Dear Baby,
You will know that both mommy and daddy are very fair people. More so for mommy now that I'm carrying you, mommy's description from fair had moved up to pale. This is to do with your heritage, both mommy and daddy are a mixture of malay and chinese blood.
Daddy is 50% chinese and 50% malay.
Mommy is 75% chinese and 25% malay.
Baby is going to be 62.5% chinese and 37.5% malay.
So there is a good chance Baby is going to be very fair like us! It won't be a surprise for you considering so are the rest of your aunts and uncles and some of your cousins.
For some reason, mommy is interested to know whether you're going to have curly hair like daddy, mommy's hair is wavy and daddy likes it long. Mommy likes daddy's curly hair although he always try to pull them back and make them go straight.
Will you come out with hair I wonder...
Love,
Mom
Saturday, November 28, 2009
Thursday, November 26, 2009
The Secret
Dear Baby,
Not many people know you're around... yet. There's this thing about keeping things hush hush until after the first trimester, that's when you'll be three months old in the tummy, because the first trimester is considered the critical time for babies, as anything can happen (touch wood - you'll learn what that means when your older) and your daddy and I didn't want to jinx it. We're happy having you, and we're hoping for the best.
Your grandparents knows you're coming after mommy went for the first appointment at the clinic, and a couple of your aunts. Some of mommy's friends knew as well, they cleverly guessed and worked it out, mommy played the neither confirm nor deny card. I think it was the all day sickness that gave it away if anyone was watching.
Even daddy's colleagues knew when one day daddy said time for him to go home to take mommy out for dinner because mommy didn't feel like cooking, and one of them said, so, how far along is she?
This is how excited we are of your arrival, mommy and daddy want to tell people but we can't and we end up dropping hints left right centre.
When the baby bump starts showing, it'll be hard to deny you're here, very exciting!
Love,
Mom
Not many people know you're around... yet. There's this thing about keeping things hush hush until after the first trimester, that's when you'll be three months old in the tummy, because the first trimester is considered the critical time for babies, as anything can happen (touch wood - you'll learn what that means when your older) and your daddy and I didn't want to jinx it. We're happy having you, and we're hoping for the best.
Your grandparents knows you're coming after mommy went for the first appointment at the clinic, and a couple of your aunts. Some of mommy's friends knew as well, they cleverly guessed and worked it out, mommy played the neither confirm nor deny card. I think it was the all day sickness that gave it away if anyone was watching.
Even daddy's colleagues knew when one day daddy said time for him to go home to take mommy out for dinner because mommy didn't feel like cooking, and one of them said, so, how far along is she?
This is how excited we are of your arrival, mommy and daddy want to tell people but we can't and we end up dropping hints left right centre.
When the baby bump starts showing, it'll be hard to deny you're here, very exciting!
Love,
Mom
The Thalasemia Check
Dear Baby,
Today mommy and daddy woke up early so we could beat the queue to take our blood so the doctors could check if we're carrying thalasemia. Well, mommy is but they want to double check on daddy so that you would be ok.
The night before daddy and your granddad had a loud discussion about it. Daddy was convinced that the nurses and doctors at the prenatal clinic aren't doing their job because he said it would be written in his medical records at the hospital and they just had to look it up. Well, it's ok, blood was already taken and quick too, although we waited almost an hour. At least daddy wasn't too late for work and mommy got to her meeting in time.
Now mommy is trying to keep food in her stomach down because it feels like there is a queue in the throat waiting to come up.
Love,
Mom
Today mommy and daddy woke up early so we could beat the queue to take our blood so the doctors could check if we're carrying thalasemia. Well, mommy is but they want to double check on daddy so that you would be ok.
The night before daddy and your granddad had a loud discussion about it. Daddy was convinced that the nurses and doctors at the prenatal clinic aren't doing their job because he said it would be written in his medical records at the hospital and they just had to look it up. Well, it's ok, blood was already taken and quick too, although we waited almost an hour. At least daddy wasn't too late for work and mommy got to her meeting in time.
Now mommy is trying to keep food in her stomach down because it feels like there is a queue in the throat waiting to come up.
Love,
Mom
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
1st Doctor's Appointment
Dear Baby,
Mommy couldn't sleep last night and decided to read up The Complete Illustrated Lewis Caroll, and after the first few pages, decided this isn't the kind of story I would read to you because the main character in the story, Alice, annoys the hell out of me. I do hope you'd be much much smarter and cleverer than Alice was. I might read it to you if we could find the politically correct version where she's actually smart.
Today was the first doctor's appointment. Mommy did the urine check like I was taught and weighed in, mommy lost weight! Yay! The doctor was quizzing mommy about the details the nurses took on the first visit, she wanted an official record of mommy being what they call a beta talasemia and wanted to make sure daddy is ok. So she got mommy and daddy slotted in tomorrow to take our blood.
Today mommy is plagued with a tense neck, shoulder and a headache that's moving around the head... And the constant something in throat feeling.
Never buy Supa Save corned beef bun, it tasted yuckky, tuna bun was so-so, the beef pie was bleah, but really enjoyed the garden salad although the vinegarette had too much oil and not enough vinegar and stuff. I'm glad you like the salad, when I told your daddy about the corned beef bun, he said it has always never been nice. Daddy could've warned me.
You're 12 weeks already, two more weeks to go til 2nd trimester!
Love,
Mom
Mommy couldn't sleep last night and decided to read up The Complete Illustrated Lewis Caroll, and after the first few pages, decided this isn't the kind of story I would read to you because the main character in the story, Alice, annoys the hell out of me. I do hope you'd be much much smarter and cleverer than Alice was. I might read it to you if we could find the politically correct version where she's actually smart.
Today was the first doctor's appointment. Mommy did the urine check like I was taught and weighed in, mommy lost weight! Yay! The doctor was quizzing mommy about the details the nurses took on the first visit, she wanted an official record of mommy being what they call a beta talasemia and wanted to make sure daddy is ok. So she got mommy and daddy slotted in tomorrow to take our blood.
Today mommy is plagued with a tense neck, shoulder and a headache that's moving around the head... And the constant something in throat feeling.
Never buy Supa Save corned beef bun, it tasted yuckky, tuna bun was so-so, the beef pie was bleah, but really enjoyed the garden salad although the vinegarette had too much oil and not enough vinegar and stuff. I'm glad you like the salad, when I told your daddy about the corned beef bun, he said it has always never been nice. Daddy could've warned me.
You're 12 weeks already, two more weeks to go til 2nd trimester!
Love,
Mom
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
The Appointment
Dear Baby,
Mommy's been waiting for this day, and you're much bigger now, a plum! Hehehe, still small but enough to make me feel that you are here.
I went for the appointment, bang on time, turned out I wasn't the only one as we had to wait for the doors to be opened. There were lots of people about and most of us weren't sure what to do next. Mommy managed to be the fourth in the queue, and when it ws my turn, the nurses taught how to check urine for sugar and protein, and had my height and weight measured. Apparently they need to know daddy's height too so they can calculate how big you're going to grow when in the tummy.
Then they quizzed me on the family medical history, aside the fact that your daddy smokes, there was nothing much to tell on his side. On mommy's side, just your grandma, grandpa, and uncles having hypertension, the pressure in their blood is high.
Any twins in the family? No.
Does mommy and daddy have blood relations? No.
And mommy almost forgot to tell them I'm talasemic, and imediately my cards got a red sticker on them to aleart the nurses and doctors if anything happens. Ooooh...
The nurse then told mommy things that I already read up about. Apparently mommy have to stop wearing an underwired bra, would have to take time out for that to look for a non wired ones. All of mommy's sports bras are too tight now too.
Then, mommy got given folic acid, 5mg per tablet. All these while mommy been only taking 800mcg per tablet. So now, mommy is taking extra folic acid to make sure you are developing properly. On top of the omega 3 and vitamin C, and mommy had learnt that when taking folic acid to take it with juices and not milk.
If mommy had complained of all the nausea the hormones is causing me, the nurse would schedule a doctor's appointment immediately. But since I'm still able to carry on it'll be a week later. So we'll learn more at next week visit won't we.
Love,
Mom
Mommy's been waiting for this day, and you're much bigger now, a plum! Hehehe, still small but enough to make me feel that you are here.
I went for the appointment, bang on time, turned out I wasn't the only one as we had to wait for the doors to be opened. There were lots of people about and most of us weren't sure what to do next. Mommy managed to be the fourth in the queue, and when it ws my turn, the nurses taught how to check urine for sugar and protein, and had my height and weight measured. Apparently they need to know daddy's height too so they can calculate how big you're going to grow when in the tummy.
Then they quizzed me on the family medical history, aside the fact that your daddy smokes, there was nothing much to tell on his side. On mommy's side, just your grandma, grandpa, and uncles having hypertension, the pressure in their blood is high.
Any twins in the family? No.
Does mommy and daddy have blood relations? No.
And mommy almost forgot to tell them I'm talasemic, and imediately my cards got a red sticker on them to aleart the nurses and doctors if anything happens. Ooooh...
The nurse then told mommy things that I already read up about. Apparently mommy have to stop wearing an underwired bra, would have to take time out for that to look for a non wired ones. All of mommy's sports bras are too tight now too.
Then, mommy got given folic acid, 5mg per tablet. All these while mommy been only taking 800mcg per tablet. So now, mommy is taking extra folic acid to make sure you are developing properly. On top of the omega 3 and vitamin C, and mommy had learnt that when taking folic acid to take it with juices and not milk.
If mommy had complained of all the nausea the hormones is causing me, the nurse would schedule a doctor's appointment immediately. But since I'm still able to carry on it'll be a week later. So we'll learn more at next week visit won't we.
Love,
Mom
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