Baby Gareth 8 Month Photo Shoot

Baby Gareth had his first photo shoot when he was about 8 months old with his group of baby friends born in the same month.

I will only be sharing his individual photos in this post. We had a 3 themes: Classroom, Naked, Christmas. We bought the same outfit for all baby.

We did the studio shoot with The Studio Loft. Because of the number of babies involved, we split into 2 sessions. Each session had about 7-9 babies!

It was fun yet effort taking to do photo shoot as the photographer and myself needs to catch their attention.

His naked shots...



The classroom theme...



I loved his Christmas theme shoot as he was really smiling at the camera. It was the last theme shoot for him so probably he was comfortable with the environment and relaxed!

I would definitely bring Gareth for another photo shoot when he is older together with Dear.

Pregnancy Journey - Third Trimester

Third trimester started and it has not been easy. With my small build and growing tummy, it is hard travelling to and fro work everyday by public transport.

Sad to say that I only started having more people offering me seats when I was about 32 weeks.

I am not saying that it is a must for me to get a seat on the train, but do consider in our shoes that we have to stand and squeeze with people, worrying that your tummy may get hit or elbow by someone's bag.

Even the SMR*(I don't wish to spell in full) so called service ambassadors, I had never once receive any assistance from them even though I have seen them helping other pregnant ladies especially foreigners to get a seat when they board the train.

I recalled several times I tried standing near that few particular entrances to board where the SMR* staffs would walk further away from me once they saw me.

Well anyway I started my maternity leave on week 38, hopefully Baby Gareth would come out soon as I don't sleep much during the night. My baby Gareth loves to be active at night and kick me at the side which is painful!

Another thing is that you just can't find that sleeping posture with the big tummy! I am not grumbling anything ya but sharing what I went through as everyone has a different process.

I am loving this baby more everyday and can't wait for his arrival.

My appetite has never increase a lot so I only gained about 8kg so far. The final countdown means I can eat "all I want" before my confinement. Yummy!

Ending my post with some photos!

This is taken during CNY 2014.

This is taken on 31 January 2014 (about 30 weeks).





















This is taken on 06 February 2014 (about 31 weeks).

This is taken on 20 February 2014 (about 32 weeks).





















This is taken on 25 February 2014 (about 33 weeks).





















This is taken on 03 March 2014 (about 34 weeks).





















3D image of Baby Gareth at 37 weeks!

Pregnancy Journey - Second Trimester

I am really lagging so much. It has been a year since I last blogged. My little baby Gareth had turned one last week!

I will try my best to resume my blogging and keep it updated.

Let me quickly continue my pregnancy journey before sharing how the past 1 year of being a mother had been.

In a blink of an eye, I now into my second trimester. I am glad that my appetite is picking up slowly and my little tummy is showing! I realised that even before the tummy is showing, there is a tenancy of me (ok, not just me... I noticed almost all mum to be) will put their hand on their tummy unknowingly.

Take a closer notice when you are on train, you can identity a pregnant lady (especially if you have been through).

Some photos of me during second trimester.



This is taken in November 2013 (about 20 weeks).

 

This is taken in December 2013 (about 23 weeks).

 

 

 

This is taken in January 2014 (about 25 weeks).

 

Thankfully I did not get any water retention on my legs except sometimes my hands will. Sleeping had slowly became challenging as I could only sleep sideway or face up. Getting up must be careful too!

 

Looking back, I actually enjoyed my second trimester the most! I will share on my third trimester experience in the next post.

 

Pregnancy Journey - First Trimester

Looking back at my first trimester, I was really amazed how I was able to bear through the morning sickness for some time before caving in to see my gynae to be admitted to hospital.

It was really so bad that I could not eat or drink and yet still can vomit throughout the day at least 8 times. I hanged on till I was about 6 weeks pregnant before I called and made an appointment to see my gynae.

By then, I had lost about 3kg and my gynae mentioned that I am one of those handful cases that is more extreme. I remember seeing my gynae on a friday night and even accompany Dear for a rehearsal session which lasted past midnight as I was feeling lazy and lonely to be home alone with the "sickness" clinging to me. Of cos, I rested throughout the waiting time and fell asleep.

Eventually, we decided to admit to Mount Alvernia on sunday night which Dear expects the crowd to be lesser. And true enough, there isn't much crowd. I chose a 4 bedder and there was only another patient during my first night.

It was a weird feeling as it was my first time being admitted to hospital and Dear could not stay overnight with me unless it is a single room. I was put on drip for 3 days 2 night which was not a nice feeling having a needle in your left wrist area.

I would need to press for assistance every time I need to visit the washroom as the drip machine will have to "follow" everywhere I go. Until the second night onwards, I attempted to go to the washroom myself  which is not that difficult... haha!

I was given another week of hospital leave to rest at home. The week was a slow, torturing week as I was having bad acid reflux. One week later, I went to see my gynae and by then I had lost another kg (total 4kgs already) although I was still slowly taking in some fluid and soft diet food.

The morning sickness continued throughout the whole of first trimester. Dear was very supportive of me and trying his best to make me feel comfortable. Looking back , he will sometimes joke about seeing me "hugging" the toilet bowl and can stay there for a long while.

Well, this is part of the pregnancy journey and not all mummies to be experience morning sickness. If you didn't experience it, count your blessings. But if you do have it, I want to encourage all the mummies to be to hang on and know that there is a little one that you are carrying which is constantly growing. With a blink of an eye, the first trimester will be over very soon.

Another 10 more days....

Counting down to my EDD - 13 April 2014

Another 10 more days or anytime now Baby Gareth will arrive which I hope soon...

Mummy & Daddy is waiting for you!

Pregnancy Journey - The Beginning (Part 2)

Another week passed and my breast have been feeling engorged and pain. It was a Saturday early morning which is also National Day that I thought to myself why not I take a pregnancy test with the test strips (about $0.50 per pc) that I bought from ebay. I was feeling pretty relaxed, thinking that the test would turn out negative.

Little did I expect, the second strip started to darkened meaning ... detecting positive results! I was caught off-guard and didn't know what to do. Again, I did another test using a new strip and still positive!

I quickly took my last Clear Blue test strip (one strip cost about $10+). Again, the result is still positive! I was taken back but at the same time there was this joy inside me. I had the urge to wake Dear who is still sleeping away but I held back as I wanted to do buy Clear Blue Digital Test to confirm my result.

I left the tests at one corner and Dear happened to see it when he visited the washroom. He said to me " you did the tests ah?". I went ya.. and it is all positive! He was like how come you never wake me up to tell me? I told him that I wanted to do another test using Clear Blue Digital Test before I am more firm. We bought one Clear Blue Digital Test at the end of day and the result is...



We were thrilled and wanted to share the joy with our family and closed friends but not wait till we receive a confirmation from the gynae. We went even to the GP to confirm before going to the gynae.

True enough, there was a little beanie inside me and it was about 6 weeks old during the scan. The EDD was 13 April 2014! Now we are a proud parents to be in another 34 weeks time!