Baby preparations during third trimester.

I will be going to be 38 weeks tomorrow! I have been having weekly checkups with my gynae since my 36 weeks.

We had chinese new year celebrations during the trimester and I had a total of 8 Yusheng tossing. Although it was not advisable to eat this festive dish for pregnant women, I ate only the vegetables only. Maybe I'm having a bunny inside me, Yusheng was especially yummy this year!

We had our photo shoot to commemorate my pregnancy. I felt good with my bump.

I started to get itchy tummy. At around 34 weeks, I complained to my gynae and he prescribed my with some medication. My tummy had a few scratch marks and felt better about 5 days after applying medication.

We also started preparing for our baby's arrival. Getting her room ready, washing up her stuff and packing the hospital bag. I'm very grateful that i got a lot of things pass down from my friends. Visited baby fairs and bought some baby stuff.

My baby is growing very well but my gynae told me that hopefully she will not be too big when full term comes. As I'm very petite, I might have dificulty delivering, if my baby is too big. Thus, my gynae advise me not to drink milk.

Now, its anytime.... Looking forward to meet our little girl!

Eventful 2nd trimester

The pregnancy sickness started to subside after 14 weeks and my energy was slowly returning.

2nd trimester is a much better period for me. Although I do not have any cravings, I have food that i dislike such as ham, hotdogs. They r mainly processed food, well, thats fine!

One of the 1st things during my 2nd trimester was our babymoon trip to Hong Kong! We bought the air tix b4 I knew I'm pregnant, luckily, it happened during my 2nd trimester. We travel with my best friend and her hubby. They were very patient and understanding with me during the trip. I could not could walk as fast like b4 and needed more rest stops. In overall, we enjoyed our trip.

I felt my baby's 1st movements shortly after the trip. I was unsure whether it was bloatness of my stomach or was the movement. I tried to poke it and there was response. For the 1st time i was really physically feeling my little one in me.

Then, it was my 20weeks FA detailed scan for my baby! This time the radiographer checked for the fetus growth and development. We managed to find out our little precious is a girl too!

My feet started to get swollen at 5 months. Many people told me that it was too early to get swollen feet at 5 months. Suspecting might be water retention, I propped my feet with a pillow. My swollen feet subsided.

It was a festive season during 2nd trimester. Xmas and New Year's day. We were invited to 2 xmas parties. It was a gr8 time too meet up with my friends. Also toward the end, preparation for Chinese new year.

My birthday falls in Dec and had small celebrations with my friends and family too.

It was quite a busy 2nd trimester for me.