Hmm... it's been some time since I last blogged about the pregnancy. The last time I saw Dr Kee was three weeks ago on the 2nd of November. I usually see him on Tuesdays, but since I was covering a class on the 3rd, I changed it to Monday 4pm. Mum went with me after picking me up from RP and had a nice chat with Dr Kee.
Dr Kee said that everything was coming along fine, and I received the last of my progesterone jabs that day. I was asked to finish whatever utrogestan I had but to continue my folic acid and prenavit tablets.
However, I got angsty waiting for three weeks, so I went to see another dr, Dr Adrian Woodworth at the TMC Women's clinic at Compass Point . Baby had grown, and was bouncing up and down. :)
So yesterday, I went for my scheduled checkup (Tuesday, 24 Nov 2009) with Dr Kee. I am now 10 weeks along, +/- a few days.
Baby is now 42mm large, filling almost all of the pregnancy sac. The head and left arm could be clearly seen, but was not moving today. Must have been sleeping. But heartbeat was strong, so no worries.
Dr Kee put me on calcium and fish oil tablets - for bone and brain development respectively. Apparently, fish oil cannot be taken with iron (prenavit), so I have to remember to take pills twice a day now.
My next appt with Dr Kee is on 11 Dec. Shd be in my 2nd trimester by then. :D
But before that, on the 4th, I gotta go down for a blood test and the OSCAR screening to screen for Down's Syndrome. Actually, according to my age this year, it is recommended that I go straight for amniocentesis, which will tell me 100% that if the baby has Down's or not. However, I chose not to because 1) it carries a chance of miscarriage, which I want to avoid since I had a previous miscarriage and am still paranoid and thus not about to take that risk, however small. 2) I'm not sure what I'd do with the results. Terminate? Not so sure about that. I think the hubby might seriously consider that, but I'm not so sure if I'm able to make that decision. So why am I even going for the OSCAR screening? I'm not sure. Praying hard that the baby is normal and that I do not get a false positive. Or a false negative.
Dr Kee said that everything was coming along fine, and I received the last of my progesterone jabs that day. I was asked to finish whatever utrogestan I had but to continue my folic acid and prenavit tablets.
However, I got angsty waiting for three weeks, so I went to see another dr, Dr Adrian Woodworth at the TMC Women's clinic at Compass Point . Baby had grown, and was bouncing up and down. :)
So yesterday, I went for my scheduled checkup (Tuesday, 24 Nov 2009) with Dr Kee. I am now 10 weeks along, +/- a few days.
Baby is now 42mm large, filling almost all of the pregnancy sac. The head and left arm could be clearly seen, but was not moving today. Must have been sleeping. But heartbeat was strong, so no worries.
Dr Kee put me on calcium and fish oil tablets - for bone and brain development respectively. Apparently, fish oil cannot be taken with iron (prenavit), so I have to remember to take pills twice a day now.
My next appt with Dr Kee is on 11 Dec. Shd be in my 2nd trimester by then. :D
But before that, on the 4th, I gotta go down for a blood test and the OSCAR screening to screen for Down's Syndrome. Actually, according to my age this year, it is recommended that I go straight for amniocentesis, which will tell me 100% that if the baby has Down's or not. However, I chose not to because 1) it carries a chance of miscarriage, which I want to avoid since I had a previous miscarriage and am still paranoid and thus not about to take that risk, however small. 2) I'm not sure what I'd do with the results. Terminate? Not so sure about that. I think the hubby might seriously consider that, but I'm not so sure if I'm able to make that decision. So why am I even going for the OSCAR screening? I'm not sure. Praying hard that the baby is normal and that I do not get a false positive. Or a false negative.
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