It was like a month after he proposed to me and somehow or rather, I started to feel extremely tired after every flight. Flying IS exhausting but this time it was a different kind of fatigue. I would crash for 10 hours straight after checking-in to my hotel room (I usually order room service first and have my fill before sleeping!!).

I remember going home to baobz and complaining to him about how my age is catching up, my body is aching all over, I am forever feeling so tired and flying must have been the cause of my deteriorating health. I also kept whining to him about how my body's constitution has never been great and its becoming worse, suggesting that we should probably have a baby early because I don't want to have a difficult pregnancy (I was so worried that I wasn't fertile), and he was like going 30!! Haha... obviously he thought I was crazy.

The following week, I started to feel nauseous onboard especially during lull period or top of descend. I thought I must have overworked. And then there was once I got helluva emotional and hid myself in the lavatory just to cry for like NO APPARENT REASONS. I thought I was going crazy LOL. So funny when I think of it now. Well you know flying does get us quite cranky and I thought it was just the part-time studies and everything else stressing me out.

Then it happened on a fateful flight to Perth.

I did the usual check-in and crash for 10 hours, then I got up and ordered room service while working on my essay. I ordered a dozen fresh oysters and a shit load of other stuff that I usually would be able to finish except this time, I felt so awful just after eating 3 oysters. I felt sick for a long time and then threw up everything. It was so bad that I started to cry (lol). I thought there was no way I could operate on the flight back feeling so weak and horrible so I called for a doctor and my IFS and the station manager and my colleague next door and inconvenienced so many people just because of 3 oysters that I ate. LOL

I was then diagnosed with food poisoning and went on to pax home in embarrassment. The doctor however did question if I could be pregnant since I wasn't running a fever. I replied him absent-mindedly with a NO, and brushed off the thought since there was no way I could be pregnant when I was barely getting enough rest??

When I came back and told baobz about it, I also recalled that I have already missed my period for 2 months. It never bothered me at first because I have irregular period some times when I get stressed out.

So of course that was how we ended up at Watsons with a pregnancy test kit attempting to reassure ourselves but instead .. TADAAAAA the baby in me must have been like "WELCOME TO MOTHERHOOD AT 23"

Ha ha .. I was about 6 weeks preggo at that time and after much of an emtional turmoil, a lot of planning and a lot of discussions with baobz, mainly a huge change of plans for us in the next few years, we finally digested the fact that I AM pregnant and started working on our plans for parenthood.

Everything is so expensive in Singapore and we had this 'lets travel the world first then have a baby' plan but obviously this couldn't-have-been-luckier baby decided for herself that she wanna crash our travel-the-world plan by joining us on this adventure. I can't stop telling baobz how lucky she is to be collecting all the stamps on her passport right from birth.

And that I thought as much as I love to share about how I found out that I was pregnant, I probably should have them blogged since they are gonna become precious (and very much hilarious) memories for ourselves in the future.

It may have been quite a surprise, but this surprise, an unplanned one, has turned out to be one of the geatest surprises for us :) We couldn't have been happier (and helplessly anxious too) and baobz is totally geared on to be a tiger dad!!

He is so determined about embracing this whole parenthood thing and he has zero considerations for both of us flying at the same time or getting a babysitter. I'm really happy to be in this with him, working out the best plan for our little one. In fact, its such a relief to know that he is so supportive and even more excited than I am.

We have therefore decided to bring her along on our travels for the first 2-3 year hopefully to spend a lot of time with her throughout her toddler years (wanderlust mommy and clingy pilot dad's best plan). Not even kidding about him being clingy because one time he told me, "I can't go for flights I'm afraid I will miss her too much :(( !!" and I was like "Ok then we shall bring her along!!!" HAHAhahaha

So yeap, this pretty much brings me to my current SAHM status while I am thoroughly enjoying every minute of my pregnancy so far. Everything has been more than wonderful and we wake up every morning praying for nothing more than to welcome a smooth delivery and a healthy baby girl in 4 months' time! :)