32nd week of Pregnancy

5jul-11jul

- Ma's & Bro's birthdae this week
- woke up at 3am to clear bladder (every 1-2h in daytime & 4-5h during night sleep), and made red & green bean soup for dessert
- continue to compile table, and plan for the day before going parents' home to stay for the night (Darling working OT)
- went back to office to submit MC, passed mela oil to a colleague and met a few colleagues before going for lunch
- napped shortly before dinner and read abit and made a few calls to enquire (Singapore cord blood bank, credit cards company, maternity matters etc)

- went groceries shopping with mum after short nap after lunch (feel tired after short walk)
- Darling came to fetch me home after dinner (mum made his fav dish doufu w lots of green-red-yellow chilli pepper)
- Darling had 101 tricks to make his baby break into laughter (every one is unique and full of surprises)
- feet were not swollen (sigh of relief)


- woke up at 4.35am to clear bladder, and had difficulty falling back to sleep (feel little one's heartbeat and movement inside me), thus woke up to prepare for breakfast (hash brown and bun)
- continue to compile table and read abit
- washed the bb clothes (passed down) and mum helped to hang them (so we can start packing them into bb nursery room after that)

28th week of Pregnancy

7jun-13jun

- went marketing and grocery shopping almost every other day
- little baby was so active at night that I was kept awake from 11pm till almost 1plus (kept moving, kicking and boxing inside me)
- I even heard our neighbour above throwing/pouring things/water out from the kitchen windows onto our air-con ledge (full of litter even before we move in)

- bro came to tell me about the new launch of PruFirst Gift, coverage for expectant mums and unborn child (no 10-mth waiting period) and settle my hospitalisation plan matters
- gave me a pre-natal journal where I can put photos of ultrasound scan and record the dates of photos taken and the progress during pregnancy
- went shopping for newborn (NB) at Kiddy Palace and compared the prices of diapers with those offered at the supermarket, and even the items on offer are priced higher than those sold at the supermarket
- bought some for NB (overall at $15.92, UP $19.90, and a set of T&J pyjamas at $14.90, and 12pc Pureen baby napkins at $17.88, UP $22.35)
- only bought a pkt of Pureen Madame maternity pads 20S for myself at $7.95 (supermarket selling Kotex maternity pads adhesive 10S for $6.01)

- pa came to buy/have dinner with us on Wed (bought a box of salty pastry from Bugis)
- ma going to accompany me to the gynae for consultation after work on Friday (asked pa along, but he almost forgot about it)
- pa finally made it, and gynae said foetus had gained abt 500+g (77% which is equivalent to the weight I gained compared to last mth) and ultrasound scan 3 photos to show darling (head is on right side of my tummy)
- we went for our dinner after that, and shopped briefly for baby cot (offer at $398 which bedding+mattress+toy =48% disc) before gg home (darling waiting for dinnner)

- on Sat, darling and I went to Subway for lunch (offer at new outlet) and we chose to take up promo for 2 free cookies with footlong (honeyoats bread)
- Baby Baby (Tel: 63389129) at marina square (another outlet at UE Square) has stroller Amigo from Germany $380.70 (UP $430+), members enjoy 5% discount
- weighs 7kg (colour: blue and light brown), and can carry up to 15kg (NB-infants-young children 0mth-4yrs)
- went to Carrefour to buy some drinks, and ended up buying more (cakes, sushi, yogurt drinks, oyster mushrooms etc = $14+) :)
- my left foot (near the end of 2nd last toe) was abit painful after a day of walking/shopping

- on Sun, darling went for a haircut and we went to see/shop for more baby strollers, cot bed etc.
- we prefer something of lighter colour as the colour of the bedroom floor is dark (this is the same price as that we saw @Kiddy, but w/o bedding set)
- my right foot near the inner ankle was abit swollen after long hours of standing/walking

18th week of Pregnancy

This Friday is Good Friday, and we met up with the Insurance agent for our newborn-to-be.
Her mother happened to live just above our unit. Another 2 weeks we'd be doing our Scan to check if our precious is healthy and normal. I can't wait to know if I'm right. I've motherly instincts that this is going to be a boy.

At the same time, I'm going to prepare for a lesson observation by the Subject Head and I'm feeling abit short of time. I've to prepare for my appraisal soooon, before it is said to be due. For the first time in many years, I'm able to submit my weekly lesson plans in time, and for a couple of times, I was the first, if not among the first few to submit.

Yeah!