PERGI "BUAT" CEPAT2!..
I can't believe i had that early a conversation with Mummy on baby-making!... she said "better go have another one before they realised it's not gonna work and take it back again!"... hahahhaa... typical kiasu Singaporean!....

i AM just happy that they've made the call to increase the maternity leave and provide more leave for parents with child(ren) under 7yrs..

• 16wks maternity leave (last 4wks can be flexi)
• 6 days child-care leave until child turns 7yrs old
• 1wk (i'm assuming it meant up to 7days) infant-care unpaid leave up until child turns 2yrs old
• tax incentives for working moms
• more baby bonuses for new moms to be announced later!

of course these will work for ppl like me who's planning to have another one.. but wat abt those ppl who are NOT planning for one or have already stopped planning? will they be "enticed"? errrr... prolly not lor.. coz these measures are short-term.. having a child is a long-term effect.. the cost of living juz gets higher yearly plus the companies that we're working in may not be that enthu with the no. of days we're away...

howell!... we see how lah ye... i, for one, intend to stick to my plan of having another baby by end of next year, insya-allah... and i also do hope that it's a girl!... i dun wanna have to go for a 3rd try for a girl!...


ps: hmmm... with all these incentives, it looks like this is making it more difficult for me to bow out from this company! :(

THE NEW ADDITION..
went to see the lil' bub last nite... aaaah... how babies make me melt now... hahahha...

lurrrve to hold their tiny self in my arms... carrying these lil' bub now is like a feather on my arms as compared to carrying Eshan!!... ahhahaa...

speaking of babies... kak yani took this pix of Eshan and i went "Whoah! i'm seeing my own reflection (of my baby self)!"... dun believe me?... see this!

Eshan now..

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dun we freakin look alike?!... waahahhahaa..... well, he IS my son afterall!.. DOOOUUUHHH!!!.... i always commented how "ngowo" (that shock-mouth gaping-look he always have) he look when he takes pic!.. sekali alamak!!.... his mama had that same mouth-gaping pix in most of her baby pix!.. hahahhaa.... bacin!

WELCOME TO THE WORLD!
This is hot off the press!!... Ani have juz delivered her first newborn at 11.18pm on 22 Dec!

CONGRATULATIONS zamAni!

WELCOME Md Akid!!

She was induced earlier during the day.. takde warning eh... *wags finger at Ani* and gave birth abt 12hrs later to their first prince, weighing in at 3kg!... fuuuuyoooh!... secepat kilat!... ;)

anyways, well done girl!!... insya-allah we'll be visiting her like tomorrow today.. i hope to hear the labour details when we come to visit!.. wooopeee!!... i can't wait to see the baby!!!

on a sadder note, Nyai got admitted again.. this time the doc said that she suffered from a heart attack and having mild stroke or something like that... i juz hope she gets better.. ever since she moved in with us, she's been in and out of hospital.. i juz feel bad! :( pls pray for her speedy recovery... thank u!

ANOTHER ADDITION..

Congratulations to Ayu for the delivery of her second bundle of joy!... after 2 whole days in the hospital, 2 pills insertion and only 3cm dilated, a caesarian operation had to be conducted to deliver this cutie pie..

waaaahh!!.... anak kau sungguh the tembam!... macam nak gigit2 tu pipi! and at last, we've broken the spell.. a girl at last!.. YEAY!!....

Did i say i'm addicted to baking?.. hmmm.. yah.. i am!... now that Raya is fast approaching the mood to bake is more apparent!.. i can't remember where i got the recipe from.. but i remembered getting excited over it when i found it!

i needed to know how outrageous this cookie is.. as it turns out, it was OUTRAGEOUSLY chocolatey so much so that the family found it rather jelak.. but i kinda like it coz it's nice and quite a soft cookie.. hahaha... i dunno how to explain it.. u've gotta try it to know it.. ;) but the next time if i do it, i'll pipe it smaller so that it's less jelak!..

WAT A SHORTY!
i'm sooooooo freakin irritated!.. i should've followed my gut instinct and not gone ahead with it... with wat u might ask?.... get this - perming my eyelashes!!!... urrgghh!!!.....

they're now sooooo short!!!..... i freakin hate it!!!...... sooo difficult to put on the mascara!... :( when i showed Dearest, he tot i had cut it!.. duuuh!!!..... i want my normal eyelashes back!!!...

in case u guys are wondering.. i didn't do it at a salon for $50... i did it in class for a mere $4.. so, i shouldn't complain lah hor??.... baaaaah!!!...... for those of u who intend to do it, my opinion - it only suits ppl with really short eyelashes.. long ones dun qualify... or then again, maybe, the technique done at salons are really much more advanced than what we did in class.... hmmmm.... whoever's done it, can give me your take on it! ;)

for now, i shall juz lament on my short eyelashes for the next 2mths!!.. hopefully, it'll be back to normal in half that time!!....

btw, another boy wonder is joining the clan!.... congrats Ani!..... i still cannot believe it's a boy!... but still excited nonetheless!!... yeay!!... yeay!!.... Eshan's got a buddy!... a very interesting observation - my whole SP gang conceives a boy for their first-born... having a boy equates to having less romps... hmmmm.... are we, girls???.... kwang.. kwang.. kwang....

MARATHON
I'm pretty nervous today.. we're bringing lil' Eshan to the clinic later in the afternoon to be circumcised.. jittery.. jittery.. as if he knows, he's been cranky since last nite!.. urrrgghh!....

i feel like it's been a marathon.. we did all we need to do on him before the supposed pantang period of 40days!.. hah!... and hopefully, the ring on his cuckoo bird will drop off before his 1mth's bday! ;) the only thing we haven't done is his aqeqah.. anyone knows where we can do it??....

oh!.. we brought him out last weekend.. not to go jln2 lah.. juz to the in-laws.. we went home abt 11pm and from maghrib till 11, he didn't sleep prolly coz of the ruckus the kids in the hse were making!! by the time we reach home, he was dead tired!...

we couldn't help but laff when we saw how tired he was!... and we tot he'd def not wake us up in the middle of the nite. NOT!!... :p

over the weekend, baby Rayyan and baby Alya (together with parents of coz!) came by to visit... and ho! ho! ho!... wat a shocker when we see this lil babe!...

u may not be able to visualise how big baby Rayyan is, but trust me, he IS!!... my god!... he gave me a shock!.. and u def need strong, big arms to carry this Michelin baby around!... see his thunder thighs?!... Daddy kept saying that he won't be surprised if Eshan be his size by the 3rd mth!... gdness gracious!... hope not!.. i dun think i can bring him around alone if that's the case!!!....

but i must say, my boy has definitely grown taller and bigger.. i've got to have support ev'time i feed him now.. i can't wait to weigh him.. i hope the polyclinic do that on his 1mth visit eh?.. hmmm....

ESHAN ADUKA
Introducing our precious lil' one..

Eshan - in God's grace; worthy

Born: Tues, 3 Apr 07

Weighed in at 2.75kg, 42cm tall

it's pronounced as E-shh-an.. NOT Es-Han eh..

It was truly an experience entering motherhood... but i'm very proud of myself.. for a woman with a very low level threshold for pain, i manage to go through the birth process without the help of the epidural!... ;) but i can tell ya, i was whimpering, crying, begging for mercy and screaming my lungs out from start to finish...

i was warded on Mon nite at 10.30pm.. was excited, happy and nervous at the tot of receiving my son the very next day!... ;) def had to take a last shot of my pregnant self... now, looking back, i really dun have such a big tummy afterall!... hahahhaa....

anyways, the doc induced me at nite with a pill... he said he's not worried abt my gate but he's worried abt my driveway now.. hmmm... had very bad cramps throughout the nite but the nurse assured me that it'll go away and i juz need to tahan.. and i did coz i didn't wanna give birth in the middle of the nite w/o Dearest by my side - knowing him and his very lack of "hearing" when he's asleep!...

but the pain really lessen but was still lingering in the morning.. at 8.30am, i got wheeled into the labour ward... did the nex.. and was very embarassed when the nurse actually shaved me down there... *squirms* the doc came in.. poked me around and pop the water bag!... he left with a bit of a disturbing look on his face!... grrrr.... and i was put on drip.. that's when the nitemare began!....

in summary, the pain was really like having menstrual cramps only thousand times more painful and my back felt like it will disconnect anytime soon!... while still at labour ward enduring the pain, i told Dearest, "i think i dun want another one after this..."

fast forward a bit.. i got the laffing gas which didn't freakin work by the way.. asked for the painkiller - worked for a teeny weeny bit but didn't freakin work too!... but at the peak of the labour, i remembered thinking, i want the epidural! i even want a caesarian coz i really cannot tahan the pain anymore!! and to make matters worst, when the desire to push was intense, my gynae was still not there yet to receive my babe!...

i had to push but tahan a bit for a few minutes before the gynae arrive... i was already screaming my lungs out ev'time i push but had to tahan!.... and the mid-wife's not helping asking me not to scream like that!... urrrrgghh!!.. i feel like screaming back at her and giving her the F word!... my gawd!... the audacity!...

luckily Dearest was more supportive... he was there all the way... didn't say anything "wrong" to make me wanna punch him or anything like that... *muacks!*.. u're the greatest Dear!!... ;) when the gynae came and was ready, i only did 3 pushes and pop! Eshan was out!!..... screaming his cute lil lungs out!... ehhehhee.....

all i can say is - RELIEVE - tat's the ultimate feeling... it was like a release long awaited... oh!.. the pulling of placenta was the exact same feeling of the popping out of the babe!... hahahhaa.... i tot i was having twins!... waaahahhaha....

anyways, after the whole ordeal, only then did my gynae tell me that my pelvic bone is small. I can only deliver up to a 3kilo babe.. anything more, i'd have to go thru caesarian.. so, luckily my boy is only 2.75kg!.. any bigger, under the knife i'll go!... :(

During his first day in the world, he was always in this position:

we hardly hear him cry.. the nyai and yai who's going to be away for their holiday trip on that very day didn't really get to see him with his eyes wide open...

he's been a darl so far... very easy to take care of... and we're sooooo lurrrving every minute being with him... we can't stop smooching him!!.... he's now curious with lights... and he look sooooo cute ev'time we on the blinking lights on his playpen!.. hehehhee...

now, my only problem is, i'm not lactating yet... he's been sucking an "empty vessel" but i've been asked to keep giving him my teats.. so, i did juz that... he'll suck till he sleeps.. but of coz, he gets formula milk later lah... he'll be soooo hungry if not!.... i'm wondering when i'll start producing my milk!... it's irritating coz my boy is not given the BEST milk yet!... hmph!!...

oh!.. before i forget, thanks to all those who's wished and prayed for our safe journey... for more pictures of the last few days... here they are.. ;)

LOCKED OUT?..
Remember i mention that we have to walk around with our passes on?... well, well... they have taken a step further this morning and actually lock us in!.. hahahaha..... nobody can get in AND out!... i think if we need to go out, we may need to make a detour and go one blardy big round!!... grrrr...... wat the hell!!....

oooooh!... before i forget, CONGRATULATIONS to Joy on the birth of her Pistachio!... ;) see, i got a feeling that she may be giving birth yesterday after she still had not updated her blog by late afternoon!... kekekkee.. bleh?.... but niways, alas, it popped!!.... ;) CONGRATS hor!! sooooooo happy for you... now my turn lah to countdown....

last nite, we got this lady in class, a masseur, to feel my tummy and see if she can gauge when i'll be delivering the babe... and guess wat?!.... she said i'll be delivering in 3wks time!... WAAAAATTT??!!!!.... i dun want lor!!!...... i want a full-term babe. An April babe and a true-blue Aries... anything between 9th to 20th Apr is fine.. nothing less and nothing more, pls.... so babe, if u hear mama, plssssss... plsssss... dun come out sooooo soon.... i know u're excited to see the world. we're juz as excited to see U!.. but juz trust mama and come out in Apr k?... *muacks!* love u, babe!

BABY.. BABY..
everyone's out to the "big" meeting this morning.. so here i am, blogging abt the things that i missed out yesterday - BABIES!

Baby 1
We visited Izy on Fri.. she's not really in the pink of health coz apparently, she got herself Urinary Track Infection due to lack of water consumption.. *bummer!* will remember to drink loads of water after delivery!... and now that we've seen her babe in person.. we know who he resembles... hahahhaa.....

luckily he's not overweight as suspected by the gynae at one point but he's got jaundice when he first popped. but i'm sure he's recovering lah... he's oredi darker than he was when he's 1day old! ;)

Baby 2
The babe in me is starting to kick, punch, move harder and furious now.. on Monday, i saw it move from one side to the other!... hahahha... how exciting!.... my tummy's been fluttering (more like a vibrating kinda feeling) and i always wonder wat he's doing inside to give me that feeling?!.. it's like he's doing jumping jacks!... hah!...

Baby 3
This third baby story is none other than who else?.. the husband ler... hehehe... see?.. he went for an interview on Monday and the panel of interviewees gave this comment - "the only issue we have with you is that you're too nice." now..... my baby?... he IS nice!... i won't deny it!.. hahahha.... but i dun think that should be too much of an issue rite?... i'm sure when it comes to work, he will be garang when he needs to be!... so i'm really hoping that they will take this Mr Nice Guy in!....

speaking of him being nice... i think that's precisely the reason y some ppl in his life are taking advantage of him!.... i simply dun understand y so and so is sooooo blardy thick-skinned as to ask him for money practically every other month!... i heard my Dearest's been getting this person's call very frequently now... Dearest have voiced out before that he cannot afford to loan the money because he's got his own financial commitments to worry abt!... like halllooooo!!.. ppl do have family issues, u know.. we know u've got urs too. but we're not ur parents. neither are we ur siblings for u to expect us to keep feeding u the moolahs without getting a single cent in return!... it is afterall a LOAN - if u know wat it means! *pfft!*

SNEAK PEAK..
I was a busy, busy bee over the weekend!!! did our packing the whole day on Sat!... well, basically Dearest did MOST of the packing.. i was actually taking my time when i did the packing myself in the morning.. packed and watched tv at the same time - how to finish?... hehehee.....

anyways, the house is in a MESS!... boxes, clothes, junk and wat-have-yous - ALL over the tiny house!.... i do wonder how we'll ever finish packing by this Sunday!.... oh!... and because of all these packing, my legs has grown to a size of a small tree trunk!... :(

how freakin huge is that?!

As if the huge legs are not taunting me enuff!... ppl around me were taunting me for my growing nose too!... :( sungguh depressing!!.....

After all that packing, we went to see my first niece (maternal side).. she's sooooo cuuuttee!!!.... couldn't really tell though whose face she resembles!... but both babe and mom are healthy - tat's important!!.....

Welcome to the world, Nur Fatin! ;)

My cuzzin couldn't tell me exactly how her labour experience went coz the mom won't let her... :p but wat i found soooooo farny was the fact that her husband was sleeping when she was hard at work trying to push the baby out!.. hahahahha.... apparently, they tot that the labour will be for 12hrs or so - that's wat they all say for first-time mothers! - but NOT!... the babe popped barely 6hrs after she got warded!.. he was called but he accidentally slept again.. hahhahaa.... so, lesson learnt - Dearest will stay by my side from the moment i get warded till i safely deliver the babe!.... no matter HOW freakin long my labour will take me!!... he'd better!! *wags fingers*

on our way back from sending Nyayi home, we saw this!...

i'm sure the Aunties there are very happy with their own space they can call "second home".... :) cool...

we ended the nite - supper with the married gang... had fun talking cock and catching up till 2.30am!... gosh!!..... how time flies when u're merry!... really!.... i wasn't even feeling the least sleepy! AMAZING!....

and then on Sunday, we had a sneak peak of the hse...

the house from the porch.. i really dun like the iron rod gate but heck!.. it's automatic and wider than our old house!..

the huge, wet kitchen that mummy is sooooo proud of.. this is where she'll be cooking up a storm in future, as she'd promised... i'm juz waaaaiiittiiiing for that moment... HAH!!

we have a balcony on the second floor which also leads to our TV room!... lurrrrve the airiness of the room!.... ;)

and this is our new view... first, i had NO view. Then i had parking lots as view!... now, it's trees and someone's back porch with a mini-pool!! yeay!! :D

the house is still dusty... seriously, how to move house this Sunday?!... not packed, not cleaned... hmmmm.....

and yesterday we all had fun, gritting our teeth, watching the tense match between SIN and THA!... hahhahaa.... The father-in-law reminded me not to be too excited!... errrr..... *rite!*... anyways, i can juz imagine Daddy going berserk and cursing and swearing to our boys coz frankly, they dun play all that well yesterday... but thank god they won!.. tat's all tat matters!.... so CONGRATULATIONS!.... i do wonder though WHY on earth can't they ever achieve anything at the SEA Games?!.... urrrgghh!!....

HAPPENING WEEKEND..

My weekend started on Fri right up till Monday.. hence the lack of updates.. hehehe... i'm back to the office more fresh than previous weeks!.. so pls brace yourself for a pretty long entry.. hehee...

so anyways, Fri was not planned.. i got a bad eye infection on Thurs.. actually, my eyes were already feeling scratchy in the morning when i put on my lenses. but i ignored it - for vanity purposes - and got on to work.. by afternoon, it was already pretty red and it sure irritated the hell out of me!.. but i still tot that i could tahan the scratchy feeling and go to class!...

BIG MISTAKE!... in class, it got worst.. prolly coz of all the tenye-ing (touching and pushing of the eyeball when i put on the concealer and eye-shadow).. i kept tearing and smeared my make-up so i kept doing that tenye-ing to the eye somemore which made it worst - of course!....

at home, i inspected my eyes... Dearest did too and freaked himself out!.. he wanted to rush me to A&E rite there and then!.. like wat the hell for rite?!... he said he saw a white thingie near my eyes and worried that i'm another one of those "eye cases"... but i insisted that we should juz go to a night doctor and tat's how i got my long, unplanned weekend!... :)

in the morning, i got yet another surprise!!... Izy has given birth to her baby boy - Baby Rayyan - at 5am.. normal delivery. Al-hamdulillah... have yet to go and see her but being a proud mama to her babe, she MMS a pic of the babe!....

now, looking at this, i have no inkling as to who he resembles!... really. WHO eh??!.... can u tell??.... i freakin can't tell!... hahahaa.... howell... as they say, the babe's features will change.. we'll hopefully get to meet them sometime next week!... to Izy and Yat, CONGRATULATIONS on your first born!!.... insya-allah our boys will be able to keep each other company when we have our group gatherings eh.. heehehehehe..... ;)

Oh!.. and then, the parents dropped the bomb-shell!... we're not moving as yet!!.... :( Part 1 of the moving was supposed to be done on Sunday.. but nooooooo... apparently, the house is STILL NOT READY!... aaaarrrgghh!!.... punya bingit!!... but we're still made to pack our stuffs!.... *bummer!*

On Sat, we went to watch the BIG soccer match at the stadium... waaaah!.. really feel like the good ol' Malaysia Cup days... practically 80% of the stadium's donned in red.. it was also practically full house with the crowd very semangat doing the Kallang wave once we got a successful round of wave going round the stadium!...

as usual, wat's a football game without curses flying around rite?... i had to cover my tummy so my babe won't be able to hear that much-said word that the whole stadium screamed ev'time the horn is blared!... *yeah! as if it works!*... kwang.. kwang.. kwang... but i'm pretty sure the babe got juz as excited coz he kept kicking and "jumping" around inside everytime me or the crowd get excited!.. hahahaa...

we were seated where they had the penalty kick and BOY!... u can imagine our excitement when Lionel saved that last freakin ball!.... i totally forgot that i was pregnant and jumped and cheered like nobody's business!.. hahaha... luckily, nothing happened!... but i got backache the next morning!... :(

anyways, as if the surprises and excitement were NOT enuff, my cuzzin delivered her new-born at 7am on Sunday morning to her baby girl!!!..... not visited her yet... so no pictures... to An and Fahmi, CONGRATULATIONS to u both on the new-born!!.... insya-allah will come visit one day... she seemed healthy and happy in her sms.. so, i assume things went well with her delivery... :) al-hamdulillah..

Lastly, remember i said before that we went on a major shopping spree for the babe?... well, that shopping had finally arrived in a silver package with a golden ribbon!.... sooooo exciting!... in all the excitement of receiving this package, i totally forgot to take out the camera!... baaaah!... so, must wait lah hor?.... can't reveal the package as yet!.. hehehehe..... will do so in due time... ;)

how i wish my future weekends would be as happening as this one!... now, back to work!... gaaaah!!!.....

BABIES & ME!
We received 2 babies on 11 Jan..

babies are soooooo adorable!... congratulations to both mothers - Yati and Murni for safely giving birth to you first and second (respectively) bundle of joy!...

*pix of Baby Aliyah courtesy of Izy Sals

all 3 of us - Ms Gems, Rosma & myself braved the rain on Fri to see Murni.. besides getting an earful from Murni for still riding on the bike, i also got "tips" to take care of the babe by Ms Gems..

i dun really know wat i did wrong in that first pic.. but in the second one, she was "teaching" me how to bendung (?) the babe.. haizzz....... they're oh-soooo-fragile.. a bit worrying on how i'd fare as a 'caring' mother cum April!.... *shivers*

the good side of the visit was the lil' babe - "Muhd" (the mother dun wanna reveal the name of the babe till after the 7th day. So we shall juz call him that first) - did not cry the entire time i carried him... weeeee!!.... so, thank god no squirming, no screaming and wailing!... waahahahaa.... but it definitely did loads of wailing and crying that day.. acc to the mother, he's been fed for god knows how many times oredi in the day.. she's getting tired of feeding him oredi!... oh know!.. if all boys are like that - hungry all the time, i'd be damn tired lor!!.... *shivers*

another milestone on my pregnancy... on Sat, i realised that my left feet was sooooo damn bloated!... it shocked me to see how huge it'd become!!... acc to the SIL, that's water retention and apparently, my hands were a bit bloated too...

the funny thing was, only my left side seemed to be retaining more water than the right - y eh?... but wateva it is, it definitely is not fun looking and being conscious of my bloated feet and hands!.. :( i couldn't even see my knuckles when i clench them..!! how depressing!... i think my nose is probably retaining water and oil too!!... :(

oh! and it doesn't help that mummy says that it's too early to have water retention!.. water retention only starts when we're in our 7th mth... true ke?... baaaah!... howell!... i've got it and it's prolly due to me eating fast food 3times last wk!... hahahaa.... so, no more fast food for me the coming wk!... will try!.... ;)

MODEL LOOK..
The trainer gave us a look to copy off the mag... and guess who i was supposed to "look" like!!....

pls dun mind my oily, sweaty face... hahahhaa....

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hehehee... yes.. the one on the left? - tat's Aisywaria Rai - the fatter, pregnant version!... kwang.. kwang.. kwang.. lurve, lurve, lurve the eye colour!!!...... must scout for the eye-colour liao....

oh!.... Dearest said he dreamt of our babe last nite... he didn't give me details of how our babe looks like.. i wonder if he dreamt that the babe's got straight hair?.. hahahaa.... hmmm.... we juz can't wait for it's arrival!!!.....

actually, it's oredi 22wks, going on 23!... time really do fly!!!..... tup! tup! next mth, we'll be receiving 4 babies!!... Yati, my cuzz's, Murni's and Izy's!.... all around the same time! oh my!..... how exciting!!!!.... :D it's gonna be babies galore next year!!!..... and how can they say that baby's not booming in S'pore??!.... hmmmm....

FRESHER & BETTER
With the MC that i got yest, i slept off my running nose and anger away before waking up, feeling fresher and much better... i decided to try out these 2 new recipes i got off a mag and the net...

Apple Crumble and Philadelphia 3-step Mini Cheesecake Baskets.. didn't take any pictures coz we dug into the apple crumble once it was ready to be eaten!... and by the time i remembered to take a picture of it, it looked kinda gross-like but definitely a tantalising treat! ;) and the cheesecake was sunken!!!..... urrrrgghh!!... soooo irritated!.. but very, very yummylicious!... hehehehe... anyways, recipes will stored in Multiply soon...

anyways, yesterday gave us yet another milestone... we tried talking to the lil' one.. we wanted him to kick/punch so that the Daddy can feel it move in me... and so, wat did the Daddy ask the lil' one?..... "When you come out later, u'll get to play PS2 with Papa!... want or not?" and lo and behold!.... he kicked and punched!!.... the Daddy went hysterical!... at last!!.. the lil' one acknowledges it's Daddy's voice!... hehehe... he might be a "gamer" for responding enthusiastically to that silly question posed by the Daddy... :(

we also manage to watch Amazing Race Asia last nite (since i didn't go to class!) and Singapore's out of the running of that $100,000 prize... bummer!... but nonetheless, u girls did good!!!...... :) i cannot, cannot stand that Sahran!.... he's scared of practically every lil' thing thrown at him!... urrrrghh!!!.... if u're such scaredy pussy, y the hell did u join the race in the first place?!... urrrrgghh!!..... i can betcha if one day they all have to jump from a tall building or something, i won't be surprise if he actually pee in his pants on national TV!.... urrrgghh!!....

WAT'S IN A NAME?
We've been told, reminded, warned (?), that a child's name is very important. Wat with the Papa itself emphasizing the need to have a name that is "recognised" in Islam. I acknowledged that need but i also acknowledged the fact that as a girl, i'm prone to beautiful things - and that include names!..

and soooooo, i had went in search of beautiful names with beautiful meaning(s)... and last nite, we managed to agree on a girl's name... but we've yet to agree on a boy's name... waaahahhahaa.... i dun quite like the name that the Papa has chosen coz i juz felt that i couldn't quite "sync" it... On the other hand, he's oredi let me have my way with the girl's name and so, isn't it just right to let him have his way for a boy's name?.... hmmmm...... perhaps we should juz combine the names!!!..... kwang... kwang.. kwang... but we've decided that our child (or children in future) will only have a simple name for reasons:

1. we can all call him/her by his/her full name. No short-forms. No calling by first names
2. the grandparents and great-grandmother can remember the name easily.
3. the child don't have to "struggle" writing down their names during class, exams or filling out an application form!...
4. and it'll make it easier for parties involved to pronounce their names during akad nikah (solemnisation).. hehehe..

No offence to anyone... this is juz what we want for our child.. hmmm... and so, the dilemma continues.... but luckily, we've still got a bit of time before we know for sure what the gender of the babe is and we've got abt 4 more mths to go before it pops out! ;)

BABY TALK
yes.. i'm bored!... waaahhahaa... and soooo.... i went through the net in search of possible names for the babe for a second round.... and i realised that names with E is not popular or not widely recognised (?) in Arabic language.. sungguh the sedih...

anyways, a lot of nice names to choose from but gotta overcome 1 obstacle - that 1 man who's damn choosy lor... aiyoh!!.. lahling.. ah.. lahling... y u sooooo susah one??.... hmmmm....

I also found this interesting fact:-

if you’re having going to have a little girl, her ovaries have already produced millions of primordial egg cells, which, within a few weeks, will develop into actual eggs!

bet you didn't know!!.... how mind-boggling!.. really!.. to think that us girls, develop our eggs in wk 15 since conception?!... gosh!!..... the work of God!!....

Us mommies are advised to sleep on our left at wk 17 as lying on our back can compress our pelvic veins, decreasing blood return to the lower half of the body... errrr... been sleeping on my right coz i dun wanna squeeze my heart.. but even then, i feel guilty coz i feel as if i'm squashing my lil' one to one side... am I crazy to think that way??... hmmm....

and i do have a question to experienced mommies - will our nipples and aerola be dark forever - after childbirth??... i sure do hope NOT!!... it's soooooo super NOT sexy!... a turn-off more so!.... scary siak!!!..... :(

oh!.. another ramble... i soooooo regretted using this pants today!!... :( i can feel my babe kicking me wildly more often and more distinct than other days.. must be coz the pants is tight!... baaaahh!!..... i need pants for work!!!..... this calls for.... MORE shopping!!..... *clasp hands in evil glee* hehehee..