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Prenatal Body Massage at Nouri Face & Body Concepts

I was talking to my friend the other day, Jessie about how she copes with her third trimester pains and aches, and she recommended I check out Nouri Face & Body Concepts for the prenatal body massage she has been going for. Prenatal body massages? REALLY? I didn’t even know there were prenatal massage services! I have gone to my usual foot reflexology place and they said no to me when I am pregnant! So I kinda just assumed no…

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Quickie Update: My Changing Table

#ProjectNursery has a new furniture!!! I should take proper photos and all but I cannot wait to share it with you! I just received it today and I haven’t really loaded everything onto it or cleaned it properly yet but I was really excited to see how it’ll all fit into the room we are building for the Baby. Anyhoo!! Here are a picture I grabbed off PoshBaby’s website first. Introducing the Cosatto Easi Peasi Changing Table that got delivered…

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Baby by Spring

I don’t recognise myself anymore. I am becoming a mother so quickly. I actually really enjoy shopping for baby clothes now (even though my little bean’s a boy). I was like super overjoyed with my loot above that I quickly got home and immediately blogged about it. The other day, I finally had the time to sort out all the hand-me-downs I got and realise (in horror) that the little one has no “New Born” or “0-3M” sized clothes! Oh…

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Maternity Bras from Spring Maternity

It has come to a point where my previous bras doesn’t fit anymore. And I was too silly to buy bras with wires in them before as my maternity bras. If you didn’t already know, nursing and maturity bras must all have NO wires as it will restrict the flow of breastmilk. And besides, maybe the sizes are too small for me or something, but the wires leave red marks on my body :( I went to Spring Maternity and…

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Painting in Progress #ProjectNursery

#ProjectNursery has advanced in leaps and bounds and will go even further and faster from here on. It’s all pretty exciting to see a previously messy “storage” room come to life with cute stuff for the little one. Check out my post on how the room looked like “BEFORE” we started on it! So, because the existing mega huge cupboard, flooring, door and curtains are all brownish in colour, we are kinda restricted to the colour combinations we can achieve. The…

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Work Pants from Spring Maternity

Featuring work pants that I got from Spring Maternity! Loving how stretchy and comfortable it is over my ginormous bump! I am starting to see why people who aren’t pregnant but still go back to Spring Maternity for their clothes. All the clothes are easily adjustable, and very flexible. You could grow/shrink a few sizes throughout pregnancy and the same thing you buy from Spring Maternity always seems to fit still. Bottom: Straight Andria Pants Navy $69.90, Spring Maternity Shoes: Women’s Crocs Cobbler…

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Ju Ann Pregnancy Journal

Celebrating the bump with Cottony Photography

I’m really glad I went with Cottony Photography for my maternity shoot. I was looking forward to doing a maternity shoot regardless of how fat or ugly I may look. I wanted to capture the moment for my child and for ourselves. One is only pregnant for 9 months and it’s a unique phase in my life I want to remember – besides I don’t know if I will ever be pregnant again. One day it will be nice to…

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Ju Ann Pregnancy Journal

Where’s My Belly Button!

Pregnancy is quite the funny thing. There are heaps I can tell you about it. Today, I woke up and exclaimed to Peter, “BABY I LOST MY BELLY BUTTON”. That, and all the things I miss about not being pregnant.

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