Announcing the BIG news

Hello there, Happy Mid Autumn Festival to all. Its been quite a while since I last updated but I had a very good reason for the disappearance.

I've successfully conceived!! Not 1 but 2 babies!!! Cannot describe how wonderful this is to us. And before anyone asks, yes there. is history of twins on my side. I've got fraternal twin cousins-a boy & a girl and our babies are conceived naturally.

We found out my pregnancy on week 5 n it was purely based on my instinct since I'm gonna for toning zumba that very day, I decided to take the test early morning juz to be safe.

Was still slply while waiting for the results but I broke down when the 2 lines showed up clearly (not even faint) on the kit. We waited 3 long years for this day and all I did is to cry. Haha

Since it was bestie's bday, I decided to let her know the news as a pressie to her. Hehe not even Mr Love know yet and she got to share the joy with me for 5mins b4 it's Mr Love's wake up time.

Mr Love cannot comprehend why I was so excited in waking him up this morning but let out a "Finally" when the news finally sinks in. Ok,now you know how hard we tried. Haha.

Mummy was the next to be let known of the news and as usual she act cool, like she expected it and it is not exciting. But I know deep down she is even more excited than us cause subsequently, she called twice to remind me what to take note from now.

Mr Love decided that we shall keep a low profile this time and told no one else after this. Not even his family.

Was scheduled to collect my HSG results and Mr Love's sperm results 2days later. The doc's reaction was epic when I told him I was pregnant after he patiently explained our results to me. He only stop short of hugging me when I told him the good news. He recommended a senior gynae to me and help me to make an appointment for 1st scan on wk7. So there you are, I decided to stick with KKH this time round since I had promised mummy earlier and also I had been having checkups here for the past 3years.

Wk 7 was like a super long way away. I was paranoid about my baby well being. Didn't even know it was twins then. I literally stop all other activities except to go work. Weekend was spending lying on sofa.

I get uptight every time I feel the discharge, rushing to toilet to see whether it's blood or not. I get afraid of peeing for fear of seeing blood. I cannot even begin to put into words how much I hope this pregnancy would work out and I will finally get to hold my child.

Wk 7 came and because of work commitments, Mr Love and mummy couldn't go with me. Was abit scared of going alone but nevertheless I went on bravely. Teared up abit when the doc told me that he confirmed my pregnancy and showed me the little blip in my tummy. I was sent home with folic acids and told to report back on wk12.

Morning sickness or whole days sickness start to set in by now and I will vomit out a mouthful of food after every meal. Not too pleasant but itz an indication that my baby is growing and so I'm very willing to go thru it. I started to get sore gums that night. Sometimes so painful that I juz couldnt slp. Nothing I do will make it go away. Suffered 3wks of this. And every night I would chant the name of Goddess of Mercy to make myself calm down and sleep. Its my way of praying for protection from Goddess of Mercy for my child.

On a morning in wk9, I experienced some pain in my pelvis area and was alarmed. It was normal in the initial weeks but not now. Called gynae who advised me to make a trip to a&e for a check up. 

My heart was thumping in taxi all the way to the hospital and on top of it, I had cleverly asked Mr Love not to come down since there will be docs n nurses there and its a busy day for him. But I can feel his anxiety over the messages.

When the doc on duty did a vaginal scan for me, he asked what did my gynae told me on the previous visit. Nothing special I said and then he turned the screen around to show me the 2 babies in my uterus. I was told that I'm carrying twins. Again I cried. This must be the hormones acting up since I don't cry that often. 

The pain was due to expanding uterus for my babies and I was given some hormones pills to support the twin pregnancy and was sent home. Called Mr Love immediately after I came out from consultation and he was practically screaming with joy. Twins. It is juz so surreal.

Told mum who was in Malaysia to help us pray to Goddess of Mercy since it was her birthday on that day. She got so happy that she went to tip the coach driver who drove her to JB. Muhaha.

And so, I was told to report to KKH ADC on wk 12 for my Oscar scan and also some blood test prior to that. 

Its another 3wks of waiting b4 seeing my babies and I was a nervous wreck. Never mind the morning sickness was killing my appetite, the constant tiredness was draining my energy away and I sleep everyday at 9pm but will wake up at 3am for a toilet break b4 trying to sleep back. Even mummy noticed that I am out of energy since the calls are always short and I did not ask her out for dinners anymore. 

Mr Love on the other hand,went all out to make me as comfortable as possible. Relieving whatever household duties I have and minimize weekend activity for fear that I get too tired. I can wake up at 9am for breakie and go back to sleep till 2pm b4 I'm due for a snack and then sleep till dinner time. Then will hit the sack at 9pm again. All the sleeping couldn't replenish my energy though I'm practically doing nothing. Muhaha. But I'm blessed with a good hubby who did not once complaint about my laziness and still try to think of what to cook for us on weekend to ensure that we are having the right nutrients. He took up all the house work willing and never once complaint. For these, I know I'm blessed :)

Mr Love was able to take leave for the wk12 scan and for the 1st time, he sees our babies live on the screen. I can see him looking intently at the screen and 1 of the twins start waving at us. It was a magical moment and I knew Mr Love was touched.

Results came back looking good but we were told that I'm carrying MC twins which means they are identical twins sharing a placenta. It's considered a more high risk pregnancy than other twins pregnancies. We were told go go back every fortnightly after wk16 to monitor my babies well being.

I was scared stiff after hearing these but I knew I had to be strong for my babies whom came to us after such a long wait. Tried to maintained a positive mind set though sometimes I will secretly worry a bit.

I talk to my babies every night during shower time to encourage them to share their food and grow well together so that Mr Love and I can get to welcome them into the world where we have so much to share and teach them. Everyday without fail I will give them their prep talk. Haha. Mr Love on the other hand is tasked to kiss them on my belly b4 bedtime to let them feel his love.

Wk 16 scan came and we cleared the 1st hurdle. My heart was already in the mouth b4 the scan and I can hear and feel my heartbeat clearly while waiting for the scan. Need to learn to relax more so that my babies would not be kan cheong spiders next time.Haha.

We are hitting wk17 today as I typed this post and on this very special day of family reunion I would like to share this good news here.

Pray for us to have a smooth pregnancy and my babies will be born healthy and safe for there is nothing more I could ask for at this time.