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My Dear Owen

To my dear Owen,  Such a beautiful name, thank you for bringing us so much joy and even though it was short, it doesn't make it any less meaningful.  19.05.2020 As usual, I was going for my monthly check-up. With my second pregnancy, guess I've taken a more relaxed path thinking all will be pretty alright, nothing much to worry about since we have passed the first trimester and my pregnancy symptoms have lessened so much. I choose to actually go for check-ups by myself, it was just a lot less stressful not having to worry about work. I went at about 8.30am after having breakfast at mom's place, reach at 9.00am, and waited quite a while for my turn. I see women going in and out probably for their antenatal scans, thinking that was what I just went through last month, and together with the NICC reports. Thank god everything turned out okay, and we have been beyond excited knowing that Oliver will be expecting a little brother. Me and Steven also decided we will nam...

Movement Control Order - Day 23

I'm thinking this would be quite an interesting time in my life to read back someday! So after all the highlights of finding out I was pregnant in February, with the increasing number of Covid 19 cases in Malaysia, our new "backdoor" government decided that we will need to start restricting movement and closing down non-essential businesses.  Just the morning before the MCO was announced, I had this spider tingling sensation behind me that it's going to happen anytime soon. So I decided to get some supplies around town, some fruits and also bought some meat, a giant-ass pumpkin for Oliver all before the prime minister's announcement. Guess pregnancy does make those spider instincts somewhat more sensitive, later that day our government announced that the order will start two days later which is 18 March 2020. I was already well-stocked from my panic attack in January after seeing the Wuhan lockdown news but offered to take my mom to the wet market the next da...

The day I sort of found out

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I can't believe I am here writing this post again but my heart filled with uncertainties.  I haven't been feeling the greatest the last few weeks with Elaine's resignation, the possible sale of the company, Oliver having a hard time settling down in school. It has been kinda crazy, so even though we have been working around my ovulation cycle, I was not confident that I may be pregnant when my period was late. It could be stress, it could be emotions, it could be my unhealthy way of living, etc. I took a test the first day I missed my period, then again a few days later, all negative. I was certain it's just another false alarm this time. I was feeling sad and emotional, low energy didn't felt like going to the gym much but I went. I started feeling my heart rate climbing up really fast, my stuffy nose came back, it has been on and off the last few weeks, and I started feeling nauseated. I blame the coffee and the half-boiled eggs I had this morning and kep...