I went for medical check up at the clinic kesihatan today. My pink book says I am 38 weeks pregnant. As the due date draws closer, the visit to the clinic also becomes more regular (weekly). In fact, I am due to see the specialist for the first time tomorrow. It will be my first visit to the specialist. The reason why I am only seeing the specialist now is because the nurses did not feel that I needed the consultation of a specialist. Based on the regular check-ups I've gone for, my pregnancy is generally problem free. The purpose of this coming visit is to fix my due date as I actually have 2 due dates based on my previous scans. The 1st date is January 8th while the 2nd date is January the 1st.

Today I asked the nurse to describe what a contraction felt like. Last night, I felt a few instances of sudden pain near my cervix area. Those pain lasted a few seconds but it was so intense that I had to stop walking for a while. The sudden attack got me worried. Thank goodness, it was a false alarm. According to the nurse, I felt those pain as the baby was trying to push its way towards the cervix. According to her, when a contraction happens, I would feel my tummy harden and extremely painful. If the contraction becomes more intense the pain would move to the back and probably cause backache. Very simple but clear explanation. It was easy to comprehend as she touched and showed me the areas of my body which I would feel the pain. At least now I will not scare myself unnecessarily. Sometimes, the odd pains that we feel are due to the movements of the baby. As the baby grows in size, the space in my womb becomes tighter, causing the baby to sometimes press on certain nerves or organ in the body hence the sudden shocking pain. In general, this little one has been a pretty good baby, it has not caused me too much problem neither has it obstructed my movements or caused me much severe pain. I hope it remains this way even after birth. Healthy but calm and not often restless.

We still have not found the right mattress for the cot yet. We went to IKEA yesterday upon the suggestion by the owner of Little Whiz but much to our disappointment, their mattresses could only fit into their custom made cots. I tried washing some napkins and baby clothes yesterday but the weather has not been encouraging. The sun is not hot enough to dry them. Hence I cannot do my second round of washing today as I need space to dry these clothes. My laundry has also increased. Each time I do housework ie. mop/sweep the floor, cook, iron the clothes etc, I would sweat so much that I would need to change my clothes. What is stressful is that due to my growing size, I have very limited amount of clothes to change and I really dislike it when I need to change like four times a day due to the sweating. Yet, despite these inconveniences, I am not rushing to deliver the baby. i hope it will not be born prematurely. We have not chosen the name of the baby yet but we have a few names on our list. I believe I will be inspired to decide its name once I see it. Will it be Noel? Francis? Alban? Peter? I really don't know. Well i trust God will inspire us.