Bao Bao at 24 weeks!

It's raining like crazy out there right now... I can bearly make out the building next to ours... Thankfully there's no lightning and thunder...

Today, I'm 24 weeks pregnant and I'm looking very pregnant. The Size 10 pants that I bought/ brought over from Singapore can hardly fit anymore... So I've been trying to eat healthier providing the essential vitamins and protein for Bao bao that's why my weight gain isn't multiplying like it should be... Cutting all my favourite carbs!! Just lots of vegetables and meat... My current weight is about 64kg.

My Baby Bump at 24 weeks

我是一粒球!

Bao bao's movement makes me go nuts sometimes... Usually I wake up at about 9.30 every morning. But Bao bao has been waking me up everyday at about 8am. He kick really hard when I turn to my left and when I turn to my right, he kick again!! For a light sleeper like me, I'm not really enjoying this kind of kicks... hehe... I've also discovered another song Bao bao likes... The Lord's Prayer... I was just casually listening to different versions of that song when he cannot stop kicking inside... Could be due to the high-pitches... Now I'm introducing Time to Say Goodbye...

We received the Crib, Changing Mattress and Car Seat for Bao bao today... They look great!
Since we got a Yellow stroller already, this time we decided on a Red car seat from Chicco (pronounced: Kee-Koh). It's called the Key Fit 30 and comes with a base for easy fitting into the car. So I was just reading the review and looks like there's more good than bad... At least there was 20% discount at the mall that's why we committed to it... I'm looking for crib beddings now... saw plenty on websites, however I'll most probably get them in Singapore!

YES! I've been given the Green-light to go back home!! We've booked the tickets too!! See you in September!! =)

Beauty Services

Last night, I was suppose to meet up with Joelle and her friend, Rachael for manicure and pedicure... Needless to say, I had to cancel the mani due to my accident... So I reached arrived at Sense of Nails at Soi Convent (Just opposite BNH hospital) at 16:30.

Joelle called and said they'll be quite late cos the Cab driver took them to a totally different place... (the cabbies here can be quite arrogant sometimes)... So I started my pedicure without them..  Since I had time to kill, I decided I should have some nail art on my Big Toe... I'm very satisfied with their service! Very careful and skilful and the price is very reasonable too~ not to mention the pretty pretty ambience...

An hour later and Joelle is still not here... Seems like they were also caught in a traffic jam plus the rain... (Their trip from Platinum Mall to Soi Convent was more than 1-1/2 hours. They decided not to beautify their nails cos we're all very hungry and Tiki was waiting for us to pick him up for dinner! =)

Check out my Fatty Big Toe

Abit of Swelling in the Morning

My Big Fat Toes

Less Swelling in the Afternoon

Anyway it started to rain and I had to get across the road to wait for my friends and driver... I was very worried about wetting my wound so I asked the manicurist if she has a plastic bag for me to wrap up my left hand... She said OORH~ and so I waited for about a minute then she came back with an umbrella! haha... She said it was alright for me to take it and take my time to return it... 3days or a week is ok!! Where in Singapore can you get this sort of service?!! And this was only my first visit to their salon! 

Sense of Nails

Today, I asked Toig to throw away the beehoon I soaked yesterday and the shrimps in the fridge... Then she threw the bee hoon but said the shrimps still good... So she made Thai Fried Rice (with shrimp, eggs, ham, spring onions) !! Tiki came home for lunch too... It was quite yummy but a tinge too salty~

I also received a bouquet of flowers from Florence... So nice of her! It's really quite a huge bouquet... She called me yesterday to invite me to a party in August and I told her about my incident... haha... I didn't expect the flowers!! Very pretty!

Since I can no longer wash my hair for these couple of days, I decided to go over to Bangkok Club for Shampoo and Blow... I must say, I had a very good experience and deal today! Blow dry was standard procedure like the salons I went in Singapore... BUT the woman actually washed and massaged my scalp and hair with Shampoo 3 times!! Then she applied treatment to my hair! Pulling out strands by strands to apply the cream then wrapped my hair up for 10mins before washing... She also applied serum before blow-drying... All for the price of.... SGD7.60!!! Can you believe it?! Ok, i have to admit, I have a 50% OFF voucher, but then again, without the discount it's still quite cheap, right! I usually have my hair done in Singapore at least for SGD25 and the service isn't half as good... I'll be going back there at least 3 times a week for now... =)

OUCH!

I was intending to make some Char Bee Hoon at 10.30am... Then this horrible accident happened...

So, I was trying to cut the cabbage through it's heart while holding it up with my left hand... It was quite hard, so i gave it a forceful push and so the blade was pushed right through my left ring finger tip!! I didn't feel much pain, just saw fresh red blood flowing and flowing outta my finger tip and a slab of flesh dangling against the wound... Luckily I'm not hemophobia... if not I think i might faint at the sight of the amount of blood gushing out....

I stayed calm... Washed the wound again and again...

Then I held my hand up high and took some kitchen towel to wrap it up at the same time adding pressure to it.... I also tore a plastic bag handle to tie the "dressing" to add pressure! (I'm thankful for the 1st Aid training I had in JAL) I knew I needed medical attention, so I called Tiki and he sped over as fast as possible to send me to the hospital...

We arrived at BNH Hospital and through to the A&E. Thank god, we were attended to rightaway... English speaking Dr Abichai cared for me. My worst nightmare happened... I needed stitches!! I was soooo scared!! I hate the idea of getting stitched up~ (Okay, I cried when I knew for sure that I needed to be stitched...) I looked at my finger and blood was still gushing out... Dr said they had to stitch cos the shape of the wound is snail shaped and unable to stop the blood by just sticking a bandaid... Well, at least Dr was really nice and patient during the treatment. I had 3 shots of local anesthesia on my ring finger, then the stitching... He also recommended me to take a shot of Tetenus vaccination (safe for pregnancy- My Gynae actually gave me the option earlier, but I declined....), just for precaution... (I'm feeling rather groggy now... ) So I did that too... 

Tiki was wonderful the whole time, holding my right hand and reassuring me that I'll be fine and everything is going to be OK... Just so you know, he IS sort of hemophobic... He wiped my tears and kept talking to me... Even cracked some jokes and stories! Thank you, Baby! You made me feel so much better... =) At least now I know for sure, I can count on you when Bao Bao comes...

Yes I know, stitches are unavoidable during delivery too... I still don't like the idea!! They say pregnant women gets clumsy... But I didn't think I'll get THIS clumsy... Guess I was wrong...

I'll be EXTRA careful next time when handling blades of any kind for sure! And now I fully understand why chopping boards were invented...

Announcement

Tiki and Me have decided Michelle Tan Mei Xin will be the Godmother of our son when he arrives...

Mich has been my Best Friend since 1994~ more than 16 years and still counting!
She was the First one to ask me about this...
So we discussed about it and Tiki mentioned that he hope our son's Godmother will be someone Special and she's really Special to me indeed... =)

From: Michelle Subject: Re: Updates from ME! To: "Angela Low",  "Shirley Tan", "Emilin Ong", "Cheryl Tok" Date: Thursday, April 15, 2010, 12:19 AM Congrats ah ley!!!!! so happy!! :) can i be god mum?? hehe... my best friend baby leh! :P update us more ok? and let me know when u feel bored when TK nt ard then i will go acc u! haha.. but that's after work lah! ;) have fun being pregnant and see u reallyyyy soon!

Monday & Tuesday

Monday was a Public Holiday for Thailand... So Tiki had his long weekend bumming around with me!
We went to Soi Convent for the Goose Rice Tiki's dad was raving about during his stay here... I must say the goose was really tasty!! The shop owners are Thai Chinese and they speak Teochew (I'm Hokkien but the language is similar)... So I suppose I understand them and able to converse with them... I'll be sure to revisit soon! YUMMY!

Goose Meat with Goose Blood :: Bittergourd Soup

(Of cos, I resisted the temptation of the blood! blah!)

At night, I was playing and singing-along to some children songs on Youtube when I stumbled across this FUN song called B-I-N-G-O. I recall that it used to be one of my favourites when I was young. So I started to sing and PLAY with Bao Bao... If you know the song well, you'll be familiar with how an alphabet is being omitted each time in the song. So everytime an alphabet is being omitted in that song, I "clap" or tap once on my tummy... It was really fun! And Bao Bao kept kicking~ He just loves nursery rhymes and songs... =)

Other than the Fun part of pregnancy, nowadays I keep having the soreness in my lower abdomen when standing for awhile... Nothing severe... I think it's probably due to the rapid growth of Bao bao and the uterus. I read about it in my pregnancy mantra. But i'll be sure to bring it up during my next visit to Dr Suvit.

Today, I went to Central Chidlom for a reason... There's sale at Marc By Marc Jacobs! 50 to 70% off! How can I miss out on good deals? haha... So anyway, I was shopping around when I felt the soreness in my lower abs again! SO, CRAP! I thought then I had to shorten my trip... So I only grabbed a small sling bag, which I later found out, had a few ways to make use of! Definitely a good buy since it's 50% off retail. I decided to take a quick look at their Baby/Maternal section about another 4 storeys higher. Guess what? The moment I arrived at that section, the soreness is GONE!! (urgh, this baby doesn't want me to be looking at MY OWN stuffs!!) Then I started looking around for baby's stuff and doing some research on crib and car seat, bottles etc... Next, was the part where I looked at baby clothes. And while i was looking at Bao Bao's socks, he kicked my several times! I guess he liked the fact that I am buying some socks for him! hee~ I could actually spent more than an hour looking at baby's stuff without feeling uncomfortable... Well, if it isn't for my lunch date with Tiki I would've stayed on for longer... I had a great time now that I am shopping for tiny cute stuffs!! =) Tiki says he's gonna bring us go shopping again this Saturday!! Yippee!!~~

My New Sling Bag

Yeah, it's gold! what's new? hee~

Bao Bao's 1st Set of New Clothes from Mummy!

On my way back, I bumped into 小小個兒s (that's how I refer to dogs) which are the doggies of the owner of this property we staying at... They were loitering around the carpark/lobby area... Super cute! There're usually 3 of them... 2 schnuazers (one larger than the other) and one Shih Tzu. My favourtite is the smaller schnuazer... He is so adorable!! Everytime you walk towards him, he will start to crouch lower and lower until he's flat on the ground, waiting for you to stroke him! Then he'll come so close to you, putting his head on your legs... VERY sai nai! hehehe... While the larger one always like to bark at us!! I think he's trying to protect the other 2 by trying to chase us away. Luckily the larger one is out of sight today and I was able to play with the 2 gentle 小小個兒s. The Nice Security guard (there are 2 here working different shifts -another one not so nice) made a few attempts to take pictures for them... He kept saying "Godzilla... Godzilla" making me wonder if the lil schnauzer's name is Godzilla... hehe~ Tiki said lil one so docile, how can he be Godzilla?! hahaha... Love them 小小個兒s~!!

Godzilla??

小小個兒

Joelle is coming to Bangkok tomorrow for a couple of days! Can't wait~ She says Platinum Mall is the tomorrow'a itinerary, I need some new tights, so... Why not? hee~

Super Sunday

Wakey WAKEY, sleepy head!!

Love watching him sleep... So peaceful (if you know what mean... ha!)

We spent the whole morning in bed, watching marathon of "How I Met Your Mother" on Star World... Even had breakfast in bed... It was kinda nice to take it slow over the weekend...

Lunch at Secret Garden this afternoon... I've been craving for the Crepe Cake for the longest time, since my last visit!

Tiki and His not-so-adventurous Strawberry Short Cake

Me and My Yummy Crepe Cake

Tiki is busy preparing soup for tonight right now... It's going to be Old Cucumber Soup with Spare Ribs, Dried Scallop, Red Dates, etc... Sounds good? I sure hope it taste good, cos we are not able to find those really old cucumber we have in Singapore. We'll see~ I'll be making Brown rice, Stir-fried Choy Sum with Garlic, Pan-fried Saba (Mackerel) Fish and Shrimp and Onion Omelete... (All the nutrients Bao bao needs)

Had a lil chat earlier on with my Bestie... She is not doing too good~ I wish I could be there physically to pull her up from the hole she's in. It's not her fault and she deserve better, so much better... I'm not so worried about her hurting herself physically, but mentally, I sure hope she'll be strong and focus enough... I'm hundreds of miles away, but I'll be trying hard to make sure she goes thru the tough times... Don't be shy to call on me... "I'll be here or anywhere for you~ Hugs~♥" One day when she reads this, she'll be smiling and thinking how miraculously she'd recovered! I'm waiting for the day to come! =)


By the way, not everything is dirt cheap in BKK... It didn't take me long to realise that their imported goods were so much more expensive! I was checking out Medela Swing Breast Pump which costs S$336.90, whereas in Bangkok it costs a ridiculous S$440! I'll be looking forward to my Sept trip back home to buy all the necessary goods!


Have you heard of Fit Flops? Bet you did! But do you own a pair? I thought they were the ugliest pair of flip flops I've ever laid my eyes on... Guess what? Now, I actually own a pair! Guess again? I love it!! It's my life-saving pair of footwear right now... They're so comfy! Especially when my feet needs all the support they can get. I can literally walk for hours without feeling sore~ All my other footwears are now being chucked aside... Forget about prettiness... My Fit Flop is MY FIRST CHOICE! haha... (I sound like a salesman already...) Speaking of which, I got mine in Peddar Red in Singapore for S$125 whereas they are selling it at S$150~ in K Village here! So I Fit Flops are definitely going into my TO-GET LIST in September.

My Comfy Shoes

I'm surprised at the number or stores in K-Village (A new place in Sukhumvit Soi 26)... We went there for dinner and a walk last night... Reminds me of the design of Factory Outlets in Las Vegas and Osaka... Only it's not selling Factory Outlet stuffs... Anyone visiting Bangkok should go take a look... Pretty place... Many restaurants offering different types of cuisine too!
We chose to eat at a Chinese restaurant for some simple HK cuisine...

If you watched 食神, you'll notice the resemblance in this bowl of rice... 

(They try to mimick the tear-jerking rice (黯然销魂饭) Stephen Chow made in the movie... 

Sadly, Tiki didn't get he desired emotions with this bowl and YES! this one is with Salted Eggs~)

My Bowl of Boring Wonton Noodle Soup

Finally bought a gold chain for my wedding band too! I didn't know what is 23k (96.5% purity) gold until we went to the gold shop here~ Apparently, in Thailand, the gold they sell are all 23k. Well, it's just a lil less than 24k gold but better than 18k gold... Almost pure... I'm just happy that I can be wearing my wedding band again! =)


Oh ya, just done with The Help... quite a nice read but I was a teeny weeny disappointed with the ending... It sort of ended abruptly. Sigh... wish there were more~ I'm impressed by the guts of the author for writing about the town she came from... Could be quite controversial for the town's people when they read it... I suppose there are alot of truth in that book... They're gonna bring the book into the Big Screen.

Starting with The Mother's Tale... Looks like a peculiar piece yet truthful perspective of Motherhood. Some details are too disturbing for me to read on... About things a mother would imagine doing to her kid (dark thoughts)... As much as I like this sort of novels, I'll try to avoid picking up the bad behaviours... Anyway, I've just commenced... Will update when I finished the book...

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!