20 Weeks: What Happened?

Yes I am now midway through my whole journey and yesterday marked the beginning of my 20 weeks. 

I woke up, took my weekly bump photo and went to work as usual. I felt a sudden, sharp and acute pain at my lower abdomen in office and it was contant and lasted for an hour plus. I even had difficulty walking. I tried walking to the toilet to check. There was no bleeding and I urinated as per normal. I cried in my office and my colleagues were very concerned. I called B to come and fetch me. My colleagues even wheeled me to B who took my car. 

We went to KKH O&G. The female doctor who saw me was very young. She didn't do an ultrasound. She only used a doppler to hear baby's heartbeat. She took quite a while before she could capture baby's heartbeat as baby was moving and turning a lot. She also checked my cervix. There was no bleeding, no water leaking but there were quite a lot of white discharge according to the doctor. She took a specimen of the white discharge for further examination as she was worried that there might be infection. She also prescribed me utrogestan to support the pregnancy and paracetamol for pain. She gave me 4 days of mc to rest. She commented sometimes it could be due to uterus expanding that caused the pain. She termed my case as a threatened miscarriage.

However I need a reassurance from someone experienced. I requested to see Dr Tan but for KKH, it is always difficult to see him if we do not have prior appointment. So we went to Dr Ang. He did an ultrasound for me and baby was fine. He commented that baby's position is a bit low but the placenta is not. The pain could also be due to muscles stretching. He did not check my cervix since KKH had done it for me. However from the ultrasound, he could see that the cervix is closed. Water bag is good. Womb is soft which is good because if it's hardened, contraction will kick in. What he doesn't want is the intermittent pain. He asked me to rest and monitor. If the pain doesn't come back after resting for a few days, then I can resume my normal activities. 

Lord, please continue to watch over our baby darling and protect her from any harm. Please continue to bless her to grow well, healthily, normally, strongly, steadily and safely everyday. In your most precious name, Jesus Christ, I pray. Amen!

19 Weeks: Detailed Scan

Baby is amazing today! The sonographer could scan everything except baby's spine as baby needs to be in the facing down position. My baby always like to lie on her back which is good for the sonographer to scan most of her parts. Then the sonographer said if she cannot scan baby's spine today, we will have to come back next week to scan the spine as she can't let us walk around and scan again as we have an appointment with Dr Tan and we will miss it. Upon hearing that, baby turned and face downwards and let the sonographer scan her spine. So we told the sonographer that baby must have heard us and she doesn't want us to waste one more trip down. We also told the sonographer that baby has been a very obedient and cooperative baby. I didn't really have much morning sickness. Today the sonographer said 80% baby is a girl. She said cannot see 小弟弟. If that's the case, why is it not 100% sure? Haha! Anyway in my detailed scan report, it is reported that gender of baby is female. Dr Tan said baby is very healthy and everything is normal. DH and I are very happy to hear that! :) Praise the Lord! Hallelujah!

To have a baby girl is God's will for us. We will gladly accept it. I thank God everyday for bringing baby darling into our life. It's amazing everyday to have a little life growing inside me! :) 

Baby darling, we love you lots lots lots to infinity! :) 

18 Weeks: Still No Sign of Recovery

After taking medicine for two days, I was paranoid and worried about baby darling. I decided to just walk in to my backup gynae and have a check on baby.

Baby was fine and gynae could see that I was pretty sick and gave me another 3 days of MC. 

My sickness got worse when I woke up the next day and I decided to visit the GP again. This time round, he changed my medication and prescribed me antibiotics. 

My nose was very congested and I kept blowing it until my nose bled. 

I really prayed that my sickness will recover soon as I do not wish my sickness to drag any longer to avoid affecting baby. 

17 Weeks: Falling Sick

I had been sick since 18 June and I am not recovering. On Sunday, 22 June when my mother-in-law saw me, she commented that I looked quite sick and asked me to see a doctor and off I went to see the doctor. GP prescribed me Piriton, Dhasedyl and Trachisan and gave me 2 days MC. I wanted to fight the bugs and recover by myself without taking any medication as i was worried the medication might affect baby's health but I failed to recover by myself.

Basically the next two days, I was just sleeping and sleeping and only waking up to eat and take medicine. 

16 Weeks: Baby's Growth

On 10 Jun, we went to see Dr Tan at KKH for our routine scan. It was one of the most funny consultation that we had. All because it started from DH's wearing a coat and thinking how to go about asking Dr Tan the embarrassing question, "is having sex safe during pregnancy?"

During the scan, Dr Tan commented that baby was measuring at about 10 cm. I was actually a bit worried because at 15 weeks, we went to see Dr Ang and baby was measuring at 9.59 cm. In another words, baby only grew 0.5 cm in a week which I thought it was a bit slow. Baby should be about 11 cm according to the baby's growth chart at 16 weeks. 

God, I really pray that baby will continue to grow healthily, normally, strongly, steadily and safely everyday. 

15 Weeks: Baby's Gender

My mum, MIL, MIL's bestie who is a Malay lady and DH's aunt predicted our baby is a boy at around week 9/10, which I found it amazing at that time because I don't know how they judge to predict the gender. MIL's bestie was so confident that she even wanted to make a bet on it but we didn't take up the bet because we find that we should not bet on such things. Only DH's niece who is about 13 years old and Dr Zou predicted our baby is a girl. When asked why she predicted a girl, DH's niece said it's just a lucky guess. 

Today we went to see Dr Ang. Baby is good and measuring at 9.59 cm at 15 weeks 0 day. Dr Ang tried to see the gender but due to baby's position (face facing downwards & legs covering the genital area), he said about 60-70% baby is a girl. Later on, he commented that need to wait until detailed scan to confirm. He once again commented that baby is very stable which is very reassuring and he gave us green light to go overseas, drink coffee (which I don't drink at all even before preggy coz I'm allergic to caffeine). He also commented that my appetite should come back and baby bump should start to show when baby is about 5 months. I didn't tell him anything about my appetite and I guess he still can't see my baby bump. Today I weigh 48.1 kg. Gain about 1.6 kg from my last weight at KKH ADC which was 46.5 kg on 14 May. 

After that, we went to see Dr Zou. It's been like 3 weeks since I last saw her. When we told her baby could be a girl, she commented that it's good to have a daughter, we will know in the future. We showed her the printout of baby's position and she said it's hard to tell the gender from that position. Then DH asked her about when to start to prepare to try for second child, she advised it's best to breast feed the first child for 10 months then can start preparing to try for second child. 

Dearest Baby Darling, 

We are very proud of you again today. You must continue to grow well, healthily, normally, strongly, steadily and safely everyday. I ask God to watch over you, protect you. Daddy and mummy love you very very very much! :)

Dearest God,

Thank you once again for creating our little miracle. He/she is definitely the most amazing and wonderful gift that you have given to us! Oh Lord, please continue to bless our baby to grow well and the heart will continue to beat strongly everyday. I pray in your most precious name, Jesus Christ. Amen! 

12 Weeks 5 Days: Oscar Scan

Yesterday we went for our baby darling's Oscar scan. Baby was very cooperative (Well done, baby darling! We are so so so proud of you! ) and let the sonographer did whatever she wanted. I asked if baby was sleeping as I could see the heartbeat and baby wasn't moving much. She said yes baby was sleeping. Shortly after she had commented, baby woke up and started moving and kicking. It was such an amazing sight! :) The sonographer showed us baby's brain, hands, feet, thigh, heart, stomach, neck. 

After the scan, we had a review session with the doctor on duty. Baby and I are in the low risk category. YEAH!!! We PASSED the test!!! :) Another milestone cleared! 

Wanna thank God for protecting baby and blessing him/her. We pray that baby will be healthy, normal and strong everyday! In your most precious name, Jesus Christ. Amen! 

After I reached home, I took a look at the embryos photos and every scan photo that we had. Baby has grown so much!  It's so simply touching when I see baby darling's progress and growth development. Isn't life amazing?