First Appointment

I managed to have my very first midwife appointment at 25 weeks! Better late than never I guess. Though I was made to spend 8 hours in the hospital on that day as the midwife wanted the redness on my calf to be checked by a doctor. Then I needed a scan.

Thankfully, it is not DVT but besides being quite unsightly, it is painful. At times, I can't even step on my right foot, especially if I have been on my feet all day - which is most days. Joys of pregnancy...

The lady who comes to help me part-time will be leaving for a few months when the new baby is about 3 months old as she will go to help her daughter with her new baby. So I thought it would be best to send my second one to nursery but 8 months in advance I am told that they are already fully booked! I am truly in panic mode now.

Pregnant?

I am so busy with my first one and thankfully my earlier disruptive pregnancy symptoms are so over that sometimes I forget that I am pregnant. I almost rarely feel the baby move because I am constantly on the move. Sometimes it all makes me worried. At the same time, I am so glad to be feeling normal and wonderful (except the feeling of being as big and heavy as a planet). 

Boy or a Girl?

Lately, I am hearing a lot of guess work about the gender of my baby. It is overwhelmingly girl. Some say it is because of the shape of my belly (it is said that if you are having a girl, you become much bigger – so this must mean that I do really look fat), others, namely my best friend keeps having dreams that it is a girl.

I, on the other hand, have been guessing that it is a boy from the beginning. I know that it is cliché to say so but in all honesty, I do not care at all about the gender. I really only care and pray for a healthy baby.