36 weeks

weight ~ 70.5kg

looks like the nesting instinct kick in as mummy is constantly jumping up amid whatever she is doing to either pack the hospital bag or sudden reminder on what need to be packed / washed tomorrow! ironically the hospital bag remain 3/4 packed and lying at home instead of being placed in the car. In a dilemma as to whose car should we placed the hospital bag as well.

more complains coming up....mummy's face is so oily and she is facing very bad outbreak out of the blue for the past 2 weeks or so. It's so obvious that people around her started asking about it. Bedtime is tough as well with turning to change sides being such a chore and the nagging pain when she sleep on her side. Every turn that she has to make, her sleep was disturbed. In the night in particular, she experienced quite abit of cramping in the lower abdomen or tightening with a little pain. She has lost the ability to identify what is cramping, contraction, Braxton Hicks or purely BB Zethan's movements with his fists/knees.

For the past week, mummy took leave to have a long weekend + public holiday and she try to do as much laundry as possible with lots of packing and organising done around the whole house. there is this constant nagging voice at the back of her mind reminding her to get everything done fast for fear Zethan choose to announce his arrival earlier.

Visited Dr Woody on 02 Jan (mummy and daddy's 1st wedding anniversary) and his clinic is very packed despite reaching there late morning probably as his clinic is closed for 2 days for the holidays. He seem to rush through the review and make mummy panic with the questions she had for him. BB Zethan is growing well with a good weight of 2.7kg @ 36 weeks. Strept B test normal meaning -ve. Checking with him on the pain while sleeping on the side, he assure that there's no cause for alarm as it's due to the pressure on the womb thus the pain arise. He reminded mummy to monitor Zethan's movements and ensure a minimum of 10 movements within a day (continous movement considered as 1 count). Mummy asked him again how to identify contractions and he said the womb will tighten with pain and release with the intensity and frequency increasing. Asked which part of the abdomen it occur and was told any part of the tummy regardless of top, bottom or side. Next appointment shall be in a week's time.

as mentioned, it was mummy and daddy's 1st wedding anniversary and they decided to have Zhou's Kitchen dimsum high-tea. The absolute wrong move they made was to go for the newly opened branch at Jurong Point. Although the place is huge but the crowd is maddening and seats placement are bad being so closed to each other, too closed for comfort in fact. what upset mummy further is that it is not ala-carte buffet but normal buffet style and the food selection and taste is totally not up to standard as compared to Alexandra branch. Mummy have never been so critical in any restaurant / food but this is one absolute case that she condemned and complain all the way. To make things worst, we are seated behind a huge group of typical aunties in a family yelling at the top of their voices, better off to be in a market. That explains why there is no single photo taken at all.

Went to pickup Hong Zhao wine and bean husks pillow from grandma and for the 1st time she did not commented that mummy's tummy is so small! However she is still lamenting about BB Zethan's weight being rather low. She is very confident that BB Zethan will not be arriving that soon as mummy is still carrying her tummy very high. She is pretty sure that most probably will be close to CNY or even post CNY.

on a side note before ending the blog, mummy have been hearing a pop sound coming from inside the tummy on several ocassions. Initially she refused to believe it thinking it must be her imagination but after hearing for various times, she's firmed it is from the tummy. Amazingly but true!