Confinement ....

My views on confinement changed drastically. I used to think that confinement is nonsense and that not washing my hair for a month is disgusting, not only that, sleeping without air condition?! YOU MUST BE KIDDING RIGHT?

Now, due to frequent gastric pain, indigestion and vomiting, I am more determined to get myself stronger. I have heard from mothers that after pregnancy, the body resets, this is the time you have to take super good care of yourself and eat nutritiously! It is my guess that my current gastric problems were all due to alcohol, chilli and vinegar intake prior to pregnancy and these 3 stuff literally kills my gastric.

With the whole new view on confinement, I do think that not washing my hair for a few days are actually quite okay (haha! please don't freak out okay). By doing so, it is believed that "wind" will not enter your body and cause the post-natal mum to feel cold or weak. I rather believe and practice with the hope that I get stronger after confinement! My friends told me to wrap up my hair if they were to visit, cause they are already freaking out when I told them I am not going to wash my hair for few days. Hehe..  I am also going to stock up long sleeves and long pants PJs to keep myself warm 24/7. It is only 30 days! I am sure I can get through this! (super enthu now..... hope this enthusiasm continues after I have given birth, haha.)

And yes, NO to chilli, vinegar and alcohol during the 30 days. I do not know whether it will really helps? But I just want to whack everything and hope for the best. =) Then hopefully, when 2nd child comes, things will get better. =D

Oh yes, my sis in law told me to eat steamed food instead of fried. Great idea! Difficult to achieve, I KNOW. I MUST BE DISCIPLINED! Naturally, I have big thighs and butt. Really want to shake it off post-natal. I am super positive of losing weight after pregnancy, slowly but surely.... hehe. Gonna engage a masseur to bind my tummy and do some real massage!

HELLO?! I still have 5 months more to go?! and what! I am getting all excited already? LOL...

Confinement confinement confinement...... I cannot wait for you to come.

Happy Marriage Anniversary!

It has been a year since we got married! So much things and changes happened just within a year!

Next year, we will have our Daughter (90% confirmed till date) to celebrate with us! Haha.. That's if nothing happens. 

I want to thank the man that I marry to:

THANK YOU FOR...

1. Being such a good husband. 

2. Ever so patient

3. Always providing me love 

4. Always buying me things I like. (But not for unpractical ones)

5. Taking care of me during my 1st 3 months of pregnancy. It has not been easy, I know. With all the housework (mainly washing of clothes), cleaning up after Brownie... etc.

6. Waking up early just to make breakfast for me ever since I got pregnant.

7. Making Milo for me whenever I felt hungry or am having gastric pains.

8. Pampering me
9. Feeding me with a lot of medication to ease symptoms of morning sickness (Yes, thats what you do I know.... -.-)

10. Bringing me to eat whatever I want (except for alcohol and raw food.. for now.......)

11. Buying back food during wee hours just because I had cravings or felt hungry.

12. Visiting me at home during your on-call night when I was feeling horrible because of morning sickness PLUS food poisoning.

SO MUCH MORE.

Really thank GOD for sending each other into our lives. Not only for Good times but also bad times. Believing in God and trusting in God does not mean only receiving good things, it also includes set backs,. But most importantly, the walk with Him. 

I can't wait for the arrival of our baby already! Even though it has only been 4 months.. Meanwhile! I shall start signing up for maternity yoga, massages... etc! Pamper myself a bit lah.

5 more months Jamie Lim! You can do it! YIKES!

After All the MIA.. Now I am back!

Wow. It is has been about 3 months since my last entry?! Where have I been?! Well, I have a good news to share....

I'M PREGNANT!!! (unplanned pregnancy though)

Initially I was feeling all weird, especially with 24/7 tiredness, feeling nauseated while driving! No appetite for food, no feel for wine even if it is in front of me. I decided to do a urine test on my birthday, 31st August. And its truely a birthday gift.

Frankly, I was not ready for it at all, everyone around me was so happy except myself. Many thoughts ran through my mind.. my freedom! Heels! Nice clothes! Raw food! Alcohol! These are the things I have to abstain from.  It is so hard to accept because I am only less than a year into marriage life and a little one is coming.

I went through a lot these 2-3 months. I do not know whether it happens to other mothers. Either they had it worst or better. But what I do know is that my situation was bad. At least in my opinion.

After I knew I was pregnant, somehow symptoms starts to get worst. It really might be psychological but I could not control it. I was vomiting like crazy. Every morning I woke up with a discomfort feeling in my gastric. I could not eat as usual. Even if I am hungry, I was nauseated at the same time. This might also be due to my underlying gastric problem. I tried a lot of medications.. methods just to avoid nausea and gastric pains. I could not take maxalon during the day as I was working. In fact, I tried twice and ended up being very drowsy at work. and.. the feeling SUX. I tried taking ondansetron thereafter. It works for awhile! and guess what! it gave me serious constipation problems! I was so down during the month of sept and oct. Even had thoughts of aborting the baby because the discomfort was really unbearable and also wanted to give up my job and school because I do not want people to judge me when I feel sick at work (sick in terms of vomiting and gastric pains AND fatigue) or not doing my part in school work. Really felt very unproductive and a sickling during these 2-3 months.

I got so many comments during this period of time, one of which that i could not forget was " your symptoms seems to get worst after you know you are pregnant." This, really hurt me .... A LOT. because you are not pregnant, you DO NOT know what I am going through. Even now when I am writing this, it makes me tear, It is like, hello? do you think i want to go through this? Why do you have to say such things. I also have people who purposely impose stress. Is either on purpose or they have very low EQ. Sigh. While on the other hand, I have people who are more understanding and I know who you are, and I feel very appreciative about it. Thank you guys. 

Vomiting symptoms is getting better during the end of October but I still get indigestions every now and then. Gaviscon is really really good. Symptoms are really 80% better now? With random times of vomit. 

What a journey, I do love my kid more now that is because I feel less sick. HAHA. Frankly, I am not a kid person yet, and I cannot imagine myself to put my child first before anything else...

I am going to see my gynae coming monday and by then I will know its gender! (I hope!)