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3rd Pregnancy - Threatened Miscarriage (Part 2)

15W1D gestation and 3W of bed rest today. Alhamdullilah , baby is still sticky in my tum-tum. It was definitely not easy to stay positive while on strict bed rest with minimal movements and still bleeding on and off. Will baby survive this? There were so much uncertainty ahead of us. But hey, I am slowly getting used to this. The trip to my gynae's clinic was not that easy. I was easily breathless and felt sick the moment I walked or stood on my feet for more than 5 minutes. I think that's what bed rest do to your muscles from all the lying down. Sitting down while waiting for my turn was no less comfortable for me. Needless to say, with all the movement I made on that day made me bled much more than the usual days. We did the ultrasound scan the moment we're in the room. Thankfully, the blood pooling had gotten smaller in size from the scan. When I saw my baby wriggle and heard its heartbeart, I felt so relieved. My gynae extended my hospitalisation leave to another 4 week...

3rd Pregnancy - Threatened Miscarriage (Part 1)

Today is day 20 of my hospitalisation leave and I'm now 13W3D. I've been on complete bed rest for a full 7 days. I know what I'm going to say is a bad thought until reality actually hits me. You can call it karma or say I deserve it. I've had 2 healthy pregnancy (except for 1 episode of early miscarriage in 2016) and had always envied those mums-to-be who needed bed rest or hospitalisation leave just because they can get off work. Never had I thought high risk pregnancy will really happen to me for my 3rd pregnancy. I've had a difficult 1st trimester with threatened miscarriage scare. My morning sickness that started at week 5 was truly bad - extreme fatigue, loss of appetite, feeling nauseated all day, constipation - you name it. I was amazed by how I could still cope with work at that time. Well, I did steal a couple of hours of napping but still get work done and attend godly hours of conference calls with time zones that didn't make sense. I wanted to change...