Nearing the Finish Line

The last few days have been filled with a lot of running around. Now that Yi-Hua is back, I'm finally released from house arrest! However, over the period of just these last 3 days, I can actually feel my body changing.

I had been complaining bout lack of good sleep before, but yesterday was probably the worst. It actually wasn't due to baby kicking, but rather, minor contractions mebbe? I'm not sure... or it could just be the Braxton Hicks thing. hah, the first time I had heard of that term was in an episode of "Friends" where Rachel is pregnant. haha

For some reason, I thought that contractions would be something like the whole stomach area cramping up... but so far, it's just been like those cramps that you normally get during your period. (Except longer and more often). They kinda started yesterday night while we were @ the movies. Then progressed through the night and most of today. Right now, I'm getting these supposed contractions for about 30 seconds every 12 minutes. But all my readings say that you don't need to go to the hospital til the contractions last about 60 seconds and are as close as 5 minutes apart. Man... that's not gonna be fun.

The vocab I keep running into these last few days have not been pretty... bloody show... mucous plug... cervix dilation... water breaking... pain... etc. I have like a million websites bookmarked although they more or less say the same thing.

So I think it's decided that our baby boy is gonna be named Cliff. It wouldn't be my absolute 1st choice, but I spose I can get used to it.

We're all set to go to our clinic. I've showered... taken off all my jewelery, have a suitcase packed, and a set of clothes I can change into in case the need comes in the middle of the night.

I don't know why, but I feel strangely calm. What's the point of being nervous, right? It won't help except make things stressful. Anyway, if I make an "I'm in pain face," Yi-Hua will get all worried and ask if I need to go to the clinic. Okay it's not funny, and I know I need to stop doing that otherwise it's gonna grow old real quick. So mostly I just try to take a couple of deep breaths each time these contraction things come along and not let anyone know.

Kinda sleepy now, but don't feel like crawling into bed just quite yet. Mebbe in a lil bit. ^^

Within 1 week!

Does baby have good timing or what? So last night, or might I say this morning, Yi-Hua got in around 12:30AM. And then this morning, there was some red on my knickers. I wasn't worried thought cuz there was no pain, and the OBGYN had warned me that that would happen near the week that labor might occur. But seriously, today was the first day that I'm finally feeling like this baby is ready to come out. And now that his dad is back, I'm ready for him to come out any time!

I did have my 39 week appointment today though. I am now @ 62.7kg and baby is @ 2734grams! That's a tad bit over 6 pounds! Woohoo~~ During the ultrasound, Baby decided to hide his face from us so we didn't get any good pictures. I think he's kinda running out of room inside. Hah.

Anyway, today I had to go into the "other" room to see how much I'm dilated. That's the second time I've been in there and it was just as uncomfortable as the first time. Anyway, I'm only 1 cm dilated. I've read that a lot of people are already 3-4cm dilated by like 37weeks. Hmm strange.

All in all, I'm just happy my hubby is back. Oh, but the only bad news is... I've got a cold sore! OMG, I don't even know if I've ever had one before. This sucks! Not only can I not kiss my own husband, but I won't even be able to kiss my baby for like the first two weeks after he's born! Talk about being GHETTO!

Officially 1 week left!

That's right! Our little baby boy has been in my tummy for 39 weeks now! He's been a pleasure to carry for the most part, but just been giving me a little trouble sleeping for these last couple of weeks.

It's been over a month since Yi-Hua's been back to Malaysia. I know he's just doing what he needs to do, but it still makes me sad he can't be here. It actually makes me hesitant on whether I'm going to want a second one anytime soon. 1 baby = 6 months apart (on and off). *sigh* sacrifices of running a business.

Anyway, the other day, I went shopping for baby stuff with my mother in law. Wow, initial investments can add up quick! There's all the baby undergarments, bottles, bottle warmers, bathtub, electronic thermometer, diaper wipes, diaper wipe warmer (for winter time), baby soaps, baby powders, etc. We basically went into a shop that sold baby stuff and bought things from the front of the store to the end of the store. Oh and I forgot to mention stuff like cribs and baby strollers, and car seats too.

I'm so excited for all the other sets of mommies and daddies to-be out there! Another baby is coming up in November, 1 in December and 2 in January!!!

Tomorrow I have another appointment. Hope Baby has grown between last week and this. Last week, he was still only 2524grams. It's in the acceptable range, but kinda on the small side. Hopefully he'll be at least 2600g by the time he's born.

3 more days til the husband comes back. Finally.