Actress Rebecca Lim and husband are expecting their second baby

One very special thing is that “my sister and I are pregnant at the same time again. She’s a few months ahead of me,” Lim shared. The happy coincidence makes her feel that her late father is “perhaps, somehow, still watching over me. It feels like he’s still here.”

She also recounted that when her sister became pregnant: “She said, ‘Come, join me. It’d be so nice if we could do it together again.’ I told her, ‘I am physically and psychologically not ready yet.’ Firstly, I have jobs lined up until early next year. And then, I’ve also shared very openly about how I struggled with my weight for almost two years. I’d almost reached my target weight, so, I was working towards that, and being healthier and looking good, and feeling good. It was more like, ‘Okay, time for myself now’.”

That was short-lived, and she’s back to having licence to eat for two. Except, “this time, I just remember it’s for a baby and not for two grown-ups! I have been having weird cravings. I woke up at 12.30am to have a packet of kimchi ramyeon noodles.”

Is she hoping the second child will take after her a little more? “Everyone says No 1 looks like Matthew. He loves music, he loves cooking at cars. My in-laws have mentioned many times that he has exactly the same mannerisms Matthew did when he was a kid.”

Lim, on the other hand, is “a No 2 and I was quite a terror child. From the middle of primary school all the way until secondary school, I was rebellious. I skipped school and brought my sister along with me. I guess the middle child thing kicked in. I was fine as a second child until I became a middle child!”