Power kicks and strong punches

The kickings and punchings are getting more and more intense. I can clearly felt them now, whereas earlier they were just "bubbling" inside of me. Now if I placed my hand at the right spot, I can so-feel him now. So far, hubby has yet to felt him. Every time he places his hand on my tummy, baby would stop the kicks and punches immediately. But my sis was fortunate to feel his kick at her first touch! Hahaha!

The feeling is awesome!! He is making his presence felt from time to time. Now if he just stops all the kicking and punching, I would totally be worried.

He is growing bigger and stronger each day. He is still the one who calls the shots how I should sleep every night. There is no way I can ignore him because he would make me so uncomfortable that I HAD to move to a position that he wants- even if that position gives me backache!

Growing Feet

I had my puberty more than 15 years ago and no one ever told me that my shoe size is gonna grow with my belly! I can't fit into any of my pre-pregnancy shoes again! I have been wearing this pair of slippers everywhere I go, it's just so comfortable to wear!

I bought a pair of shoes that is one size bigger but it's not very comfy to wear too long hours - the feeling of squeezed toes aren't that very pleasant. I've got to find me open toes or sandals, the closed toes aren't all that comfy to wear anymore.

I wonder if this is just temporarily or it's gonna be permanent after birth.. and so I read and came to this conclusion: IT IS PERMANENTLY BIGGER!

It is because during pregnancy, there will be weight gain and swelling from the extra fluid your body retains while you're pregnant - called Edema. Then there is this pregnancy hormone relaxi which loosens the joints around the pelvis in preparation of the birth canal that also looses the ligaments in the feet causing them to spread. It's not really growing per se just "widening."

The swelling will go away after birth, but the loosen ligament will stay in the loosen form forever... So which means I either embrace the bigger sized feet or live with a bind feet hoping that they will go back to my old size. Thank goodness I don't own any Jimmy Choo!

Easy Pregnancy

I am sure a lot of mummies out there is gonna hate me for saying this - I have a relatively easy pregnancy, so far. I thank God for it! I don't have morning sickness, even my nausea can be considered none, if not super low, backache, cramps, super sore boobs, indigestion (maybe twice so far)... I'm sorry to announce, I have an easy pregnancy.

My appetite is just fine but lately I think I have been eating smaller portions. I guess smaller frequent meals should do the trick. So I have stock of cookies and munchies at home and in the office. I don't quite crave for fruits - though I wish I would. Not quite sure why I'm not so into fruits.

Oh and my face has turned into dry skin! For this I'm not sure if I should rejoice or be sad about this. I have oily skin pre-pregnancy, now my skin is dry, it even "flakes." But then again, I'm fortunate enough not to have any outbreak, so far - so again easy pregnancy?

If I ever get pregnant again, I wonder if I will be so fortunate again.

Half way there

This week is week 20 and I'm glad we have come this far. We are now half way there! Woohoo!

He is now too big for the ultrasound scanner to scan the whole body already! I'm so glad that he is growing at the rate that he should be and I've finally (sort of) gained weight from last visit (not sure because of lunch weight) but it's 4kg from the beginning! So I guess that counts as I did gained some weight. But they contribute to my thunderous thigh! Gosh, what a sight!

Oh and he now weighs 330gm. When we were at the clinic for the scan, he was in a sitting position on my left - with his legs dangling down, most likely pressing on my bladder. I find that he loves pressing on my bladder from time to time. I can totally feel him stepping on my bladder from time to time.

So far, I only felt one major kick, the rest are like bubbling/blurping/(my sis calls them) farting! Hahaha!

All is good - baby and me and everyone at home.

Rest in Peace, Tai Q~

Emotional?

I've read and heard many times that women are very emotional and delicate during the pregnancy. But so far, I have been able to keep my emotional intact.

Last night when I heard about the passing of my Tai Q, I have been holding back my emotional, so far just a bit of rolling tears. I tried not to be too emotional about it because I don't want it to affect the baby. Will he become a cry baby like mommy? And so I busted the myth about pregnant women being the most emotional bunch. Perhaps it's just an excuse that women want to be pampered?

Or I'm just not that of an emotional person?

I think throughout the pregnancy so far, I also busted another myth - CRAVINGS! Hahaha... so far I have none so serious that I have to ask hubby to drive out in the middle of the night to get me Maggie Goreng!

Kick, Baby, Kick!

This morning I woke up at 6am to use the bathroom, I thought I could just let it go and get up only at 8am, but my bladder just wouldn't let me.

When I got back to bed, I was on my back before deciding to turn left or right, I felt some kicking on my left. I thought it was nothing, but after a few kicks, I put my hand over it, I FELT IT!!!! I felt the gentle kick or box before this but never I can feel it with my hand. And finally today, he is really kicking hard! Hahaha... It was great feeling the kick on my palm. I swear if it was bright enough, I could even see it! I was so happy to feel it, I woke hubby up, "Darling, baby kicked me. I felt it!" He was half awake, "Mmmm... ok" and closed his eyes and continued his beauty sleep. Hahahaha... I was too excited! I couldn't wait till the morning to tell him. But I knew I won't be able to get much respond from him! Well, because I know I woudn't if he did the same to me! Hahaha...

Such happy day!

Sleeping position

I've read over and over again that a pregnant woman should sleep on the side, and left side to be exact. I did ask Dr F about sleeping position. He said, "during early pregnancy, anything is fine even if on your stomach. But as you progress, the stomach gets bigger, that's when you should be sleeping on the side."

Some suggested that sleeping on the right side will link to still birth- but this is totally not proven by any study.

To me, I will sleep any position that pleases the little one. He is the boss! I tried sleeping on say left side, if it's not what he wants, he will POKE on my left so hard that I had to move to sleeping on my right. There are times that he will continue to poke after I turn to my right. So, I will twist and turn until I find the position he likes - even if this means on my back. If I don't move, he will continue his poking session all night long which happened before. So just sleep in any position that pleases him, otherwise there will be no sleep at all!

Lately, hubby and I have tried something else before bed time. This involves hubby to say something to the baby and give my tummy a little rub. So far, it works! :) He slept through the night without much of a hassle. I like it when hubby give me a little tummy rub, it's really soothing and nice. So this shall continue on for the next 21 weeks. Yes, it's 19-week now, and I'm almost half way there! Yippee!!