3rd trimester

It is already the 32nd week, finally the 8th month.

Tummy is growing bigger as days go by. Baby is also getting heavier. I am also slowly feeling the weight in my tummy. Bending and squatting get more tedious.  Feel as if I am big fat elephant, wobbling my way through the streets, fat and clumsy. Nevertheless, I like my tummy.

Thankfully, throughout this period, I managed to get seats on the train. Maybe every 7 out of 10 times, I will meet some kind souls who willingly will give up their seats to me. Well, the world is never perfect, there is/are always some irritants who pretends to fall asleep or engross in their readings and conversations and chose to ignore me. Sigh....I am just too lazy and tired to fight with them. Is a karma, I always believe, whatever goes round will come back to you. Sometimes, we just have to take things as it is. And I always tell myself, the world is not perfect, everyone is unique.

Looking back, life is so amazing. It started out as an embryo, a tiny little dot inside your tummy and slowly grow into something with heartbeat, followed by the hands and legs and finally a full-grown baby.

The 3rd trimester is not as easy as it seemed to be. Most of the discomfort comes from my tummy. Tummy-ache almost everyday. The fear of eating too much, as it forces my ribcage to expand as the uterus expand. This expansion causes a lot of discomfort. Leg cramps and back pains are minimized with the help of regular prenatal massage, as it helps with the blood circulation.  

Experienced a lot of "soccer kicks" from the baby. On some occasions, baby can give up to 3 continuous kicks at one time, hahaha. And I will always tell my hubby "I bet this baby is going to be a good soccer player. He is already practicing his kicks in my tummy." I love the feelings of these kicks and always yearn for more. Hubby also loves to feel the baby kicks. Baby kicks more when I am taking a rest. The kicks are not painful and I am enjoying it. 

Baby grows more and more accustomed to classical music. It will be sleeping soundly, no kicks, no motions whenever I switch on to classical music. 

Braxton hicks gets more after the 30th week. The feelings of regular expansions and contractions of the uterus as the body prepares for delivery. At times, I could feel the tummy goes sideway, moves up and down, as if there is an earthquake or a groundshake going on in my tummy. hahahaha

This is what I feed my baby with on a daily basis - fish oil, good for brain development.