Missy Celine: Second trimester - week 24 - Celebrating my sisters' birthday

Second trimester

Week 22, first time I felt little bud moving in me, I guess I did! It's almost like air bubbles or gas passed through your stomach. I felt this much earlier at week 21 but I thought it's just digestion in action, but now, I'm certain that it's my little bud moving in me! It's just so magical!

I've read that from week 22 onwards, baby's hearing has been fully developed, so we bought story books for little bud! We started taking turn every other night reading bedtime stories to little bud, and I started talking to little bud every afternoon, and daddy will do the talking at night, hoping that he will recognize our voices and find comfort when hearing us after the arrival.

One fine early morning like 430am at week 24, I felt little bud's hiccup! At first I don't know what was it, cos it's too rhythmatic I thought it was the heartbeat, but it's too slow to be heart beat, then I realized baby is having hiccups, and it lasted like a minute or two. It's kind of a weird feeling and as usual for the first time mum, I googled and it's normal and totally fine, it's an exercise to the diaphragm and also baby is practicing the swallowing motion.

We celebrated both my lovely sisters' birthday with a high tea session at Chihuly at Ritz Carlton hotel. It's one of the best 8 course high tea that you will be stuffed to the brim! The environment is nice and quiet with live piano session and attentive servers, I like this place a lot and it's very spacious so don't worry about parking your stroller far far away. Food is good, even though there's no refill for any courses, but it's definitely sufficient!

Me at 24 weeks at the entrance of Chihuly lounge.

My sister with her 2 little princess! Can u believe she just done her confinement and she's already lost all her pregnancy weight! She's definitely my role model!