of 31 days and 4 fingers...
We are exactly 31 days to go from today. So technically it’ll be 1 month to go. I know that the aunties aunties out there will say ‘no lah, will be early for first one lah’ or ‘girl one will be early one lah’ and this and that, but we don’t care. It’s 31 days and even though it’s can be any time from now, I would still like to think of it as 1 month. OK, let me list out what thousands of years of Chinese aunties wisdom in predicting when the time will come.
There is one theory that says that if you can put your four fingers flat on the area below the sternum (basically it’s the lower part of the area between the mommy’s breasts – a bit hard to explain). Anyway, if you can put the 4 fingers flat, then it’s about time that baby will come out.
Then there is the one about feet swelling. There are 2 versions. One states that if the feet swells up and then recedes 3 times, then it’s time for baby to make an appearance. Then there is another version that simply states that if the feet swells, then it’s time. But wifey and I have a question, wifey’s left foot swells up much more than her right foot. Does that means that girl girl will only be playing peek-a-boo with us?
Then there’s one I heard from the ladies at work that if the tummy is very low, then it’s time, but I think that’s subjective, how low do you consider low?
In any case, I guess what matters more is that when girl girl decides to pop out, that it will be a safe and trouble free journey.
There is one theory that says that if you can put your four fingers flat on the area below the sternum (basically it’s the lower part of the area between the mommy’s breasts – a bit hard to explain). Anyway, if you can put the 4 fingers flat, then it’s about time that baby will come out.
Then there is the one about feet swelling. There are 2 versions. One states that if the feet swells up and then recedes 3 times, then it’s time for baby to make an appearance. Then there is another version that simply states that if the feet swells, then it’s time. But wifey and I have a question, wifey’s left foot swells up much more than her right foot. Does that means that girl girl will only be playing peek-a-boo with us?
Then there’s one I heard from the ladies at work that if the tummy is very low, then it’s time, but I think that’s subjective, how low do you consider low?
In any case, I guess what matters more is that when girl girl decides to pop out, that it will be a safe and trouble free journey.
Labels: pregnancy, preparation
posted by Duckie at
5:11 PM
