hi ladies, me too having my 1st bb, looking forward to it now that i'm nearly 7mth... it has been a nitemare with all the morning sickness and also somehow i feel alot of mixed feeling ... wondered if anyone has this.
duno if this is anything to do with age, but its like now its the prime of our career & when i realised i was pregnant, i felt so upset ... felt that i wasn't ready to have a kid as i would like to focus towards the next step of my career. Being pregnant, would meant i can't take on my job which is quite stressful...
in the end i quit, amidst this bad economy ..
somehow i felt i had depression-like symptoms but being a so called "strong" lady i couldnt tell this to anyone... so became so cooped up & the vomiting part made this pregnancy feel such a torture.
then after, the doc suggested me to take the OSCAR, and then i felt i'm such a bad mummy, cos when i heard that my results are close to the "bad" result, i feel so so so bad, blaming myself that i took things for granted & was more concerned with myself than my baby. since then i prayed v hard, continued with the pregnancy & yes, pls remember to monitor the amotic fluid of the baby too. it is impt to check if the baby is developing normally.
~phine - the oscar is a test they took to measure the thickness of the neck and then compared statistically if the baby is likely to be a down syndrome - however, depending on your wk when u take it, think there is one which is on the 16-18wk which is nearly 90% accurate, then another one 24wk - abt 80% accurate.
the difference in the accuracy differs in price also.
my gyn recommend that if u r above 35 then take, for more practical reasons, cos its better to be mentally prepared. however, for religion purposes, eg catholics, my friend who was 40 didn't take it cos even if anything is wrong, she will want to keep the baby.
in 2nd term now... i got swollen hands ... carpel tunnel sydrome, that affects 20% of the ladies, apparently due to swollen nerves, most mummies have it as swollen feet ... both of my hands can't clench & it hurts esp on my fingers. my gyn says it will be worse after childbirth & will clear up after 6wks delivery - so praying for it... he says its probably due to my small wrist & hands.
now my baby is kicking me really hard... infact i felt the kicks during the 17wks !! perhaps he is kicking me to reality haha.
hope everyone here also hv a smooth pregnancy!!
its kinda hard to enjoy pregnancy cos ... errh till now i dun feel i enjoy it cos the tummy is so big, feel so handicapped when moving around.
take care all mummies-to-be !!