Ultrasound Scan at 22 Weeks

This evening, we went for the detailed ultrasound scan for Bao Bao. His current position is legs up and head down with his back facing out.

Here's the results:

• Heartbeat: 132 bpm
• Weight: 433 gm
• Foetal Height: 16.3 cm
• Abdominal Circumference: 16.89cm
• Head Circumference: 20.0 cm
• Placenta Position looks normal.
• Amniotic Fluid amount looks normal.
• Heartbeat sounds normal.
• Spine looks normal.
• Mouth looks normal.
• Stomach looks normal.
• 10 Fingers.
• 10 Toes.
• Bird Bird : CHECK!

Here's some pics of the scan! Don't strain too hard... I know it's difficult to see! haha..

Baby Tyler inside Mummy Shirley

Baby Tyler's Heartbeat

Baby Tyler's Bird Bird (view from his bottom)

Here's a Clip of Baby Tyler's Heartbeat~

Tiki and me has been smiling non-stop since we walked out of the room... We're so happy to see Bao bao and his movements~ hee hee! I'm really happy with what the hospital provided us... not only printed out the pictures but also saved them in a CD with some Videos too! Think we've made the right choice with this hospital... Fingers crossed! =)

My weight at the hospital is 63.0kg (cos i was already hungry!!) and blood pressure level was 121/61~ Heart rate is 73bpm.... =) 

So glad to hear that everything is so far so good... Now let's concentrate on watching my diet and feeding Bao Bao with nutritious mum mum!

My Parents Are in Bangkok!

Mummy and Papa left Bangkok today... I cannot believe how much I miss them when i came back home after sending them to the airport,  especially Mummy... Those few days with her constant opinions and speech... Even the scent of her perfume and Papa's cigarette smell... I'm really missing them!

"I want my Mummy!!!!"

Mummy's been quite naughty during her stay in our apartment cos she kept using her palm to touch my arm or legs. I kept telling her not to disturb, cos her palms are so warm and I feel hot all the time. This Mummy of mine, really loves to play!! =)

Been to a couple of shopping area with them... Like MBK, Platinum, Patpong and Emporium... They bought so many tidbits they had to pack it into a carton box for check-in! I must say, the crispy dried Pork is really good! I hope those who received the Pork would enjoy it as much as us! They got some stuffs for Ping Ping and Bro too! But most of all for their "BABY", Xing Ning! I can imagine her face when she receives all her gifts! hehe~ Here are some Pictures we took!

Lunch at L'Occitane En Provence @ Peninsular

Dinner at Sambuca

Shopping at Patpong

Check out the Touter -carrying blue bag and "KTV" gals

Yum Cha at Mayflower @ Dusit Thani Hotel

Teppanyaki Dinner at Hachi

Dinner at Home :: Super Delicious~

My Mummy & Papa's 爱心 Cabbage Fried Rice with Pork & Bacon :: ABC Soup

At Suvarnabhumi Airport

♥ I'm looking forward for their next visit SooooooN!! ♥

Bao Bao at 22 weeks!

We got back from Singapore on Saturday and my parents came along with us! We had a really good time and I am quite tired from our excursions therefore no updates. I'll post more later this week~

As for Now:

SOS on Monday morning at about 2am! I had a super bad stomachache. It was hurting so bad I had to sit in the toilet for about 40mins to get the junk out of my system. I thought I wasn't going to survive.... Never had pain that bad... I vomited during the process... I was so worried i was actually praying in the toilet... I know! That Stinks! But I was just praying that nothing bad will happen to Bao Bao...

THANK GOD  I was ok after that ordeal. Guess it was some stomach bug or too much tonic (Heaty!). And Bao Bao did gave me several kicks to reassure me that he's fine...

Another thing about Bao Bao is, he cannot stand me poking or putting weight on my tummy. While i wash up, sometimes my tummy will lean slightly against the sink, he will give me a few kicks to remind me not to! Then 2 days ago while i was sleeping on my side, i sort of put my weight on my tummy and he actually gave me combo kicks! I thought that was really funny... Tiki says he's just like me... always complain no space! haha~

I'm also getting big... as of tonight, my weight is 63.9kg which is about 10kg weight gain. Good Luck to me!! =)

I Love Singapore!

Home
Music & Lyrics: Dick Lee

Whenever I am feeling low
I look around me and I know
There’s a place that will stay within me
Wherever I may choose to go
I will always recall the city
Know every street and shore
Sail down the river which brings us life
Winding through my Singapore

Chorus:
This is home truly, where I know I must be
Where my dreams wait for me, where that river always flows
This is home surely, as my senses tell me
This is where I won’t be alone, for this is where I know it’s home

When there are troubles to go through
We’ll find a way to start anew
There is comfort in the knowledge
That home’s about its people too
So we’ll build our dreams together
Just like we’ve done before
Just like the river which brings us life
There’ll always be Singapore

( Repeat Chorus )

For this is where I know it’s home
For this is where I know I’m home

The feeling of being home again is so wonderful. I've been away many a times during my flying days... But whenever I step into the soil of my country, I feel a rush of exuberence and sense of ease... Well, especially during this period when I miss my family and friends most... Not to mention the delicacies our little island has to offer... =)

(As I am typing this in Bangkok right now, I'm missing everyone and everything once again!)

I'm thankful for this opportunity for us to be able to stay for about 2 weeks. By the way, Tiki is officially a Singaporean now! Congratulations!! =)

A picture says a thousand words... Here's what some other stuffs we did during our visit back HOME~ 

Lovelies Plus 2 of Cheryl's Colleague @ Spinelli's

(A hangout where we frequent since more than 10 years ago)

Joycelin graced us with her presence~ hehe! 

My Other Lovely Lady, Chloe @ Shunjuu

(Thanks for the Magazine & Strawberries)

Tiki & Calvin @ Shunjuu

Church @ Wesley

Jie Jie (Esther) and Hilda @ Coffee Club

(Hilda kept whispering secrets... Cute!)

Wrist was hurting due to a slight sprain...

(Unable to support my sudden weight gain, I suppose)

More books from Harris @ GWC

(Got a old school mate working there, so we got good discounts!)

Vegetarian Bee Hoon with Faux Goose & Faux Pork

(While waiting for Tiki to get his Citizenship procedures done, I was too hungry to wait... So I went to a coffee shop nearby for Breakfast! Yum Yum!!)

Spread at Ah Ma's House... Needless to say... 

Everything is SOOOOooo Gooood!!

Finally, Us Home with Lacey

She's behaving so well during our stay... Perhaps she's worried that we'll abandon her again if she misbehaves... Sigh~

Well, needless to say I did visit some places and some people without taking pictures... =) We went over to Overeasy @ One Fullerton one of the days with a bunch of Tiki's colleague from UOB as well as Adrena and her gang... Although I'm not allowed any alcohol, I was actually impressed by the strawberry milkshake they serve! Must try their devil eggs and mini steak burgers!

Then there was the Lunch with Powerpuff gals at the Bund @ Clifford Pier~ I was craving for their XLB (xiao long bao), but due to the change in management, they did away with it! Sigh... what to do? But the company was good!

I didn't get to meet up with some family and friends... I'm sorry, time was not in my favour! But BKK isn't too far from Singapore!! Do start planning a trip here! I'll try to be a Good Host! That's if Bao Bao allows... =)

Bao Bao at 20 weeks!

We went for a movie today~ The Karate Kid! I must say Jaden Smith is Sooooo adorable! I think he's got the cutest "Worried" face ever... hehe! Anyway, I really like and enjoyed the movie~ By far the best Jackie Chan movie of the West~

Our Bao Bao is 20weeks as of today~ Been feeling active movements usually in the evening around 5plus to 6plus... I'm looking plumper and rounder... Yes, I have fat arms, fingers and feet now...  I have to remove my wedding band just in case it doesn't come off in the coming week... My shoes are getting really tight~ I'm literally swelling up! Should start watching out for my sodium intake i suppose...

Since our arrival in Singapore, my sinus and eczema have been acting up! And that's affecting my state of mind. I get irritated by the itch and the constant sneezing... Feeling grumpy again! Sorry Tiki for flaring up at you!! I don't really mean it and i love you!! =) Anyway Tiki suggested that it could be the humidity that's causing the eruption... I sure hope it'll go away soon, so i can enjoy my beautiful home~

Tiki & Lacey Playing

Oh! We also got a stroller for Bao bao... yes, already! We're afraid that just in case i won't be able to make it back here in Sept, we'll miss the chance of getting it here... and imported stuffs are So expensive in Bkk. We had a very good deal.... (i think) We went to Mother Works at Great World City to have a look at the Stokke Xplory. Well, since 2 months ago, they launch a new Xplory, they're clearing their older version! So we bought the older one which is still very similar to the new one at a very very very good price.... ( i think) About 30% off... BRAND NEW!! Good Deal huh?! SO happy!! AND~ we got the limited edition Yellow Colour! (Well, Yellow is the colour fit for Emperors! haha...) Love it!! We're considering the Stokke Crib and so on... SO many things to buy!

Bao Bao's Lamborghini

Good to be back HOME~

At BKK Airport! 

I cannot wait to smell the air and taste the water in Singapore~

So we arrived yesterday, late afternoon at around 4pm. Arranged for car rental for our 2 weeks (over S$1,400) back here since we'd be doing quite abit of travelling around the island~ Got a Kia Magentis, a pretty spacious car... Good enough for awhile...

First thing we did was head over to Great World City to get some essentials and then it's to my Parents place. Good to see them after awhile and chatted about life in Bangkok and show off my baby bump~ Gave Xing Ning a Hello Kitty handbag and a pair of slippers and she kept them on the whole time!! Well, one of our main objective over my parents was.... L.A.C.E.Y!!! I had missed her so much!! It's unbelievable that we've actually parted for more than a month... Her reaction when she saw us was priceless... What i mean is the sort of warm welcome we got from her... She kept running all over the house being too excited... Licking, clinging onto me, making me touch her the whole night. She's just so adorable! I think only dog owners will understand my sentiments... And so we brought her back home, about time~ =)

My Lacey~

This afternoon, we met up with Adrena for Lunch at Jing Restaurant... (My choice!) We had several dim sum dishes, soup, lobster noodles and the reason i chose this place... My avocado with pistachio ice-cream dessert!!! It's so good, i have no words to describe it... and of cos, cos I miss it!

Heavenly~

After lunch was shopping time for BOOKS!! Well, the selection of English books in Bangkok certainly requires much improvement. So we had to get our essentials from Borders! I got a Nursery Rhymes book for Tyler and 2 novels about motherhood for myself and as for Tiki, he only got 2 cooking related books this time (No BORING economics, financial, biographies, history stuffs, I'm surprise)! I'm pretty sure we're gonna return to Borders again for more stocking-up~

Books

Dinner time at TAVERN!!! We had dinner at one of my fave french restaurant... Cheryl, Bryan, Joycelin, Tiki and Me... It's the usual catching up and Miss Cheryl Tok can't stop saying SO CUTE and talking to Tyler! haha... Glad that she recovered from food poisoning by Oysters in Phuket. Me and Tiki also gave her a present for her Birthday... A Lambskin Rug since her Nest renovation has just completed... I sure hope she'll enjoy it like i do... Here's some pictures of us at dinner! Come join us next time! =)

Lambskin Rug for Cheryl 

(looks almost exactly like this one)

The Cozy Kitchen :: Tavern

Joyce, Cheryl and Me

Cheryl talking to Tyler

My Dinner 

Pan-fried Foie Gras :: Wagyu Beef with Potato Gratin and Caesar Salad

Getting sleepy now~ It's Milk Time!!

Good Night Everybody! =)

Ultrasound Scan at 19 Weeks and 3 Days

Today's the day we've been waiting for and we almost didn't get an ultrasound cos one of the specialists is not around...

Our faces just before heading to the Hospital...

We're expecting a BOY!!!

We're so happy right now... Bao Bao is such a good boy and opened his legs so wide we could definitely see his privates! Dr Suvit actually explained to us how he can tell that our bao bao is clearly and 100% BOY! It's such wonderful news! Most of you should know i have a slight preference for a boy than girl... And frankly speaking I've been having this feeling that bao bao is a BOY~

Well, we agreed that if the baby's a boy, his name will start with the Letter "T" like his daddy. And if baby is a gal, her name will start with the letter "S" like her mummy!

And yes, we've thought about his name... both English and Chinese... But i'll just reveal his English Name here...

Bao Bao's name is Tyler Yap~ (note the letters"l-e-y" in his name)

Esther's been telling me if we know the gender of bao bao, we should start calling to him by his name so that he can recognise and relate to the sound... =)

I've put on about 7kg so far!! (From 53.7kg to 60.6kg) Unbelievable~ I am actually about 2kg overweight~ But i am not suppose to go on diet of cos... Doc advise me to stay away from sugar and carbo~ URGH!!!