26th September 2011 , Posted by Yi Lin - 3 Comments

The Journey To Parenthood

The little Coco bean turned one month old earlier this week on 22 September. The passing of the first month marks many milestones for both parents and baby. For us, I’m happy to report that, under tutelage from my mum who took leave for a month to help us, we seem to have mastered the » Read More

12th March 2011 , Posted by Yi Lin - 14 Comments

Lucky

I’ve been a bag of emotions recently. Mostly, it’s blogs that set me off, forcing me to blink back tears when I read them at home or in the office (ssssshh… come one, a little surfing wouldn’t hurt productivity at work.) No, it’s not the baby blogs that give me a bad case of wet » Read More

18th January 2011 , Posted by Yi Lin - 11 Comments

Things That Make Me Sick

I had a terribly hard time keeping my breakfast down this morning. No, it wasn’t because of first trimester nausea. Rather it was due to some nauseating comments on Facebook in response to a link that I posted. Now, simply fuming internally throughout the entire MRT journey and walk to the office wouldn’t do anybody » Read More

2nd January 2011 , Posted by Yi Lin - 8 Comments

A Letter to the Man Above

Dear Mr God, Happy New Year! How’s 2011 been for you so far? You must have been busy attending birthday parties for your son all over the world over the past couple of week, so I’m not sure if you’ve gotten the memo. There’s probably an office circular somewhere in your inbox informing you that…. » Read More

18th December 2010 , Posted by Yi Lin - 4 Comments

My 2WW To-Do List

It’s been fifteen days since the embryo transfer on 3 December. Just two more days till my HCG test on Monday. But who’s counting right? Okay, fine. I am. But I’m trying not to. Or at least pretending not to. I first mentioned the dreaded 2WW or two week wait during our first IVF cycle » Read More

27th November 2010 , Posted by Yi Lin - 3 Comments

Progress: A Sneak Preview

Oooh, exciting times are ahead! Progress has started on ‘Round 2: The Frozen Cycle’ – sounds like a sequel to ‘Part 1: Fresh Eggs and Sperm’ that ran from July to September earlier in Q3 of 2010, huh? So, we last left off at the onset of my last period, which Dannie so grandly announced » Read More

6th November 2010 , Posted by Yi Lin - 2 Comments

In Transit

I am writing this while on transit in Colombo, Sri Lanka. We are on our way to Rome (I won a free ticket courtesy of Zuji, remember?) and I decided that seven hours should be sufficient time to churn out a new entry before we board our next flight just after midnight. The fact that » Read More

1st November 2010 , Posted by Yi Lin - 5 Comments

We’re OK

Ever since we started talking about the IVF journey on this blog, many of our friends have come to know of it and have offered their support in many ways, whether it’s just dropping us a message to acknowledge the issue and to say that they’re there whenever we need them. Or delivering the full-blown » Read More

24th October 2010 , Posted by Yi Lin - 2 Comments

Cinema Chat

Dan and I went to watch a movie at Orchard Cineleisure yesterday afternoon. Since we love hanging out with our friends, we invited five other couples to come along with us. And as if that wasn’t enough company already, we made it date with about 140 other couples Well, when it comes to the Maybe Baby » Read More

16th October 2010 , Posted by Yi Lin - 10 Comments

Dear God

CLASSIFIED: URGENT ACTION REQUIRED For God’s Approval – Not Approved/ Approved Dear God, Thru’: Director (Human Development) – Supported Deputy Director (Human Resources) – Supported How are you? I hope you’re doing well and that the weather is nice up there in heaven. It’s been unbearably hot and humid down here. I suspect one of » Read More

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