3rd Trimester - Me and Baby N at week 38!

04 January 2014

My seventeenth & eighteenth appointment - *calendar week 38!

Measurement of Baby N - his head measuring 9.61 cm and weighs 3870gm!  Me now weighs 65.3 kg!  So fat so fat!

Gynae advised us to go TMC for second opinon due to Baby N's weight is on the high side (then we can discuss how to deliver him...).  Everything during the scan was OK until this morning he rang us up to go down his clinic for "delivery" discussion urgently.

TMC phoned him personally the day before and informed him that the scan shows that the umbilical cord was located around his neck!  He advised either we monitor on the progress of the contraction (via CTG scan, which is not the long term solution...) in the next days or have c-section to deliver the baby soonest.  This is to avoid complication during normal delivery.  Also if the contraction starts anytime, it will trigger the "tightening" of the cord and will results in cutting blood/oxygen supply to the baby plus plus, Baby N's head is big and the process of delivering him naturally might take quite awhile or not possible (in the end might still need to go for c-section)...

It was hard to make a decision within/during the consultation... but in the end, we decided to go ahead for the c-section delivery tomorrow after checking on the 吉日 possibility for the better future for Baby N...  So, 5 January is a good day and it will be the day we become Daddy and Mommy!

Gonna go offline now... packing up stuffs for the BIG day tomorrow!

 

Last shot of me with my Baby bump at *calendar week 38!

2014!

01 January 2014

HELLO 2014!

As usual practice, we gate-crash Yeo's stay-cation (it's their 4th wedding anniversary!)... this year was planned at Conrad.  They booked the premier club room and this got us access to their club lounge.  We of course, nibble our bites and drinks at the lounge and had our burgers delivered to the room and waiting to welcoming 2014.

Just us at the lobby waiting to be escorted up to the room...

ah Thiang getting too comfy before the arrival of 2014...

Zhng the Stroller

30 December 2013

ah Thiang's 战车 is here!

Trying to fix the stroller and baby seat... next step is to "dettol" up the whole stroller including all accessories...  Procrastination in progress... because Imma being super cranky right now is super no mood for anything else - reason being; been waking up every now and then due to the cramps and mozzie attacks and... so this is a good excuses to 'take cover' for my lazyness to do anything now...  :S

3rd Trimester - Me and Baby N at week 37!

28 December 2013

My sixteenth appointment - *calendar week 37!

Measurement of Baby N - his head measuring 9.4cm and weighs 3257gm!  Gynae gave me a letter - admission letter so that at any point of time, I am ready... just give him a call and I can admit into hospital!

Boy, experiencing cramps every now and especially during my sleep...  Well, I don't know whether I have lost count on the nos. of cramp per hour or I dozed off while counting... the pain is so real, cannot be dreaming de lah... but I am too tired to focus on my counting and by the time I remembered I have cramps, it's morning already.  :(

Two more working days and I am off to my maternity leave!  Whoooot!

Baby bump at *calendar week 37!
(sorry, couldn't have more time or new wardrobe to snap my baby bump - ah Thiang says they are all about the same sizes already; ooops... caught playing games using my bump as mobile phone holder!)

 

It's famfam time again - celebrated Popa's birthday at a western eatery along Jalan Kayu then back to 娘家 for a mini-cake session!  Couldn't have guessed that that little "yellow angry bird" cake from Polar actually tasted not too bad!  Teedeee!

 

The "in-laws" and "siblings" shot!

 

 

3rd Trimester - Me and Baby N at week 36!

23 December 2013

My fifteeth appointment - *calendar week 36!

Measurement of Baby N - his head measuring 9.3~9.4cm and weighs 3157gm!  Scan indicated he is in his week 36 day 6 growth (surprisingly now his growth is on the right track as my calendar... so has his growth rate slowed down or I'm catching up with his growth?)  His head position reamins where he is supposed to be still...  :)

Gynae says Baby N's is growing exponentially!  I could be due anytime in the next weeks once I hit week 38 (full-term)... so expecting to deliver by early January instead of the 'forecasted' date on 18 January 2014.  Recalled that the nurse who did the detailed scan weeks ago mentioned that the growth size of Baby N could resulted my delivery date to be re-scheduled earlier than expected, say 5 January 2014... so keeping my fingers crossed!  8 more days to 2014!

Baby bump at *calendar week 36!

Into 35 Weeks (Third Trimester)

19 December 2013

My #ootd worn on my last visit to see Grandpa before he left us for 极乐天堂。

I almost wanted to buy this jumper at original price, S$79.90 when it was newly launched.  But then I held back... and now H&M's on sale at S$50!  Sale came late, but never too late... at least I got to wear a coupla more times before I my EDD.

Baby bump at week 35!

GAWD.  Pregnancy swollen feet.  They are here.  :(  I started to notice it on Monday... and it started to get worse (especially during the evenings...)... or should I say, I am starting to swell all over... even my fingers - wedding band and anniversary band seemed to getting difficult to wear on or take off...

3rd Trimester - Me at week 34, Baby N at week 36!

09 December 2013

My fourteenth appointment - *calendar week 34!

Measurement of Baby N - his head measuring 9.10cm and weighs 2830gm!  Scan indicated he is in his week 36 day 2 growth!  His head positioned downwards still (...hopefully he remained this position), with his body on my left, hands and legs on the right - that explained the stretching and movements mainly noticed on the right side of my bump and feeling the 'urge' to pee whenever he moves vigorously!

Gynae commented that I put on quite alot of weight compared to the last 2 weeks.  GOSH.  Need to really really really watch my diet - especially that my belly now measured 41" in circumference... never felt so fat in my life!

Baby bump at *calendar week 34!

Psssst...  I was complaining the other day that I'm ache all over, especially on both my calfs.  ah Thiang offered to massage me when I was on bed, scheduled for my nightly “胎叫”...  Who says men cannot multi-task?  My man can!  See, he can play game and massage my calfs at the same time!?!?!

Into 33 Weeks (Third Trimester)

29 November 2013

Still experiencing cramps (or contractions you called it...), especially on both nights, Sunday 2+am and Monday 3+am... super worried and decided to pop a pill before bedtime for the following nights.  I was told it will get worse when it's nearer to my EDD.

I felt like I'm having mini massages whenever the little one moves inside the bump but overdosed with mini massages...  the after-math is, I'm now 'suffering' from belly-ache.  Baby N has been stretching and moving alot these two days, very "violently" and I can see from my bump that "he" was actively on the right then very quickly moved to the left and moments later, he was 'trembling' on the right side again... took many videos but only managed to capture that very short moment from 3 out of 10 tries.  Teehee!

The Quahs have just been "promoted" to parenthood this week!  Baby Gabrielle (pronounced as Gab-bri-L), was delivered prematurely now weighs 1.4kg.  Her EDD was targeted two weeks after mine, but she arrived two months ahead of mine... and we thought Baby N would be the gor gor but now turn out to be the youngest member of HXDA instead.  Fred not, we are not so eager to see him yet... let's wait for another 5 weeks more ok!  Can't wait to see Baby Gabrielle tonight!

Baby bump at week 33!

3rd Trimester - Me at week 32, Baby N at week 34!

24 November 2013

My thirteenth appointment - *calendar week 32!

Measurement of Baby N - his head measuring 8.64cm and weight 2206gm!  Scan indicated he is in his week 34 day 6 growth!  Best part is, his head position is still downwards!  *good job, boy!*  I am a happy mommy-to-be.  :)

Gynae nowsaday does very fast ultrasound scanning... and he won't even show or leave the measurements on the screen for me to sneak-pix... I have to mentally memorize all the measurements I seen on the screen before it's been wiped out.  Tsk.

Ending this post with a picture of my baby bump before I prepare myself mentally-ready to be back to work tomorrow after being away from office for the last two weeks.

Baby bump *calendar week 32!

Into 31 Weeks (Third Trimester)

17 November 2013

Earlier at Khim's son - Aden's baby bash at Bottle Tree Park!

To overcome the phobia of carrying a newborn and trying to hands on what I have learnt from my antenatal classes, here are some of the snapshots of the "moments" and... this was thirty seconds before he spat up... all over me.  >_<"  (was told/learnt that newborn who was carried by preggie will 比较容易带，don't know how true... but I myself might not be able to get another preggie when it's my Baby N's full month bash wor... how ar?)  *scratches head*

Baby bump at week 31!

3rd Trimester - Me at week 30, Baby N at week 33!

12 November 2013

My eleventh appointment - *calendar week 30 was earlier than expected (okay lah, one day ahead of the scheduled date)... visited Gynae on Friday instead of Saturday's appointment due to acute cramps, some called it "contractions" or Braxton Hicks as early as at 4.17am until I 冒冷汗!  I had this same cramp on Monday at 3+am... but it wasn't that painful as Friday's morning.

After Gynae's ultrasound scan, he found out that Baby N's current position, that is so-called "transverse" position (his head suitated on my right side and legs on the left side) is not ideal for natural delivery, and also means if he remains in this position and kicks harder, he might just break the waterbag.  Either both I will have to go through a c-section delivery or a a pre-term labour.  Depressing right?

We did measurement of Baby N - his head now measuring 8.22cm and weighs 1810gm!  Seriously on the big side as the scan indicates he is in his week 33 growth!  Unable to get a snap of the ultrasound scan for this visit so gonna try my luck on my next visit then.  :(

I was later asked to do a 45mins CTG scan (scanning of baby's heart beat) and resulting that I have interval minor contractions!  Gynae say I have an irratitable uterus and gave me an option to bed rest or admit to hospital for stay-in observation.  We chose the latter option - had a "staycation" at Mount Alvernia for the weekend.

During my stay, I did another round of CTG scan and had my blood pressure taken thrice... everything was OK except very slight cramp early in the mornings, once.  Gynae discharged me on Sunday and granted me a 2-weeks hospitalization leave - and now I am home clearing emails and updating my little e-space.  Not sure of how much my "staycation" gonna cost us... but it's sure yet another hefty bill for month of November.

So so glad that Baby N's head has gone down to the 'ideal' position after my review with the Gynae yesterday!  Credits goes to ah Thiang, who did a lot of homework on how to change the baby's position... he made me do all sort of exercises and practise sitting positions hoping they will help... and miraclely they did!  He is such a dearie!  *muacks!*

Some peektures over my weekend "staycation" in Mount Alvernia!

Eleventh Batch of Loots from Amazon.com!

07 November 2013

Eleventh batch of shipment - - - - and still counting!

The last entry was only counting to sixth batch... suddenly lost count on how many packages were sent so far, then ah Thiang did a check and and myohmy guan yin ma... this was the eleventh purchase!  We've like spent over USD1375 or more already (blame it on the free shipping to SG lah...)!  0_0"  We still have items not cart out yet okay... like the baby wipes, mattress fitted cover protector... and etc!

 

Eleventh batch of loots:

> Carter's easy fitted printed crib fitted sheets, safari duck
> Carter's easy fit sateen crib fitted sheet, blue
> Aden + anais muslin stroller blanket, safari friends monkey
> Lamaze cloth book, tale of Sir Prance-a-lot
> Lamaze musical inchworm
> Lamaze early developement toy, Sir Prance-a-lot
> A pop-up book of nursery rhymes: A Classic Collectible Pop-Up
> Luvable friends 4pack washcloths, yellow
> Baby sign language basics: Early Communication for Hearing Babies and Toddlers, New & Expanded edition plus DVD
> Lifefactory 2pack multi sensory sillicone teether, yellow/spring green

Into 30 Weeks (Third Trimester)

06 November 2013

3D scan!

ah Thiang told me he is quite interested in getting a 'preview' of how Baby N looks like before his arrival into our arms.  Thus, decided to check out the various hospitals/clinics that does such 3D/4D scan.  After some callings, we were told that minimum 3 weeks booking in advance is required to make an appointment - having said that, it would means that I will be in my week 31/32 which is not really possible as the baby size will be too huge to be scanned, propably due to the lack of space too... (told by the nurse who did the scan for us yesterday and / plus this is also very much dependant on the baby bcos if he decided to face downwards like what happened during yesterday's scan, there is no way we can capture his visual too... etc), but according to our Gynae, he recommends to do it when I am week 30.  So....

Anyhoots, it was such an amazing experience seeing him from the screen and my bffs were there to share this amazing experience with us too!  :)

We arrived at the clinic earlier than appointment time and tried the first time to see if he is in the right position for scanning - but nope, he is facing downwards... sleeping (that was what happen too when we did the detailed scan at TMC too)!  Then I was recommended to go for a 10mins walk and took some orange juice for the 2nd attempt... but it didn't work on him.  He continued to sleep throughout the scan (except for some blinking of his eyes, and yawning!  however there were some cute moments we saw that his tongue was sticking out too!).

The whole process took us nearly 45mins and many many of tries!  The nurse who did the scan was very nice and paitence thou' and considered this scan unsuccessful (there were too many distraction like hands, legs and umbilical cord blocking the visual making the scan/images very distorted for printing plus there isn't much space for him to move/turn) but yet she still secretly printed out 2 images for us for keepsake!  Nice right?  We paid $50 for the use of equipement (plus two printed images under-table) instead of $150 which includes 5 printed images and a USB drive of the "4D recording" part of the baby.  I would consider this so much cheaper than paying for ultra-sound scanned images from our Gynae - $45 for one!  Hehe.

 

Baby N's - side profile (some say he has Daddy's nose and mouth!)

Baby N's - front profile (some say he has Mommy's chin!), so chubby!

3rd Trimester - Me at week 28, Baby N at week 30!

26 October 2013

My tenth appointment - *calendar week 28!  Yes, officially into 3rd trimester!

Ok, *disclaimer... accordingly to Gynae's calendar, I am at week 28 but based on Baby N's scan, he is currently at week 30 - as you can see from the scanned ultrasound image...  Erm, so I should start re-indicate on my blog post title (just in case I lost count again...)!

Baby N's head now measuring 7.61cm and weighs 1357gm!  Based on Gyane's advice, baby's weight growth is approx. 200gm per week, so we are kinda on the right track... say by full term (in 37 weeks) yet in another 9 weeks to go, he should weigh around 3157gm (based on ah Thiang's calculation lah...).  And yes, hang it there Baby N... we will see you in Jan 2014!!!

Can't wait to start our fornightly visits to the Gynae's starting from November 2013 onwards!  Weeeee~

Baby bump and scan at *calendar week 28!

Into 28 Weeks (Third Trimester)

19 October 2013

Imma into 28 weeks now!  Whoopwhoopwhoop!

Attended Peirong's Baby Ken's first year old birthday celebration at Cookyn Inc (some event places that hold team building and activities located somewhere at Rangoon Road... the birthday party theme was Barney...) before attending our usual antenatal class...  :)

Posting my #ootd - so happy with my loots from H&M sale!  Grabbed 5pcs of maternity wear including 2pcs nursing blouses, jeans and 2 pants at $7 and $10 each!  Total damage (I would say it wasn't even consider damage... ) was only $31 - can't believe it, even the cashier say it's a steal!  See see see, decked in my H&M pants at $7!!!  Hehehe!!!

 

Baby bump at week 28!

Fifth Batch of Loots from Amazon.com!

12 October 2013

Fifth batch of shipment arrived... and sixth batch is already on the way - ah Thiang just carted out another batch of Earth-mama baby creams!  I love the vintage Mickey Mouse fitted sheets and blanket, so so comfy... and Baby N will look so so handsome with that tuxedo bibs!  Awwwww...

Fifth batch of loots:

> Philips Avent medium flow nipples 2-pack
> Philips Avent classic bottle screw rings 4-pack
> Tuxedo bib
> Disney vintage Mickey fitted crib sheet
> Disnet vintahe Mickey BOA blanket

Into 26 Weeks (2nd Trimester)

05 October 2013

My ninth appointment - week 26! (... ok, now I am confused... according to Gynae, baby's size is measured as at week 26 but I am kinda officially only at week 25, so I also don't know I am which week exactly now...)  Anyways, only 1 week difference and Gynae says Baby N is growing well and healthy... so I'll just leave it as my own record.

Baby N's head now measuring 6.35cm and weighs 953gm!  I am like carrying a 1kilo of field pack bumping around everyday! Muaahahaha...  I actually gained additional of 3kilos since the last checkup 3 weeks ago and with a current waistline of 38" (gosh, need to control my junk food intake!) - benchmarking based on the weighing scale at the Gynae's clinic.  :O  Today's bill: S$35, fish oil supplements.

Baby bump and scan at week 26

Very excited to attending our 1st antenatal class at Mount Alvernia Hospital yesterday!  First lesson was topic on healthy diet plans, nutrition requirements and recommended weight gain for mommies.  Took a quick #ootd shot just before the class... I looked like an mama elephant in disguised!

Baby bump at week 26!

Into 25 Weeks (2nd Trimester)

29 September 2013

Bumping into week 25! whoopwhoopwhoop!

Baby N is responding well... responsive I would say.  I play with him (okay, maybe "play" is not the correct word but still...)... so whenever I felt his movements, I will poke back and he actually responded to me.  *so so so amazing*

During bedtime, I'll call out his name and rub my hands onto the tummy and asked for some kicks to let his Daddy feel him... and he moves!  Although at times the 'feeling' can be very faint (only I can feel but not the Daddy...) but still...!!!  It's such an amazing experience.  :)

Baby bump at week 25!

Us with Hedi Murkoff!

28 September 2013

We took leave yesterday to attend some parenting talks organized by Rise & Shine Expo events at Suntec and one of them is "What to expect when you're expecting during the first year" workshop hosted by the author, Hedi Murkoff and a co-host!

We're expecting more information or some tips / demo during the talk, but what we didn't expected was, the workshop which lasted 90-mins was all Q&A session with her - bascially co-host asking her some 'pre-planned' questions and from the existing crowds.  Nevertheless, we did gained some tips at the end of the workshop lah!  She even requested us to have a shot with her before leaving the workshop!  Here we go...

A shot of us with Hedi Murkoff at the end of the workshop!

Into 24 Weeks (2nd Trimester)

21 September 2013

Still counting my endless blessings and ending my second trimester with a blast!

 

Baby bump at week 24!