Went for my first check-up with the doctor today. I picked Gleneagles Specialist Hospital here at Ampang because it's a good hospital and it's really close to home. Anyway, I'll have to change hospitals and gynaes once I move to Jakarta.
Dr Tang was very friendly and explained a lot of things to me especially since it is my first pregnancy and a lot of the changes that I'm experiencing will be something that I've never had before. He did a vaginal scan to have a look-see and yes!!! I saw our Little Monkey for the first time!
I'm 6 weeks pregnant, so that means Little Monkey is about 4 weeks old. She's still a fetus, crown-to-rump measurement is 1.6mm. That's tiny! I can't describe how I felt when I first saw her, I just felt wonderful, so happy and relieved that she's safe and progressing at the right rate, that everything's ok so far and I had this feeling that she's mine, she's our baby and I would do just about anything to keep her safe and happy always. Dr Tang gave me a print-out of the scan and I can't help smiling each time I look at it and think, "Look! There's our Little Monkey!"
TM was at work but I met him later and brought along the print-out so that he could have a look too. Big happy smiles from Daddy! We tried to scan the print-out but it came out all black, so I took a shot with my digicam and here she is! She's that little white spot in the black blob!
I called home and told my mum the good news. Then I waited till it was about 9am in the UK before I called home to my mum-in-law to say hi and to tell her the news. She was delighted to hear the good news and told me that father-in-law had been telling her, "You just wait. She'll be having a baby soon!" and she'd shushed him, thinking he was nuts. But FIL was right after all! Hehe.
My younger brothers are delighted at the thought of being uncles for the first time. The elder of the two has already promised a nice present for his new niece/nephew. Awww... thanks! I guess Little Monkey is going to be spoiled rotten when she finally arrives!
2 comments:
I love reading about these posts. Reminds me how happy and exciting pregnancy and giving birth experiences can bring.
Takes me back to Sept/Oct 2006 when I had my first ultrasound after testing positive.
Thanks for blogging and sharing your joy with the world. I wish you a happy and healthy pregnancy.
Hi mommadiary, thanks for dropping by and thank you for your kind wishes. Yeah, I wanted to have great memories to look back on, so I started this blog. I'm glad you enjoyed this post.
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