75th Percentile

I went for a scan on 7th October to see how 'big' the baby was and it turned out that baby was at the 75th percentile!!! Baby weighed 2100 grams compared to the average of 1900 grams at 32 weeks! Umm could it be all the cakes I have been eating? hahaha Ok I have not been stuffing my face with cakes but I have discovered that I do tend to have a sweet tooth in the last trimester. Though as I have put on 12 kgs so far (yes I am also overweight now and so have to watch what I eat!) and so my best friend now is guava!

I never thought I would be eating so much guava in my life but it is doctor's order and I am so scared that I will REALLY ballon in the last month, um which is NOW! Oh dear...

Anyway, so this week baby is a size of a large cantaloupe melon! Though I am not too sure as baby should be around 52cm long and weighs 2.5kg and that is larger then a melon surely?

What do ya think?

Baby Moon II

We went to Naha the next day and the first stop was Kokusaidori (literally ''International Road'') after picking up Joyce and James from the airport.

There are arrays of souvenir shops, boutiques, cafes, restaurants, and T's favourite spot - ice cream parlours!

We then had Okinawa-styled BBQ for dinner and my oh my, did we stuff our faces that evening!

tender beef tongue

Some street entertainment after dinner!

Traditional Okinawa dancing

Busena Terrace Beach Resort

Beautiful beach

A quick snap

We would highly recommend Okinawa for a short break as it's a clean island with lots of different spots to explore and lovely food to sample!

Baby Kicking

I now can really feel baby whenever she kicks or wriggles and it was so obvious last night that my bump was really pointed rather than the normal round! It was so funny yet magical to feel baby inside me. I even felt either her knee or elbow or her little feet as it was hard!

After last Friday's scan, baby is now in the right presentation, i.e. head down so I am relieved. Though the chat with doctor got me thinking re: my birthing options! I was so adamant and thought I knew what I wanted but I am still considering my options - at 33 weeks!

As I am now well into my third trimester, I start to get tired easily again and back ache seems to get worse but then I think I have had a pretty smooth easy pregnancy so far (touch wood). I didn't have any morning sickness, my fingers and ankles are not swollen (yet) and I have just been feeling 'normal' apart from going to bed early in the first trimester. So I can live with the back pain. I will also start going to pre-natal yoga again tomorrow. I tried one class back in July and I almost fell asleep! Though I now need to adjust to the pace since I AM eight months pregnant after all!

Next time, I will try to take a photo and video record when baby kicks so I can share it here!

Namaste.