week 29- Birthdays, more good food and colostrum is already present

i have been having more good food recently, thanks to my MasterChef sister who paid the bills...had buffet dinner at Restoran Seri Melayu for their launching of Ramadhan Buffet, a scrumptious lunch at Delicious and a char kuey teow dinner at Penang Village...

and during the weekend, i attended a diabetes and heart seminar in Glenmarie Shah Alam and had more good food...

as it was birthdays week (jihan's 7th birthday on 24th and dear hubby's 32nd birthday on 26th) and me attending the seminar at Glenmarie, we decided to have a weekend breakaway at the Glenmarie...the kids enjoyed staying in the hotel (any hotel at all) and we had good splash in the pool...since i got pregnant this time, i never stepped into the swimming pool to have a good lap...but that weekend, i tried to swim for a few laps and i felt good..the not so good thing about it was i immediately had a leg cramp after getting out of the pool and hubby had to "maneuver"my feet until i could walk again..

and we had a small cake-cutting party at home and a birthday treat at TGIF and jihan got some lovely presents for her birthday...i got hubby a Suunto to motivate him to catch back on his running after such a long break...

i did my 4-times blood glucose monitoring or blood sugar profiling and 3 readings were in the normal range, except my pre bed reading which was slightly elevated...so i need to cut down on sweet stuffs and carbohydrate intake...little boy was doing well, i weighed 58kg and he weighed about 1.3kg..he was moving actively and causing lots of discomfort and tightening around my tummy..and i also had episodes of painful hemorrhoid and started taking medication to reduce the pain and the hemorrhoid itself..on scan, little baby was in breech position, hopefully he will make a turn by the next follow up and remains cephalic until delivery...

i discovered that i started to produce colostrum very early this pregnancy, at around 24 weeks... colostrum is the first milk secreted by the mother's mammary gland and it's clear in color and quite sticky...the real milk will only appear after 2-4 days after delivery...even though it is only minimal, the amount produced by the mother for her baby is sufficient for the baby for the first few days of life...therefore, there's no need to supplement the baby with other type of milk (i.e formula milk) or liquid..baby needs to be fed on demand to ensure he is well hydrated and nourished, at the same time to stimulate the real milk to flow well later...so, even if your baby is born prematurely, you are still capable to produce breast milk for her as your colostrum starts to appear at around 24-26 weeks of pregnancy..

next week will be my birthday and i planned to do some shopping for the baby and the 2 kiddos..