Week 16: The unexpected gender reveal

Time flies and we are at the halfway mark of this whole pregnancy journey. 4 weeks ago, we had another appointment with our vet, lol erm no, GYNAE!!! I wasn't really prepared to know the baby's gender but mouth itchy and ask the doctor : "now can know gender already not ah?" 

He did not reply me.. and continued scanning, while explaining that baby is normal...blabla.. this is the baby's xxx... and suddenly he said: THERE SEE THIS IS THE KUKUBIRD!

DAAANGGGGZZZZZZ. Totally can feel the whole room's atmosphere crumbling down. Especially when I look at le hubz's expression LOLOL (He looked like he failed his major exam and cannot graduate). I know how much he wanted a girl/ anticipated for one, as much as I was quite disappointed with the revelation, I tried to comfort and tell him that "Aiya nevermind, please accept reality" #butobviouslyhecannot. After which I bet none of us remembered what the doctor said as he continued....

Lehubz then ask: "What are the chances of him becoming a girl during the next scan?" *Feeling hopeful*

Dr: This one so obvious already wont wrong one lah. 1%. #can

DAAAANGGGGZZZZZ. #hopesdashed 

We walked out feeling all complicated and unable to digest what we just heard. Because it was so sudden we weren't prepared to accept the reality. On the way back, to soothe our emotions, we started to brain storm names for boys (because we have been thinking about girl's name all the while only LOLOL).  

That helped a little. But hub says lets hope it's a finger or hand. Cannot confirm till the detailed scan/ when baby is born *Facepalm*

Here's the legendary kukubird picture:

Save meeee!

Rant post.

One thing about pregnancy that hits my threshold is probably how ppl keep dictating or nagging me about wad i can do or cannot do.

I did read up and research on some.  And i know its "for my own good" "if not u will regret next time" "if not next time ur baby come out u die xxxx" "if not u old liao will have body ache"

Cannot drink cold drink
Cannot drink caffeine
Cannot eat sugary stuff
Cannot jump
Cannot run
Cannot bath
Cannot bring baby out after sunset
Cannot this
Cannot that

放过我吧...

Going into 2nd trimester

Not much pretty changed from the last trimester.   Except that a have a little more backaches. Luckily im still mobile and thus able to bring tuitui out for more gatherings with his bros and friends!

We went to:
- Garden by the bay east with Aiden
- Vedure cafe with Aiden, Bubu, Sassy and Sugar (the Senior citizen squad)
- Gardens by the bay for blood donation ceremony followed by ECP to celebrate Pebbles and Hana birthdays ♥

At week 20, i can significantly feel my tummy expanding. It feels hard and bloated, so i will keep poking it. 

At night i felt rumbling and sensations i wonder if its the baby moving?

Have been slowly ticking off the checklist of baby things to buy in this 2 weeks cause baby expo is coming soon!

Whoo!! Ok as usual this stupid blogger dun let me upload pics so words for now only.

Gonna see baby again tomorrow for detailed scan.  Fingers crossed!!!  🐶

Things to avoid saying to a preggo

Just a rant post here because ive gotten enough remarks saying that ive bloated, alot,  my thigh so fat,  i lost my waist that is worse than the person,  i gained alot of weight,  i look fat and aunty now.

Thanks but no thanks. 

I obviously know i gained weight. U think fun to have ur whole wardrobe of clothes being changed becos u cant fit into ur s and m size clothes any more?

U think fun to look into the mirror and seeing ur waist growing side ways?

U think fun to step on the weighing machine and see the number keep going up but actually u oso cant do much now?

If im fat bcos im lazy and not pregnant den ok.  I deserve it.

But hello i got a living thing in my body leh. So should i go on hunger strike.  So my weight could go down . oh ya.   Or jus probably stop taking pictures and meeting people till i give birth and successfully slim down. 

Maybe that would be a better plan.

Ok jus shut up already. 

Oscar Scan

Had our 2nd scan on 6th May 2018 to check for down syndrome. This is considered as a detailed scan and we are both quite excited to see how much the baby has grown!

Papa and meimei accompanied us to Tmc today.. but too bad meimei cannot go in with us lol.

Baby was 5.8cm (curled) and abt 6cm if uncurled haha.

Heart beat dropped from 180 previously to 150 now, still healthy thou.

Now he/she has limbs!! Its (ok just let me use it for now cos dunno is he or she) waived and moved its hands around and also stretched out its legs.
Saw it bouncing too lol. I was eeeking through out because abit hard to digest HAHAHAHAA. feels quite amusing.

Did blood test also and report was sent to Gynae 2 days later. Everything was normal and good 爛

And doctor say can faster travel overseas now before week 30.

Avoid footmassage as one of the acupuncture point will cause contractions. But head shoulder body is fine (Dont let ppl step on ur back thou)..

Ok end of update. No pics this round because my scan pic still with gynae. 

Updates: 

We've gotten the pics from our gynae on 2nd June. Here are some pictures: 

Name of Baby?

We have been randomly coming up with names even before trying for a kid.

I think its a really fun topic to discuss with your partner because we can jus on random day/time come up with lame names.

Hub mainly thought of girls name (living in denial) so since [ixxi] doesnt sound that nice ..

he came up with these:

- Penelope ( this is one he really like but seriously how many ppl can pronounce it properly sia) For me i used to pronounce: pen-ner-lope. But he say is: Pee-neh-low-pee 臘

- Vannellope (the cartoon girl.. quite cute but WHY SO LONG THE NAME OMG)

- Ascella (i like this but sadly if you google the meaning... )

- 乐妮 in chinese because ( wei le ni~ 为了你) i super like this name den he say he anyhow come out why i like?! hes just kidding. Nah im almost 90% sticking to this if its a girl. Now im fighting with him for the 简体 "乐" instead of "樂" cause he say the 繁体 more cool. Pls spare the child and mother the hassle ... 

So i brainstormed a few names for boys since hub didnt really care lol!!

- Ted (cos easy to call and Tui & Ted rhymes abit)

- Aiden (HAHAHAHHAA because Tui & Aiden are best friends and bros )

After i suggested Aiden he say like that girl call Wai YenYen la! LOL! Bcos.. Tui and Yenyen are siblings!! #can 

First trimester Preggy Symptoms

Heres a quick one! Many people will ask: What are the symptoms that you experienced? Did you vomit? Did your appetite change? so on and so forth.. I realised really different people have different pattern, some friends have aches and pain almost everyday, some puke like no tomorrow..

For me, my first few symptoms was
- Menses like cramp (i was so convinced that my menses is gonna come soon cause the feeling is really like what we have during the period).

- Swollen & pain in boobs (also seems like menses symptom thou)

- Nausea once in awhile, fortunately for me 🤞 i only had the nausea feeling at times and not the actual vomitting like how dramas always show LOL.

- Giddyness. Its real bad especially when i travel in train after work. I felt giddy + out of breath/hard to breath I had to squat down even thou its tak glam to do that. (what to do i got no bump for ppl to give up seats for me).. I always pray i get a seat when gg home.

- Change in appetite? Not really. i still love the food i love and hate the food i hate. Only thing is i kept craving for fruity/sparkling water like Snapple etc which i usually dont. I normally prefer milky products thou.

- Constant hunger but gets full easily. Really pity lehub bcos when i want to eat, i only eat a few mouth and he has to finsh the rest of my food. This explains why his baby bump is bigger than mine now.

- The mosttttt irritating part of all is.. the constant need to pee!!! Omg i cant emphasize how inconvenient this is to me. I can go up to 20times toilet in a day but everytime just a few drops nia. (No im not tui and im not marking my territory). The part where i had to wake 3 4 timez in the middle of the night is really frustrating i should jus sleep in the toilet. zzzz.

Temperament wise. This one u need to ask Wai because hes the one at the receiving end hahaha. I tried to maintain but i think there are times when i get really pekcek and irritated at him or things. But hes trying his best to accomodate and tolerant this nonsense liao. Very thankful he haven abandon me hahahaha.

Ok will come back to talk about our 2nd scan - Oscar test last Saturday 😁