Week 16 Such a long wait

to the next appointment on 15 Jun!

So so so tempted to go Dr Wong's clinic nearby to get a 3D.
Lougong doesn't like the idea. Didn't say why :(

My colleagues, majority guesses boy, 1 guessed girl.
Plus me, that's 2 :)
And just now, Cerys, that's 3.

Hee hee, just 2 weeks ++ more to the next Ultrasound!!!

Oh, I fell asleep siting in the IKEA chair and was dreaming away with 1 leg propped up on the arm, the other on the cool floor, in between air flow from the kitchen to the front door :)

It's that easy for me to fall asleep.

Am REALLY looking forward to WEEK 19.

We can see the baby again!
XY, would be make known by then. =)

Threw up for the first time @ 0100hrs

Aiyoh, sayang, we had dinner @ New York New York, AMK Hub, really enjoyed the mud pie with ice cream, long island salmon steak, a bit of Lougong's Hawaii Teriyaki Chicken...

Too bad, I threw up all of it, including some undigested nasi padang assam fish and vegetable at lunch. Uncontrollable, before I could lift the toilet seat, vomit was convulsing up my throat already. Tried to suppress it but too late, quickly aimed at the basin and thankfully none spilled out. However, the vomit filled the basin almost to the brim.

Totally grossed out.

Drank a glass of water and sucked on a preserved plum before going to sleep again.

Still, it says somewhere, this means baby is thriving on the growth hormones, so, some consolation lah :P Previously so worried no nausea / morning sickness, so, be careful what you wished for, it might come true!

Ok, back to mess. Dear dear dear Lougong took care of it. I'm really grateful. I don't know how he does it, can even tell me he saw rice! :P

Lovely Lougong, Thank You for being so understanding & helpful!!
*muAcks*

Week 14 Heartbeat heard

This morning, woke up by diarrhea before 0630hrs. Must've been the leftover coleslaw from lunch that I ate for dinner...

We got a morning appointment, 0940hrs, reached @ 0930hrs.
We waited until 12:15 before we saw the doctor. Today it is almost a lady doctor, Evelyn, until they changed the sign on the room door to Dr Eugene Huang. Sigh.

My blood test confirmed I am a beta thallasemia carrier. We brought Lougong's past health screening results, and he examined the haemoglobin section, his report was clear :) So, Dr Huang advised that our baby will definitely not have thallasemia major, and 25% chance of being a carrier.

This doctor was more patient and warm, however, he appeared quite green, confirming with the nurse every now and then on what's next. :P It's okay lah, I don't mind, better careful than sorry, we all have to start somewhere ;)

Then he scanned for heartbeat, at first, I hear a slow pulsing sound, then he found it, the galloping sound of the baby's heart beat!!! Wow, it sounded really like a horse's gallop! Sigh :) That's enough for me.

We were a little disappointed we didn't get an ultrasound that day. Lougong and I were and still are debating the gender of the baby and can't wait to be proven right! Maybe the next one, it's 5 weeks from now...

Ultrasound @ Week 12

Today, we went for our Downs Syndrome (DS) screening test. The sonographer mentioned we can see the nose bone in picture 1 & 2, that is a good sign, as most DS babies' nasal bone do not fuse properly until quite late.

On 3 & 4, the fetus' leg and right hand can be seen in the shadows. It kept turning and moving around that the sonographer couldn't get a good look @ the neck area. Asked me to cough a few times to make the fetus change position again. Its left hand is behind/under its head :P Looks like me sleeping. Both Lougong and I can see the spine and all the back bones when the baby turned.



I think I saw it sucking its thumb and sticking out it's tounge, asked the sonographer if its possible thats the tounge and she said, it's possible! Just had Belgium Chocolate gelato ice cream after lunch, guess it can taste that and it likes it very much.

Ah, so happy :)