Baby in Actions

Most of the time, our baby will be active & aggressive at night, where he will summon some of his combo kicks, fists or his so-called "KungFu" actions on all areas of my wife's tummy. Fortunately, we manage to capture two movie clips on his actions, as shown here. Hope you will enjoy watching the show.

Baby Movement #1 (from top view) was taken at 7.30pm when we are busy watching a TV series sometime around Dec, 2007.

Baby Movement #2 (from side view) was then taken at 12.40am midnight yesterday, 14th Jan before bedtime.

Baby's 11th Scanning

Today is our 11th visit to Dr Jason Lim's clinic, which also indicates 1 day over from the estimated delivery due date that falls on 13th Jan. Both of us waited anxiously for the past 2 days & we were discussing about how is contraction like and if the slight pain my wife experience were actually the real contraction or just a false alarm. More over, we felt nervous & desperate to know how is our baby's condition when we waited for about 1hr 30 min for my wife's checkup.


Our baby boy is now 40 weeks & 1 day old. He weights approximately 3.37kg, only about 0.01kg heavier compare to the previous scanning. Dr Jason told us that the ultrasound images only predicts an estimated weight figure by measuring the size of the baby's waist with ± 10% tolerance. This means that our baby may be born within the range of 3.0kg - 3.6kg. The overall condition of our baby boy is fine. Heartbeat rate is measured at about 128 beat per min & his body is engaged in the correct position.


Dr Jason has also checked on my wife cervix's wall & to see if she has dilated. He then told us that my wife cervix is not soft enough for labour, and she has not dilated yet. He has advice us to wait for a few days more to see if there is any sign for labour, otherwise, he will perform induction on my wife to speed up the delivery process. We have taken Dr Jason's advice, and have also arranged admission to hospital on coming Wednesday night. After the admission, they will insert a pill to soften my wife's cervix, and the dripping process will start the next morning. Then, once the dilation has reached 10cm, there we will start the labour process. : So, our baby could be born on this coming Thursday or Friday!!!! My feeling now? Mixed feeling, don't know how to describe it... haha... I can just pray hard for the safety of both my wife and the new member of our family.

Baby's 10th Scanning

Both my wife & I had been waited anxiously for 3 full weeks in order to get our baby's 10th scanning done. This is because our Dr Jason Lim has been away to UK to be with his family for Christmas and New Year holiday. We were praying that our baby could wait until Dr Jason's return before he is born.


Finally, on 7th Jan 2008 (which was our 1st year wedding aniversary), we have met with Dr. Jason again to check on the baby. Our baby now is 39 weeks old & weighing at approximately 3.36kg. His head has now engaged into the right position for delivery, awaiting for the right time to be born.
We have requested from Dr. Jason for an image of our baby's face for us to keep as a record. He has tried but since the baby's face normally will face down at this stage, the best we can get is just the side profile of our baby. Well, again, the most important thing to us is that everything about the baby is in good condition. :D

With Dr. Jason's return to his clinic, we are hoping to meet our baby earlier. However, tomorrow will be the expected due date for the baby, and my wife still have not experience any labour sign. Haha.. May be it is very comfortable to stay inside my wife's womb??!! :D Anyway, on 14th we will be having our next check up, which by then is one day over due date. Dr. Jason will be checking on my wife condition if she is still not experiencing any labour sign by then.

Meanwhile, we are taking extra precaution on my wife's daily activities like her diet, make sure she is getting enough rest & not too stress over her workload. Baby boy, we love you and hope to see you soon! :)

Baby's 9th Scanning

Today is our 9th visit to Dr Jason's clinic at Sunway Medical Hospital. Our baby is now 35 weeks & 5 days old, weighing about 2.59kg. He is approximately 600 grams heavier compare to previous scanning result.

Another 2 more days to go, our baby will be 36 weeks old. Dr Jason Lim told us that, anytime after 37 weeks onwards, the baby is called a "Full Term" baby, which means he's a full-grown baby & safe to be born without any danger. Whereas, on the other hand, if a baby that is born before 37 weeks old, he/she is called a "Pre-mature" baby.

p/s: A "Pre-mature" baby's life could be in danger if he/she is not being treated properly. Therefore, an incubator equipped with life-supporting facilities is needed for the baby in order to ensure his/her organs will continue to grow until it can function independently.



During this visit, we have requested Dr Jason Lim to scan some beautiful pictures of our baby for us to keep. Pictures shown on above were the latest images of our baby face. We can clearly see the head, eyes, ears, nose, both arms & we are so lucky to capture a picture with his mouth open, as shown in the 1st picture. Pictures below are some images of the baby's feet length (approx. 6.67cm), baby's waist length (approx. 31.3cm) & a close-up image of our baby's heart. You can even see the main arteries/veins & heart chambers in the picture.




p/s: All pictures were taken on 15th Dec 2007

Baby's 8th Scanning

From the 7th scanning onwards, me & my wife are require to visit Dr Jason Lim once every 2 weeks. My wife is now in the 3rd trimester of the pregnancy period. Extra cautious need to be taken into consideration, e.g healthy eating habits, cannot sit or stand too long, proper sleeping positions, sleep early, reduce in workloads, etc.

I have started doing simple foot massage for my wife almost every night to help on improving the blood circulation. This will also prevent or reduce the chances of her getting backache, numbness or cramps. As usual, I'll then sing nursery songs or telling stories to my baby before going to bed. He is now 33 weeks & 3 days old, weighting approximately 1.98kg.

Keep it up, Lau Po! & my Boy Boy!

Baby's 7th Scanning

Today our baby will be 31 weeks & 5 days old. His weight is slightly heavier compared to previous scanning, at approximately 1.86kg. As usual, Dr Jason Lim scanned my wife tummy to check on our baby's condition. Besides knowing the baby is healthy, the baby also looks much bigger.

Our baby's movement has become more aggressive recently, especially late in the night (~10pm til 12pm). His hearing seems to be more sensitive as well. Everytime when I try to talk to him, or sing for him, he will react to my voice by punching or kicking his mother belly. Sometimes, he even will stop moving around when I ask him to do so. Haha!

That's really Amazing!!
Go! Go! My Baby Power!

p/s: Pictures were taken on 17th November 2007

Baby's 6th Scanning

There are 2 good news during our 6th visit to Dr Jason Lim's clinic.

First, was my mother-in-law. She was with us during the scanning. She is very happy to witness the scanning and find out about my wife & baby's condition. Even though we all have to wait for more than 2 hrs for our turn, but it was a pleasure to have her accompany us this time. The 1st scanned picture only shows a portion of the baby's image, but this time we can see a much clearer picture of our baby's face features.

The second good news is... finally we are able to confirm the gender of our baby!! What can you notice in the red circle?! This picture was taken from the bottom of our baby's buttock. Try clicking on the image to enlarge it for better viewing.

And Yes, you are right!
It's the little tiny "Birdie" & Dr Jason Lim has confirmed that he is 100%, a baby BOY!

Our baby is now 27 weeks and 5 days old, weighing approximately 1.1 kg. Gambatte Boy! My Boy!
p/s: Pictures were taken on 20th October 2007

Baby's 5th Scanning

As usual, 19th Sept is the date for us to pay our monthly visit to Dr. Jason Lim's clinic. It will be our fifth ultrasound scanning. We are still unable to confirm on our baby's gender during this scanning. The baby is now 23 weeks & 4 days old. Anyway, for both of us, the most important news we would like to hear from Dr. Jason is that our baby is healthy and he/she is doing great with the development.

Me & my wife had notice a huge difference in terms of my wife's tummy size. It grows so rapidly in just within a month's time before the scanning. As expected, my wife did gain about 3kg this time. Overall, she's still fit within 12kg range scale. However, Dr Jason has reminded my wife again to watch on her weight gain. haha... Don't worry, my dear wife, I will always support you. Oh Yes!

FYI, the ideal weight gain for a pregnant women is about 12kg. However, it varies according to your initial weight, age, and health status when you are conceiving.

Baby's 4th Scanning

Usually during 14th - 20th weeks of prenancy, every mother is required to do a blood test and a detail scanning of the baby. My wife has done both of tests together with an additional "Down's syndrome Test". The blood test result turned out to be very good (Honey, I love U !) & also it is negative on the down's syndrome test.

1st picture = A close-up image showing our baby's head (eyes, nose, mouth & ears) & heart

2nd picture = A picture showing the upper body

3rd picture = A full body image of our 19 weeks & 4 days old baby
(Scanning was done on 23rd August)

Dr Jason Lim was happy on the overall growing progress of the baby in terms of its size and the weight. However, the gender of the baby still cannot be determined. He has mentioned that it's quite difficult to get a very clear ultrasound scan image for my wife. If we really want to see a much clearer image, we can always choose to go for 3d/4d ultrasound scanning, which need to be booked and arranged prior to the scanning.

Anyway, he has advised us to wait until the baby is >28th weeks old, where baby's organ is huge enough to give a clearer and better scanning result. We agree with the doctor as we are more than happy to know that baby is doing great. Gender is not really important, it will just make our shopping direction clearer. :p

Baby's 3rd Scanning

The above picture is showing our baby's full size image.

We are now able to see a rough image of our baby's head (HC), arm (AC) & the feet (FL) with its size & age. Our baby's heart is beating fast, & we can even observe some slight movements of the baby's arms & legs. However, baby's gender is still unknown to us since the baby is back facing us. It is difficult for Dr Jason Lim to check on the gender. Hopefully, the baby will be more cooperative during our next check up. :p

The baby is now 15 weeks and 1 day old, scanned on 23rd July.

Keep it up, Baby! We love U!

Baby's 2nd Scanning

We had our 2nd scanning on 25th June. Our baby is now 11 weeks & 2 days old, the size is approximately 4cm. Baby's condition is very healthy.

Dr Jason Lim has advised my wife to control her diet so that she will not gain too much weight during this pregnancy. So, my wife has decided to stop consuming milk and will concentrate on food supplements. Besides, since she is having morning sickness, vomit a few times a day, she has lost about 2kg as compare to her weight during the 1st visit.

How heavy is her? Well, I was told (or I should said warned and threated! haha!) not to reveal it here! :p

Baby's 1st scanning

After several discussions with my wife, family members & some friends, we have decided to have our 1st ultrasound scanning at Dr Jason Lim clinic in Sunway Medical Center. We had the 1st scanning on 29th May 2007. We were so excited & curious about what we are going to see, the baby's health, the size of the tiny baby as well as if we are able to know the gender. We were so excited until we have forgotten to get the scanned copies from the doctor.

Results ?? Well, the baby is about 5 weeks old now & only the size of a peanut. We even can see the heart is beating. Gender?? Still unknown

Guess what ?

In just about four months after our wedding ceremony on January, my wife suspects something has happened to her.

On the night of 15th May, we found this, shown in the above picture. Yah, you are right. My wife is PREGNANT !

We are shock but so happy to know about this news & suddenly, I realise that I am now not only a husband, but has also become a dad to this small little baby. :)