The sun will come out tomorrow…
Today I move into the 22nd week of my pregnancy and already my belly is bigger than my husband’s (check our “My Pregnancy Progress” to see evidence! Guaranteed to pop your eye). I am also at the heaviest I have EVER been my entire life, moving past the 65kg threshold.
Have been down with flu since last Friday. This is the second time I’m sick while pregnant and this time it’s a lot worse because I’ve already grown much bigger. At this size, it is hard to find a good position to sleep and each twist and turn requires effort. Toilet visits are also more often (2-3 times a night). Add in the fever + blocked nose + sore throat and night time becomes just unbearable. I woke up at 4am this morning and couldn’t fall asleep till 6.30am. It helped that Tim and I had just gone to the library and I had borrowed 6 mystery books so I was at least occupied.
Another concern of mine over the weekend is the usage of nifedipine which reduces risk of preterm birth but is unfortunately causing me bad headaches and fast heartbeats (120 per minute!). I did a search online and read that it is a “calcium blocker”! Does that means my babies will come out with weak bones and teeth? Osteoporosis at birth seems so cruel.
Argh…. it seems that I should opt for weekly jabs of progesterone instead. My GP, Dr Sen, suggests that I get the medication from KK Hospital and get my GP to inject for me so that I don’t have to make weekly trips to the hospital. Will check that with Dr Benjamin Tham. The sad thing is… I also read that progesterone jabs have side effects of mood swings and weight gain – aiyoh, as if I dun already have enough of these!!! Also, I read that progesterone is not proven to be beneficial for reducing chances of preterm birth for multiples – only for singletons the jabs are shown to reduce preterm birth by 33%. Apparently there’s not enough empirical evidences for multiples yet. Sigh… Dr Sen is right – sometimes it’s better not to read too much info online and drive ourselves crazy…
Well, one small piece of good news is that Tim, future daddy, has finally managed to feel the Magical First Kick from Baby Boy on 4 Jan! We figure it’s ah-boy’s kick because of the location – bottom left of the belly. Subsequently, whenever I felt the babies kicking up a storm, I would get Tim to place his hand on my belly but when he did that, they quietened down. Poor Tim was sorely disappointed. I’m concerned that I seldom feel kicks on my right side (ah-girl seems to be a quiet one), will raise this with Dr Tham next time I see him.
That’s all the update for now…
January 11th, 2007 | #