Sick

The past 3 days have not been fun at all. Sickness came back in full force, and I am not able to keep ANYTHING down. I tried the anti nausea pills my doctor gave me and even that didn't help. We had no choice but to go in to see him so that he could check on the babies and I. (Hmmnn... I quite like saying that: babies)

My blood pressure is good, babies are growing well, in fact the gender of T1 was made known to us today. Well the other one is keeping us in suspense until the next visit. I shall announce both in 2 weeks' time, when the other one decides to shift position and flash us!

I have lost a bit of weight but I also found out that it is very difficult to starve the babies unless you are extremely malnourished to begin with. You guys probably know that I have enough reserves for my babies to go a long way! hahaha... Nevertheless it is important to keep myself healthy and hydrated.

Honeymoon Trimester?

The second trimester is supposed to be the honeymoon period which begins this week. Not surprisingly, my sickness has not waned. To make matter worse on top of my hip problem, my Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS) kicked in today.

For those unfamiliar with CTS, CTS in a nutshell is compressed median nerve in your wrist (pic above) which is connected to your fingers. The most common symptoms are numbness or pins and needles in your hand. I also experience weakness in my lower arm.

When I was pregnant with Eddie, the CTS came about only some time during my last trimester. The pins and needles in my right hand was 24/7. Imagine having numb hand ALL the time. However you do get used to it. It only went away about 1 month after I had Eddie.

I just cannot believe that this time around, I will have to put up with pins and needles for the next 150 days or so.

A Case of Pain in the Butt

I have seen 2 physios to try and fix the pain in my right bottom, to be precise. The general consensus seems to be that a fall over a year ago has destabilised my right pelvis, while pregnancy relaxin hormone has further weakened it. Therefore my butt muscles have been working overtime to hold everything together which then resulted in compressed nerve; hence the shooting pain from the butt down to the back of my thigh.

I have spent a total of 2 and a half hour this week experiencing various types of treatments and manipulation of my bones. Since my pelvis is weak anyway I had to do exercises to streghten them. One physio told me to do kegel exercise 100 times a day, while the other one told me to "tighten my anus" 400 times a day! Bloody hell which is which I wonder.

What tickled me the most was the latter. Perhaps my physio did not choose the most refined description of that exercise simply because his first language was not English . Could you could call it "clenching butt muscles"?

As my reader, you too must be trying it out to see whether tightening of your anus results in involuntary clenching of the butt muscles. Sig.Ot said no. I say a little bit.

Whatever it is, the pain has not gone away and dear Sig.Ot just said that he will buy me a wheelie walker. How sweet, my a**.


N.B. Regardless of the terms used, how could anyone do it for 400 times a day?

Beyond Miraculous

You could almost imagine the feeling, but you cannot quite capture that feeling unless you too have experienced it personally. As a mother who sees your baby for the first time during an ultrasound scan, the feeling is indescribable. Regardless of how indistinctive the shape of the dot, you cannot help but to feel the elation and awe of how miraculous this creation is within you.

As for me, the first encounter did not yield the reaction I have described above. I am pleased to say that once I overcame the shock and went back for appointment with ob-gy A, what I felt when I saw the twins was exactly as per paragraph above. Not many people get to experience this but to be able to see not one, but two babies growing inside you is beyond miraculous. It is a double blessing.

First Wardrobe Casualty

Why are weddings always held when I am pregnant? I missed at least 4 weddings when I had Eddie. This year, I have only one wedding invitation whereby I have been invited to assume the role of emcee for a dear friend's wedding this November. The appointment was already done last year.

I have even bought 2 dresses just for this occassion, before I got pregnant of course. When I found out I was pregnant, I was quite gutted by the fact that I will not be able to parade in my beautiful LBD. It is so gorgeous.

Rather than to waste it completely, at a close friend's birthday celebration recently, I insisted that she imposed dress code on everyone; black tie of course. She complied out of amusement, knowing full well of my LBD situation. I did not care on that night if I looked more overdressed than most of the restaurant patrons. I was only so happy that I could prance about in my dress.

This may sound almost obsessive, but in the first few weeks of my pregnancy I would try on the dress from time to time, just to see if there was any chance I could wear it 4 months down the line. The first 9 weeks looked very bright as I did not put on any weight at all.

Unfortunately today at almost 12 weeks, I could not zip up past my chest. Off the dress to the store room wardrobe upstairs to be accompanied by mothballs.

Joy of Pregnancy is still Elusive

1. Still retching up tummy content every other day
2. Trip upstairs result in breathlessness, bearing in mind I'm only in my first trimester
   
3. Night sleep is accompanied by at least 3 trips to the loo
4. Not a single foot reflex shop would do my feet (my regular down the road has closed down), and please don't leave comments telling me that I'm not supposed to
5. And it's just been confirmed that confinement lady charges DOUBLE, not even 50% more. The logical decision is to hire 2 of them, but most of them wouldn't work with anyone else. Not surprised, the law of economics applies since there is more demand than supply.
6. Oh c***! Was googling for suitable photo to accompany this post. Have you seen women pregnant with twins? I've been told they're huge, but they are REALLY HUGE!!!!!! Kesan-kesan tegang yang tidak mungkin pudar. Sob sob.