31 & 32 weeks

32 weeks 5 days
weight ~ 68kg

this mama here is getting from bad to worst, procrastinate updating blog on a weekly basis to now, might as well update both weeks together since we are nearing the end of 3 weeks! How bad can she be?

okay, let's start with 31 week! for this whole week, mummy suddenly experience weird cravings out of the blues ranging from coffee & tea (imagine she did not crave for it like for the whole 7 months with very occasional sip from 2nd trimester onwards), junk food (potato chips, prawn crackers, chocolate and the list goes on), cakes! (butter, pandan, fresh cream). That's more than sufficient to drive her nuts!

on the physical level, everything remain the same with the usual pressure on the pelvic and urge to visit the washroom. She tend to get tired very easily as though back to 1st trimester and 8 hrs of sleep might not satify her at times.

Now moving forward to 32 weeks which is still in 'progress'. Cravings for the past week remains and hopefully nothing else add in. Meal portion for lunch is enormous while dinner reduce to usual portion.

mummy seem to experience water retention which she is not aware of untill one day in the morning, her usual action of putting on the wedding band was met with bad resistance. She got so upset for the whole day basically wondering why there's no 'warning' in advance. Anyhow she attributed it to her mood swings which is much more in prevalent for the whole week. She noticed the slight swelling of her feet and a significant increase in her weight of close to 1kg a week which is horrifying.

More pressure on the pelvic and she start to walk like a humpty dumpty or a penguin which she is laughing herself over. Perspiration is mummy's closest enemy as of now and if possible, she is likely to bath 5 times a day which is madness. Wonder how is she going to survive her confinement in a few weeks time. She experience Braxton Hicks on one occasion this week which might corelate to her mood swing?

Went to see Dr Woody a day earlier than the scheduled appointment as she had very bad heartburn - scorching hot on her wind pipe, burping acid constantly (reflux) and tightness in the chest, one of the worst episode since she experience it daily which is managable. As usual his advice would be try not to lie down soon after food which everybody love to do that but mummy dare not as she knew what would be coming next. Blood pressure was measured (weird as he never had the habit of taking blood pressure untill a few visits back perhaps to monitor any signs of pre-eclampsia). Next would be scan for our little boi which is really fast - bb heartbeat, head, measure femur length, abdominal circumference, Done!

Mummy asked about Streptococcus B test which he highly recommend but only to be performed during 36 weeks. He asked about our choice of hospital for delivery and we have decided on TMC. Everything normal (what's new!) and will return to see him in 3 weeks time (huh, would have thought to be changed to fornightly instead). Booking to be done by the nurse and when mummy asked about the pre-admission letter, she advise it's fine if we do not received it. Then how would we be able to confirm that booking had be done.

Our precious boi is 2037g which is of a good weight. mummy joked with daddy after looking at the ultrasound picture. Looking at the EDD based on Femur length, it was much later than 26 Jan 09 and looking at the Abdominal Circumference, it was much earlier than the EDD. So mummy told daddy that Baby seem to be short (because of femur length) and has a big tummy which got daddy into a fix getting all panicky and concerned, haha!

Mummy feeling the anxiety to get things in order such as setting up of the baby cot / packing of hospital bag, laundry of baby's stuff etc. She had only started on the packing of her hospital bag by deciding on which outfit for Baby and her own nighties for hospital stay. Got to really buck up on the preparations aspect!