They are A-Okay now

They are okay now.
What a relief.
No more crying without reason and staying awake all night to check their temperature.

Claudia definitely looks skinny now.
But she always eats like a horse after an illness and she is now.

By the way, I like to show you Claudia skinny legs.

Compare to this……….

LOL

 

My Children are Sick

Well, I blame it to the bad weather.

Both are sick more than a week now.

Claudia condition is worse than Marcus.

Claudia fever is uncontrollable.

After medication, fever goes off.

Then at midnight, fever comes back again.

This had been going on since Feb, 9.

No red spot on the body.

Fever, coughing with lots of phlegm and runny nose.

She has skip school for 2 days.

She is very clingy and crying most of the time saying her body is hurts.

When I heard that my heart hurt.

She is so skinny now.

Below a picture of her taken with the Valentine flowers.

I rather post a happy picture instead of sick little girl.

People might get scare.

Marcus only have cough with lots of phlegm and runny nose.

When he sleeps at night, he snores as loud as his father.

When he coughs, he sounds like he is choking.

He is like a time bomb to me.

I have to constantly check is he breathing.

We had to delay his monthly immunization during his sickness.

But his weight is 9.3kg, measured on Feb, 10.

CHILDREN, PLEASE GET WELL SOON.

 

EDD past but still pregnant

EDD has past and I’m still around. My next doctor appointment would be on 7/10/2008. Doctor mentioned before that he only allow the baby to be overdue for 3 to 4 days. Therefore, if baby still decided not to come out by today or tomorrow, we are going to induce on 8/10/2008.

Bad news is everyone at home has come down with a cold. Started off with Claudia then Mr. Wallace. Now myself. Feeling miserable. The only person is still standing strong is my mum.

Will keep everyone inform with the latest news.

 

6 Days To Go

Yup, I’m still here. No sign of going into labour. I’m starting to loss my patience cause it is getting so uncomfortable now but again I don’t want to be in dues.

Claudia getting very sticky lately which is quite funny. I thought it is just an old tales that the elder sibling will get jealousy even before the baby is born but it is true for my case. I just so afraid that I can’t give enough special/quality time to her once baby is born. I don’t want her to feel that she has loss her place in my heart.

 

16 Days To Go

I’m still around with this 37 weeks belly. Doctor said baby should be coming end of the month. I still have 16 days to go. It is getting hard to walk around even sleeping is not longer enjoyable. Mum and MIL is around most of the time which is good.

CL only available after Sept 29 cause she is engaged with a family now. No worry cause my mum is here. That’s why mum is the best. I just don’t know how to thank her sometimes cause she did so much for me.

 

@33 Weeks

I realised that I did not blog about my second pregnancy much. Well, I did not start blogging till I had Claudia anyway.

Just an update on my big belly: -

Doctor visit on 28 weeks and I asked about baby size cause I did not eat much, in fact I don’t feel hungry most of the time. So I was a bit concern till he told me “You are 28 weeks pregnant but the size of your baby 31 weeks. o.O…. Okay, need not to worry about size but start to worry how to give birth to this big baby.

Last visit was at 32 weeks. Doctor got a new ultrasound scan machine. Ohoo!! Maybe he got a 3D scan but just an advance 2D scan. And it is just a demo set for him to try it out. I remember 3 years ago when I was pregnant with Claudia, the hospital gave a demo set too to try out and I think they did not bought it for him. Now with my 2nd pregnancy, demo set again, I hope they will get it for him this time. Now back to the new advance 2D scan, of course it is much more clearer and equip with the speaker too. Because he is new with this machine, he had the sales technician with him during my routine check up. I was so uncomfortable cause I was wearing a dress that day and I had to expose my body up till my breast for the scan. Of course they put a blanket on me from my pelvic down to my thigh. Still, a stranger in the room & looking at my baby. I can see my baby profile very clear and listened to baby heart beat too. All I can said is No:2 look exactly like Claudia. Got two big “char siu pau” he..he.. Doctor commented that baby is bigger than average size and definitely going to be bigger than Claudia birth weight (3.62kg). No wonder I walk like a penguin and have bad pelvic joint pain. He advised me to cut down on sugar but I did not eat much…oh well.

As for the preparation for the birth, almost everything is arrange: -

1. Confinement Lady – Deposit paid – so it should be confirmed but still need to call her before due date.
2. Hospital Bag – Packed
3. Baby Cloth & Nappy – Washed & Folded nicely.
4. Breast Pump & Bottle – Bought & Sterilized
5. Car Seat – Still in the box in the store room.
6. Baby Cot – Still not assemble and in the store room.
7. Confinement Herbs – Still not buy any yet, only will get it middle of Sept.
8. Baby Name – Only the Chinese name is not confirm.
9. Gift from baby to Claudia – Not yet.
10. Bengkung – Not sure to get it or not (CL package come with 5 x massage).

Am I looking forward to give birth? I really don’t know. It going to be tough once No:2 is out and I do enjoy my freedom now with Claudia but I don’t want to stay at this shape, big belly, joint pain and etc. Ah….well, it is very hard to satisfy a woman (probably just me) anyway.

Just wish me luck with this big baby. Pray hard no c-section and a easy labour like Claudia.

 

We are Back

We are back from Adelaide 2 weeks ago. See how slacking I am in updating this blog. I’m really busy with work as well as family matters. Also, with a growing belly doesn’t help at all. With this pregnancy, I don’t feel hungry at all and I have trouble with sleeping as well. And yes, we know the gender when I was at 18 weeks. My doctor said he is 98% confirm of the gender. Below is my 26 weeks photo. I will let you guys guess the gender.

 

No News is Good News

I just called my ob/gyn to find out about my blood test result. The nurse told me he won’t be back till 2:00pm. I asked her is my blood test result is out and she put me on hold for 10 minutes. Then she told me to call back at 2:00pm and speak to the doctor directly. (I guess nurse are not allowed to discuss patient test result cause they are not fully medically trained). She continue saying that when there are problem with test result, doctor will call the patient immediately. When there is NO NEWS is GOOD NEWS. Keep my finger cross that I won’t receive a phone call from my gynae.

 

Blood Test

I went for my obs/gyn check up last Wednesday. Baby is moving (swimming) while my doc doing the ultrasound scan. It is very cute. Doc said it is still too early to tell the gender but everything looks fine until he asked me: -

Doc: Do you know what is Down Syndrome?

Me: Yes. Is there a concern?

Doc: (Quick and firmly) No. But I have to show you this chart. Because you are 32 now, out of every 461 babies, there will be one baby with Down Syndrome. We can’t detect that from normal ultrasound. The normal procedure is do a blood test first and if it does show there is a risk then you have to do the ammonia fluid test.

Me: Okay.

Doc: So do you what to do the test?

Me: Let’s do the blood test first.

Doc: Okay. It’s need to be done on Week 15. So I shall see you in 3 weeks time.

 

The whole conversation makes me worried after I left his office. If there is a risk, I’ll hate to make the decision. Keep or not keeping the baby? Can you imagine a pregnant women have to make such decision. It is torturing. Worst than given birth. Everything should be okay cause both families history does not have down syndrome babies. But again you never know.

 

Updates

Just some updates. I don’t really know what to blog. In fact, I’m getting lazy to update the blog.

Anyway, I went for my second check-up on Feb 28. Happy to said everything is fine. Saw the baby with strong heart beats and there is only one not two (thank god). This time I bring along Claudia, and she is very excited to see a tiny baby inside my stomach. From time to time I have to remind her that I’m pregnant cause she forgets and like to climb on my stomach or asking me to carry her. EDD is Oct 5, 2008.

This pregnancy is totally different from my last pregnancy. I got mild morning sickness (minus the vomiting) and very sleepy all the time. Loves chili which I’m not suppose to eat all due to I have bad skin. To ease off the discomfort, I eat green apple, tomato & orange juice. Also I have booked my confinement lady. It is going to be my last pregnancy so I want to make sure that I will get enough rest and I will have a good health after that.

Claudia is getting more demanding everyday. She is bore at home and always look for other children to play with. She always refuse to go home or let the neighbour children to go home after they finish their play. She will cried and said she lock inside the castle like Cinderella, yes she adores Cinderella. Physically, she grow taller and heavy too. Mr.Wallace take her for swimming almost every weekend at FIL place. My in-laws just shift to a new condo near our place. So it is very convenient. I guess I shouldn’t have any excuses for not exercising.

Finally, I just want to said I’m very happy with the general election results. Hope this change will bring us better quality of life and for the better future for our children.