My Preterm Labour Scare @ Week 35

Let me blog about this pre term labour scare that I recently experience before my goldfish memory erase it off my mind....

It on happened on 21 Jan 2014, early in the morning between 4.30am - 5am, I woke up not because I need to pee but i realised that I'm having slight cramps.. So I thought maybe it's just a little cramp and it will go away. When to pee, cause I dun wan to get up again.

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Google about the signs of pre term labour 

Fall back into sleep, but my cramp persists... it was till much later on.. the cramps starts to get really bad. Like those kind you will get when you're having your period on those heavy flow days + I have this super backaches that my bones will just collapse...

I can't fall back into sleep and I start to time the interval. And looking at the timing, it seems quite consistent. So I woke hubby up... and inform him. I quickly showered. Text my boss and colleague that I'm most likely taking half day. Called Dr Tseng and he wants to see me..

We were afraid that I might give birth on that day.. so we packed our hospital bag in the record time.

Off we went to see Dr Tseng... did a series of test and scans. We are thankful that Baby Danielle's heartbeat is beating strong and most of all.. the contractions signs seems to slow down when we are at the clinic. But Dr Tseng still wants to be cautious, so given me 2 jabs.
1 to stop the contractions. Another one to mature baby's lungs. The latter jab is the most painful of all.. make my legs super sore!

Guess what he is hoping to do is to delay the birth at week 35 cause 20% of the babies born at this week will have breathing problems. Thought a good 80% are babies are healthy, still he didn't want to risk it. And having baby staying in NICU is very costly.

Coupled with the injections, I did to take these medicines. Lets hope that Baby Danielle be a good girl and stay in my tummy till Mummy pass gestation week 37!

So I'll be at home this whole week to rest... and make sure Baby Danielle is healthy and well..

P.s while tying this post.. she is kicking me non-stop.. Such a playful girl.. ^_^v

Oh!! CNY is coming in 8 days! This year, I can snack on all the CNY goodies without any guilt.

Have a great week ahead!

Xoxo,
Felicia

Pregnancy Week 35

Wohoo!! It's my pregnancy week 35!

Image from Huggies.com.au
Pregnancy Week 35

I've another 5 more weeks to full term (40 weeks) or just another 2 more weeks to 37 weeks.

My gynae appointment with Dr Arthur Tseng has changed from fortnightly to a weekly visit till I deliver.

Seems like this pregnancy happens just too fast and too soon. Haven't really fully enjoy all my pregnancy privileges and I'm soon to deliver... Hehehehe..

All is well with Baby Danielle and we are happy to know that she is in the right position to be deliver. All we need her to do is to just turn her head slightly and she is in "engaged" position. 

Dr Tseng did mention to me that petite mummies tend to give birth at least 2 weeks earlier than the EDD. I was hoping to have her during Valentine's Day (as its the same day that hubby and I are officially an item). And I am at the same time anxious and excited for Danielle's arrival. Keeping my fingers cross... Let see when she decides to arrive...

Me and my ugly feet...

Don't have much to blog about my visit with Dr Tseng cause so far so good.. except my water retention feet is super ugly now. My mil mention that I'm pretty lucky to start having water retention when I'm at my last lap of pregnancy.. There are ladies who started having water retention as early as 5th mth onwards.

So here is a little brief update.

• Danielle's weigh is 2.5kg
• Mummy's weight is 66.8kg {getting too fat - need to do more prenatal yoga}
• Is in head down position, lying on my left side with her face facing my right. 
• Dr Tseng mention that my amniotic fluid is in good level! {I practically drown myself with tons of water}
• Not much cravings recently. I practically eat everything.
• Most uncomfortable at night, due to growing belly, I can't sleep well and I get up every 3 - 4 hours to pee
• Dr Tseng advise me to do more squats and walking up the stairs... {this is a super tough thing to do when you're heavily pregnant. But it has it's benefit so I'm going to be a hard working mummy}
• Danielle's movement - not so much of punches or kicks cause there isn't much space for her to do so.. I can only feel her jabs as her stretch myself. 
• As usually, Danielle is super active at night when it's mummy's bedtime.

More updates on my Pregnancy Week 36 as I know it's time for me to do another scan with Dr Tseng..

Did I also mention that I'm on "Maternity leave" mode whenever I'm at work... Hehehhee

Have a great week ahead!

Xoxoxo,

Felicia