Hubby decided to bring RaeAnne to see PD again today. He was in a rush and we had a mini accident at the carpark. A woman had parked her car off centre blocking our exit from the carpark and hubby misgauged the distance. Our side mirror knocked into the other car's side mirror. The scratch on the black plastic looks whitish and temporary to me but hope we don't receive any lawyer's letter or inflated claims. :P
Had to wait almost 1 hr at the PD. Luckily today hubby got parking lot early so all of us (me, hubby, MIL and RaeAnne) got to enjoy some breakfast while waiting. Dr Lee said her lungs sound better, not much phelgm. When we told her she seems breathless while drinking milk and can't sleep well. She said it may be due to blocked nose and gave us some nasal drops, new med for cough and new med for blocked nose. Hope this new lot of medicine works. Total damage: $43.
Mummy is eyeing the new Medela freestyle pump because it has 2 phase expression like the PIS advance but it's only one quarter of the size. There is an overseas spree for Medela freestyle now, but it'll still cost about $550 including international shipping http://www.medela.com/ISBD/breastfeeding/products/freestyle.php. It's retailing at nearly $900 in Singapore.
So decided to sell my PIS Advance and Mini Electric Plus at SMF http://picasaweb.google.com/kitsunesg/ItemsForSale?authkey=Gv1sRgCLDxyPnpyaLrNw#5323306394000965762. Oh ya, I still have 2 sets of Avent manual pump which are hardly used. Maybe I should sell that too. Pool all the $ together then I can get the Freestyle. :)
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Saturday, April 11, 2009
Friday, April 10, 2009
RaeAnne only napped for 30mins today
Last 2 nights, RaeAnne has been sleeping on our bed cos Daddy see her so poor thing, cannot sleep well. He wanted her to sleep better on our bed. But it's still tough for her to sleep flat maybe because the mucus is stuck in her nose so she has difficulties breathing. She has no problem sleeping on daddy's shoulder though but Mummy is afraid that it will become a habit for her, sleeping on our bed and falling asleep on daddy's shoulders. Anyway, we put her to bed earlier at 830pm today and she could only sleep on Daddy's shoulders, just woke up crying, slept for less than 30mins. Sigh, don't know whether we should bring her to see PD again. :P
Sigh, I finally confirmed my hubby's medical benefits. http://www.stu.org.sg/Mentor08/AprilJun2008/pg8_9Medical%20Benefits.pdf Hubby's under MSO scheme and it's really lousy. He can only claim if it's subsidised care (ie. I can't choose gynae and need a referral from polyclinic) and even then the cap is $350 for the officer including the dependents. Aiyoh, that means even if I don't choose my gynae, my hubby can only claim up to $350 (co pay 15% for officer and co pay 40% for dependents) per year and that's only if he or RaeAnne doesn't claim at all for that year. As for hospitalisation, maternity can't claim at all! :/ Duh, like that there's no real difference between going to KK or TMC in terms of cost savings.
Sigh, I finally confirmed my hubby's medical benefits. http://www.stu.org.sg/Mentor08/AprilJun2008/pg8_9Medical%20Benefits.pdf Hubby's under MSO scheme and it's really lousy. He can only claim if it's subsidised care (ie. I can't choose gynae and need a referral from polyclinic) and even then the cap is $350 for the officer including the dependents. Aiyoh, that means even if I don't choose my gynae, my hubby can only claim up to $350 (co pay 15% for officer and co pay 40% for dependents) per year and that's only if he or RaeAnne doesn't claim at all for that year. As for hospitalisation, maternity can't claim at all! :/ Duh, like that there's no real difference between going to KK or TMC in terms of cost savings.
Thursday, April 9, 2009
Tampines 1 finally opened!
Mummy has been looking forward to Tampines 1 opening for sometime. Went to Tampines 1 just now too but without my gal lar. Went to Manpuku to eat with my photographer friend. It's like Japanese Marche and on level 3, a lot of Japanese people eating there. At 11:30am, there was already a long queue. Price reasonable lar, I ordered a pork modanyaki but it still doesn't taste as good as my defunct favourite hiroshima okonomikayi at Taka, B1. But going to Manpuku these 2 days is good to go cos you get 50% discount voucher for next visit. Got a balloon for RaeAnne from Manpuku.
Uniqlo's queue, the Japanese flagship store at Level 2 was so long I gave up. Nothing much to buy there anyway. Very happy to see Challenger at Tampines 1. Finally bought a wireless mouse for my laptop. RaeAnne spoilt two of my retractable optical mice by tugging at the cord. :P Went to Les enphant, they are having opening sale 20% storewide discount and if you spend more than $40 and get a free baby pillow worth $10 plus you get to be their member. Bought a set of long sleeve pyjamas and 1 set of minnie mouse t shirt/pants set and 1 pair of mickey mouse tight pants for RaeAnne. Went to cold storage at B1 too, saw so many types of sausages and cheese. It was an eye opener. Wanted to buy bbq chicken but it's $7.95, twice the price we paid for our previous CC Cold storage before NTUC took over so I didn't buy. :P
Uniqlo's queue, the Japanese flagship store at Level 2 was so long I gave up. Nothing much to buy there anyway. Very happy to see Challenger at Tampines 1. Finally bought a wireless mouse for my laptop. RaeAnne spoilt two of my retractable optical mice by tugging at the cord. :P Went to Les enphant, they are having opening sale 20% storewide discount and if you spend more than $40 and get a free baby pillow worth $10 plus you get to be their member. Bought a set of long sleeve pyjamas and 1 set of minnie mouse t shirt/pants set and 1 pair of mickey mouse tight pants for RaeAnne. Went to cold storage at B1 too, saw so many types of sausages and cheese. It was an eye opener. Wanted to buy bbq chicken but it's $7.95, twice the price we paid for our previous CC Cold storage before NTUC took over so I didn't buy. :P
RaeAnne is still coughing
Poor gal is still coughing and has phelgm. 2nd aunt visited today with ground cordyceps powder and bird nest soup, she said it's good for cough and boosting her immune system. Hope MIL gives it to her tomorrow and it'll help. She's been taking so much medicine but not sleeping well in the nights, see already very heart pain. :(
Time to think of a new name for our blog
Why a new name? Cos we are going to have a moo moo cow to our family of 3 by 10 Dec 09. And Mummy definitely won't have time to maintain 2 blogs so it'll be a combined blog after this. Hee.
Ok, time to rewind to last week.... ;)
30 Mar (Last Monday)
RaeAnne woke up crying at 530am, had to wake up and feed her milk. Since I woke up liao, kiasu mummy decided might as well test hpt as I have a follow up dental appointment at National Dental Centre. My LMP was 5 Mar so I haven't even missed my menses yet and I had no symptoms so I was not expecting much when I tested, more for peace of mind so that I can fill up the pre xray patient PARQ with some conviction because there will always be a question "Are you pregnant? Yes or No?" And "Don't know" is not an option on the form. ;P
So, I tested, only 1 line. I was about to throw away the hpt strip when I read the instructions that I got to wait full 5 mins for negative result so I WAITED. Then another super faint line appeared besides the control line. I was shocked and wondered if my eyes are playing tricks on me at 530am in the morning? Asked hubby to see the test strip to make sure that there really is a line. Because it's so early and the line was so faint, I'm really not sure if it's confirmed. But that afternoon, I decided to tell dentist that I may be pregnant so put the xray and implant surgery on hold until I confirm.
31 March 09
I bought Clear Blue digital pregnancy test kit to test so that no need to interpret lines. Hehe, dejavu man when I saw the familiar word again after a lapse of 22 months. ;) Then over the few days, I tested with all the hpt strips I had and the line darkened. Wanted to see gynae asap for a scan but could only get appt on 23 April for the highly popular TMC gynae Dr Jocelyn Wong. Was too anxious cos I started having spotting last Wed, pulling pains, backaches etc so I decided to call KK Appt Centre and they gave me an appt on Fri 3 April for Dr S F Loh, whom I saw on 10 Feb 09.
3 April 09
Dr Loh scanned but couldn't see sac. He said I'm only 4 weeks so still too early. I was worried about ectopic pregnancy cos this time I got some slight spotting and pulling pains so he ordered a blood hcg test for me. He also prescribed duphaston, hormone pills to support the pregnancy. He asked me to email him on Sat for the results
4 April 09
Anxiously emailed him in the morning but he was busy seeing patients, replied only 1-2 hours later. He said 953miu/L, don't expect to see sac in womb. I was confused because he didnt say whether it's good news or bad news. Normal or not. So I called TPS again and the nurse promised to pass the message to him. Then got another email from him, he clarified the results is expected level for pregnancy and normal. Phew! A sign of relief but it still took another 1-2 days before spotting cleared.
8 April 09
Had follow up appt with Dr Loh at 330pm at TPS. Kept drinking water so that I have a full bladder but only saw him close to 5pm, bladder going to burst liao. Thankfully, we can see the sac this time. It's only 7.6mm at the moment. Next appointment is 3 weeks later. Hopefully, able to see bb's heart beat then. :)
Yesterday, when hubby told ILs that RaeAnne is going to be a cheh cheh, MIL's face had no expression whatsoever, she just repeated hubby's words listlessly. A BIG world of difference compared to when they knew we were expecting no. 1 lor. Instead she commented that it's end of cow tail baby again. I told her no, this year it's in Dec so not officially tail yet. Then she said most important is that after do full month celebration then CNY. Duh, every year CNY also different day, how to be sure? Hubby is also born in January what. If so easy to plan then why she also plan for hubby to be born in Jan since she don't like tail end baby?
Thought they will be happy that we got baby so fast this time but they don't look thrilled at all. Hubby said they not excited because 1 RaeAnne already keep them so busy. Feel quite hurt lor, I especially try in March, hoping to give them a grandson and they are not appreciative at all. In the end, told hubby that even if ye ye and nai nai not excited about baby no. 2, it's ok, I will still shower no. 2 with all my love. But I still feel it's not fair to no. 2 lor that Ye Ye and Nai Nai have such reaction, never even say a single 'hao' or 'good' word. It's as if we just broke BAD NEWS to them. Why is MIL so concerned about the full month celebration being close to CNY, if her relatives can't make it cos too busy for CNY, then dun invite lor, save $$$, even better. Poor baby! :( Thinking now that hubby's idea to hire maid is probably right after seeing his parents' reaction about baby no. 2.
As it's still very early stage of pregnancy, I'm not going to announce the happy news YET. But to be fair to baby no. 2 who will grow up one day and hopefully enjoy reading this blog, I don't want to hide his or her existence on this blog cos all entries are dated. But those of you who read my blog especially my ex colleagues, friends and cousins, PLEASE DO NOT BREATHE A WORD TO ANYONE UNTIL I PASS THE 1ST TRIMESTER! Thank you, kum Sia many many! :)
Ok, time to rewind to last week.... ;)
30 Mar (Last Monday)
RaeAnne woke up crying at 530am, had to wake up and feed her milk. Since I woke up liao, kiasu mummy decided might as well test hpt as I have a follow up dental appointment at National Dental Centre. My LMP was 5 Mar so I haven't even missed my menses yet and I had no symptoms so I was not expecting much when I tested, more for peace of mind so that I can fill up the pre xray patient PARQ with some conviction because there will always be a question "Are you pregnant? Yes or No?" And "Don't know" is not an option on the form. ;P
So, I tested, only 1 line. I was about to throw away the hpt strip when I read the instructions that I got to wait full 5 mins for negative result so I WAITED. Then another super faint line appeared besides the control line. I was shocked and wondered if my eyes are playing tricks on me at 530am in the morning? Asked hubby to see the test strip to make sure that there really is a line. Because it's so early and the line was so faint, I'm really not sure if it's confirmed. But that afternoon, I decided to tell dentist that I may be pregnant so put the xray and implant surgery on hold until I confirm. 31 March 09
I bought Clear Blue digital pregnancy test kit to test so that no need to interpret lines. Hehe, dejavu man when I saw the familiar word again after a lapse of 22 months. ;) Then over the few days, I tested with all the hpt strips I had and the line darkened. Wanted to see gynae asap for a scan but could only get appt on 23 April for the highly popular TMC gynae Dr Jocelyn Wong. Was too anxious cos I started having spotting last Wed, pulling pains, backaches etc so I decided to call KK Appt Centre and they gave me an appt on Fri 3 April for Dr S F Loh, whom I saw on 10 Feb 09.3 April 09
Dr Loh scanned but couldn't see sac. He said I'm only 4 weeks so still too early. I was worried about ectopic pregnancy cos this time I got some slight spotting and pulling pains so he ordered a blood hcg test for me. He also prescribed duphaston, hormone pills to support the pregnancy. He asked me to email him on Sat for the results
4 April 09
Anxiously emailed him in the morning but he was busy seeing patients, replied only 1-2 hours later. He said 953miu/L, don't expect to see sac in womb. I was confused because he didnt say whether it's good news or bad news. Normal or not. So I called TPS again and the nurse promised to pass the message to him. Then got another email from him, he clarified the results is expected level for pregnancy and normal. Phew! A sign of relief but it still took another 1-2 days before spotting cleared.
8 April 09
Had follow up appt with Dr Loh at 330pm at TPS. Kept drinking water so that I have a full bladder but only saw him close to 5pm, bladder going to burst liao. Thankfully, we can see the sac this time. It's only 7.6mm at the moment. Next appointment is 3 weeks later. Hopefully, able to see bb's heart beat then. :)Yesterday, when hubby told ILs that RaeAnne is going to be a cheh cheh, MIL's face had no expression whatsoever, she just repeated hubby's words listlessly. A BIG world of difference compared to when they knew we were expecting no. 1 lor. Instead she commented that it's end of cow tail baby again. I told her no, this year it's in Dec so not officially tail yet. Then she said most important is that after do full month celebration then CNY. Duh, every year CNY also different day, how to be sure? Hubby is also born in January what. If so easy to plan then why she also plan for hubby to be born in Jan since she don't like tail end baby?
Thought they will be happy that we got baby so fast this time but they don't look thrilled at all. Hubby said they not excited because 1 RaeAnne already keep them so busy. Feel quite hurt lor, I especially try in March, hoping to give them a grandson and they are not appreciative at all. In the end, told hubby that even if ye ye and nai nai not excited about baby no. 2, it's ok, I will still shower no. 2 with all my love. But I still feel it's not fair to no. 2 lor that Ye Ye and Nai Nai have such reaction, never even say a single 'hao' or 'good' word. It's as if we just broke BAD NEWS to them. Why is MIL so concerned about the full month celebration being close to CNY, if her relatives can't make it cos too busy for CNY, then dun invite lor, save $$$, even better. Poor baby! :( Thinking now that hubby's idea to hire maid is probably right after seeing his parents' reaction about baby no. 2.
As it's still very early stage of pregnancy, I'm not going to announce the happy news YET. But to be fair to baby no. 2 who will grow up one day and hopefully enjoy reading this blog, I don't want to hide his or her existence on this blog cos all entries are dated. But those of you who read my blog especially my ex colleagues, friends and cousins, PLEASE DO NOT BREATHE A WORD TO ANYONE UNTIL I PASS THE 1ST TRIMESTER! Thank you, kum Sia many many! :)
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
RaeAnne coughing
RaeAnne started coughing more yesterday. Poor thing, guess she did catch the cold bug from Daddy after all. She didn't get any cough syrup until at night when she came back from ILs place. ILs were too busy feeding the anitobiotics and anti itch med but lost track of the other two (cough med and allergy med). I went over to help but thankfully she was still her energetic self but can see that she has lost some weight as she has been sick for 1 week plus liao. Hope she recovers soon.
Selling BRAND NEW Secondhand items
Mummy went through RaeAnne's cupboards at ILs place and found lot of brand new and unused items. Posted on WTS thread but decided it's better to use my own blog for advertisement so that I don't need to keep bumping up the thread at WTS.
Click on the links to see. Collection at Tampines St 71, Tampines MRT (at my convenience) or buyer to pay for postage. If you buy more than 1 item, and pick up at my block. I will give away Gain IQ $3 voucher or Gain IQ birthday voucher (expiry in Sept 09) or Enfagrow sample satchets (expiry in 2010). Free gift only while stocks last) http://www.singaporemotherhood.com/forumboard/messages/449183/2325917.html?1239037764
http://www.singaporemotherhood.com/forumboard/messages/449183/2325841.html?1239073891
http://www.singaporemotherhood.com/forumboard/messages/449183/2325917.html?1239073352
http://www.singaporemotherhood.com/forumboard/messages/449183/2325853.html?1239073614
Click on the links to see. Collection at Tampines St 71, Tampines MRT (at my convenience) or buyer to pay for postage. If you buy more than 1 item, and pick up at my block. I will give away Gain IQ $3 voucher or Gain IQ birthday voucher (expiry in Sept 09) or Enfagrow sample satchets (expiry in 2010). Free gift only while stocks last) http://www.singaporemotherhood.com/forumboard/messages/449183/2325917.html?1239037764
http://www.singaporemotherhood.com/forumboard/messages/449183/2325841.html?1239073891
http://www.singaporemotherhood.com/forumboard/messages/449183/2325917.html?1239073352
http://www.singaporemotherhood.com/forumboard/messages/449183/2325853.html?1239073614
Sunday, April 5, 2009
Mummy spoke too soon
Last night, RaeAnne was scratching whole night and this morning can see the scars all over her upper arm liao. We gave antihistamine but not the allergy medicine. This moring when we saw that that the area below her eyes and above her mouth is swollen. We decided to bring her to see PD again cos we don't know if it's related to the fever she had. This is the 3rd PD visit in this week.
In the end, PD prescribed 4 different types of medicine! One for allergy, one antibiotics, one for cough and one more for running nose/itch. Poor gal cried so hard when we had to feed her medicine 4 times in a row. :(
Hope she gets well soon. My mum who saw her on Tues and then on Sat said our dear gal lost weight liao, face not so round anymore. :P
Tomorrow, Mummy is going to take a rest and let ILs look after RaeAnne. They were away in Malaysia for 'Qing Ming' festival the last 2 days.
In the end, PD prescribed 4 different types of medicine! One for allergy, one antibiotics, one for cough and one more for running nose/itch. Poor gal cried so hard when we had to feed her medicine 4 times in a row. :(
Hope she gets well soon. My mum who saw her on Tues and then on Sat said our dear gal lost weight liao, face not so round anymore. :P
Tomorrow, Mummy is going to take a rest and let ILs look after RaeAnne. They were away in Malaysia for 'Qing Ming' festival the last 2 days.
RaeAnne's better
Her temperature today average 37+ so there is no need to continue her medicine. Yeah! Keep forgetting to log this down. RaeAnne is sprouting her 7 and 8th tooth soon. We lost track after her 2.5 teeth. Mummy & Daddy so terrible right? ;P
Her two front teeth are the biggest and they are only half sprouted as of now. She probably takes after Mummy for that. ;P About 2 weeks ago, her bottom right tooth came out and this week, the bottom left tooth is also emerging. She's going to be able to eat more adult food soon. :)
Her two front teeth are the biggest and they are only half sprouted as of now. She probably takes after Mummy for that. ;P About 2 weeks ago, her bottom right tooth came out and this week, the bottom left tooth is also emerging. She's going to be able to eat more adult food soon. :)
Friday, April 3, 2009
RaeAnne had high fever
This morning around 6am, RaeAnne cried from her sleep. Hubby proceeded to make milk as usual but when he carried her out of her cot. He felt that she was very hot to touch. We took her temperature using the ear thermometer and we were shocked. One ear was 39.9 and the other was 40.1. She was fine last night when she slept at 10+pm and when she woke up again at 12+pm. Don't know what's wrong. We debated whether to bring her to KKH or PD but decided to give the 'neurofen' first. I kept sponging her while hubby kept taking her temperature.
Luckily, the temperature came down and around 9am, we brought her to the usual Tampines Round Market PD. The PD checked her, the rashes are gone but her throat looks a bit red. She suspects Upper Respiractory Tract Infection and asked if she has cough or cold recently or whether anyone in the family has fever. But the answer was no to both. Anyway, PD said since it's only 1 day of fever, she will rather not give antibotics so she gave paractemol and ask us to return if fever is still there on Sunday.
We brought her to ILs place after that as I had no time in the morning to cook porridge. We left close to 12noon as hubby needs to get back to school. Then around 4pm, I went over to help out. Her temp was 38.3 then so I fed the paractemol. Gave medicine again at 845pm after returning from ILs place. Just took her temp one hour ago and it was 37.1. Hope the fever stays down.
Luckily, the temperature came down and around 9am, we brought her to the usual Tampines Round Market PD. The PD checked her, the rashes are gone but her throat looks a bit red. She suspects Upper Respiractory Tract Infection and asked if she has cough or cold recently or whether anyone in the family has fever. But the answer was no to both. Anyway, PD said since it's only 1 day of fever, she will rather not give antibotics so she gave paractemol and ask us to return if fever is still there on Sunday.
We brought her to ILs place after that as I had no time in the morning to cook porridge. We left close to 12noon as hubby needs to get back to school. Then around 4pm, I went over to help out. Her temp was 38.3 then so I fed the paractemol. Gave medicine again at 845pm after returning from ILs place. Just took her temp one hour ago and it was 37.1. Hope the fever stays down.
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