The Story So Far...

It's 15 weeks and counting now.

G has been having giddiness persistently over the last week. As a result, J and G decided to bring forward the appointment with the doctor.

Suspected that the giddiness is due to low BP. Every time G measures her BP, systolic reading hovers at 80-90, diastolic at 50-60. But at the doctor's, it was a very respectable 119/68. -_-"

Suggested remedy: Get G to increase fluid intake. Bought Vitagen, chocolate milk and prune juice. And ice cream because it was on offer. (and J wants to eat ice cream) After 48 hours, G has only taken 1 bottle of Vitagen. J hopes she can finish the drinks before delivery.

At this point, J is starting to doubt all the books that J and G have been reading. Where's the energy, the disappearing of symptoms from the first trimester, or even G's appetite? Or maybe because it is still early in the second trimester, the promised goodies have yet to materialize.

Went for the first ante-natal class and were shown around the hospital. The delivery suite looks really nice, even nicer than J and G's bedroom. J loves the bathtub. But sadly, he won't get to use it.

Dug up G's long forgotten stethoscope. Couldn't hear the baby, but can hear G's very healthy bowel movement. Yay for Vitagen.

J and G have finally announced the news on Facebook. Good news should be shared. If you haven't done so, go like it. Now.

By the way, G is also starting to have a little baby bump. Ask her to show it to you if you see her.

安胎 or 安眠？

J's parents have started cooking 十三太保 for G to drink. It is a traditional Chinese medicine consisting of 13 different herbs, supposedly will make the fetus stronger and let the mummy have a smoother pregnancy

Or in J's mum's words "孩子比较壮，你 (referring to G) 也会比较好睡".

G had the 2nd 'dose' yesterday...and upon reaching back in BB, she promptly fell asleep on the sofa at 9.30pm. Her plan was to nap for 30mins before waking up to watch the news...

When she finally got woken up by J, it was 11pm!

And all G felt was drowsiness...if not for the fact that she's been out all day, she would have skipped showering and hop into bed immediately. But, G managed to drag herself into the shower and onto the bed at about 11.15pm...and then she fell asleep immediately and only roused at 7am by the urgent need for toilet...

Now, at 4.06pm the next day, G's blood pressure is hovering at 95/65, considered slightly low for her since the last BP taken at the Dr's office was at the range of 110+/70+

Hopefully, whatever medicine she drank was indeed 安胎-ing by 'forcing' her to sleep more...otherwise, this drop in BP and overwhelming drowsiness is not good for her, nor for xiao xiong mao..

On another note, J was down with food poisoning on Thursday...and his appetite seem to have gone and joined G's appetite in playing hide and seek with their owners. G remains nauseated at the thought of drinking water or eating fish (in fact, at the thought of eating anything at all...)

Not such a happy weekend...but as long as xiao xiong mao is safe and sound, putting up with the nausea, dizziness and fatigue is worth it...

Beginning of the Second Trimester

157 beats per minute.

That's how fast Xiao Xiong Mao's heart is beating now.

People have been telling G that she had a relatively easy first trimester as she only had nausea and did not actually vomit. However, in the past week, giddiness and headaches have set in.

The books say that the second trimester is the best bit of pregnancy, with energy levels being the highest. It is also supposed to be when the cravings begin. Fun times ahead then.

J and G went to the gynecologist together for the first time. Xiao Xiong Mao is coming along nicely. Blood test results for G came back clear and Xiao Xiong Mao's risk of having Down Syndrome is about 20 times lower than the risk indicated by G's age.

All in all, looking forward to the next ultrasound scan to see further developments.

P.S. For some reason, everyone around J and G have been saying that they already knew about the pregnancy. Is it really that obvious?

Xiao Xiong Mao is now coming to 12 weeks :)
He/She is 4.8cm long from head to buttocks...and during the scan, can do kicks and punches + nodding the head :)

J finally got to see his baby for the first time...probably is a reality check for him.
Yes, it is real.
He is gonna be a daddy.

As for G, she is just very very relieved and happy to see the baby moving, and to see the little heart beating so strongly :)

All's well with the Nuchal Translucency (NT) scan.
Next up will be Dr's appointment this coming Friday...

In the meantime, G is continuing the endless battle with nausea, poor appetite and fatigue (already lost 1kg)..while J is trying to catch up on his baby-book reading.

Won't be long till we can announce the big news to everyone :)

J is on overseas reservist...so G has to go to the first OBGYN appointment with her mum
Baby is 18mm long (crown to rump) and EDD is 14 Aug 2012 =)

Best part of the scan is to see the baby's heart beating...
Such a tiny little thing, yet already very much having a life of its own =)

Next appointment on 27 Jan 2012 for NT scan + blood tests (OSCAR)
Hopefully this time J can come so that he can see his baby for the very first time...

Actually, both of us probably already guessed it when G missed her period and she is usually so on-the-dot..
But being just married and on honeymoon, maybe stress has taken a toll on her...

Arrived back in Singapore on 22 Dec...and when J told G's mum that G has been having poor appetite and gastric problems, she just candidly say "不会是做人成功了吧？"

After some half-hearted discussion on what to do, we finally decided to buy a home pregnancy test kit...and we bought the cheapo home-brand twin-pack from Watsons!

We can't stop laughing when we saw the results on the test...OMG, this is like so one-in-a-million!

And so...with the two of us laughing our hearts out, we start on our journey to become parents.

ps: G used the 2nd stick the next day since 'already bought, might as well just double confirm'..
pps: And yes, it is still positive =D