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Baby Ben has gotten his own domain name
Please visit BenjaminTeh.com

Waiting patiently for doctor for regular checkup. Someone said patient has to be patient
For pregnant mummy, even though you are not sick, you got to be patient too. All hospital also the same, especially good and famous doctors :-p
Ben’s mummy always bring along a book to read, I hope Ben will grow up, having good habit of reading good books.

Baby Ben, besides Bobo, you have another girl friend now, her name is Wen Xin, born in May, 2.8kg.
Her daddy was your daddy’s course mate, so was Bobo’s mummy
Ben: “Uncle Lee Keat & Eng Tatt, faster give me more baby friends :-p”

Baby Ben, this is your 2nd cousin who was born in the same year as you. His name is Tan Zhe Tau, born in April, 3.15kg.

Congratulations — your pregnancy has reached full-term, which basically falls anywhere between weeks 38 and 42; your due date is simply the midpoint of this time period. Soon, you’ll be able to hold your baby in your arms, look into her eyes, and welcome her into the world. She’s more than six and one-half pounds now, and all her organ systems are in place. She has shed most of her lanugo and greasy vernix coating, both of which she’ll actually ingest, along with some amniotic fluid; her digestive system will turn this strange concoction into a dark, tarry stool called meconium. Her lungs and vocal chords are ready to wail — a sound you’ll hear once she makes her entrance.

*If you are pregnant, do sign up the pregnancy calendar at www.parenting.com or www.babycenter.com. A lot of good information about pregnancy and baby there.

This is baby Nicholas, another friend of baby Ben. All his coming birthday will be public holiday because he was born on Labour Day.
Forgot his weight but obviously not as big as baby Sean and his mummy had an easy labour too

*This happy family photo won the a prize for a photo competition

Please meet baby Ben’s friend, baby Sean, born on 3th Sept, at about 9pm via c-sect bcos he is 4.15kg (9.1lb)
Baby Sean is so far the biggest among all friends

Labour for big baby is harder compare to labour of medium size (2.8- 3.5kg) baby but big baby is easier to handle after birth.
They have bigger stomach to take in more milk so they can sleep longer at night, that means daddy and mummy do not need to keep on waking up. Bigger also means they are not that fragile.

Found this tutorial at Youtube

Here is another good one:-

Mummy has been swimming with baby Ben inside since the 2nd trimester (Mother-to-be, please note, it’s better not to swim in your 1st trimester!) Even though doctor has been telling us baby Ben is quite big in size, mummy’s tummy has been “small” compared to other pregnant friends. So mummy could wear the old swimsuit till Week35. This is the new swimsuit for pregnant woman. Daddy will hide it once baby Ben is out Mummy should wear back the old swimsuit :-p

Mummy said to have less hip bone pain after swimming, there is no pain at all in the water. There are lots of benefits of swimming. Here you are, some info from babycenter.com

The benefits of swimming during pregnancy
Swimming is great exercise because it uses both large muscle groups (arms and legs). Though low-impact, it provides good cardiovascular benefits and allows expectant women to feel weightless despite the extra pounds added by pregnancy. It also poses a very low risk of injury.

Third-trimester tips
The water supports your joints and ligaments as you exercise, preventing injury and also protecting you against overheating. The breast stroke is particularly beneficial in the third trimester, because it lengthens the chest muscles and shortens the back muscles, two areas that typically become misaligned as your body changes during pregnancy

Safety tips
Swimming is one of the safest forms of exercise. If you swam regularly before pregnancy, you should be able to continue without much modification. If you didn’t swim or exercise at all, you should still be able to swim, but check with your doctor or midwife first. You’ll need to start slowly, stretch well during a gradual warm-up and cooldown, and not overexert yourself.

We went to see Dr. Ng yesterday for regular checkup. Baby Ben is now 2.8kg. Dr. Ng has new 3D Ultrasound scanning machine now but baby Ben was at position that could not possible to see his face

Ben’s head has turned down since weeks ago but it has yet engaged so most probably he will not give us a surprise early arrival :-p

Mummy also did a test to prevent baby infection during delivery, called GBS, you may check out more details at http://www.groupbstrep.org