week 22: gender reveal

Baby weighs 397g today.
My weight increased to 45.6kg, that is 1.5kg gain in 3 weeks.
Doctor as advised me to put on 500g per week, so I'm right on track.

That's buttercup 'staring' straight at us (or the probe) during the scan.
She's growing so well.
My placenta is in the right place so everything's progressing good. Thank God (:
Will keep declaring health and life over her, giving thanks and praises to Him.

Bought a huge faux fur rug/throw for her nursery and also her first hooded towel.
Cant wait to do up her room.

Watch the reveal here:

week 21: detailed scan at Mount Alvernia

FA scan with our radiologist went really well this morning (:
The free shuttle bus ride from Bishan took a grand total of 8mins only.

The purpose of a Fetal Anomaly Scan is to check on the physical development of the fetus as well as structural abnormalities.

Registration was quick and soon we were led into the room.
The 2D scan started with measuring the baby's head, pointing out the orbits of baby's eyes, upper/lower lips, nose.
She's moved on to the torso, pointed out baby's heart with 4 valves, measured heartbeat 152bpm, confirmed 2 kidneys were presented, some line separating the abdomen and organs, baby's bladder which is almost full. She commented baby was about to pass urine.

We saw the baby's legs, feet and toes which was extremely cute!! She counted the 10 fingers for us; but at one point the baby was sucking the thumb so we waited. I was smiling myself silly by then.
Spine photos were carefully taken, from neck till tailbone. Followed by the search for baby's ears and genitals which took the longest.

At this point the baby was kicking me and moving around a lot so she had to freeze certain frames to measure or count. My placenta is in the right place (5.8cm away from cervix), she pointed out the umbilical cord and amniotic fluid. Baby weighs about 340g as of 20 weeks 4 days. Everything is going well and we cannot be more thankful for His goodness.

Scan was over in 45mins and this is honestly one of the best 45mins in the pregnancy!
Thank God for answering all our prayers and also for giving us a glimpse of what is about to come in another 19 weeks time (:

week 19

No luck with finding out the gender.
This ultrasound shows the top view of buttercup, face up (you can make out where the eyes are), belly up and legs crossed.
We tried to get her to move so we can see the genitals but no luck.
So i guess, see you in 2-3 weeks time!

Praise the Lord, my placenta has moved up!
It was slightly low during my last visit so i was concerned.
God is good  (:

I have quite a bit of amniotic fluid, thats good news too.
Baby is growing well, strong heartbeat 158bpm.
I have also gained 1.6kg since the last visit, which brings my weight up to 44.1kg today.
Wow! Super impressive!! Not like i'm eating more, just the usuals.
It will be good if i can gain that much (steadily) for the next 5 months.
44.1kg is still underweight for my height. BMI not the healthy range yet, but i will get there!

Enjoying every bit of 2nd trimester.
In 2 weeks time, we will be doing our obstetric scan for fetal abnormalities at Mount Alvernia.
Cost $95 before GST.
Not sure what to expect but we are looking forward to seeing you again baby!

Watch my pregnancy blog #1 below; shared my ASOS maternity haul.
Stay tune for #2 where i will be sharing my baby fair purchases.