Ideally a baby is normally born on the 40^th week but it’s never controllable. Estimation is +/- 2 weeks. What I understand from findings is that from the 36^th week onwards, the foetus will be fully developed and it will just grow in size and weight from then on, gaining 250 g every week. The ideal weight is 3.2 kg on the 40^th week (at least for Asian babies). So, if it’s born earlier, it might be lighter and smaller in size. Nothing harmful to the baby but just that smaller babies are more difficult to care for. I trust this finding is comprehensive and accurate as I’ve got live testimonies to support this. Babies born on the various gestation weeks ranging from 38^th-40^th week do vary about 250-300 g each. Of course it also depends on how much weight the mothers have gained. However, I believe there is a maximum weight gain of the baby vs the mother’s. It doesn’t mean that the more the mother weighs, the baby’s weight will follow in an ascending pattern. The maximum baby’s weight that I’ve ever heard of is about 4kg although the mum has put on more than 20kg. Logical huh? It also makes sense from a biological perspective. At least more logical than the myths of the size and shape of the bumps. I never believed in those although it’s commonly mentioned. The shape of the bumps largely depends on the position of the baby, nothing to do with gender determination. My bump could be round or protrude on different occasions depending on what position Cameron decides to be in. His favourite position is to stick his butt or back or head (don’t know which one it is coz it feels very hard) towards my upper right of my bump making it appear to be lopsided and unsymmetrical.

I’ve only put on about 6-7 kg, rather light. What makes it worse is my stubborn soar throat and cough still refused to disappear and that affects my volume of food intake. I was so worried that it will affect Cameron that I had to call the midwife for reassurance. I hope I will recover soon as I need to catch up with food and weight. Never thought eating for 2 could be a stressful challenge!