Monday, April 23, 2012

23 weeks and baby is actively kicking!

The very first time I felt baby kick was only at night, when I'm lying down watching tv.. All relax and getting ready for bed.

Now! It's totally different the baby is so active I felt the kick almost every 2 hours! And it usually happens when I'm eating.. Not sure if the baby is trying to say.. I like or dislike the food!

Just few days ago, the baby kicked so hard it made me scream and woke me up! It felt as though the kid was pinching me from inside!

Now am so wondering after I've delivered this active baby, will he or she remain active? Am I taking too much sweet stuffs?

Anyhow I've cut down on my sweet stuffs and taking more plain water. :)

My appointment with my baby is this Thursday ! Can't wait to see you!

Wednesday, March 21, 2012

We felt our baby at 18 weeks!

I expected to feel my baby at 20 weeks but at 18 weeks I felt some bubbles moving in my tummy...

Then next day I started giggling for no apparent reason, like something is tickling me from the inside... So that's when I googled can I feel my baby in 18 weeks? Yes!! As early as 18 weeks mothers to be start feeling their baby kick..

So I started to concentrate.. Usually I realized or felt it during night time when I'm relax and in bed...

Now it's more like someone knocking from the inside!! Asked hubby to just leave his hand on my tummy in case baby knocks again.. AND, hubs felt the knock knock!!! :))

Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Leap Day - Emergency Check up- 15th weeks pregnant

My next appointment was supposed to be on the 8th of March 2012, however on the 28th February, i had 3-4 major pains in my stomach, right above my belly button, something I've never felt before. It was so pain, i couldn't continue walking, even though i really needed to pee, the pain was as though someone just gave me a really good hard punch in my stomach, and i was in great pain that i was crunching, after the pain has subside i walked few steps, and it happened again, this repeated for 3-4 times!

Honestly, i was freaking out, i'm only 15 weeks pregnant, and this can't be the baby KICKING! i rest and sat down and started calling experienced friends, to ask if they felt anything like this before, and both of them said no, it's not common, and they only felt this during their MISCARRIAGE! i started googling, and of course i tried calling Dr. Ravi's clinic but it was after 5.30pm, and no one was picking up.. the whole night i felt discomfort and i couldn't stand for long..

Next morning, i called the clinic, and ask if i should be alarm, told them i'm not bleeding and my next appointment is the following week, the ladies said, Just come in, for assurance, i didn't speak to the Dr. but she said, Dr, will tell you the same thing, to just come in, because they can't see if i'm alright through the phone anyway, SO.. Another rushed to the hospital..

Luckily, there wasn't a long queue.. probably 1 patient before us..

Dr said checked my BP, and checked my baby, everything was A-O-KAY! PHEW! heart beat, beating at a good rate, bones all building, fingers all there, and all 3 bones on each fingers are there.. (if it's 2 bones on a finger shows symptoms of downs) Brains developing, and he said there's so many things to why my stomach was so pain, but he can't explain why.. his advice is.. just rest and don't walk when it happens.. basically i think the general rule here is, as long as you are not bleeding, everything should be fine.

So that's how we spend our Leap day, seeing our baby, again. :)

Our next appointment is 28th March, it's our 20 weeks check up, it's going to take 45mins - 1 hour check for anomaly check. (and i found out not all my friends had this check up, due to Dr's machine) weird.

Tuesday, February 14, 2012

On V'day's check up - 13 weeks pregnant

I was still spotting.. so Dr. Ravi said i shouldn't be spotting anymore, i probably have a polyps (which i removed my first polyp in 2011), true enough.. i had one maybe 1cm polyp.. he removed it and sent it for check, although he said it's 99.9% nothing to be worried about.. it's just hospital's policy to send it in..

He mentioned that i'm going to see blood for few days, and it should stop in 3-4 days time.. and true enough, it was crystal clear again! :)

Overall, everything is going on smoothly and on track.. we did our down syndrome checked today.. the neck was less than 2.5cm or was it 0.25cm.. anyway, it was within the normal range.. SO i felt so relieved, as we have someone related has down syndrome.. he checked the nose.. and it was also okay..

Dr. took some blood of from me, to further confirm i'm clear from 3 of the syndromes.. downs, edwards, pataus..

He still continued me on Duphaston, however today i start on my calcium pills, and multi-vits. :) yay! i'm officially going into my 2nd trimester!

Today we went home with a big smile, and a CD compilation of today's ultrasound scans, and short mini video clip of our lil' baby.. It was an AWESOME V'day!

Sunday, January 29, 2012

11 weeks pregnant

Malaysian Chinese, has SO MANY taboos... sometimes it can be so irritating.. NO this NO that.. well.. at least, i can confirm that herbal food is bad.. after taking it.. i had spotting again.. not sure if it's because of the herbs that causes the blood to circulate etc.. But anyhow, just stay away from it..

But.. as for the cooling stuffs.. I don't know what's the logic behind it.. so far.. i had one barley drink today, 1 coconut drink on CNY day.. and several times KANGKUNG (vegetable)

at 8 weeks i've stopped spotting.. i see blood every now and then that i thought.. i'm ready.. i've build courage and strength to HOPE for the BEST, and EXPECT the WORST!

At 9 weeks, i spotted again.. not as much as before, but i did see a few drops of blood.. must be the herbal soup i had..

At 10 weeks, i was fine.. crystal clear except for some discharge.. i've never had a white pee since i was pregnant.. i wonder why.. kept on forgetting to ask the doctor this..

At 11 weeks.. I spotted again.. and.. it's a few days of red blood... urgh... no cramps.. but i'm just so upset.. when we scanned again the other day... Dr. Ravi did show me where the black spot is.. and tell me it's gonna bleed.. so i'm just hoping this is THE LAST black spot.

I'm still on Duphaston..  

But at my 11 weeks and 2 days scanned.. I saw my little embryo has grown into a fetus.. with 2 hands and 2 legs, and a visible head.. he or she was waving.. or at least so i think it is.. i need to give my fetus a nickname.. i can't be calling 'IT'... my...... lil dragon was waving.. it made us SMILE the whole day.. and i was SO SO ECSTATIC!! i wanted to tell the whole world lil dragon waved today... OH back to taboos, i can't tell people i'm pregnant! i've not passed my 1st trimester.. i think in 3 weeks time.. on Valentines day i can announce :)

Tuesday, December 27, 2011

Tuesday - 27th December 2011 - a trip to gleneagles

Morning, Blood again! Streaks or spots I dunno how to describe it but enough to stain my underwear! As though my first day of period!

Blood is bright red though..

I was so upset, i did not know what to do.. I called Damansara Specialist and made appointment with the DR. However, she's still on leave until Thursday.. Have to wait till Thursday... :(

While showering, I thought about Dr. Ravi Chandran from Gleneagles, he was recommended to me previously, but because of the distance, we picked Damansara Specialist.. (but the hospital is so run down, UH is way much better condition) Anyhow, i decided to call Dr. Ravi's clinic.. told the lady, i'm 5 weeks pregnant and i'm bleeding.. and she said COME IN NOW! (i felt so much at ease), told my hubs to get ready and we rushed to the hospital..

Arrived just on time, 11.30am.. took about 30mins drive.. there's a reception at the lobby, where there's 3 counters to get your GL.. press for number and wait.. they were very fast, however, she told me i needed a referral letter to see the DR. Explained to her for Paeds and Gynae we don't need to, she called Micare, and it's true, she processed for me and i'm IN! WOO HOO! Gleneagles!

ROOM 203, Dr. Ravi's clinic.. it's a building consist of many doors and the doors lead us to different individual Doctors. Went in and the lady immediately took my weight, and asked me a few questions about my bleeding, we waited for our turn... there was maybe 3 people in line.. when it was our turn, Dr. Ravi made us feel relieve.. I don't know how to describe the feeling.. warmth and full of love. He shook our hands and welcome us in, took my BP, he said it was normal while Damansara Specialist say It's very low.. He ask PLENTY OF THE RIGHT QUESTIONS, family history, illness, IUI, reason doing it, where, etc etc etc.. 10 minutes with him and i think he knows us inside out.

THEN... he got a duty call, someone is in LABOUR! he had to rush off to deliver a baby and said he needs to see me but give him 30minutes and he'll be back, ask us to go down for lunch..

Food at Gleneagles is not nice.. expensive.. i had Chicken rice, Hubs had... Nasi goreng..

Anyway, when it was our turn AGAIN, he did an ultrasound... and ask us.. is this your first time doing this... we told him we've done it last week.. he asked, what did we see.. and we said we saw this lor.. then he asked again, NO, what did you SEE! ermmm... we said WE SAW THIS! pointed at the screen, THIS PEANUT, THIS THING here... hmm.. and we said, she just scan and showed us this and said everything looks fine and thats it!

I guessed it was a wrong answer. :P

he then zoom in, and we saw many things.. what we thought was the peanut was actually the sac.. and when he zoom in.. we saw the DOT.. the embryo.. then he explain this is the food sac.. etc etc.. he went on about it.. and we then realised.. OH... we didn't see anything previously!!

Oh and he showed us some black spots in my womb that's causing the spotting.. so he said let's hope it all disappears and not expand.

OH.. and he printed for my our scans. LOVELY.

He took 3 mini bottles of blood from me, gave me HCG jap, and took urine test too.

After our REAL first pre-natal consultation.. Hubs immediately decided, GLENEAGLES it is.. he doesn't mind the distance for the quality.

AWE-SOME. -_-

Monday, December 26, 2011

Monday - 26th December 2011

Slight spotting .. Each time I pee I see a drop of blood in my pee.. Not enough to colour the whole bowl red compared to yesterday.. But enough to make me upset..