Pregnancy update: Week 39

Weight: 64.4kg (net change 0kg since last week; overall +17.4kg)

Symptoms: braxton hicks, tender breasts, nausea, back/pelvic pain

Summary of the week:

17/9: 39 weeks today! 1 week left to EDD! vital statistics 36-41-40.5. braxton hicks is coming back.. random contractions through the day, but more at night and in the morning. also having some brittle(?) nails, especially my pinky and ring finger... a little on the middle finger. has been like this for a few weeks already. not sure if it's because i'm lacking some nutrients? but i have been taking my prenatal vitamins everyday..


finalized stuff for the final builder's interview with Format on Thursday, including interior and exterior colors. King did some laundry and washed all our bedsheets.. and took a break from bulk cooking today. hmm.. things are more or less prepared already, just need to cook and freeze more food to store hehe.. then get King to be familiarized with the various support strategies as a birth partner.
at night at 10+pm after shower noticed a bit of bloody show... TMI but discharge was more gunky with tinge of light pink. was having some random contractions at night, but did not become regular... anyway we packed most of our stuff into the car just in case i went into labor in the middle of the night. Atty doesn't have a calendar or clock in there so i guess she doesn't comprehend when i discuss with her to wait for a few more days haha.

18/9: random braxton hicks through the day, most frequent at night into the early morning accompanied with pelvic pressure. had nosebleeds today, not sure if related to labor symptoms? in the morning when washing up blew my nose and had a nosebleed... at night after shower wiped away what i thought was nasal discharge but turned out to be a nosebleed. spent most of the day flopping and relaxing so swelling in legs/feet is much better.
King cooked 10 dishes today! he did bulk shopping at costco over the weekend and the chicken/fish were stored in the fridge so needed to be cleared otherwise won't be fresh anymore. and there was lots of leftover rice in the fridge as well as peanuts that had been soaking for 2 days... so lots of food to work with. initially he said only few dishes - fried rice, 2 types of chicken dishes and then steamed fish. but somehow the dishes kept being served onto the table hahaa and it ended up being 10 dishes in total! so impressed! and the dishes all tasted really nice and different! and most of the dishes were his first attempt! wow... so amazing! The 10 dishes he made:

1. Braised peanuts (thermal cooker)
2. Red bean, red dates, barley, longan dessert (thermal cooker)
3. Pineapple fried rice
4. Chinese sausage fried rice
5. Chicken with black fungus
6. Chicken with shitake mushrooms
7. Chicken salad
8. Chicken with pinenuts
9. Stir fry vegetables
10. Steamed barramundi fish

19/9: Not as much contractions compared to yesterday... still sweating in sleep and having pelvic pressure. i have been having a rash on my groin and butt for a while, wonder if it is heat rash or sweat rash. Flopped mostly all day and it is really helping with my feet swelling. King cooked beef stew and pig trotters peanut soup today!

I think we already have enough confinement frozen meals for a whole month! (of the protein dishes)

20/9: Uneventful day. Random braxton hicks as usual. Flopped mostly all day and watched this Korean drama 'Live up to your name' about a time traveling oriental medicine doctor who gets transported to the future - it's quite nice! i finished all 12 episodes that has been released. it has a total of 16 episodes so it's a 2 week wait for the finale.

21/9: Atty has been so cooperative! We managed to finish the final builder's interview with Format today! Thank you Atty for cooperating <3 Went for lunch at Little Canton thereafter and decided on a spur to go watch Kingsman 2 in the afternoon. The movie was just released today. The recliner seat cinema is super comfortable. Could sit in there for 2.5hours at 39+4 without feeling uncomfortable. So that was probably our last movie date before Atty gets here? Ok Atty you can come any time now hehee... cannot wait to meet you! I bet its really comfy but don't hang out in your womb hotel for too long ok.. or else you will get issued an eviction notice soon.. midwife is coming on 40+2 to check on your moving out progress hehe. King made sweet sour pork at night, and mee sua with the leftover pork trotters peanut soup... yummy!


22/9: finished up 4 weeks of confinement menu for King to refer to, the entire freezer is stocked up with a month's worth of confinement meals. kudos to King for spending much time and effort looking up confinement food recipes, running around buying groceries, doing food prep then all that cooking in bulk! best husband ever! i'm gonna be well fed postpartum <3


also made a daily task list for him.. so he can keep track of the tasks for honey, the household, Atty and me hehee.

King went out to run errands today - bought fly screen for Honey's playpen as she most likely will have to stay in there when i'm in labor as it may take 1-2 days. too risky for her to be running around in the garden at night, and too pitiful to lock her in her hutch.

and King did more cooking at night, basically to clear old stock of food in the fridge - he made salt and pepper pork ribs and sweet and sour pork ribs. so yummy! most of the foods were his first attempt at making and it's super delicious... looks like he has a talent for cooking!



23/9: woke up at 6am to pee and noticed significant bloody show! at the starting of the week it was just a little bit but this morning's was super obvious... mucus discharge with pink/red streaking. i thought Atty is so punctual... 39+6 today and going to make an appearance on my EDD.. but i still don't have regular contractions yet. since 12+pm have had some contractions accompanied with lower back pain and pelvic pressure.. but it was quite on/off with no pattern yet. Atty, don't troll your mummy so much okay... your new apartment is all ready for move in, you can slowly start your moving out plans hehe <3

maybe this will be my last pregnancy update and the next one will be a post on my labor and delivery! hehee usually take the baby bump photos after the week ends, but the above baby bump was taken on 39+6, just in case 40 weeks is labor day hehe. vital statistics today is the same 36-41-40.5. weight has also been the same so i guess Atty is done developing!

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(things started to get moving soon after i updated this blog post)