This is probably completely random, but one of my pet peeves of the moment is when people can't spell the word "Mum" or "Mummy".
Can't spell, meaning they spell it the American way.
As in "Mom" or "Mommy".
Which is what my mum does. As in "mommy and papa will get this for you, lah".
EURGH... it just grates on my nerves for some reason! Especially when I read it in an email or blog by friends who should know better.
OK! Enough ranting from this mummy2be.
Still love my mum though!
Monday, May 28, 2007
Baby-back ribs
Ack!
Those months of growth and stretch due to pregnancy hormones have led to a dreadful impasse yesterday morning.
Couldn't move without feeling pain!
As it turned out, my SIJ's (sacroiliac joint) "inflamed". It's the joint where your spine and pelvis meet, and with the softening of all my ligaments and joints in general to make way for birth & labour, simple movements have taken a toll on the SIJ. The way I sleep, sit, walk, stand, bend, squat, has contributed to a firstly sharp, then numbing pain at the base of my spine. Boo...
It hurts most when I lie down, and shifting my weight while trying to sleep comfortably has been quite an exercise in pain management and maneuverability.
The GP I saw yesterday said that in most of these cases, they usually take an X-ray, pump me full of anti-inflammatory drugs, and send me for intensive physio - quite aggressive treatment. But since I'm preganant, I can't do any of the above, so was sent home to rest - major bedrest he said ("don't underestimate rest, or your pain could get worse.") - and have been happily delegating tasks to EG, like pulling chairs out for me so I could waddle into it.
Thankfully, the pain today's much less acute (the power of prayer!), and I can walk without shuffling, as EG puts it, like a lame pirate. (May has already offered Dell as the accompanying parrot for my shoulder.) At tomorrow's checkup, I'm hoping they can suggest some pain relief or physio exercises that could help.
Those months of growth and stretch due to pregnancy hormones have led to a dreadful impasse yesterday morning.
Couldn't move without feeling pain!
As it turned out, my SIJ's (sacroiliac joint) "inflamed". It's the joint where your spine and pelvis meet, and with the softening of all my ligaments and joints in general to make way for birth & labour, simple movements have taken a toll on the SIJ. The way I sleep, sit, walk, stand, bend, squat, has contributed to a firstly sharp, then numbing pain at the base of my spine. Boo...
It hurts most when I lie down, and shifting my weight while trying to sleep comfortably has been quite an exercise in pain management and maneuverability.
The GP I saw yesterday said that in most of these cases, they usually take an X-ray, pump me full of anti-inflammatory drugs, and send me for intensive physio - quite aggressive treatment. But since I'm preganant, I can't do any of the above, so was sent home to rest - major bedrest he said ("don't underestimate rest, or your pain could get worse.") - and have been happily delegating tasks to EG, like pulling chairs out for me so I could waddle into it.
Thankfully, the pain today's much less acute (the power of prayer!), and I can walk without shuffling, as EG puts it, like a lame pirate. (May has already offered Dell as the accompanying parrot for my shoulder.) At tomorrow's checkup, I'm hoping they can suggest some pain relief or physio exercises that could help.
Shopping Fun
So far, trawling the web for maternity and bub wear, there are few sites that I do actually return to, mostly 'coz a) maternity wear can be expensive and b) they're designed for the mass market (read: boring!!), which is why I've been surviving on current-season clothing that are empire-cut or stretch beyond belief.
So the only Aussie sites I frequent are www.bubhub.com.au, purely for information and directory listings, and www.babysgotstyle.com.au
SO! A BIG HINT!
If you're planning to get us anything eventually (cheeky wink), we'd love a gift voucher from babysgotstyle - 'coz the clothes are so adorable and actually cool (read: my baby won't look like a chubby reindeer). And if my baby looks cool, it means his mum looks cool, so by association, even if I've vomit and spit on me and it's a frumpy day, I still look like I've got taste.
Ah...babies...they're perfect accessories!
So the only Aussie sites I frequent are www.bubhub.com.au, purely for information and directory listings, and www.babysgotstyle.com.au
SO! A BIG HINT!
If you're planning to get us anything eventually (cheeky wink), we'd love a gift voucher from babysgotstyle - 'coz the clothes are so adorable and actually cool (read: my baby won't look like a chubby reindeer). And if my baby looks cool, it means his mum looks cool, so by association, even if I've vomit and spit on me and it's a frumpy day, I still look like I've got taste.
Ah...babies...they're perfect accessories!
Saturday, May 19, 2007
One of those days...
There are days that are perfect, even with the aches and growing pains of carrying a baby...
Today was not one of those.
I feel blotchy
I feel pimply
My hair's overgrown
My skin's bumpy
I feel like a walrus
Clothes - those I own don't fit (have stretched the long and stretchy tops as far as I can go); those that I can afford to buy look blech.
All I see in the mirror is how awful I look!
And even though EG tries his best to affirm me (he's been SO good and patient and loving, I don't know how he does it!), I cannot let the words "You are beautiful" sink in - because I don't believe it.
And worse, I feel guilty for feeling ugly. For not believing that "I am Beautiful"
I think I need to be affirmed that it's ok to feel this way, to not always feel a 100%, that it's ok to feel tired and blotchy and depressed and hysterical. That I'm normal (whatever happened to that pregnancy glow I'm supposed to have??!!) even amongst others who don't experience what I do.
I love my baby, I love how my body's growing to accomodate him. I've never once regretted it!
I just wish I looked better while we're at it.
Sigh.
Today was not one of those.
I feel blotchy
I feel pimply
My hair's overgrown
My skin's bumpy
I feel like a walrus
Clothes - those I own don't fit (have stretched the long and stretchy tops as far as I can go); those that I can afford to buy look blech.
All I see in the mirror is how awful I look!
And even though EG tries his best to affirm me (he's been SO good and patient and loving, I don't know how he does it!), I cannot let the words "You are beautiful" sink in - because I don't believe it.
And worse, I feel guilty for feeling ugly. For not believing that "I am Beautiful"
I think I need to be affirmed that it's ok to feel this way, to not always feel a 100%, that it's ok to feel tired and blotchy and depressed and hysterical. That I'm normal (whatever happened to that pregnancy glow I'm supposed to have??!!) even amongst others who don't experience what I do.
I love my baby, I love how my body's growing to accomodate him. I've never once regretted it!
I just wish I looked better while we're at it.
Sigh.
Wednesday, May 2, 2007
Flutters
I can't believe how long it's been since we posted - 4 months! Lots have happened since then, so let's get straight onto it.
Met a good GP at QV Medical One.
Had my 12-week ultrasound at COGUS in Balwyn; saw our little one, about 6cm long. He/she had his/her hand to his/her mouth - kinda looked like he/she was rapping.
Had my first visit at the Royal Women's on Apr 2nd, went pretty well, glad I was finally seeing them (was 17 weeks!!). The visit took about 2-3 hours, including like a 1 1/2 hour waiting time!!
Went to Easter Camp with the gang. Kinda funny not to be running around during the games, but it was still such an awesome time connecting with people.
Had our 2nd anniversary on Apr 9th...it was fantastic. Went up to Mt. D with friends Irv n Wendy n Charles, ate at Miss Marples. Great anniversary, ended poignantly with a great conversation between me and EG. *mush alert* He said he couldn't have imagined being more in love with me since our wedding, ('coz he thought the wedding was like the epitome of how one could love another), and yet... with my pregnant self he still finds me beautiful, and is constantly affirming me. He's been an absolute gem during this time...I kinda think the pregnancy's brought us closer as a wedded couple.
Had our 20-week ultrasound recently. The baby's so developed now! We could see its features, hands, legs, bones, brain (yes, brain stem and all!), heart etc. And it's a BOY!! (We couldn't tell...the doctor told us right at the end. I didn't even notice his er..boy bits)
Had a checkup 2 days ago on Monday, and EG listened to the baby's heart beat using a Doppler device. It's pretty rapid - about 120 bpm. :-) How cute!
Yesterday, I think I felt the baby move! It was kinda fluttery, so at first I thought it was gas or something...like my food digesting. It was above the belly button so I thought it couldn't be the baby (at 21 weeks, the uterus stretches from around the belly button to the pelvic bone - about 22cm; baby's about 18cm I think? Span of my hand from wrist to 3rd fingertip). But today I spoke to A. Kat, who's a nurse, and she says it's probably the baby, since a) you can feel the baby about now, b) especially after dinner, when you're relaxed, c) the baby can kick and stretch past the belly button area.
So yeah, I think Baby Soh was kicking!!
Soh far Soh good!!
Will post pictures up soon.
Met a good GP at QV Medical One.
Had my 12-week ultrasound at COGUS in Balwyn; saw our little one, about 6cm long. He/she had his/her hand to his/her mouth - kinda looked like he/she was rapping.
Had my first visit at the Royal Women's on Apr 2nd, went pretty well, glad I was finally seeing them (was 17 weeks!!). The visit took about 2-3 hours, including like a 1 1/2 hour waiting time!!
Went to Easter Camp with the gang. Kinda funny not to be running around during the games, but it was still such an awesome time connecting with people.
Had our 2nd anniversary on Apr 9th...it was fantastic. Went up to Mt. D with friends Irv n Wendy n Charles, ate at Miss Marples. Great anniversary, ended poignantly with a great conversation between me and EG. *mush alert* He said he couldn't have imagined being more in love with me since our wedding, ('coz he thought the wedding was like the epitome of how one could love another), and yet... with my pregnant self he still finds me beautiful, and is constantly affirming me. He's been an absolute gem during this time...I kinda think the pregnancy's brought us closer as a wedded couple.
Had our 20-week ultrasound recently. The baby's so developed now! We could see its features, hands, legs, bones, brain (yes, brain stem and all!), heart etc. And it's a BOY!! (We couldn't tell...the doctor told us right at the end. I didn't even notice his er..boy bits)
Had a checkup 2 days ago on Monday, and EG listened to the baby's heart beat using a Doppler device. It's pretty rapid - about 120 bpm. :-) How cute!
Yesterday, I think I felt the baby move! It was kinda fluttery, so at first I thought it was gas or something...like my food digesting. It was above the belly button so I thought it couldn't be the baby (at 21 weeks, the uterus stretches from around the belly button to the pelvic bone - about 22cm; baby's about 18cm I think? Span of my hand from wrist to 3rd fingertip). But today I spoke to A. Kat, who's a nurse, and she says it's probably the baby, since a) you can feel the baby about now, b) especially after dinner, when you're relaxed, c) the baby can kick and stretch past the belly button area.
So yeah, I think Baby Soh was kicking!!
Soh far Soh good!!
Will post pictures up soon.
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