Going off soon for my appointment with little bun!! I hope he/she has grown since last week cos my weight had remained strangely constant for the past 1 month. Little bun weighed slightly over 400g when I did my scan 2 weeks ago, and accordin to literature that I have read on the internet, he/she should be putting on between 70g-100g each week. This means that little bun should be weighing around 550g now. Can't believe how light that is... like a large mango.. or umm.. 5 packets of the 100g salted plums that I have been eating.
I came across this information on the internet - At this present stage where I am in, there is only a small chance that little bun can survive outside my womb. For the next 4 weeks, every additional day that little bun remains in my womb increases his/her survival rate by approximately 3%. After that, the survival rate jumps to 80-90 percent. THAT is exactly what I am going to aim for.. and anything more than that will be a true blessing.
Apparently many other factors can affect the chances of a baby's survival in the event of a premature (God, I truly hate this word!!) birth. If membranes (aka waterbag) rupture prior to 24 weeks, the baby has less of a chance than if the membranes stay intact (due to the likelihood of infection). (Sigh... this is exactly what happened with poor, sweet Chloe... she wasn't even given the chance to fight for her life because my waterbag broke at exactly 24 weeks when I was pregnant with her. To be able to reach and successfully pass the 24 weeks mark is going to be a true milestone for me.)
Begging for additional strength, conviction and faith to see little bun and I sail uneventfully through the days till the end of August.
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