Pregnancy at 32 weeks

Mummy:

• Big and heavy tummy. Walking, sitting, and even lying down is uncomfortable!
• Aching back... ouch!
• Tummyaches. Ever since this pregnancy started, I've got a sensitive tummy. Don't remember that happening while I had Kieran. I couldn't take too much milk as I had mild lactose intolerance, I couldn't take raw things like eggs, and I just realised I had allergic reaction to kiwi fruits. I ate golden kiwi few months ago and I got a super tummy pain for hours. Today, I forgot about it and ate one small slice of green kiwi. My inner ears, the connecting part between ears and throat started to itch terribly, and I later got tummy ache too. I read online that this is an allergic reaction. 
• Two nights ago, I woke up with serious tummy ache. 
• Frequent urge to urinate. Last night, I visited the toilet 4 times at night. Sometimes, I can pee 10 minutes after just peeing. Sigh. Super troublesome.
• Having to carry Kieran when he's fussy. I've got no choice. I can't deny him of mummy's hugs even though I've a big tummy.
• Frequent tired feeling. Sometimes when I get tired and sleepy, I just need to nua and not do anything. My poor Kieran :(
• Sometimes, I feel energetic all of a sudden. 2 days ago, I felt great and I could do grocery shopping, mop the floor, wash baby clothes, and play with Kieran, and then yesterday, I suddenly felt sleepy and weak and couldn't do much. Unpredictable.
• Weight gained so far is 11kg.
• No signs of water retention, unlike first pregnancy when I have to remove my wedding ring and buy larger shoes because of swelling. And my face was swollen like pig too!
• No visible stretchmarks but I don't care much about these too. I had a few small light ones for first pregnancy and they faded within a year.

Baby:

• Baby Caitlin was 1.6kg at 32 weeks check up. Doctor said she's on the small side but she's ok, and I do not need to change my diet. I asked hubby whether I should eat some durians like what people say, to increase baby's weight. He said its ok. Big babies are not easy to give birth to too... hmm. I shall just wait a few weeks and see if baby weight increases.
• She's at a good position to give birth in. I hope she stays that way! Head down, face down.
• I'm counting her kicks everyday now. She's super active! And her favourite activity is to punch my bladder. Hurts!

Hubby:

• Hubby is lovely. He went to work late everyday so that he can help me send Kieran to school, and he has to get home late every night and that's really tiring.
• He massaged for me almost every night, unless Kieran made us both too tired and we only had energy left to wash up and go to bed.
• He's definitely looking forward to meeting our darling daughter. He talks to her almost everyday and asks her to be good.

Kieran (the soon to be big brother):

• Kieran is a darling. He knew a baby is in my tummy long time ago. He would point to baby picture and point to my tummy and told me its the same. 
• Sometimes I told him about baby in my tummy, he will tell baby to "get up" (and not keep staying in the tummy, I guess). 
• Yesterday, I told him to listen to mummy's tummy, and he curiously put his ear at my tummy. I asked him "what does mei mei say to you?" He listened intently but he couldn't hear anything. So I asked him, "Did mei mei say 'gor gor'?" He said "yes" happily and nowadays, whenever, I get him to listen to my tummy and asked him what mei mei say, he will say "gor gor." Hubby found that really amusing. Kieran really made our lives so much happier and much more fulfilling. Although he can make me feel super tired and aching all over my body, all the pain and challenges are worth it.

I'm so exhausted everyday taking care of toddler and handling the pregnancy woos. But I'm glad hubby and my parents are supportive and came to help everyday to help tide things through. I'm so looking forward to the day I hold little Caitlin in my arms. But I'm more looking forward to the day I need not carry the heavy tummy around anymore! At least when she's out, other people can do the carrying for me. But I'm remaining positive. I'm going to have a lovely little girl who will have all the attractive features of her daddy (I'm praying for that!), and in the future, my son and daughter will be great playmates. I think the future is bright and that keeps me going when the going gets tough. I look forward to seeing hubby's joy when he meets our daughter. He always wanted a daughter, and as Buddhists believe, a soul chooses to be a girl if it is closer to the father, and hubby always said he's not so good in yuan fen to have a soul choosing to be closer to him, but indeed he does. So I'm sure this experience will be much more special to him then to me.