Monday 28 December 2009

It's a BOY

Around 17 weeks, our Gynae guessed that it could be a Boy! We were so happy and wish that it could be true! True enough, the ultrasound scan at 20 week visit confirmed that it's a BOY! Our wishes come true. It's the first grandson of Daddy Htun Htun's parents and the very first grandchild of Mummy May's parents too. We spread our good news to parents, parents-in-law, relatives, friends...and even at Mummy May's FaceBook! The expected due date was 21/01/2010. He's going to be an Ox year born baby. Lucky enough that he's not a Tiger baby. Anyway, we were a bit afraid of Tiger baby boy after reading the characters and nature of Tiger baby boy.

Mummy May started to read books & googled a lot how to be a healthy mum, to give to an intelligent & heathy baby. Daddy Htun Htun queried around from his experienced friends.

Mummy May craved for Grapes and had a lot of grapes to relieve from the morning sickness and craving of grapes continued. Mummy learnt & made notes of DOs and DON'Ts during pregnancy. Mostly I had small fishes knowing that fish is the best nutrients to develop baby's brain. I avoided fishes with high mercury level.

Only thing that I found it difficult to cut down is coffee coz I love coffee and drinks 2, 3 cups a day. Yet I tried to cut down to 1 cup a day & chose decaf coffee.

We chose Mt.Alvernia hospital which is the nearest to our place and traffic is smoother compared to TMC. It's a private hospital and heard that the services there are quite good. We first booked double-bedded room and later changed to single-bedded room.

Mummy listened to Mozart music most of the time because I read that Mozart music can help stimulate foetus's brain. Both Mummy & Daddy talked to you, felt your kicks at night before we slept. Mummy had great time having our lil prince in my womb. My lil prince was so big even in my tummy and people thought that I was having twins. I was so blessed having our lil prince. Daddy kept smiling all the time as he pleased a great deal to feel you in mummy's big tummy.

Before 28 weeks, Mummy came up with a hospital bag checklist & we got to shop things which were to bring to hospital and got ready the bag.


Checklist for Hospital Bag
For Mom
1.    Comfortable robe (MAH provides)
2.    3 Nightgowns with buttons in front
3.    3 Nursing bra and nursing pads
4.    Underwear
5.    Warm socks with no-slip bottom
6.    Non-slippery Slippers
7.    Comfortable outfit you can wear home
8.    Sanitary pads (Extra Large Maxi Pads)
9.    2 towels (face, body)
10.  Shampoo,
11.  Conditioner,
12.  Deodorant,
13.  Makeup & cream puff or powder
14.  Lotion,
15.  Lip balm or Lip stick
16.  Hair clips, scrunches, barrettes
17.  Brush or comb
18.  Toothbrush, Toothpaste, Floss, Mouthwash

For Dad
1.    3 pairs of clothes
2.    underwear
3.    Towel
4.    Digital Watch (not needed  if the Video recorder has time display)

For Baby
1.    Car seat (not needed if you are comfortable to use baby sling)
2.    Newborn hat
3.    2 receiving blankets (wash in baby detergent in advance)
4.    2 outfits for your baby (going home & To take pictures)
5.    3 pairs of socks & mittens (MAH provides)
6.    Sweater or bunting if the weather is cold when going home
7.    Diapers and diaper bag (MAH provides)

Documents
1.    Birth plan (if have)
2.    Insurance cards or
3.    Credit card & ATM card
4.    Cash and change for vending machines, parking, etc
5.    All maternity medical bills (to be claimed back from MediSave)

Extras
1.    Electric heated massager or tennis ball (very helpful for lower back pain or leg cramps)
2.    Massage oil
3.    iPod or iPhone
4.    Some books and magazines, Journal & Pen (to kill time before labour)
5.    Camera/ Video camera (and SD card and fresh batteries!) (Make sure you can turn OFF the flash. This can be hard on baby’s eyes.)
6.    Extra pillow (MAH provides)
7.    Hard candy to suck on during labour
8.    Lanolin, if nursing
9.    Hand phones (loaded with phone numbers of friends and relatives) & phone & charger
10.  Refreshment & drinking water bottles for guests & ourselves

NB. MAH=Mount Alvernia Hospital, where I gave birth to my little prince

Name List for our little Prince

Mummy May also listed out English names for our little prince. Mummy came up with a list of a few great names meant for Lawyer, Doctor, etc. Actual names still depends on which day of the baby is born so we didn't finalize one yet till the baby was born.

AUSTIN (English)                Majestic, august, dignified, holy
ETHAN (Hebrew)               Steady, enduring, long-lived 
GABRIEL (Hebrew)             Man of God, man of God, hero of God (Boy/ Girl)
LEONARD (German)           Bold as a lion
LOUIS (French)                  Famous warrior
NATHAN (Hebrew)             Gift from God
NICHOLAS (Greek)             Triumphant people
RICHARD (German)            Strong ruler
REYNOLD (English)             Powerful adviser
RAYMOND (German)          Counsellor
SEBASTIAN (Latin)             One from Sebastia
JONATHAN                       God has given, or a gift of the Lord.
NICHOLAS, NICK                The victory of the people.
WILLIAM                           A strong and resolute protector, will, desire; helmet,
RITCHIE                            Brave and strong.
BRYAN                             Strong one, strength, power, force (Lawyer)
SAMUEL                           
God has heard, Asked of God. A name from the Bible (Lawyer)
KEVIN                              F
air, comely, gentle , Handsome, beautiful (Future Achiever)
NICK                                Belonging to the Lord (Doctor)
PETER                             A stone or rock. One of Christ’s apostles (Doctor)

As for the Chinese name, Daddy Htun Htun's father chose "Yong Kang" (Healthy and Strong). The Surname is "Su". Later we found out that "Su Yong Kang" is name of the famous Hong Kong singer. Hmmm...our boy is gonna love MUSIC, we guessed!

Monday 1 June 2009

Family Planning

We love children so much and have an ultimate dream to raise our own generations so we decided to have our first child. Both Daddy and Mummy wanted our first child to be a SON. We prayed for a Son from a Chinese God during our visit to a famous temple in Taiwan during our honeymoon as suggested by my mother-in-law.

Mummy May conceived our first bundle of joy in Apr 2009. It's first grandchild to Mummy May's parents.

We were so thrilled with the great news and went to double confirm with Gynae Dr Jen Shek Wek, David at Singapore Women Clinic, Ang Mo Kio. Yes! Confirmed!

Sunday 1 February 2009

Htun Htun & May


Daddy, Htun Htun Aung, and Mummy, May Thandar Win

ROM on 18 Oct, 2008 @ Jurong Spring CC, Singapore

Wedding Dinner on 16 Jan, 2009 @ Furama Riverfront Hotel, Singapore

Our love nest is at AMK (our first home) bought in Sep 2008

Our first honeymoon is at Taipei, Taiwan where we went the next day after our wedding dinner reception. We were over the moon 