Little one @16th weeks

Yes, I am expecting my 2nd one - I'm 16wks 01 day pregnant.

It had been quite a roller coaster for the past few months, and I am just hoping for the better. I still remembered that even though it was tested positive with the 1st pregnancy kit, I went and bought a 2nd pregnancy kit (this time a digital one that is able to tell you the no. of weeks you are in) just to be absolutely sure about the good news.

I was very concerned with this pregnancy (who wouldn't if were in my shoes?) and decided to keep a low profile this time round. I was contemplating for a week, if to stick to my old gynae or to change a new gynae for checkup and finally decided to try out Dr Chen Lin Han @ Chong Pang. I heard alot of good reviews about him - very attentive & knowledgeable. I was alone for my 1st checkup (as Jimmy was tied up with work) and I must say I was quite skeptical about how good can this doctor be when I stepped into the clinic. The clinic was very simple-looking, with just minimal renovation, damn limited no. of chairs, nurses were in their own attire and not in typical uniforms - a contrast from Dr.Hii's! But what the heck, I am already there so might as well do my 1st checkup with Dr.Chen before deciding if to switch to another.

I'm glad I stayed on. He went through my past history in details and for some reason you can feel this sense of comfort and confidence in him. I was kind of nervously anxious and shivering abit as I laid down on the bed about to go through the ultrasound scanning, when he touched my arm and asked me to relax. I can tell you that I almost teared when nothing could be seen in the scan, but Dr. Chen assured me by explaining the possibilities of such scenarios - could be too early esp if I had irregular menses or I ovulate later. Next will be taking a blood test that day and 48hrs later, to see if there is any changes in the blood results to determine my pregnancy progress. I had to wait patiently for a day for the blood result to be back but 24hrs SEEMS LIKE FOREVER! I was literally holding on to my mobile phone that day, in case I missed out the call when the clinic calls. I let out a huge sigh and felt so relieved when the nurse told me the good news.

Following that, I had REALLY BAD morning sickness that doesn't seems to go away at all! Literally hugging on the toilet bowl everyday! All the morning sickness and vomiting made me so sick and loss of appetite. EVERYONE commented I looked so pale and weak each time they saw me. I stil remembered the worst time I vomited 5 times in a single day and that was during Reyes's birthday pre-celebration (19.08.2010)!!! I CAN NEVER forget that terrible, awful feeling!

Thank god that I am SO SO much better now, and my appetite is finally coming back! Yippee!!!!

My tummy already started showing at 12th weeks, I guess because it's my second pregnancy and it will show earlier as stomach muscles are already loosened and tend to expand much easily. Now at 16th weeks, I feel that I felt little one's movement already but not too sure if it's so.

Looking forward to seeing our little one next week and hopefully we will be able to know the gender then. Anyway I got a strong feeling it's a boy, so we shall see if I'd spot on.

Just want little one to be fine and healthy.