Waking up Early on a Saturday Morning 7 November, 2009
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7.00 am: Dear2’s alarm clock rings. Dear2 looked outside the window, it’s already bright. Yes, this morning we are going for a morning exercise for Dear1 and a morning walk for Dear2. Dear2 stopped the alarm clock (no need for snooze mode lah). Dear1 didn’t seemed to hear the alarm clock ring. Dear2 goes back to sleep.
7.10 am: Dear2 wakes up again. Yes, we are going for a morning exercise. Dear1 needs to start his exercise regime today. The day is still bright. Can hear Dear1’s slumber breathing. Maybe we should just go back to sleep and forget about the morning exercise….
7.20 am: Dear2 wakes up again. The day is still bright. Oh, we should bring out the laundry to dry. Use my handphone and check the weather forecast on NEA website first. It’s cloudy through out Singapore. Ask Dear1 to go and sun the laundry now. Dear1 jumps up pretty fast, and is back under the blankets once he is done. Oh, maybe we should forget about the morning walk….
7.30 am: Gotto wake up to go exercise, I want to go market to buy vegetables for lunch’s vegetable soup also. Dear1 is still sleeping. Gotto wake up…. Flipped my legs over the side of the bed, and reluctantly got out of bed. Dear1 is still sleeping. Nevermind, I’ll go change first…
7.32 am: Changed into my outdoor clothes. Went back to the room. “Dear1 wake up, let’s go exercise liao, I changed liao.” Seeing that I am dressed, Dear1 starts to stir. Kissed Dear1, and his small eyes opened more. 1 minute later, Dear1 climbs out of bed too.
7.35 am: Dear1 and Dear2 are out of the house. Dear1 has changed into his outdoor clothes, but not his running wear. It’s ok, at least it’s a good start. Today we managed to dragged ourselves out of bed, and we manage to at least do some walking. We’ll try to get Dear1 to run the next time round. It’s already a good beginning. :)
9.00 am: Back from walking down the park once, reached the coffeeshop and had breakfast, walked back down the park and to the market, bought $3.80 worth of vegetables and $1.10 worth of niang dou fu, and Dear1 and Dear2 are back at home. Not much walking done, and probably gained more weight from the breakfast, but we both felt good that the morning is still fresh. :)
- Dear2
I Know I Should 6 November, 2009
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I know I should keep my spirits up, for if mummy is sad, baby will feel it too.
But when you dun feel a passion in anything that you do, den what else can I look forward to?
I know that I should keep myself happy; I really hate this gloomy feeling every weekday!
But if work is crappy and bosses are sucky, den what can I motivate myself to make me stay?
I know I should motivate myself, cos no one else can solve my own problems except myself.
But long term low morale and discomfort all day long is creating a drain on my emotional health…
I know I should be grateful that I have Dear1 with me, such a nice and loving husband, what else can I ask for more.
Thank you Dear1 for being such a wonderful husband, you really are the most wonderful thing that happen to me and I so adore.
I know I should appreciate all the wonderful things in this world, that being just being is already a blessing indeed.
I know I will be happy with all the lovely things and people around, and that together with Dear1, we will create much more lovely deeds.
- Dear2
Holiday, Oh Holiday! Week 23 6 November, 2009
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Dear1 and Dear2 were planning to go on a short holiday this week – a holiday that after this trip, might be a long long while more before we can go on the next holiday with baby in tow next time. And as the trip was really planned very hastily, this week was quite a mad rush for both Dear1 and Dear2 before we embark on the holiday.
Dear1 was frantically trying to finish up his work before we depart for Penang on Friday, and Dear2 was also trying to sort out all her work this week, which so happen that there will be a company marketing event on the next day when we return to Singapore. So the whole week was really rush rush rush rush for both Dear1 and Dear2.
It was probably due to the stress of having to complete so many things in a week, that Dear2 was not very emotionally strong this week. When Dear1 gave her the task of doing up the trip’s itinerary, Dear2 suddenly totally went ‘blank’. Dunno where to start, and dunno how to start, and all these have to be done in 2 days’ time – Dear2 just completely went blank. Luckily Dear2 was able to quickly voice out her weakness to Dear1, so from a ‘big assignment’, Dear1 broke it down into smaller tasks for Dear2 which she completed 1 by 1. :)
The morning heat continues to be the biggest bane for Dear2 every morning, making the journey to work a daily struggle… Maybe we should consider getting out of the house much much earlier, before the morning heat starts. And that might mean stepping out of the house before 7.30 am…. Groan..
- Dear2
Financial Plan(s) to acheive your Goal(s) 27 October, 2009
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Even before I had any proper knowledge in financial planning, it was already in our blood. Back in those days when Dear1 and Dear were together before our marriage, we had already started on planning our finances for our future. I remembered it was in our Uni days, probably a year or 2 into University, I started a second savings account. This account was purely for savings, for what exactly, I dunno at that point in time, but definitely it was an account to save for our future, ie our wedding, our house etc.
A few years later when the savings accumulated to $5,000, we decided to park it in a fixed deposit account so as to ‘make the money work harder for us’ at 0.75% compared to the 0.25% interest rate in those days. 1.5 years later, the FD matured but we still have no use for it, or rather it was not a ripe time for is to do anything yet, so we rolled the money for another 1.5 years.
After Dear1 proposed unexpectedly in 2005, it was pretty much still dating as usual for the then 1 year working Dear2 and Final Year Dear1, until one day when Dear2 spontaneously wiped out an empty sheet and paper and proclaim that ‘we must draw a timeline and cost to it.’ We thought about when we will get married, and buy a house, and the amount that we’ll need for the wedding, house downpayment, renovation, honeymoon etc. Some rough calculations and estimates, and some rough idea of what are the impending big ticket items, and our initially blank sheet of paper now tell us that a lot of money is needed ya. Nevermind that the figure is daunting, at least we now have a plan to work towards, and that we already have $5k ready to be deployed.
Along the way, we deflected from the original plan. Instead of having all the events at one go, we settled 1 event at a time – ROM, house, renovation, wedding, honeymoon in this order. Slowly and steadily with an income stream, plus our frugal lifestyle hinged on a systematic income and expenses control, we saw our goals falling into place 1 by 1, unknowingly.
Today as Dear1 and Dear2 are finally done with the important events of marriage, and are settling into a ‘no need to start our balance sheet from zero state’, we almost unconsciously forget to plan for our later future. Things are now getting quite dangerously comfortable for us (and how common is this the state of most people!!!). Marriage is not the only event in life, although it is one of the first few goals that most young people have to work towards. And upon the passing of that phase, there are still other important events or goals that we have to work towards, more commonly the planning for a comfortable lifestyle, now (together with baby(s)) and ongoing into our retirement.
Have you have a financial plan/ goal in place?
- Dear2
Go Away You Season Flu – Week 22 26 October, 2009
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This week has been a tiring week, because Dear2’s body is busy fighting the season flu bug. You know when the bug is in the air, when everyday you see a few Medical Leave Applications – Fever/ Cold from around the office.
So this week has been a tired, tired week, and Dear2 was really just hanging on for the weekends to come. Its worse when every bedtime was an effort to get in bed and be able to fall asleep. Dear2 has started to notice a pattern – mornings are faint, afternoons are ok, and nights are very full. Despite me eating enough breakfast before setting off from the house, the morning journey to work is still a struggle. Only upon reaching office and having a super early lunch at 11am, den does the day really starts. An afternoon snack around 4pm, plus a normal portion of dabao-ed dinner, and plus a fruit or 2 at around 10pm, and Dear2 is off to bedtime. But by this time, the tummy is so heavy such that every movement to get onto bed and every turn to get into the right position makes a groan. Hmm, our only conclusion is that the tummy is now very stretched with the dinner contents. Sigh… Usually the discomfort eases into the night, and by the time of waking up the next day, the tummy feels soft again…
Because of this nightly ordeal, Dear2 is afraid of eating too much now. No more ‘can eat a cow’, even though the appetite is still good in the day, and after-dinners still do get that ‘eat not full, feel like nibbling on something’ feeling, but ‘if you eat now, you’ll suffer later in bed’ torture is too much for Dear2 to dare to eat more than the necessary. Dear1 and Dear2 loaded our cupboard with quite a bit of snacks and biscuits and sweets at the beginning of second trimester when Dear2’s appetite was tremendous, but 2 months on and the biscuits are only about halfway done. The super cheap offer of kiwis at NTUC – 8 for $5+ seemed like a very good deal since Dear2 can eat 2 kiwis every day, but barely 2 days later, it became a ‘wait tomorrow than I eat’ kind of phenomenon… The moral of the story – only buy what/ how much you can eat.
Pregnant mummies should really watch their diet. Dear1 and Dear2 heard about the ‘no lamb cos the baby may have yang2 dian1 feng1′, or no crabs cos the baby may turn out to be super touchy, aka ‘many hands’ from old folks. Though these seem to be founded on traditional nonsense, but no harm just avoiding these foods since Dear2 don’t normally eat these as well. But for foods that have a scientific disbenefit to the baby, these ought to be paid attention to. Dear2 had an almost narrow escape with Luo Han Guo. A common cooling herbal tea, Dear2 wanted to get a bottle to cool her body down, as well as to expel the phlegm in her lungs, benefits known for the Luo Han Guo. Luckily the auntie at the herbal tea stall (Westmall, Basement 1) was observant enough to notice Dear2’s bump, and kindly advised that pregnant women should avoid this as the tea contain xia4 gu1 chao3. Not too sure what harm is there in this herb, but Dear2 is just very grateful to this auntie. Kudos. (This stall will remain as Dear2’s favourite herbal tea stall. Dear2 found that only herbal teas from this stall are effective, probably because the teas are brewed and sold freshly.)
Dear2’s 1/3 brain is really having very limited processing capability. New information, especially those on lengthy paragraphs are a total turn off, and you’d better not ask me to remember any new knowledge, simply because my brain cannot process these now, haha. But for old knowledge and information, Dear2 can surprisingly still execute them very well. Give me an old problem sum anytime and I should be able to systematically work out the solution, but this may take a slightly longer time than before, haha.
With this constraint in mind, Dear2 was suddenly frightened by the prospect of baby coming out prematurely. A friend narrated that her recent birth was 7 weeks premature though the pregnancy for the past 32 weeks seemed to be very normal. Even until today, doctors are not able to detect this abnormality through blood tests and such. So much for wanting to enjoy the bak kwas and love letters during Chinese New Year, exactly 1 week before baby’s EDD! And we won’t have time to slowly get ready all the baby stuff if baby really is premature! Hmm… Baby’s EDD is 21 Feb 2010, Christmas is slightly more than 2 months before that, so the new action plan will have to be, to get ready all the hand-me-downs before Christmas, and buy all the shortfalls during the Christmas sale. And from now until then, if there are cheap buys at super good deals (haha, ie SPREES!! Yeah.), better get them now also in case we won’t have the time. :P
- Dear2
Setting (Good) Examples 22 October, 2009
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Dear2 often chide Dear1 for not saying what he wants. Come to think of it, it might be a habit that Dear1 inherit from his 25 years of living in his family. Dear1’s parents are those who always dun say what they want (not that its uncommon in families, I know). ‘Mother ask you to come home this weekend for dinner’, says father-in-law. This kind of thing frequently happen in Dear1’s house, when most of the time it is FIL himself who intends this. And apparently, Dear1 has inherited this trait himself as well…
And so, Dear2 has to remind Dear1 that, please verbalise what you want, really. ‘Anything’ is not ‘Yes, I want’, and black means black, and not an intense shade of grey.
Dear2 suddenly felt that this is an important point to remind Dear1 again, cos when baby is out, we want to be good parents and pass on good habits to our children. Dun people always say that kids pick up habits from their parents, and even if we dun have a talented musical skill to infuse to our kids, nor super fantastic linguistic skills to share with them, but at least be able to spread such ‘normal’ habits such as practicing good hygiene, good eating habits, regular exercise habits, no foul language, no digging of nose in public (haha), amicable relationship with people etc. Some of these things are not things that can be taught, rather, they are a way of life that can be spread to your kids through setting self examples.
Being good examples should be a way of life. It’s not about trying to be somebody that you are not, nor does it have to be going super out of the way just to show others that you care. It can be a simple demonstration of your inherent graciousness, your ambivalence towards human and towards others, and being who you really are by showing the good side of you. In Dear2’s daily MRT trips, I sometimes get seat offers from commuters, not just fellow women who understand the hardships of pregnancy, but from young people as well as men. These little acts of gestures often makes me very touched, cos it just shows that in this harsh Singapore society, there is still humanity left, be it how little. I’m sure that through their own graciousness, these offerers have, and will pass on good examples to their kids when they do have kids of their own.
- Dear2
Cross the Halfway Mark – Week 21 21 October, 2009
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Oh, we’ve finally crossed the halfway mark at week 21.
The 40 week pregnancy is now halfway done, and there’s 5 more months to go. Talk about long, it’s not that long, but say short, it’s not too short either. The week 21 milestone just means that 1) There’s 2 more months left in the second trimester which is supposedly the ‘honeymoon’ trimester, and 2) This will be followed by the uncomfortable 3 months of third trimester. Oh gosh.
2 more months till the end of the ‘honeymoon’ trimester… Dear2 has not been feeling exceptionally well this past 2 months either. The appetite is ok, there’s better immunity compared to the first few months of reduced immunity and all that coughs and colds, and the bump is getting so big now that it’s hard to miss this pregnant mtb on the train. But ‘honeymoon’ period…. That sounds like a far fetched tale…
Gynae however recommend that we go on a holiday if we want to, NOW, cos third trimester is gonna be uncomfortable again, and once baby comes out, it’s gonna be a long long while before Dear1 and Dear2 can go on a holiday again. We did contemplate – perhaps bring baby on a long holiday at the end of the 4 months maternity leave, which will be in Jun 2010, but going to a foreign place for too long, you dunno if baby’s immune system is able to take it. Plus, seeing a doctor when you are not in Singapore can be troublesome as well. And by the time baby is old enough, say 1 year old plus, we’ll be planning and preparing for baby #2 already. Wah, it’s really going to take a long long long while before Dear1 and Dear2 can go on a long and far holiday.
So this just means that if we really want to go, it’ll have to be NOW.
Considering our options, Penang seems like a nice quick getaway since Dear2 has not been there before, and it’s relatively a civilised place. So we quickly booked our air tickets and accommodation, and in 2 weeks’ time, it’ll be Dear1 and Dear2 retreat at Penang. :)
All this haste on confirming tickets and accom, Dear1 and Dear2 were busy with spreeing this week too. Referring to the earlier post, Dear2 was very much hooked onto spreeing this week. The store discount + (potential) savings in shipping makes Dear2 hooked onto this shopping method. Now its restraint time, until the goods arrive and we have a good sense of how much is the shipping cost, and whether is the spree really so worth it after all.
Gas…. A blot/ punch of gas… Muscle twitch…. Are these baby kicks? Dear2 has been experiencing this on and off this past week, but it’s hardly what I’ll imagine as a baby kick. Often, it’s a feeling of a blot of gas punching out of the tummy, and sometimes it’s towards the internal hips area, making Dear2 feel like letting out gas (suddenly) most of the time. On other occasions, especially when I am lying down, the sides experience a sudden slight muscle twitch feeling. Dear2 has not been able to find many mtb’s description of their baby kicks experiences online, but from that few that I’ve seen, plus the timing of 21 weeks seems to be already overdue when mtbs experience their baby kicks, this should be it bah. It’s really not a pleasant feeling, and hopefully once mummy soothes the tummy every time baby kick, to tell her that mummy is right here with you, this will give baby comfort and assurance. I love you, baby.
I love you too, Dear1.
- Dear2
PS: Oh, we went to Baby Kingdom and Baby Hypermart @ Shun Li Industrial over the weekends. Not exactly fruitful – things are not cheaper than elsewhere, they are just the same, and there’s not exactly many things to buy. Probably the main takeaway was that we got to know a bit more about strollers through the sales people’s explanation and demonstration. But… some information seems to be not accurate too… Just take it with pinch of salt. We left after 1 hour’s of pacing in the 2 stores which is really a stone’s throw away from each other.
Confessions of a Spree-aholic 20 October, 2009
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OMG, I have turned into a spree-aholic in a matter of days!
It all started when Dear1 found a website where mtbs organise all sorts of sprees. And seeing how value-for-money shopping from such sprees can be, from the savings in (1) Shipping due to bulk purchases, and (2) These mtbs really can sniff out very good deals without you having to search for them yourself, haha. Dear2 spared no further delay in joining in the crowd. In a matter of seconds, Dear2 was fast on her way to opening a forum account all for the SPREE (haiz, Dear1 has been pestering the forum-idiot Dear2 to open an account, but Dear2 always feels that she will not participate in the all-nonsense forum for all-day-long crappy talk. Tell me about sprees and Dear2 can flip from NO to YES immediately… sigh.. wahahaha).
Yes, I want to buy this sweet pink 3-piece body suit pack from Old Navy. It’s just USD 10 for 3 pieces leh, a very cheap deal for sure!
Yes, this breast pump is surely worth it, normal retail price is over 1,000 and it’s going for less than half the price in the spree. Buy buy buy!!
Yes!! Birkenstock is having clearance sale now. I’ve always wanted a pair of Birkenstock shoes, but at $80 a pair, it’s always such a heartache. Now I can finally fulfill my dream at $42. Buy!
Oh my, this sweet pink dress is sooooooooooooo sweet. Even though I tell myself that I really have to quit this addiction, but…………… It’s soooooooo sweet! And it’s only slightly more than SGD 6! I want to buy!!
Within just 3 days, Dear2 was closely fixed to the computer screen, at home and in the office, all day long. The discounts were simply too irresistible – branded stuff at half the price (maybe), how to resist!? So day after day, Dear2 will check the bookmarked threads to see if her orders were confirmed, or if there’s new updates on the shipping status.
It has been exactly 1 week from the time since Dear2 started on spree-shopping, and also 1 week since Dear2 got addicted to this addiction. Fortunately for Dear2 (and Dear1 as well, haha), Dear2 finally stopped her addiction yesterday, when she saw that shipping costs may cost about the same, if not more than the actual price of the item. The SGD 14 capris pants may seem like a real bargain compared to the same pair from Marton Bell which cost $59 before the 20% closing down sale at the Vivocity branch, but there’s a likelihood that the shipping may cost an equivalent amount for its bulkiness and heaviness, and also that the shared box where all the other spreeists’ items were piled together was not optimised, then the total cost of SGD 30 may not seem such an attractive buy after all…
With that in mind, Dear2 is determine (almost) to stop spreeing until the ordered items are actually in my hands. But the lure of the spree forum is still so strong – I still constantly refresh the thread to see if there’s any new spree or discount coming along. It’s a every-minute-counts affair, cos usually when a new spree starts, it also closes almost immediately. The organiser may close the spree early if the required amount has been hit, or that she may only do 1 or 2 batch and if you happen to see the spree an afternoon too late, it just means that the boat is gone. And even if you do spot a good-deal spree, it’s every-minute-is-precious – gotto go to the website to browse through the discounted items, think about whether if the item really necessary, think about if that cost (not even factoring in shipping cost) is worth the buy, ask Dear1 if can buy or not, place orders with the organiser, transfer money to the organiser, seek confirmation on orders placed and money transferred, and then it’s finally checking the thread for latest updates to see if your order is placed successfully – all these have to be completed before the spree closes, or praying that the item is not out of stock…. The whole process is tenacious, even more exciting than stock-buying, cos when you buy stocks, you at least get to rest once markets close for lunch or for the day, but when it comes to spree-buying, every minute counts even until the wee hours at night, 24/7 all days.
Control.. Immune… Dear2 must really control herself and no more spreeing for now until the good(s) arrive…. But her hands are already itching to go check out new sprees now… Sob…
- Dear2
With Love and Care 12 October, 2009
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So excited, and so nervous. In 5 months’ time, Dear1 and Dear2 are going to be new parents. Are we ready to nurture and discipline another being, when we ourselves sometimes don’t follow our hearts as well? Are we qualified to teach our child important values, when we ourselves sometimes may know what is right, but don’t do it anyway? I asked myself these questions recently.
True. So far, Dear1 and Dear2 have been doing what we like. We moved into our own place at 25 years old just because we want to stay with each other all day long. We go on holidays every year because we enjoy exploring new places with each other. But with baby along, Dear1 and Dear2 will not be able to simply do as we wish anymore. We cannot just go on a 2 week holiday during Dear2’s maternity leave and leave baby in the care of the grand parents. Because we are responsible parents.
As baby gets older, Dear2 wonders what kind of kid will she become. Will she be well mannered and sophisticated and goes to prestigious schools, or will she become an ah-lian who goes to lousy neighbourhood schools? Dear1 is also wondering aloud if our 10 year old kid will go through that puberty phase and refuse to go out with us anymore during family outings. Oh come on, that’s more than 10 years from now, and it’s still a long way to go.
Yes, from the time our baby is born till the time she grows up and starts to have a mind of her own, there’s still many many more years to go. I just want to enjoy our baby while she’s still young, and give her the best love and care that a parent can give to her child. Too little care and the child detaches, but too much concern makes us naggy parents. Too little love and she may go wayward, but overwhelming love becomes over-protection. Ask any parent, or just anybody who ever was a kid before, and you’ll find that a balance is always never easy to find. So the best thing that we can do, is to give our baby the best love and care that we can ever give, cos when you truly love someone, you just want the best for her.
- Dear2
It’s Finally Week 20! 11 October, 2009
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It’s finally week 20!!
Week 20 is an important week for baby, cos that’s when the Detailed Scan is being done. Most gynaes will advise that new parents don’t buy anything for baby until after week 20, cos though the Oscar Scan which was done during week 12 helps to assess the risk of Down Syndrome, the week 20 Detailed Scan further re-assesses this risk, as well as test for other fetal anomalies. So it is with much anticipation and nervousness that Dear1 and Dear2 awaits for this week 20.
The scan results turn out to be very well. Baby’s major organs and parts are developing well, and her spine and limbs are okay as well. Earlier during the Oscar Test, baby has a higher risk of DS even though her neck thickness and nose bridge height are within normal range, but somehow mummy’s blood test came out to be less than ideal, hence increasing the risk level to a level that is still within normal range but considered high for mummy’s age group. So when the Detailed Scan reveals that baby’s spine and leg length are okay, mummy really heaved a huge sigh of relief. Yeah! We can start shopping for baby’s stuff liao!
Oh, next come the next headache. What to buy first? As Dear1 and Dear2 were really obedient and listened to gynae’s advice, we did not get anything for baby so far (Fren JJ who is 8 weeks behind Dear2 has already gotten all the baby essentials. The only things that she hasn’t bought are a car seat and a stroller. -_-’” ). While Dear1 does not seem to be too anxious, Dear2 is raring to go shopping for baby soon! (Relax relax, dun be so gan jiong..)
Hot, faint, hip pain, fat, leg cramp, sole pain, no clothes to wear….. Dear2 still gets these almost everyday, and even some perpetually!
Hot – The only way is, dun use too much energy, stay in air con places, and wear sleeveless clothes lor…..
Faint (in the morning) – Gynae says that it is because baby is taking a lot of iron from mummy, such that mummy’s iron level gets depleted. The prescribed multi-vitamins should contain sufficient iron, so gynae was cautious of issuing more iron tables (cos Dear2 is beta-thalassemic and cannot store iron well). Let’s just try to get more iron through natural means like dark green leaves, eggs and red meat and see if the situation improves.
Hip Pain – Dear2 thinks that this is due to gas accumulation. The pain in the right hip + weight of tummy is so unbearable that on those painful nights, Dear2 really feel like sleeping in a sitting position. Luckily the massage by Dear1 really does help to relief the pain so that Dear2 can have a good night’s sleep.
Fat – Yes. Dear2 is obviously putting on a lot of weight now. 1.5kg in 3 weeks, oh my! Before having baby, Dear2 was about 51kg. Now 20 weeks in the pregnancy and she is already 57.4kg. I think it’s not difficult for Dear2 to hit 65kg by the time she is due. (I’m ok with putting on weight, but can it not be visible…?)
Leg Cramp – Dear2 gets this almost every night. It will be right leg cramp for 2 or 3 nights, and den the left leg cramps as well for the next 2 to 3 nights, making Dear2 jump out of bed every time it occurs. Stretching or adjusting the leg angle is the only way to alleviate the excruciating pain. Dear2 can still ‘jump’ out of bed now to stretch that problematic calf, but as the tummy gets heavier, or if both legs start to cramp together at the same time, Dear2 will have to scream to Dear1 for help in future….
Sole Pain – I can’t understand why there’s this perpetual pain in the sole nowadays. It’s that kind of pain that you get if you shop for the entire day on heals, and the sole pain still persists after a night’s sleep. The mtb sole pain is just like that, except that 1) We don’t shop for entire days nowadays, and 2) We don’t wear heals anymore. So why this persistent pain? Dear2 read that it’s because of the relaxation of dunno-what in the soles alongside the relaxation of the vaginal canal (or something like that) that causes the dunno-what in the sole to relax as well, causing the feet to carry more load etc etc etc.
No Clothes to Wear - There was a clothes crisis again this week, because Dear1 did not do the laundry. Dear1 forgot that Dear2 only has that 5 dresses to wear to work, and if these are not washed and dried on time, that’s it – Dear2 totally has no other clothes to wear. The day was only saved because Dear2 had bought another new dress earlier in the week, and it was already hung out in the drying….
So much for week 20. I want to go shopping for baby’s stuff soon!
- Dear2
PS: Baby now weighs 335g!
