Week 39: Watermelon

Hi My little munchkin,

So this is really the last week and we will be fully baked!
It has been a weird 2 weeks. Week 38's visit at the gynae saw us pondering over your CTG scan. Perhaps it was because you or mummy was too hungry, you slept through half the whole CTG scan showing no activity. Nurse got worried, gynae tried to wake you up to which you finally decided to show us some peaks in the CTG. I think mummy had to lay on the hard bed for a good 45 mins.
Fortunately, you are still faring well. Still around 3kg since the last scan was 4 days ago, you appear to have moved further down the pelvic. We only managed to take a shot of you ear. Yup, Ear. :p

After that, I started feeling butt pain, and couldn't really walk properly for a couple of days. The pain then developed into this achy feel where it felt like you were pushing through. In fact, I was almost thinking you might be out soon.

Thereafter, for the whole week, I had been having cramps. Over the weekend, I was even ready to go shower and get to the hospital as the contractions appear to be coming in on regular waves. After drinking milo made by Daddy, the contractions just stopped. And I'm still here.

I'm so glad that although you are still incubating in the tummy, you have been such a good girl listening to daddy and mummy and waiting for the gynae to be back, (today, btw!). It's another week of countdown, we really hope you arrive in style, exactly on your EDD.

Perhaps, we'll be able to share on our birth story, which Mummy knows will be a smooth one, on our next post!

Love ya sweetheart,
Daddy & Mummy

Week 37: Wintermelon

Hi Darling,

It's been 3 weeks since we last updated and you are week 37 today! The gynae considers you full term today on Sep 11. Weird date. She suggests you can even try to come out on Sep 16, so that all our birthdays will be exactly 1 month away from each other. I'm not so keen, please just come out on your EDD on 2 Oct ok! There's no need to be early or late. :p

It has been an amazing 35 weeks, considering that I wasn't pregnant the 1st 2 weeks. What we have went through, what we are about to go through and what we are looking forward to go through, a lot of stuffs are going through my mind. I go through everyday wonder what you would be like, whether you would be like your dad or me, whether you will know how difficult it was for us to reach this stage, and whether you will learn to appreciate and love us till the very end?

In any case, for the next 20 years at least, I'm sure we will try to learn to love and appreciate each other... :p

Anyway, for our 34 Week Scan, you were weighing at 2.36kg! That's a huge leap again! This week, mummy put on only 400g, so gynae was ok.
For our 36 week scan, you reached 2.8kg and mummy put on like 900g? Haha, somehow the gynae was ok again, so I better cross my fingers that mummy don't put on that much weight this week!

You have been head down for a while, please keep it that way and get engaged when you are comfy ok. Everything looks ok for you, we are now just waiting, in another 3 weeks, our lives will change, and for the better. :p

Ooh, maternity shots are almost ready, aren't you excited to see how you look in the tummy?

Love,
Daddy & Mummy