Rainbow Baby

I started this blog a year ago to note down this fertility journey.  What started as a fertility or rather infertility journey has blossomed into a pregnancy blog.   While re-reading the blog posts that I have written, I felt that many a time the posts can be quite depressing, especially during the TTC period, the struggling times.  It was at times very difficult to read because it's too depressing. Anyway, TTC can be very challenging for some people.  I don't know what else to say but if you want to go the natural way, try every method under the sky.  Be it homeopathy, TCM, Malay urut, chiropractor, acupuncture, Ayurvedic and so on and so forth.   If you would rather go direct with the artificial method, go ahead, be it IUI or IVF or ICSI, etc.   For those who are going through some infertility problems and so on, if you go to a Fertility Specialist, he/she will: 1.  Test your hormones. 2.  Check your Vitamin D levels....

Oh well, apparently my posts on Lari Laki Korea (you please translate yourself to English) has some copyright infringement.  I have thus deleted the 'offending' posts just to keep the Mr G.o.o.g.l.e happy.  No idea what infringement it was.  First, I was not paid to do the posts on it.  Second, I was not endorsing any brand on my blog.  Third, I wrote it because I have nothing to write during that time.  It's just so weird.  Anyway, just for your info, I have stopped all Lari Laki Korea episodes few months back.  Just completely lost interest in it.  Too much of betrayal and the guy who betrays has many fans who like him being a bad guy.  I don't know.  And honestly speaking, as much as I love how funny the show is, I feel the games are very repetitive and scripted.  No regrets in deleting the 'offending' posts.  Don't think anyone read it either.  Moving on. Back to pregnancy post.  One of the more annoyin...

Not sure if you have seen this, but here it is.  Emily Bingham, a writer from the US wrote the following post on Facebook: "Hey everyone!!! Now that I got your attention with this RANDOM ULTRASOUND PHOTO I grabbed from a Google image search, this is just a friendly P.S.A. that people’s reproductive and procreative plans and decisions are none of your business. NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS.  Before you ask the young married couple that has been together for seemingly forever when they are finally gonna start a family … before you ask the parents of an only-child toddler when a Little Brother or Little Sister will be in the works … before you ask a single 30-something if/when s/he plans on having children because, you know, clock’s ticking … just stop. Please stop.  You don’t know who is struggling with infertility or grieving a miscarriage or dealing with health issues. You don’t know who is having relationship problems or is under a lot of stress or the timing just isn’t ...

At Week 22, I start to have puffy eyes every morning upon waking up.  It doesn't seem to help that I slept late and drink a lot before sleeping.   Sometimes it feels like my eyelid can't open at all.  And my eyes teared.  I guess it's water retention.  But my hands and ankles and feet are not swollen. Oh well.  One of those things that we have to just accept and continue.

I have a little nephew who is now 2.5 years old.  Just want to share some of his cute antics that really made my day. The other day, he asked me to carry him to see what's cooking in the wok.   Me:  I can't carry you now.  My stomach is too big already. Him:  You try and see. Me:  No, I really cannot.  No need to try. Him:  You try first. This is what happens because we always encourage him to try on his own before asking someone else for help. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Then another evening, he slipped out of the bedroom where he shares with his grandparents while both of the grandparents were asleep.  He knocked on my bedroom door. Me:  Yes, why are you still awake?  It's already 11pm.  Where is gong gong?  Where is po po? Him:  I want to sleep with you. Me:  How can you sleep with me when you didn't bring your pillow?   (trying ...

I was looking at some YouTube videos on breastfeeding and found this channel that has all that you need to know about looking after yourself during pregnancy and the baby after birth.  It is presented by an Obgyn from India.  Though some of the methods taught are quite Indian tradition, like massaging the baby and bathing the baby traditional way, you sure learn a lot from the info given.   It's Pregnancy Care .  Very useful advice and I like the part about exercises to be done during pregnancy.  Also about the part on breastfeeding. In fact, I like everything in this channel.  For all mothers-to-be, please go and have a look.  It will worth your while, I promise.

So I just had a detailed scan and everything is alright.  Thank You God!  What the Obgyn did was to scan the whole of the baby, inside out and see if there are any abnormalities.  He said if there is a huge abnormality, they would sometimes asked if the parents want to keep the baby or not.  Parents still have a choice to do a medical termination before Week 22.  He explained that even if there is a hole in the heart, that can be corrected upon birth.  Same thing with cleft lips.  But if major organs are missing, then it's bad news. I remembered an incident that happened to an ex-colleague.  She got pregnant before marriage and immediately got married after that.  In her 5th month of pregnancy (around Week 20-21), she started scratching her stomach very badly.  No cream can sooth the itch.  Upon checkup with the Obgyn, found that there was an abnormality with her baby.  She didn't tell me the medical word for it but sounde...

Wow, I didn't realise that I made it to the 101th post within a year's time of blogging. Today I am going to share about my gynae.  He is Dr Jason Lim from Sunway Medical Center.  Initially, I wanted to go to a female gynae because I feel only a female can understand another female.  But there wasn't any female gynae that suit my liking at Sunway Medical Center.  No offence to the other female gynaes, but somehow I just didn't have that 'feel', you know that connection. Dr Jason may looked very strict on the outside but I feel he is very caring inside.  I am not doing this post to give him more business or what.  As it is, he is always packed with patients.  Appointments are always full.  But just want to share how I feel having him as my gynae.  You know how personal are gynaes to you right?  After what I went through with the first gynae during the first pregnancy, I decided to go to gynaes with good reviews from family and frie...

Did you know that it's very good business to start a confinement center?  It's mushrooming all over now.  This is especially for Chinese confinement. So, I found a few and made enquiries.  But you know something?  I don't want to be confined in a house, no matter how luxurious and beautiful it is, during Chinese New Year!  Yes, I am due end of January 2016 and during CNY I am pretty much confined.  And do you know that during CNY, everything is double the price?  Like food, etc, etc? Sigh.  Hopefully I can find someone who can help me and the baby, give me and the baby some nice massages, bath the baby and teach me how to breastfeed and guide me.  I don't need the confinement food since my mom can do that.  I need to be at my own house during confinement so that when visitors come to visit during CNY, I can show them baby too. I also need my own bed and my own comfort. So here's what I found on Mr Google: - Gina's Place: The Br...

The first movement was felt at about Week 19.  It was like butterflies in the stomach and flutterings.  At Week 20, the movement became more active and I am more aware of it now. I tried my best not to tell my colleague who has been trying for years to TTC, too much about pregnancy and whatever I am going through.  I could feel she is not very comfortable with it.  I can understand.  I was also like that in that stage when someone was pregnant, it felt like stab in my back.  But it's true that only a pregnant woman would know what is going through and no matter how much telling and talking, the other person who has never been pregnant would not understand it. Like, there was a friend who was never pregnant and told me that morning sickness is all in my mind.  Oh well.  Only if you have experience it, you would know how true it is. Like, those who never went through a pregnancy told me to eat for 2, or to eat and not starve.  But ...

My blog has evolved from TTC to Pregnancy.  For those who are still trying, please have faith.  I know it's easier said than done (been there, done that), but it's true.  Try all avenues and what I find really works for me is to be stress-free.  Whether at home or at work, just be as stress-free as possible.  Sometimes the stress is caused by ourselves and our mind, not others.  Say, I know someone in our TTC forum and she is very affected by many of her relatives and she react big time.  And she has no qualms in airing all her family personal problems in the forum, with the hope that someone would reply and say, "Poor thing.  You must have a tough life." The thing is, we can choose to be happy or sad, to be worry-less or worry-some.  We can't control what others think of us or what others feel.  But we can definitely control our own feelings and thoughts.   Another colleague of mine who has been TTC-ing for a long time too...

I am in my 19 weeks now.  And the annoying carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) has stuck me.  Though I don't have much pain, but the numbing and tingly sensation is enough to immobilise me.   I have been super clumsy with anything.  I have accidentally poured water on the floor, drop stuff, lots of typo mistakes especially on the mobile phone, play the wrong notes on the harmonium and what not. The best part to all this is that there is no cure.  The only solution is to wait until birth.   I can't flex my fingers much.  The condition is worse in the morning.   OH well, any remedy for this please?