Waiting to POP @ 38 Weeks

Yup, I'm waiting to pop! (Note how my waistline has gracefully disappeared)

I'm back in Seremban and in the 38th week of my pregnancy. Doc Ivan said baby is around 3.2kg and a leeeeetle big. However, he also said I'm a leeeeeeeeetle overweight (Yeah I put on a whopping 1.5kg in the last week adding to the grand figure of 17kgs for the whole of 38 weeks).

MUST BE THE SUGARY THINGS I'M SHOVING INTO MY MOUTH!

... Yes I have been consuming lots of chocs/ice-creams/more-than-enough carbonated drinks for the past few weeks. Not that I'm replacing meals with them, but rather, sticking them into my mouth whenever I'm walking past the junkfood counter. Now I know how bad is it to stock up junkfood in the house. You just look at all these food nicely sitting in their IKEA jars, all colorful and within-reach, and you just think, "Hell why not, I'm already fat anyway!"... and your doom is sealed. Your body quickly gets addicted to the sugar/fat/cheesy rush and you're a slave to junkfood before you can say "HAVREKARKOR"! (IKEA oat biscuits - sounds healthy but don't lie to yourself).

So we also saw funny stuff in the Ultrasound last Thursday. Doc Ivan was scanning the amniotic fluid and we spotted furry-like floating stuff on baby's head ala seaweed. Unbelievable cuz both KK and I were bald as the baldest shaolin monk when we were born. 6th Aunt is praying that it will come out looking like mini afro.... cuz it's, cute?

Then Doc Ivan went on scanning for torso and limb measurements and he did a double take. He pressed my abdomen and nodded to himself. "Baby a bit big wor." Concerned, we assaulted him with a barrage of questions and he reassured us that it is still normal and everything can proceed as normal. Placenta calcification is quite advanced but nothing to worry about, but Doc did advise us not to exceed 40 weeks or baby might not be getting enough nutrition later.

Beyond that, induction looms! OH GOD, PLS DO NOT LET ME END UP GETTING THAT! I PUT EVERYTHING INTO YOUR HANDS SO PLS LET BABY COMES OUT VIA NATURAL LABOR AS YOU HAVE DESIGNED SINCE THE BEGINNING OF TIME! SUPPLY BABY & I WITH ENOUGH SENSE AND GOOD INSTINCT TO BE ABLE TO BREASTFEED SUCCESSFULLY. MAY I NEVER HAVE TO BUY EVEN A TIN OF FORMULA MILK!!

Yup, that's basically my prayer every day... especially when i wake up in the middle of the night and couldn't get back to sleep. Not that I'm acting nuts. I'm pretty sure all mothers-to-be go through this phase when they get extra prayerful and pious. (please forgive me of my selfish piety, Father..) But then I do feel super stressed when I'm trying to know everything, control everything and worry about everything at the same time. So like, I follow what the good book says, to Cast my burdens onto Jesus. Just depend on Him for all I need and let Him reveal Himself in all circumstances. Aww heck, I already did all I could and it's now time to rest in Him. Even by typing this I'm feeling better...

Nothing else to do nowadays but to pray for textbook, not-too-bad labor. And if possible, drug-free. (Epidural and extra procedures also so mahal you know, and might bring on so many other issues!)

So there, amen!