Popped!

The Little One came early! We have been feeling plenty these past few days. Right now, we are pretty beat. I will probably write about the labour day another day.

Induction

My ob-gyn said The Little One is doing pretty good, judging from the reading from the CTG. She was sleeping in the beginning when I was lying on my bed, then the nurse asked me to lie on my back and she started to move more. She isn't too active in the day, more active in the night, especially after midnight. Yah, she is like us, a night bird :)

The doctor asked us if we wanted to induce in the event that she doesn't come out before her due date. We aren't prepared for that question, we always think that it will just happen eventually. We asked for her opinion and she recommended that we go for the induction since the baby is healthy and ready and The Dad is so anxious. I know The Husband had wanted to tell the doctor if we could just go back the next day for the delivery! What is another week of waiting when we have already waited for 8 plus months?????!!!!!!!!

The optimal stay in the uterus for the baby is about 40 weeks, any longer isn't too ideal. Of course I would want her to come out when she is ready, it is the most natural isn't it? After 40 weeks, the aging placenta may not be the best for the baby, moreover, the baby may start to inhale fecal waste which may get to its lungs and that is a bad bad thing to happen. Oh, and the baby will have another week to grow a little bigger and that will make delivery more tedious.

So, if she doesn't come out before next Tuesday, she will be induced on that day! I do hope she hangs in there til then!

More Clothes

My mum has been telling the rest of the family, specifically my brother not to buy any more clothes for The Little One. Then these recent weeks, she went loco and started buying the clothes herself. She even send me a MMS of the little shorts ( or panties?) that she bought for her.

I think everyone is getting super gan cheong.

I wouldn't want this Jelly in my Belly

My sister made some jellies and took it to a birthday party. I was at my mum's when the other sister took it out and let me try. I thought it was more suitable for a Halloween party! Check out the gross amount of colouring she used! I refused to try the jelly! What flavour is it? Algae? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Sunny Side Up

After the second last visit to the ob-gyn, we found out that the placenta has moved up. Which is a YAY! because that means I do not need to have a c-section as of now. Trouble now is, baby is facing up, which means I will have a harder and more pain labour if she doesn't turn and face down when it is her time to come out. We read up about it and found out that it has a cute name. This position is called the sunny side up!

We chose our delivery package too. Quite late don't you think? Most people would have got that sorted way way before. I wonder why that never did cross our minds.

Now, all I want is a nice tea session with The Husband before she comes along! I hope she can wait til after this weekend if she decides to come out sooner.

After the Rain

Anyone noticed how greener leaves on the trees are and the trunks and branches are a delicious deeper brown shade? How they look great in contrast with the much darker roads after a heavy downpour?

Another reason why I love the rain.

Gift Wrapping

I ran out of gift wrap paper and decided to DIY. Turns out surprisingly nice. I had quite a fun evening stamping all over the white paper that I have lying around the apartment. It was meant for practising Chinese calligraphy but I have not been really practising. The Husband was pretty impressed on the ways I managed to keep myself occupied sometimes.

New Bib

I cross stitched on the bib for The Little One. I am glad that I made it in time! I will get started on the baby sampler soon. Hopefully it will keep my mind off the pain while I am having my contractions.

Now that I start to cross stitch again, I can't stop!

Happiness

is lying in bed after a nice cold shower on a hot afternoon.

Lullabies

We tried buying some music that we can play for The Little One. We got the usual children's songs but we cringe so bad after a few seconds of playing just one song, we switched it off. We got her something classical - Sergei Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf. We bought it partly because the one that we got was narrated by David Bowie. ;) I listened to part of it and it was really pretty pleasant.

Then I found something something interesting online. Rockabye Baby! Rock music just for babies. I listened to some of the music and ordered 2 CDs! Perfect to play while she is sleeping! While shopping for some toys for her on Sunday, this particular toy shop we went to sells cute little musical boxes where there is a handle that you got to turn it yourself so that it will play a tune. You know the one that has a braille and also a comb? Anyway, we bought a Swan Lake tune. We have played the tune to her every night and I do not know if it was by happy coincidence that she moves every time we play it! We like to think that she is reacting to the music. Hahahaha!

I am considering throwing the children's songs CD out of the window.

The Home Stretch

The Little One has officially reached full term today! That means she will be here anytime soon.

Running out of Time

I had all my stuff all planned out. The Husband was meeting a friend last Friday and I decided to stay home and catch up with some stuff that I have been meaning to do. I met a friend for dinner instead. I will be meeting up with some friends later on today for tea and dinner. Then my mum and my siblings on Tuesday. Another dinner on Friday with another group of friends, then dinner at the in-law's on Wednesday. Which means, the Christmas tree better be up on Thursday. I hope I can get the rest of the stuff done too, despite all the appointments.

It is time that I accept that I can't do everything all the time now. That it is okay that some things are left undone, that it is alright if the windows are a little dirty. Think about the things that I have already done instead!

Not Panicking Yet...

I was feeling pretty good about the arrival of the newest member of the family until I started to pack my hospital bag. I started to ready the bag after having those water breaking dreams. I packed the general stuff first, like the cord blood collection kit, some of my necessities and toiletries. I came up with a list of things to be placed in before we head off to the hospital. Last night, when I was taking out a set of her clothes for her to wear when she leaves the hospital, that it finally finally hit me. We are going to be parents and we are going to bring our baby home! A BABY!

That was the moment that I started to feel a little anxious.