Saturday, July 21, 2007

Getting a maid

There were 2 things which we took the longest time to decide on - 1 is the little one's name, and 2nd is whether to get a maid. Well, the first issue as I have mentioned earlier, was partially resolved (now left with Chinese name). The second one was resolved last week as well.

The second decision was not an easy one too. I am quite against the idea of getting a maid, as I dont want to have a stranger staying in my house. You lose a lot of privacy, and there is added cost of paying her salary of $350, and her food and maintenance as well. Most importantly, I have heard so many stories about maids, none of which is pleasant.

However, after our discussions with our parents, it dawned on us that getting a maid is unavoidable as our mums are not able to help take care of the baby full time without a helper, after I go back to work. So the maid shall help out with the housework and help wash baby bottles and clothes etc. She will not, at least for the first year, be fully in charge of taking care of my baby.

After asking around and going to different maid agencies in Hougang Green Mall, we finally selected a Filipino maid to come in on 1 Sept, after my confinement. Well, at least this is one item down from our to do list..

Week 37+

By now, you must have realised that i have a new entry each time I visit the gynae. So this is no different. I have to see Dr Tan every week now. Today, I weigh 68.5kg and our little Kaelyn is at 3.2kg! At the rate she is growing, we estimate she will weigh about 3.7kg if borne near estimated due date. That's actually quite heavy! Hope she wont grow too big for a natural delivery....

The baby is not engaged yet and I show no signs of labour i.e. no contractions, no backache, cervix still not soft etc.. Looks like it's not going to be early, which is in a way good. There are still a couple of things we need to prepare for her arrival, like preparing her room. Have put up some disney posters and washed her clothes and bedsheets. I am thinking of buying a small drawer set to put all her clothes. Right now, they are in plastic bags, which is not an ideal storage place at all.

I had decided to stop working in office 2 weeks before my due date. Which means that yesterday was my last day in office. Going to work from home for 2 days next week, take annual leave of 3 days and start my maternity leave on 30 July 07.

If Kaelyn doesnt come out early, I would still have close to 2 weeks to exercise, make preparations and relax.....

Here's how I look now..

Sunday, July 15, 2007

Week 36+

Went to Dr Tan again on Friday (13 July). Weighed in at 67.9kg compared to my 66.6kg 2 weeks ago. I thought Dr Tan would surely comment on it but surprisingly she didnt! That's usually the first thing that she would comment each time we see her. Did Group B strep test today and results would be out following week. Think it's some type of test to see if my birth canal was infected. Dr Tan also told me to make sure the baby moves at least 10 times a day, and to do some breast preparation exercises. Also will have to see her once a week from now on. It means I am getting really very close to delivery!! Quite scared.... Oh, forgot to mention that our Kaelyn is growing v well. She's estimated to be 2.95kg! No wonder I am finding it more and more difficult to sleep and move around...

Talk about sleeping - really find it difficult now. I will wake up at least once every night to go to the toilet and a few times just to adjust my sleeping position. Think it's because the recommended sleeping position is to sleep on my left side, I will wake up if I were to turn to my back or right side, and also when I turn back to my left again. So all in all, I will wake up about 4 - 5times a night.... guess I will just have to endure this for another 3 more weeks.

Thursday, July 5, 2007

Names...

David and I have been cracking our brains, searching through internet and poring over dictionaries to come up with a name for our angel. Actually 2 names - 1 in English and 1 in Chinese. WE started off with the Chinese name - I practically flipped from the first to last page of the Chinese dict "Ci Hai" to get some inspiration of words I can use and their meanings. This proved to be very tedious and difficult. I didnt like any of those which I thought up of...

We then moved on to the English name, thinking it would be a breeze. But how wrong I was! Looked through 1800 names from web pages and only shortlisted a few. Amongst them were Kaelyn, Tricia, Deanna, Rina... The one I liked best was Kaelyn. Took me a while to convince David that it's really a nice name. Got some comments from colleagues and friends that they like it too! But my sis and Kae Shin it sounded more like a chinese name. But who cares, as long as it sounds nice.

So finally after months, we finally decided our little angel shall be named - KAELYN!!

Now, we have the Chinese name to tackle.... Any ideas??