Malaysian Wife, Australian Life

Last weekend was another busy one for us. I was supposed to have dinner at a friend's place last Friday night but Michael ended up going alone cos i was all sick. Few nights before that, i actually vomitted again. A big one. It comes and goes. Some nights im perfectly fine. Then some other nights i'd just feel nauseous again and just so so blergh so Michael's been cooking quite a bit. I was glad i was all fine the next day for our 2nd & last antenatal class. This time, we didn't quite have enough time to play with more toys. There's lots of group discussions and it ended with a tour of the maternity ward. We learned more about all the drugs available for the labour, post natal depression and lots of information on how and where to get help after the baby's born. They not only help you whilst you're in hospital for the 3-4 days; when you get home, the midwives will come visit & help with the baby. Every new mother is entitled to this and it's ...

Belated Mother's Day Celebration Last Friday night, we took Michael's parents to Sea Level - a seafood restaurant at Cronulla beach for a belated Mother's Day treat. My SIL, Vicki & hubby Darren also joined us and we all had the seafood platter for two. It was HUGE and it was gooooooood! First time having watermelon juice here that's just like home! It was also a little thank you from us for all the many many things that they've done especially in this past couple of months in anticipation of the arrival of our lil'un. Seriously, i think 90% of the things that we have in our baby room or the new stuff that we've got for the house for that matter, came from Michael's parents -baby seat, my maternity clothes, my big comfy bolster that helps a lot with me sleeping comfortably at nite, rugs, curtains, to name a few. Whenever i ask Michael to get something done or discuss the things that we need for the house/baby room, he'd always joke that ...

I talked about babymoon earlier in my pregnancy: The term babymoon actually means a holiday that you & your partner take before the 1st baby comes. It's like honeymoon but with a baby on the way. It's the last one u have as a couple but the first one with the 3 of you. Last weekend, we had ours. It was not as long as our honeymoon but it was so much needed and i enjoyed every moment of it! We headed to the Central Coast, instead of going the usual south, and stayed at Mantra Resort , Ettalong Beach. It was supposed to be only about a 1 1/2 hour drive to get there but we had to battle thru Sydney crazy peak hour traffic after work on Friday and got there a bit later than expected. But it was all well worth it. We were lucky enough to get a room at the resort at a very good deal, thanks to Michael's super kind colleague who offered his family's apartment after hearing about how Michael wanted to take me for a babymoon. Well actually, Michael thinks it's part...

I started this entry a while ago but never got to finish it. It started with how much i was missing Michael whilst he was away. But now he's already back and i even celebrated my birthday yesterday so it's gotta be all about me now instead of all about him. :p Oklah, maybe a lil bit about him first. 2 weeks without Michael was kinda hard, especially with all the extra sensitive hormones floating around. But i had great help from my sister Wa, who stayed with me after Easter for another week. We did nothing much but eat, which you can read about in her blog. Another weekend was spent with my girlfriends. That was loads of fun :) Also, all those while that he's away, i know that my in-laws are only 10 mins drive away so i felt that i'd be okay. Anyways, he's back now along with all the goodies that i got from my family back home! So it's all goooooood! So i turned 32 at exactly 32 weeks yesterday. It felt a lil bit different this time. Normally i'd b...