W14D7: Celebrating the twins

Woke up at 9:30, showered and off for roti canai breakfast. I've not had roti canai for a while now. Surprisingly I managed to eat and more importantly kept it all in. Thumbs up!

Then P whisked me to the nearest Secret Recipe outlet, to pick out my brother's birthday cake for tonite mandi sungai-barbeque party. I consider Secret Recipe an emergency cake outlet. Only when my friend Su cant bake for me ( her cakes are good!) then i'll resort to Secret R. But thankfully everyone at the party said te cake was good. I got the Blackforest Cheesecake.

It was a lovely day at our farm. Well actually its more like our plot of land with a river, and small goat farm. The whole thing is not a farm alone. Was sunny, perfect for a dip in the river.

Celebrating the twins' bday is always cute. Cos there's two of em. And of course family gatherings are always a blast.

I'm at home now. Sitting in bed upright cos my stomach is super full. Was a good day. Hope the lil one had fun too.

W14D6 : A different sort of craving

It's Friday, finally. The weekdays are such a struggle. The hardest part? Dragging myself out of bed every morning. Tough fight!

You see every night, I'm ready for bed by about 11pm or so,but only get to really sleep hours later. I fall into this semi-sleep first, tossing and turning to find a comfortable position, then by the time I do get into deep sleep,its just a few short hours before the damned alarm goes off. Then snooze fest starts.

Ever since I got pregnant, the thought has crossed my mind several times, to start my own thing - to be autonomous. I know that takes a lot of commitment too, but at least at some point if the business is successful, I can have some degree of autonomy. Not having to worry about how many medical leaves I've taken, or having to fight the urge to take a nap when nap monster attacks, better still NOT going through the same old sickening rush hour traffic to get to work, then later the traffic to get home. It's just tiring.

Perhaps this is just my hormones talking, but yea I've got a craving for autonomy - and unlike food cravings, dont think this one will be easy to appease.

I am however super grateful that I have an understanding boss. That takes a pretty big load off my shoulder.

A few more hours to close of business, I am looking forward to sleeping in tomorrow. I've been told that that sleeping will be considered a luxury once the baby arrives. So I'm going to sleep as much as I can, while I can.

W14D5: Trusted Tupperwares

I've now started packing tit-bits for myself - the purple container with a few pieces of Mcvities Digestives and in the red one, some white grapes. I read that white grapes is one of the fruits that causes the least amount of gas - low amount of fructose (unfortunately I am having a bit too much gas while I'm pregnant).
I'll usually finish snacking on the Digestives by mid-day and the white grapes for tea. Hmmmm it should be the other way around... but aah whatever works.

I tried to go without Veloxin again today. I have to apologise for all the attention on Veloxin. At the moment, and unfortunately, it is a major part of me, cos it helps me combat the nausea. Without it I am pretty helpless. Like today, for lunch, a friend of mine so kindly bought a Mexican wrap for me. I only managed to finish half of it, before the nasty vomit feeling set in. Horrid. I was worried that if I continued without Veloxin, I wouldn't be able to keep dinner down, perhaps not even have the appetite for dinner and then be restless the whole evening like what happened yesterday. At the thought of all that, I quickly popped a Veloxin. Day 3 mission - failed.

I'm almost at the end of my 14th week. Praying 15 onwards would be better.

W14D4 : The Scare

Two weeks ago, I took the Down Syndrome test for the baby. Two processes involved as it was a combined test:

1) Having a detailed scan and taking measurement of the thickness of the baby's neck - I was told that the baby's neck looks good. Anything below 3 is good. Our baby's neck measured 1.3. Alhamdulillah.

2) Drawing blood sample for some hormone test
My gynae told me the results would be back in two weeks and she'll give me a call once it's in.
True to her words, after two weeks, the results were in. I got a call from the nurse who told me that my gynae would like to see me earlier than my initial appointment date (for the usual check up) to discuss the test results. Shock waves! Panic attack!

I was worried - I asked if there was anything wrong, and the nurse calmly (clearly oblivious to the effect her call had on me) replied that my gynae would explain to me on the 13th of April. In other words she's telling me to wait another week to find out if the baby is ok. Plain madness. I replied that that's more than a week from now, and there is just no way I can wait that long, I'd probably die worrying. She conveyed my panic attack message to my gynae, then called back to say I could walk-in and see her immediately.

So P and I made our way to the hospital. P trying to calm me all the way. Was so sweet- I know he himself was worried, but kept it together for us. Thanks honey.

When we finally met her, the first thing she said was "Oh my God I must've gotten you worried sick!". To which I replied with a resouding "Yes!". Both of us were so glad when she finally broke the news and told us that everything was actually ok. There was just a slight variation to the results which she needed to explain face-to-face-cos it involved numbers, and which she couldnt do over the phone. That's why she changed the date of the appointment (to an earlier date), cos she didnt want me to wait so long for the results, and she couldnt schedule it anytime sooner than that cos she was going on leave. Relief!

So after all the anxiety attack, P and I were extremely thankful and grateful that the baby is ok, Alhamdullilah and Insya Allah.

That's the story of The Scare.

On a different note, it's day two without Veloxin, and unfortunately I had a queasy attack in the evening and vomitted dinner. Sigh.

W14D3 : First day without Veloxin

Managed to pull through the day without Veloxin & without throwing up! Alhmadulillah :)

Week 14 - Day 2

As brief background, my husband, P and I are expecting our first child :) Lots of excitement, and lots going on too. Documenting it all with pen and paper feels a little daunting compared to the alternative that I've chosen, blogging about it.

I am now 14 weeks along, and this is day 2, of week 14. Still relying on Veloxin. Have tried to go without it, but failed miserably. I usually take one right after breakfast at about 9am. What happens if I dont take Veloxin? Nausea kicks in - my appetite's worst enemy. Then comes the vomitting, which is such a noise pollution, yes noise -cos everyone can hear me throwing up my stomach's content.

My morning sickness started at 8 weeks, and reached its peak at 10 & 11 weeks. I was hospitalised for three days in week 11 due to severe vomitting. Since week 8, I have not been able to get a full 5-days a week work, having to take half-days offs on those days when morning sickness reigns. Oh yes, I can't drive either, motion sickness (urgh).

Well more to come. Watch this space.