babycentre note (36 weeks)

From Babycentre.com

"How your baby's growing:
Your baby is still packing on the pounds — at the rate of about an ounce a day. She now weighs almost 6 pounds (like a crenshaw melon) and is more than 18 1/2 inches long. She's shedding most of the downy covering of hair that covered her body as well as the vernix caseosa, the waxy substance that covered and protected her skin during her nine-month amniotic bath. Your baby swallows both of these substances, along with other secretions, resulting in a blackish mixture, called meconium, will form the contents of her first bowel movement.
At the end of this week, your baby will be considered full-term. (Full-term is 37 to 42 weeks; babies born before 37 weeks are pre-term and those born after 42 are post-term.) Most likely she's in a head-down position. But if she isn't, your practitioner may suggest scheduling an "external cephalic version," which is a fancy way of saying she'll try to coax your baby into a head-down position by manipulating her from the outside of your belly."

36 weeks

I hit 36 weeks tomoro and yeah people would be asking a lot of questions by now.. So I dont know to be excited or feeling occupied to answer to others... It has been a long journey for the "both" of us now.. and of course, I cant wait for delivery.. I just hope that everything will go smoothly.. actually I do not what to expect.. I may have read everything about pregnancy and labour but when the actual moment comes, things may be a little outta hand.. its kinda expected! hahaha..

Appointment with my gynae on the 7th March 2012 was a fruitful one.. "He" was behaving.. and we were glad that he is head down. Hopefully he stays that way til the exact moment comes...

Due date: 19th April 2012

Name: Adam!

We look forward to see u darling!! :)

Rumah Mak atau Mertua

Memandangkan aku akan bersalin tidak lama lagi... kami masih lagi terfikir nak duduk mana sepanjang tempoh pantangku.. Suatu hari suami ku pulang dari reservist selama seminggu dan beliau dengan tenang berkata,

"kalao u nak duduk rumah Mak (iaitu ibuku), duduklah sebab I faham mungkin u tak kan selesa dengan Mama I... ramai kawan-kawan i kata selalunya perempuan lepas bersalin lebih suka dan selesa duduk bersama ibu sendiri.. jadi kalao u nak duduk ngan Mak, u duduk lah.."

Sungguh aku "confused" ketika itu namun aku bersyukur dia amat memahami.. thanks to his reservist friends for that advise.. betul lah kata orang.. bergaul dengan kawan yang baik, baiklah kita..

Memang betul aku lebih selesa duduk dengan ibuku sendiri.. namun aku tahu rumah ibuku tak lah berapa besar seperti rumah mertuaku.. ibu bapaku duduk di rumah empat bilik manakala mertuaku pulak duduk di rumah lima bilik.. namun kerana memikirkan keselesaanku, memang aku mahu duduk bersama ibuku.. kerana..yelah..mak sendiri jaga sepenuh hati sebab nya hanya satu.. bukan ke kita anak dia? bukan aku nak kata mertua tu bukan mak jugak tapi soal keselesaan itu penting.. kalao aku tak selesa nanti boleh sampai tertekan pulak.. baik-baik nak cepat baik.. nanti lain pulak jadinya.. yelah kalao duduk rumah mertua ni kita masih nak kena jaga adab kita juga.. lain lah dengan mak sendiri.. walaupun dijaga dengan ketat, kita masih lagi "bermanja" ngan mak sendiri.. bayangkan kalao kena tegur ngan mak dan kena tegur ngan mak mertua, mana satu lagi "peng"? Lain kan? Sama lah..itu yang aku jangka kan.. sekiranya aku duduk di rumah mertua.

Jadi aku betul-betul bersyukur suamiku izinkan aku duduk bersama ibuku sepanjang tempoh pantang.. 44 hari tau.. bukan sekejap?