Funny Bodily Functions

Our next ultrascan is this Friday - it should tell us more accurately when the baby is due, but at this point, we are still shooting for early October, after all, we are pretty sure that we conceived in mid January. So if you just do the basic math, 9months later baby Caden should be out sometime then.

I am very glad that I don't have severe nausea..that wave came and left with the jetlag. The only time I feel nausea now is if I am too hungry for too long, or if I am too full because I stuffed myself. So the key is to maintain a stable blood sugar level. So I am munching on something every hour. I carry around a bag of almonds and beef jerky (high in protein so I stay full for longer) and at work, since I am at a desk most of the time, I have easy access to my snacks - string cheese, yogurt, fruit, weight loss shake...and because of these option of snack, I have also been experiencing an increase in flatulence-passing. Dairy does not sit very well with me but I needed these healthy snacks that can increase bowel movements because I am constipated :-(

The biggest change I am facing now is my appetite and the food portion. I don't enjoy snacking as frequent as I do, but I realize that I feel better if I make myself eat something light consistently. Last weekend we bought some pants for me that are 2size bigger than what I normally wear, because we are anticipating thunder thighs and fat bottom hahaha as it is I can't zip some of my pants, so I wear really long shirts to work in order to cover up the open fly...

Breaking the news

Despite the jetlag and nausea, we decided the news is too good to hold in any longer. I had the privilege to share the news with my family in Malaysia in person, so it is time to break the news to the American family!

I wish I was able to record the expressions on my own family members back at home, but they got to know the news as soon as I found out which means I didn't have the chance to video them. It was a blessing to see the responses of the American family's excitement for our new bundle of joy!

Growing

March 1, 2012

God is good! I am not experiencing any morning sickness at all. At this point, I am about 8weeks (I think) and I am healthy as a horse. Aside from the fact that I know I am pregnant, it doesn't really show. Although, I am eating a lot. Maybe I am eating a lot because I am in Malaysia and I try to eat as much as I can LOL!

March 15, 2012

I spoke too soon...God is still good. I just am experiencing the morning sickness more closer to the middle of my first trimester. I think I started getting mild nausea on March 6th...usually occurring around feeding time. When I am hungry, I think of the different food I can eat, and the idea of eating most of it gets me nauseous. When I'm eating, I'm usually okay. The only time I'm not feeling okay when eating is when I try to swallow my pills (which I have since given up eating at the start of the nausea)...it's bad enough to be gagging from normal food, I don't need the help of pills to add to the gagging! When I am done eating, I also get slight nausea because I overstuff myself. By overstuff, I dont really mean I eat too much; I mean the normal portion that I am used to is suddenly too big of a portion, so I keep trying to give out a big belch so I can make space in my tummy to reduce the discomfort...that is when the meals try to follow the burps :-( !!!

We just came back from our first doctor visit yesterday afternoon. Apparently, they dont use the handheld ultrasound checker on your tummy when you are in your first trimester. The doctor said that the baby is too small to see from the tummy, so she had to use a handheld ultrasound probe to insert vaginally to see the baby...not the most comfortable experience, but it is rather exciting when you see the baby's heartbeat!

According to my period cycle (the first day of my last period I had was on Dec 31st) I am at 10weeks pregnant, but according to this sonogram, my baby is only 7.5weeks old. It could be due to my longer period cycle from the normal 28days, I am at 32days. So if I am really 10weeks preggers, it puts my due date at Oct 9, a day after Mary Jo's birthday. But if I am only 7.5weeks prego, then the due date is at Oct 25, a day after Joanna's birthday. Either birthday, I am glad it is not a Christmas baby, and plus, it's easy to remember since it's near important people's birthday!

Looking at the picture, the long black worm is the amniotic fluid (according to Wikipedia, amniotic fluid is the nourishing and protecting liquid contained by the amniotic sac of a pregnant woman), whatever that is haha! But the baby is the white circle inside that long black worm...yes...the baby is THAT small now! Even at that size it is putting me through soooo much changes!!!We saw the heartbeat in that small circle, and it was beating super fast. We didnt really see a heart, but we saw beating which was super cool!

We have another appointment next week with a better ultrasound machine that will take a better picture of the baby, so that will help me identify a better due date and more accurate baby's age now. Until then, my job is to stay healthy and eat well. Doctor says I am to eat every 2hours..lots of snacks...high protein and lesser on the carbohydrates! Protein makes me fuller longer and carbs makes me hungry faster, and since I'm eating in smaller portion, I need to make the eating count! So we went to Costco to buy beef jerky and almonds, then we packed it into tiny bags for me to carry around in my purse so I can have my Munchy Munchy, as Mummy always calls it ;-)