Big & Small

Mummy is getting bigger (looking as if I was about to be due in a few day's time) as we slowly creep into our 3rd Trimester. Less than 100 days to get to D Day. We were back to see Dr Lim last Saturday and that should have been the start of the 27th week.

Finally hit the big "6" on the weighing scale. Never ever have I been this big and heavy in my entire life (hopefully this will be the first and last time!). Even when Mummy was wheeled into the operating theatre on Matty's birthday... I was only 59kg. Well at least I can console myself that Dr Lim will not be hounding me to put on more weight this time round. Actually if we look at the records, I had only put on 5kg thus far for this pregnancy. It is just that I was a bit (correction... it should be "alot") heavier at the onset of this pregnancy as compared to the last.

Dr Lim took measurement of Baby Elaina's head and it appeared that her head is smaller than average. The measurement was taken from left to right rather than that the circumference of the head. He used the word "narrow" rather than "small"... not sure if it was because he didn't want us to worry unduly or it was because of the shape of her head. From the ultrasound scan, the shape of Baby Elaina's head looking from top down is oblong rather than round... similar to the head of Daddy and Matty. At the detailed scan... her head definitely looked rounder and the measurement was just right. Nevertheless... Mummy is starting to question if it was because I haven't been eating enough or maybe because I haven't been disciplined enough to take my supplements daily as ordered to. Trying hard to be a good girl and not forget to take those yucky supplements regularly since last weekend.

The good news is that the placenta has moved upwards... giving us a glimmer of hope that we might have a chance to try natural delivery. Most importantly... the risk of premature birth is lowered. Have heard too many horror stories of bleeding from the placenta due to the pressure added by the baby lying on top. I don't think I want to be confined to the bed. I know I am going to feel the stress of having to deal with a newborn for the first few months and will be reluctant to travel too far from home. Mummy used to lack the drive to venture out with Matty when he was alot younger. The motivation really starts after Matty turned one-year old and we could bring him places to enjoy the good food and it became even more fun when he starts to toddle around on his own. (By the way... Matty's favourite phrase lately - go walk walk!).