Christmas time with baby

It is Christmas time. Time for celebrations…Catholics celebrate it as a time when baby Jesus was born. We made special food and decorated the Christmas tree. We also put on bells, Christmas stockings and other decorations well in advance. It was fun with baby too squirming in my tummy and saying “Give me, I will also do some decorations.” Yes sweety, your time will come soon.. just 1 more month to go…Baby was so active on Christmas eve. .. I thought maybe he was playing with baby Jesus and other angels and having a nice time… decided not to disturb him. ;) These days nights are cold, but it is better in day when the sun comes out.

We had a visit to the doctor in the afternoon. Now I have completed 35 weeks 6 days. Doctor said baby is growing well and weighs about 2660 gms. He is getting ready for delivery with his head down. Baby tried some of his stunts on Dr. Uncle and the doctor could not help laughing. We also had blood tests and urinalysis. There was a special test wherein they pricked my ear with a needle and checked for the time required for the coagulation of blood. This is very important because during delivery there is bleeding and they have to be sure that it will stop soon. Later the doctor checked for baby’s heart beat, his movements and my contractions (if any) by putting fetal monitor. Everything is normal. The visit to the doctor lasted almost 4-5 hours as it was crowded. Overall, we felt happy and came home, celebrating our Christmas day in hospital. :)

31 weeks - Appoinment with the doctor

Today I have come to visit the doctor again (just within 4 days), to check whether baby has moved in the head down position. I have just completed 30 weeks and the doctor said it is a good time for baby to be ready for the D-day with head down, as I mentioned in my earlier post. So I am visiting the doctor in just 4 days after doing the exercise he mentioned.

I also have 3 rounds of blood sugar test with 1 hour interval between each. I am sitting and writing this diary as I am waiting for the 3 hours to pass by. My baby is happily kicking in my womb. I just love to feel him. I am hungry and so is my baby as we could not eat anything before all the tests are over. They gave us some sweet juice as part of the test, but do you think it is enough for both of us.;)
I am talking to baby to move in the head down position and imagining that he has already moved in the right position. I am trying to be as cool as possible because I know if I am happy, baby is also happy.

The doctor called me for the examination and did an ultrasound again. And you know what, the baby had indeed turned. My joys knew no bounds. Tears just trickled from my eyes. After all, baby did respond to my talks. Now I know, together we can do anything.I treated baby to a sumptuous lunch because we were hungry since morning. Later baby and I bought colorful toys for his wonderful performance.
Just 7-10 weeks to go. Wow, I will be soon holding my little darling in my arms.

17th Week of pregnancy

I am in my 17th week of pregnancy, more than 3.5 months. Chances of miscarriage are less now. Feeling much better and have an increase in appetite. Foods which I used to dislike taste good again. We had another visit to the doctor yesterday. We did urinalysis, blood pressure & weight checkup. Blood pressure was normal. Thanks to the relaxation and meditation techniques I follow everyday. I will write about these techniques in the future posts. The doctor did an ultrasound again. This is what we wait for every time we visit the doctor. The doctor told us that our baby is now fully formed and even has unique little fingerprints! Although it is not yet possible to accurately pinpoint the baby's sex, the sex organs continue to develop. His head was now more proportionate to his body and his legs are longer than his arms. Our baby was so active, that he/she was modeling and posing for us. As if to say “hello there, look at me, don’t I look like the beautiful models?” Indeed my sweet angel!! You are much better than them. Then we saw her/him dancing and changing it’s positions which gave the doctor a hard time measuring him/her. ;) As for us, we simply could not blink our eyes away from the ultrasound monitor screen. It was playtime!!