Is listening to baby's heartbeats aloud every time at my
antenatal visit. I could remember my feelings when I first heard baby's
'galloping' heartbeats.. SJ & I was like 'WOW!'. It was like one of the
most amazing things that I've ever heard. We were in the room with my doctor on
my very first appointment.. the room was very quiet.. Dr. Choong was handling
the ultrasound machine & our eyes were on the screen the whole time
trying to work out that tiny dot on the screen.. then, suddenly, it was as if
the whole room went silent.. we heard this fast 'horse galloping'
sounds.. & Dr. Choong said this is baby's heart beating! That was when I was
in week 6. Could not believe that there was a 'living being' in my tummy &
this living being has its own set of heartbeats!
There were days
when I did not feel so 'pregnant', on those days when I was feeling all good,
no nausea and I had a high level of energy; I would start to worry about baby a
little.. and I always thought wouldn't it be great if I could have a device or
a stetescope to listen to baby's heartbeats, so that I would be reassured that
baby is doing alright inside.
That's why I was
incredibly jealous of my colleague & distant cousin, Chee Wai when he could
download & save his wife's ultrasound visual & heartbeats audio into his
computer! He was showing me on his computer the movements of his baby & he
could listen to the baby's heartbeats anytime they wanted. I really really
wanted that!! :( I
requested from Dr. Choong in my very next
Recently, I have a
new favourite moment, which is baby's kicks! Never felt so happy getting 'kicked'! Haha! Started to feel some baby's movements about 3 weeks ago, at week 18 but I was not sure because it could be gas. It was those gentle
fluttering sensations in your belly and I was told it may not be easily
identified especially in the first pregnancy. Baby's movements are more prominent
in week 19 and I can definitely feel baby's kicks in week 20 onwards :) I
always feel baby's movements/kicks on my right side on my tummy, I have made a note to ask
the doctor which part of him is kicking me.. his hands or feet?
Baby started
kicking more after I started using Baby Plus in week 19. Baby Plus is a
prenatal education system, which was introduced to me by SJ's colleague,
Kenneth & his wife Hui Ming. We read more about it in the internet and
found that it could be helpful and got it right away. I thought the sounds made
by this Baby Plus device was rather loud and wondered whether baby likes or
hates it. I'm not sure if baby's constant kicking during this system was played (an hour,
twice a day, everyday) was baby telling me, 'Mommy, I'm loving it!' or 'Mommy,
please stop this one hour torture!'. :S
SJ's interpretation was
that baby would NOT kick if baby hates it. Baby's kicking is because he is
responding and loving it. The hours that I use this system are in the mornings
(about 7-8am) and nights (about 10.30-11.30pm). The manual advised to use the system at the same time everyday. I could feel baby's kicks
around these hours when I did not start the system on time or decided not to
use it. So, baby kicks mean he was asking for his pre-natal lessons! I guess
this system creates a routine and hopefully it will be helpful for baby's
developments in the future.
Just like with the
heartbeats, I get worried too if I did not or could not feel baby's kicks. I'm
such a worry-pot! I would voiced my concern to SJ & we would put our hands
on my tummy.. speaking to my tummy, asking baby to kick. Magically, baby
responds to our requests everytime & that would bring a HUGE smile to my
face. Really never felt so happy/relieved being kicked! SJ probably thinks I'm
weird-worried-over-nothing but I'm thankful that he is always there so
reassuring and telling me that everything is going to be alright.. :)))
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