I've finally reached 32 weeks

It's been a hectic week and I'm not getting enough sleep. Waking up in the middle of the nights is pretty much the norm nowadays, coupled with the ever constant urge to urinate, cramp legs and joint pain in the fingers. My, so much pain a pregnant mother have to go through. It's always a wonder why women have to suffer so much and the XY gender seems to be a blessed lot.

I've been sitting in Starbucks for almost the entire day just to finish my work cos the internet connection at home is down. Somehow, being here gives me the consolation as I'm constantly accompanied by nice, eccentric songs from the 60s, people of all sort: mother and child sharing a plate of cheese cake, a few other wifi users busy typing away or surfing the internet. I've drank enough hot and ice signature chocolate for today and I think the little one inside is overly contented with mummy's over indulgence of choc. And I'm obviously oblivious to the stares of the waiters who must be pondering "how long is she going to sit there?" or "when is she ever going to leave?"

Oh by the way, we have considered another name for our junior; SEAN. Sean will be our second choice since MIL is of the opinion that Matthew has a bad connotation when pronounced in the Cantonese dialect "Mat Tiew". It's an irony how people would turn a nice name into something that sounds so horrid, like the name Paul Chan can be pronounced as "Phor Chan" in Canto, giving it a negative meaning. Anyway, the name Sean is of Irish origin, variant of the Hebrew name John "God is Gracious", from French Jean. Nice name but we're not certain about it yet, not like how we've agreed on the name Matthew.

Hubby and I will be attending our supposedly first pre-natal class since we missed this one earlier in the month and our last class will be towards the end of the month. Gosh, I'll be due very soon. Based on the scan last tuesday, doc said baby is due on the 14th of Dec 2009, 2 weeks sooner that the actual date 25th December 2009. Mummy is 31 weeks pregger and he weight at 1.93kg so doc asked that I be prepared by the middle week of Dec. Baby is putting on healthily and mummy has already tipped the scale by adding a whopping 2.6kg to her weight. The weight and stretch marks is scaring the hell out of me, albeit no signs of those pink lines yet. Not certain how it looks though but hubby said I don't have it and should not worry too much about it. Fill me in on this, please....

I'm still indecisive as to whether I want to have a C-sec or natural birth. Can anyone offer me the pros and cons of both method of delivery?

29th Week and Counting

On the 24th of Sept, we went to see my OBY-GYN cos I have been having this aching pain in the lower part of my abdomen, somewhere around the pubic bone. Went on the scale and realized I had only put on 100 gram (55.9kg) from my last visit which was on the 5th of Sept (55.8kg). Doc exclaimed "What happened?" and said I should be putting on at least 400gms a week and I should be 1.5kg heavier. I was shocked though but relieved I didn't put on too much. During my last visit, Doc asked me to reduce my sugar and carbo intake and so I did but my weight didn't do well in that department. I guess one of the main factor was I wasn't exactly eating enough, was in a sombre mood for the past weeks due to some reasons I cannot divulge in here.

Anyway, had a blast last weekend in Pangkor Laut Resort with hubby and his friends....Chartered a boat at the resort for RM220 per pax and went fishing. Pretty dissapointed cos we failed to catch even a small fish....and I went like "where has all the fishes gone to?"...Sigh...Oh well, the food at the resort was great and anticipated that I would have put on a least a kilo...Lo and behold, I did!....Hubby has been controlling my sugar intake, stopping me from indulging my favourite Ferrerro Rocher and I on the other hand, trying to find ways of getting my hands on one.

Now, back to my growing baby bump....I'm now going into my 29th week of pregnancy and my belly button is finally pushed outward. Still no sign of stretch marks yet and praying hard that I wouldn't have...Noticed that my baby is responding to music pretty well. Each time a music or sound comes on, he'll give me a light jolt on the right hand side of my belly. Everytime he does that, I'm relieved and assured that he's doing well. It's a superb feeling to feel him move and kick inside. I'm sure all you mothers out there can relate to what I feel.

Going fishing again this weekend....Nice! and looking forward to it very much.