Meow's paw

The things we do when we ar bored, especially to our pets.

Child Abuse Video (Part 2)

Sorry for I did not realise I held my blurry handphone camera the wrong way up.

Child Abuse Video (Part 1)

Caution: Hideous laughter in video.

18 something weeks

HGS's attempt to outwit the arcade's Jackpot machine because the prize was a ...

Eeyore, the donkey. My niece has an unusual obsession with this Eeyore fellow.

Lilo is really quite ugly after all. Jackie wasn't even interested in destroying it when we brought it home for her.

We got our Eeyore!



We also got enough sweets to last us for the next couple of years...

There she is.

Updates: I'm not showing, not yet. I merely look fat. Arrgghh...

The movements I have been feeling since 16 weeks has become pretty obvious by now. It is becoming easy to predict the times BB is asleep and awake. It seems to get a little more excited when Kierra and Brenda speaks, nudging repetitively from inside. To think back, it got pretty excited during the match on TV a few days ago, Man U vs Arsernal. I think it was HGS's shouting, it got it going.

It was really weird initially, and frustrating, trying to differentiate if it was gas, muscle spasms or the first movements. But now as it prods and nudges insistently the way you can't miss it even when I was up and about, active, I'd have to say it's really pretty entertaining.

Just finished a satisfying pep talk with Mr Ho. That would probably last him for the next 2 weeks or so. I'm contented, for now. =)

Starting to keep track at 17 weeks =)

"Hi guys, there I was at 10.8weeks..."

I was reading an article on water birth last night and it explained the reason why pregnant women often feel spaced out and forget things. I always thought it had to do with hormones, but was unsure why.

A very simple explanation is that our brain is divided into 2 parts, the thinking part of the brain and the emotional part of the brain. It is the emotional part of the brain which releases hormones essential for your baby's development. The only way for your brain to release these hormones is to shut down part of the thinking part of the brain, thus we feel a little retarded from time to time.

This is also true during labour as your body needs to dump all sorts of hormones to help the uterus contract. I have heard of "Labour Land" the place that women retreat to in labour - this is because the thinking brain has taken a backseat for a while. It is extremly important during labour to feel relaxed and comfortable in your surroundings so you don't have to use the thinking part of your brain as it will release endorphins and adreniline which can block the hormones and cause labour to slow down.

Once you are fully dilated your thinking brain will kick in, block your emotional brain from dumping hormones and release all those endorphins and adreniline so you will feel the urge to push. After the baby is born once again your thinking brain takes a backset and large amounts of the hormone Oxytocin are dumped causing you to fall madly in love with your little bambino and at the same time helps you to birth the placenta.

It is just so cool that our body just knows how to do all that!

And I wonder how I am going to survive the next 5 months, given how blur and absent-minded I was to begin with. Hai..... XP

Hi Eliza, here they are!