The Day Before THE Day

Two days after mom arrived, baby was due, but did not come out. Went to see Dr. P the next day, she said I was already 2cm dilated, and did a little stretch for me. Then we decided to get baby induced two days later, which will be on the same day as hubby's birthday.

After the appointment, we were gonna have our lunch at Tak Chee - my favourite chicken rice place since 2nd trimester. Could eat the same thing (chicken rice and squid sambal) over and over again, and still crave for it. The madness of pregnancy! But Tak Chee was closed for a week. Massively disappointed because that meant no Tak Chee for the next couple of months, until I'm confident to bring bub along for any eat-outs (but read on, the first time bub came along with us for lunch was when she's 2 months old - but that's another story altogether)

So we headed to have some dim sums (which mom really liked it). After lunch, I felt quite tired, but we were waiting for hubby who's working in the city. So we walked to Utopia (a karaoke place with a nice little cafe downstairs), sat there, ordered some bubble tea and just chatted away. As mom's living a continent away from us, we only get to see each other once or twice in a year, so I always look forward to see her, have a drink and just chat away about almost everything under the sun. Chatting with mom, who has 6 kids, opened up a very different perspective about raising children. Of course, our conversation was interspersed with the topic of food - as we both are passionate about cooking. And we came up with an idea - to make some Chicken Siew Pau (a baked flaky pastry bun with chicken fillings) together the next day so I can have some before I headed off to hospital the day after. The plan was that I would make the pastry and mom was gonna make the filling.

Then came 5pm, hubby finished work, we headed back home. Mom cooked us dinner, I was just lazying around, trying to do some revision (yes I was crazy, thought was gonna sit for a professional postgrad exam). Mom even started to cook the filling to allow ample time for the filling to cool.

On and off, I went to the loo and noticed some blood strands - but that could be normal after a vaginal stretch. I knew time was near, but did not think it was gonna happen that night anyway.

Then came bedtime. Everything was just so ordinary, apart from the little blood strands. And soon, I was asleep.