Headache again...

I had such a terrible headache this morning that I decided I couldn't go to work and took half day leave to sleep it off. The headache started yesterday afternoon during the meeting which I luckily didn't fall asleep at with the help of the "Super Lemon" candy. It got worse in the night and I couldn't sleep very well. It is still bothering me now...maybe I should take a panadol.

For the first time last night, I cried for no reason. I farted in the shower when hubby was just about to come in and the expression on his face made me laughed so hard. Then from laughing, I began to cry and the feeling of wanting to cry even more was overwhelming. So I cried and cried. Hubby thought I had gone crazy. I think it's all the hormones inside me that's making me crazy. Oh, I wish this 1st trimester will pass soon!

So sleepy...

Today is really tough. I couldn't wake up in the morning but had to drag myself out of bed and I continued sleeping in the car while hubby drove us to work. I couldn't shake away the sleepiness in the office the whole morning. I practically had to sneak a 10-minute naps in the toilet! I wish I can just sleep the whole day at home...

There will be a meeting in the afternoon...I hope I can stay awake...

Week 7

Baby @ 7 weeks - 1.45cm long!

Went for another scan this morning at the gynecologist's clinic and heard the baby's heartbeat for the first time. It was exciting and I finally feel that it's real. I am really pregnant and I am really going to have a baby next March! I haven't been really sure that I could be so lucky and blessed. Oh thank God! Om Sai Ram!

I don't really like the gynae that I am seeing in Hong Kong though. I guess all the gynaes in Hong Kong are really not good. The first one I went to was quite old and she was clumsy with taking blood. The area where she withdrawn the blood got all bruised for almost 2 weeks! Then this doctor that I am seeing poked me so hard with the internal ultrasound scanner that it is still painful now. And when I asked her if we can know where is the baby's head and tail, she told me:"Even can tell also no use!" Damn! What kind of answer is that?! She could tell me that it's too early or something but I really don't like her attitude. Too bad I am here in Hong Kong and I cannot see Dr. Julianah until October at least. Oh well...

Anyway, baby and I are both doing fine, that's the most important. \\(^-^)// yeah!

13 down, still 5 more to go!

I have been feeling good since last Thursday. No more headaches but tummy still bloated and very sensitive to smells. I realised I cannot take the smell of onions and fish and any kind of strong smells!

Was especially sleepy on Saturday, slept until around 11am! Didn't want to wake up but had to wake up to eat...after that, I fell asleep again. The next thing I know, it was almost 4pm when I woke up again! Then I cooked myself noodles to eat and started downloading the final exams paper for my 13th subject on HRM. It was about the HR issues at British Airways...quite a lot of issues, I must say. I really don't understand the power of unions! I guess it's because there isn't a really strong union here in HK and Singapore? Anyway, the BA cabin-crew is already the highest paid crew in the airline industry, what are they still complaining about? The company has been making losses for the past 2 years and they are still staging strikes, disrupting thousands of travellers and asking for more. I think they are ridiculous with their demands...that's the problem with the system in the UK. Hubby has been reading up alot on the UK policies and have been showing me ridiculous examples of the welfare system in the UK. People on welfare are having better housing and receiving more money than those who earn a honest living in the UK! So, why should anybody work? I still think that Singapore has the best policy in the world. Everybody has to work and has to take care of oneself and one's parents. Can't depend on the government and that's why everyone in Singapore has to work hard and upgrade oneself all the time to get a better life. That's fair and that's how an economy can grow. We don't have any natural resources in Singapore but our most precious resource is our people, human resource! And we have a good HRM called the PAP.

Anyway, I have finished 13 subjects for my MBA with U21Global and have 5 more subjects to do. At this rate, I should be able to finish 16 by December this year, leaving 2 more for next year. Complete in 3 years...just nice. :)

Good day

Today is a good day. No headache, just slight bloated stomach and a little gastric pain prior to lunchtime. I suspect my headaches were due to the medications (Crinone 8% & Utrogestan 100mg) that I have been taking. I stopped the Utrogestan from yesterday's afternoon dose and also did not insert the Crinone last night. Or was it due to a head and shoulders massage yesterday? Anyway, I think there's no harm for me to stop the medications for a couple of days as I have previously stopped for 5 consecutively. I shall resume the medications after my 13th subject's final exams this weekend.

Had a busy morning, had 7 visitors from our Philippines factory coming in to learn our operations using the logistics system. Apparently, they have already implemented the same logistics system in the Philippines factory but has not started using it fully. So, they are here to learn the efficiency of the system, our paperless picking operation and our customized customer label issuing and packing operations. We started the presentation and orientation at around 9:30am and finished slightly before 12noon. By that time, I was starving and started having gastric pains. The sea creature inside me was complaining of the lack of food!

Luckily, lunch was sumptuous. We had about 8 varieties of tim sum, mantis prawns and also steamed crabs with egg-white plus desserts. Felt so much better after lunch!

I have been emailing S who is also about 11 weeks pregnant about my morning sickness symptoms and apparently she had headaches too and she also found eating helps! So she gave me a tip. To drink isotonic drinks so that the glucose in the drink will "bluff" the sea creature that there is food and will not give me problems. Hehehe. I will try that later!

Headache...

Today's morning sickness involved headaches...not unbearably painful but a dull throbbing pain across my forehead since I woke up. What is that? I am trying to start drinking fresh milk to increase my calcium intake but it taste terrible. I just want to drink soda the whole day and suck on sour prunes...but I know it's not healthy for me, so I have to control my cravings and stick to a healthy diet as much as I can. It's really not easy being pregnant and it's still a long way to go...at least another 34 more weeks! Can't wait for the 2nd trimester to come...

Week 6

Super tired and sleepy after lunch today but I cannot sleep...just had a 10-minute nap before the bell went off and felt that I really needed a bed to lie down and snooze for at least another hour. There's really nothing much for me to do at the office...*sigh* Maybe I should go sleep in the toilet...

My morning sickness symptoms have not been too bad, at least I have not vomited anything out yet! My baby should be the size of a tic-tac and still looking very sea creature-like...I should be able to hear its heartbeat by now and its heart is suppose to be beating twice as fast as mine! Amazing! Maybe that's what been making me feel sick?

Anyway, can't wait to hear the baby's heartbeat at the doctor's next week.

The Final Number = 1

Yes, I have taken a scan today and the doctor confirmed one baby inside my womb. I asked doctor J what might have happened to the other embryo and this was her answer : "The other embryo did not implant so the body has naturally "removed" it as it perished." Interesting...so in another word, it came out from my body together with my vaginal discharge? ....

Anyway, I am happy with one baby, but at the same time I am also a little disappointed. I am not being greedy but I was thinking that since 2 good embryos were inserted, I should hope that they would both survive, shouldn't I? But I knew from the start that out of the 2 embroys inserted, 1 was better quality than the other, so I guess the better survived this time...I would forever wonder whether the other embryo would be a boy or a girl...Am I crazy? While feeling pity that the other embryo didn't make it, I am worried that this one won't too...I am getting paranoid.

The doctor told me that I am in my 5th week now and only by the 6th week at least will we be able to detect the heartbeat. I will be going back to see her on my 7th week for that check and at the meantime, I need to rest as much as possible, take good care of myself and not eat anything cooling or too cold. I have also purchased extra 2 weeks' medication to help me maintain my hormone level up. The Crinone 8% vaginal inserts and the Utrogestan 100 which I have to take 2 pills times a day. I am determined to carry this baby to full term and give birth to a healthy baby in March!

Tested Positive!

Thank GOD! Om Sai Ram! I have been tested positive today at the gynaecologist's clinic. So happy and relieved. Will see the doctor again in 2~3 weeks for ultrasound scan to confirm the number of baby(s). (^-^)