We've passed the 20 week mark!

Half way there already!
Ooh...

My tummy is noticeably bigger, the baby's movements are unmistakeably more distinct now. And most importantly, this Thursday, 25/6, Lougong felt the baby move for the first time just before sleeping. We were expecting to feel it, like the book said for 1st timers, between 21-23 weeks.

Work's been quite demanding. Although I have finally been able to sleep thru the night at the start of this week i.e. Monday, I'm still pretty worn out by the end of the day. Hopefully, after next week, some normalcy would resume and I can begin my exercises and cooking again :)

This is also the week that the numbness I've been feeling on/off the past 2 weeks become more intense. Checked out with the doctor, she says it's water retention. I've been feeling numb in my feet and hands, especially in the night, my right hand actually hurts when I grasp the bolster or the toothbrush in the morning. It's like wearing a very tight glove, and hurts like your nerves are going to break on stretching. Doctor confirmed my suspicion of carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS), guess the recent weeks of work aggravated the symptoms with increased use of the mouse & keyboard doing all the system testing. Oh and by the end of the day, my feet, the toe half, feels as if there's very cold chilly rubbed on it. Doctor, being conservative, wanted to prescribe me medication to alleviate the symptoms, but as long as it's not something detrimental to the fetus or myself, just discomfort, I'd rather go without it. She agreed with me and let me off without the prescription.

Lougong's been really caring, bringing me whatever I need, massaging my feet, though he previously believed my numbness was because I slept on my hand :P Since the doctor confirmed it, he's been more symphatetic :)

Sigh, feeling the baby move, has been my perk of this whole week.
Kept feeling my tummy for the baby's movement. Sometimes, so frequent and often, it seems like she's putting up a show, disco dancing or something in there :D

*sigh*

Ultrasound @ Week 19

This week, we're due for the Fetal Anomaly Scan.
The ultrasonographer, Ms Sun Lee, scanned our baby for us.
The baby started out curled up and with back facing us, but she turned after a trip to empty my painfully full bladder and coughing a loudly :)

This scan wasn't as fun as the previous ones.
A little apprehension as she went thru the list, heart, kidneys, brain, femur length, arm length (not sure bout this one), abdomen, umbilical cord, placenta, and finally, the gender of the baby :)

Ms Sun is quite nice, giving us a running commentary as she went along :)

Here are some shots for us to take home!

Clockwise (from top left):
1. The baby slightly tilted to her left, other arm seem to be playing with the umbilical cord.
2. A front profile of her face :) Hmm, skeletal structure, looks a little like Lougong, big cheek bones, maybe Lougong's nice nice fair complexion too!
3. Baby with hand held up toward face, shadow of both legs :)
4. Side profile of baby face :) Lovely!

And yes, I *AM* right!
We have a little girl!

Week 17 Bleeding, bed rest

This morning, woke up about 5:30am, went to toilet to pee, wiped, brown discharge again. Last night after shower, pee, quite a lot, with mucus.

2 days ago, experienced splitting cramps, like something's gonna break. Toa Payoh GP checked out and wrote referral to KK. KK Dr Chua checked heart beat, abdoment, and viewed inside the vagina. Checked with her 'senior doctor' and informed probably muscle pull.

Worried, trying not to so much.

Gave me progesterone injection and medication to 'stabilize' my endometrium. The injection was a very viscous (more like vicious and painful) one, the nurse warned me. While she was injecting me, her hands started shaking while pushing second half of the syringe contents into my left thigh :P It felt a little painful, but seeing her shake also makes me want to laugh, seems like she's hurting more than me :) So I joked around with the nurse about it.

At home, check everytime I pee, so far, only 1 show, more like brown urine on tissue.

Hope baby's alright, we'll pull thru this.