And The Countdown Begins
27 Aug
It’s finally here.
I came home from work and found the cot all assembled by my dad and mom. Everytime I pass by the cot I tell myself, wow in about 3 weeks from now, a little tiny baby totally dependant on ME will be having her naps in this very cot. I constantly ask myself if she’ll take a strong liking towards me, if I’ll be the mom she thought she’d have, if she’ll be an easy baby or one that will keep her mommie up late at night, so many questions which I guess will be answered very soon.
The night the cot was up, I had this dream where I was breast feeding my baby girl. Both boobies had its turn. She looked so peaceful, full of innocence and cute!
In real life, one of my major concern is not being able to produce milk for her – I don’t know why this bugs me to no end but it does.
Anyway, I’ve been staying with my parents for the past 3 weeks because they don’t trust my husband in times of an emergency they say it’s easier for them to handle any pregnant/labour situation. Hence in the past weeks I have been chauffeured around (then again, this aint new!) to work, I get to eat mom’s cooking and more importantly I get to be pampered on a daily basis! The hubby of course comes over from work and stays till 10ish before he goes home. If I’m not too tired I try to go to our apartment for the weekend, otherwise he just stays with me at my parent’s place.
We had a checkup this week and Baby S is already close to 3kgs and we still have 3 weeks to go!! I told the hubby that she definitely has inherited the Punjabi genes somehow :D I suspect it could also be due to the amount of chocolates I’ve been stuffing my face with, heh. Total shopping spree $ as of today: RM2.9k. Woot.
We have also done a pre-admission with the hospital in case I go into labour any time soon so we wouldn’t need to spend a huge chunk of our time filing up forms. Now that’s done and taken care of, all I need to do is wash and pack up some baby clothes to be stored in a luggage together with my things to take to the hospital.
The husband is convinced that I would somehow spend time doing my hair first when I find myself going into labour, just because I was complaining to him about the strict no appliance rule the hospital has imposed. Bah. Guess the first thing the baby will see is a crappy looking mommie – makeup free and deranged hair! Then again, babies don’t have very good eye sight when they’re born isn’t it? Hmm….
Btw, does this place look familiar or what? 
Ahem.
You bet there’s more to come!
Hey girl… don’t worry about “not having enough milk” to feed ur baby. As long as ur body is healthy, it’ll produce sufficiently for your baby. Just make sure you start nursing as early possible & let her nurse as often to encourage milk production. More demand, production will increase.
If you have any problem, please call me and I’ll get my friend (a lactation consultant) to visit you.
By the way… watever u eat now will go to the baby. So go easy on the food. :P
And don’t worry about how u look during & post-labor. That’s the beauty of our own babies. They love us no matter what and it’s the same the other way.
*HUGS*
Hey Asther, thanks! Maybe I’m just being paranoid since this is my first time. Will definitely take your advice and will let you know if I need your friend’s help later on
That’s very true about babies not judging you and vice versa.
3 more weeks to go girl, or could it be earlier? Usually first born deliver a bit earlier.
Can’t wait to hear the happy news soon. BTW, u still look great in your hair.
Well I”m hoping it’s on the dot or better still, 21st so she can share the same birthday as my grandma
Thanks dear. Shall definitely update with the happy news soon.
wow, u did a photoshoot at the hotel! nice!!
Hehe yup! Wanted to do it at the pool area, you know Luna Bar that overlooks KL Towers? Unfortunately it was closed that day
I knew it! You were doing maternity photo shoot! Good call.
LOL you were spot on with your comment in my earlier post