6 Days

That is the no. of days left before the EDD date that my doc has given me. I have not gained any weight since last week and bb's weight was also almost stagnant. Bb has not moved into my pelvis hence she isn't engaged yet.

Initially I was worried that bb will come early now I wondered when she is ready to meet the world and as a friend mentioned, breath in the air in Singapore. Most of our friends had given birth 10 to 14 days earlier then the EDD. Only one of my friend gave birth 5 days after her EDD date. Even the confinement lady called me and asked me if I had given birth. She was worried that I forgotten about her.

I have started taking my leave to stay home instead of going to work as I have to clear my leave which were brought over from the previous year. Friends and colleagues have been nagging at me telling me to rest at home. I was just simply afraid that I will be bored since I am so used to the hectic working life. Its a good thing that its the long weekend so hubby is at home with me on Monday.

Bb, when will you like to meet the world?

Not yet

Yes, I am still around at home and going to work tomorrow. The gynae just confirmed that bb is fine and that she has grown amazingly in just one week. From 2.6kg to 2.9kg (almost 3kg)! Previously she just grow 200g every 3 weeks but this time, 300grams in just 1 week???!!! Now I am afraid that she might be a little big for natural birth, but the gynae said it should not be a problem and that I should give it a try.

I had stopped driving for a while and has been taking cabs around quite a bit. Most of the taxi drivers are quite nice when they see that I am pregnant. Some even give me advises as they are fathers or grandfathers themselves already. However the taxi driver I met yesterday was the most scary one.

He changes lane without checking if there is any vehicle in the other lane. He does not even know where is Far East Plaza, so I gave him directions on how to get there. Even so, he almost wanted to take the Thomson Road Exit on the CTE when I already informed him that its Cairnhill Exit. When he turned into Far East Plaza, he striked the curb. I got off the cab after we paid him. I was afraid for my own life.. I kept thinking what if we get into an accident?? I might not feel so frightened if I am not pregnant.

The worst thing is that I think I dropped my phone on his taxi! I called the cab company but nothing....The worst thing about loosing the phone is the contact list. So friends, do sms me your mobile no with your name so that I can rebuild my contact list.

Beanbag

When we were young most of our parents used a bean bag to prevent us to getting a scare if there is a sudden loud sound or movement. I checked online and found that there were a few stores selling such things. I told hubby about it and he suggested trying to make it on our own. I was a little septical initially as I was not sure whether we were able to get the bean sprout husk from the market vendors.

Since there was no harm trying, hubby tried to ask the veggy vendor on a Sunday and they gave us entire plastic bag! We started picking the husk and separating it from the rest of the mess. I Google for the weight of the bean bags are on sale in the market and got the mass required. Although the weight required was just 220grams but it was a lot! The husk were very light thus we under estimated the quantity required. It took us more than a day to get the weight required.

Dear hard at work separating the husks from the rest of the mess. Look at the huge plastic bag beside Dear. That was just part of what the veggie vendor gave us.

The husk which we had separated from the rest of the veggies
A bag was then sew to contain the husks. I took the spare cloth which my mum has at home and make a small bag. Then we placed the husk into the bag and finally sew it up and we are done!
The bag that I had sew.

The finished product.

My colleagues asked me why we go through all these troubles to make the beanbag. Well it was kinda fun and I wanted to do something for my bb. I have always felt that I have not done any thing for her yet. Some mums have been reading or talking to their babies while they are still in their tummies but all I did was to work. I hope that she doesn't hate chemistry when she is in this world as I am preaching chemistry everyday as part of my job.