Last weekend, my belly was filled with rashes and it got to a point whereby it kinda freaked me out.
So although I already knew the answer because I consulted my gynae before, I still had to go and ask Peter Pan Daddy to surf online to see if these rashes are harmful to Peter Pan Baby because I need constant reassurance like that.
And according to this site online, it's pretty harmless to you and your baby except for the itch. But the weird thing is that my rashes don't itch. They're just there on my tummy like a form of decor -_-
Anyhoo, as we read on, apparently 70% of women who have it give birth to boys and this is due to the hypothesis that the male fetal DNA acts as a skin irritant.
More hair and pregnancy rashes. How fun!
Well, I guess it's better than getting acne all over your face, huh?
*touch wood* I hope I didn't just jinx my face. Ok, I probably just did by saying it out loud typing it out.
Am at 60.1kg at the moment.
Approximate calculation below:
1st trimester: 1kg
12 weeks - 22 weeks: 5kg
22 weeks - 23 weeks: 0.1kg
Total weight gain so far: 6.1kg
I don't know why my baby bump still looks so small on photos. My friend suggested that I measure my waist. I haven't gotten down to doing that.
My brown discharge came back last Friday. It lasted through the whole of Saturday so on Saturday nite, I decided to insert the Canesten pill that my gynae gave me from the last check-up which was awfully painful.
The Canesten pill is like the panadol menstrual pill but slightly bigger.
2 days later, I started having pink/bright red discharge *faints*
So on Monday itself, I went to see my gynae and again he had to use the clamper to check down there *double faints*
He told me to monitor the discharge and if the brown discharge/thrush really doesn't bother me, then I don't have to continue with the other 2 Canesten pills as the pink discharge may scare me even more. True 'dat!
We also consulted the gynae for the price of natural birth vs. c-sect at Prince Court Hospital:
Natural birth - RM3.5k (inclusive of 1 night stay)
Plus epidural - RM1k
Plus vacuum - RM600
C-sect - RM8.5k (inclusive of 2 nights stay)
I did ask the gynae whether it's common to go through an episiotomy if we opt for natural birth and he said not really, it only happens in 20% of cases.
But the worst part is that he can only tell me if I need one there and then on the day of birth -_-
Hence, no conclusion as to which method we'll be choosing yet as we're suppose to wait and see how big Peter Pan Baby will be at the later stage of the pregnancy.
Other than that, Peter Pan Baby's kicks have been getting stronger recently.
He particularly likes to move/roll around at night when I'm about to sleep. I will keep telling him to stop playing but I guess he's having loads of fun in there.
I have begun to feel his nudges/kicks beside my navel. Not too sure if it's getting a little tight in there for him that he needs to rise up to my navel level.
He now weighs 600 grams and according to sites online, he's only suppose to be weighing 500 grams at 23 weeks -_-"
Whatever it is, I hope he's healthy and growing normally.
Nowadays, I can only sleep for 2-3 hours whereby I'll wake up to pee and then take a long time to fall asleep again. So I'm really tired most of the time.
I cannot get enough of the chocolate chip ice-cream from Baskin Robbins. I keep craving it each weekend and occasionally when we're out during weekdays.
I'm starting to countdown on my own now. Each day, I'll look at the calendar and count the weeks over and over again although I already know how many weeks more there is.
17 more weeks to go!!
When I first got pregnant, I realised I was super bloated. I could still fit into all of my old clothes but only the bottoms were a little uncomfortable for me.
I didn't buy any new pants or jeans, only maternity tights and leggings as most of my clothes are dresses anyways.
However, I found this site Queen Bee which sells really nice maternity wear although a bit on the expensive side.
The first time around, I purchased a pair of white ankle length jeans from them as the blue one was out of stock in my size.
But the other day, I went back to the site and the blue jeans was in stock!
So although they're the same design/pattern, I decided to get the blue one too! :)
And today, Peter Pan Daddy has finally picked it up from the post office for me as it was an insured package!
Yay, I finally have a pair of decent jeans to wear once again! And they're real comfortable too!
-- picture taken off Queen Bee's site --
Finally did it yesterday!
The scan took exactly 30 minutes. The Fetal Maternal Doctor scanned Peter Pan Baby from head to toe.
So far, Peter Pan Baby looks alright and it is confirmed once again that he's a boy.
The doctor checked for the nasal bone to see the likelihood of down syndrome and also for cleft lip. All looks good.
Peter Pan Baby has this bubble thingy inside of him which means that he's drinking water and it's being accumulated in his bladder which means his kidneys are functioning.
He has five little fingers and toes on both hands and legs. His hand was stagnant at the thumbs-up position the whole time yesterday. I wonder if that was his way of telling us everything's alright.
We even saw him open his mouth for a bit and the doctor was pointing out Peter Pan Baby's tongue to us but as we are no experts in ultrasound, I couldn't make it out -_-
Ok, those are the only things that I could remember as the other parts of the body seems a bit too complex for me to comprehend (partly due to the fact that I always failed bio in school).
But overall, Peter Pan Baby's measurements were plotted into graphs and he's growing right on track! *waves pom-poms in the air for Peter Pan Baby*
Peter Pan Baby was so cute. Lying comfortably on the placenta.
The doctor said that Peter Pan Baby's a friendly baby for scanning. He said it made his life so much easier apparently and with a friendly baby like Peter Pan Baby, it made it hard for him to stop scanning hehe.
Maybe Peter Pan Baby could sense that I was a worrier so he nicely positioned himself for the scan to put my mind at ease.
Now that that's done. I just hope that the whole pregnancy would carry on smoothly without any further complications :)
Boohoo! I'm officially 60kg today. So now I have a better understanding of how 60kg people feel like and how imbalance you can be -_-
Approximate calculation below:
1st trimester: 1kg
12 weeks - 21 weeks: 4.3kg
21 weeks - 22 weeks: 0.7kg (thanks to all that ice-cream and cakes)
Total weight gain so far: 6kg (eeek! I guess it's pretty hard to keep to my target of only 10kg then as I have 4 more months to go *sniff*)
I don't know why my baby bump doesn't look as big in photos but in real life it's seriously huge!!!
I feel kinda ok so far. Apart from the usual upper and lower backaches; joint/muscle pain in my arms; occasional dizziness & headaches; constipation.
Constipation has recently started for me. The longest I've gone without pooping would be 2 days. On the 3rd day, I'd start panicking.
I find it hard to walk long distances without panting nowadays.
I cannot stop myself from having a scoop of ice-cream after dinner or a slice of cake if ice-cream is unavailable.
I told my mom that I've been eating lots of ice-cream and cakes and she was like 'eat-lah!'.
Then I told her it isn't very healthy and she was like 'then don't eat so much-lah!'.
Wah, this kind of advice I can also tell myself lor -_-
Anyways, all is good for now. The doctor did warn me that things may get more taxing and tiring when I grow bigger. So not looking forward to that.
I hope I'd still be able to sleep and sit comfortably when I'm bigger.
My skin's been so much better after switching to the moisturiser for dry skin. I guess I'm categorised under the dry skin range now. Part & parcel of growing old.
Still contemplating my options of going for natural birth or c-sect at this stage. I know I can be this indecisive but hey, still got 4 more months to decide rite??
On a more materialistic note, my wardrobe is seriously boring right now. I don't have much clothes to wear at this stage so I'm basically recycling all my A-line dresses.
Not planning on buying too many baggy new clothes as I might not wear them after pregnancy (if I can slim down that is dunno why so confident).
For bottoms, I've splurged on a pair of ankle-length maternity jeans online and waiting for it to arrive. Other than that, I've bought many maternity tights from Topshop as they are super comfortable compared to the usual tights and I foresee even after pregnancy I'd be wearing them forever! :)
That's all for now. Hoping that the anomaly scan this evening will turn out well. Please keep us in your prayers thank you.
Meet Mr. Green Bear from Guardian:
He has become my best friend over the weekend.
He's a hot/cold pad which I purchased for my hurting arms and is marketed for kids' boo boos but who cares because I'm a kid at heart.
Super value - I can use it. Peter Pan Baby can use it.
Since Saturday, my right arm was hurting max. Then on Sunday, both arms were hurting. And today, my left arm is hurting.
The pain is like those muscle/joint pain.
But with Mr. Green Bear (I chose the name by the way, it wasn't written on the pack. I'm so original I know), you can just shove him into the microwave for 30 seconds and he gives you heat for the next 30 minutes.
Temporary relief but better than sucking all the pain in.
I told my mom that I probably have arthritis and she called me crazy as I'm too young to get it.
And she started giving me this whole lecture about how I shouldn't bathe and wash my hair during confinement or this pain will get worse.
Yep, she just jinxed it for me. 'Cos I don't think I can stand not bathing or washing my hair for a whole month!
You mean after doing your business, you can't even wash and clean up the below area? How sickening is that?!
And to think that you'd be bleeding after birth and not being able to wash up makes things sound even more gross.
I'm just hoping that this pain in my arms will get better soon and certainly not worse after I've delivered Peter Pan Baby.
Oh, the joys of being a woman.
P/s: My anomaly scan is tomorrow! Please be ok Peter Pan Baby pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
P/p/s: I've created a twitter account - @PeterPanMommy. Now to figure out how to link it to this blog. And this is as savvy as I can get at this internet age.
I read on this lady's blog a while back that apparently Baby Gap's socks are the best for babies because they really don't run.
I didn't even know that we had Baby Gap in Malaysia until Peter Pan Daddy told me that there's a store at The Gardens.
As we were at The Gardens for dinner yesterday because I wanted to find a dinner dress for a wedding, I decided to go check out the socks at Baby Gap.
They had a few selections but as I already bought a few pairs of socks from Mothercare, I got a set of baby blue socks just to try out.
And at the same time I saw many cute bodysuits. If only I could buy them all.
I ended up getting this bodysuit with printed buses on it because it was the only bodysuit with a zipper in the middle which we don't have any of. I think all of the bodysuits we've purchased so far are with buttons.
I really want to become a member as the baby clothes there are so cute! But you can only become a member when you accumulate RM700 within 6 months.
Yep, I signed up for it. Another RM572 to go -_-
And I didn't manage to buy my dress. Recently I've been spending less on myself. Each time I pass a store that sells stuff related to babies, I'd be sure to go in and come out with something.
I know it's like shopping for someone else but the feeling's so different. You're shopping for someone else technically but the stuff would belong to you.
Aiyah I don't know how to explain-lah. Go have a baby!
I've always had yellow discharge since the start of the pregnancy but my gynae said that if it isn't foul-smelling or itchy, then I have nothing to worry about.
But on Monday, I encountered stringy yellow discharge with a tinge of brown. And even my undies had dark brown stains.
So I got a bit panicky and moved forward my gynae's appointment from next week to yesterday.
At the same time, my belly was cramping. Not at the lower abdomen area but at the sides of my belly.
I never felt that before because the last cramp that I felt was the lower abdomen area whereby my gynae said that it's normal as my skin was stretching to make way for a bigger belly.
So anyways, I saw my gynae yesterday and described my discharge to him and he thinks it's thrush. Apparently we all have it but it's being contained by other bacteria just that we're more prone to get it during pregnancy.
He told me that most women get it during their pregnancy but just probably never thought anything of it so did not mention it to him.
It doesn't hurt you or the baby but if you want to get it treated you can. Just that it may or may not come back after a while.
He wanted to take a swab so he told me to relax and said it's just like a pap smear. He asked me whether I've done a pap smear before and I said no.
So he inserted this clamper thingy underneath really slowly and gently but once he pushed it in further, it was SUPER HORRIBLY PAINFUL!!!!
CAN YOU IMAGINE GIVING BIRTH TO A BABY FROM THAT SAME HOLE?!!!!
He told me that he'll send the sample for testing and if I don't hear back from them means it's nothing serious.
Regarding the belly cramps, he reckons that I need to slow down and rest. Apparently it's the way my body lets me know that I've done too much.
I don't remember doing anything too much except for walking around Tropicana City Mall & Pavilion on Sunday.
Shop for one day and the pain lasts for 3 days. Scary.....
Anyhoo, all is well. Peter Pan Baby now weighs 500 grams. Apparently he's a little bit on the bigger side as he's only suppose to weigh 400 grams this week *gulp*
I guess he's going to be a big baby huh?
Anyways, I weighed myself this morning and I'm 59.3kg.
Approximate calculation below:
1st trimester: 1kg
12 weeks - 20 weeks: 3.7kg
20 weeks - 21 weeks: 0.6kg
Total weight gain so far: 5.3kg
Peter Pan Baby's kicks/nudges have been getting stronger. Sometimes I can feel him 'swimming' in there. Such a happy and weird feeling at the same time.
But extremely reassuring for worriers like me. Seriously, each time he moves, I feel so relieved.
The anomaly scan has been postponed once again to next week. Hopefully there won't be any other changes again. I really really want to know for sure that Peter Pan Baby is a-ok!
Other than the above drama during the start of the week, everything's pretty much alright at the moment.
19 more weeks to go! I know it's a bit too early to countdown but I.just.can't.wait!!!! :)
Just as I wrote about how I've been resisting ice-creams and cakes on Tuesday, I finally caved and had a slice of the White Chocolate Macadamia cake from Secret Recipe on Tuesday night and a bar of Mars ice-cream yesterday.
I made up for it last nite by having a chicken salad for dinner. But I just can't stop thinking about ice-creams or cakes ever since.
Think healthy! Think healthy! *psychos self*
I'm 20 weeks today! I'm officially halfway into this pregnancy. Can't wait for the next 20 weeks to go by as I really really want to see Peter Pan Baby!! :)
- Weighed myself this morning and I'm at 58.7kg. No doubt I'm getting heavier each day eeek!
Approximate calculation:
1st trimester: 1kg
12 weeks - 19 weeks: 3.2kg
19 weeks - 20 weeks: 0.5kg
Total weight put on so far: 4.7kg
- Took a photo of my tummy:
I know it looks the same as 2 weeks ago but I swear in real life it looks massive.
- My gums have been bleeding whenever I use a non-electric toothbrush. I've been so afraid to see blood that I've stopped flossing at the start of this pregnancy.
- Peter Pan Baby's movements are really low still. He normally taps me around my lower abdomen area. Wonder when he'll rise higher in my tummy.
Other than that, I can feel him tapping me more often these days. Even when I'm sitting at my desk at work. He's just so cute with his lil' taps.
The other day Peter Pan Daddy and I went to watch Iron Man 2 in the cinema and Peter Pan Baby was tapping me non-stop. I think it was too loud for him?
- The skin on my face is still rather dry no matter how much moisturiser I apply. I recently changed to a moisturiser for dry skin (previously using a combination skin one) so I'm hoping that that'd work.
- I am beginning to love ice-creams and cakes again. But I do refrain myself by replacing those cravings with milk or fruits instead. Or water. And by looking at my mom's Arnott's cookies, I sometimes feel like just taking 1 piece but also refrain myself.
- My pregnancy rashes on my tummy have been visiting me again. The skin part especially around the navel hurts. But goes away after a day. And comes back the next few days or so.
- I have been getting headaches on and off lately. But they aren't as bad as the ones I experienced during the 1st trimester.
- I'm currently becoming more conscious about people who know that I'm pregnant checking out my tummy area when I walk past them. I know that I'm suppose to look this way but I somehow feel that they're checking out how big I am.
- I read in some books and blogs that it may seem awkward for people to touch your tummy without you inviting them to do so. I kinda personally like it because I feel that it's a way for Peter Pan Baby to feel loved with so many people 'touching' him.
Other than the above, I feel pretty alright at the moment. Still tired and sleepy most of the time but I've always been this way so what's new? :)
Will be going for the anomaly scan next Tuesday. Can't wait to see Peter Pan Baby again and hopefully all is well.
My dad cuts me fruits to bring to work each day and last Thursday, he cut me 3 slices of pear but I didn't even eat one.
As I entered the car after work, I gave it back to my dad and told him that I didn't have any appetite to eat them.
My mom told me to eat them anyways because even though I'm not hungry, she reckons Peter Pan Baby is and needs all the food he can get.
She said that I should indeed eat more if not Peter Pan Baby will turn out real skinny and unhealthy.
My mom threatened to tell Peter Pan Baby next time that I starved him while I was pregnant with him. And come to think of it, I don't even think it's a threat. She probably is going to tell him anyways.
So the real question here is do I really stuff my face in food when I'm not exactly hungry and not extremely full?
