15 posts tagged “baby”

Not just coz it's VD (I don't care abt VD as much as my previous post may make me sound as though), but... I have two March mummies friends given birth today. 2 mummies, 4 babies 3 mummies, 5 babies(one is a triplet!) Another one may be giving birth later today too! Hope to see the little girls and the mummies soon.

Woooo I am so excited for them and nervous for myself. I think I will be able to get ready the bb stuff prepped by end of the month. I am on a roll!

I am more than 6 mths pregnant now! My last visit to the obgyn had somewhat propelled the EDD forward and my EDD is now 25 March 2008. Only 110 days to go. Gosh, very soon the counter will be down to 2 digits. :D :S

I had the routine detailed scan done last week at TMC. It went rather well coz bb was cooperative. The talks to bb before the scan certainly had worked. We definitely know for certain that bb is 100% a boy. I knew this since I had a glimpse of his private part at week 16, but guess some other ppl (e.g. my mom) would prefer to know for sure after the scan. Then again I have my silly moments of "what if bb is a girl, and what about the clothes I have bought?"! I am very glad and relieved to know that the scan reports that bb is normal. In fact, bb alex is growing so well that his head and tummy are at the 95% percentile! He was also weighing then at a whopping 630gm. He's a big bb or what?!

About the photos on the right... On the top right hand corner, see if you could see his XY gender. Then the photo in the middle, does he have a cute nose or what?! I think he takes after hubb on this one and which is what I want. The last photo is the gist of the detailed scan report.

After the scan, I had a follow-up with my obgyn, Dr Lawrence Ang. It was then he suggested to change the EDD, seeing the healthy growth rate of the bb and all bb in utero should be growing at around the same rate. He would also be monitoring the head circumference coz we don't want the bb to have a too big head at birth. I went 0_0 at his words.

It's been so far so good to this MTB here. I have gained 3kg till date. I don't skim the fat off my food. I like my briyani and prata. I have 3 big meals a day. I vary what I eat. I snack healthily. At the rate I am going, prolly my total weight gain will be less than 10kg. Yeah! I also feel sleepy, like now, coz I haven't been sleeping well. My cough is getting better (2nd time in this pregnancy). So TG for His blessings and protections.

I have a list here of what they don't tell you about pregnancy:

• Pregnancy trains a woman how to burp
• It's tiring but it doesn't mean you can sleep anytime you want
• The shock of the first stretch marks
• You swaddle like a duck coz it's the most comfy walking style
• You stare at the mirror for a long time, wondering your nose has enlarged overnight
• PEOPLE DON'T GIVE UP SEATS FOR PREGNANT WOMAN! So it's every PW for herself out there.
  

BB and I have now crossed the midway mark. Less than 20 weeks now to see bb alex. :D

So what have I been up to? Let's see... clearing the bb room, shopping for the bb and meeting up with new friends. Our overseas guests were here for the weekend, and I took the girls out to shopping in Orchard Road. Boy, was I tired! Even though I outlasted them, I am still recuperating from the shopping trips. For before they had arrived, hubb, other March 2008 mummies and I, we had all gone for a whole day shopping trip on Friday. So far we bought a Pigeon 3-in-1 steriliser for the bb and even more clothes (couldn't resist the bargain) during the sales... I have enough of shopping for quite a while. Hubb will be most pleased to know this.

I am going for the detail scan end of the month. I am sometimes worried and wondered how bb is doing inside me. By now I should feel his kicks more, but according to the gynae, I have thick skin (I really think that he meant I am fat), so I don't feel the kicks so often as I like. So far, I have gained a total of 2kg since my first visit to the gynae. It's a dilemma, coz while I hope I won't gain too much weight, I also hope that bb will be healthy. I still look fat with a small protruding tummy and not seem pregnant, so that's possibly why I wasn't offered seats in the MRT. I think there was once, someone commented to her companion, to "let her have the seat lor"... Me snatching seat? Yeah right. There was another time when I stopped short of my track coz the commuters were outpouring and steering fastidiously towards the ticket gantry. So that was me standing, hand over my tummy, and trying to be out of the way. Waddya know? A lady tsk-ed me! The MRT commuters are an ungracious bunch! kpkb.

The thing for me to do now is to plan the purchases for bb. I would always try my best to stretch the dollars, but bb items are not cheap, that's for sure. And I have been spending more on bb than myself. Oh, the sacrifice of impending motherhood. 

I found myself to be excited with tonight's dinner with hubb, that it felt like we were on one of our dates! On the context to celebrate our customary wedding date (it's been 2 years!), he chose a place that I never would have guessed. It turned out that I have had the food before at the restaurant at another location, but this branch is so much better! It's well known that I like my food, but I like variety and small portions. And I like spiced food too. Hmmmm. I was so full that he can't brought me to have dessert. :X

I met up with some Mum-to-bes yesterday and we went shopping. I bought a pair of jeans and a pink top for myself at the Spring maternity sale, coz I might need a pair for my holiday (Still crossing my fingers for the tickets) and the top can come in useful for CNY.  Don't see why I should spend a bomb on CNY clothes when I will only wear them once.

Then another mom and I went to a secret location and got us some *extremely cute* baby clothes. Hehe. I can't resist. I told myself I would buy him only 2 set of clothes, but it's impossible! :O

• Baby Gap rompers: he will be wearing the long sleeve romper on the day we are discharged from the hospital
• Black tee and his first Levis: For his full month celebration
• I love daddy and mummy bibs.
  
• PJ for him at 3mths
• The impossibly cute Baby Gap PJ for him at 6mths
  

Went for check up this week and obgyn confirmed that "80% it's a boy". I was quite sure myself as we had a peek from his bottom and saw the round, round thingy. :) Our bb is the crown prince. His grandfather and father is the eldest and first grandson of the family, and so is he.

It sure is exciting to know that we are having a boy. If it's a girl, I would be happy as well, just that I prefer a boy for the first born. I am not a dainty person or girly girl... having a boy means that its less emotional sensitivity issues I can deal with. I was a emotionally sensitive child, and I think it's tiresome! Being the eldest in the family, I also sometimes wish that I have an older brother to shoulder and share the family issues... So that's why I prefer a boy as the first born.

We have started thinking about name for the bb. Something that starts with "A", sounds good with hubb's surname, passes the playground test, can't be associated with someone we know and is meaningful. An example of a name that fails to meet eye criteria... Amadeus. Go figure.

Not feeling so well since last week. I had fever one day and diarrohea. Hubb was also overseas. I was kinda paranoid that I would faint in the house and nobody would know. :( TG that it didn't happen. Last night I had promptly merlioned after dinner. It's no wonder my weight still remains about the same at 4mths and because I am still having MS. :X Anyway taking it easy this few days...

Also want to say a big thanks to Jean for her maternity clothes. And others who are gifting me stuff. Blessed to have friends like you!

BB scan @13wks

BB has just reached another major milestone and we are now in the second trimester. Along the way, it's less than 200 days before we will see BB. :D

When I was doing the scan at the hospital, it was quite clear to see our BB lying comfortably in his (or her?) little water world. The technician was trying to get a scan of baby facing up but couldn't do so. She was trying to take a measurement of bb's neck thickness (checking for Down Syndrome baby). She said baby is too comfortable in the position. Lol.

See the scan on the RHS. Can you make out the scan, or rather a photo of the scan? So I was coughing (still nursing a cough) to make bb move... and bb turned sideway and were looking for a support point. It's too cute! We were thrilled that the little blob we have seen a month ago has turned into a bona fide and yet little human being. :)

We have also decided not to go for the blood test and detailed ultra sound scan for DS. From the neck measurements that the technician has taken (despite a non-cooperative bb), there is no significant sign, and further more, I wasn't over 35... hence the risk level is relatively low. The test and detailed scan would also never be conclusive, but we will love bb all the same.

While feeling better, I am still having MS and lost more weight. Various friends have commented that I lost weight, but my tummy and boobs have sure gained size. :P I haven't experienced anyone giving up seat for me in the train, though I have a few suspicious eyes scanning me from head to tummy. :P I am miffed. Coz t's quite irksome when I have one of my dizzy spell... With a better appetite, I am sure that I will start piling on the pounds from this trimester onwards. Nobody ever told me that one of the pregnancy symptoms is to have WEIRD dreams... I thought I was having weird dreams before but now they are even "better" than ever!

Baby boom is happening in my maternal family's side. A cousin just had a baby girl, another two in November and another having her first in the same month as me. Gosh. All is be very productive hor. :[ All these came from my grandma's CNY wish to have more babies, and which I think she is very pleased that I am expecting. Today I had breakfast with grandma, mum and another aunt, and the aunt was reminiscing about my baby days. Apparently she took care of me while my mom had my brother and despite having five kids of her own. Her husband and her must have loved me so much... it's still apparent now and I am in my 30s. :) This was a nice feeling.

The next big item on my To-Do list is to finalise a gynae that support my birth plan and at my hospital of choice by this week. :O

Love

Whoppee! I have been waiting for this little milestone. Our BB has crossed the double-digit-gestation-period line. :) The next little milestone will be when the no. of days fall under 200 and that is pretty soon. :) The EDD is in end March and it sounds to me like a long, long way to go. Friends were telling me that the days zoomed past and they actually missed the feeling of having the baby in utero. 

My morning sickness symptoms have been much better, but I still feel tired easily. When I have something on later in the day, having a short nap in the afternoon helps little, but still energy level saps out pretty fast. My appetite has been increasing that it's scary and I am the most hungry during lunch time. Just take one day for example, I had a small papaya and kiwi at noon. A while later, 2 slices of wholemeal bread and some while later, I had a bowl of noodles... :O As I am already overweight for my size, so am trying to maintain my existing weight to reduce the risk of complication that might happen. This however doesn't mean that I am avoiding to eat (when the hunger pangs strike, all I can only think of is to have food) and I definitely eat more healthily.

Just last week I had a scare. I was napping and some laundry was sunning outside. When it rained suddenly, I jumped out of bed (my subconscious is working very well) and ran to keep the laundry in. A while later, I was experiencing this cramp and I was very worried. Having thought a rash movement from me would affect the BB, it was quite alarming. Now I ensure that I get out of bed slowly and surely.

My biggest wish now is that BB will grow healthily in me. *hands flap at eyes* ;~)