I am now 5 months pregnant. The first trimester was pretty difficult, feeling nauseous most of the time especially when I first woke up, when I was hungry and when I was too full or tired. Couldn't stand the smell of fried foods and cleaning my dog's crap! I found relief in taking some apple cider vinegar by the teaspoon but later discovered that it may not be good for baby. I was throwing up almost 3 times a week, never in my entire life had I ever up-chucked like that before and it was most unpleasant.
Started prenatal yoga 2 months ago. Certain postures initially made me nauseous for example the cat pose and any movements that compressed my stomach. Now it's much better and I try to do my joint and breathing exercises whenever possible (mostly in front of the tv). Nowadays I have a routine of sleeping in the afternoon for at least 2 hours ( at my aunt's place). Also since I can't cook (raw meat makes me sick), I have been either eating out or at my aunt's *guilty* . Otherwise I just make sandwiches. Not my favourite but I have it with whole meal bread . Have also stocked up with lots of organic snacks, biscuits and crisps. Current fav fruits are bananas, papaya and mangoes. Apples and oranges make me feel sick. Have also discovered that a teaspoon of Vegemite really helps to alleviate nausea. I am constantly trying out different remedies including sucking on dried prunes and fruits (assam).
I am however an insomniac at night, needing to go to the loo at least 3 times every night. Try to drink less water but sometimes just too thirsty. I also get hungry every 2 hours or so. Also been having anxiety thoughts about the impending birth. Scary... but everyone tells me it would just come naturally ( I hope so). Have been given all types of advice including talking to my baby to make the birth easier! Personally I prefer retail therapy, helps make it more interesting and my mind off giving birth.
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
3 years down the road and counting
Wow! It's been 3 years since we got married. Time flies. Married life is pretty similar to when hubby and I were dating other than now I get to see him everyday and not just on the weekend. However he does make it a point to just spend weekends with me and weekdays purely on work (no date nights on weekdays unless it's an occasion or a public holiday).
We often talked about starting a family. There were times that I felt it would be fine with me if we didn't have any kids, so I had a cut off date - if I turned 35 and still wasn't pregnant, then we wouldn't have any kids. Who would have thought that I would fall pregnant so fast (just after a few months of trying). I figure the weekly yoga sessions had really helped! Many cases of women falling pregnant easily after doing yoga. I confirmed my pregnancy 2 months short of turning 35. At that time my sis from Oz was here. Everyone was elated. However this didn't deter me from going to Krabi with my siblings and nieces for snorkeling. Prior to knowing I was pregnant I was actually doing quite a few yoga poses that may have endangered my baby. Thank goodness everything's ok. I even managed to squeeze in a trip to Singapore in December.
It has been a pretty good 2009 with some ups and downs. I am officially not working anymore as I just want to take this pregnancy easy. I am both excited and scared about impending motherhood...the usual questions like "is this the end of my life as I know it?" "Will I ever go on a holiday again?" "Will my kid be and angel or the opposite?" "Hope he turns out healthy and normal" (preferable with my looks and hubby's brains):-) So many questions but I guess time will tell...
We often talked about starting a family. There were times that I felt it would be fine with me if we didn't have any kids, so I had a cut off date - if I turned 35 and still wasn't pregnant, then we wouldn't have any kids. Who would have thought that I would fall pregnant so fast (just after a few months of trying). I figure the weekly yoga sessions had really helped! Many cases of women falling pregnant easily after doing yoga. I confirmed my pregnancy 2 months short of turning 35. At that time my sis from Oz was here. Everyone was elated. However this didn't deter me from going to Krabi with my siblings and nieces for snorkeling. Prior to knowing I was pregnant I was actually doing quite a few yoga poses that may have endangered my baby. Thank goodness everything's ok. I even managed to squeeze in a trip to Singapore in December.
It has been a pretty good 2009 with some ups and downs. I am officially not working anymore as I just want to take this pregnancy easy. I am both excited and scared about impending motherhood...the usual questions like "is this the end of my life as I know it?" "Will I ever go on a holiday again?" "Will my kid be and angel or the opposite?" "Hope he turns out healthy and normal" (preferable with my looks and hubby's brains):-) So many questions but I guess time will tell...
Thursday, January 14, 2010
Dating History
Dating Days
Why not start at the very beginning before everything becomes a blur with impending motherhood (currently 5 months pregnant with my first child)? I write this so that my kid(s) will know a little about before and after their father and I met...Let's say I only had one serious boyfriend before meeting hubby. I only started dating at 19 when I was in Uni in Oz. Let's call him Mr.C...he was funny but not husband material, plus rather desperate. Had many romantic tricks up his sleeve but only after one thing....After going out for a month we decided to call it quits, he was both a womaniser and a gambler.
Then came Mr.J (who incidentally was Mr.C's friend) who apparently had the 'hots' for me since day 1 when he first met me) Mr. J was of an entirelt different race. He had smelly feet and was a year younger than I (sorry don't believe in dating younger guys) and was incredibly immature (he thought it hilarious to pretend that I was a chair and sit on me) haha (Not). Let's just say we never made it to the dating grounds.
Returned from Oz, back to M'sia and was 'smitten' (or at least that's what I thought) with my brother's friend Mr.D. Mr.D was of mix parentage and rather cute (at least that's what I thought at that time). We went out twice (on our own) and discovered that both of us were not compatible. Tip: Never date your bro's friend especially one who hangs out with a common group of friends that you both know, cause when it doesn't work out, friends seem to think that they are obligated to take sides.
Turns out Mr.D was all about himself (never met anyone as self centered as him) throughout our 'date' all he did was talk about himself and all his achievements, boast, boast , brag (Yawn) We had a big falling out during a planning of my birthday party and that was that...the rest is history...
After that no dating for a good six years or so. Was happily living in singledom, just hanging out with my sisters. Till they all found their individual interests (that did not appeal to me) and I found myself staring at the idiot box day in and day out. That's when I discovered match.com (thanks to my bro, who by the way found his wife via this very useful website). I must have met at least a dozen guys before meeting my future hubby. Funny thing is it happened so fast, we didn't even chat online (that was the usual drill with guys that I met online) and only exchanged 6 letters before meeting for the first time. I remember being a little late and nervous (what if he turned out to be a real ugly dude??!!).
We met on 3rd Oct 2004 at Kinokuniya bookshop in KLCC. My first impression was that he seemed like a nice guy and I would like to know him better (nope there weren't any fireworks) I guess when you are 29 going 30, that's not so important anymore. We went on a couple more regular weekend dates and after a year we decided to get married. It just came naturally, there wasn't any romantic proposal or anything but we just decided like it was the next practical step. It seemed like we knew each other for longer than a year and we were extremely comfortable with each other's company. We got registered at the 'Thean Hou' Temple on 18th Feb 2006 and had a lavish ceremony on 23rd Dec 2006.
Why not start at the very beginning before everything becomes a blur with impending motherhood (currently 5 months pregnant with my first child)? I write this so that my kid(s) will know a little about before and after their father and I met...Let's say I only had one serious boyfriend before meeting hubby. I only started dating at 19 when I was in Uni in Oz. Let's call him Mr.C...he was funny but not husband material, plus rather desperate. Had many romantic tricks up his sleeve but only after one thing....After going out for a month we decided to call it quits, he was both a womaniser and a gambler.
Then came Mr.J (who incidentally was Mr.C's friend) who apparently had the 'hots' for me since day 1 when he first met me) Mr. J was of an entirelt different race. He had smelly feet and was a year younger than I (sorry don't believe in dating younger guys) and was incredibly immature (he thought it hilarious to pretend that I was a chair and sit on me) haha (Not). Let's just say we never made it to the dating grounds.
Returned from Oz, back to M'sia and was 'smitten' (or at least that's what I thought) with my brother's friend Mr.D. Mr.D was of mix parentage and rather cute (at least that's what I thought at that time). We went out twice (on our own) and discovered that both of us were not compatible. Tip: Never date your bro's friend especially one who hangs out with a common group of friends that you both know, cause when it doesn't work out, friends seem to think that they are obligated to take sides.
Turns out Mr.D was all about himself (never met anyone as self centered as him) throughout our 'date' all he did was talk about himself and all his achievements, boast, boast , brag (Yawn) We had a big falling out during a planning of my birthday party and that was that...the rest is history...
After that no dating for a good six years or so. Was happily living in singledom, just hanging out with my sisters. Till they all found their individual interests (that did not appeal to me) and I found myself staring at the idiot box day in and day out. That's when I discovered match.com (thanks to my bro, who by the way found his wife via this very useful website). I must have met at least a dozen guys before meeting my future hubby. Funny thing is it happened so fast, we didn't even chat online (that was the usual drill with guys that I met online) and only exchanged 6 letters before meeting for the first time. I remember being a little late and nervous (what if he turned out to be a real ugly dude??!!).
We met on 3rd Oct 2004 at Kinokuniya bookshop in KLCC. My first impression was that he seemed like a nice guy and I would like to know him better (nope there weren't any fireworks) I guess when you are 29 going 30, that's not so important anymore. We went on a couple more regular weekend dates and after a year we decided to get married. It just came naturally, there wasn't any romantic proposal or anything but we just decided like it was the next practical step. It seemed like we knew each other for longer than a year and we were extremely comfortable with each other's company. We got registered at the 'Thean Hou' Temple on 18th Feb 2006 and had a lavish ceremony on 23rd Dec 2006.
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