Pregnancy Week 15

I am alone now in week 15. Niko is in Beijing till Friday.

I keep eating on Sunday. I don't know why I just don't feel full after my meal.

I passed few working days easily without him because anyway your time from morning to night (about 8pm) is wasted outside. Then night time before sleeping, I have video chat with him.

I am so happy today as he will fly back tonight. I will be able see him tomorrow morning.

This week I feel normal. I went crazy on Monday wanting to eat Tonkatsu curry rice. So after work, I went to NEX and found a restaurant named TonTei, Pork Restaurant. The set meal is not expensive. I ordered tonkatsu curry hotplate with miso, with rice, and cut orange. I ate alone till I was very full even though the taste was not what I expected. The tonkatsu was a bit to hard. Total bill was $19.30

Long Holiday (Hari Raya and National Day)

These are the days we have been waiting for weeks. 4 holidays in a row.

First day on Thursday was gone so fast because I was sleeping for the entire day. I had breakfast made by Niko. After that, I slept again till 2 o'clock. I woke up we straight away went to Nakhon to have late lunch. After lunch, we went to Novena Square because Niko wanted to buy some wagyu beef and other things for tomorrow's meal. Went home it was already evening and he went jogging. On the way home, he bought sweet and sour pork rib at Buangkok chi char.

Second day on Friday was gone so fast as well because I again was sleeping for the entire day. Breakfast for 2nd day was waffles with salted butter. Then Niko made lunch, wagyu and ribeye steak. The wagyu surprisingly was super tender and juicy. I really like the meat texture. After that, I finished my civilization V using Indonesian Gajah Mada.




Third day was gone for Jessy. She brought me some Indomie Cabe Hijau. Niko and I took her to Xin Yuan Ji to try on Asam Curry Fish Head. We ordered Thai style Toufu and Mushroom and kailan also. After that Niko sent us back to Orchard Ion. We sat on Maison Kayser at Wheelock Place. There's a good deal 1 drinks and 1 cake for $7.00. We sat there for around 3 hours. The cake was good. The rosehips and rose tea was also ok.



Fourth day was gone the fastest. I didn't feel I have done something this day. Basically I just had Baby back bone ribs and pasta for lunch by Chef Niko. Watch Gatsby and finish Homeland TV-series. The rest of the time I spent for sleeping.

NUS Convocation 2013 & NTU Convocation 2013

I forgot to write about my convo and Niko's one...

My one was 12th July on Friday 8pm (weird timing) and Niko's one was 27th July Satuday 2pm.




So on 27th we woke up so early for the studio shoot.





I found someone had a weird smile...

Medan Town

We had lunch at Medan town last Friday. I changed my order to Hokkian beehoon instead of ordering Duck beehoon.



I add beehoon also for $1. I found this beehoon was not bad...I got the egg some more.

Saboten, Changi Airport T1

I was so sad till I suddenly wanted to eat nice food before Niko's departure. I sent him to airport and treated him dinner at Saboten.



After that, we took couple picture which I think the last time we took couple photo was on Italy trip. :(

Nakhon Kitchen, Kovan

Again...after last week lunch, we again ate Nakhon.

My order was tomyum soup (again) with plain rice and pork with basil leaves. Niko's order was Phadthai(again).



Damage for the food was $19.00 which I think was reasonable enough.

Pregnancy week 14

The morning sickness has gone completely. I was so happy at the beginning until the headache kicked in. The reason I have headache is because the increase of blood volume in the body. It is very not comfortable when the whole day from morning to night you have headache. The worse time is normally on evening.

This week is full of drama as I feel really left out alone. At home I have no body to talk to. I am very sad as before this pregnancy I imagine a very different scene in my mind during my pregnancy.

I have suffered with the hormonal change which really influence my body and emotion. I don't get any aid for my problem.

Niko will be flying to Beijing this Saturday evening and he will be back on next Friday afternoon. I completely will be alone the whole week. :(

Pregnancy week 13

I took leave 2 days before the check up day. On wednesday 11th Sept 2013 we went to KKH, AMC clinic to get a NT scan and blood test. Total cost $450. :( The bad news was I can not replace my leave to MC (somehow they provide MC letter for that day)

They took the blood first and asked me to go up to the clinic. Before the scan, I had to empty my bladder. Then we went to the USG room to get NT scan for down syndrom.

Some how the baby was not cooperating, the position made the doctor difficult to see the neck. The thickness of the fluid on the neck will determine whether I have hi-risk or low-risk. In the middle of the scan, she said I still had urine so I needed to go toilet again. The usg took some times, may be 30 minutes.

On this 13th week, we could see the hands and legs clearly. Even we can see the fingers. Sometimes the baby put the thumb on its mouth. We could see the heart beat and the blood inflow and outflow through the umbilical cord.


That time during the end of the usg (after 20minutes) I saw Niko lost interest on seeing the baby. He started to get busy with the phone. Checking "something"...

The result was explained to us after the usg. The result from the usg scan was low-risk but we still need to see the blood test result. The blood test result was sent to me via sms on the next day and it was low-risk. Fiuhhhh....I hope that next visit on week 16th I can know the gender.

The cost for checking the blood and downsyndrom double test was $417.30...I truly can understand why Singaporeans are not really keen to have children.

Pregnancy week 12

I have recovered to my normal state. I am more energize this week. I don't feel sleepy and lethargic like I experienced in week 6-7.

I am looking forward to do the detail scan on this coming Wednesday, 11 September 2013. I wanna see my baby inside.

This week I experience emotional instability. I felt really really upset.

Pregnancy week 10

We went to KKH for our first appointment to see our gynea, recommended by Roland See. The private suite is good.

First we registered and the nurse directed us to go to regular check up (urine test and weight). After that we waited for around 20 minutes to go in to the room.

It was our turn...the gynea asked us how long we have been married. I said 6...he said 6 months? I answered 6 years. :) He was wondering why we delayed so long to have a baby. Niko answered I actually the one who was keep delaying.

He then asked me to go inside to the USG room. I loosened my bottom and laid down. He screened and said there was only one fetus. He measured from crown to tail was about 3.5cm. I was so relieved that it was a fetus on the screen. Not grapes.



He said every thing was good and prescribed folic acid to take with my supplement.

At the cashier, the bill was $157.82

What happen to the baby in week 10?
• Your baby may begin to move as early as this week, although you will not feel it until several weeks later.
• The finger and toe notches on the hands and feet start to separate into webbed digits.
• The neck develops and starts to straighten.
• The nose (including nasal openings), upper lip and tongue are formed, and external ears start to take shape.
• The eye lenses finish developing, and eyelids start to cover the eyes, which up until now have been uncovered.

What happen to my body in week 10?
• The morning sickness symptoms may begin to ameliorate slightly. If you may start to notice your veins more (e.g., in your tummy and breasts), it's because your blood volume increases by about 50% during pregnancy.
• If your doctor has a Doppler, you may hear your baby's heartbeat!
• Although you probably still won't be showing, you may notice your abdomen begin to pooch out, and that your waistline is slowly disappearing!
• You may have found that your taste for foods has changed since becoming pregnant. Some foods you previously liked may now seem unappetizing to you.

Pregnancy week 7

This is the hardest week ever. I feel very lethargic. It is very difficult to wake up on time for work.

I keep yawning from morning to end of office hour. I feel a day is longer than it actually is. I always waiting for 6pm to come as I feel really lethargic.

I had one day eating in office, it ended up so bad. I was terribly sleepy after lunch. So the next day I decided to go out at lunch time.

The saliva problem is not coming again this week but I then get another problem with my breasts. They seems getting bigger and painful. I need to buy new bras with 1 cup size bigger for better support.

At the end of this week what I do during weekend is just sleeping all day. I always feel sleepy.

Oh my....hardest week ever...Even I have earlier nights, but I am still sleepy. I don't know how many hours would be enough for sleeping.

Pregnancy Week 6

I guess I am considered very luck for not having morning sickness that will disturb my work. I only feel lethargic. Hearing my friend's stories, they suffered because of morning sickness and had to take MC for days.

This week I am struggling with excess saliva on my mouth and bloated feeling. It happens during office hour especially after lunch (3-5pm).

This week we then went to some hospital to compare the price and to get the internal doctors.

I was so scared that it could be something else inside my uterus (such as molar pregnancy which commonly happens to Indonesian).

Pregnancy Week 5

I had been waiting for my period since 7th July as my last period fell on 13th June 2013. I had the symptoms of PMS in terms of physical but emotionally I could not remember whether I had it or not.

I had a white discharge during my convocation ceremony which I thought it was my period. I was thinking that luckily the gown is dark blue.

I missed my period till one week after it supposed to be. I told my husband that we needed to buy a pack of urine pregnancy test. I ended up bought it at Guardian Compass Point on Friday 19th July. Too bad it couldn't be used immediately because it would be more accurate on morning. A pack was around $12 for 2 test packs.

The next morning, I tested on Saturday morning. The C windows came a while after the urine penetrated the surface. The T window was taking a bit longer to show the result. The T window's result was showing a line in a lighter color compared to the C window's one. It took about 5 minutes to see the result.

A week after that, I tested again using the second pack to make sure I am really pregnant. This time, the T window's result came out first. It was really fast compared to last week test. The dark pink line showed immediately followed by the C window's result. This time took about less that 1 minute. So...super positive!!!



I guess this graph explain that why the second test was quick.



The C window is actually to let us know whether the test kit is valid or not valid. C stands for Control.
The T window is actually to let us know whether the woman is pregnant or not pregnant. T stands for Test. It works based on Human Chorionic Gonadropin (HCG) hormon.

The later I carry the test, the higher HCG in my body. That's why the result from a week after was very quick and showed darker line.

Niko yet didn't really show his excitement to this good news. :(