to do the scan since i've done it last time. But, she didn't know nothing could be seen in the sac last time. Duh! I want the scan today. I must see something on the screen. Get me laid down on the bed. Do the test. I'll pay the money. *Dont you know pregnant women are aggressive?*
Without further ado, she took me to the bed and i waited for the doc to scan me. My husband joined the team shortly. This time i saw the sac grew much bigger and within the sac there's another little sac. In medical term, i dont know what it's named but the fetus is inside the little sac in the big sac. Very blur. Couldn't see much. I was very anxious at that point where i couldn't see much again. Husband got anxious altogether. Laughingly, the gynae tried to calm the couples down by using the cross hair to point to a little "flashing" dot in the little sac. THERE IT IS! MY BABY!!!!The tiny little heart is beating like nobody's business! T___T Almost want to burst into tears la! Anxiety+anticipation+amazement+cuteness overloaded = holding back tears (at least wait til i get home first). The heart is already functioning at this point of time even though it is still very weak. Too tiny to be seen vividly, it just looks like some flashing LED light if you turn it on and off. Beating ma! ^_^ I'm so proud of you my little one! Keep on fighting for life and our God will be guiding your way! No fear!
Thursday, March 13, 2008
z z z Z Z Z
I just can't get myself to do anything. I sleep all day. I feel so not myself. I've been attacked by alien hormones. My body is overtaken by the hormones! I could imagine they're setting up a control room somewhere in the body and taking control over my internal organs and messing up the systems T_T. I feel like crying for no reason. I feel the anger for no reason as well. I feel so hungry all the time. After eating, i still eat. I eat. I sleep. Then wake up to eat some more. Then sleep some more. Then i eat some more for high-T. Then nap. Then get ready for dinner. Then wander around a bit then get ready for good night sleep. Arghh~~~~
I feel so "bear"/"pig".
I rarely go out since the gynae-visit day. Hubby worries that i might move too much so i stay at home hibernating all the time. For two weeks, I went to office for 3 times (flexible job). Lucky me huh.
Despite all the groanings, I know i should be giving thanks. So far, i haven't experience much of those so called morning sickness. Sometimes i do feel very nauseated but not to the extend of vomiting my lungs out. If the condition continues so, i should be one of those lucky ones not having severe morning sickness.
Each day seems like life-long for me. I wait for time to go by. I feed the fishes. Sitting beside the pond, staring at them to finish eating. Then throw some more fish food. They're gonna be so bloated by the end of the day and so fat by the end of my pregnancy term. I hope they're some happy fishes to be fed with so much food.
I feel so "bear"/"pig".
I rarely go out since the gynae-visit day. Hubby worries that i might move too much so i stay at home hibernating all the time. For two weeks, I went to office for 3 times (flexible job). Lucky me huh.
Despite all the groanings, I know i should be giving thanks. So far, i haven't experience much of those so called morning sickness. Sometimes i do feel very nauseated but not to the extend of vomiting my lungs out. If the condition continues so, i should be one of those lucky ones not having severe morning sickness.
Each day seems like life-long for me. I wait for time to go by. I feed the fishes. Sitting beside the pond, staring at them to finish eating. Then throw some more fish food. They're gonna be so bloated by the end of the day and so fat by the end of my pregnancy term. I hope they're some happy fishes to be fed with so much food.
Tuesday, March 4, 2008
1st addition
Finally, after a year's of wait and anticipation, here it comes surprising us. The timing is so right in God's hands. After i quit the teacher's job. After we had our 1st year anniversary honeymoon. After the hectic Chinese New Year schedules and celebrations and not to mention of the much drinkings involved. It arrives on time and it's to be expected to come to the world early Nov 2008. Just in time to catch the "rat tail" yes? I'm not those superstitious kind of person but I'm a Chinese so immediately those Chinese horoscopes flash thru my mind. Odd Chinese odd! Anyway, as long as the baby is healthy, all the others are nothing.
Looking back my previous post on 25th Feb, no wonder i hibernated A LOT! It was all due to hormonal changes in me. I sensed something wasn't right and with a long due menstrual, it triggered my suspicion for some pee sticks-testings. Never those pee sticks turned out to be so valuable and appealing in front of my eyes (and hubby's). We were all confirmed that i need some gynae-visit immediately the next day.
It wasn't long before my turn to be called into the room and straight ahead they laid me on the bed waiting for the gynae to ultrasound scan me. To our delight, a yolk sac was found. Tiny but visible to the machine. At the stage of 5w2d, everything was still too early to be seen. We saw nothing in the sac. Not even a dot. Nothing. This sunk my heart a little. But our gynae reassured us that a baby will be seen in there shortly (after 2 weeks wait) and that 2 weeks seemed like eternal for me.
Joy overflowed. Good news spread and we could wait no longer! Fine. We're a bit big mouth but we couldn't care less. We understand that since God provides, He will take care of the young one. With that faith, we broke the news to close friends, close relatives and of coz both sides parents and siblings were the first to know.
And I come to realise that a fact when someone is pregnant, every single individual besides her (no matter he/she is married or single or young or old or experienced or non-experienced) all becomes expert in pregnancy stuffs all of sudden. You'll get advises from head to heel of what to do/not to do or what to eat/not to eat or what to stay away from etc. Sometimes, it can be a bit overwhelming and of course, i appreciate every bits of them as they're all of good intention, aren't they?
So for the mean time, more hibernations are needed!
Looking back my previous post on 25th Feb, no wonder i hibernated A LOT! It was all due to hormonal changes in me. I sensed something wasn't right and with a long due menstrual, it triggered my suspicion for some pee sticks-testings. Never those pee sticks turned out to be so valuable and appealing in front of my eyes (and hubby's). We were all confirmed that i need some gynae-visit immediately the next day.
It wasn't long before my turn to be called into the room and straight ahead they laid me on the bed waiting for the gynae to ultrasound scan me. To our delight, a yolk sac was found. Tiny but visible to the machine. At the stage of 5w2d, everything was still too early to be seen. We saw nothing in the sac. Not even a dot. Nothing. This sunk my heart a little. But our gynae reassured us that a baby will be seen in there shortly (after 2 weeks wait) and that 2 weeks seemed like eternal for me.
Joy overflowed. Good news spread and we could wait no longer! Fine. We're a bit big mouth but we couldn't care less. We understand that since God provides, He will take care of the young one. With that faith, we broke the news to close friends, close relatives and of coz both sides parents and siblings were the first to know.
And I come to realise that a fact when someone is pregnant, every single individual besides her (no matter he/she is married or single or young or old or experienced or non-experienced) all becomes expert in pregnancy stuffs all of sudden. You'll get advises from head to heel of what to do/not to do or what to eat/not to eat or what to stay away from etc. Sometimes, it can be a bit overwhelming and of course, i appreciate every bits of them as they're all of good intention, aren't they?
So for the mean time, more hibernations are needed!
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