More Stretch Marks.... OMG!

Yes... Getting from bad to worse..... OMG!

And they really kind of appear suddenly........ Initially don't have at all... Then suddenly came out this much...... -.-

apparently they will lighten over time... But will never disappear totally....

Ah... 我可憐的肚皮。。。

Really terrible and scary looking.... At least for now... 

Haiz.

LOL

Ok, I know this is boliao and childish.....

But.....

I could do it too....!

coins on collar bones!

LOL

now, why are those bridal shops promoters still coming up to us and asked if we are married, when im obviously pregnant???

uh-huh....or isit only myself whom i think i looked obvious... 

and all the rest tot im just fat and that belly of mine is just a big fat tummy??

WTH?!

if in the past i would be quite happy if someone comes to us and ask, cuz that will mean we still looked young and unmarried.

but now with that belly of mine and someone still asking...... 

it's seriously offensive! 

at least in my view. 

GRRRRRRRRRRRRR.

Pregnancy - Blood Streaks....

and so, i was put on mc for a week from 10 to 14 Nov, the 1st time i visited the gynae.

that one week was a turmoil really - worried about the blood test results, wondering why the blood never go away, popping hormones pills, and bearing the jabs.

and if i remb correctly, i still did not tell anyone of the pregnancy. just stayed home and worry alone! omg.

and the more i read online to find out on the bleeding, the more worried i got. so many scary stories online....

anyway, if i remb correctly, the 2nd gyane visit was on 22 Nov (yes, in b/w i still visited the clinic 2x per week just to get the jabs, administered by the clinic assistants).

and know what? the gynae gave me hospitalization leave for 2 weeks from 24Nov to 5Dec!! there were still steaks of blood and he couldnt really explain why cuz from the baby scan, everything seemed to be ok. this time round, we went to mum's place and stayed liao. too long a period, i couldn't be alone at home. 

turmoil again!! why with the pills and the jabs.... there's still blood???!!! whyyyyyy???

it really was vvvvvvvv worrying and demoralizing. so much so that i wonder if the whole thing will work out afterall. so much so that i cried a number of times. so much so that i had phobia going to the washroom, dont know when to see blood again. so much so that im wondering if the blood came from my baby's parts. so much so that hubb who was initially very positive, also started to have doubts if this will work out well afterall. 

super terrible, wasnt it?

and the pain from the jabs started to take effect on my tighs. the jabs were 2x per week, alternate tighs. the jab itself wasnt painful, it was the after-effect that was painful. like blue-black that kind of pain. then had to cover with warm towel to lessen the pain. 

and there was 1 time which i remb clearly.. the blood was quite abit... that i wondered if miscarriage was in progress. yes. really. 

lucky... it was just me worrying too much. 

anyway, believe it or not.... on the 6dec, we visited the gynae again. and this time round, he extended my hospitalization leave all the way till 26dec!!!! yes. so practically for the whole of dec, i was on hospitalization leave. huh. win right. 

and still... the blood never went away...... 

*to be continued*

Happy Fathers' Day @ Mellben Seafood

celebrated fathers' day at mellben seafood. had been wanting to try out. finally. but i think the famous outlet is the one at amk. we tried the one at tanjong pagar (inside bestway building) as it's much nearer. 

and yep, i think the food is quite good. sorry no pics, too busy eating. haha. they are famous for crabs and the crab bee hoon really v nice. crabs are selling at $65 per kg. 

it's actually a coffeeshop/foodcourt setting, but if u sit outside, u wont really feel like ur at a coffeeshop. more like at some outdoor resort. 

and no aircon... so except for the heat, all else is quite okay. price-wise also reasonable. 

recommended. 

i will definitely go back again for the crabs. yummmm.  

My back is so killing me!

痛，痛，痛，痛，痛！！！！！！！！！

The First Gynae Visit

as said, it was a sunday when i was tested positive, and there was no gynae available on a sunday. so on monday, i went to work as usual. at work, hubb was busy helping to call up the few gynaes clinics he found on the net, but apparently, most of the clinics said to only see them only after 8weeks. i was like.. huh?? so meantime, i do nothing and just wait mehhh??? cannot be right...........????

and finally, one clinic said they can fix an appmt for me on the same day in the afternoon, 3.30pm. so, we took half day leave immediately. went for lunch and off to the clinic.

and by the way, it's important to know when was the 1st day of your last menstrual cycle, as that day will be used to project your EDD and how many weeks of pregnancy u are in now. i used to have the habit of marking down the dates but not really anymore. can just vividly remember it was around 13 Oct or something like that... then i was trying so hard to think of the past events and whether i was having my menses during those events.. LOL 

anyway at the clinic, it's quite nerve wrecking, really dont know what to expect. as i was very early in the pregnancy, ultra-sound could not be performed. so we had to do trans-vaginal scan. i was already told before that the baby's heart is one of the organ that will be formed the earliest and you will be able to hear the heartbeat at very early stage. and indeed, during the scan, we saw a small thing flickering... and when the gynae turned on the sound of the machine, we heard the heart-beat thumping away... dont know why.. but tears just began to flow.. lol. drama-mama. 

and so, pregnancy confirmed and double confirmed. but if so, how to explain the streaks of blood that were still occuring?? the gynae had no concrete answer for me. he just told me to rest more and on that monday itself, he gave me MC all the way till friday. 

uh-huh. and so you tot 'wah so shiok... mc so long...'

i tell you.. i was worried sick!! what's so big deal that i had to be put on MC immediately for one whole week??! y pple pregnant and i also pregnant, but my pregnancy seemed to be so troubled?? i really was stressed up when he suggested maximum bed rest..

and not only that, besides folic acid, he prescribed me hormones pills to be eaten 3x daily, 2 pills per time. and... he also told me to go for hormones jabs 2x per week. the jabs were to be jabbed through the sides of the tighs. according to him, the pills and the jabs will help to secure and stabilise the preganancy. 

i was like.... OMG... why..... why need jabs 2x weekly??? what is so serious now???

it defnitely was a morale pooper. for a 1st time preggy like me... i really was kidda shattered...

and i had no choice, but to follow. and the pills and jabs werent cheap at all! one box of 30pills was $30 if i remb correctly. and the jab was around $50 per jab. yes. but money is secondary.. it really was the morale and the kind of anxiety that all these had caused me.. immediate MC... pills.. jabs.... OMG.. 

and there was a blood test done to test my hormones level and the baby's hormones level. and 2days later, i have to do a blood test again. apparently, if the baby's hormone level doesnt double from the 1st to the 2nd blood test, then it means that the pregnancy will not sustain. and i tell u... that waiting period for the results was also nightmare!! i was soo damn worried sick!! lucky the baby's hormones did double... phew... 

and.. throughout that 1 wk mc... the blood streaks never did go away..... 

***to be continued***

Stretch Marks

Omg...

Streeeeeeetched maaaaarksssss!!!

Despite applying the stretch marks cream, they still appeared!! I gave up on the Palmers cream, just cant stand that cocoa butter smell. Eek. Been using mustela, but still the same....

Haii. Cant escape.

Will they disappear after delivery of baby? Oh no...

But as my gynae said, not too bad already, considering I'm already in my last mth of pregnancy. Some had them much earlier and much worse off.

Yeah 

Counting down!!!

Great catching up w ex colleagues at suntec marche

Surprisingly no queue on a Friday night! So unlike the marche at vivocity which is forever long queue.