Unveiling my First Attempt

TA-DAH! Finally my first blog is born ^_^

Have been contemplating to start a blog for journaling the baby's progress. Finally i managed to back-post all my thoughts for the past month and now i officially unveil The First Chronicle!

This is going to be the place for updates on my faith, the baby, our move, and our lives! I hope i'd remember to take more pictures along the way so we can share with you! Stay tuned! :)

Effects of Pregnancy (3)

30April08

I am very thankful that I must have experienced the least of the pregnancy symptoms thus far. Have been eating normally, sleeping normally, and life is pretty much normal except for the growing surge of tiredness.

However these days I’m beginning to understand what is meant by nausea. Each morning when I wake up, I feel intense hunger. And yes puking is about five steps away. Well I really don’t have to puke, but I can if I tried harder. Guess that’s what people termed as Morning Sickness?

Eating is a very strange thing. Hunger attacks like a vicious monster and I MUST eat otherwise I felt like I would puke or faint any moment. Then after I eat, I would feel so full and bloated and puking is on the agenda again. This just goes on and on, round and round through the day. But thankfully I really never got to the point that I needed to puke. It’s just some kind of uneasy feeling. I guess I should belong to the lucky 10% pregnant women!

Yao Ying is so nice to get me a big bag of walnuts! Heard from friends that walnut is good for baby’s brains. That’s great!! Otherwise just depending on the mother’s brains would not be enough ^_^ Thank you Yao Ying!

Effects of Pregnancy (2)

28April08

Tiredness has begun to seize me. I couldn’t keep my eyelids opened after lunch. It was like a big dread was over me and my entire body just had to succumb. Went for a nap that lasted for 4 hours. Yes 4 hours. And I had no problem sleeping again at night.

Read from the book and it says a resting pregnant woman is expending the same amount of energy as a non-pregnant woman doing mountain climbing, though we can’t see the effect. OH WOW it’s unbelievable?! It says the baby’s body parts are beginning to form in the first trimester so a lot of energy is needed. Tiredness is a signal our body gives in need of more rest, and we really shouldn’t fight it.

I’m not sure if this is a valid reason to nap for 4 hours every day at work?!

Effects of Pregnancy (1)

27April08

Hunger has hit me like never before. In the past I felt like a camel as three small misery meals is enough to last me for the whole day. And it’s a surprise if I can finish the entire plate of rice/noodle/whatever on my own at any time.

I shocked myself this morning by what I ate. I had one big pau, and I still was hungry. Strangely I didn’t feel like I can eat noodles that morning and was just craving for bread instead. Then we went to Mac for a filet fish burger. I told Eric I would share the burger with him, but I ended up gobbling down the whole thing. After two buns, I still wasn’t satisfied. Went to 7-eleven to grab a fruit juice. All that for a breakfast? It was the first time I ate like this in probably all my life.

December Baby

24April08

Since the news went out, everybody has been congratulating us and sharing in our joy. Most mornings when I wake up, I still pondered over the fact that we indeed are going to have a baby. Guess the truth has not exactly settled in our brains, though we had so fervently wanted a child before.

Today we are due to visit the gynae. I’m always excited to see the doctor (minus the bills!!) as it brings us more information about the child. Today we saw the heartbeat!! But doctor said baby is only 1cm! HAH! So small, already has heartbeat!? Such is the wonder of God’s creation! Thank God that baby is growing well, and the estimated due date is 10Dec2008.

The only worrying thing was the pregnancy cysts are growing bigger, with one of them slightly over 5cm. Imagine having two ping pong balls in your womb?! It would be dangerous if they ruptured and that would warrant an emergency operation. Otherwise they should disappear on their own by the fourth month or so. Indeed we are very worried, as they do give me abdominal pains once in a while. We are praying for God’s complete healing.

Life Begins ...

10April08

Was nearly late for my appointment and all because I took a wrong turn at Novena! Had already studied the maps for countless times but still got confused by that mega junction. Took the blood test and this time it hurt more and I could see a blue-black swell. Was asked to come back again in two hours to read the results and to consult with the doctor.

The sweet smile of Dr Khi greeted us in the afternoon “I’ve got good news for you”. That really put a sigh of relief in my heart. On hindsight, I was disappointed by my own emotions; it should have been joy first, over relief! Anyhow, I was praising God in my heart and truly know that God has given us this wonderful little gift!

This time we saw the yolk sac and the water bag in the uterus. It was just a tiny little dot but that indeed spells a life! How wonderful is the works of Thy hands! I remembered the beautiful Psalm of David and want to praise God “For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.” Ps 139:13-14

We couldn’t hold our joy for long and quickly arranged to meet with Rev Lai and Pastor BQ for lunch so we could break the news. We also started to send emails to friends and colleagues on this wonderful gift from God. We kept teasing each other about being a “sotong pa” or “sotong ma”. Are we REALLY going to have a baby?

Streams of well wishes and blessings flow from our emails and SMSes. Thank you Lord, for giving us this little angel. We pray for your protection, that the baby may grow healthily. We pray that he/she will be a humble servant of God, always serving Him in His holy presence.

I Know He Holds Tomorrow

9April08

Was feeling very cheery today, while I kept playing back in my mind God’s sovereignty over the situation. He is the creator of all things and He is my heavenly Father. His ways are unfathomable so why do we worry about the things that happen in our life?

Was most comforted at the prayer meeting when we sang the hymn “I don’t know about tomorrow, I just live from day to day …. Many things about tomorrow, I don’t seem to understand. But I know who holds tomorrow, and I know who holds my hand” Felt that this song was prepared for me, for truly I do not know the doctor’s diagnosis tomorrow, but certainly, surely, I know our Lord Jesus is holding my hand :)