Oh man... I am soooooo NOT ready! I can't believe it! I'm down to the last month of my pregnancy now! Updates for this month since my previous status updates in pregnancy at month 8 are as follow:
#1: This baby is not so SPICY BABY anymore cos mummy's been snacking on sweet stuff lately!
Other than the occassional spicy food, I've been eating more sweet stuff... like chocolates, cakes, doughnuts and stuff... yup.. CHOCOLATES definitely! And my latest craze was McDonald's Oreo McFlurry!
I hate sharing this with Ben... really... it's like my preciousssss...
#2: Weight Gain
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This month's weight is 57.15kg. Increase of 2kg from my last month visit.. luckily the doctor said since my pre-pregnancy weight was 46kg and I've so far gained 11.15kg, I'm still doing OK and should still be within the limit of delivering normally.
#3: Gynae check-ups
During this round of check-up, we are back to the 2D ultrasound machine. This month scanning is more to calculate the amount of amniotic fluid in my tummy. At one point, the doctor asked me a question which got me surprised...
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Doctor: So are you still drinking milk?
Me: (Oh crap... am I supposed to?) Err.... on and off...?
Hubby: She ah... she drinks more Oreo McFlurry (thank you very much for stabbing my back right in front of the doctor, my dear!)
Me: (need to immediately defend myself) Ermm... I thought McFlurry has milk inside also? Hehehe... ?
#4: Breastfeeding during pregnancy
Even though my breastmilk production has stopped since I was in my 5th month of pregnancy, Ben is still dry suckling from me. And nowadays, I take the chance to tell him that baby is coming soon and he will have to learn to share with baby later. Sometimes he ignores me, sometimes he will nod his head, sometimes he will tell me 'teach baby nen-nen?' (aka breastfeed)
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Again, I hope that we can go for tandem nursing when the baby is born and I hope that I could make tandem nursing works!
(*** NEW!) #5: My first leg cramp for this pregnancy!
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New thing to report this month! At 9 months pregnant, at last I experienced my 1st leg cramp! Not that I'm happy with it but in a way, yes cos with Ben, I already started having leg cramps from 6th month onwards. And this time, the leg cramp is actually caused by my laziness... what happened was one fine morning, I woke up feeling cold and decided to just use my right leg to yank open my blanket (to cover Ben who's sleeping next to me as well) and then it happened!
A sudden shot of pain just came on and I screamed for hubby to help massaged my leg. He immediately hop over and massaged my leg. Needless to say, the cramp went off but the rest of the day left me feeling very tired - I think when I had the cramp, the energy in my whole body just went off together...
(*** NEW!) #6: Some differences compared to previous pregnancy
* Hubby said I don't have any stretch marks this round and before I could answer him, he goes on saying 'maybe cos with Ben you already stretched until no more space/skin to stretch' (thank you for your self ask, self answer question, dear!)
* I mentioned to hubby that I didn't notice any changes in my shoe size (I went from 6 to 8 and then back to 7 with Ben) and again, my smarty dearie went 'maybe cos it's already enlarged and elongated until max with Ben'.
* No heart burn experienced (yet) - yeay!!!
So there you go, updates as at 9 months pregnancy... and I'm still scheduled for fortnightly gynae check-ups for now... Pray for my smooth and safe delivery! Have a blessed week and thank you for reading!
