My beautiful girl has arrived :)

its now officially over to:

Mirabelle Teo

all ready for her arrival :)

*playpen at grandma's house*

by this time tomorrow, i'd be caressing her soft cheeks :)

Attack of the stretchmarks!!!??

its seriously a battlefield on my lower tummy... :(

*sob*

the stretchmarks didnt appear till really really late into the preg! thought i would be lucky enough to avoid it.. didnt know it was slowly but surely creeping up my lower tum.. cant see at all from my angle.. and the mirror in the toilet is too blur to reflect the truth...

glad that she'd be out in 2 days time... its seriously getting way too heavy...

i want my mobility back!!!

hopefully they'll fade over time...

2 more days!!!

waist measurement at 39 weeks

kinda regret not having measured my belly each week..

its currently measuring 42 inches at 39 weeks.. :)

3 more days..

just came back from my last official gynae visit before the BIG DAY.

no surprises, little one is still breech.. so its all set for this Sat, 6 March!! checking in at 12noon.. op to take place about 3pm.. strictly no food after 8.30am.. am soo soo nervous!!!

request for c-sec with epi, hopefully anaesthetist wont ask me to be on GA where i will miss all the action! and not to mention that hubby wont be allow to be part of the process..

3 more days.. 3 more days..

gynae says i've been lucky that little one's staying put inside so far, otherwise it may be tricky to go into labour when she's still breech.

cant wait to see your little face!! :)

love you loads,
momo

Bloom shots!!

Bloom Shots with StudioLoft at 36 weeks :)

spent the entire day editing the photos, airbrushing away all the stretchmarks, fat chins (still is fat!), triple chins.....

glad i took the entire cd indeed! :)

6 Mar 2010 - seeing Mirabelle next week!!

the date for the c-sec is set - 6 Mar 2010, Saturday, 3pm!!

6363? or 3636? buy 4D lo! :)

sweet little crotchet hat

have i stopped shopping? :P

well.. not really. hee... but its been significantly reduced.... cuz belle is well-stocked till she's 2!

6th or 8th March 2010

change of plan.

3rd mar is not that great a date after all for Mirabelle's arrival because:

1) although its an auspicious date, its with the exception of Horse (me!) (chiong horse!)
2) operating time - 9.30PM = a tired gynae, to add that he has to give a talk prior to cutting me up
3) NIGHT tiger = fierce tiger
4) popular date = less chances of getting a single room

next 'popular' date = 10th Mar, which is a no-no because:
1) too near my edd, which meant higher risks of my body kicking into natural labour, which will be bad cuz she's breech and may end up with an emergency c-sec
2) chiong Cow (my father-in-law)

soo.... its down to 6th or 8th of March, which arent the best, but good enough dates....

and gynae is out today and after many rounds of calling and chasing, thats all the nurse could tell me.. grrr... she'll get back to me only tomorrow afternoon... so i'm keeping my fingers crossed till then.....

c-sec scheduled - 3 march 2010

my ecv was unsuccessful today, unfortunately. although belle's legs were tucked in, dr cheng could also turn her a little before she got stuck and slipped back into her original position. think doc didnt wanna stress her (and me!) too much and said "thats enough exercise for today".. the procedure wasnt painful, just alot of pressure, was totally bearable.

csec scheduled for 3 march 2010, the supposed 'auspicious date' coming up, the next one being 10th march.. (which was too close to my edd for comfort).. at 9.30PM.. yes.. P.M.. not my best option but had no choice as there was no operating theatre available in the morning and doc had to give a talk in the late afternoon.. and 9.30pm was the time he gave.. which meant:

1) he'd be tired after a long day at work

2) little one will be a 'night' tigress! supposedly more ferocious than a docile 'morning' tiger.. heh..

well..doesnt matter i guess.. once all these groundless superstitions are put aside.. all i want is a healthy baby cub..

might consider homeopathy as a last resort to turn her..

http://www.midwiferytoday.com/articles/turnbaby.asp

a friend from the Mar Mother-to-be forum tried it and it worked for her.. just wary still cuz its not something i'm familiar with.. and although it claimed to have no side effects.. still.. u'll never know right?? but... i'm kinda desperate right now... so.....

oh well...

if i look on the bright side.. i'll be carrying belle at next week this time!! :))