Gestational Diabetes & Healthy Eating and 2 Weeks 5 Days left - more or less!

2 Weeks 5 Days left before I pop - more or less! Can you believe it? Wow, punya cepat!

Been on a diabetic diet since early last week because the Dr said my blood glucose level swings from one end to the other which is not good for Baby G. Yes, I've been diagnosed as having Gestational Diabetes. Not surprising actually coz diabetes runs in my side of the family.

So, since early last week I've been...

counting calories and carbohydrates

checking my blood glucose level 4 times a day - yes, my fingers hurt from all the poking from the lancet

laying off rice, normal bread/buns, cakes, chocolates, sodas etc etc

having a more healthy diet which includes no sugar whole wheat breads, cornflakes, low fat milk, vege vege vege, taufu etc etc

Sigh but it pays off! Weight maintained and glucose level is within the recommended levels... unfortunately, its taken a toll on my purse... I didnt realise that eating healthy can be so expensive! For example a pack (10 pieces) of no sugar whole wheat bread is like almost RM6 and the cornflakes that doesnt spike my glucose level cost almost RM14 a pack. Then going for salad for lunch when you're at work would cost you about RM10-16 without drinks! Thats more than double of what I spend normally (with drinks somemore!!!) Early last week me & hubby spend more than RM100 just for a weeks supply of healthy food for breakfast and dinner!

I wish someone can open an affordable restaurant that caters to people with special diets.

Anyway, enough of me venting about the cost of healthy eating because in the end Baby G and my health is all that matters...

Baby at 34 weeks and preparing for the upcoming labour...

Had my review last Sat. Here is how baby looks like now at 34 weeks....


Can you see her face? hihihihiihi...

Its so exciting! Today Im exactly 35 weeks. Dang! I've got like 5 weeks to go OR LESS!

So what have I been up to the last few weeks in preparation for labour you ask? Well...

Im done packing my hospital bag - finally...
I just gotta remember to bring my Iphone charger when the time comes...



Washed all Baby D's old baby clothes and baby's new clothes...



- Prepared an emergency plan with my colleague Karen, just in case my water breaks while Im in the office. This includes telling her that
* I have a set of changing clothes in my laptop bag at all times
* Emergency tel # which includes Hubby's mobiles, dad's, bro's, hse and Rafflesia
* Who in the office I trust driving me to Rafflesia if need be


- Prepared a food thermos for MIL to tapau me confinement food from home but the existing one I have now would only be enough for 1 meal. So Im kinda contemplating buying Cosway's 2 liter Magic Saver cooker so MIL can just tapau for the whole day terus...




The only thing thats not done is putting Baby D's old crib back together. Still waiting for Hubby to help me with this - BABE, WHEN LAH WANT TO DO THISSSSS ???



Having uncomfortable Braxton Hicks while writing this post and since day before yesterday I've been walking around like an elephant+whale...

Hubby said I should walk around in the mud near a jungle somewhere to leave my foot prints so that we can create another Big Foot hoax - F U BABE!

Men should try spending the whole day with a sack of rice strapped to their belly and a big bottle of water strapped to each leg and see how they feel....


WHERE THE HECK ARE MY ANKLES??!!!

ParenThots - Features - Mums, stop feeling guilty about working or staying home

ParenThots - Features

MUMS, STOP FEELING GUILTY ABOUT WORKING OR STAYING AT HOME

31 March 2010

CHILDWISE
By RUTH LIEW

I HAVE often been asked: “Who is better – the working mother or stay-at-home mother?” Mothers who want to quit working, want to know whether they are making the right choice. While mothers who are full-time home-makers want to know how it will affect their children when they join the workforce.

Whether working or stay-at-home, all mothers share the same fears and concerns. They wonder whether they are feeding their children right or spending enough time teaching them the right values.

You should always feel that you are doing your best for the children. Whether you work or stay at home, you are a full-time mother. There is no place for guilt. If you look after your children with knowledge, skill, love and patience, you are the kind of mother that deserves the highest recognition.

I grew up with a working mother whose own mother was a stay-at-home parent. When I was growing up, my mother and my grandmother often differed in their views on how children should be disciplined or how to manage certain behaviours.

Whenever my mother went on annual leave, we felt that she was cramping a year of parenting into a few short weeks. She made us clean our rooms and gave us extra written work for practice. We were quite relieved whenever she returned to work.

My siblings and I felt much better when Mother was at work. We wanted her to leave us to our own devices. When she was juggling work and raising us, she shared her time with us doing what really mattered. She took us on educational trips and introduced us to arts and culture.

My mother fared better outside the house. She also worked because we needed the extra income.

She could hardly cook but she took us out to great eateries to try out international cuisine. Sewing was not her forte either.

There were many things she did not do but my mother’s mothering style provided us with a great deal more.

We learned to do many things that she could not do. I started cooking at a young age because my mother encouraged me by buying as many cookbooks as she could afford.

Mothers get criticised for their choices. When they choose to work outside the home, many would frown on them and blame them for all the wrongs their children did because they were not able to stay home to spend time with their children.

When my children were babies, I had one stay-at-home mother who asked whether I breastfed my children. She also told me that I would not have much time for my children because of my busy schedule.

A mother who chooses to stay at home with her children is often misunderstood as someone who could not do much outside the home. I know of many well-educated and capable women who are home-makers.

I once met a lady who was conducting a survey on households.

She asked: “Madam, you don’t work outside the home. What is your educational background? Did you finish secondary school?” She looked surprised when I told her I had post-graduate qualifications. She had assumed that I was a stay-at-home mother because I had little education.

I used to have a neighbour who was a stay-at-home mother. Every day I could hear her screaming at her crying son. She was not happy and neither was her young son. She felt stressed out and lonely staying home the whole day with a young child.

What children really want is a happy mother, regardless of whether she is a career woman or a home-maker.

We raise our daughters on limitless possibilities of career choices. We must support them in the choices they make.

Children thrive on their mother’s love; there is no discrimination whether this love comes from a working mother or a stay-at-home one.

Be confident and trust that what you have chosen for yourself is also the best for your child.

Emma Pillsbury inspired necklace by Sweetpolybeads.com

My sis in law made this Emma Pillsbury inspired flower necklace! I like this necklace so much, I just gotta show it to everyone.

Check out her online shop for more handmade jewelry....

Kak, I hope you dont mind me putting the pics here!

10 weeks to go!

Time flies so fast huh?
I'm exactly 30 weeks pregnant today with 10 weeks (OR LESS!) to go!!

Starting to feel the weight now and two days ago my 'fat ankles' started... sigh... hate water retention... but at least it started now coz when I was preggers with Baby D it started when i was about 5 months preggers. I get dizzy sometimes, as well as nose bleeds and not to mention the sleepless nights and leg cramps and braxton hicks. The joys of pregnancy ehehehe!

Oh did i mention that we've having a girl?? YAY!

Here are some pics of the ultrasound from the first time I went to see my obgyn.

Went for a review this morning but unfortunately didnt get the ultrasound printed. Baby was in a breech position with her legs to her face but dont worry! Its still early and nothing to worry about now.

I do however, need to do the DREADED glucose test in two weeks time. YUCKS! Im so not looking forward to that. Have to drink the superrrrrrrrrrrr sweet drink at 6.30am, then fast for 2 hours then take blood test at 8.30am. I'm so gonna be super cranky that morning...

Meet my enemy!


Looks so harmless right? The word 'CARBONATED' is so misleading. Heck! It doesnt taste anything like Sprite even if you put some lime in it! Oh well, still have to do it anyway kan... so i'll just shut up and drink lah...

We havent decided on her name yet. Well, her first name at least. Middle name sudah fix. Still undecided on the first.

And no, we're not telling you what it is yet ehehehe...

Man armed with hammer assaults pre-school children in class

Man armed with hammer assaults pre-school children in class

MUAR: The happy chatter of children turned into screams of horror when an unidentified man armed with a hammer barged into a kindergarten here and bludgeoned three six-year-olds.

Six-year-old Vincent Tey being wheeled into the ward at the Sultanah Fatimah Specialist Hospital in Muar.

In the morning incident which shocked the residents of the usually peaceful Lorong Haji Ali, the man rode up to the kindergarten and parked his motorcycle outside.

Holding a hammer in one hand, he climbed over the fence and kicked open the locked grill that led to the main hall of Tadika Sinario.

Some 20 children were having breakfast at the time, under the watchful eyes of kindergarten operator Voon Siew Kuin, 45.

The children were at first shocked to see a stranger charging into their kindergarten, but became horrified when violence unfolded in the next few minutes.

Bloody attack: Bloodstains on the floor of Tadika Sinario after the man had attacked the children.

Voon tried to attract the attention of the man by repeatedly asking him: “You cari siapa? (Who are you looking for?)”.

Agitated, the small-built man threw pepper powder at her and hit her with the hammer.

As she groaned in pain, the man began to wildly swing the hammer at the children.

Alex Tan is carried in a wheelchair and Nur Nadriah Nabilah Mohd Yusri (below) is taken in a stretcher to the wards after receiving treatment.

Three of them, including a girl, were hit on the head. The other children screamed as they tried to flee.

The man then ran away when Voon recovered and chased after him with a broom.

When he reached his motorcycle, he threatened Voon by waving the hammer at her before riding away.

Apart from her, the only other adult at the kindergarten was a helper in her 50s. She was in the kitchen when the attack happened.

Voon and the assistant rushed the three children to the Sultanah Fatimah Specialist Hospital at about 10.20am as they were bleeding profusely on the head.

The two boys, Vincent Tey and Alex Tan, and the girl, Nur Nadrah Nabilah Mohd Yusri, underwent emergency treatment, including thorough head scans.

Nur Nadrah’s father Mohd Yusri Mukhlis was thankful that his daughter was not critically hurt.

He was horrified when he was earlier misinformed that Nur Nadrah had died. His wife, Farah Asyikin Abu Samah, went limp when she heard the news.

“We were relieved when we met the doctors at the hospital and were told of her condition,” he said at the hospital.

The three children were later sent to the Sultanah Aminah Hospital in Johor Baru.

A mother’s grief: Farah Asyikin collapsed in shock when she was wrongly informed that her daughter was dead at the hospital yesterday.

Related Story:
Massive manhunt for kindergarten attacker


BURN IN HELL YOU ANIMAL!!!!
Cant believe somebody could do this to those poor little kids! If anybody touches my kids, you better hope you die somehow right after before i get my hands on you!

13 weeks 5 days pregnant and Baby D's turning 2!

Well whatdaya know, i've passed the 1st trimester! Cant believe I've got 5+months to go...

Time flies... Baby D's gonna be 2yo on the 26th this month and I'm looking forward to it. Planning to take the day off to bring him swimming and do other activities. Vika is here for a holiday and Seok would probably be taking the day off as well so girls, if you're reading this I'm dragging you guys along as well!! Hopefully my cousin Celia manage to take the day off so that she and the kids can come along as well. What a fun day its gonna be for Mommy and Baby D! Not sure if hubby can take his leave, his director might be coming down to KK that day (pls pls pls come the week after lah.. pretty pretty please??)

I gotta go back to work.. a shoot is coming up and lots of info to find!