Second Trimester... I see you!!!

I know I've been missing for about 2 weeks now... my bad :)

We're 12 and a half weeks now, so the long-awaited 2nd trimester is within sight and will be here in no time.

Again, go Baby A!!!

Lots and lots of stuff to update actually, but I'm awfully exhausted right now and the bed is beckoning so short and sweet until this weekend :)

Tomorrow will be our big scan.

We get to see baby once again.

And the 2 of us are bursting with excitement.

Ok well, I'm bursting and he's just bubbling.

But yes, I can't wait to see our little precious one again!

This time, we get to ask them for a DVD recording, so provided all goes fine, all you people may get a closer view at this little one soon :)

Excited????

=D

Ok point form updates, here we go.

One.

I thought my sickness has gone away for good, but I threw up twice at work this morning.

Not a pretty sight and not a happy mummy.

Two.

To help me with my horrid night time cough and gastric reflux problem when I go to bed,

my most lovely husband when and "sourced" some bricks from downstairs,

cleaned them thoroughly with a little scrub,

and propped up the head of the bed with them.

So now we're sleeping on a slanted bed with my head and upper body elevated, 

and miraculously, I've stopped coughing and no more reflux!!!

I love my husband :)

Three.

I discovered the magical abilities of yakult.

Let's just say it's the yummiest cure for indigestion and constipation that tortures pregnant folks like me.

Sadly, in Australia, only original flavour, and the bottles are smaller than the ones in SG.

But I guess it's a good thing and gives me a smaller chance of developing gestational diabetes from it.

:)

Four.

Again, my dearest husband saw that I was missing my daily cuppa of lipton tea since my pregnancy due to the caffeine,

and he went out and bought decaffeinated lipton tea for me.

How sweet right?!

BUT, sadly, I quickly realised that drinking tea (whether lipton or green) makes me feel awfully sick for the rest of the day.

So I've had to stop drinking it again.

I don't know what in the tea causes it, but it's not worth feeling like s*it over.

But I just had to give the man some well-deserved credit.

Five.

Some time ago, earlier this month I think,

husband came home with a lovely large bunch of white and yellow calla lilies that he pre-ordered a week in advance.

No particular occasion, no particular reason.

But I was home feeling sick and sorry for myself that day.

And when I asked him why I'm getting flowers, 

his answer was "cos you're having my baby :))))"

See why I married him? :)

Six.

All my assignments are out of the way now.

Time to start preparing for my exams, which are 11 and 22 June.

Sigh.

Only good news is all my assignments have yield High Distinctions and Distinctions so far, so all I have to do is do reasonably well for my exams.

Seven.

As part of the Combined 11-13 Week Test for Fetal Abnormalities and also for routine maternal screening,

I had to go and get my bloods drawn 2 weekends ago.

I won't say much, just this:

I hate needles.

And 7 vials of blood being drawn all at once.

SEVEN VIALS.

Eight.

Last Friday, I satisfied 2 of my cravings.

Ajisen Ramen and takoyaki.

HAHAHAHAHA

I found the 1 and only Ajisen Ramen franchise outlet in Melbourne, and baby took me.

They had wonderful takoyaki with LOTS of mayo and bonito flakes.

I had ramen from Ajisen!!!

It was yummy =D

And the meal was complemented with Pokka White Grape Aloe Vera.

MUAHAHAHAHA

Nine.

I dreamed last night that I went back to SG for one week holiday.

And for that ENTIRE week, 

I had my giam cai ak (a.k.a. salted vege and duck soup) everyday for the whole time I was there.

If only......................................................

Ten.

For our anniversary in July,

we've booked a trip to the Gold Coast.

4 days 3 nights at the lovely Sheraton Mirage Resort and Spa,

along Seaworld Drive.

This holiday, will be the first true blue holiday we would get to take in our 3 years of marriage.

We've travelled around to land my feet and grow some roots in various places,

but never have we gone on a holiday together.

This Gold Coast trip will be our anniversary celebration, belated honeymoon and babymoon all rolled up in one.

Gotta do something for ourselves before baby comes along right? :)

We wanted to go somewhere fancy and far away...

Like Fiji or New Zealand or even the US.

But with baby coming along, we have bigger priorities.

Baby comes first and any money we have will be set aside for providing for baby.

Not that we can't afford it, but the money will be better spent on our future generation :)

I am so looking forward to this trip and will be counting down the days...

Woo-hoo!!!

Eleven.

Mummy and little brother will be here next Friday :)

I only wish I could have taken more time off to spend with them.

But for 7 weeks worth of paid maternity leave at the end of my working stint there, good enough for me.

No obligation to go back to work after the maternity leave anyway, why not? :)

Twelve.

YAWNNNN.

I'm sleepy.

ALL THE TIME.

I can't wait till I get some energy back, then I can set about doing productive things with my time.

Like shopping for baby.

Or getting some fitness into this lazy bod of mine.

If my current fitness level (non-existent) remains the same for the next 6 to 7 months, 

I'll never be able to get this kid out of me.

So gotta do something about it.

After I get my energy back.

Not now.

Now's for sleeping.

Finally, 

if anyone's thinking of something they would like to get me,

please let it be Jay Chou's new album?!?!?!

pretty please with a cherry on top?

thank you very much =D

Ok more updates tomorrow after the baby viewing.

Stay tuned!

Hey there little one,

tomorrow's the day we've been anxiously waiting for, for the last few weeks.

We can't wait to see you!

Mummy and daddy are praying and hoping with all our hearts that you are happy and healthy in there...

We just want our precious little one to be healthy.

That's all we ask for.

Please please please?

Every morning you and daddy are the first things on my mind when I wake up,

and every night, you both are the last things on my mind when I go to sleep.

I gives me peace to know that you're with me wherever I go, allowing me to take a part of your daddy with me too.

So thank you for that :)

Lots of love, 

mummy

Been dreaming of us losing baby...

And more than once I've jumped awake sobbing my heart out.

Not something I'd like to experience in real life that's for sure.

Not with this precious little one.

Also been paranoid about baby being born premature...

nasty nasty thoughts that eat our heart out with worry constantly.

as if this pregnant mummy doesn't already have more than enough stuff to worry about.

sigh.

it's all in the hands of fate, but we'll be doing everything within our power to keep baby in there for as long as baby needs. i will willingly take the full 40 weeks of feeling awful if it means a full-term and healthy little one is born at the end of it. okay? i'm looking toward the bright shining light at the other end of the tunnel.

stay safe little one, stay very very safe.