Baby first movement - 30th Aug 2007

Yeah... finally after 20 weeks, i experience my baby movement.... it was a kind of bubbling effect but can tell that it is not stomach flu but it's my beloved bb who is having fun loh...
Anyway, it was kind of interesting & when hubby put his face on my tummy, he said he felt "slap" by bb. hahaha... :p So our bb very mischevious hor... Going for detailed scan on 31st Aug & will know bb gender liao!

Airrence birthday - 28th July 2008

A month overdue blog about hubby birthday... hehehe... :p Coz life has been busy eversince i'm at 2nd trimester... now full of energy & can go shopping shopping & more shopping!!

Okie back to the topic of hubby birthday. We started celebrating on 27th July(fri) coz hubby's colleague wedding on 28th July so has to advance celebrate. Secretly, i booked My Secret Garden(http://www.mysg.com.sg/) for a candle-light dinner at 7pm but hubby was busy at work so we only managed to reach the restaurant at 8pm.

When we reached there, we were brought to a corner and instead of taking the "secret" menu which the restaurant manager told me during my reservation, i decided to go for ala-carte menu cause it much more worth the value & bascially the food in "secret" menu are all from the ala-carte menu. We ordered Calamari rings for starter, lobster bisque soup, roasted chicken & beef tenderloin for main course & dessert which is also Airrence first birthday cake - "sin in love", chocolate brownie with ice cream . Yummy!! The food taste good & we had a great time having a romantic dinner eversince valentine day. :)

Whats make the dinner memorable was there is a singer+guitarist who go around the indoor table & sing songs for you. I requested for Happy Birthday song & the singer also offer Airrence a song request & he sang another english song which i cannot recall what's the song title. We love the songs & enjoying ourselves that nite.

Next day, we went to Airrence colleague wedding. I secretly ordered a birthday cake on friday evening & intended to surprise Airrence on his actual day birthday so that we can also celebrate with his colleagues. Well, my plot fail to succeed coz after much tots, i told him that i need to go CK Tang to get something before heading to Regent & he smells a rat!! Hehee... So bopian, he saw the cake & we did celebrate with his colleagues. A week later, we celebrated Airrence birthday but this time with our cell group friends.

Fifth checkup - 10th Aug 2007

This visit was super packed @ clinic coz many mtbs took leave as the day before(9th Aug) is National day. We decided to save up our annual leave so only reached the clinic at 6.30pm & waited for 1 hr b4 seeing gynae at 7.45pm. We are looking forward to see how much bb has grown and gynae did a u/s scan. We can see that bb has indeed grown big liao... now 17 weeks old but hor, still cannot see whether bb is boy or girl leh... coz gynae say the legs are closed so can't tell. So we concluded that bb is shy shy loh like daddy..... hahahaa.... :-p
U can see bb backbone very clearly from the u/s scan pic.

Fourth checkup - 21 Jul 2007

To our surprise, our fourth visit was relatively fast as we reaches at 1.30pm & left the clinic at 2pm including 15mins of wandering around in Compasspoint point. BB is now 14 wk old, measuring 7.3cm and can see him/her more clearly already. Do you think bb look like Debbie or Airrence? You can see the head is at right side of pic. We also tried to ask gynae what is the gender of bb but couldn't tell coz still can't see much details for that. So we have to wait patiently for our next appt on 10th Aug then we can start to think so nice names... hehehee.... :-)

07/07/07 - NT scan

During Debbie last visit, Dr told Debbie that there is a test for down sydrome call NT (Nuchal Translucency) test($95+GST). This test need is to give the parents an estimation of whether bb belong to high risk or low risk group of having DS. You need to take the test within 11-14 wks of pregnancy. More info abt NT scan here - http://www.babycentre.co.uk/pregnancy/antenatalhealth/scans/nuchalscan/

Since last week(29th june) is 11wks so Dr has given Debbie a deadline to go for the test b4 10th July. As usual, we usually will schedule any bb related appt on sat so we went on 7th July '07 - 777. What a day right? Anyway, because we couldn't make any pre-appointments so we ended up as walk-in & reach TMC @9am. The stupid TMC made us waited for 1 hr but still didnt get to go in for the scan thus Debbie got irritated & complaint to the person-in-charge why we have to wait so long & their replied is they have to let the appointment patient to go first. In the end, they told us to come back at 11am. It was drizzling @ TMC and we went for our breakfast at a nearby coffee shop & had several nice curry puffs!! Yummy... better than Old Chang Kee! :-)

We returned to the clinic at 11.30am but still have to wait till 12pm then we get to go into the room. The sonographer was young & friendly. She showed us a detailed look of bb & guess what, our cute little bb was busy swimming inside Debbie and showing us a high 5, waving at us & sucking thumb. ;) Funny rite!! It was really interesting to see bb enjoying & having fun inside the womb. We also saw bb nose, 2 hands & 5 fingers on each & of coz the cute legs. As bb was busy having fun inside, sonographer had a tough time to take the measurement so she started to tell bb to stop moving. Mama Debbie also tell our bb to b good & listen & to our surprise, bb stop & remain in a perfect position. After much attempts, the sonographer finally get to take 5 measurements and get her senior to check the results.

When the senior came in, bb was again moving all over and the lady has to "threaten" bb again & this time is "bb, if u dont behave, u will not go home today huh..." Well, it works & the senior sonographer took another measurement to confirm the past few that was taken. With the 6 measurements, they conclude that the thickness is 1.8mm and we are allowed to go home. Debbie causually asked if we can know the results & they confirmed that bb is safe from the risk.

Within the same week, gynae clinic called & told us that they have received the report & everything is normal. Here are the results :

EDD(est due date) : 14th Jan 2008
Fetal heart action positive.
Crown-rump length (CRL) : 65mm
Biparietal diameter (BPD) : 22.2mm
Femur length (FL) : 9.4mm
Nuchal Translucency : 1.8mm

Estimate risk at 10-14 wks gestation based on maternal age
Background risk for Trisomy 21 - 1:556
Adjusted risk for Trisomy 21 - 1:2402

Background risk for Trisomy 13/18 - 1:1022
Adjusted risk for Trisomy 21 - 1:7940

* A risk cut-off of >=1:300 is used to determine a pregnancy at high risk of trisomy 21.

Praise the lord that the results is ok & we are glad to see our bb in so much details. Really brought lotsa joy to us! :-)

Third checkup - 29th June 2007

Third visit was on a friday than the usual saturday afternoon because Daddy Airrence has went to Dubai for work assignment. Poor Debbie has to take a 1hr bus journey to SengKang to bring bb to see Dr. It was a sad day becoz Debbie has craving for Hokkien fried noodle but couldnt find any stall & ended up eating instant noodle...sigh... :-(

Well the checkup was pretty fast as bb is growing fine & just a routine check to ensure bb is ok. During the visit, Debbie complained abt the pain on her left stomach asking Dr what is the problem... Dr gave some gastric syrup & medicine for Debbie & again, it's free! Imagine if we were to see other Dr, i think will cost us a bomb!

BB pic as follow but u can't tell much difference from the previous one except that bb has grown to 4.29cm at 11 wks old.

Second checkup - 16th June 2007

Forgotton to mentioned in my previous thread that Dr gave Debbie folic acid and prenatal vit to eat daily. The greatest nightmare was the prenatal vit! It was really huge but no choice have to eat becoz of our dearest little one. ;-) BB, if u reading this one of these days, please appreciate how great is ur mummy!! hehehee.. :-p

On second visit, it was more fruitful as bb is 9 wks old and can see the shape is forming and also the heartbeat! It was so amazing to see bb has grown to 2.59cm from an egg sac of 0.93cm. Btw, u know why bb has grown so fast because Debbie has been diligently drinking enfamama milk for pregnant woman daily. Having said that, Debbie has put on tremedous weight too! Shall not talk about weight in this track... hehe... There is such increase of huge appetitie, for eg the day start off with breakfast, lunch, tea break & dinner! Debbie seems to be always hungry and good appetite. However, Debbie also puke @ one morning with water... well that is call morning sickness and thank god it only happened once! :-)

During the visit, Debbie also having kind of blocked nose & Dr has gave her some flu tablets & also the vomit pills to control if she still feel like puking... Everything FOC coz it's inside the package price loh! haa....

Okie here is our lovely bb pic. Left is the head & right is the butt.

First checkup - 2nd June 2007

Eversince 20th May, Debbie has join a new forum call - Singapore motherhood to know about abt pregnancy & babies - http://www.singaporemotherhood.com/ & become a member of Jan '08 MTB(Mother-to-Be).

Everyday MTB will discuss abt morning sickness, gynae visits, body changes, etc... anything under the sky! It was very similar to Singapore bride forum which Debbie was once an active member there! Ha... Well, one great difference that Debbie noticed is that MTB are more free coz the number of post from MTB is really a lot that everyday it just flooded Debbie email a/c... :p Having said that, there are many good informations that can be found! For eg, which gynae to go & the prices.... Under the recommendation from the MTB in forum, Debbie decided to try out the gynae call Dr Adrain B Woodworth. He is a chinese with english name. We also have some gynae reference from friends but decided to try out this Dr as his prices is really cheap! $550 from 1st visit which can start anytime!! Where to find such a good price at this era??!?!?!? Besides that, it includes unlimited visits, ultra scan every visits, blood pressure checks, urine tests, routine blood test, antenatal vitamins, folic acid, common medicine for flu, cough, etc and post natal visit. Good deal right? However, he is located at either CCK or SK(Seng Kang).


We booked our first appointment on 2nd Jun and all we see is an egg sac. But doctor confirmed that indeed there is bb inside Debbie! :-) Look at the pictures :

Our little bundle of Joy - May

On 20th May 2007, we received a surprise in the early morning... Look at what's the surprise! :)









The left is hubby hand & the other is my hand.... We bought a digital reader so that we can be certain of the accuracy.... :-p It's going to be an exciting time for both of us in the year ahead. 20th May is the start of another season in our lives.

I have created ticker for our bb :



Latest update!

Second honeymoon in Boracay(Philippines)

So how did i celebrate birthday this year? First, escape from work!! ha... managed to convince my boss that i can take 3 days of leave though i have a project on hand & just joined my new company but boss is nice enough to approve lah. Secondly, hubby agreed to bring me go holiday @ a beach resort call Boracay in philippines! Yipee!!!

We left on 3rd May morning & travelled on philippines airline to manila before departing to kalibo. On our flight there, i decided to take some pictures but found out that my favourite digital camera spoilt lah. Everything that i attempt to take are pinkish & looks yucky. I was really upset & disappointed coz i can't take nice pictures of the beach there. :-( Sigh... anyway the next day, the camera totally blackout so it is confirmed dead... *sob*... Thank God for the invention of camera mobile phone coz all our pictures are snapped using our mobile phones. ;-)

Our trip in Boracay was fun except that it was a long journey there. Upon reaching the airport, we need to take a bus ride for 1-2 hrs before reaching the jetty for another 30 mins ferry ride & finally reaching Boracay in the evening @ 6pm. It was pitch dark there as the sun rises at 5am & sets at 6pm.. Anyway, we stayed at this resort call Surfside Resort & Spa for 3 nights & tried the spa massage there too!

On 4th May(my birthday), we went snorkeling trips around the island of Boracay from 10am till 4pm. After that, we laze around at the beach chairs of our resort waiting for the sun to set. Beautiful sunset view! Evening time, hubby bought me a small birthday cake that is Ube flavor. Ube is a local name for some purple potato. Anyway it's a purple cake & taste Yummy!! :D We had buffet dinner that nite & they have oyster spread. Big oysters leh! Oh ya, not forgetting to mention that even though i was out of town, i still received many heart warming birthday greetings via sms, emails & friendster messages from frens like Chris, Yuan Shan, Hanyu, Serena, Soon Yeow, Jasmine, Mei Ying, Lucy & Trixie! :) Thanks to those who have remembered & sent me the msgs.

On 5th May, we went for the ATV(all terrain vehicle) ride to Mt Luho. It was really fun though it was a bumpy ride! This mountain is the highest of Boracay & u will be able to see 80% of Boracay. Nice view indeed!! The ATV guide also brought us to another beach call Puka Beach. After the ATV ride, we went to the one of the most expensive resort in Boracay beach call Friday, which is at Boat Station 1. Unfortunately, we can't take much pictures there becoz they are busy preparing for a wedding that nite. We took some pictures of the wedding deco & we saw another wedding nearer @ our resort. Having wedding there was really cool coz they even have fireworks for their wedding leh! It reminded me of my wedding solemnisation @ sentosa beach but i dun have fireworks leh.... :-p

As we walk back from Boat Station 1 to our resort which is Boat Station 3, there are many shops along the way that sells beach wear, bag & accessories! Of coz, how can i didn't buy anything for myself rite? Hehee...hubby & i bought 2 pairs of slippers each, beach shorts, beach dress for me & beach top for hb, bags, sun glasses, ear rings, accessories & the list goes on.... :-p
This island reminded me of phuket but it is 10 times cleaner than Phuket & comparable to Redang. The only shortfall of Redang is there is no shopping & nite life whereby u can find nite shopping & nite life @ Boracay! The crowd are here are mostly tourist from asia country such as korea, japanese, taiwanese, china. Everyone come with family or big group of frens! :)

On 6th May, we left Boracay & made our way to Manila for another round of shopping! We stayed @ Makati - similar to our orchard road/cityhall where u can do lotsa shopping!! Our hotel is those 2-3 stars kind but good location coz it's at the Greenbelt(expensive shops like Gucci, LV, Channel, etc are there). Walking further down are many other shopping malls call LandMark, Glorietta, SM Makati & many more. As our time in Makati is only 24hrs so I shopped non-stop until my leg got blisters & body aching when I am back in Singapore the next day(7th May). :-p

Some pictures to share :