Week 33 - Super Baby!

We're at 33 weeks and counting down to just less than 7 weeks to go. We're feeling the excitement and also a little bit of reality shock :) "What's gonna happen?" "How are we gonna deal with the new born?" are the frequent questions popping up. Well, as long as he's healthy, that's all we care about for now :)

Today we went to see Dr Ko and baby Jake is measured up to 5.2lbs! He's way above average (according to BabyCenter he should just be a little over 4 lbs). The Doc projected with his growth rate, he should be at 8.2lbs when he comes out at week 40! Yup we know there's a Super Baby in Mommy's tummy right now!!

Here's the video of the ultrasound today. He wasn't very active and he hid his face and we couldn't get a clear shot of him. Nevertheless, we can still see he keeps putting on more fat...

Prenatal Class - Breathing During Labour

Yesterday we went to our second prenatal class - "breathing during labour". It was a very helpful class, especially for Kathy :) Here's a funny clip when Kathy had to learn how to use breathing to minimize pain (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wxhqv0fOuWM)

We also learned how to "push during labour" and how husbands can help massage their wives for stress and pain relieve. Are we ready? Well we've got to be haha :)

Kung Hei Fat Choi from baby Jake

Kung Hei Fat Choi everyone! The past week baby Jake celebrated Valentine's day, Chinese New Year, and Auntie Ruth's birthday together with his family. He even got red pockets (lai see) from grandpa, grandma and uncles and aunties. We wish him good health and be a good boy who loves his family.

celebrating mom and dad's valentine's day

celebrating CNY with the families

bb is due in 2 months!

As per Kathy's facebook status:

Kathy Wong bb is due in 2 months!

Thu at 10:06pm · Comment ·

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Joan Wong

Go watch movies and shop for yourself as you won't be able to do that for at least a few months!

Thu at 10:45pm

Ben Lee

Yes ar, go to cinemas ar........

Thu at 11:14pm

Grace Ma

so excited !!

Thu at 11:20pm

Grace Ma

and the weather getting cold tmr, take care ss

Thu at 11:21pm

Vivian Fung

Do u know that there are cinemas in the UK that u can bring along your babies to watch movies? A great news for us!

Also, going out for facial is another thing to give up. But u can do it at home if u have time.

Yesterday at 1:07am

Kathy Wong

Thx for all the sound advices :) so, cinema, facial, shopping for myself..... Wt else?!

Yesterday at 7:48am

Kathy Wong

Thx for all the sound advices. :)

Yesterday at 7:50am

Wilson Cheng

U can also come to BBQ with all of us on the 20th, something u won't be doing soon too...n get red packet on behalf of bb

Yesterday at 9:10am

Crystal Shing

treasure your free time now

Yesterday at 3:02pm

Sanjay J Patel

wow - went so fast!!!! not long to go now - listen to Crystals good advice!

Yesterday at 3:29pm

Vivian Fung

2 more things that u can hardly do after the baby is born: enjoy a 2-hour romantic meal and sleeping.

Yesterday at 7:45pm

Just 2 More Months to Go!

Just like on my facebook status: feeling baby jake's kicks and somersaults became a regular routine :), we're getting excited as we've just 2 more months to go! Can't wait!

Happy Chinese New Year everyone! 3 of us wish you good health and prosperity in year of the Tiger!

Hi-Lo Chair Delivered, but wrong model!

Kathy had ordered a Aprica Hi-Lo chair couple months back and it was delivered on Tuesday. However after excitingly played around with the chair for a while, we realized it's the wrong model from what we've ordered.

The one on the left above was the one we ordered and they've delivered the one on the right. They'll replace it.

Week 31 - Getting Excited for CNY!

Wow almost 8 months! Baby Jake is now over 16 inches long and about 3.8 pounds (according to BabyCenter he should just be 3.3lbs, a little over-weight) and is heading into a growth spurt. We can notice Kathy's tummy is growing exponentially and she's starting to feel the weight on her legs (she gained almost 20 lbs already). Baby Jake is constantly turning his head from side to side, and his arms, legs, and body are in big motions too, so Kathy might have trouble sleeping because his kicks and somersaults keep her up. But all this moving is a sign that he's active and healthy :)

The pregnancy diabetes test result came back as normal so we don't have to worry. We know baby Jake is just a fat dude right now. We hope he won't get too big, or else we'll have to decide to bring him out through cesarean section.

We've also attended our first prenatal baby-preparation class on Saturday. We (more so, I) learned a great deal in handling the new born such as carrying him correctly, preparing and cleaning his bottles, and breastfeeding basics (this is for Kathy of course). We feel excited to be parents very soon!!

Pregnancy Diabetes Test

This morning Kathy went for a pregnancy diabetes test, cos baby Jake is a bit over-weight and the Doc was afraid she might have pregnancy diabetes. Kathy couldn't eat any thing but drinks water and she had to take this super-duper sweet drink for the blood test. Before she took this drink she already had consulted others who had taken this drink. The comments were all negative and some even threw up after the drink. Fortunately Kathy was alright, despite of the extra sweetness. And shortly after (after we've waited for 2 hours) we went for a meal and she felt much better. We both know that baby Jake isn't too over-weight, he just got big bones (especially his femur) and he'll be a tall man!

Week 30 - Baby Jake Overweight?

Yesterday Kathy went to see Doctor Ko on her week 30 pregnancy and here's the ultrasound video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPe8rwLOsQ8):

Baby Jake is about 16 inches long now, and he weighs 3.5 lbs, which according to the Doctor, he's in the top 10% of the pool. He might be a little overweight and so Kathy is advised to test for pregnancy diabetes. She'll do the test on Friday and let's hope she's alright. I'm pretty sure she is :)

Baby Jake is growing exponentially. He's taking in more calcium for his skeleton development. His thigh bone is actually measured to be at almost 32 weeks, way ahead his normal development. Oh man he's gonna be tall and will play in the NBA haha! As you can see in the scan pic, he still has a lot of baby fat on his cheeks...