Phew! Finally, Adri is taking her afternoon nap and i can have a quick lunch and put up a quick entry on Baby #2.
Woke up feeling terribly excited as i had not "seen" Baby for a month. I was scheduled to take the blood and down syndrome test this morning.
Dr Chen: Wow, you've grown so big.
Me: Yes, Dr Chen, and i don't know why. My weight is more or less the same. You mentioned that it's cos the gas in me?
Before i received any scolding, I hastily clarified:
Me: I have been good. I have not been taking fizzy drinks, unlike during my first pregnancy.
Dr Chen: Are you still constipated?
Me: Nope. I've been taking bananas regularly.
Dr Chen: Have you been taking a lot of cold drinks?
Me: Erm...once in while
Dr Chen: *laughs at the absence of conviction in my reply*
Dr Chen: Baby's doing very well. A very active baby! Let's try to measure baby's neck thickness, listen to baby's heartbeat, take measurement of baby's size and...have a look at baby's gender!
Believe it or not, the whole scan took some 35 to 40 mins!
Why?
Baby's one of the most active Dr Chen had ever seen. Baby did not fail to wriggle, twist, punch and push all the while. Without being stationery, any measurement taken would have been deemed inaccurate.
While Dr Chen ran the scanner all across my tummy, i was having a good time watching my little active one on screen. =D
Factsheet of Baby #2 @ 14 weeks
Heartbeat - 146 beats per minute (Once more, i went "wow" when i heard baby's heartbeat)
Neck thickness - 1.?? (can't rem. but Dr said it was good)
Length - 8.22 cm (Baby's grown so much! Measurement taken a month ago was 2.23cm!)
Gender - remains a mystery (Baby's feet covered his/her gentials)
At the end of the scan, Dr Chen agreed that Baby was a lot more active than Adri. She added that Adri was already rather active for a girl. Oh Oh...Is baby a boy or a girl?
Hopefully, Mummy's and Daddy's curiosity will be satistified come 24 Nov, when Baby is 17 weeks. =)
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