What happened over the past 3 months I did not post

Shortly after moving in, Janelle was born on 11 Sept 2010! Then I started a grueling confinement for 1 month... sigh. Totally torturous for me as I was in pain and also very emotional. Thank God it is over!
Janelle is almost 3 months old already, and laughing, crying really loudly. Haha. She's such a darling! Life has been very different with her now in my life. And rewarding as well as frustrating at times haha.

New house!!!

Stayed over in my new house for the past 2 nights :)

Finally, we have a house that we call our own! I love my new house! Haha... it's small, but sufficient :) I love my new house!

It's been a really long time since

I've blogged. I feel that it's better to interact with people rather than with a computer and hope that people come around to read it.

I'm 37 weeks into my pregnancy now, and baby Janelle is really to meet the world when God wants her to. I'm praying for a smooth delivery and a calm heart/mind when contractions begin. Hopefully I do not need to induce for Janelle to come out. She's 3.1 kg already, and is getting too huge for my small frame.

Trying to get prepared to be a good steward of baby Janelle when she arrives, but being paranoid all the time about not having enough stuff is really not good for me. So, I'm gonna stop worrying and leave everything to God.

Dearie is excited too about our new family member to be. Grandparents and grandaunts are really ecstatic too, since it's been long since there was a baby in the house. Yup, baby Janelle's gonna change a lot of things when she makes her grand entrance into the family :)

Oh well... anticipation! :)

I'm 21 weeks

into my pregnancy already. Time really flies so fast! Many people have commented that my tummy still looks so small for 5 months. Really thank God that baby's growth is fine, after we went for the gynae visit. In fact, my baby girl is big for her age! So the small tummy size is me, not my baby :)

Also found out that my blood glucose level is too high and needs to be controlled. So every Sunday, I have to test my blood glucose level 2 hours after breakfast, lunch and dinner... Thank God that I have conquered the fear of pricking my own fingers with the needle to get a drop of blood out. So far, the self check on Sunday showed me that I have adapted well to the current situation and my blood glucose level is well controlled :)

Baby loves to kick

after I eat or drink. Guess it wakes her up. It feels like a soft blunt poke from inside the tummy. Cute.

I have gotten used to the backaches already... but can definitely do without it.

The PTD and Investiture that happened on Friday took a toll on my body... climbed up and down the stairs too much, and squatted too much. The whole of Sat and Sun, not only my back ached, my shins and calves ached too... oh man.. torturous.

Dearie bought me a new chair

and carried it up to office for me :)

Anyway, I think I felt baby's kick yesterday night. I'm not very sure yet, but I'll see whether I can feel it again tonight. Haha...

The backache

has gotten worse... I cannot walk or stand for long. There's this sharp pain near my lower spine.

Doctor said that there is no remedy except to endure the pain throughout the pregnancy. It seems that a fall when I was in Pri Sch has resulted in this intense pain during pregnancy. My Chinese sinseh had also experienced a similar pain as me during her pregnancy and told me that this pain will disappear after confinement. But I feel so helpless when I know that there is more than 5 months left to endure...

What I did during the March Holidays (or are they holidays at all?)

TfU and more TfU. Until I have no time for marking and setting of exam papers.

But thank God that I had a chance to R & R with Jane and Yingli on Tuesday when we went to Liang Court for Ktv.

The free time I had at home was spent nursing the backache...

Thank God

for many things in my life. My bro is attending alpha! Yay!

And... for a smooth day with little backache yesterday! Except when I reached home, it started acting up. But oh well... at least I was trouble free for the day at work.

Backache galore

Its getting worse by the day... I can't walk or stand for long. And work is not getting any easier for me because of the backache...

Climbing up the stairs is simply torturous, and I have to do that all the time, even when I go home...

My evenings are now spent lying down on the bed nursing a whole day's of pain... My work remains untouched. Sigh. Thank God for Dearie who has been easing my pain with regular massage and helping me with work... Pray that all these pain will go away as I move into the 2nd trimester next week.

Symptoms

3-5 week: Mild dull cramps in stomach and hot flushes. Appetite improves.
5-7 week: Backaches begin. Loss of appetite.
7-9 week: Backaches continue with fitful sleep at night. I do not eat rice anymore. This is weird. Coz there are no cravings, just that I do not want to eat rice. It is now replaced by spaghetti.
9-10 week: Backaches ease a little with massage by Dearie. Fitful sleep continues and Dearie told me that I started speaking gibberish in my sleep. Eating is a chore to me.
11 week (now): I am starting to get emotional and have weird thoughts/dreams.

Last night, Dearie brought me out for a walk at T1 and TM to scout for a new handphone for him. I started to have this tight pain above the left side of my waist. It's still there now and I have no idea how I got this pain. Did I pull some muscle while sleeping? I thought that I could sleep it off last night, but apparently, it did not disappear this morning. So I'm on MC today. When I got up to bathe, just standing for a mere ten minutes in the toilet was painful. Hmmm... weird. Will see doctor later when Dearie comes back from work to bring me. I don't think I can walk to the doctor or take a bus.

Fatigue and backache

are my symptoms. Thank God for no morning sickness though. I'm into my 10th week already... will be into my 2nd trimester soon! Exciting... but that's when I'll start gaining lotsa weight and the tummmy gets even bigger by the week. Cannot imagine...

3rd visit to gynae

Today, we found out that baby is 27 mm already! And we saw it kicking and wriggling away while the gynae was trying to measure its size via the ultrasound. So cute!

The backache

is killing me... can't stand for long, can't sit for long... My gynae said that I'm still too early to have backaches, and it will only get worse. She thinks it's because of my posture. I guess it's true... but how? Sigh...

I'm trying to be happy most of the time now, so that my moods don't affect my baby. But... sigh... how to be happy when teaching? When students don't cooperate? When I still have to get angry, scold, chase for homework. Sometimes I really don't know what I'm doing anymore. It's their life right? Why should I even care? Let them lead their own lives they want, if they don't care about their results, why should I? I'm tired of being angry and affected by their attitudes towards their studies. Guess I have to loosen up and think for the best for my baby.

Why did God have to call me into this line... I guess I'm still finding out.

Hmmmm...

If it's a girl... How about Adel? It means "God is eternal"...

If it's a boy... How about Aaron? Moses' brother Aaron was the first high priest of Israel...

Long awaited update

Life has changed dramatically for me since the last post. I've gotten married, moved to my in laws' place, assimilated into my work environment, gotten the keys to my new house, and now... oh well... check out this place for more updates when I feel like blogging. Haha...