Third Trimester Challanges

Sorry for the long silence.. have been so tied up with year end project closure and last minute work. Well... that's the work in a corporate life. Even though you are 7 months pregnant, still have to stay up for work till 12 am in the morning with global partners. But nevertheless, it is still my responsibility and no complains with that.

Third trimester just started to kick in. I am starting to experience the night time leg cramps, back pain, numbness on the fingers and hands and most difficult of all, is trying to get a good night sleep. As far as I know, pregnant woman will need to sleep on the left hand side as advice my doctors to avoid the major arteries that may prevent the blood flow to the uterus. Thanks to my mother, during the weekdays, my mother will be taking care of Emily at night so that I can have a 'better' sleep at night.

During the weekends and nights without meetings, Emily will be back and will be sleeping with me. Well, she does not wake up in the middle of the night anymore for milk, but she will give me a light kick on my face or a knock on my head when she toss and turn. (I will use a pillow to avoid Emily kicking on my tummy :)) But so far, she has never done that before. Oh ya, i forgot to mention, after Emily stop tossing and turning on the bed, the little one starts the acrobatic act in the belly :)

However, having her back home sleeping beside me, is one of the happiest and bonding moment for me and Emily. I miss it very much. How nice if I don't have to work and just spend time with her everyday and night :)

Apart from the poor sleep schedule, I will still need to exercise more. During the 1st pregnancy, I walked a lot at night as an exercise with my mother for at least 30 minutes a day 5 times a week. Now, I just can't find the time to do any of that. I think lack of time is a problem. Not that I don't have a proper time management but 24 hours is just not enough !!! Wanting to spend more time with Emily and also that means that some other scarify has to be there.

I remember talking to my friend the other day, that we both did not even have time to put on lotion on our growing and expending belly.. unlike the 1st pregnancy, I think I bought 2 -3 bottles of lotions to and has religiously used it every night. That resulted in a very minimum stretch mark after the 1st pregnancy.

Will keep you all posted on the development of my pregnancy :)

Oh ya.. Merry Christmas & a Happy New year to all