Zoe's already 1 week old!

Time flies... today's Zoe's one week birthday. It seems so far away that we were leading a life of couplehood... now we are at the parenthood stage already....

Went for the Gynae and PD visits today. Zoe's doing well... she weighed in at 2.115kg today.

• Day 0 - 2.000 kg
• Day 1 - 1.835 kg
• Day 3 - 1.910 kg
• Day 7 - 2.115 kg

She's also spending more time awake these days and already has a wide range of expressions... here's what I took in 2 mins.

Who touched my head?

Who's tickling my feet... ticklish la!!

Very fun... i want to play somemore...

Yaaaawn.... tired already...

Don't disturb la, I want to sleep already.

Visited the Gynae at the same time to check on the C-section incision for Shimin. Everything is fine except for some rashes around the wound due to having the plaster on for 1 week. Also took the shot of mum, baby and gynae for posterity.

Ok, that's all for today...leaving you with my favorite shot for today (notice her very prominent double eyelids).

Moving Baby!

Had our third visit to the Gynae today. Bright and early at 9:30am and we didn't have to wait at all, which is great! As usual, did the ultrascan and the baby is now 63.3mm. Below is the first ultrascan with his back to us...


To our delight, he (so far still call 'he' until we determine the sex) turned during the ultrascan and ended with his side view to us, we were about to see his head and all...

At one point during the ultrascan, Shimin laughed and the baby responded by flipping... looks like a very active baby judging by the number of times he moved during the 2 min ultrascan... odds on a boy... we should be able to find out by the next visit. Stay tuned!

Overall, everything is well. Baby's healthy. Supplements wise, since we are in the second trimester, Shimin could stop taking folic acid and start on calcium tablets (1000mg required a day - 3 cups of fresh milk!). We also decided to sign up for the package at $598 for all consultation until birth.

2nd consultation

Went for the second consultation today... not much happened.... just the ultrascan and Q&A. Baby grew to 20.2mm according to the ultrascan.... the left is probably where the head is....

Ultrascans, Yolk Sacs and Thalassameia

After a bit of research on which gynae to go to... we decided on Dr Joycelyn Wong of ACJ clinic despite the strong recommendations of W K Tan from P&G colleagues (she's rather expensive). Got there around 4:45pm (5pm appointment) and had to wait around an hour before seeing her.

Rather nice and reassuring lady... first thing to do was an Ultrascan to confirm the pregnancy. So she scanned and we saw the water bag (big black dot) and within the black dot... a white dot (baby!). So our baby's around 2.1mm which is normal.


The doc went on about the risks, what to do and eat, what not to do and also the various tests that we must and should do. There is one blood test that requires a blood sample from the father and I got pricked.

Total cost for the visit is around $152 (ex GST) for consultation, medication (folic acid and multi-vits), ultrascan, urine test and my blood test.