| Pregnancy in June 2008 - March 2009 |
Pregnancy in Nov 2010 - Sept 2011... |
Pregnancy in Jan 2013 - now... |
| Working in IT line, constantly in meetings with users & vendors for the new IT system, apart from being in-charge of changing company's website & the legacy IT system |
No longer working in IT line, a full-time mummy now catering to the whims & fancies of a 23 months old toddler who is ever so active and playful and cheeky.
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A full-time mummy catering to the whims and fanices of a 4 years old boy and a 1.5 years old girl. |
What's good then?* A more fixed eating time, breakfast, lunch & tea time snacks are pretty fixed* The availability of squatting toilets in the office allows me to practise my squats (which I read in some pregnancy article saying it helps with your contractions)
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What's good then? * Hopefully able to maintain regular eating times (as my schedule is pretty much determined by Ben)* No squat toilets in the house so have to make do with squatting as much as possible while playing with Ben, at the same time, ensure safety to ownself as well (as in not to be overly crazy while playing with Ben)
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What's good now? * Ben is fully potty trained before he turned 4 years old, so I've got one worries off my mind...
* Alyson is OK with pooping in a potty and a toilet seat though I have not officially potty trained her, but she does give me quite accurate signals a lot of times!* Since March 2013, we have adopted a timetable, so eating, learning, playing, entertainment, etc are more fixed and not haphazard as it used to be...
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Gone through 3 gynaes:#1: Female gynae in a private hospital who we think is not capable & caring enough for her patients#2: Male gynae in a private hospital (but has his own clinic) & who we think is capable & caring but the charges are pretty steep#3: Male gynae in a semi private hospital & who we think is capable, caring, soft-spoken & the charges are very low!
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We wanted to go back to our gynae #3 but turns out he got promoted to be the dept head for O&G in Miri, Sarawak. So he's no longer in the semi private hospital anymore.
We are keeping our options open for other doctors in the same hospital though our current gynae check-ups are done at a private hospital.
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We went back to our gynae in Putrajaya hospital, my first check up was done when baby is 10 weeks old. Next check up will be at 28 weeks pregnancy. Yay! |
Complications during 1st trimester:Do not experience any morning sickness at all
Complications during 2nd trimester:Weight not going up, got scolded by 2nd gynae to top up food intake. Guzzled full cream milk on daily basis on top of going crazy with McDonalds' and Wendys few times a week.
Complications during 3rd trimester:Blood pressure touching borderline. Ordered by 3rd gynae to go for alternate days for check ups on blood pressure. On my last gynae visit, was told I had low amniotic fluid and advised to go for induced or to be C-sect in a week's time. Thank God contractions started on the same day & I ended up having natural delivery.
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Complications during 1st trimester:The first 2 weeks, food looks good but when I eat it, it felt like a lump and very difficult to swallow and eat on. Had not been having any appetite when I see fried food.
2 months + now, no problems with any food, nothing that makes me giddy or nausea or anything though I've been regularly eating chicken rice with roasted pork slice.
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Complications during 1st trimester:The 2 months, food looks good but when I see it, I lost my appetite. The only thing that I wanted to eat for the 2 weeks are luncheon meat (I know, not healthy!) and luckily I found a substitute, which is salted chicken, a dish that my dear hubby taught me how to make.
And somehow this round, I bloat up real easily. Just drink a bit of water and I bloat up like I'm 6 mths preggy.
Tiredness was a definite thing this round, maybe because I've got 2 kiddos to handle this time, on top of learning, feeding, caring, blogging (which I've cut down loads of reviews and giveaways since) etc.
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| Have no idea what to expect in terms of breastfeeding |
Breastfeeding? Bah... been there, done that... heck, still doing it! |
Breastfeeding? Bah... been there, done that... heck, still doing it for Alyson! Ben weaned off at 45 months old, a happy journey I will always treasure in my heart. But this round, I have no worry about breastfeeding through pregnancy since I have done without any complications.
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Have no idea what to expect during labor. In fact, totally forgot all about my breathing exercise!
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Images and memories of 1st labor flashed back the moment home pregnancy tested positive... |
Oh boy... I do get scared sometimes when I think back of my previous 2 labors... |
| Contraction 1cm at 12amContraction 4cm at 4amGave birth at 4.30am |
Contraction 1cm at 6amContraction 8cm at 12pmGave birth at 12.30pm
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No idea yet... |
Natural delivery using Enthonox and had an episiotomy (4 stitches)
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Natural delivery using Enthonox for few seconds and a slight tear due to gynae pulling out baby (4 stitches too) |
Hopefully natural again... and no tearing... |
Worries about Labor, breastfeeding, babycare
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Worries about Labor, breastfeeding during pregnancy, baby care as Ben is around this time...
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Not as worried since been there done that... |