Nothing Related to Bentos

27. March 2009, 12:36 UhrMothering Momentshoppingmum4 comments

 I upload most of my creations at Facebook lately to share with my friends, and some times, I will take a peep at how my friends are doing from there. It’s nice to know that most of my friends already have kids, and some newly weds are trying for a baby.

Comparing to my friends, I got married quite early. Then, my boy came along in the second year. I’m not sure what’s the reason, but I felt like starting a family early so I planned for my first pregnancy. I remembered that I started reading about pregnancy before I got married, and I started taking supplements months before I got pregnant. LOL! Then, I read about breastfeeding and joined a forum when I knew that I was carrying my boy. I think I was trying to be a super mother and I wanted to do my best.

But for my second baby, things were very different. It’s partly because we didn’t plan for her, and she was a surprise baby to us. Furthermore, my plan of breastfeeding during pregnancy and tandem nursing didn’t work due to a lot of complications in my second pregnancy. I had low lying placenta, lots of spotting incidents and I almost lost her when I bled a lot one night. It was a scary experience to me, especially hubby was away on a business trip that time. I had to lie on bed at the hospital alone, praying for her to be safe and breathing in my womb. I guess a lot of mothers who had experienced this know how it feels to be so helpless at that moment. I felt like I was not prepared for motherhood, even when I was not a first-time mother. It took me a while to enjoy the pregnancy, and not to mention, I had another complication during child birth! Sigh…

So, if you ask if I would like to have another baby, I will really think twice, unless God decides to give us another baby. But no matter what, I am glad that I read a lot before motherhood. Do check out gurgle pregnancy if you are planning for a baby.

Sorry that this post is totally unrelated to preparing lunch boxes. But then, it’s my 2 wonderful kids who inspire me into fixing cute meals for them. :)

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4 comments:

  1. esther, 27. March 2009, 13:42

    Hi shoppingmum,

    i like your title today :) i can totally understand what you went thru. i had placenta major previa and nearly died while delivering my baby. hence, even if i wanted another baby, i cant :( i see that you have more rice bentos recently. its becoming a big challenge preparing my gal’s bentos. Soon, i will have to prepare for my boy too. well anyway, this is my blog link..no where comaparable to your creations :) http://www.reneeleroy.blogspot.com

     
  2. Ellena, 27. March 2009, 15:10

    Yup.. i totally agreed.. being a mum is not an easy job and we do have our worries b4, during and aft birth… I also have complication when giving birth to my boy who is born 1.5mth earlier and he only weights 2kg at birth.. :( It’s such an scary experience….

    And being a single parent now, I love my son even more…..

     
  3. shoppingmum, 27. March 2009, 15:43

    Esther, I dropped by your blog, you have lovely cupcakes! :) Everyone has their start, my first bentos are very simple also. :)

    Ellena, oh, I din know about what you have been thru. We should chat in private. :P

     
  4. Ms. Venny Lim, 31. March 2009, 17:44

    Hi.nice to know you here. Can I add you in my facebook?