Give Thanks!

Give thanks with a grateful heart

Give thanks to the Holy One

Give thanks because He's given Jesus Christ, His Son

Give thanks with a grateful heart

Give thanks to the Holy One

Give thanks because He's given Jesus Christ, His Son

And now let the weak say, "I am strong"

Let the poor say, "I am rich

Because of what the Lord has done for us"

And now let the weak say, "I am strong"

Let the poor say, "I am rich

Because of what the Lord has done for us"

Give thanks with a grateful heart

Give thanks to the Holy One

Give thanks because He's given Jesus Christ, His Son

Give thanks with a grateful heart

Give thanks to the Holy One

Give thanks because He's given Jesus Christ, His Son

And now let the weak say, "I am strong"

Let the poor say, "I am rich

Because of what the Lord has done for us"

And now let the weak say, "I am strong"

Let the poor say, "I am rich

Because of what the Lord has done for us"

Give thanks

Merry Christmas 2013!

Merry Christmas to one and all! It's been an eventful year and the year is coming to an end. Before the end of Christmas, I just want to tell my love that I really do not have any things that I want for a present. All I want for Christmas, is you! And it's true! 

You are the best gift God has given to me. You know I heart practical things. Right now, I really do want to minimize the things that I have so that I can make space for Rachael's things. So the most practical things that you have given me is your love, attention and effort put in all the little things that is big to me. Below is a non exhaustive list of things that I really appreciate you for: 

1) Loving me unconditionally.

2) Putting my interest before yourself in everything e.g. Staying in Aljunied even though you have to wake up very early to travel to the west and then rush back to have dinner with me back in the east. 

3) Scratching my back for me whenever I requested for one. 

4) Massaging for me when I really need a massage. If you had not massaged me during the days when my rib cage was in pain, I wouldn't have recovered so fast. 

5) Praying for me when I'm not feeling well and when I'm in pain. 

6) Spending lots of money and time to make the car and bedroom comfortable for Rachael and me. 

7) Accompanying me to every gynae visit.

8) Willing to sacrifice your personal time for me and Rachael.  

9) Always loving me even when I'm not lovable. 

10) Paying for my food and giving me "allowance" when I'm dry financially.

Too many to list... 

All and all, I just want to say that you have already spent a bomb on me, materially and practically. So there's no other presents that I need except YOU. 

I LOVE YOU, KEN YEOH!

Candlelight Service 2013

We had our Candlelight Service 2013 last Saturday! Finally had a chance to take pictures with hubby and friends. Can't really remember why hubby wasn't around with me last year. Only remembered mum, Joreen, Chloe and Charis took pictures with me. Anyway, here are the photos for this year! 

What a beautiful day it was to be with loved ones. Thank God for all of them! 

Pain got worse on Friday

Yes.. By the title, you will know that my pain got worse... It spreaded from just the rib cage area to my shoulder and back. All happened after I made my way to school and parkway for lunch. I guess it's either my heavy backpack or the car seat. I guessed it's the car seat that gave me a wrong posture and caused me to be in excruciating pain thereafter. 

When I got home, I had difficulty lying down on bed. The pain was sharp and feels like muscle spasm on and off. I cried when I called the gynae's clinic to ask for advice because it was too painful to bear. 

So I rested at home the whole of Friday. Thank God I'm feeling much better now. Last night, I had a coughing spell before sleeping. The itch wouldn't go away unless I cough it out and it's so painful to cough. I'm really gonna stop eating chicken, eggs and prawns for the time being. Got to stop my irritating cough! 

Praying for total healing!!

Painful lower right rib area

After Anilia's wedding last Sunday, I've been feeling a nagging pain at my lower right rib area. At first, I thought it was caused by my very tight bra. But the pain lasted for the whole week and hurts whenever I coughed. 

I read up on the web and there are some who said that such pain could be caused by the growing of the baby pushing the organs against the rib cage. Even the gynae said it might be because of that mentioned above or because of my cough. 

So well, there's no remedy to the pain. I just had the bear with it. The ultimatum came when we were celebrating Wendy's birthday a few hours before. I coughed, and I "heard" and feel my rib cracked! At that instant, I experienced a sharp, excruciating pain at the same spot. Till now, I'm blogging because I can't sleep well at all. Every turn and movement causes pain. 

I guess there's nothing I can do except to bear with the pain and move slowly, waiting for the pain to go off on its own, praying for that relief to come soon. I need a miracle!!! 

Test for gestational diabetes...

Intended to wake up at 7.15am. In the end, I was awakened by hubby's messages at 6plus and couldn't sleep because I was so excited that he's gotten permission to accompany me to the hospital! But of course, it's at the expense of one Saturday burnt next year. There's no free meal in govt sector. 

Anyway, I was really happy. Not a bit worried. Somehow, there's peace in my heart. I guessed, that's the peace of God. 

We reached the hospital early at around 8.10am. I was told to collect some urine samples then started my first drawing of blood at 8.30am. The nurse looks so much like Shun Ai!!! Sweet looking, gentle and nice. It wasn't painful at all! After that, I was given a bottle of orange syrup to finish before leaving the room. It's not as bad as what others had said. Just tasted like very concentrated orange syrup. Then I was told to collect second urine sample at 9.20am, did second drawing of blood at 9.30am. Third urine sample was at 10.20am and blood at 10.30am. 

After fasting since 12 midnight the day before, it's the first time I actually have problem collecting urine. There's not much water left in me. I really had difficulty getting those water out of me. 

Also, after all the tests are done, I registered mysef at gynae's clinic, took blood pressure and weight. All's normal for me. Then we went for breakfast. Finished a bowl of mushroom soup and half a curry puff from Delifrance. After food, we went back to gynae's clinic. Stood around waiting for our turn because it's so crowded and there's no seats for us. I was told to do urine test again!!! Really no water came... So I gulped down some water. Didn't expect myself to suddenly feel giddy and nauseas. I went to the toilet but couldn't close the door in time to puke all my breakfast out. Feel bad for dirtying the toilet and making the aunty work so hard.

After that, I felt much better. Found a seat to sit down and wait for my turn. Hubby and I were really glad to hear that the report came back negative, which means, I'm not down with gestational diabetes. We did ultrasound scan for Rachael and heard her solid heart beat again. Everything is well with her, except that she's slightly bigger than the size she should be in. (I guessed it must have been the durians that I ate previously...)

Anyway, everything went well. Thank God for the peace and protection over Rachael and my health. Thank God for good reports! Thank God for such a wonderful hubby! Thank God for everything!   

Rachael Yeoh Rui Chyi

We are in week 24! I can feel Rachael moving more these few days and I'm suspecting that she's going through a growth spurt now... Cos for the past few weeks, I've just been eating my normal big portion of 3 meals a day. However, these few days, I've been feeling hungry after 4-5h even after eating rice! Well, I hope that also mean that I'm digesting better now. 

Anyway, I was explaining to friends on FB about how we get Rachael's name. I guess it will be good to document down everything here too. 

We started with Raphael. Raphael is an angel of healing. Hubby said we always hear about healing but never really experience it for ourselves. So Raphael will be God's gift on healing for us. 

Then to match Raphael, we thought of Rachael. Rachael was the wife of Jacob in the Bible. She's very beautiful and this her name means beautiful. 

Using the sound of Rachael, we decided to call her 睿绮. 睿 means wisdom and 绮 means beautiful. We hope that she will be wise and beautiful. 

Not just that, hubby suggested that her name be spelt as Rachael Yeoh Rui Chyi because Rachael has 7 alphabets, Yeoh+Rui has 7 alphabets and Rui+Chyi has 7 alphabets too!!! 7 is a number of perfection. Jesus=777!! So there we have our beloved's name. Rachael Yeoh Rui Chyi, 姚睿绮!

Looking forward to see my beautiful. :)