Precious #2 has finally arrived on 23rd Apr 2008.
Yeah.....it's a bit too late for such announcement..w.ell...I just feel the need to at least officially announce his birth...afterall this blog is created for him and about him.....
Precious #2 is officially named Roy Ethan Goh and his birth details are as follows:
Birth weight : 3.27kg
Birth height : 49cm
Birth time : 11.36pm
Birth place : SJMC
Well, there wont be any regular posts here from now.....as mommy is busy juggling her time for her 2 boys! Adios!
Thursday, July 3, 2008
Thursday, April 3, 2008
A freaking 0.99mm!
As the saying goes "Never take things for granted..."
We always take it granted whenever we come across such statement....dont know abt the rest but for me...it is! and it's a freaking less than 1mm of measurement that is making my life filled with 1001 questions and worries.....
What am I talking about?
well......as from the previous post...u all should know by now that I've been worried about the condition of my unborn child's kidney which is detected to be slightly larger than the other....
So I had my scheduled check-up on Wed night to see the further development of his condition....
Well...not so good apparently....cos we've been hoping that the water in thes kidney should be reduced b ythen but it d idnt. But the good thing is....according to my doc is that it didnt get any larger too....as she was worried before that. And all is a difference of 0.99mm from the other normal kidney! A freaking 0.99mm which makes all the differences and creates the alarming panic in us! Well, as usual I asked the same few questions again...
"What could be the worst, should the kidney stays that way till my baby is born?"
"Well, we'll have to send your baby to the paediatrician to have a more thorough scan on his kidneys and we shall see from there."
"Any other possibilities?"
"Yes! Let's hope that the water in that particular kidney will be passed out through his urine once he's out on his own. And then your baby will be fine." - which is what we are hoping for right now should the condition remains til his birth.
"Any other possible complications?"
"We'll have to monitor your baby for at least a year after his birth for any further complications."
Well, nothing much can be done except for my fortnightly check up to monitor Precious #2's slightly-larger-than-the-other kidney condition. And of cos to play the wait-and-see game until Precious #2 is out on his own!
I NEED THE STRENGTH TO PULL THROUGH THIS.........am telling myself to think positive positive positive!
We always take it granted whenever we come across such statement....dont know abt the rest but for me...it is! and it's a freaking less than 1mm of measurement that is making my life filled with 1001 questions and worries.....
What am I talking about?
well......as from the previous post...u all should know by now that I've been worried about the condition of my unborn child's kidney which is detected to be slightly larger than the other....
So I had my scheduled check-up on Wed night to see the further development of his condition....
Well...not so good apparently....cos we've been hoping that the water in thes kidney should be reduced b ythen but it d idnt. But the good thing is....according to my doc is that it didnt get any larger too....as she was worried before that. And all is a difference of 0.99mm from the other normal kidney! A freaking 0.99mm which makes all the differences and creates the alarming panic in us! Well, as usual I asked the same few questions again...
"What could be the worst, should the kidney stays that way till my baby is born?"
"Well, we'll have to send your baby to the paediatrician to have a more thorough scan on his kidneys and we shall see from there."
"Any other possibilities?"
"Yes! Let's hope that the water in that particular kidney will be passed out through his urine once he's out on his own. And then your baby will be fine." - which is what we are hoping for right now should the condition remains til his birth.
"Any other possible complications?"
"We'll have to monitor your baby for at least a year after his birth for any further complications."
Well, nothing much can be done except for my fortnightly check up to monitor Precious #2's slightly-larger-than-the-other kidney condition. And of cos to play the wait-and-see game until Precious #2 is out on his own!
I NEED THE STRENGTH TO PULL THROUGH THIS.........am telling myself to think positive positive positive!
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Different every pregnancy
Had my fortnightly checkup with my gynae last monday (16th March) and was eager to see the growth of my baby...
when suddenly Delaila said "Hmmm...I see a slightly bigger kidney on ur baby!"
That really sent us pressing the panic button.....
"Can u explain further, doc?"
Apparently Precious#2 has a slightly larger kidney than the other and Delaila told us that it's quite normal at this stage of my pregnancy and the baby tends to pass urine in my womb now. So at times he might not urinate it all and save some in his kidney, hence, having extra water in his kidney. Well, even if doc told us not to worry first..naturally as a mother, esp, i got all stressed up and came up with 1001 questions......
my subsequent question was "what's the worst tht could happen if the water didnt reduce as we hope it would?"
doc: " well..the water usually reduces after a while but in the worst case scenario......ur baby might hav damaged kidneys! but i shall not make u panic...we shall see again 2 weeks from now......the consoling part here is that if ur baby were to have some kinda kidney disease, we can usually see both kidneys' size being enlarged...but in ur case, it's only one kidney which is larger than the other....so lets hope it's only extra urine tht he will pass it out soon"
so....i've been praying real hard that it's not gonna give us any worry and i just cant wait to see the doc next week for more confirmation!
see.....it's always a risk in every pregnancy and it's different cases in every pregnancy.....first it was Zach's case in his 4th month of life inside me....now Precious #2 just doesnt wanna lose out on his share of giving mommy and daddy the scare of their lives!......
when suddenly Delaila said "Hmmm...I see a slightly bigger kidney on ur baby!"
That really sent us pressing the panic button.....
"Can u explain further, doc?"
Apparently Precious#2 has a slightly larger kidney than the other and Delaila told us that it's quite normal at this stage of my pregnancy and the baby tends to pass urine in my womb now. So at times he might not urinate it all and save some in his kidney, hence, having extra water in his kidney. Well, even if doc told us not to worry first..naturally as a mother, esp, i got all stressed up and came up with 1001 questions......
my subsequent question was "what's the worst tht could happen if the water didnt reduce as we hope it would?"
doc: " well..the water usually reduces after a while but in the worst case scenario......ur baby might hav damaged kidneys! but i shall not make u panic...we shall see again 2 weeks from now......the consoling part here is that if ur baby were to have some kinda kidney disease, we can usually see both kidneys' size being enlarged...but in ur case, it's only one kidney which is larger than the other....so lets hope it's only extra urine tht he will pass it out soon"
so....i've been praying real hard that it's not gonna give us any worry and i just cant wait to see the doc next week for more confirmation!
see.....it's always a risk in every pregnancy and it's different cases in every pregnancy.....first it was Zach's case in his 4th month of life inside me....now Precious #2 just doesnt wanna lose out on his share of giving mommy and daddy the scare of their lives!......
Monday, March 24, 2008
Drama after drama....
it's been sooooooooooooooooo long since i last made a post here.....
well.......loads and loads of events took palce for the past 2 months tht coming online here and posting new blogs was somehow not in the list of my things-to-do list.......
it was madness after the CNY celebration and our fabulous Bali trip.... just when i thought i could finally settle down and enjoy the final stage of my pregnancy with much anticipation for the baby's arrival................the show begun.........
FIRST, it was the sudden bleeding tht i had tht i had to be hospitalised and be on total bed rest......and given some injections....mind u....they were excruciatingly painful jabs! i'm not kidding cos i know i hav kinda high pain endurance but those jabs were simply much more painful than normal jabs...even the doc and nurses warned me tht before the injected me........hmmm.....pain and suffering a mother needs to go thru......
it was indeed a roller coaster ride for me n hubby.....not to mention the baby inside me which gave us all the biggest scare in my pregnancy.........to cut a long story short...everything went back to normal after abt a week but i was warned by the doc to never...NEVER carry anything heavier than 1kg!!!!
SECOND, Zach was down with high fever, bad cough and flu....argh..................... it was one drama after another..... i was totally drained out....emotionally and physically......couldnt sleep peacefully for many nights cos i needed to monitor his temperature and all........then his vomitting and all.......a total of 3 freaking weeks!!! he just got better last week
THIRD, i caught the flu bug myself after tht! needed a week to recover......
so tht's abt it.......the roller coaster of my life for the past one month!
well.......loads and loads of events took palce for the past 2 months tht coming online here and posting new blogs was somehow not in the list of my things-to-do list.......
it was madness after the CNY celebration and our fabulous Bali trip.... just when i thought i could finally settle down and enjoy the final stage of my pregnancy with much anticipation for the baby's arrival................the show begun.........
FIRST, it was the sudden bleeding tht i had tht i had to be hospitalised and be on total bed rest......and given some injections....mind u....they were excruciatingly painful jabs! i'm not kidding cos i know i hav kinda high pain endurance but those jabs were simply much more painful than normal jabs...even the doc and nurses warned me tht before the injected me........hmmm.....pain and suffering a mother needs to go thru......
it was indeed a roller coaster ride for me n hubby.....not to mention the baby inside me which gave us all the biggest scare in my pregnancy.........to cut a long story short...everything went back to normal after abt a week but i was warned by the doc to never...NEVER carry anything heavier than 1kg!!!!
SECOND, Zach was down with high fever, bad cough and flu....argh..................... it was one drama after another..... i was totally drained out....emotionally and physically......couldnt sleep peacefully for many nights cos i needed to monitor his temperature and all........then his vomitting and all.......a total of 3 freaking weeks!!! he just got better last week
THIRD, i caught the flu bug myself after tht! needed a week to recover......
so tht's abt it.......the roller coaster of my life for the past one month!
Monday, January 14, 2008
What's in the name?
Hmm......we totally forgot how we came across the name ZACH and how we finally decided on that name for him....Must be those books and finally realising that it'll be easy to pronounce in the Malaysian context.....yeah...we considered all angles when we decided on the name...the only possibility was it being pronounced as Jack.....and true enough......he's called "Jack" by some people until today....even his school teacher calls him "Jack"...urgh!!!! I got so irritated by her pronunciation that I actually corrected her.....in a nice but sarcastic way...."erm..his name is Zach. U know..as in XYZ? Think she must have got my sarcasm and is embarrassed by it......I'm stil lwodnering if she still calls him "Jack"....something to ponder
Well, that's not as bad as some stories I heard from friends whose kids' name were pronounced so badly that they could be jokes! For example:
1. Charlotte being pronounced as Char-Lot-Teh! No joke ok! Poor girl........
2. Phoebe as Poh-eh-bee (that's my niece's name and I heard it with my own ears, someone pronouncing it that way...urgh!)
So, now we are faced with yet another dilemma.......naming Precious #2! I went through the internet and all...trying to get some ideas on what to name him.....since we know it's gonna be another male.....boy! it's not easy at all! I have personally always liked the name Sean.....it's just such a nice and classic name....so much so when my nephew was born almost 6 years ago that I suggested that name for him and his daddy immediately registered him under that name. Next was for another nephew (hubby's brother's son)...whom we briefly suggested the same name and they immediately decided on that name! Yes...I now have 2 nephews named Sean!
When we found out that Precious #2 is gonna be a boy.......our heachache starts again.....
Zach and Sean are our all-time-favourite names and they are both taken! I secretly regret that I suggested Sean to my cousin/bro in law for their sons....should have kept it for my own son....ya ya.....but who knows right? I was so crazy hoping to have daughters all this while..never thought I'd be blessed with 2 sons instead.....
So the hunt begins.........boys' names........argh....it's not easy at all!
We have sort of made a shortlist of the following names (with feedbacks and potential mispronunciations and all):
1. Roy (my 3rd choice after Zach and Sean. So perhaps we shall name Precious #2 that..but hubby still wants to consider other names.......so it's not confirmed yet. Gotta crack our head for a 2nd name like kor kor's [Zach Ryan Goh] cos Roy Goh sounds funny....)
2. Nick (got a call fr Vee warning me not to name Precious #2 that cos that name reminds her of someone who's useless and hopeless) - so it's gonna be off the list!
3. Scott (such nice name...to me that is..but he's gonna risk being called "Cot" by those who are not English educated, or those who cant pronounce the letter "S", and those kampung aunties and uncles) No way I'm letting my son's name being mispronounced!
4. Joshua (both of us love this name as well as it sounds soothing and proper) But it's gonna be out of the league as how Zach is named cos Zach has a 2nd name and Joshua doesnt need any more 2nd name......I know I'm fussy but I cant help it......I know some ppl said I stress out myself for nothing.....but not for me lor.........a name is gonna be stuck to a person for all his life and I must ensure that it's a nice name..at least tht's something nice and permanent that I can give to Precious #2 once he enters the world!
5. The rest of the names that we came across and are in our list of considerations are Jayden, Aidan, Al, Ian (Ling made me realise that it's gonna look like LAN for some - so I think it's most likely a NONO!, Brad, Isaac, Ethan (2 very nice but common names for the current generation/era), Don, Ron, Rex, Lex, Dex...the list is still going on..........
Suggestions anyone? hehehe
Well, that's not as bad as some stories I heard from friends whose kids' name were pronounced so badly that they could be jokes! For example:
1. Charlotte being pronounced as Char-Lot-Teh! No joke ok! Poor girl........
2. Phoebe as Poh-eh-bee (that's my niece's name and I heard it with my own ears, someone pronouncing it that way...urgh!)
So, now we are faced with yet another dilemma.......naming Precious #2! I went through the internet and all...trying to get some ideas on what to name him.....since we know it's gonna be another male.....boy! it's not easy at all! I have personally always liked the name Sean.....it's just such a nice and classic name....so much so when my nephew was born almost 6 years ago that I suggested that name for him and his daddy immediately registered him under that name. Next was for another nephew (hubby's brother's son)...whom we briefly suggested the same name and they immediately decided on that name! Yes...I now have 2 nephews named Sean!
When we found out that Precious #2 is gonna be a boy.......our heachache starts again.....
Zach and Sean are our all-time-favourite names and they are both taken! I secretly regret that I suggested Sean to my cousin/bro in law for their sons....should have kept it for my own son....ya ya.....but who knows right? I was so crazy hoping to have daughters all this while..never thought I'd be blessed with 2 sons instead.....
So the hunt begins.........boys' names........argh....it's not easy at all!
We have sort of made a shortlist of the following names (with feedbacks and potential mispronunciations and all):
1. Roy (my 3rd choice after Zach and Sean. So perhaps we shall name Precious #2 that..but hubby still wants to consider other names.......so it's not confirmed yet. Gotta crack our head for a 2nd name like kor kor's [Zach Ryan Goh] cos Roy Goh sounds funny....)
2. Nick (got a call fr Vee warning me not to name Precious #2 that cos that name reminds her of someone who's useless and hopeless) - so it's gonna be off the list!
3. Scott (such nice name...to me that is..but he's gonna risk being called "Cot" by those who are not English educated, or those who cant pronounce the letter "S", and those kampung aunties and uncles) No way I'm letting my son's name being mispronounced!
4. Joshua (both of us love this name as well as it sounds soothing and proper) But it's gonna be out of the league as how Zach is named cos Zach has a 2nd name and Joshua doesnt need any more 2nd name......I know I'm fussy but I cant help it......I know some ppl said I stress out myself for nothing.....but not for me lor.........a name is gonna be stuck to a person for all his life and I must ensure that it's a nice name..at least tht's something nice and permanent that I can give to Precious #2 once he enters the world!
5. The rest of the names that we came across and are in our list of considerations are Jayden, Aidan, Al, Ian (Ling made me realise that it's gonna look like LAN for some - so I think it's most likely a NONO!, Brad, Isaac, Ethan (2 very nice but common names for the current generation/era), Don, Ron, Rex, Lex, Dex...the list is still going on..........
Suggestions anyone? hehehe
Precious #2 at 22 weeks....moving n kicking non-stop!
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