My Pregnancy Journey - 38 Weeks

dear and i had mcdonald's breakfast this morning before his only appointment prior to the scheduled gynae visit at 12 noon. time check at 0930am and we were wondering if baby would have arrived should we have gone for the previously planned caesarian on christmas eve morning. this was in place due to baby shifting back to breech position a few weeks back. we went on to discuss plans for tomorrow, christmas day. options were to go window shopping at newly opened shopping malls, one km or seletar, or we could spend a day at jurong bird park. what helped made the decision for the latter was when we saw the newspaper ad for sintex warehouse sale at jalan ahmad ibrahim. since the sale location is near bird park, we could conveniently do both. little did we expect a huge surprise awaits us.

since i was not having any contraction symptoms, thought we would be ending this 2nd last pre-natal visit with "see you next week!". as we proceed with the usual OBS scan, dr claudine exclaimed "aiyo! you know what this boy do?". both dear and i froze for that second. "alamak! you tell me how?" she asked as she moved the scanner nearer my ribcage - we saw baby's head. she then provided the 2 available options, to arrange for caesarian tomorrow or to wait and hope baby turns down by 29 Dec. after much discussion on the pros and cons and also the possibilities of ending up with an emergency caesarian, dear and i decided to welcome our baby boy on christmas day. 2 of the main concerns were my water bag may break while baby is breech, his limbs might fall out or if baby fortunately heads down, and we induce the birth, there is a higher chance of ending up with an emergency caesarian.

as we trudged home trying to digest the fact that baby will be here tomorrow, there are last minute preparation to be done, eg. installation of the car seat and informing parents and close friends of the news. mixed feelings of excitement and anxiety, excited to finally meet our baby and at the same time worried of the new challenges ahead. nevertheless, i pray for a smooth delivery, a healthy and strong baby.

Christmas Eve Dinner - last meal before welcoming our Christmas baby