We were late for the visit and ended up having to send our car for valet parking. It costs us $10 for the parking! What an expensive lesson to learn.
As usual, Dr Ho's opening speech is "How are you doing now?" "Any vomiting?"
"No," was my answer. "Other than my tummy pain, everything was ok, normal. What could be wrong?" I continued.
"Do you have gastric pain?" Dr Ho enquired.
"I do have gastric pain before. Last time I was able to tell whether it is gastric but now with the baby, I cannot tell. Could it be baby kicking?"
"Most probably is your gastric pain. It is quite common for pregnant mother to suffer from gastric." Dr Ho assured.
Sigh....not gastric again. I dislike gastric. In the past, I tried very hard to prevent gastric - tried to eat regular meals, tried to relax myself - all because I dislike the pain. And now it is back again. Arghhhh...
The long awaiting moment came - the ultrascan, to see the baby again =DDDDD
The baby has grown quite big now, about 15cm in size, an increase of 7cm since our last visit. The baby's features are much clearer - the head, the nose, the eyeballs, the 4 fingers and one thumb, the tummy, the thigh and its feet. Hahahaha...it is so exciting.
Baby was quite active this morning. It kept moving inside my tummy. Up and down. Left and right. Lifting one of its hands up, as if it is an ultra-man really to fly =p
Now the most important question, one that we have been waiting for. What is the gender of the baby?
It took us a while before we managed to find out. Baby kept moving its legs. From crossing both its legs, uncrossing then crossing back again. Lifting its legs up and turning. The patience paid off. Baby finally opened its legs wide enough for us to see an extra piece of triangular skin sticking out from in between its 2 legs.
"Is a boy, high chance", said Dr Ho. "Next round will give us a better view as the baby grows bigger."
What a relief. I always wanted a boy. I have been praying for a boy. For some traditional reasons or another, I prefer a boy to a girl. I am thankful that my prayers are heard.
Anyway, the visit was followed by 2 blood tests to test the presence of hep B, Rubella, etcetc in the body and the possibility of Down Syndrome of baby. I was not hoping for any bad news.
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