double chins, just like daddy

its 20 minutes to midnight... three days away from christmas... THE WIFE just finished breast-feeding junior and is turning in, while i am in front of the comp hacking away... THE WIFE does most of the waking up in the middle of the nite to breast-feed, while i do most of the bottle-milk feed every other time... which is not often because junior seems to prefer breasts to bottle... hmmmm...

we were at the docs yesterday... it was our last visit to him... we were there for checks on THE WIFEs stiches and to run some test to see if everything is all right... we brought junior along and this would be the second time the doc meets him... well the first time was when he delivered him...

doc: hello... lets see... does he looks like the father or mother.....
THE WIFE: they say the father... got his eyebrowns and mouth...
doc: hmmm.... he looks a little like the both of you actually....
me: thats a first, most people said they looked like me...
doc: hes got big eyes... very alert.. right... today we are going to check the wound and do a pep smear... its shouldnt hurt too much...
THE WIFE: okay...

THE WIFE hop on the bed and the nurse readies her.. while i chatted with the doc

doc: she seems to have lost some weight...
me: is it? how heavy is she?
doc: 54.5kgs.... she was at her peak at 65 kgs....
me: how much was she when we first came?
doc: 45kgs.... slowly lah, it takes time...
me: can we take a picture together? you, us and the baby?
doc: sure....

the doc did the test and we took a picture after that....

doc: now the results for this test will be in in two weeks, if everything is okay, you dont have to come back but if theres something wrong, we will call you and make an appointment...
THE WIFE: okay...
doc: hope to see you again for your number two then...
me: for sure... in a year's time, we will be back.....

no tom dick or harry

its 10.30 in the evening, i just finished feeding junior and the wife is putting away junior's washing.... yup... thats been our routine for the past one month.. the night feeds, dirty diapers, cranky baby and the odd "shooting pee at daddy when he is changing me" stunt... hours of fun...




we went back to the doc for juniors injection last friday... its been a month since we got junior... yup, junior is one month old... this is a new doc, nice fella... shifty eyes though.... we got there at 10.50 for a 11 am appointment... the clinic was empty.. and according to the list on the wall, there seems to be a whole lot more boys than girls and tom dick and harry isnt as common a name as what everybody thinks... i am glad juniors name is not on that list... it wasnt long before juniors name was called...

doc: hello... how are you?
THE WIFE: he seems to be having a running nose
doc: yah, about the running nose.. theres nothing we can do about it.. hes still small, so hes nose is still small, he will outgrown the running nose when his nose gets bigger...
me: you mean we can actually wait out the running nose and he get better by himself?
doc: yah, its not a good idea to give him any medication at such a young age.. maybe if you like, i can suggest a spray solution... it will soften the mucus and he wont have any dried up mucus in his nose...
THE WIFE: okay...


the doc proceeded with the check up and gave junior his jap... junior was screaming at the top of his lungs... hard to believe someone so small can be so loud... the whole check up, injection and "ocean water" spray set us back by about $75... we got our next appointment in two months time, hopfully by then, juniors nose wont be running anymore... hmm...

lunch time baby

its 12.15 on a sunday afternoon, THE WIFE is giving junior a bath, me mum is looking on and i am just being helpful by staying out of the way... for some reason, junior seems to take his bath quietly when me mum is around.. i think its the power of mums.. when mums out-numbers kids, the kids tend to toe the line and be angels....

i gave the in-laws and me mum a call at 7 that morning... they showed up just about 11.. the funny thing is, this is only the fourth or maybe fifth time that they met....

the doc showed up again at 1 in the afternoon... after giving THE WIFE the once over again, he declared that THE WIFE is fully dilated and we are ready to push.... everybody got into position..... we have been to the pre natal class, THE WIFE have read all the books she can get her hands on regarding child-birth, i have spent many hours over coffee with friends who have recently became daddies.... but nothing can really prepare us for this... after 20 minutes of heaving and pushing.. the doc decided that THE WIFE is not pushing right and he has to assist...

doc: shes not pushing right, we have to used the suction cup.
me: okay......
doc: we will place this cup over the baby's head, and when she push, i will help to guide him along... it would be easier for her and less stressful for the baby..
me: okay...
doc: dont worry about the head being pulled out of shape... new borns have soft skulls and should regain their orginal head shape after 1 or 2 days....
me: okay....

after the doc did the necessaries, the wife pushed one last time and juniour was out.. the nurse turned to the clock on the wall...
nurse: time of birth, 1.55pm
doc: congratulations, its a baby boy... that was the easy part, the hard part is bringing him up...
me: hmmm....
the doc finish up the procedures and shook our hands...

me: does this means our appointment this thursday is cancelled?
doc: well, unless you want to put him back... you will have an appointment next week to check on the stiches..

the doc rushed out the door before i can thanked him.... then it hit me.... the doc's clinic closes for lunch from 12 to 2... maybe thats why he showed up at 1... hmmm..........

Happy Halloween

its 12 in the afternoon... the mother in law is fixing lunch, THE WIFE is still in her PJs, junior is sleeping in his cot and i am waiting for lunch.... yes... the day has come... and gone... it was one week ago today that THE WIFE have the insperation at three in the morning, we made our way to the hospital at four.... she was hooked to a machine at five, the doc came at seven, the epidural kicked in at ten and junior pop at 1.55 in the afternoon 31 oct... halloween baby..... it was one heck of a ride.....

when we first got to the hospital that morning, the nurse did a once over of THE WIFE.. she was already dilating 3-4 cm....

me: is that good?
nurse: well... shes seems to be able to take the pain very well... the lady next door was screaming for epidural and she has only dilated 2cm..... are you sure you can take the pain?
THE WIFE: its sort of like the monthly cramps... its still bearable....
nurse: WOW... the reading is in the 100s and you still can take the pain, most people would be screaming when the machine reads 30 and above... i think you dont need the epdiural liao... can save the $700, go home and buy many many black chicken to eat...
me: hmmm......
nurse: try the gas... take deep breaths when you feel the pain.. the doc would come about and do his round later....
THE WIFE: okay...

our regualr doc came about 7 in the morning...
doc: hows everything? you got the epdiural yet?
me: nope, i think she can still bear with the pain
doc: well, let the nurse know when you need it
THE WIFE: okay
me: so, when you reckon it will be? late morning, early afternoon?
doc: hopefully...

it was not until 10 in the morning when the nurse did another once over that THE WIFE decided that she cant take it anymore... she wanted the epidural.... she has dilated 5-6 cm by now..... there goes the many many black chickens.....

for some reason, that day seem to be a hot date for giving birth.... the delivery suits left and right of us seems to be full of action, followed by babies crying......

peekaboo

its four-thirty on a sunday afternoon... the sky is blue, the grass is green, i am getting fat, THE WIFE is getting cranky... yep, its a beautiful sunday afternoon of doing nothing but lazing around and surfing the telly....

we were at the doc last thus... we are in the final leg of this whole pregnancy thingy... its week 37 and technically we are full term... junior should pop anytime soon..... this week we are suppose to do the CTG or something.. sort of to hear juniors heart beat and see that they are normal...

we went into the docs office and after the usual Q and A with the doc, THE WIFE hopped on the bed...
doc: well looks like you havent put on too much weight... the baby weights about 3.2 kgs.... the dimenions looks okay..
me: how about the head? is it alright?
doc: its looks okay, its at week 38.. and you are at week 37... the body, the legs.. looks okay.....
me: can we see the face?
doc: okay, lets see now... here it is... cant really see much...
doc: have you decided a name for him? i have a patient whose name is louis, he name his daughter vuitton...
THE WIFE: louis vuitton??
doc: yah, i have no idea why people would name their kids like that... have you decided a name for him yet?
THE WIFE: yah... jayden....
doc: sounds okay... now the nurse will bring you next door and do the CTG for you...

we went to the next door and the nurse hooks up some padds on THE WIFEs belly... and then i can hear it... juniors heat beat... its sort of fluctuating between 130-170 beats per minutes...

me: is that normal? for the heart beat to be fluctuating like that?
doc: yah, it is... that is normal... i will fix the next appointment for next week and hopefully something will happen by then
me: you mean that he will come before next week?
doc: yah, hopefully...

Ready to pop

its 9.30 in the morning and the haze is getting from bad to worst, this morning it recorded a psi of 103, unhealty range... its sorta like genting, instead of the coolness, we got the smokeyness... THE WIFE is on the can and i am on the com... this could very well be the last week where we can go about our own business like nobody's business... come next week, theres a very high chance that junior will come along with his business and mess up our business.... hmmm....
we were at the docs last nite... and as usual, there was a queue even before the opening hours... after the last visit, i have decided that i will not put up with outdated magazines and brought along my own newspaper... i was half way through the nuclear thingy with N.korea when THE WIFE name was called...

doc: hello... i see you have only put on 1 kg since our last meeting, thats good... any complains? is he moving everyday?
THE WIFE: yes, he seems to be having the hiccups three times a day and i am having some problems with my piles, i thought i was having the bloody show...
doc: if its the show, then it should be sticky, like mucus... nothing to worry about, piles are just oversizesd veins with thin walls, they rupture when they have friction,i will give you some cream for it... the test results for the last test is back, it seems that we have some infection in the birth canal, i will give you some antibiotics for it, it should clear up...
me: i am concern about the head..
doc: well, theres nothing we can do about that, we can only monitor the head and see that it dont get too big during birth.. lets see how the baby is doing today..

everybody got in place...

doc: yah, his head is at week 38 and you are at week 36... he weights about 3.1 kgs now, above average.... and see his hands here? looks like he dont want you to see his face...
me: what should the average weight be?
doc: about 2.5kgs
me: huh? he was 2.8 the last time we were here...
doc: yah... i will fix the next appointment for next week... where i will check if the cervic is soft enough, if it is then we can start to induce, if not maybe we will have to go for a ceaserean.. we will see next week and take it from there...
me: huh??
doc: you see its like a fruit, you can add medicine to quicken the rippening, but sometimes you cant... it all depends on the cervic... we will see if it is suitable next week, then we can set a date and take it from there...
me: oooooookay.....

now i am nervous... i dont know when it will happen, THE WIFE dont know how it will happen and junior most probably dont know what happen...

Jayden Chua Ren Jie

its seven thirty in the evening and i am waiting for dinner to be ready, home made pizza... no wonder my diet plan doesnt work.... ever notice that the word "diet" starts with DIE??... hmmm........

my old man handed me this piece of paper last night, he has finally decided on juniors name.. its gonna be Jayden Chua Ren Jie, for the life of me, i have no idea what that four string of chinese charaters meant but according to him, it actually contains all the best things in the world, he also reckons that if you read from left to right, you would get Jayden Chua and if you read from right to left, you would get JieRen Chua... cool... how many guys out there can actually say that their mandrain name comes with a chinese poem?

we were at the doc last thus, it was week 34... we were the fourth couple in the waiting room, and i was reading some super out-dated magazine, you would think that with the money they make, they should at least have the decency to keep the magzine updated... no luck here...

we were in the docs room before long... the doc was explaining to us that we are very close to the due date and usually a check would be done to make sure that theres no risk of infection in the birth canal, he mentioned something about a test and got the nurse to ready THE WIFE while he proceeded to put on rubber gloves... usually when a doc puts on rubber gloves or for that matter, when anyone snaps on a pair of rubber gloves, you know it aint gonna be pretty..... the test was simple enough, just a swap and it was over.... and than it was back to the usual scanning

doc: hmmm.. everything looks okay, but his head is a little big though... the body is of week 34 and the head is of week 37.
me: should i be worried?
doc: well, theres really nothing you can do about it... we cant really see his face yet, hes got it up against the wall here... so now he has turned around.. his head is down here and his feets are up here....
me: should i be worried about the head thing?
doc: hmmm... dont worry, it shouldnt get too big that he cant come out the normal way... hes about 2.8 kgs now....

back at his table.... the doc was taking some data from the computer and drawing on some chart on his medical report...

doc: you see, his head is in the 90s percentile while his body is in the 70s percentile..
me:should i be worry about his head?
doc: theres really nothing we can do about it now, what have you been feeding him?
THE WIFE: eh, isnt it suppose to be what is he drawing from me?
doc: yah, you are right, theres nothing you can eat to really affect his growth. it all depends on what he draws from you... okay, see you in two weeks time and hopefully, we can see his face...if not, you are going to see him in few few weeks time anyway.

with that, we said our thank yous and good-byes... its a two week wait till we can get another scan at junior again... now i am starting to call him big head... not many guys can actually go around and proudly tell people that their junior have a big head... hmmmm....

what the inside of a bellybutton looks like

its 5 to 10 in the evening, THE WIFE is in front of the telly and i am in front of the PC... seems like our faces have to be constantly looking at a screen... we are enjoying it while we can, because when junior comes along, the PC will miss me looking at it, as will the telly.... hmmm.....

we were at the doc two thus back, there was only one couple before us, i was just staring at the six fishes in the tank in the waiting room, when our name was called..

doc: how are you this week? do you know how many weeks this is?
me:ehh, 32?
doc: good, you know... you are at 32 weeks and 1 day... so far any complains?
THE WIFE: i am starting to feel pukey again, cant really eat much too, seems to be full very fast
doc: well, the baby is taking up a lot of space, most of your internal organs are pushed up and squeezed together, thats normal... lets see how the baby is doing..

we all got into our respective places, by now we know the drill like the back of our hands...

doc: hmmm.... the baby looks all right, he is about 2.2 kgs now... the average is about 1.8-2 kgs... so he is a little on the heavy side...
me: does he still have a big head?
doc: well, he looks okay now, all the measurement looks all right.... cant really see his face though, he is facing the other side... looks like you still wont get to see his face....

back at the docs table...

me: so when will we actually decide if its going to be a normal delivery or a caesarean? is the baby going to get too big?
doc: anything below 4 kgs, we will go for a normal birth, we will only do a caesarean if its above 4 kgs.... dont worry, going by this rate, he will only be 3.5 kg, max...
me: okay..
doc: and the moon cake festival is coming, try to watch the mooncakes... dont want to over do it
THE WIFE: will try lah

our next appointment is in two weeks time, by my own reckoning, junior with come along late oct/early nov... i alrealy lost a big part of my freedom when i became a hubby, looks like i am gonna lose the rest of my time when i became a daddy....

seeing is believing

its 7.15 in the evening, its a cool evening after a rainny day. THE WIFE is on the phone yakking to her friend about her wedding plans and i am in front of the computer after a heavy dinner... at 88 kgs, i am still the chairman of the 80s club, junior got some big shoes to fill...

we were at the docs two thusday back... we were into our 30th week... 10 more weeks to go... THE WIFE is starting to get the morning sickness again and i am starting to get cranky.... the doc must be doing a roaring business, his clinic is not open till 7 in the evening and already there about 7 couples waiting outside his locked clinic..... after half an hour of waiting in the waiting room, it was finally our turn...

doc: good, looks like you havent put on too much weight, the mid autmum festival is coming, better watch out for the mooncakes... try to control..
THE WIFE: very hard leh,i seem to have the sweet tooth again...
me: hmmmm.....
doc: let see how the baby is doing....
after a few moments...
doc: hmmm.... heres the head of the baby, you are in week 30, the baby's head seem to be at week 33 and his body seems to be at week 31...
me: should i be worried? is he going to have a big head?

doc: at this point of time, theres no need to worry.... he is about 1.8 kgs and the average is about 1.5kgs..... lets see if we can see his face..... nope... hes not letting us see his face... oh and heres proof that he is a boy...
me: cool... can i have a picture of that?
doc: if you want... cant get a picture of his face, you want a picture of his other end is it?
me: does this comfirms that he is a boy? (i know, i am not a very bright person)
doc: eh.... to the best of this machine.... yes..

our next appointment is in two weeks time, by then junior better be letting the doc snap a picture of his face, or else theres gonna be some butt kicking come his birth day...

above average

its nine in the morning, THE WIFE is feeling a little under the weather and i am home away from work... we just put up this curtain in junior's room, and i must say, the bunny is obscence... do they actaully do this for children's bedroom? well-done IKEA (the bunny on the left has a tail, the bunny on the right has a black circle on his you know what should be)

we were at the docs last thus, i lost count how many visit this is... come to think of it, i lost count how far into it we are..... but i do know that we have our appointments on thusdays, once a month... and next visit onwards, it would be every other thusdays, later it will be every thursday till junior pops.......

ANYWAYZ.... we were at the docs last thusday... they made THE WIFE took her weighht twice... sorta to comfirm her weight... it wasnt long before we were urshered into the docs office....

Doc: hows eveything? i see your weight has increased slightly, thats good compared to the big jump the last visit... you off the milk?
THE WIFE: yah, been watching my diet
me:mmmmmm
Doc: lets have a look see at the baby, see if we can snap a picture today... hmmmm... his arms are blocking his face... he weights about 1.45 kilos, the average is 1.2, so he is above average.... (wounderful machine the docs have)
me: so hes turning to be a big boy?
Doc: yah, but we dont want him to be too big, might have problem during birth... we will aim for a natural birth but if it cant be help, we will have to do a caesarean..
me:mmmm
Doc: looks like we cant take any pictures today, maybe we will try again in two weeks time.
we were back at his desk...
Doc: before you go, let me touch on the ambilical cord blood.... the blood is good, if you dont harvest it, they would throw it away..... it can be used for the baby himself, his siblings even his parents... give it some thought, i have some brochures outside, i think it cost about 800 for the whole procedure and then later 250 every year... you have to decide before the due date..
THE WIFE: we went to the baby class, they told us it was about 1200..
DOC: you get the brochure outside, call up this lady and say that you are my patient, can have discount
me:hmmmmmmmmmm

a doc with connections... how handy...

Whos your daddy?

its 20 past 5 in the evening, THE WIFE is watching some discovery channel program, when i am home on mc.... food poisoning.. i have been having the runs since last nite, and it aint a pretty sight.......

we went to the doc yesterday, we are into our 6th month... by now, THE WIFE is getting big... bearing in mind that she used to have a 28 inch waist, now she is almost as big as i am... i guess its a common thing that when the wives are pregnant, the husband will also put on some weight... the funny thing is, my weight has not really gone up, in fact i still weight the same as when i first came out from NS, abut ten years ago... i just got more wave-like around the mid area.... i still jog every other day, but you know you are in trouble when every step you take, everything shakes... and in case you are wondering, thats me in the bottom....

we got to the doc at about 7.30 in the evening... as we were the first couple there, we were sent into the docs office as soon as he was ready...

doc: so hows everything?
THE WIFE: everything is fine, i stayed away from the sweet stuffs, cut down on carbo and have been taking more fruits... but i think my weight is still going up.. is there a normal weight where i should be?
doc: yah, you put on 3.5kgs since your last visit, what else can we cut from your diet?... you should be increasing slowly, at this rate, you are almost "there" in fact you "owe" me some... are you taking any milk?
me:nope
doc:well, lets take a look at your baby and see hows things....(THE WIFE jumped on the bed, the nurse dim the lights the doc flick on the screen and i take the my position just behind the doc... i love it when everybody knows just what to do...)
doc: the baby's measurement looks okay, the diameter of the head looks normal, the weight of the baby is about 480 grams, the baby is of average weight, not too big, not too small.....
me:so everythings fine?
doc:yah.... maybe next visit we can do a 3D scan of the face, see how the baby looks like, hope the baby is facing the right way....
THE WIFE:okay....

and with that, concludes our 5th visit to the doc.. time flies, in about 3 months time, i will be someone's daddy... and i can get to use that infamous line "your father tell you" on him and not be faulted for it... cool......

No more milk

its 10.30 on a monday night, THE WIFE is watching desperate houswives and i am desperatly trying to wack some pesky houseflies.....

we went to the doc three days ago... we were into our 20th week, this is the week when our blood test results comes in (the doc took some blood from THE WIFE to run some tests during our last visit) this is also the week when the doc will do a complete scan to check on juniour, check all his organs and stuffs...

we got to the doc's half an hour early, the waiting room was packed... standing room only.... the nurse did the usual blood pressure test and weighing for THE WIFE while i was trying to make out which episope of futurama was showing on the telly......

its wasnt long before our turn and we were in the docs room

doc : hello, how are you? i see you are putting on weight...
THE WIFE : yah, i put on four kilos in four weeks
doc : how you been eating well? hows your diet?
THE WIFE : everythings fine, its just that i seem to be craving sweet stuffs and fizzy drinks more
doc : you should cut down on the sweet stuffs, not too healthy... eat less starchy stuffs like rice and bread... have you been drinking milk?
THE WIFE : yah, once every morning
doc : maybe you should stop that... the baby is getting all the nutrients from the pills i have given you, we dont want the baby to grow too much else you might have some difficulty during birth... (NUTS!!!! i spent big bucks on some top of the line milk formula for pregnant ladies and the doc is ordering her not to drink it? she's not even half through the tin!! what the hey am i suppose to do with the rest of it? drink it myself??? i swear this is the reason why the husbands put on weight when the wife is pregnant....)

with that, THE WIFE hops on the bed and the scaning begains

doc : lets see now... good, everything looks alright, theres four fingers, you are suppose to see only four fingers because the thumb is on a different plane, if you see five then you should worry...
me : hmmm...
doc : there, more comfirmation that he's a boy, see this turtle head here? if its a girl you will see a hamburger, if its a boy you can see a turtle head, and this is a big turtle head...
me : hmmmmmmmm...
doc : his spine, heart, kidneys, stomach, ambilical cord, brain.... lips looks okay.... everything is fine... of course ultra-scan is not 100%, but its a very good indications of things....

after the scan we were back at his table..

doc : the results are back, and they look good.. the the cut off is 1 in 250, yours is 1 in 8020... thats a very good number... that would put you in the low risk..
THE WIFE : okay, thats good
me : must she stop drinking milk completely? maybe she can cut down and still drink a little? (this is my last ditch effort to get the okay for THE WIFE to drink milk again)
doc : it would be good if she stops competely... theres all the vitamits and nutrients she needs in the pills i am giving her.... (double NUTS....)

we will be due for an appointment in another months time... and maybe i will try to push the milk agenda again....

thats my boy, the flasher

Its four thirty in the afternoon, THE WIFE is having her usual post-pre nap and i am just shooting the breeze at the computer..... the wife is complaining that she is not putting on weight and that her tummy is not showing... now, thats something you dont hear women say everyday... i reckon most pregnant women would be envious of that... to put on as little weight as medically allowed, with as little stretch marks as possible..... the whole "look at me, i got my figure back ONE day after giving birth" every woman wants that.... right??

we went to the doc's in the morning... it will be week 16.. this is the week when i am suppose to fork out big money to pay for a package, blood tests and all that stuff... this will also be the week we find out if junior is gonna be a he or a she....... i had an agreement with THE WIFE, she will name the boy, i will name the girl... this way, one of us wins no matter which way junior swings.... she settled for Jayden, while i am still in a toss up between April and Sophie....

we got to the docs at ten in the morning... THE WIFE did the pee test and the nurse explained to us the blood test.. after that we went in to see the doc.... THE WIFE complained that she cant take milk, the doc explained that it could be due to the taste... THE WIFE mentioned that she is not putting on weight, the doc agreed..... after that she hoped on the bed...

doc: lets see now... the baby looks all right.... heres the head, it looks normal... heres the spine... heres the heartbeat.... lets see if we can tell if its a boy or a girl.... do you want a boy or a girl?
THE WIFE: either case is fine, but i think HIS MOTHER wants a boy....
me:hmmmm.......
doc:well.... looks like you wont have any pressure... its a boy.... see this little thing between the leggs?.... 99% sure its a boy....
me:hmmm......
doc:dont worry about the weight thing, the baby is fine, thats the important thing and as for the tummy not showing, for most 1st time mothers, the stomach muscle are still tort, it will hold the tummy in.

after the doc drew three tubes full of blood from THE WIFE, we made the next appointment for four weeks later. the whole package and blood test set me back 750 bucks... but at least i will get to see the doc for free till delivery day..... estimated 15 NOV.... four days after me own dad's birthday... how cool would it be if my junior and my senior were to share the same birthday?

the best words you can ever hear

Its just past four on a sunday afternoon and THE WIFE is having one of her post-lunch pre-dinner naps... its unbelievable how much a pregant lady can sleep... she is feeling better though, she is not throwing up as often, in fact, after she stopped taking milk and the folic acid pills, she has not been puking at all....

we went to the doc last thusday, exactly 12 weeks into our pregnancy, 4 weeks after our 3rd appointment. it was our 4th visit to the doc. there wasnt too many people on a weekday afternoon, i finally got a chance to sit infront of the tv in the waiting room... as we were into the 12th week, THE WIFE have to do a pee test... there i was, in front of the tv, NOT able to channel surf, reruns of johnny english is not my idea of good tv

we went into the docs office after the pee test. after the usual pleasentries, THE WIFE hopped on the bed and we are looking the screen again...

doc: hmm, everything looks okay
me: huh-huh.... (thats the best four words you can ever heard from any doctor, follow closely by "dont worry, its free")
doc: heres the spine, the head, theres two hands, two legs, fingers and toes.... everything looks good....
me: huh-huh... (i was just starting at the screen, its IS the first time i am seeing junior as a human form, it took me ability to speak away)
doc: do you want a boy or a girl?
THE WIFE: its fine, as long as the baby is fine, we are fine with a boy or a girl...
doc: well, heres the legs.... lets see if we can see anything in between.... nope, i cant really tell, maybe next visit we can see something... or not....

we fixed our next appointment four weeks later, and as the nurse was giving me the prescribe iron pills, she passed me a box of milk powder for pregant ladies and said "dont worry, this is free". what are the odds of hearing two best words in one afternoon?

cursor?

its 5 to 8 in the evening... The WIFE is watching some Bandarous moive on the telly and i am just killing time on the comp.... never knew having a kid would be... dare i say it? and with pun intended... no kidding...... THE WIFE praticually cant keep anything down... she would be puking after breakfast, lunch and dinner... feeling sick the whole day, and crappy all evening... its just like PMS, only in this case its Permanent Mood Swings.

we went to the docs the week after the second visit... this would be our third visit... this time round, we are not newbbies, she waited for a full bladder before the appointment. after the normal rounds of questions with the doc, THE WIFE hopped on the bed and i focus me eyes on the little screen.... i see something like the yin and yan symbol on the screen, two crescent or sorts.....

doc: lets see now... hmmmm there it is... right there... everything looks alright...
me: my, he has grown quite a bit.. (pointing to the bigger half)
doc:huh? oh no, he is not that half, he is the other half... (pointing to the smaller half)
me:huh? is it? but the other half looks more like a baby...
doc: no... thats the cavity...

and then the doc pushed some buttons on the screen and the most amazing use i have ever seen for 3D effect appears.... the screen turn 3D and the doc was spining the baby and the cavity around...

doc: see? front view is like this, but when i swing this around, you can see, its a cavity..... so that would make that the baby...... and heres the heart beat....
me: wow!!!!! looks like a blinking cursor... very fast....

our next appointment would be four weeks later and hopfully THE WIFE would be feeling more better... she is starting to lose weight... yup, no doubt about it, she is losing weight, but more on that the next time....

dirty screen

its 12.30 on a rainy afternoon, THE WIFE is napping and i just did the "dree" part of the laundry.... hmmm... THE wife has a nack of doing the "laun" while i wait around for an hour and do the "dree" part... well, she IS having the kid, she could shave my head bald while i sleep and i still wont hold it against her... i guess she could pretty much get away with murder right now.......

we went to the doc's the weekend after the second pee test..... just for the hey of it, THE WIFE actually did a third pee test just before we left for the doc's... just to be sure i guess, we DO need three points to draw a straight line.... it was our first visit to the gyne.... the doc was a friendly fella, after listening to us and the symptoms and the three pee tests, he smiled....

doc: i hope you have a full bladder
THE WIFE: not really, why? i just pee before coming here
doc: go have breakfast, have plenty to drink and come back when you have a full bladder
thirty minutes, a hearty breakfast and a big mug of soy milk later.....
THE WIFE: i really wanna pee
doc: thats good, you can pee after we do the scan
a while later......
doc: i see something
me: where?
doc: there, right here
me: is it? i thought thats a smudge on the screen, the screen is dirty or something
THE WIFE: i see something too!!

and there you have it folks, our pride and joy... a little smudge on the screen.... funny how pee has so far played a majour role in the making of this all...... the doc wants us to go back and see him again the following weekend... according to him, the little fella will grow at an amazing rate for the first few weeks....

2 pink lines

its 10.30 in the evening, THE WIFE is in the shower and i am sitting in front of the computer surfing, one of the two excerise i do nowadays...... i am pretty new to this blogger thing, funny word "blog", sounds like something you get before a full blown pimple..... but hey, who am i to comment on this pre-pimple?

right, 2 pink lines.... it all happen eight long weeks ago, THE WIFE was two days late of the monthly event.... panicked.... pee on a stick.... and was ruinng to me in the hall where i was doing the only other excerise i do nowadays, channel surf the tv.... "do you see two pink lines?" she asked... i was like "whats that? is that a pee stick? why are you running in the house with a stick wet with pee?".. "do you see two pink lines??".... i took a close look, then it hit me, the strong and familiar smell of pee... "you are not suppose to smell it, you are suppose to see the window!!!" then i noticed, just above the pee zone, theres two windows each with a pink line in it.... " i think so, but aren't you on the flu medication or something? will that screw up this thing?"..... "i will try again tomorrow".... she tried again the next morning before i left for work..... sure enough the results was the same, two pink lines......

i am gonna be a daddy.... the thought that for once in my life i get to screw up some else's life for real seem to put a smile on me face and a song in me heart