Karyn, when are you coming out?

This is my 37th week of pregnancy now and Karyn is considered full term already. That means "baby is developmentally ready to handle life outside the womb. (Babies born before 37 weeks are pre-term and those born after 42 weeks are post-term.) Your baby probably weighs a little over 6 pounds at this point and measures between 19 and 20 inches, head to heel."

I can't wait for Karyn to make her appearance. This past few weeks has been quite tough, with the increasing weight, increasing sleepless nights and increasing fatigue. In fact, I've been quite worried about Dr. Tseng's estimation that Karyn is weighing in at 3.1 kg. That seems to be quite big for her gestational age. Am afraid that if she doesn't come out soon, she's gonna gain more weight and spoil the likelihood of getting the natural birth that we want.

So on Monday evening when we went to see Dr. Tseng again, we asked him about the possibility of self inducing labour and he was dead against the idea. Said it would increase the risk of prolonged labour and even possibility of Caesarean!

Hence, we asked him to do a scan. He didn't have one done the previous week and gave the estimation of her weight. What was it based on? His own experience? Not too reliable, isn't it?

Before the scan, when I had my routine measurements of weight and blood pressure, I was flabbergasted to find out that I had put on 1.4 kg! In a matter of 4 days! MY GOSH! How could that have happened?!?!

Anyway, during the scan, Dr. Tseng took the measurements of Karyn's head and so on and told us that according to the scan, she weighs in at 3.0 kg. Whew! That's more like it, at least it's not more than 3 kg. Somehow, that 100 g makes a difference to me.

Another good news was, Karyn's is engaged already! According to Dr. Tseng, she's 2/5 engaged and 3/5 palpable. Looks like all the coaxing we've done over the past few nights have worked! Every night before we sleep, we kept stroking her in the downwards motion and telling her to move down.

Hmm.. if Karyn hasn't put on weight for the past 4 days, then where has all the 1.4 kg gone to? I think it must have been water retention...

Just look at my swollen feet.... Sigh...

If only what they say is true, that if your feet start to swell up, it means labour is approaching...