of kicks and punches...

before i talk bout what i wanted to talk about... i just remembered what happened on Wednesday.

around 24-28 weeks if i'm not mistaken, preggers are supposed to do this test called the GTT. sounds so major doesn't it? well, to me it's major. it's the glucose tolerance test. if you don't pass it with flying colors, you will be stuck with watching your diet for the rest of the pregnancy and if it's really bad, you would have to get a device to monitor the sugar in your blood before and after meals. 

for me, i hate needles. the 2-3 times i had to get my blood test was a nightmare. so if i did fail this test, i'll be a wreck. like seriously. no joke. not funny at all.

the night before this test, i was required to fast at 10 pm. the appointment was at 7.30 am the next day. well, more like you arrive and take your number and your time starts when you get called into the room. we thought we were early because we arrived at 7.25 but nope there were already 6 people before me. we had to take a number and wait. at around 7.30ish numbers got called and it was my turn. lucky number 6! wonder why i'm number 6 when there were 6 people before me? one lady didn't take the number. so haha too bad!

so anyway, i went in, sat down, blood got drawn. then i was given a bottle of about 350 ml of glucose water to drink. i asked so after this there's another blood test and that was it. she said nope, 2 more times. i nearly fainted. so fine. she told me i had to drink that whole bottle within 5 minutes and i had to remain fasting until the whole test is done.

the drink was sweet. like really really sweet. normally i wouldn't mind sweet at all but this baby has changed my taste buds. i don't really fancy sweet stuff anymore, not even chocolate. but now i occasionally crave for chocolate. i think the drink was similar to coke if not a little sweeter. it was carbonated as well. after finishing it, i had to drink lots of water because my tongue had a really weird taste. guess i still don't like sweet stuff

after a while, it started. it seems the baby got really hyper i guess. there were constant punching and kicking. i guess he must have been on a sugar high since i had nothing at all since 10 pm the night before and suddenly this really sugary drink. 

so i pray that i don't fail this test if not.....die!!!

after that, we went to baby bunting again to check out the 3 important things that we should get really soon. a cot, pram, and car seat. we knew what we wanted for the cot and we were fairly sure about 1 or 2 brands of pram but not too sure about the car seat. in the end, we ended up paying a deposit for all 3 items. as we were walking back to the car, we were astonished and wondered whether that really happened haha but that will be an entirely separate post that i'll write one day

anyway, let's continue back to the main reason why i'm here writing. 

according to my app, i should be able to feel the baby kick around 18 weeks and after. at around 20 or 21 weeks, that was when i really felt the baby move. before this i felt a flutter here and there. actually more like a snake moving within me. usually when i felt the baby move was when i ate. every time i had food, he will move non stop. slowly, he would move when he hears music or my voice. i noticed he moved a lot when he heard me sing during praise and worship. on sunday, woah, he moved so much. during the entire praise and worship he was moving and flip flopping around

in the mornings, when i'm stirring from my sleep and i stretch, he would move too. like as if he's telling me that he's awake too. or when i'm talking to the husband, he would move too like as if he wants to join in to the conversation. at night when we wanna go to sleep and he moves, then kevin tells him to stop moving cause we're going to sleep, it was like as if he understands and will settle down for me to go to sleep. how amazing huh?

what made me decide to really write this down was what happened a few minutes ago. i was starting to read one of karen kingsbury's book and he either kicked or punched really hard. he did that for 2 times and i thought i saw my tummy move. so i looked and the 3rd time i really saw my tummy move. such a wonderful sight. so amazing to see how all this can happen. before this, a few weeks ago, i thought i saw it and i told kevin but he said it was impossible that the baby could kick or punch so hard now. but it's really true. this baby is such a tough and strong baby. 

so yeah, that's it. that's all i wanna update. hopefully i can remember to take more weekly photos of myself.