Me @ 19 weeks

I am going on an accelerating weight gain plan......getting so fat, so fast! I think I am gaining too much weight. I weighed myself on Monday and I was 56 kg which means that I gained about 6kg then again on Thursday and I was a whopping 58kg which means that I gained like 2kg in 3 days.

My tummy is of course huge now and over the weekend, I got RH to take some pictures of me so that I can show Bakong when he is born. Hehehe......here it goes, don't be too shocked.

{Outside the house. A new top for me. Looks kinda slimming actually. }

{My non existent belly button. As my tummy grew, my belly button shrunk. Hehehe, its now just a line. I think it is suppose to jut out but it has not happened yet so........we will see. }

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We celebrated my birthday one day earlier this year because we both have ministry duty at church on the 13th. RH brought me to the newly renovated Clarke Quay. I can't believe how happening it is there now.

{More of my tummy revealing pics.....}

{Its so beautiful at clarke quay after the renovation and there are like tons of new shops and resturants so head on down when you get a chance. }

Detailed Scan : Bakong @ 20 weeks

Had my detailed scan yesterday. So, its pretty obvious from the picture that Bakong is a male not mentioning the arrow to Bakong's genitals and the word "male". Hehehe, Balong was sleeping once again when the doctor took the scan. Only when my own gynae scan him did he move. Luckily he is a boy cos last weekend, RH and I bought BLUE body suit for him, our first baby clothes purchase.

Everything is ok with Bakong except that there is a liquid cyst in his left brain which gynae says will disappear but please just pray for him that it disappears soon or else he will be diagnosed with Edward Syndrome which I heard is fatal.

Gynae also mentioned that I am gaining weight too fast 1 kg per week so I have to cut down on starch and eat more fruits + vegetables......hehehe.....I knew I was gaining too much weight. I was so shocked when I weighed myself at the gynae....luckily RH does not mind.

Alcoholics Anonymous Class

Nothing to blog about so I am attaching a half done scrap from my scrapbook class yesterday.

I am so inspired by all the new products in the market that I am gonna attempt to make my own pregnancy journal. Am making one LO for my favorite nephews: ZH and NH......

Anyways, I met an NTUC agent just now when I went to buy lunch and the persistent lady actually followed me for about 100 meters before she gave up. I kept telling her that I am not interested. Anyways, she started asking me about my pregnancy. She asked me whether my baby is due soon cos my tummy is so big. URGH!!!!

Ok ok, I have a big tummy and I gained 6kg and I am shy of 5 mths preg by a week. Well, at least my face, arms and legs dun look fat. Thank goodness. Just hope that the baby is not too big. Last time we checked, he was normal range. :-)

Public Holiday tomorrow and we are gonna have two days of feasting: Steamboat then Barbeque. Hurray! I told SY, my sis that we should have like mini Singapore flags on toothpicks to get into the National Day celebration. She just said: "Can you stop being so patriotic!" *Sigh*

It is wonderful to be kicked........

Yes, when it is your yet born baby kicking in your tummy. I have been feeling the kicks and movements of Bakong for a week now and it is indeed a wonderful feeling to be able to know his activities....

It is amazing to know that there is another person inside you. Just doing his own stuff but hiding inside your tummy. What does it feel like? Well, personally, at first when it was soft, it felt like my tummy was twitching. Yeah, like having hiccups in your tummy. Then, it gradually, it felt like someone using their finger to poke you from the inside. Sometimes, when Bakong decides to do a somersault or just wanna kick harder, it feels like a nudge from the inside and feels like a ball rolling inside your tummy.

I thank God for being pregnant, (although the first trimester was hard), for being able to experience this wonderful time. It is no wonder that babies can recognize their mothers scent or voice when they are born because they are with their mommies 24 hours a day for 9 months. Talk about some serious bonding here.

It is really too bad that RH is not able to feel the movements now. I think fathers really miss out on all the fun.

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I hate HP, well, maybe hate is too strong a word but I would love to have my Toshiba laptop back. I just had my laptop serviced last week because I was unable to read external hard drives. It came back just yesterday and when I tried it again, guess what? Its still does not work. Urgh! Then I realized that I could read the drive when I log on as administrator and not when I log on as a user. Someone please tell me how to set my laptop so I can read external hard drives when I log in as user.....URGH!

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Just one picture before I sign off. I am officially unable to wear non pregnant wear so now I am packing all my clothes to the new apartment. I just like the colours my shirts make when I pile them all up.

Bakong is .............

70% boy... cos

• Gynae did a scan and she says that baby is probably a boy but she refused to confirm until the detailed scan next mth
• SS, my family chinese physician said that baby is boy
• I DID ask God for a baby boy so unless it is something not good for me or family, I believe God will give want His children ask for.

I guess I still gotta wait for the detsiled scan to be 100% sure and then I can start to buy baby stuff and decorate baby room. I still need to decide on a curtain colour!!!

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On a lighter note, Harry Potter 7 was launched on Saturday. I happen to be at Borders on that day and you can imagine the crowd although this time more people pre-ordered so the crowd was not as bad as book 5 or 6. Anyways, XD, my brother surprised me yesterday by presenting me with a copy of the latest HP book.

I am still reading it so I can't tell you what is the ending although if you are really curious, you could probably just search the internet now and discover a whole lot of spoilers. I was very surprised when XD gave me the book to read cos I recalled a conversation with him a few days ago.

XD: Ce, when are you going to buy HP? Me: Huh? I am waiting for you to buy. I did not buy Book 5 or 6 so what makes you think I am going to buy book 7?

Hehehe, in the end, he bought book 7 and even let me read it first cos he is going to re-read Book 6 before embarking on the latest AND last HP adventure. I heard that quite a number of characters got mained or killed. And I really really wish that she will revive Dumbledore. The story seems kinda empty without him.

What if it's true?

I had a dream last night. A weird dream but dreams are meant to be weird or else they would be reality, right? Anyways, I dreamt that I had just given birth, skipping all the birth process and somehow instead of an infant, my baby gal was a walking toddler. An active and naughty toddler at that.

My, my, what if it is true? What if it is a sign? I am gonna hv a naughty baby gal? Helllllppppp!!!!

By the way,

I have killed like tens of jumping ants around my office desk these few days. They just appeared out of no where beginning this week, attaching my PLAIN water and just being a nuisance running around the desk. Anyways, they are seriously jumping ants. When your fingers get near to them, they actually jump out of the way and land like a few cm away which makes killing it hard. If you notice, killing insects are a no-no for preg ladies but who cares. :-)