12/11- baby squirm & kick when I m resting but sleep when I m busy. Guess she's establishing a good sleeping now. Or is it because I can feel when she's asleep & when she active.
14/11- went on a whole day shopping spree with hubby to get all the final stuff in our baby's stuff list. Tiring but satisfied! Gotten all stuff prepared and ready! Today baby is really active. Especially in the morning. Squirm a lot since early morning. While waiting in the car for babyland to open, baby gave me a few rounds of hard kick.. Excited with these kick but it's quite painful though. My tears was at the brink of my eye when she kicking. Think she must be very that we are shopping for her stuff today! I m glad that she very active which shows that she's developing well. Today we also bought 2 DVDs for her to learn about Chinese idioms & English words for newborn baby..now she has got 'di zi gui', 'san zi jing', 'cheng yu dong hua lang' & 'baby bright'! She'll be real busy after this. So many things to learn up. Well all parents would want the best forbtheir kids. We are not kiasu just want to build up a good learning foundation for her since born.
16/11- Went for check up. This round baby has turn down to birth position. And she's now weight 2.1kg. Dr said with this position & weight, I can have natural birth. That's really a good news to me! Dr taught me how to massage my tummy to stimulate baby to get ready for birth & massage breast to send message to brain to start producing milk. To prepare for labour, Dr wants me to take some walk whenever I can & do the half squating exercise.
22/11-my legs start to swell. It gets swollen by end of the day. Looks more like elephant legs. My hubby & brother keep laughing at my swollen legs saying I might end up with a trunk since I now elephant legs. That's so bad of them!! They won't know how it feels to be a mother. Although gotto suffer thru those aches & uncomfortable symptoms, but as long ad I feel baby is growing well & healthy, I'm perfectly happy with any discomfort symptoms.
24/11-Been really busy for past 2days with training & launches. And baby is kicking & squirming as hard. She's growing stronger & healthier. I m so glad about it.
25/11- Noticed that everytime I eat fruits, baby will kick or squirm a lot while I m enjoying the freshness & sweetness of the fruits. Guess she likes fruits & vegetables as much as me. Wow!! That'll wonderful as we have something in common already even before she's born.
27/11- Went karaoke buffet @ Neway with hubby. Not bad! I can still sing without going out of breath. Ate variety of foods & sang lots of song. Baby was kicking & squirming throughout the session listening to daddy & mummy sing. Felt the happiness of going karaoke together as 1 family. When baby arrives, we'll plan to bring her with us but gotto wait till she can at least sing song of ABC!
3/12- feel very tired & sleepy most of the days. Been sleeping & resting as much as I can but it's just not enough. Maybe it's the hormone change & the way body react at this stage. Attended the third antenatal class which covers the topic of labour. Fantastic session for me & my hubby. The midwife spoke about labour partner & their role in labour room. Talked about pain management, there's 4 methods - epidural, petadine, ethonox & breathing technique. For me, I m going for ethonox(gas&air) which will reduce my pain by 40%, breathing technique & lastly the petadine. The first two are priority choices as it doesn't have side affect on me & baby. We did some practice on the breathing technique - pain, push & pent. Now I have more confidence that I'll go through the labour smoothly. Baby is very active during the breathing exercise. That's because I m totally relax. She kicks & squirm as I practice the breathing method. We also get a chance to visit labour room. Nice & comfortable room. Feel the privacy too as only mother & father can enter that area.
Baby seems very active at night. After class, it's already almost 12am. I feel very sleepy but baby is still kicking & squirming a lot. Try changing position and end up sleeping with back on a stack of pillows. Baby only settle down to sleep after 2 hours if kicking & squirming. Although tiring, but I m happy as I know she doing well in there. Gambate baby!
5/12- It's time to pamper myself with pedicure & hair cut today.
First we had a great breakfast at Starbuck! Was really hungry that I ordered 2 classic doughnuts. Enjoyed the breakfast with hubby !!
As I can't reach my toe now, pedicure is the best! Make my toes look so tidy & nice. And the moisturizing treatment that really make my whole leg look so smooth & silky. Plus the massage that makes me feel so comfortable especially with my swollen feet. This time I've chosen a dark purple color nail polish that will match the dress that I m going to wear during fullmoon dinner.
Next is the new haircut that will make me feel comfortable during confinement period. Been thinking of what hairstyle to do that will give me a fresh look even during fullmoon & Chinese new year. So decided to have a short haircut that's really trendy. Wanna be pretty mummy that everyone is gonna look up to as example.
8/12- 36 weeks check up today. Baby's head had move down into my pelvis. Not really engaged yet. But doctor said it's normal. Baby is now at 2.7kg which is of a good weight & I can go for normal delivery. Doctor told me to stop my supplements or can just take it once a week. From her calculation on baby's weight, baby might be at 3.3kg at birth. So in order to make my delivery slightly easier for me, I gotto start controlling baby's weight now. I actually had flu today. Running nose, irritated throat & fever. Doctor said lots of mothers had flu recently. Gave me some medicine for flu & fever. She said as I have fever, baby will also have fever because wshe's in my tummy. So I must recover asap!
Next is the start of 10th month. The long waited time has come. It's now the waiting time for baby to arrive. At this moment we are not sure exactly when she'll arrive. Maybe during Christmas plus minus days before & after. We'll leave it to god. We are not going for the induction to make it faster since I m healthy during this pregnancy.