Halfway Engaged?
It's Monday so it's my usual checkup day with Dr Chew again. It'll be a weekly affair until Joey comes into the world.
Thank God my sugar level is normal today. Blood pressure's OK too, as usual. When Dr Chew scanned Joey today, she managed to find a good midline of her head to measure her weight. For those of you who do not know, gynaes can find out the size of a baby by measuring the midline of the head. But sometimes, the midline's not that clear, so the weight & size can only be estimated.
Apparently, the last few times Joey's head was not really in the right position, so Dr Chew was only estimating the weight & size all along. Today, Joey was not being cooperative at the beginning too, and her head was flexed up, as if trying to look upwards. But after Dr Chew poked her for a few times, she turned her head down and there it was! A clear midline!
So Dr Chew managed to calculate a rather accurate weight & size of Joey today. She said she's only 3kg, and not the 3.2kg she estimated last week. This would be a fairly accurate gauge, so she said Joey's not a big baby afterall. She's just like a normal baby. Praise God! And Dr Chew said that's really good because some babies are so huge that even when their heads can come out, their shoulders get stuck. And that's when the mother will feel super painful & frustrated, and the baby's shoulders may get bruised or injured in the process too. So thank God it was a miscalulation last week. Baby Joey is not fat afterall. Wahahaha!
I was anxious to find out if Joey is engaged yet. If she has dropped down to the birth canal, then birth will be pretty soon. But Dr Chew said she's halfway there only. Hee... Good progress lah, cos last week she was not even on her way there yet. I do feel the difference nowadays. Especially this evening when I woke up from my nap, I felt that Joey was sitting on my lap more than ever. That means she has dropped even further down than this morning. Yey!
Oh yes, I have packed my hospital bag too! Haven't put in my own clean set of clothes yet though. Still deciding what to wear on my way home. Should find something really easy to get into, cos I really don't know how easy or difficult is it for me to dress myself after giving birth. But Joey's homecoming clothes are in! Left her wrap-round blanket which we just bought today and is being washed now. She'll be coming home in white blouse, white pants attached to white socks, pink snowcap, pink mittens and a pink blanket. Heeee...
Thank God my sugar level is normal today. Blood pressure's OK too, as usual. When Dr Chew scanned Joey today, she managed to find a good midline of her head to measure her weight. For those of you who do not know, gynaes can find out the size of a baby by measuring the midline of the head. But sometimes, the midline's not that clear, so the weight & size can only be estimated.
Apparently, the last few times Joey's head was not really in the right position, so Dr Chew was only estimating the weight & size all along. Today, Joey was not being cooperative at the beginning too, and her head was flexed up, as if trying to look upwards. But after Dr Chew poked her for a few times, she turned her head down and there it was! A clear midline!
So Dr Chew managed to calculate a rather accurate weight & size of Joey today. She said she's only 3kg, and not the 3.2kg she estimated last week. This would be a fairly accurate gauge, so she said Joey's not a big baby afterall. She's just like a normal baby. Praise God! And Dr Chew said that's really good because some babies are so huge that even when their heads can come out, their shoulders get stuck. And that's when the mother will feel super painful & frustrated, and the baby's shoulders may get bruised or injured in the process too. So thank God it was a miscalulation last week. Baby Joey is not fat afterall. Wahahaha!
I was anxious to find out if Joey is engaged yet. If she has dropped down to the birth canal, then birth will be pretty soon. But Dr Chew said she's halfway there only. Hee... Good progress lah, cos last week she was not even on her way there yet. I do feel the difference nowadays. Especially this evening when I woke up from my nap, I felt that Joey was sitting on my lap more than ever. That means she has dropped even further down than this morning. Yey!
Oh yes, I have packed my hospital bag too! Haven't put in my own clean set of clothes yet though. Still deciding what to wear on my way home. Should find something really easy to get into, cos I really don't know how easy or difficult is it for me to dress myself after giving birth. But Joey's homecoming clothes are in! Left her wrap-round blanket which we just bought today and is being washed now. She'll be coming home in white blouse, white pants attached to white socks, pink snowcap, pink mittens and a pink blanket. Heeee...
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