Yes. I’ve received many a comments about how huge my tummy is. I know it is.

Heavy the eye see, more heavy the shoulder carry.

Well, it oughta be. I’m 38 weeks now. And if I take into account the new due date, I’d be bursting just about next Friday.

Or, just about any day now. (I’m aiming for a particular day next week. Let’s see if I hit it. *winks*)

Went to gynae again on Monday and get this, I lost almost a kilo since my last visit. Hehe. How’s that for a change? Oh doc, if you only knew how difficult it was for me to lay off the chocolates for the day. Heh. (right now munching on Toblerone… mm-mm..)

Even Baby A didn’t gain any weight. Weight remained at about 3.1kg. Heartbeat was good and gynae confirmed that Baby A’s engaged and in position. Jostles and shovings are becoming sharper and harder. I won’t call them kickings anymore since there’s no leg room for Baby A to move the legs back to kick. I can feel the hard knees nudging and feet scraping along my tummy. But all’s well. It actually gives me a sense of relief and comfort. All I have to do now, doc said, is work till I go into labour.

And how do I do that fast? According to her and also my 2 mums, I’d have to banyak jalan. Teaching makes me do that, of course, and also, I practically drag Dy around everyday to buy this and that. My mum told me to enjoy and eat all I want cos’ I’m not gonna get no luxury during confinement. And with that statement, I was reminded of the time after my miscarriage where I had to down the cups of uber-yucky ubat periuk. *shrugs*

Going into labour sounds very scary indeed. My back has started to ache, which of course is one sign it’s getting real. It’s the kind of ache you get after carrying a heavy load. Only thing, it doesn’t really go away. And also, I’m getting some funny, funny aches down below as well. If I guess correctly, I might even be feeling Baby A’s hair tickling me down there. Heh. I wonder if my cervix is already opened up a little. Well, in due time I guess.

The clothes and receiving blanket Baby A is going to wear when we go back from hospital, is already tucked nicely in the car. These days, I carry around this small pink bag KK gave me a few weeks back. I’ve my appointment booklet in there which has already been stamped since I’ve settled the hospital stay payment and all. I also have my camera in there! Hehe. For obvious reasons. All I need now, is to pack my going-home clothes into the car. Which I shall do now.

Aight, I’m going off now.

Ah, everything fine so far? Any pain?

Nah, just the usual. 

Ok, good. So you’re now in your 36th week. You’ll be 37 in about 2 days time. After that you can go into labour anytime.

Er.. oh, ok… (in my head, I was thinking how I could have miscalculated since I always counted Sundays as the start of a new week. So I really thought I just turned 36 weeks)

Yah, ok come, I’ll check your tummy and also scan you.

(We walked to the examination bed and once I exposed my tummy…)

Wow! It’s getting pretty big, yah? Hmm, previously it was only 2.2kgs. Come let me do a scan. Here’s the baby’s head. And this is the round area for me to measure the baby’s size.

(So she measures my baby’s size and as she does that, I noticed that the EDD had changed. It was supposed to be 30th May but, on the screen now showed 23rd May. *gulps*)

The baby is now about 3.1kgs! I’m quite worried about the size. If the baby grows any bigger, we might have to induce or else it will be very difficult for you and the baby. I’ll check your pintu rahim(cervix) on the next visit. (ponders for a while) Hmm.. I tell you what. Why don’t I check your pintu rahim now? Just to make sure.

(By this time, I was kinda speechless. Firstly, my baby has jumped from 2.2kgs to 3.1kgs in the span of 3 weeks. Which, according to her, can make it difficult for normal delivery if the baby continues to grow till the first EDD. Secondly, checking my pintu rahim means her shoving her hand into that space down under. Not nice. =( )

Ok, your pintu rahim hasn’t opened yet. I’ll see you again in a week’s time and I’ll check it again by then. But from now, should your waterbag bursts, you know, like there’s a continous flow of water that you cannot control, or there is bleeding, you can slowly make your way down here. Ok? So I see you again in 1-week’s time, yah?

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And so, that’s how it went. Bits & pieces of itlah.

Very, very scary if you ask me.

Everything seems SO real now.

 So… so… real.

But a comfort for me, the baby is in a good position and Insya-Allah, a normal delivery it may be.

Yesterday, while we were walking back from 7-11, I saw a small, icky-yucky, gross little creature crawling on the floor. As some of you already know, I am squirmish of those caterpillars which crawl by bending/arching their bodies up and down.

I saw one of those, I jumped and then saw another and another and another.

So, what did I do?

Ran! A 9-month pregnant lady, running and squirming away from creepy crawlies. No, I didn’t want to think of the consequences of running. I only thought of staying away from those friggging little things. Urgh!

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This past few weeks, I’ve actually ceased/slowed down from buying stuff for Baby A.

I’ve gone back to splurging more on my first Baby – Dy.

Heh. A few weeks ago, I dragged him to buy a new LCD monitor since the new ACER pc he got from me came with one and he looked like he wanted 1 too. Heh. And then 2 days ago, I told him I wanted to get him a very EARLY anniversary prezzie, since I’d be in confinement during our 2nd year anniversary. Last year, I got him an early prezzie too, though I didn’t know at that time that I was going to present it to him in hospital during my first miscarriage. But I was definitely thrilled to see how happy he was when he got last year’s prezzie, which was that Superman DVD set – Superman being his childhood superhero, of course.

This year, I decided to buy him something which he had wanted ever since he was a kid – a remote-controlled helicopter. *lol* Yeaps. Through this 7-odd years I’ve known him, he would look intently at those helicopters when we walked pass them. So, 2 days ago when I told him that we were going to get 1 for him, he could not wipe that sheepish smile on his face. Of course, then I had to wait for him to select one at the toy store, just like a mum waiting for her kid. Heh.

And yesterday night, I couldn’t help but giggle at how excited he was as he tried the copter out. He even searched for the Airwolf theme song, that helicopter drama from our childhood days, while he assembled the freaking thinglah! Haha… haiz. My big Baby. How I love him so.

Speaking of childhood, my dad has gone on a laminating frenzy, laminating all the old photos of our family. Sure brought back memories when I looked back at those pics. Anyways, it’s outrageous how much they charge people for laminating these days! So I told him that I had the pouches and if he wanted, we could pool our money and buy the machine. He agreed, and now, I have a laminating machine at home! Hooray! What I’ve always wanted. Now I can print colour and then laminate my teaching resources!

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In 2 days time, I’ll be hitting 9 months.

Yes, that’s how fast time flies. And that also means, I’ll pop anytime soon.

I’m still working, obviously, though my everyday worry is that my water breaks during my P1 lesson and send them panicking or something. I’m also worried that it happens during invigilating next week. I’ll ask my gynae when I meet her on Monday.

These days, I’m sweating like mad due to the weather but inside, I’m actually shivering from the anticipation and slight fear about being in the last lap of the race.

It IS the final coutdown as it is.