So it all started with our visit first to Dr E Chua in 2005 (18 April) when we wanted to have a baby. It was just a checkup to ensure all was in order. Peen was really fuming cos he had to wait such a long time to see her and wasn't impressed with her bedside manners. So I guess that was it with the first doctor.
Nothing happened for the longest time. So I decided to go and see another doctor, Dr E Ng. We saw her over a period from Sep 06 to Jan 07 where I was given some hormonal pills to boost fertility. I had to take the pills and take my waking temperature daily. It turned out really stressful....for eg. if you wake up feeling really thirsty and took a drink, your temperature would no longer be valid! I finally gave up going back to her. But I must say that she was a really nice lady, Christian and very very encouraging. Maybe a little too optimistic. Here I was feeling anxious about the lack of conception and there she was thinking it was not a big deal but all the while I had my eye on the clock.
Since we had already been trying, I was very vigilant about how I felt and whether I had missed my monthlys. I remember having bought test kits after test kits and each time feeling rather disappointed.
On 25 Mar 07, I took the test kit home and did the test. I didn't tell Peen about it. There was a positive line!!! But really faint so I thought the delay in my period was due to stress. But I think there was a delay of two days! Talk about anxious, yah?
One week later 1 April 07, it hadn't arrived so filled with hope, I bought another test kit, waited for Peen to go out so I could do the test alone. It was positive!!!!! I was so thrilled but tried to contain it all lest it be a false positive and I disappointed once again. I waited as patiently as I could for Peen to get home from his HOP briefing and told him.The next day 2 April 2007, I HAD to get a confirmation so I called Dr E Ng's clinic but she was on leave. :( Out of desparation to confirm the pregnancy, I called Serene's gynae which was nearby school, Dr Chua Yang and managed to get an appointment.
She confirmed it with a scan. It was just a tiny black dot, the water bag was all of 4.3mm! So thus began the journey of Kimberley Grace Lim.
When we showed the scan to Peen's mum, she was like, "Uh, what are we looking at ah?" :)
On our third visit, we were very thrilled cos the baby now looked like a baby. Much has developed since our last visit. The scan shows the baby waving at us! Haha. The baby was very active in the beginning, bouncing on her back. Then when Dr Chua wanted to do the neck test to rule out Down Syndrome, baby went to sleep!
Doesn't the shape of baby's head in the above left picture look like Peen's?
Thoughout these 11 weeks, it was morning sickness, flu, fever. The morning sickness ended at week 11 but after a bad bout of flu, it started again and lasted another 3 weeks, tailing off at week 14. Thank God!
On the 4th visit, baby was now 15weeks 4 days. The scan showed the baby much more clearly now. I was weighing 58.4kg.
The fifth visit was the week of the detailed scan. This happens when the foetus is 20 weeks old. Daddy, Mummy, Peen and I went to Mt A in the morning for the scan. It wasn't much of a wait. I was quickly ushered into a tiny room where I had my belly exposed for a long time while the scan was done. We are told here that baby is a girl. Most importantly, the scan showed that everything was normal and baby was developing well.
After that, we went to Dr Chua's clinic to show her the scans. She confirmed that everything was going well but I was given a long lecture about putting on too much weight (I had put on 3+kg in 4 weeks) and was told NOT to eat durians. There goes my durian dreams for the day. :(
6th & 7th visits
Visits are not very fun anymore cos I worry about what the doc is gonna say about the weight. But can't be helped. I did enjoy my food. :p
At week 29 (20 Sep), I had a scare. Baby wasn't moving around much. Usually in the mornings when I awake or after I ate, baby's movement is quite significant. But there was hardly any the whole morning and even the few were rather weak.
Tried calling the clinic the whole morning but no one answered. Finally in the afternoon, someone did but only to say that the doc was on leave?! I was going to cry. Peen then got hold of Tai Kin who somehow got an appt for us to see Dr LN Sim at Thomson. Everything was ok. Baby was just sleepy. Thank God! And Dr Sim was really very nice.
8th visit
9th visit - You can see baby getting more chubby here.
During the 10th visit, the scan was cute. It looked like baby had furry eyebrows. :)
11th visit
From the scan on the left, doesn't she look like Hannah? :)
Dr Chua did an internal exam cos I mentioned there was some spotting. Found that I was already 1cm dilated. I was thrilled cos it meant that the latent phase had begun. She then suggested that we consider inducing the labour. As we had never considered that option before, we were rather apprehensive and I was rather troubled.
We decided to wait for God's timing. We also had a CTG done to monitor baby's heartbeat and my contractions. Baby was asleep then so no spikes were seen. As for contractions, aiya, there were none really to be seen.
12th visit
Dr Chua did another internal exam and said that there was no progress from the week before. :( Was rather disappointed. Was hoping that the pregnancy would end soon. She also asked if I wanted to induce labour although it will no longer be as advantagous as if we had done it in week 38. Wish she had told us all the details last week instead of piecemeal.
I began spotting in the evening. Mum said that it could be cos of the internal exam. I was confused about the induction but after praying about it, I decided that we'll give my body a few more days if nothing happens by Thu, we'll induce.
Thu came. Nothing happened. So we went for induction. Arrival of baby? That will be another post.
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