40 WEEKS & 1 DAY.... 24TH December 2006

LUCAS HIEP SAIRLAO

BORN 24TH DECEMBER 2006
4.10PM @ FAIRFIELD HOSPITAL
3.07KG & 54cms LONG

Sleeping Dragon! Everyone say's I look like daddy but mummy doesn't think so!!

Don't take a photo of me!!! i'm all naked!!

Wells after a very long wait...starting with my first contraction at 1am on the 23rd dec 06 which were in 5min intervals until the 4.10pm on xmas eve Santa delivered us a beautiful son named Lucas Hiep Sairlao!

It felt like forever, just not knowing when was the real moment when Lucas would arrive. By 1am on 24th dec 06, 24 hours had past with contractions varying from 5mins..3mins... 15mins... 1hr etc intervals. At around 12pm or 1pm on 24th Dec, my contractions had become regular again with 3min intervals lasting for 1 min or more at a time yet still i've only dialated 5cm over 24hrs.

The doctor then recommeded to induce me via the drip to speed things up and hopefully i would dialate more.... everything became a blurr after this...

Contractions became stronger and even more regular,by this time i was on the gas & pushing without my own control.... I was in la la land though when the pushing came so did the pain. Yes the pain is like the constipation pain when you're trying to push a big piece of shit out!! The worst is in between contractions and pushing... you just feel like their is a HUGE shit stuck... seriously!! i didn't think it was like doing a #2!!

Nardy was just great!! He was there all the way, giving me the gas, water and then wiping my face here and there, without him i don't think i could have lasted 40hrs or even given the last push for Lucas's arrival!

Only sleeping 4hours max over the 2 days i had lost all my strength, the final pushes felt like forever coming. I just didn't think i could do it but it happened and just like every other mother has said.... the moment the baby arrives the pain is forgotten and the joy of seeing your own little creation laying on top of you is all you can feel and think off!

31 WEEKS & 4 DAYS (wednesday 25th oct 06)

Wows, it's been awhile since i've updated this blog & there isn't much longer before i pop either!

For the past 3 weeks, i have been able to feel our bubs roll around inside, his every movement is now very noticeable even from the outside, however everytime i try to record him, he won't move.
I don't seem to feel him kick much these days, i guess there isn't much room anymore for him, but yeah his constantly turning and moving around. Nardy and i can also now feel him from the surface of my tummy. Every time we do, we play the guessing game, is it the head, bum, legs or arms.... it's absolutly amazing!!!

The last few weeks has been hectic & tiring!
I experienced my first water retention in my legs 2 weeks ago while preparing Chinh & Van's wedding cake. The weather was hot and i was standing all day long, by the time i went for a shower i was in SHOCK!! i ran out of the shower and was like " NARDY!!! WHERE IS MY KNEES?? WHERE IS MY ANKLES??!!"
When i tried to bend down, i couldn't really do it, it was like there was not enough skin to stretch.
Very scary!!

Last week was also a new experience. My first very noticeable braxton hicks contraction... and golly god.... i don't know how i am going to handle labour!!!
The books have always mentioned braxton hicks as a uterus contraction and as i imagine it, it would be like the tightening and squeezing feeling...
Mine was nothing alike!
Mine was more like an uncomfortable stomache ache, like when you have the runs!
It came and went every few minutes and lasted for more than 8 hours. It totally exhausted me out, though i didn't really have the runs i did have to visit the toilet 3 times and also vommit.
At first i thought he was coming and made nardy read up on contractions incase he really was, it just didn't sound the same and so i concluded it must of just been a case of food poisioning, until speaking to my other friends whom confirmed infact it was BHC.

I was also diagnosed with pregnancy diabetes last week and now have to prick my fingers 4 times a day before & after brekkie and also 2 hours after my meals to test my gluclose level. So far it has been good accept for when we eat out in cabra!! too much carbs and sugar!!!
I've had to see the dietition to monitor what i eat, mainly watching out on carbs and sugar which yeah just makes me feel like im going on a diet!

Anyways, time for brekkie. Ohz to date i've only gained 9kgs but looking at photo's i feel as though i've gained 20!!

25 WEEKS & 4 DAYS ( Wednesday 13th September 06 )

Well almost another week has past and i'm feeling bigger by the day!

I just weighed myself and already i've put on another 3kg's in just 2 weeks. Totalling now to 8kgs of weight gain! The maternity clothes i've bought and have been wearing is slowly getting tighter & tighter... now how depressing is that!

This past week, lil bubs has been kicking alot more frequently and also alot harder.
Nardy got to feel our babies kick for the 2nd time this week and also my brother Long. He was really amazed and has since been constantly asking me if the baby is kicking so he can feel it.

I also got to go on a shopping spree to find something to wear to Van's wedding. It was a nightmare!! Shop after shop i went in without much luck. Looked like a balloon in one dress i tried at Jeans West i think. Anyways ended up buying a Satin like floral dress in a baby blue colour. Looked alright at the time, well it was the first one that looked ok so yeah i got it.
After that we went into another store and was told i should try boob tubes!!
What??? BOOB TUBES?? nah your not serious i said to the girl.
What the heck, i try it on anyways and suprisingly it really does look good! Boob tubes shows off the pregnancy body alot nicer whilst other dresses make you look really big from the boobs down as it doesn't snuggle the tummy.
Unfortunatly i had to find one that had elastic at the back as most sizes goes to only a Large or 12 which i am now finding too hard to zip up. I ended up buying one which fit perfectly however i'm just realizing Van's wedding is still another 4 weeks away and at the rate i'm going, i'm not gonna fit this dress!!

Anyways, i'm started to lack sleep! waking up around 5-6am everyday so right now i'm feeling pretty sleepy. Will write more next time.

24 WEEKS & 5 DAYS ( Thursday 7th September 06 )

After months of typing my pregnancy thoughts on Microsoft Word, i'm finally making my blog! with the help of Jeanmay who fixed up my problem, otherwise i would have just given up!!
And yes , for all those who's been hasselling me to make this blog.... it's here!

Let's see what has been happening this week...
Our lil bubs ( still deciding on his name... Jacob Sairlao?? ), his still kicking inside and ofcourse his kicks and movements has become a lot stronger. Usually they don't hurt, however i got a kick two nights ago that really shocked the hell outta me.. it hurt!
Nardy still hasn't had much luck with feeling the kicks after his first experience... it's like our lil bubs knows when his daddy is trying to feel his kicks... he just stops!

I still have to go see my doctor for a checkup this week, however according to the books, our bubs is approximately 21-22cm and weighs between 540g-700g. Pretty amazing! his growing soo quick!! It was only afew months ago when he was only like 10cms!!

This week i've been feeling a little strange, maybe it's the weather... hot, cold now rain... does it ever make up its mind?? Or is it my hormones changing?? Whatever it is, i've been feeling strange, like out of nowhere i just sit there a lil annoyed with my surroundings.... yes including Nardy, who by the way hasn't been bothering me, and then tears just come flowing down my face. Nardy tries to comfort me, however i think he now realises to just leave me alone.
I recover alot faster without the attention! :)

Anyways, thank god this has only happened twice in 3 weeks... will it get worse?? I don't want a sad, grumpy baby!!

Not everything was bad this week. I also got a very good dose of Watermelon and Mango which i have been craving for!!
Everyone has been asking me, have i had any strange cravings... so far no, i'm eating just like i usually do, however cravings for Watermelon and Mango has been expensive!

18 WEEKS .....

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23 WEEKS....

Me & Longbo @ 23 weeks ... i think my tummy has stop expanding

After a whole week of being sick from the contagious flu and then dry cough.... i'm sooo over it!!! I guess that's the worst thing i've felt sooo far during pregnancy - being sick and unable to take any medication for it!! on 2nd thoughts i think the morning sickness was worst.

Being the 2nd sickness i've come across during this pregnancy, it worries me this week... could my lil bubs be feeling just as bad as i am?? I hope not!!

My bladder is getting worst this week, i just don't know where all that urine is coming from!!!
During the day i'll be doing the No1 atleast 5-6 times and then during the night i'll be woken up again for No1's at 2ish and then again at 5ish and again at 7ish.
It is just soooo ANNOYING!!!! I don't remember drinking that much water!

I'm coming to 6months mark now.... it's getting very exciting, although starting to feel like it is taking far too long for bubs to come out. Although i'm enjoying my pregnancy alot more now, i'ld just wish he could come out sooner.

12 WEEKS

Everyone says after 3 months i will be feeling better... i'm still not feeling any better though.
Still vomiting everyday, still have the headaches, still wake up craving for whatever i'd dreamt off the night before & ofcourse still wanting to sleep alot!

Nardy's parents along with many other adults have all told me to not sleep too much....
"you're baby will get very big"
"you will have a very hard birth"
"you will get very big"
etc etc etc

It's not that i want to sleep!! I just get very tired!! and i don't sleep all the time, i do go for my walks etc but i can't help having a big belly!!!
Yes my belly is feeling very big, and everyone is saying that it is too big for 3 months.
I hope the stretch marks don't come!!
Palmers and bio oil everyday should keep stretch marks away.... i think!

Anyways, to the big news....
12 weeks translucual ultrasound!!!
This is where they check for down syndrome, usually only for ladies over 35, however better safe than sorry i say.

On the way to the ultrasound, Nardy's van breaks down...why??? because he forgot to fuel up again!!! We still make it on time, as he drops me off and goes to find parking.
As soon as i arrived, i was taken into the room right away....

This was going to be the day i see my baby... and there it was... a beautiful baby with two arms, two feet waving around and a very strong heartbeat!!
I just couldn't stop smiling!!!
There really is a baby inside me! Although still very tiny but absolutly amazing!
It wasn't a round sac of cells anymore!!!
It hadn't disappeared !!!

All this excitement made me very teary but i try to hold on.... where was Nardy though??
As i finished off and walked out, he decided he would finally come in!!!
Yes, he missed out!!

I felt like i couldn't share how exciting it was to see our lil baby, or atleast make him feel as excited as i was, cause he wasn't there.
Showing him the still picture of the ultrasound, was just not the same!!

6 WEEKS and on...

The morning sickness has started to kick in, well it started as soon as i found out i was pregnant!
Though do i really call it morning sickness?? I don't really get sick in the morning, i've only been vomiting after i eat, more towards the afternoon.

I get another scare this week. The sign of spotting really scares me!!!
Please !! Please!! i prey, Please don't let me loose this baby again!!!

After having a miscarriage at the end of last year, i've been sooo desperate to fall pregnant again.... but why did the spotting have to come back???
I took the weekend of work and rested in bed. Went for a checkup at the doctors and also at the chinese herbalist and found out everything is ok, although the chinese herbalist believes the babies heartbeat is a little weak.
He gave me a list of herbal stuff to drink, it's suppose to be very good for the baby and supposedly taken for the 1st 3-4 months of pregnancy.

How long did i take it for?? I lost count!!! :| not that i took alot, i lost count because i started to pour some down the drain!!! It just tasted soooo foul!! mum insisted i had to keep taking it until i pass 3 months, but trust me... it is sooo black, and sooo disgusting!!!
After only a couple of weeks on this thing, i started chucking up everytime i smelt it!!!
It was my excuse to stop taking it, and plus i'm feeling alot better and the spotting had stopped after two days already!

Mum would sooo kill me if she found out i poured alot down the drain!!!

So what was the spotting??? Implantation bleeding ! Well this time round it was, last time when i had the spotting followed by the miscarriage, i don't know what the cause of that was.

Anyways, I'm still pregnant!!!

4 WEEKS ( Saturday 15th April 06 )

1st Test .... 2 red lines...
Oh my god!!! i better test again..
2nd Test .... 2 red lines.....
YES!!! YES!!!

A total of 7 home testers i've used up in the last few weeks, but finally the last two is positive!!! i'm sooo happy.... no i'm not just happy.. i'm overly happy... what is the word for it???

It was Nardy's birthday yesterday and we're having a bbq for it today. It will be the best present i've ever given him..... i hope.

After sneaking away for a few minutes to do the test while i was suppose to be preparing for the bbq, i got the results i've been waiting for.... dying for to be exact. I called Nardy into the house and told him to close his eyes, places the testers on his hands and woahlah!!
"Are you serious?"
I think his excitement, nowhere matched mine, though i still couldn't wipe the smile of my face.

Our lil bubs was concieved on 18th March 06.

It is sooo amazing, how could it have been???
I had been reading up on how to conceive and followed the rules... yes i was very desperate to be a mummy!!!

3-4 open days only it says!! What??? i've always thought sex every day would increase my chances of falling pregnant. Still sceptical about the 3-4 days before ovulation to fall pregnant, i followed it anyways.
Test 1... 1 red line only :(
Test 2... 1 red line only :(
Test 3... 1 red line only :(
Nardy finds out i've been using up the testers and demands to hide the rest away... oops too late...
Test 4 & 5... still the same results!!
It's all a lie!!! We should be having sex more i think!!!
Test 6 .... 2 red lines...
Oh my god!!! i better test again..
Test 7.... 2 red lines.....
YES!!! YES!!!

It's real!! it really does work!!! how amazing!!! i feel like i have to spread the word to all the mummy wannabe's!! but noo for now, i've decided to keep the news until we pass the 3months mark!