So my bdae was spent putting my daughter to bed and hurriedly heading off to get my glasses altered and getting a facial done. This is how my nose suffered from all the squeezing of blackheads which were stuck in my nose for 9 months. 

Surprised my hus with his favourite drink before dinner. It wasn't a sumptuous meal as I didn't know what I can eat outside that's confinement-ish so I just had hor fun which was simply delish! Hahaha!! 

Other confinement myths that I've busted which so far didn't cause me any health issues: 

1) Bathing - I know some ladies are stringent and some follow the rule of not bathing for one month, but I CANNOT abide my that, as the weather's too hot! In fact, truth be told, I've been bathing TWICE every day. 

2) Traditional confinement food - I don't know what's confinement food. To me, it's just loads of ginger and red dates tea. That's my main meals for lunch and dinner. As for bfast, I usually have half boiled eggs or cornflakes. My grandma did mention that I should avoid cold drinks, so for cornflakes, I'll have hot milk instead of the one from the carton. So I have no idea what's confinement bfast.

3) Sleeping in aircon room - Old wife tales said that the confinement lady shouldn't be exposed to wind. But no, hus and I would still on the aircon if the weather is too hot, and my daughter sleeps extremely well in the aircon room too. 

So these are some of the confinement myths that I didn't abide. I'm not sure if my body will suffer 10yrs later, maybe I'll blog about the aftermath 10yrs down the road. 

This is my happy baby for now:

I really love her big eyes!! 😍😍

Leia says good night for now! Ciao! 

Life made simple

Life as a mum has taught me many things - your life isnt that precious anymore. But in a good way because now, everything I do, I have to think about Leia first. Being a mum really made me change for the better like what my Hus says.

I wanted to get a confinement nanny to help out, which my mum there after insist not to as she is a nurse cum trained midwife, so she knows better. However, due to some posting issues, she couldn't take leave and thus, I'm left on my own. I almost broke down, without hus knowing, but like I said, with a daughter, you must be strong! I keep telling myself that if I collapsed, what will happen to my daughter. So yes, I put on a brave front and did what TMC taught me - from changing diapers, to feeding, to pumping of breast milk, to bathing even. 

I'm proud to say that I'm a mother of a 12 day old daughter, and I looked after her solely by myself! :) Yes, it very tiring. Nowadays, I'm having only 1.5hrs of naps every 5hrs of being awake (this is also because I must continue with the pumping of breast milk every 3-hourly).

My appetite has dropped, and I think due to the massages that I'm getting from the massage lady, I've somewhat slimmed down. I haven't tried on my usual clothing due to the stitches. So I really can't wait for them to recover and don on my shorts, tank tops etc.

Call me insane, but after my stitches are healed, I'll start my jogging regime! Hahaha!! I've been jogging twice a week pre-pregnancy, and this is going to continue no matter what. I'm THAT determined when it comes to slimming down, that's for sure! :) 

This is me, 4 days after giving birth: 

Hope I can regain my previous figure! 

Spree 2

So I'm glad my first ever spree went well. The only downside is that I gotta mail them tomorrow! But since I'm in my "confinement" days, cw will do it on my behalf. I finally know what its like to so called "start your own business". Very gratifying indeed!

 

And now, I can run TheClothesShopp and look after Leia all together. Take it as extra "pocket money" since I'm no longer in the corporate world.

 

My next spree is blazers! Available in black and white! :) Readers can find out more about TheClothesShopp by liking our Facebook page here.

 

Pictures of the blazers are attached. I personally love the white one. Too many blacks in the wardrobe can be a downer at times. Black = bleak = dismay.

 

 

 

Really love the white to bits! <3

Princess Leia

I shall not go into details of labour, mine wasn't really a "naturally feeling contraction" kinda labour, as I was being induced, but after 18 hours, my darling daughter was born. It was quite an abrupt moment when suddenly my gynae just put baby girl onto my shoulder, blood and all. I looked at her face, my first reaction to hus was "she's not crying" and because she wasn't crying, I started crying. @_@!! Yea, dumb I know! 

So he just kept quiet, maybe because he knows better or Sth, but even when the pediatrician came in to check on her, she wasn't crying as well. That's when I asked the gynae "my baby isn't crying." I really cannot help it. New borns are supposed to cry isn't it? I think I made cw nervous because he looked at my face and told me to mop that up. The worse news ever was when PD took Leia away and said Leia will be in the NICU for observation. That's the last straw I! And that's when I said "WHY????!!!!??" 

Bottomline: Never ever give a crying mother bad news, she'll shriek at you. Hahaha!!! I guess I behaved like a mad woman, but hey, you cannot blame me when after all the shit and induction you go through, they're taking your baby away to the NICU with your hus along but without explaining why. It was when cw was back that's when he explained that because my water bag burst for 18hrs and I had fever in between labour that she might be infected. If you look at her legs when she just came into this world it's all pale: 

So hence that 1hr stay in NICU! But 1hour later, PD came back, said she's all rosy now and screaming at the top of her lungs! So yes! That one hour wait wasn't that bad too because after 18hrs of labour, they'll still ask you for your order of food! Hahaha!! 

I request for breastfeeding even though my milk hasn't been out yet, as I wanted to latch her on to stimulate the flow, hence I'm up at this hour blogging about this! Thanks to all those who came to visit Leia! 😁

And I'm extremely sorry about the incident about Cw's boss! He came with some colleagues over and when cw intro-Ed me to them, I blatantly said "oh... So he's the mean and lousy boss" RIGHT INFRONT OF THE BOSS!! Yes!! I know right! Sounds like some chick lit shit that happens. And I didn't even realised it till the next day! @_@!! 

This is totally my fault! No excuses whatsoever for my behavior! The ONLY consolation I can tell myself is - maybe this boss of his might actually get some little hint and change. =X But okay, my fault I know! Now I feel soooo bad and feel embarrassed for cw as well! Doesn't reflect well on him that his wife is behaving like that too! 

Moving onto lesser gloomy things, peektures of Leia, cw took this when I'm carrying her and I loved it when she's looking at me! 

Okay! Time to self-reflect! Bye now!!! 

My first ever spree accomplished! Jackets will take 5 days to arrive, afterwhich I'll be mailing them out at my earliest! Do not be alarmed if I can't mail them if by then, I'll be in the hospital or doing my confinement, hus will be mailing out the parcels on my behalf! Thanks for supporting TheClothesShopp! Webby will go live this month - dates to be confirmed.

This sticky describes my life now:

Spree #1

As the title suggest, this is a spree for jackets in this insane cold weather. I have only 8 more slots left, so do let me know if you're keen! Email me at theclothesshopp@hotmail.com or leave comments on either my Facebook or theclothesshopp Facebook page. :)

Peektures are shown below. These jackets come in pink, black and brown! You can get these for SGD$19.90 WITH FREE NORMAL POSTAGE! So don't wait!

I was looking at some of my friends family portrait and I felt sooooo heart warming. It's something I can't explain explicitly. I think this is something only mummies/daddies can feel. And no, it doesn't mean that because you're not one, you won't feel that warmth! It's just.... An unexplainable feeling! Haha!

Yes, we're all ready for little lady's arrival! Am hearing diff stories from diff mummies. So what I concluded on my own is: All natural and if possible (I dunno the strength of my willpower), no epidural! I told hus to remind me of constant future back aches and since he is giving me a 1-room stay in a private hospital, I'll save that 1k for him! We'll see how I fare.

My hospital bag is all packed now. Mummies-to-be, just a run down on what I'm bringing:

1) A whole pack of sanitary pads (overnight)

2) 2 packs of disposable undies

3) Baby clothes (I ziplocked them as its cleaner this way and easier to find everything in that ziplock)

4) Marriage cert (to register Leia; saves the hassle of going down to immigration center)

5) Admission letter + IC (I've put them

in a wristlet and placed it at the side pocket for easy removal at the hosp)

6) dry shampoo + dry body wash 

7) breast pump (I'm delivering at TMC and I know lactation nurses are there every morn, so best to bring the pump and bombard them with qns)

8) nipple cream

9) nursing bra 

10) 5-6 pcs of breast pads 

11) going home clothes for yourself

12) shower gel for husband (cw will be staying overnight with me at the hospital since its a 1-bedded so I'm preparing the shower gel for him)

A picture of my bag (I've placed my breast pump in a diff carrier):

Those in white are the breast pads and ziplock with Leia's clothings! :)

I just hope mummyhood will be a good journey for me! 

And because I don't need to be induce since Leia is at a healthy weight of 2.4kg,  I'm definitely a very happy mummy! Hahaha!! At least this means that my daughter can choose to come out when she wants to - when she feels it ready to see the world. 

In addition, I'm currently 1cm dilated. Mil says once dilation starts then anytime soon. Abit TMI here, but to mummies-to-be who wants to know how we are checked for dilation - your gynae will simply put her finger into your vagina, all the way into your cervix and well, measure. @_@!!

So now hospital bag has been partly packed. Waiting for some items like dry body wash and dry shampoo to be here. I really don't know how I'm going through labour pains. Loads of mummies told me don't even bother taking epidural as it will cause very frequent back aches and you'll suffer in the long run, so I'm trying not to opt for epidural. 

Like I said, it's either I die inside the delivery room or I come out with Leia. But for now, time to do my hair and make things easy for confinement. I'm not sure if I'm dating enough to opt for a pixie-style bob. I'm not Emma Watson, I can't pull that style off, but for the sake of confinement, I'll have to seriously think it through. 

This is a happy me now! 

Yes, I know I'm getting chubbier! Boo!