Pregnancy Diary : 22 Weeks Check up and Anomaly Scan

Last weekend we went to Island for our 22 weeks scan .
With Dr Eric , we did the normal scan.
This week at 22 weeks plus and we did the normal scan and some advice on the last blood test i took .
From the blood test result shows that my red blood cell level is low and glucose is also low .

I requested Dr Eric to measure the baby length and shows that she is around 24cm (head to toe) . Fainted ...so long .... no wonder my tummy getting really huge la .

She also weights 480g this week.

 Notice than every time we scan , her hands will be next to her face ...

 Her baby foot is so cute

We also did an Anomaly scan with Dr Maha .
Which tells you whether anything wrong with your baby physical parts.
We did 2 rounds of scanning .
1st round ...did all the scan of her body parts example the heart , brain , stomach .
Dr say tht her femur(tight bone) is a bit long  ....however is normal . Maybe baby is a tall baby ..

 Report shows no abnormalities .

She did one time 4D scan to see the baby face ... AGAIN the hands at her face ...summo showing peace sign !!

First time seeing her face ...she looks so perfect and beautiful .

Marcus and I were saying that she has sharp nose ... hopefully la ... if follow my nose ...really not tht nice .

Dr send us for 30 mins walks and ask us to drink some sweet things to make her move her face towards the camera ... but this girl seems to not want to move . The only thing moving is both her legs ...kicking non stop .

This week at 22 weeks ... i am weighting around 42.5kg .
Tummy is getting huge ... having problem squatting and climbing up the stairs makes me out of breath .
However force myself to continue going to Zumba and active walking .

Pregnancy Diary : Benefit of Exercising

This week i am now 20 weeks 3 days which indicated that i am into my 5th month of pregnancy,

I am now 41.5kg comparing to my pre-pregnancy weight of 38kg (1 kg from regensburg trip) .

I feel the same as past few weeks, energetic . My constipation gets better these days , which i think due to more fruits intake and i didn't feel that hungry anymore. First few months of pregnancy , i get hungry like every 2 hours and i tend to eats lots of carbo hoping to last me longer throughout the day. However for the past few weeks , i tend to not feel hungry anymore during tea break session and dinner. I ate really light meals for dinner such as apple and cornflakes or milo and conflakes or example today crackers with jam .

As for exercising , i did not stop exercising even when i found out i am pregnant.
Now in week 20 , i cut down a lot from my pre-pregnancy routines such as no more body combat classes.

I just do not understand why the society treat pregnant lady like they are retard . When you tell people that you still goes to gym , they prob open their mouth and gap in horror .

I have friends telling me you shouldn't go to jogging or gym and of course i know they only meant well.
However tons and tons or articles on the internet and doctors encourages women to continue exercises even after you get pregnant.

Of course you shouldn't do any strenuous exercise or contact sports such as football or bungee jumping.

Here's an articles on 33 reasons to exercise : 33-reasons-exercise-now

Please go ahead and exercise or encourage anyone you know who are pregnant to exercise . But of course please consult your doctor before proceed.

And ....please please please do not discourage anyone to exercise ...it is very discouraging.
I know how it feels ....

Germany 2015: Wurstkunchi Regensburg

First thing that i did after drop my luggage off is to head for breakfast . I was surveying on tripadvisor about what to eat for breakfast around Regensburg old town .

Top of the list is this restaurant , Wurstkunchi  which located next to the old stone bridge. This place is one of the earliest open daily from 9am-7pm. 

Located of the restaurant , red box in map below.

 There's only one single storey building next to the bridge . Very obvious

 one of their condiments- chilli powder i think ?

 Menu in German ... can only understand coca-cola and cola-mix

 first customer of the day . Wanted to sit outside but is fucking cold .

 Loaf of breed to accompany the meals ... ate 3 of them ...taste very nice

 since the weather is so cold , ended up ordering warm lemon tea

 main meal - choose 6 pieces of sausages sited on a bed of pickles onions.

Total bills $13.30 , They charge like 3 pieces of bread for $1.80 . So expensive.
I find the portion really small for $9.00 . Taste wise , their mustard really special.However the sausages itself really really salty .
However throughout my stay here , i realized that all German foods are all salty.

First timer , please please please try this .

Biggest Phobia as a Mother -Over-Sacrificing

My babybump apps shows me that i still have 145 days to go before i officially become a "Mother".

I am married for around 5 years already and we just recently celebrated our 5th anniversary last week. 

I have been putting motherhood away for such a long time. Everytime everyone ask me when you planning to have a baby , i was like ...i'm waiting for the year of monkey. To the society , this is a much better answer than telling people that you hate children and never wants to have kids, 

Somehow years pass by very fast and suddenly this year is the year of the monkey.. and somehow these people remember mind answer to them last few years .

And Marcus also already pressing to start trying for a baby.Honestly we was trying during our Kyoto trip however when i found out im going to Regensburg , we stop trying.

Somehow God manage to find a way and bless up with this baby girl .

I was never one of those ladies who goes oooo and ahhhh on babies and never like to layan toddler or children.In my opinion children are just annoying and dirty and so are toddlers .(Just being honest here ya and don't judge). I am happy with having Shortie around to keep me company and having the freedom to spend all the time I wan and what i want to do with my money. 

My biggest phobia / worries of being a mother is I see that a lot of mother sacrifice so much for their children and family . Some mothers give up their full time job just to spend more time with their children growing up or spend all their time cleaning up , cooking and manage their children.There is nothing wrong with doing this if you don't regret them later .

However some mothers i observe , they give up everything for their children and when their kids grow up and seldom come home or don't give them any allowance when they are older , they tend to become bitter or depress. 

Some mothers fight over their husband because of their children and ended up having divorce or grow apart from each other. 

I know of some parents who life revolve around their children that they no longer spend time together as before marriage. 

I am worry that i become like that . Give up my time, my hobbies or time for my children that ended up me losing my individuality.

Overall the society especially mothers like to judge other mothers even before your child is born.Mothers are expected to sacrifice for everything and everyone. Mana boleh like that. 

One example, i tell everyone that i will only breastfeed for 2 months only and everyone was like why you treat your baby like this ..bla bla bla . Just damm annoying .. this is between me and my daughter and of course i know breastmilk is good and things like that but very mar fan to keep going out from production to pump . Camon , my mother and Marcus mom don't even breastfeed us and we turns out fine. 

Having a baby also lead to sacrifice of sleep for both parents but especially mother . I am also worried that when the baby comes along , we do not have time for each other anymore . 

Ended up , we hire a baby sitter to jaga our baby from Sun night until Friday night . And with this , everyone is judging us too.

Sometimes , just have to ignore what the whole world think and do what you think make yourself happy.I do not want to regret at my death bed that i give up learning make up because i want to bring my daughter to music class or regret that i did't go to Italy just because my daughter needs to attend school. You only live your life once . Do what make yourself happy !! 

Business Trip Regensburg Flight Penang to Munich

After waited for nearly 2 years , finally got the chance to go to Regensburg for business trip ....Yippie ...but bad news is that i have to travel in late Nov which is during winter .

Took Singapore airline from Penang to Singapore to Munich
Flight from Penang to Singapore is only 1 hour 25mins
But the flight from Singapore to Munich took 13 hours .

Check into Premium Lounge for dinner before took off 

 Silk air punya seat really huge .. just look at the space ...

 Serve some chicken puff with apple juice ... manage to finish all even tot makan dinner before the flight

 Transit in Changi airport 3 hours plus ... lucky downloaded a lot of nice books to read ...

 since going to be in ah moh country for 2 weeks and summo im the typical asian lady ...better have my last rice meal first . Dunno whether Germany have any rice meal or not

 they provide amenities bag

Supper serve after around 2/3 hours take off . - choices between fish or chicken. This fish takes sucky ..

 breakfast - either omelet or noodle .... since i hate eggs so no choice lo ...
In between meals /supper has more choices - ended up asking for some potato chips and sandwishes while watching in flight movie

Reach Munich early in the morning at around 6 something