10Nov07
Dear baby Shawn,
We found out about you on 13Apr07. After which we confirmed with Dr Mary Yang on 16Apr07. That's where the whole journey started. Your 1st fetal kick was on on 15July07 wk15 and you got really friskier and your kicks grew really much stronger as days pass. Now I can see my stomach moves from one side to other. Sometimes you would stick some corner of your limb out that I have to push gently back. :) As for today, you seemed a little quiet today during the daytime. But you did have quite a fair bit of activity in me later after the sun has set. Quite unlike you as you had always been playing bongo during weekdays in me when I am at work even during the daytime, for months. Speaking of which you have 40days left in the womb before you make your 1st wail in this world.
So, why the name Shawn? Well, because your dearest mom likes the name Shawn and your dad did not object and thought it sounded good too. As for the Chinese name, after much research and readings dones by your grandma, she has suggested Yu Xuan as the Chinese name. We thought that sounded nice and meaningful. That would be your name :)
Coming back to this letter, there are some things that I want to let you know what was the 40wks like for me so far... It would be a good idea to blog this down and you could read this when you grow up :)
- I had grown from a 54kg with visible waistline to 66.5kg (to date) without a visible waistline, with a big belly with stretch marks and an exceptionally huge butt
- Once, i saw my toes swell up like little sausages and I could not feel my ankles. That was shocking...
- Apart from having pelvic pain and pain round ligament area (which I learned my lesson what to do and what not to do!), I am thankful for not going through morning sickness which some mommies went through.
- I have never drank so much water daily (up to 2.5l daily, I believe) and feel like a leaking tank every 45minutes as I needed to go to the loo more often as the weeks pass by.
- I had skipped alcohol/coffee/tea for months since Mar07 (but I did a few ice lemon tea, less than 5cups so far. Oh, and I did have beer battered fish and chips just ONCE)
- I had passed sashimi/sushi/medium rare steaks since Apr07 (except ONCE, fish roe on California maki - that was probably the rawest thing I have ever eaten)
- I don't remember when was the last time I had sunny sideups and ham for breakies, or having Oreo for tea breaks. But I did eat one packet of Maggi mee, one packet of mee goreng and some Calbee potato chips so far... well, it's not that sinful :P
- As for fast food, I had KFC and McDonalds for probably 3-4times each, and never had Burger King since I found out about you.
- I had learned to drink milk every day and eat healthy multigrain bread (with slabs of peanut butter and blackberry jam)
- I had this one week weird craving for roti prata around wk12 (Malaysia roti canai would have been heaven if I could find this in Singapore)
- I missed Penang hawker food so much...
- I stopped taking MRT/bus from work back to home since wk32
- I never knew it could be so difficult to recover from flu and cough when the dosage of medication that I am given is as good as for babies
- Aiko, our cocker spaniel whom you would meet when you get out to this world, has never had her bath at home since Mar07
When we 1st found out you are a boy, I started shopping. I had shopped so much that you'd have enough clothes to wear up to 12months. And piles of clothes started to pile in from your aunties too! We had bought a pretty crib/toddler bed, rocking bed, changing table/drawer from Ikea and PrePerego sturdy stroller for your use. We didn't stock up much toys as yet. That, your dad would take charge.
Every night we would tell you that dad & I pray everyday that you would be happy, healthy and handsome baby! Looking forward to see you come mid Dec, and to be with you.
Tonnes of Love & Kisses,
Mommie dearest
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