Baby's progress as at 36 weeks

I went for my fortnightly check-up last Saturday. Thought it would be just another routine check-up on the development of baby... To both my hubby and my surprise, we were informed by our gyane after the usual ultrasound scan that baby would be out sometime this week. We were definitely shocked as we are not prepared for the early arrival of baby. All these while, we always thought that baby would only be borned in early July or late June. Never would we thought that it would going to be mid-June. My first concern was whether the baby would be alright given that baby is only 36 weeks in my womb this week – which is considered premature. Luckily, our gyane was very assuring. She told us that the size (2.55kg) and the term of the baby are perfectly fine and told us there is no cause for worrying. With that, I heaved a sigh of relief knowing that my baby would be fine. However, the shock of the early arrival of the baby was still there…

Afraid that I might dilate without knowing, my gyane arranged another consultation on this Wednesday. JS was busy at work and so his sister accompanied to the check-up. I am truly grateful for his sister’s help all these while. Upon arrival at the clinic, other than the routine urine, weight and blood pressure test, I was also told to do a CTG scan for 20 minutes. After the scan, I was told to proceed to see my gyane. Then, another surprise was awaiting for me. My gyane asked whether am I experiencing pain as based on the CTG scan, I was in fact having mild contractions. First thought that rushed through my mind was that I am going to give birth really soon. Gynae then did a check on me to check whether I have dilated. Thank God I was not as I wish to give birth only after 37 weeks. With that, gynae arranged another consultation with her on next Tuesday. With that, I left the clinic, still deeply in thoughts of my unknowing contractions that I had experienced…

Frankly speaking, I am unable to differentiate between baby’s vigorous movement in my womb and contraction pain. I would say baby is indeed an active baby as he is constantly kicking, moving and shifting. And not only that, his movements are vigorous and mighty. Thus, even though I might experienced contraction pain, I put it down as baby’s movements. So on Wednesday night, I experienced mild pain in my womb and I told JS about it. His instantaneous reaction was to go to the hospital as he thought that I am going to deliver soon. I told him I am not too sure as the pain was not consistent nor extremely painful. Hence, we decided to call TMC to ask for advice. Needless to say, the labour ward nurse told me to come down to have a check instead of pure guessing at home. And within 15 minutes, we were on our way to TMC. At the TMC, the nurse did an hour of CTG scan to check on the pain. I could see that JS was eagerly and hoping that I would deliver that night. He probably can’t wait to be a father. I am so proud of him as it was definitely a far cry from his reaction on last Saturday. To our dismay, the CTG scan showed that the pain turned out to be a false contraction and I was given permission to go home to rest till the real contraction occurs. On our way back home, JS and I had a good laugh over the false alarm. For JS, it is back to work on the following day. As for me, it is the continuing waiting at home till the real contraction comes…