Baby's Fourth Photoshoot

Dr. Albert Chen

It's been another month, and we had our rounds of Doctors' Visit again today!

We first went to Dr. Albert Chen for our 10am appointment. Unfortunately, we were left waiting until 11am before we were called in for the consultation. It looks like Dr. Chen was really backed-up this morning! Although we saw the Doctor walking around (meaning he did show up to work today), there weren't that many people leaving the exam rooms while we were waiting.

Anyway, as soon as we met up with him, he told us that he had 2 emergency cases this morning, that got squeezed in to the top of the queue. (Apparently, those were both bleeding cases!) Which is why all the appointments got pushed back today.

So, the very first thing that Dr. Chen asked of us, was to provide him with an update. We told him that Amy felt some high-frequency-type vibration in the past few days. He looks shocked and asked Amy to further described what the vibration was like. After further demonstration, he looked puzzle, and began to open up 'our file' to check out the details.

"Oh! You're only in your 5th month! Then this is normal! By just looking at your tummy, I thought you are already in your 8th month."

It turns out that Amy had gained almost 10 pounds since her last visit. Immediately, Dr. Chen asked us some questions about our diet. (Sadly, he didn't believe that I eat so small in portion.) Dr. Chen wants Amy to control her diet and weight gain, and told us that he only wants to see Amy to gain another 4 pounds when we visit him next month. (While I should probably drop some weight from 4 pounds to any power of 4 pounds.)

He then took out a tape to measure Amy's tummy vertically. According to the measurement, her tummy size is equivalent to a tummy that is 22-weeks pregnant. (We're just approaching our 20th week.)

Finally, he used his Doppler to listen-in on the Baby's heartbeat. It was beating at 150 beats per minute. "Very healthy!" Dr Chen said.

The only instruction given to us, was to watch our/her diet. He wants us to cut-down on carbohydrates.


Dr. Kenneth Chan

By the time we arrived at Dr. Kenneth Chan's office, we were already 45 minutes late. The nurse told us that Dr. Chan has left the office and rescheduled us to return in 2 hours. Amy and I took this opportunity to go grab lunch and the 2 hours went by quickly... because there was good food around!

As mentioned in my previous post here, the 2nd trimester blood test came back with flying colors! We were told that the primary purpose of this visit is to check on the Baby's heart.

Once again, we informed Dr. Chan that we don't want to know the gender yet, should he happened to notice. After quite a bit of measurements on various locations like brain, skull, arms and legs, heart, etc., all results came back normal! Interestingly, all measurements came back in-sync with our pregnancy term - at approximately ~20weeks, +/- 5days. I asked Dr. Chan if the size of Amy's tummy is normal. He refused to answer because he considers such question is a form of WMD (look it up if you don't know what WMD means!) He sees it as the same question as 'Does my wife looks fat?'

Dr. Chan told us that everything looks perfect! He told us to enjoy the remaining term of our pregnancy, and there should be nothing else for us to worry about!

Yeah! (And we don't even have to visit Dr. Kenneth Chan again from now on!)

Finally, here are a few Ultrasound shots that were captured today. This first 2 shots below are a scan of the skull / face. (Click to enlarge)

These 2 shots below show the Baby's head and upper body. You can see very clearly from the very last shot that the baby is pointing his index finger upward. I guess he is already 'pointing his/her finger' at his/her parents, before he/she was even born! Fortunately, it's the wrong finger! (Click to enlarge.)
During the ultrasound scan, we can clearly see the baby turning his/her head, and swallowing.

Last but not least, for those who wants some inside-information on the gender of this baby, Dr. Albert Chen made a comment that, his guess, by looking at the size and shape of Amy's tummy, is that it will be a boy! This is totally unscientific. Dr. Chen has not performed an ultrasound on Amy since our first visit, which the gender of the baby was yet to be determined. And he is very well aware that we do not want to find out the gender until the baby is born.

Well, I think this is a long enough update for you all! Thanks for reading!

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