Last Saturday was my routine check up with my usual doctor at SDMC. As our appointment was at 10am, we figured the lakeside parking would be filled to the brim, so I suggested that we park at the shoplots opposite SDMC and walk across to the hospital. As we were crossing the busy street, David wasn’t too crazy about the idea of parking there again in the future, because crossing the road was actually quite dangerous and risky for me—being a little clumsy with the heavy load I have to carry. As we approached the hospital entrance, barely 1 minute from crossing the busy road, we both heard this loud screech and when we turned around and look, we saw a medium-sized box truck tilt over and falling on its side! Our jaws dropped and we were like a bit shaken up; imagine if we were crossing the street then!! Praise God for He had His angels watching over us. Never again are we parking there!

Photo taken by David after my check up. The cops showed up to control traffic flow.

Anyhoo, let’s start with some stats from my check up last weekend:

• EDD is 8 April 2010
• 32 weeks to date (baby will be ready to see the world in as early as week 37!)
• Muffin’s estimated weight is 1.9kgs and is currently head-down (he still has space to move around so hopefully he will not decide to be cheeky and shift his position too much)
• 8 ultrasound scans to date (with 2 printouts + 1 DVD)
• Urine and blood pressure tests & results are normal (within satisfactory range)

As I enter the last trimester, the dreaded backaches have come to haunt me. I’ve been feeling extremely achey at the end of the day. We’re quite glad that all the shopping for baby has been done, so no more walking around malls and hunt for bargains. I’ve also been feeling tired easily, and getting into a comfortable sleeping position has been a real problem. I miss sleeping on my back (cos that’s like the awesomest sleeping position ever, hello!!) and loo visits have become so common, I sometimes can’t fall back asleep after taking a leak. It’s getting harder to get up from the couch and I need David to like help me up. Gosh, feels so heavy and big—dunno how those people on Biggest Loser actually live their lives wei!!

Food cravings aren’t so apparent anymore, and to come to think of it, I never had any particular food aversions during the course of the pregnancy. I do find the taste of coffee a bit peculiar, and perhaps its my body telling me I don’t need this for now. I’ve been eating a lot of high fibre foods to help with avoiding constipation, and thankfully it’s been rather smooth sailing, compared to the 2^nd trimester.

We have also started attending ante-natal class and boy, as much as I thought I was prepared through reading books, I realized there’s so much that I don’t know! We discussed expectations of parenthood, and how to prepare ourselves mentally and physically as the final weeks before delivery is creeping up on us. Our first class also included exercises that will help us prepare for delivery and when caring for baby. We’ve also been taught to count baby kicks and keep track of them so that we can be prepared for any emergencies. I started charting it today, wheeee!

In other news, 2 weeks ago we set up our baby registry, which has been well received and well responded to! Of the 8 items we put up, 7 have been reserved to date! We’re so blessed and grateful to everyone who had picked up an item from the registry.

Now that we’re in the final stretch to Muffin’s arrival, the frequency of the check ups has been reduced to once every 2 weeks. So till my next update, I’d like to wish everyone a very Happy Chinese New Year, and may the year of the Tiger bring you joy and peace!