2 Feb 2012 My appetite is getting weirder and weirder each day. Today I had beehoon in the morning as usual. Then recess time I had hot chocolate and one pineapple tart. Nasi lemak and apple juice for lunch, then later went out with colleagues to Swenson's because it's a colleague's last day. She's due in July, I've just gotten to know about it! I only had fries, that's all. Later I went back to staffroom and I vomited. =( Then I made myself a mug of hot ginger tea from instant mix. Now it's 7:20pm and I'm home. My tummy feeling terribly empty since I vomited, but I just have no appetite for anything. I don't feel like eating anything sweet or savoury, sour or spicy. I just don't feel like eating anything! Text hubby and he's having a late meeting, told me to wait for him to have dinner together since I don't feel like eating now. Sidetrack a bit... my favourite Everbest sandals fell apart in school today. Third case this year, and it's only been 33 days! Used raffia string to hold it up and lasted me through 4 hours of lessons, plus heading out for lunch and then back to staffroom, and finally back home. I really hope it can be mended, as it's super comfy and nice and I'm still in love with it!
3 Feb 2012 First gynae appointment with Dr Tham at TMC! He's very nice and made hubby and I feel very comfortable. Baby is now 2.91cm and we can see baby stretching and wiggling the tiny toes in the ultrasound scan! Dr Tham says that baby is very strong and healthy. And that's despite all my stomping around in school, screaming at students, running up and down the stairs and clubbing plus drinking in December. Yay! Please be a sticky baby, stick with being strong, being healthy, and stick in me. Love ya baby!!
No more craving for soya milk. Nowadays just no appetite for anything. Everything seems blah to taste. But I've gained almost a kg over a week! Horrible! Doctor says to eat 6 adequate (not full) meals a day, and can eat or drink anything, but keep caffeinated drinks to one serving a day. I won't have a problem with that. In fact I've not been drinking any caffeinated drinks for days! Doctor also said that a lot of pregnant women cannot drink water in the first trimester because it will make them vomit, so I can try drinking other drinks, anything hot or cold (except caffeinated of course!). But I have no problem with water, although many times after consecutive hours of lessons I'll be gulping down water like mad, which resulted in me feeling like puking, but did not really puke. Shall drink in moderation, and must drink enough. Having said that, now I feel like vomiting my dinner. Urgh... time to get intimate with the toilet bowl again.
4 Feb 2012 Last night after vomiting... hungry again la of course! Haha... messaged hubby who was having class in UniSIM until 10pm. He replied for me to wait for him to bring me out for supper... cos doc says to eat 6 meals! 3 square meals plus morning break, afternoon break and supper! =) We had prata at Jalan Kayu... my cheese egg prata is so freaking big that I ended up puking a bit when I was home. Just a bit to not feel so bloated. Then I went to sleep. =P
This morning had craving for fried carrot cake, black one without chilli, so hubby went downstairs to buy for me. =) Having a little tea break now in UniSIM while waiting... Popeye biscuit with strawberry jam. Was at Popeye with hubby and his colleague as they are going for class together at UniSIM. I was still feeling full so just had a little fries. Hubby didn't want his biscuit so I packed it with me. I knew I'd be hungry, it's a freaking 3-hour wait! I'm now sitting here with my work lappy... finished creating a graded worksheet. Happy! So surfing facebook, forum and now typing this. =) Later going back to my parents' place to stay over. I love sleeping over at my parents' place. These days, it's the only place I can sleep for 8 hours undisturbed. Bliss! But only once a week. (-_-)
Hubby told me he's getting his friend to buy a big bag for me! His friend is in USA now and will be back at the end of the year. He asked his friend to buy either a big Coach or Kate Spade (because these two brands are freaking so much cheaper in USA!) bag for me. What? As diaper bag?! And yes, he's paying for it! I didn't want him to spend too much on other stuff as it's time to save for the baby, but this I never thought would happen... I mean, Coach and Kate Spade are considered affordable when bought in USA, so why not? Keke, that's really sweet of him. (^_^) And I guess he didn't keep it as a surprise in case I go buy myself more bags (higly probable!) before the bag arrives!
Added later: After hubby's class, we went to Clementi Mall... it's my first time there! Had a break there and beside hot chocolate, I let hubby decide what to get for me to munch as I didn't have any special craving. He bought potato curry puff and mixed fresh fruits, which were perfect!
5 Feb 2012 At my parents' place. I love hanging out here. Relaxing Sunday when I just laze around with my folks. Woke up with breakfast ready. My dad never stops pampering me. =) When bro and his girlfriend have woken up, we went out together, they had breakfast while I had soy milk. In fact we all had soya bean milk. =)
Then we went shopping at the supermarket and I bought some Jacob crackers to munch in school. I was craving for laksa since Friday, and I only like the vegetarian laksa near my parents' place, the one I love since I was a kid... and my dad went out to buy the laksa for me and my bro at noon, while my mum cooked. My parents ate my mum's cooking while my bro and I had laksa which my dad bought. He had to walk out to the coffeeshop in the neighbouring estate, not so near, under the noontime sun. There was no complain. When I said I felt like eating laksa for lunch, my mum just told me to ask my dad to buy, and my dad straight away said okay without me asking! How sweet is that? I've been such a spoilt girl sometimes... and then my mum will list out the ingredients she has in the fridge and ask me what I wanna eat for dinner. Maximum love! ^^ After lunch I did a bit of work on my lappy, and went to nap. Now bro and his girlfriend went out and will buy some buns for me as teabreak. His girlfriend doesn't know about me being pregnant yet!! Keke~ Am using my bro's desktop PC now... was looking at Youtube looking for prenatal music and found this soothing compilation "Mozart for Baby". =)
7 Feb 2012 Yesterday was busy, no entry. Now I'm typing this in school, at 10:55am. Emo. Because of my current condition I'm missing a lot of opportunities. First, the KL trip with sec 2s... I'm the teacher IC for a class, doing all the admin stuff like tonnes of data entry of all the info (namess, contacts, birthdates, passport numbers, expiry dates etc one whole list) for the entire class of students, yet now I won't get to go because I'm pregnant. Another teacher will go in my place with my IC class. And my IC class has been telling me how much they are looking forward to going on the trip with me. All I could do is smile at them, feeling bittersweet. Then just now my HOD told me that the workshop I'm supposed to go on this Thursday, the one I've been looking forward to, I will not be going anymore. Reason being that it's for the planning of next year's LSS but at the end of the year I'll be away on maternity leave, so the place will go to someone who is available to plan for next year. I actually had to forgo another workshop that my comm sent me for, for this LSS workshop. And now I don't get to attend both of them. Urgh, I'm super depressed now. =(
Added later: I've gotten over it after a while... and then went for tea at Mad Jack's and had lots of cheese fries, plus pancakes with ice cream and iced Ribena. Now it's over 11pm, and I'm struggling to mark while waiting for my hair to dry before I finally go to bed. Goodnight!
8 Feb 2012 For a while, I'm obsessed with breastfeeding. Gotta read up to learn more about it because I wanna breastfeed my own baby. =)
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Also obsessed with looking at maternity pants on Gmarket. It's absurd that I'm gaining weight so fast, it's only week 10 and my pants are getting so much tighter! Time to get some maternity wear... reason for shopping! But I'm going budget. Firstly, I won't wear them so much, unlike my own working wears that I can wear for well over 3 years. And secondly, I wanna save for my baby of course!
Today MIL fried nian-gao in the afternoon when I was napping and told me to eat when I woke up. The few tiny pieces were all charred. I ate a bit and threw away the last piece. And then I threw up all the charred bits, like 30 minutes later. Urgh. I was very tired in school in the afternoon. Probably after 4 hours of teaching (and screaming at noisy kids) and an hour of assembly, followed by more counseling and talking to various students, my energy was sapped. So I left at 4pm (which is considered early, considering that I usually leave after 6pm) and a colleague was kind enough to send me home as he's going to his in-laws' place which is quite near mine. Napped while waiting for hubby to be back to bring me out for dinner, and had dinner at Ikea where hubby had something to buy.
12 Feb 2012 Wednesday and Thursday are the two most tiring days of my work week and I was so exhausted after my teaching hours, I went home at 4pm to nap. My last entry was on Wednesday... then I was just simply too tired to bother. Went swimming with my colleagues on Friday night after work and had dinner together at the Nihon Mura at Tampines Swimming Complex, before hubby came to pick us up after his night class and sent everyone home. =)
I had to go for Red Cross Flag Day tin distribution and tin collection on Saturday (yesterday) and I'm glad I had some fellow colleagues hanging out with me in between the distribution and collection. Went home to nap after lunch with a colleague, and went shopping alone in the evening. Hubby has to go for a wedding dinner in Sentosa and his ex-colleague came to pick him up, so I took the ride too and dropped off at Vivocity and went shopping at Tangs where I bought 2 pairs of Melissa shoes, some accessories, and finally, bras that fit!! OMG it felt like heaven when I tried the bra... now I can breathe! I gotta get them! And of course I did, and changed into them immediately after I've paid for them, because mine are suffocating me!
I had work (marking and setting paper) to do but today so far, I've been lazing around. So tired and lethargic, and puked twice today. Sigh. When is this lethargy and discomfort gonna be over?!
13 Feb 2012 I was so sick yesterday that I whined on Facebook and some friends asked if I'm pregnant. I'm sorry I'm not telling just yet... so gotta ignore the comments for a while. =P Just had a simple dinner: instant brown rice porridge from Fancl, which my colleague gave me. Supposedly a healthy instant meal as there's no artificial ingredients. My colleague was very sweet as she sees me eating so much instant noodles last year, on days when I worked late and canteen's already closed... and she thought I should try some healthier alternative, so she bought this microwaveable porridge for me. I brought it home to eat as dinner. It's very plain but plain is good, no smell so i can take it. =)
Feeling better today. Managed to complete marking the assignments that I didn't manage to mark over the weekend. Had two meetings after school hours, and then set a class test for my sec 2 physics classes. My body seems to know when to work up... weekdays are for work, and weekends are for the body to go mad. Urgh! But I guess it's partly because I'm not back at my parents' place over the weekend that has just passed. At my parents' place I can sleep well and eat well. After almost 4 years living with my hubby and his parents, and I'm still not entirely accustomed to living in this 'new' environment. Big sigh!!
Tonight I'm home alone! Hubby's on duty, gotta stay over in camp, and in-laws over at sister-in-law's place helping her with her three princes as her hubby is overseas for work... so I'm totally on my own tonight. Gotta go do some laundry and sort out my clothes... store away some of the clothes that I can't fit anymore and dig out my many old babydoll empire-cut tummy-hiding tops... keke~ ^^
15 Feb 2012 Feeling sick. Was thinking whether to take MC when I woke up with a sore throat, but decided go to school. These two days are my super heavy days and I don't want to miss so many lessons! Spitted a lump of red bloody phlegm in class after lots of scolding and coughing. Keep seeing stars in the afternoon, which I suppose is no good? Worked till 6:30pm and went home. Hubby's at home on MC for two days. Last evening had Valentine's Day dinner with my colleagues and then bought my hubby's dinner back for him as he's sick and staying at home. I'm glad we left school earlier to have an early dinner, as the queues outside all the F&B outlets were madly overwhelming as we leave. Tomorrow will be my toughest day of the week. I've brought work back but ended up not doing anything... I'm too tired! Hope tomorrow will be a good day. Bless me please!
19 Feb 2012 Was on MC on Friday. Woke up in the morning with so much phlegm and trying so hard to cough out the phlegm... coughed until my eyes go dark only seeing stars and my abs and back hurting like crazy yet nothing comes up, super congested and uncomfortable. So I decided to stay at home and went to see a doc for MC. Doc said throat infection... gave me freaking 6 different types of medication including antibiotics! He did say they are all suitable for pregnant ladies and safe for baby... but I look at the overwhelming amount of medication and was a bit paranoid.
And I bought these when I went out for breakfast. There's nothing to eat at home. =|
Went back to my parents' place on Friday evening and spent the night with my folks. I still love them and miss them! I'm so glad I'll be spending a month with them during my confinement. Dad bought breakfast for my on Saturday and then mum cooked lunch. Met my close girlfriends for dinner and catching up. Managed to go unnoticed... so now none of them knows about my pregnancy except one because we met up to travel to town together and were chitchatting about maternity clothes etc. Will be borrowing some maternity clothes from her for work... we are in the same profession and around the same height, so I guess her clothes and dresses should be fine for me... not too long or too short or too revealing. =P
Still taking my medications and the phlegm is still around, which is so irritating! =( This morning woke up to eat meds, napped, woke up and rushed down to Novena Square to get my NTUC Run race pack... won't be running though. The top fits nicely, which is great! My Women's Day Out tops are all too small, and my Singapore Bay Run tops are all oversized... haha. Had a very late lunch at 3pm at Cedele before coming back. It's a chore to travel there though... LRT to Punggol MRT -> NEL to Serangoon MRT -> CCL to Bishan MRT -> NSL to Novena MRT!! But probably will be travelling this way if I ever have to go to visit the gynae at TMC on my own. Which is highly likely because hubby will be overseas for work in March. =/
Here's my late lunch at Cedele:
I've tonnes of work in school! I didn't bring back on Thursday because I felt unwell and just wanted to rest, and ended up on MC on Friday. I have 6 stacks of markings waiting for me on my table so far, plus I haven't completed my EPMS for work review (which was supposed to be on Friday!) and I haven't done my lesson plans for last week and this week! Worse still... coming week I'll be giving class test to 6 classes... I must start marking soon when I'm back in school tomorrow, if not I'll have 12 freaking stacks of tests and graded assignments waiting to be settled! Urgh~ I seriously hate taking MC now. =|
20 Feb 2012 Tripped at the stairs in school and landed on my right knee, which is now badly bruised and still hurts when I walk around. =( It's not even the staircase going up or down from floor to floor... just another tiny flight of stairs that I can't avoid when travelling from staffroom to classrooms. There's a lot of stairs in my school and it's just so frustrating that I'm constantly climbing up and down, up and down! Urgh! I hope I won't fall again... they said that tiny flight of stairs is jinxed and previously many lady teachers have fell there before, including pregnant teachers. And that's coming from a lady teacher who doesn't know that I'm pregnant, but has herself fallen victim to that flight of stairs in a worse way. She rolled down the flight of stairs. I tripped when I was going up... and my shoe's pointy toe got flattened as a result, besides my bruised knee.
Tonight hubby won't be home... he's on duty again. And I brought 3 stacks of marking home to complete. Many stacks to go in school, and this week my Monday and Wednesday afternoons are occupied by workshops, while Tuesday will be going for Oscar test (and thus skipping the school-wide CCE Staff Awareness Day happening in the afternoon)... I hate it when my afternoons are packed like that! This week is my class test week and many students are seeking help but I can't even find a free slot to help them! And then I have to bring all my markings back home... Urgh!!!
21 Feb 2012 Went for my Oscar test today. The waiting time was super long! Over an hour! Good thing I brought my marking... two stacks! I have 3 more stacks in school, and 5 coming in this week, so I must rush through, if not I could have up to 10 stacks of marking waiting to torture me! And all gotta be done and marks keyed in by 29 Feb! Mad rush!!! I had an appointment with the gynae too but in the end after my Oscar test, doc was away for emergency surgery and it's getting close to 5pm... didn't get to see him. Did get to see baby's heartbeat when scanning during the oscar screening though... so am relieved that baby is fine after me coughing like mad over last week and tripping at the stairs yesterday... have not signed the package though. My last appointment was 2 weeks ago and next one is 3 weeks later... so won't get to do any consultation for weeks!
The waiting time at the valet parking was another killer and hubby was rushing for his class as he's taking part time degree, so he was getting really impatient. Since we haven't signed the package, we are thinking to switch to Mt A or KK because the traffic to TMC + parking at TMC + super long waiting time are all getting on our nerves... =/ But we paid for the Oscar test + 20-week scan package at TMC already... so will still have to go back to TMC for the 20-week scan.
By the way, I ordered some maternity pants (2 working pants, 1 blue jeans, 1 gray leggings, 1 denim leggings) on Gmarket and they arrived yesterday! Heehee... my baby bump's not showing yet but I'm just being super impatient... hahaha! XD
22 Feb 2012 Hate the stupid workshop... total waste of my time! Now I've got these whole stacks of test papers waiting for me to mark!! Urgh~
6:20pm, and still in school. Anyway 2 links to share... wanna share before I forget. Heh~
Before they can speak, babies make friends: study
Old-Fashioned Play Builds Serious Skills
26 Feb 2012 Been super busy! Class test for 6 classes in the week, and the marking is literally driving me crazy! Urgh!! Gave myself half day off yesterday (from all the marking, it was Saturday for goodness sake!) to watch Wicked with my galfriends at MBS.
Yesterday morning was at hubby's relatives' place... his cousin's GDL. His family made GDL quite a grand affair with all the relatives gathering and buffet catered... not unlike actual day tea ceremony. But I need to rush to MBS before the food even arrived as I booked the tickets much earlier. In-laws broke the news of my pregnancy to his relatives.
After Wicked, I went back to my folks' place for dinner, and to mark plus to stay over. Today I went to visit my grandma with my dad, and to hang out with his siblings, and he broke the news to my uncles and aunties too. Now it's time to mark my final stack... I can't believe it's Sunday night and I'm still madly rushing my marking!!!
27 Feb 2012 Didn't have a good day. Came home and lied in bed and cried. Didn't have appetite for dinner so stayed in bed scratching myself silly (the weather is too warm and my eczema is working up like crazy) until hubby called around 8pm. He's always coming back late recently due to tonnes of work, and on other days even later due to his part time studies. He bought me the only thing that I eat from downstair - the fish slice beehoon soup. Although I only ate some beehoon and drank all the soup... I do feel bad for the poor fishes that died without a good cause. At least if you eat them, they died to be your food. I can't even bring myself to eat them... I don't want my tumtum to be their 葬身之地 and let their dead bodies hang around near my baby. Urgh, what talking me? Feeling super emo now. I haven't done my lesson plans for 3 freaking weeks! And my EPMS is in a total mess. Having work review in 2 days, guess I'm gonna freak my RO out. I wish I can just take one week off to hide at home and do nothing. Sigh.
28 Feb 2012 I'm really going mad everyday. Different types of madness. Yesterday after work I came home and cried. Today I went to NTUC because I felt like making sandwich for breakfast tomorrow... and ended up buying a huge loaf of bread, a huge jar of peanut butter, 3 packets of cheese, a whole head of lettuce, and some cup noodles for days when I stay back late at work and the canteen runs out of food... in the end I was struggling to take the LRT with my huge office bag, my laptop and 3 bagful of ntuc groceries... my goodness, what came over me?! >< Looking on the bright side, I'm gonna be getting yummy fresh lettuce and cheese wholemeal sandwich for breakfast tomorrow! Yay~ Simple things keep me happy. Complication overwhelms me. If only everything can be kept really simply and easy. Well, if only.
29 Feb 2012 Still tired. Still drained. Met a parent today and meeting another tomorrow. My students are giving me no end of trouble, sigh. A colleague told my class that I cannot join them for their KL trip due to personal reason, and they were so excited and being such incredible busybodies, been pestering me and asking me if I'm pregnant since yesterday! I told them I will reveal on Friday during CT time, at the meanwhile they must behave themselves. I hope by letting them know, I can 'buy' some obedience... please don't make me upset and puke blood anymore people!!
Today hubby finally managed to knock off on time and fetch me from work. We had dinner at Sakae sushi but I didn't eat much. I told him I suddenly had craving for hot red bean soup, and he excused himself to go to the washroom, only to return with hot red bean soup from the food court. I'm enjoying my red bean soup now at home while I type this entry... my "BabyCenter My Pregnancy" iPhone app indicated that today I'm in my week 13 and day 3... and since it's the last day of February, the precious 29th that comes once in 4 years, I guess it's time for me to make this baby diary public... oh well, only public to my contacts. =P
Thanks for all the well wishes in advance. Lots of love from me!! ♥
