Oh So Hyper ~~

We run the possibility of having another hyperactive baby! Argghhhh... not the best of thoughts that we would like to entertain after our experience with Matty.

Mummy was back at Dr Lim's clinic last Saturday for another around of checkup. Now at 11 weeks and measuring 4.4cm from crown to rump... Baby Junior sure can move alot. He (Mummy and Daddy are almost certain from our intuition that Baby Junior is a boy too!) was waving his arms and kicking his legs non-stop. Even Dr Lim cannot help but comment that Baby Junior was really active. The scary part was that we don't even remember Matty to be this active when he was at 11 weeks. Could this mean that Baby Junior will be more hyper than Matty? Guess that only time can tell. Mummy is willing to settle for another hyperactive baby on the condition that he sleeps well at night. Fingers and toes crossed!

Due to the fatigue from not being able to sleep well for the last 3 weeks (a result of Matty's crankiness, Mummy fallen sick and Matty gotten hospitalised)... Mummy lost even more weight - 2.5 kg in just 1.5 months. It was a bit of concern to Dr Lim.... but I'm not too worried as I had built up a "reserve" of 5kg prior to getting pregnant. Not a bad way to burn it actually.

In the meantime... the "chopsticks test" predicts Baby Junior to be a boy. We should be able to tell if that is the case at the next round of checkup... of course depending on Baby Junior's positioning. As much as Mummy would like to have a girl to get a good mix (and to dress her up)... we will settle for 2 even if Baby Junior is indeed a boy. I don't think I can handle having 3 boys running around (we run a 50% risk if you think about it). Anyway the advantages if Baby Junior turns out to be a boy - we get to recycle most of Matty's clothing... which is a huge saving considering the amount we had spent on getting those clothes which he hardly wore and of course I think boys tend to click better together. They will make good playmates (and not to mention fighting-mates) in the years to come.

As we approach the end of the first trimester... Mummy is feeling alot more relieved. Especially lately when the bloatedness and light-headedness seem to have subsided alot and makes me wonder if everything is ok in there for Baby Junior. Hopefully I can start feeling the movement soon... which is usually the case for subsequent pregnancies and serve as a form of daily assurance for Mummy. But I would like to clarify that it should be movement during the day and not night. Good to start letting Baby Junior know that when it is time to sleep... we sleep.