I guess by now, everyone that knows me or knows Tim, or knows my family, or my in-laws, already heard the news that I'm carrying the heir or the heiress of the NG family of Brunei. It's coming to the fourth month now and impending motherhood is kicking in slowly but surely.
How different do I feel, you asked? Well, let me disclose my experience of what I have / had gone through for the 1st 3 months (note: every symptoms differ from each individual. From the scale of 1 to 10, 10 being the easiest, suffer-free symptom, mine probably ranked no.3!) :-
1st Month - 4th week
I did my own home PT just for the fun of it when I realized my monthly strawberry jam cycle was delayed. Sit on the wc, peed in a paper cup, dipped the test strip....waited....and then.... 1st line appeared...then a faded 2nd line appeared visibly in slow motion. I openned my eyes wider then squinted it smaller and looked at it again (OMG!) Showed Tim the test strip and he couldn't stop smiling when I told him what it could mean. It was a picture perfect moment! Too bad I didnt snap a photo of his face then!
5th March, we went to the clinic and did another urine test, this time, the Dr confirmed the result and congratulated us (double OMG!). But we decided not to let anyone know yet as it was still at an early stage. Of course both our parents were the first to know about the result!
2nd Month - 6th week
The sickness began. Note, I do not have morning sickness. Instead, I had MORNING, AFTERNOON and NIGHT sickness. It was H.O.R.R.I.B.L.E! Whatever I ate, I'd throw up 5 minutes after I finished a meal. And then I'd get hungry again. So I had to eat AGAIN. Then I threw up AGAINN! This process repeated for at least 5 times a day. Sometimes it gets so bad that the nauseatic feeling would wake me up middle of night and I had to run to the toilet!
This went on every single day until I reached week 12th (3rd Month).
3rd Month - 12th week
Visited my gynae (Dr Yap, one of the founder of Fetal Medicine & Gynaecologist Centre and an obstetrician in Pantai Bangsar) and had my second scan with Tim by my side. He wasn't with me when I did my first scan with Dr Yap. So during this 2nd scan, Tim was so excited to see his little baby for the first time, lying on his/her back with his/her eyes, ears, nose, mouth, hands and legs properly formed in my womb. I became an instant celebrity amongst his peers and his staff as he cheeringly broadcasted to everyone he knows about his pregger wife and showed them the picture of his baby (in the womb).
Next week 18th May, I will have to go for my next scan and it will be exactly week no.16 then. 5 more months to go and a halloween baby will be born (that is if the baby comes out exactly on the date due).
What a complete change of events. I remembered this time last year, I was busy preparing for the wedding, selection of wedding gowns, photographers...etc. This time, it is the selection of maids, confinement ladies, baby cot and pram!
Busy year for the Wong and the Ng family that's for sure!
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