Another massive bleeding

I was lying on the bed reading my book. Felt something wet at my nostril again. The bleeding had to come when i least expected it! Argh!! I got off the bed with the pain in my butt to grab a tissue. Anyway, i decided to take a gruesome pic. Haha.

Nice??? I think i need to remember to tell my gynae about my massive nose bleeding.

Tummy @ 26 weeks

Hi all, how does my belly button looked like to you? Q like what Ju said? Haha, the top part is popping out liao.. boohoo.....


The side view of my bump now. It's getting heavier liao....

Human Family Photo

Yeah, i had a human family photo of mine. A small human family of 3, with the little one still in my womb at 23 weeks. This was taken in July at my poly bbq. It was a fun filled night. Haha, looking at myself in the pic made me wonder if i still want to go for maternity shoot anot. Haha.

A pleasant MRT trip

Last Friday, a young chap actually asked me where am i alighting. I was pretty surprised as i thought he wanna ask for some directions. But what he did after hearing my destination was to ask an Indian man to get off the priority seat for me. That man immediately stood up and felt embarrassed. I was really very touched then. Where to find such people around now?

To think that i stood all the way from Tampines this morning. Friday was really a pleasant trip even though i only got the seat at City Hall. The train was really packed and everyone was pushing each other to alight. Maybe my huge bag shrouded my bulge.

I hyperventilated again in train today. When i realised i'm in short of breaths, i tried very hard to take deep breaths. Breath in thru nose and out though mouth, making sure that my diaphragm expanded all the way. Despite all my tries, i still felt breathless. Panick crawled in. The moment the mrt door opened, i felt so much better. Luckily, i was only a few stops away from my destination. Phew. Cannot imagine if i get full blast into panick mode. =(

Nose Bleeding

I was happily humming a tune while removing makeup when i saw a STREAM of blood flowed out of my right nostril. I was bleeding from my nose!! Geez, the first time i bled was during the first trimester. That was when i hand itch go dig my nose. It wasn't serious compared to this time. It bleed profusely till i called hubs into the bathroom. He seemed very amused. -_- Even boasted how experienced he was in nose bleeding. ===______=== I proceeded on the bath with my head tilted up. As soon as look down, it bleed again. The bleeding decreased with time though. All thanks to the increased in blood circulation during pregnancy!

The bleeding made me nervous as i never had nose bleeding before. I wonder when my big day comes what would i be feeling. =x

Some tots

One should be contented with what they have. I recently heard of a really sad story from a Nov MTB. She had a preterm labour due to urine infection. Her baby didn't make it. Feel very sorry and sad for her. Seriously, there are some ppl out there still unhappy with the gender of their baby. They are oblivious to all the misfortunes happening around them. I used to have this very weird feeling of becoming a mother but it's time for me to reflect and be contented with what i have.





A pic of my tummy at almost 22 weeks old. It looked as if my head is at the bottom isn't it? Many people commented it's not big for a 5 month old preggy. My waistline is now standing at 35.5 inches which i think is a huge number! Geez... nvm as long as my Ryker is growing healthily in my womb.

Detailed Scan

Firstly, little baby Chong got his first gift even before he is born!! This car sign was given by Auntie J =). Check out how cool it look like!

A totally boyish sign for Ryker! Many thanks to Auntie J.

Monday marked the third day of my diarrhoea. Unfortunately, it was accompanied with pain, thus i decided to go to my gynae. Hubs couldn't bring me along, thus MIL went along instead. Despite the very long wait, the anxious granny still got to see her grandson. Little Chong stretched his body and yawned for his granny which really made her day. All was fine for my baby. Was given some medicine and off i went off to rest. Felt so weak for the whole day. It was such a waste to see my gynae actually coz i still have to pay for the unscheduled visit and my next appt is on Thurs. Dr Wong was kind enough to waive off the ultrasound scan. Phew, it was still a hefty 62 bucks!

Anyway, i have linked gynae visits with waiting time. An hr of waiting time was required for my detailed scan and another two hrs of waiting time at the clinic. Our stomachs were growling in hunger then!

Summary of my visit: Little Chong was cooperative during the scan and it only took twenty mins. Thank god, everything was normal. He liberally displayed his little manhood.

This picture captured the genitals vividly.

We also managed to catch a glimpse of his nose and lips.

Can you figure out the lips and nose area? We were hoping that the nostrils dun look like daddy can liao. Haha. He seemed to have thick lips like me though. =x Oh, little Chong has a big head circumference nearing to 85 percentile. I asked my gynae if it will give a difficult labour. She mentioned tall girls have bigger pelvic so still can but probably need to push harder. She then looked at Hub's head and said must be from the father. True enough, hub has a big head that made him topple while learning to sit. =x

I seriously cannot figure out this picture as well. You can try. Haha

The most appalling information i had from this visit was I had gained 3kg since last visit despite my diarrhoea! Seriously, beside the snacking i have in the office, i had almost none at home! People say i dun look fat.. then where did the 3 kg go to?? Baby is only 383g! geez.. While typing this entry, hubs making milk for me liao...... saaavvvveee meeeee....... I stood at 63kg today, very soon i will reach 70kg liao!!! BOO HOOO!! To add salt into my wound, my gynae say my boy is not fat, so i dun have to diet...... argh!

I can start seeing movements on my tummy already. It is actually more interesting than feeling it on palm! =)

Transformation

Hi everyone, this is how Baby Ryker make my belly button looked like now. As you see it's closing up. Sometimes, the water it collected during a bath will be hard to clean now haha. It's reaching 20 weeks tomorrow.

This is a shot taken in my office toilet and that's my bump for now.

I looked kinda awkward here but at least i still can angle my face for a slimmer shot. Haha... HENG!

Went to Dorothy Perkins to buy those basic tops so that it will make my bump looked bigger. That's a trick on public transport. You will get stares from those sitting down but non will give you seat, or i should say only a few will. Luckily my bump not that big to balance for now. I wonder how those with really big bump handle the ride in public transport.

Movements

Been trying to see what i eat will make Baby Ryker moves more. I guessed it's quite affirmed that he loved HL chocolate milk. Orange juice didn't please him much. Haha. Anyway, i was trying out this 'experiment' so that i can make him move more during scan on 2 July. Hope my boy boy will show some huge funny acts to his parents then!

Shrinking Brain

Since my brain is shrinking i have to post up the scientific reason behind my blurness and stupidity these days.

"The baby will take what it needs from our bodies and if we don't have enough in our diet this can leave us in short supply!
This natural process can result in the maternal brain shrinking by up to 3% during pregnancy. Scary but true! And this shows how absolutely necessary it is to follow an all-round balanced diet to keep us in tip top shape for pregnancy"
Taken from Netmums

My colleagues seriously laughed at how i tried to wrap each singular tubes with aluminum foil while i could wrap the whole rack in it. I'm excused ok? HAHA.. I was really embarrassed and felt stupid. Sometimes, it's really funny to laugh at my own stupidity. Hee.. dun worry i wun get angry over ppl laughing at me. At least, i'm finally on par with my hubby now. WAHAHHAA

Kick in his face

Ryker kicked Daddy twice on his cheek yesterday night. "It was a remarkable feeling", said Daddy.

More to come!

First 'touchable' kick

Hubby felt a very slight kick from within my tummy! I was very surprised he actually felt it. So remarkable! Been giddy for the whole night!

Fourth visit

Fourth gynae visit was yesterday 10 June 09. It was the first appointment i had without much waiting.

My tummy two days before the appointment. 17 plus weeks.

Summary of the checkout:

It wasn't as exciting as the previous visit as baby was sleeping most of the time, refusing to move even i coughed really hard. I also got back my OSCAR test results. The probabilities of all trisomy were even lower than what was calculated for my age. Guess it was all thanks to his daddy's good karma. Once again, my baby was sleeping upside down. It was almost unusual to not find him not doing headstand. This time he was in real deep sleep! The vibrations that Dr Wong made from the probe didn't even wake him up! I guessed my laksa made him very satisfied to nap so well.

The scan revealed a confirmed 'he' and yes we will be having a son. Ryker would be his name. He measured 12.9cm yesterday which was twice he was 5 weeks ago. My womb seemed to be too crampy for him to move. The only thing he moved throughout the scan was straightening his legs. Oh, we finally got to hear his heartbeat after so many months. It really sound like horse galloping! His little heart beats at 150bpm.

Oh, i have to mention my weight. I hit 60kg already! Gosh! Am supposed to gain only 1kg since last visit but i gained 2.4kg. =x Been feeling full very quickly after a meal and hungry after a while. I don't want to be a fat pig during my pregnancy! I hope to just keep in the range of 15kg weight gain.

Can you see his spine?

His right arm!

This is his face. Two eye sockets, chin and his left arm under the chin. It looked VERY much like skeleton. I tot it looked scary as well. Haha

Below is the video taken during the gynae checkup. It could be a little boring if you can't make up the parts of the baby. A pretty long video. You can hear my gynae say 'bird bird' alot of times haha.

17 weeks

Right after the wedding, the tummy started to show more obviously. Till now, i cannot feel any movements at all. Start to envy mothers-to-be who have felt that amazing flutters. Just went to the motherhood fair. A single unit automated breast pump from Avent would cost $229 and that price was on offer. Usual price is $299. Wonder if i should buy now. It's like too early leh... what do you think?

No waist liao

It's going to be week 15 this friday. My waist is disappearing. =( My curves are all threatening to leave me. When i measured my waist at the belly button, it read 32 inches! =***( I felt harder to sleep in good position these days. I feel so fat......all maternity wears are so expensive.

I intend to settle all my cravings with fruits and fruit juice... But with no waist, how to wear my wedding gown???