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And She Couldn't Wait!

Guess i should step in here for a bit for the benefit of those looking at this space. After 2 full days of contraction - starting 13 Feb... She finally eased out of the birth canal on 15 Feb. Well... perhaps she just want to share the same birthday as her brother :) Yes, i had a VBAC! Can't tolerate the pain much at 9 cm and i had to use the gas for a bit. Didn't have any epistomy so there is nothing to 'heal' and i have been very active.

Being 4 weeks early, she is deemed to be a little premature and currently having a sunbath under the blue lights. She can only be discharged today at noon.

Thank God for the smooth delivery and safety of both of us. It has been a little chaotic at home and household stuff are piling up to be done. So many things happened in the past 3 weeks that threw me off balance. Perhaps this is another reason why she arrived early. We will get by, hopefully when everything settles in, i could do more updates and also migrate to another portal.

Things To Do...

I am almost touching 32 weeks! * marvels * I would be seeing the OB on Monday again for a final scan. Hadn't been eating /eating well for the past month as i was really stressed out with events that took place around me. Hopefully baby is still growing well and that my lousy diet hasn't cause her to decide that she wants to turn up early. I am really not prepared for that.

Her kicking has been limited to the sides and she hiccups a lot. Not much sommersault movements nowadays.... ( think she just did one :P ) She would move more when i lie on my sides, especially when i nurse Tim to sleep.

Looks like would have to work really hard for the next 6 weeks or so, so that i could stash up more money to tie over the period that i am not working. Thats the problem when you are self- employed. I really have to do some serious work and things are looking quite alright at the moment as i reached my target every week. Just need to stretch a little bit more to get extra mileage. I wonder how we are going to cope with the new baby and Tim... not sure if i could get more work done to keep finances up. Anyway... listing the things to do:

1) Birth Plan
2) Passport for me and dad
3) Clean up the apartment, especially my work station
4) Sort and wash baby clothes - recycle some of Tim's stuff for baby girl
5) Pick names... or try to. Not sure if the list from Troy's folks are in the mail
6) Clean breast pump & bottles.
7) Look /buy covers for glass bottles
8) Spend more time with Troy & Tim
9) Spend more time to do work
10) Bake my cookies - hadn't had the mood to bake lately... although i have been stressed out

So.. thats about it... hopefully i could complete what i plan out to do before our baby girl arrives :)

Baby Ticker

Hmmm... i wonder where my ticker has gone to.... heres an interesting one that i chanced upon. Pretty nifty i must say :)

28th Weeks Checkup

It was Thursday when we went for my 28th week checkup. Dr Tseng did a scan and confirmed the sex of our baby. We are indeed having a girl :) She weighs about 1.3kg right now. According to Dr Tseng, the baby is growing well. I am relieved as i haven't been as anxious/concern as compared to when i first had Tim. I lost a bit of weight... actually around about 2 kg as i haven't been eating well due to yucky episodes of heartburn and an eventful slow week.

Right now, we are contemplating on whether we should let our babes sleep in the same room. It could be a bit noisy for Tim or vice vesa. It could be challenging to have them in the same room as Tim is a light sleeper.

I have been really out of shape and had to visit Dr Yap to get adjustments. I had two adjustments within a week and the first was really nasty; i was feeling lousy all over after that as the bones tries to get back in place. As i type this, i feel that my hips are out again :/ I guess it could be due to the fact that i am still carrying Tim on my hips, causing the imbalance. How not to carry Tim when he is not feeling all that well lately and i really cherish the bonding especially before his sister comes along.

Tim seems to have a better understanding of whats going on now, especially when he saw the scan and is able to tell me when i ask where the baby is. I hope to be able to let him feel the baby kick again. He was giggling away when he felt the baby move some time back.

Progress

I guess i have finally decided to sign up with Dr Paul Tseng from TLC at TMC. Dr Tseng seemed positive about having me to try for a VBAC and that is a first! I am still qualified to try! Yay! :) A lot of people ask me why i am so keen on VBAC... It is the cost and also, being able to get up and about quickly would help me heaps as i have to think about Tim. I wouldn't want to neglect him when his sister arrives.

So, what has been happening? Baby has been exercising a lot in my tummy... more so when i lie on my side. The are many difference between this pregnancy and the last; I put on more weight this time around. I am 64kg now. When i had Tim at 37 weeks, i was 67kg! I look prettier *cough* - hormones related of course. I remember that i had a huge nose and not so nice skin compared to this time. My hips hurt so much! I tend to be more clumsy when i walk. I had bad back problems when i had Tim and my feet swelled so much, i can't walk properly... especially when the veins on my left leg twitches. Nothing of that sort so far.

For both pregnancy, i look fat and not pregnant! Yes, some folks think that i am just fat... or in the early stage of pregnancy. Having said that, i wish i could diet! lol I would rather be explosively pregnant than to have someone tell me that i am fat :P Then again... i think i just prefer me as me ;)

I think i should really go get those books that would help me explain the arrival of Tim's sibling. He didn't seem to understand when i told him about my growing belly and had been rough when he was playing with me. I do fear about raising a child when i had Tim... now i worry about having to cope with 2... I wonder if Troy is able to cope as well... :/

That Can't Fit Me Anymore!

Pregnancy seems to be the only way which one could get 'fat' and other people would be happy for you. I am not very happy myself :P Why? I cannot get into my nice clothes anymore! Yes there are plenty of nice preggy clothes around but they are either too expensive or too big for me. Till date, majority of my colleagues would still be unaware of my 'current' situation if someone in the meeting today didn't let the cat out of the bag. ( I don't know who this someone is)

Yes, i did put on weight on my face and my tummy gets bigger now. (I am around 58kg now. Put on about 6kg already!) I am just tired of changing in and out of clothes in the morning and having to be late for work because i cannot find something suitable or big enough. Its really time to take all those oversized & preggy clothes out. I didn't buy many while i had Tim. Only two tops and three bottoms. Of which i only wore less than 3 times for all of them. I really think its a waste of money as i hardly grow in size. Ha... some people didn't even know i was pregnant and were questioning if Tim was adopted etc... :>

I went thru the bag of clothes that Yee Ju and i loaned to my cousin in law... out of the ten over pieces, i only picked out 4. Others are just too big... or they are just too girly.... very unPhoebe :P We shall see how things goes. I am not sure if i can pluck up the courage to wear these clothes... especially i look exceptionally funny with it as i could stuff like about 6 chickens in to give it a nice full look. Some moms from the M4M forum suggested using an elastic tube top as a belly belt... i guess i should invest in some than to lament every morning...