week 7-first antenatal check up

so far i'm feeling good, alhamdulillah...a bit of bitter taste in the mouth but i can still eat..no nausea or vomiting yet and i carry on my life as usual...and i'm still breastfeeding imtiaz on demand...

imtiaz was down with fever and cough, so his demand to breastfeed was more that usual..pity him..(and pity me as well have to endure the discomfort on my nipple)...

i can't fit into most of my trousers (gosh!!) and i'm only 7 weeks pregnant!..my baju kurung sarong is getting tight and just forget about my Levi's...i don't dare to put them on...

so we decided to go for my first antenatal check up after the chinese new year break...i've booked under my previous obstetrician, Prof J...before that we did the normal antenatal screening and as usual, my dear hubby took the blood (although his hands were shivering while holding the needle)...and the results were normal...my hemoglobin was also good- 13.7g/dl...

on the appointment day, Prof J had a family emergency and couldn't attend the clinic but he sent a replacement specialist, Dr S to attend to me...i knew Dr S since my houseman days and she was very nice...after the history taking, we did the ultrasound scan..at first, the most stunning view that we could see was my extremely full bladder..then we saw a tiny object in the uterus..Dr S asked me to pee in order for her to do the transvaginal scan (TVS) so that we can see and measure the feotus better...gulp! i never had any TVS before and it's quite scary for me..anyway, i was so eager want to know the measurement of my feotus so i made myself brave...

so, after i peed, i prepared myself for the TVS...luckily Dr S said we might just repeat the abdominal scan to see if we can view it better after the bladder was emptied... yup, true enough the view was better and we got to see the growing fetus..it measured just right around 8 weeks...and the heart was beating well...

alhamdulillah, we don't really mind if it's a boy or a girl, of course it's too early to see the gender now...i've been taking folic acid since my period didn't come and before that i was taking it irregularly to prevent neural tube defect in the feotus..hopefully all goes well, insya allah....

that's my little feotus on the left