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Entry: We're heading back to Malaysia Saturday, August 25, 2007

In a few weeks we're heading back to Malaysia :) .. I'm going to deliver my second baby in Malaysia again. Although deep in our hearts, we feel a little bit disappointed, because at first we would have loved to deliver a baby here in Vietnam, but then, due to the circumstances that the distance from Vung Tau to the hospital in Ho Chi Minh City is about 2 hours by car, and also there isn't anybody from Malaysia that could come and help us to babysit Emilia for a few days while I'm in labour, so we decided we have to go back to Malaysia .. We would have loved though to be able to deliver here in Vietnam, so that when our child is bigger, we could tell her that once upon a time, we had been in Vietnam for two years, her sister was raised in Vung Tau and she( our second baby, yes! it's another girl!) was born here in Vietnam...

And maybe too, when we're older, and we're already back in Malaysia for good, if we met a Vietnamese guy, we could mention to him "Oh, my daughter was born in Vietnam.. We used to live in Vung Tau bla bla bla.. "....so on and so forth... Although we had been in Vung Tau for only 2 years, this place has left us with so many beautiful memories.. This is where I first started my job as a full time housewife, I started to learn how to cook, how to take care of my baby by myself, the place where I made friends with ladies from all over the world for the first time , the first time we really stayed together as husband and wife, the place where Amy started to crawl, walk, weaned, learned to talk etc.. This place maybe is just an ordinary place for some people, but it is a very special place to us because this is where we learnt to become a real family..

But as I said, due to the circumstances, we had to go back to Malaysia, no choice there, because I wouldn't want Emilia to be taken care by the maid while I'm in labour, I need her to be in good hands, at least people we could trust. Plus we miss our family in Malaysia so much, it would be fun to meet them all again.. And of course they would love to meet Emilia and the newest addition to our family.. So the decision is made, we're heading back to Malaysia in one or two weeks time. Please pray for everything to work out smoothly, insyaAllah...

Oh, and as of today, the baby is already around 34 weeks.. She looked healthy from the ultrasound we did in Franco-Vietnamese hospital, everything looks in order. Asno even said our baby looks just like Emilia when we first saw her during those days when we did her ultrasound. Looks like everything is A-OK, I don't have much problem carrying my baby this time around. I didn't even have morning sickness in the earlier days, and I don't gain much weight this time, I've only gained about 6-7 kilos till now, but the doctor said the baby is a healthy 2.6 kilos now. So far so good.. I would love to deliver normally this time though, hopefully everything will be ok..