My Life

Now is week 15th of my pregnancy and will step into week 16th after tomorrow

I can say, my morning sickness is OVER !!!!!….. I still have some nausea and vomit sometimes, but most of the time, I am in good condition I still have a lot of sleep, I eat a lot and usually will feel hungry after 1-2hrs. I don’t have any special craving yet, just love fruits very much.

Hahaha…. my tummy is growing bigger and bigger and my waist line have increased by 5 inches, from 27 inch to 33 inch now. I had the weight gain by ~ 4.2kg, from 50.8kg to 55kg now. Wow…that’s a lot !! That’s why I have to start my maternity wear since 2 weeks ago

For my little baby…. my guess for his/her body length (from head to bottom) should be around… hmm… 10cm. Hehe.. will know his actual length in my next check up. Hopefully can tell my baby’s sex too during the check up too

My growing tummy: Week 9, 11 and 13.

Mommy in maternity wear

Ultra-sound scan of my baby in early of week 13, length 7.5cm

I feel so tired today and slept for whole day. The reason is… I was having fun with my friends till mid night yesterday

I woke up around 8am++ yesterday, went to wet market for fresh pork, start the dumpling preparation together with my tenant since 9.30am till 1.30pm. My friends arrived later and we started the dumpling wrapping together. This was their first time wrapping dumpling and I showed them how to do it step by step. Guess they enjoyed it and finding it insteresting. We finished it after 1hr ++ and it was funny to see their dumplings in many different shapes

We continued the fun with Wii games till 7pm ++, then had dumpling as our dinner and continued the Wii game again till 12am++. Wah…. everyone felt so tired but we do enjoy the fun together !!..

Left: Fried pork/mushroom, Fried glutinous rice, chestnut, dried prawn, salted egg

Right: Dumpling owner (from left to right): Me, Zhu Yong, XiaoYen, mix and Steph (haha…XiaoYen made the largest dumpling and Steph made the smallest dumpling). We had made a total of 35 dumplings !!!

Left: As usual, it is Hup’s task to wash the dumpling leaves

Right: We have made it !!!!  (left to right: XiaoYen, Hup, Me and Steph)

Left: I LOVE it !!!! (JiaYong),  Right: YUMMY YUMMY !!! (ZhuYong)

Wii Time !!!!

We have rented one of my rooms to a lady tenant, with monthly rental of ~S$400. Our first impression towards her is quite good and so far, everything works well. She is a Malaysian and just came to Sgp to work on last Monday. There is only one rule that we have told her, “be clean”. That’s all. She have the freedom to do anything

Why we rented the room and became no privacy? Hmm.. Hup and I have different reasons. For me, I would like to increase our “Baby Fund” with additional S$400 monthly. Hup would like someone to accompany me during his travel. His new job requires frequent travelling.

Regarding the question of privacy… hmm…. probably we already get used to it and didn’t feel any inconvenient at all. Since our study in UTM on 1996, we have used to sharing room and house with friends. Even during my first 5 years of working in Sgp, we also shared the house with friends. After moving to my own house, we had also rented the room to my junior and ex-coursemate for ~1.5 years.

Haha… the richest ppl in my family now is my baby… The “Baby Fund” will be used for regular check up, all medical tests, baby stuff, baby delivery, payment for confinement lady and eventually will be used for paying nanny for day care

My boss had planned a US trip for me before he knew that I was pregnant. And, I have decided to travel as I believe I can take care of myself and I have few friends over there that will take care of me too. Hup not really agree with the travel plan but he said he will respect my final decision

I have got almost everything ready… I got my 10 years US VISA, get the 3 months supplements ready, had bought the maternity wear, had made the hotel and flight booking. The travel plan was on June 22 and will fly to Austin for training for 2 months.

Unfortunately (or I should say “fortunately”.. hehe), there was one last missing part that made me change the plan. No medical insurance coverage. I have to pay the medical bill at US for my regular check-up and Structural Abnorma Scan. It costs me about US1.5k while at Sgp, I just need to pay about S$300. Hmm… so expensive. The worry is… if there is any complication, the medical bill can be tremendous and I have to pay for it. My boss agreed with the plan cancellation too as not worth taking the risk just for the training

Of course, the most happiest person is Hup… hahaha… Actually I was happy with the cancellation too, as I would love to enjoy the pregnancy progress together with Hup