Shrink Your Hips post Delivery

Ooooh - LittleWhiz.com has ShrinkxHips for RM211.50! Shrinks your hips after delivery. Cool eh?

Check this out though for user reviews.

OK I know I keep promoting LittleWhiz.com, no they are not paying me anything - I just think their prices are better than the rest. :) IF I AM WRONG, PLEASE LET ME KNOW!!!!!!! hahahahahhahaa

New Friends of Baby Boy

Ya - no posts for some time and then a flurry of them huh! :)

Here are some friends of Baby Boy's.

(L - R with back row first: Senor Amore, Awie Awana, Moo Moo, Rabitto, Bally)

Rabitto and Bally are new  - from Ikea! So cute and colourful. Rabitto is a rattle!

First Gifts from FRIENDS!!!!!

Sookie has donated to me some of her maternity clothing cos I really didn't want to buy so many new pieces and now our first other gifts from friends have arrived via van! :)  I got my Breastflow!!!!!! :) I was almost leaning towards Avent in the end, even though I really really dislike the look of it just cos Avent breast pumps can only be used with Avent bottles - but now am so happy I got my Breastflow set!!!!!!!!!! :)

 

This one is a yellow top, bottom, bonnet, mittens and booties set - anyone who knows me well, knows I love Pooh and this set coming in yellow is just perfect cos that's the other colour I have for baby boy besides white and blue!!!! There are some frills on the clothing and definitely frills on the bonnet though - hhehehehehehehhe.

30w Photo

18 weeks

22 weeks



26 weeks

 

30 weeks



The pants above are one half of my pajama set bought at Giant to aid breast-feeding. Mum says my hips will get larger after delivery! Hehehehhe - these fit just right now....And they are FREE SIZE!

31w and 3 days - amniotic fluid dropped

We had another check up today - the doc said my amniotic fluid has dropped - the last check being 3 weeks ago saw me with 27cm of fluid and now it's like 21cm. So I had a Proluton shot to encourage placental function and will need to go back in 1 week's time to check and see if there is further reduction.

I really hope and pray everything goes well and baby boy is healthy. He is now 1.8kg and I have a colleague whose 32 week baby is 2kgs - hopefully, by the time I go and check at 32 weeks, he will be a good weight too. Strange I guess since baby boy has always been ahead of the curve - perhaps (touch wood) I've been 'boasting' about it too much?

He is still active and well inside me - definitely feeling the 10 movements a day that we should have.

Please pray. Thanks!

Baby Boy is 30w + 4 days!

Can you believe how fast it's flown by?? He's going to be 8 months soon! HEheheheheheh and when I first got to know him, he was 5 weeks old!

There is a Baby Fair at Mid Valley 26-28 Nov so we're going to have do our shopping then - the list is endless I think......cos we haven't actually bought anything yet! Yeah, mum keeps nagging at me but I do have baby clothes and mittens and booties and hats and towels and hankies all sorted out! So we need some big ticket items like the cot and bedding, stroller, play pen, room furniture (that's from Ikea), liquid wash for baby's clothes and baby himself (my cousin who has experience with babies recommened Lactacyd and also Cetaphil - for when the baby already has rashes - apparently alot of babies nowadays developed skin conditions due to the scents or whatever in lots of babies products - including some very famousssssss brands!), bath tub, milk bottles (especially for water feeding), baby monitor, baby carrier, wet wipes, cotton wool, ear buds, blah blah blah loving the First Years baby carry basket idea, what else?....probably get the cloth diapers too.

JH will probably tell me to just get the big ticket items cos the small ones won't be much different in price and can be bought anywhere - how come guys always think like that?

Apparently Lactacyd Baby Items are very popular in the Philippines - don't remember having seen it here! I also read reviews where mums loved the Earth Mama Angel Baby brand which is super expensive I think. But it's supposed to do wonders for everything from diaper rash to mama's zits!

I definitely want to breast feed and have been looking up milk pumpers but also read that not EVERY MUM needs a milk pumper - I will definitely have to get one though for when I go back to work - although better to buy it then to save on warranty time. Avent seems to get good reviews while Medela seems to suck - hmmmmmmm...I mean suck in a bad way.......from user reviews on the Net so.....

Mum also reminded yesterday that I need to pack a bag for the hospital already. And FIL asked me where we will 'check in' for delivery and which floor to go to and all that at the hospital - which is a FANTASTIC question in deedi - o!!!! Will have to check that out - we've gone on a tour of the hospital but that was ages ago.......

I should also look at registering for pre natal classes huh! Maybe Mamalink.com.my or Jenlia apparently quite good too - I will need the one where they teach me how to breathe and how/when to push.....Mamalink's 6 class course is RM600 with RM20 for registration (WOW!) AND! she also does Home Visits at RM200 (DOUBLE WOW!)

The Jenlia one apparently costs RM310 - their website doesn't seem to work very well for me so I think I have to call themlah - now is perfect time for me to attend....hope they aren't full.

(Wah, the more I read, the more afraid I get)

And I won't get to go on holiday before going back to work cos Ju Han already said he's full up till March 2011.

Still cannot eat properly from a Gum Infection

(written 12 Nov) It is imperative that mothers-to-be get their dental conditions in order! Go for a dental check up if you’re planning to get pregnant. Go for another check up in your 2nd trimester and make sure that in the meantime, you brush twice daily, carefully and thoroughly so that you don’t get gingivitis or periodontitis which could start off labour early! It’s no joke!

Flossing daily is also recommended.

I hope my gum infection clears up soon.

http://www.buzzle.com/articles/gum-disease-and-infection.html this website will give you quite a nice lot and organised composition of information about gum infection - I've probably searched 100 websites and I like what this one told me and how it told me things about gum infection.
 
(Update 14 Nov) My gum infection, after finishing the enzyme and all that, has not cleared up - there doesn't seem to be much difference, the pain when chewing is the same and if anything, the raw area on my gum near my wisdom tooth seems to have developed a white pocket - am liable to think it IS heatiness cos this is how ulcers appear to be right? I've never had an ulcer in my life....so just guessing here. The gums are still rather swollen from my own eye examination cos I can see and feel the gumline almost right up to the surface of my teeth.
 
Sigh, more porridge but MIL has been great in trying to add variety to my daily dinner. Also, since I can't eat any fruits and vegetables, she's processing juice for me - the first day it was oranges, apples and banana and the second it was green apple, celery and something (since I wasn't getting my veges!!!!!) and last night, she thought up kiwi and a juice we usually have (Berry Blast which is a juice of 5 fruits and vegetables) and I added in a mashed banana. Hehehheheehhe.
 
I went to White Zone Dental in PJ New Town (State) for my checkup and non-resolution - not sure if my strain is especially virulent or the dentist just didn't identify/resolve the correct problem. But I have a prior appointment set up with another dentist near work for Tuesday so if it's still not healed by then, I shall have a go at the other dentist - at this stage, I'm like - just lance the damn thing and let me get on with life - I'm missing out on so much fooodddddd  - and you know you just want to eat it all when you can't right?! Double Sigh!
 
Yesterday for lunch I had Mushroom Soup and Garlic Bread (soaked of course) at the Western Food counter at Food Republic at Pavilion Mall. They charged me RM4.90 for the soup which was tastelesss fat - it's a good thing I had the Garlic Bread otherwise I would have been tempted to just leave the whole damn thing! YIKES!
 

I HAVE A GUM INFECTION AND HUBBY IS NOT AROUND!!!!!!!

(written 12 Nov) I really love filo pastry! It’s so crunchy and flaky and yummy!


Yesterday I went to the dentist and she told me I have a gum infection – so I have to brush my teeth really well – especially at the back (where apparently a little plaque had set up home) cos pregnancy elevates the hormone levels in the body which in turn, makes the gums more sensitive to ENEMIES!

So, a couple of days of enzyme and gargling with salt water – no antibiotics cos of baby boy and I hope to be good as new. In the mean time, I am losing weight – hahahahhaha – cannot eat anything except soup and porridge cos the moment food enters my mouth – I’m like, “AARRGHGGHGHH!!! PAIN!!!!” So!

Last night I had porridge with fish mashed in. This afternoon, for lunch I had mushroom soup with soaked croissant…..(AHA! Now you know why I started my post with the filo pastry comment)…..Tonight supposed to be porridge again but with chicken and eggs. Sigh, so sad….I want to eat rojak.

And hubby not around some more – in India – so I am prevailing all by my lonesome…..heheheheheh…..

Halford Cosmo DX Stroller

....is only RM359 at littlewhiz.com. Without the baby carrier - which I don't think I need!

Will go check this one out at a store on Sat and see if it feels gooooddd....

Toothache

Aissshhh! I've developed a low grade toothache in the lower right region of my teeth. Difficult peering in a magnifying mirror has revealed a darker spot in the middle of the tooth - which could either be a cavity or shadow from plaque....hehehehahhaha.....

It's been there since late Monday evening, mum thinks I'm heaty and yeah my gums on that side have swelled up a bit and are tender to the touch; MIL meanwhile thinks I've developed dental caries (TOUCH WOOD!) from lack of calcium during pregnancy. I only drink like a glass of milk a day with no calcium supplements so gotta ask my doc about that......apparently pregnant women need 1200-1500mg of calcium a day.....One glass is like 250-300mg....sigh....

I REALLY hope it's not a cavity cos I don't want a single filling to mar the look of my teeth. I'm going to be really upset if it is and I've developed it due to a lack of calcium. Baby boy just turned 29 weeks and apparently babies start their guzzling of calcium from the 3rd trimester onwards - takkan so fast the calcium deficiency has taken effect????? And it's not like I was a complete milk virgin before! I drink milk!

Last night I told my dad that I had a toothache and he was really surprised cos yeah, the last time I had a toothache - I sat up crying through the night, with my mum accompanying me and my little night lamp (you know the one where the inner light creates shadows from the outer layer that revolves????) Yeah - I was like below 10 probably! Every visit to the dentist after I got my permanent teeth in has been just routine cleaning with nothing extraordinary - I seem to have very strong teeth - til now..........that's why I'm inclined to think it is heatiness - though I exhibit no other symptoms - like constipation or pimples or sore throat or whatever......AIYA! With a CAPITAL A!!!!!!!