23 weeks

23 weeks 3 days
weight ~ 62.3kg

time really flies and now we are in Oct 2008. Mummy's precious boy is 23 weeks and we are nearing our 6th month! Weight gain will be approximately 2kg per month and hopefully it stay this way so would have gained a total of about 14kg for the whole pregnancy which is a awfully lots!

mummy has quite a lot of complains this week. 1st is the cramp in the right calf, not too sure what is the cause but the ache and pain remain for like 3 days after a stretch in the morning before getting out of bed. It was pretty torturing since walking about and getting out of bed, fortuntely it went away!

secondly, constipation has decide to bunk in with mummy for the past week. 'Inspired' by a stomachache, the sitting in the washroom yield no result which is very uncomfortable. Despite eating apple every night which usually is effective, the past week is tough. Drinking more fluid of more than 8 glasses a day did not appear to help as well. Must be the hormones acting up once again! (+_+)"

thirdly, mummy is feeling a little heavy and get aches everywhere after walking / shopping for like hours. 3rd trimester is still a distance away yet the signs and symptoms are lurking nearby, crossing fingers it will not be that bad.
making use of the public holiday yesterday (Hari Raya), mummy and daddy went to AMK Hub as NTUC Xtra is having a baby fair with some great buys and range discount of 20%. We saw the car seat which cost only $99 but daddy commented he does not like the material which is a little velvety and does trap dust easily. Giving the infant car seat a miss as well since we are uncertain if we are getting the compatiable stroller for a full travel system. The only baby item we bought there was 2 sets of Tollyjoy mittens and booties as we are seriously lacking in it and there seem to be no hand me downs as yet. A little accident happen at the mall - a little boy had to squeeze through past mummy's tummy (standing in a corner with tummy facing wall) and mummy let out a loud 'WEI' (more like a reflex action, nothing on purpose), quickly touching tummy. Luckily it wasn't a hard bump and the little boy received a little spanking from his mum when she saw mummy touching the tummy.

Window shopped around the mall and spotted a travel system at Mums and Babes (or was it babies?) which looks like a good buy. with the promotion they are having coupled with additional discount for First Born Incentive card holder, the full system work out to be mere $226 or so. However we decide to halt the purchase untill we have seen our handown stroller's condition. If it could be used then most probably we will get Baby a new stroller when he's 6 months or so.

Daddy met his friend while shopping and mummy's bump must be pretty obvious as his friend ask 'oh, your wife is delivering soon ar'. mummy nearly faint, when the tummy so small, how could that be possible but coming from a guy, pardonable! haha

Subsequently we went to get the Drapolene nappy cream to be used as a barrier cream which is very economical. Going to try it out its effectiveness on Baby 1st before deciding to stay put or switch to Desitin Creamy which causes raves among mummies in the forum. Disposable breast pads was also purchased, crossing away more items on the checklist!

All in all, we spent a good 6 hours in AMK neighbourhood alone. Mummy as well as daddy return home with an aching body!

Daddy is really sweet to buy lunch for mummy everyday as she is not working. There seem to be telepathy between both as on 2/3 occasions, mummy is thinking to herself she is tired of the usual lunch and viola, daddy return with lunch of what she has in mind. Or was it mummy getting a little predictable these days (maybe he shared the same 'cravings' too) haha, naughty mummy!