Monday, June 4, 2012

20 Weeks and 6 Days

i know i haven't posting much recently.  after the first trimester, everything's been quiet and in my case, its a good-kind-of quiet.

when i was diagnosed with threatened abortion and subchorionic hemorrhage (SCH), i was scared that my pregnancy will turn into something dreadful.  that and numerous vomiting incidents coupled with abdominal cramps made by first trimester horrible.  i was becoming a pessimist that i didn't know if i should tell people i'm pregnant.

but now that i've entered my second trimester, everything is topnotch.  SCH is gone, and the cramps were replaced by flutters within the inside. this is my first time to experience it so i'm not sure if its the baby.  i've google-d how to confirm if its fetal movements but the descriptions are all vague to me.  i'd say, the feeling is like another pulse within, but with longer intervals and then fades immediately.  it usually happens whenever i lie on my left side at night-time.  the feeling isn't painful at all and it does excites me a bit knowing that i'm indeed pregnant.

now the big question is, is the baby a he or a she. P is more excited than i am on this aspect; my guess its a girl, his guess... a boy.  during his birthday, we tried to know the gender of our baby. we went to de los santos @ sm megamall to have an ultrasound.  the sonologist said she didn't see any "lawit" and its likely to be a girl.  i was 16 weeks that time and she said that the position of the baby isn't helping her much. she also told me she'd seen someone who's at 13 weeks and confirmed its a boy since the fetal position allowed her the best view.  then at 19 weeks, we tried again @ in my womb, sm megamall. this time the sonologist said its 90% girl since she was able to see a "line".  but then, she backtracked saying its too early to tell. *sigh*.

P, however was convinced our baby's a girl. while he's ready to buy everything pink and girly, i still wanted to wait for that 100% confirmation.  this saturday, we will have our congenital anomaly scan.  i was supposed to do it last saturday but since P is still in singapore, we just have to wait until he comes back.  hopefully we'll be able to know the gender... *all fingers crossed* but most importantly, we both pray that our baby is ok and perfectly normal.