The Bump Size
UncategorizedWe had lunch with the extended family yesterday. My hubby’s cousin’s wife is also pregnant so we exchanged a few words. When I first saw her, I assumed she was probably at an earlier stage of pregnancy than I was. After talking to her, I realised she was at 38 weeks and just about ready to deliver at any time. I suppose I could have been forgiven for this oversight since her bump was the size of mine at 7 months.
I’m trying not to get paranoid about it but I can’t help feeling a tad nervous that just about every pregnant woman I meet has a smaller bump than I do. If that isn’t bad enough, they are often much closer to their due date than I am to mine…
The hubby was trying hard to console me about this until I started talking to the mother of our friend at a New Year’s Eve party last night. Naturally, with my very obvious bump, we started talking about the pregnancy. I wasn’t too happy when she exclaimed, “One more month! Oh, this is the month when they grow the fastest!” Is this supposed to be good news? Somehow it didn’t sound like it to me.
At my last visit to the doctor, Gavin was about the weight some babies are when they’re born and he still had about another 5-6 weeks left in my uterus. Dear God, please let me have a normal delivery and please give me the courage not to ask for pain relief…
January 1st, 2007 at 2:11 pm
Dun worry. I’m only 5 feet 2 but able to give birth to 3.6kg baby (7 pounds 14 ounces), without any pain relief. You can do it!!!
~shiau chen~
January 2nd, 2007 at 11:42 pm
Thanks for the vote of confidence, Shiau Chen
) I certainly hope so!
January 4th, 2007 at 5:55 am
don’t worry la.
contarary to other’s belief, some babies don’t grow anymore or don’t grow as much withn 1 month left to go. Ryan is a good example.
the C sect was more of a must than a choice. Water level low and the cord around his neck and legs, natural birth, as much as we wanted to, wasn’t the priority back then.
don’t worry!
January 4th, 2007 at 8:50 am
Well, hope Gavin follows in Ryan’s footsteps then…
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I’d still like to avoid a c-section if at all possible. Mummy’s recovery for normal delivery is usually a lot faster than c-section. Of course, we can’t always have what we want…
January 9th, 2007 at 11:14 am
C-section is not as bad as you think.
I had an emergency C-section when my baby was 35 weeks.
To save our life, I need to go for emergency C-section.
The C-section or natural birth was no more an issue to me at that critical time. I agreed with C-section without second thought to save my baby and my life.
I recovered faster than my friends who went for natural birth.
Few days after birth, I went baby shopping with my hubby.
PS: I was bleeding badly due to low placenta.
January 11th, 2007 at 3:02 am
Hi Chia Yen – thanks for sharing your experience. Of course, if a c-section is warranted, I will not go against it. The doctor is only doing what’s best for mother and baby.
I have read that a low lying placenta is an indication for c-section. In my case, the doc has not detected anything of the sort. So far, he sees no reason why I wouldn’t be able to deliver naturally.
I think you did well to recover so quickly from your c-section. One of my friends who delivered by c-section took longer to recover compared to the other one who had a natural delivery. Of course, every individual is different.
I would presume that since c-section requires cutting a much larger opening, it would naturally take longer to heal. Of course, that’s just me trying to be logical.
January 11th, 2007 at 3:19 am
figur8,
I know you will do lots better than me. I can see you are really well prepared to welcome your little prince in this blog.
January 11th, 2007 at 3:37 am
Thanks for the vote of confidence Chia Yen but I certainly salute you being able to go shopping so soon after your delivery! I think that will be hard to top ;o)