we’re due for a check-up this weekend. feeling very excited. supposed to be able to tell the gender by now. at the last check-up, we were pleasantly surprised to see the baby’s hand placed on the forehead. makes the baby so… real. wonder what we’ll see this time. maybe the baby’s hands will be placed at the hips like a ma’am (if it’s a girl) or a boss (if it’s a boy). sorry ah, sexist a bit. bosses can be women too izenit.
we’re 15 weeks + 2 days today & I’m into my 2nd trimester now. thank you for your prayers that we get through the 1st trimester safely. thank you God for this blessing in me. baby don’t go away –hope you continue to grow healthy & strong. take it easy on the kicks & punches later ya. have pity on your mama.
i don’t know how other people do it. especially first time moms. this conscientious ability to do the recommended things during pregnancy like writing a journal of their journey through the 9 months, like thinking good thoughts, like listening to classical music for the baby, exercising regularly, eating good food, watching non-scary movies.
I
have
NOT.
- i started this blog thinking that it would be nice to document my journey as a pre-mom &later, as a mom lah right. but look at just how regular I’ve been at updating haha.
- i bitch. a lot. in fact, a lot MORE than before I was pregnant. I bitch about other mothers & other kids. after my bitching session, I’m wracked with guilt thinking that what goes around comes around & I’ll be a worse mother & have a more difficult time disciplining my kids than all these other people I’m bitching about. sighhh… I have to STOP.
- instead of classical music, i listen to the radio. dengar lagu umbrella by rihanna. can you believe it?? sighhh… i plan to buy mozart (supposed to be good for kiddos) & listen to it in the car (oh so bosannnnnnnn… how lah to get through traffic listening to mozart??). unfortunately, i have no cd player in the car hehehe… i wonder if they sell mozart in cassettes still.
- i had no exercise for the 1st trimester. ever since i broached the 2nd trimester, i’ve only gone for swimming 2-3 times. sighhh… malas nyers. i walk from the car park to the office also i’m huffing & puffing now. i try, i do, but someone please kick me in the ass so i get a start on it.
- i still eat maggi mee. not as much as i used to but i still do it maybe once a week. hardly eat any fruits although we got a whole watermelon and a box of mandarin oranges last night. so far, so good. i should drink milk more but i haven’t been –well initially due to the morning sickness but now i should be able to start again.
- i have always liked watching scary horror movies but more so now. they were showing emily rose on astro summore last week. dammnnn. i was told that pregnant women shouldn’t. i suppose you shouldn’t scare the baby right. sighhh… but i don’t feel like watching soppy love stories. maybe i can watch cartoons. ughh!! ice age not too bad lah. the emperor’s new groove also not too bad. at the moment i’m on a "the charmed ones" marathon. i wonder if that means babies can come out as witches if the mother is not a witch (but just a bitch)?
ok so here are the updates in haphazard order:
1. morning sickness / nausea gone
2. itchy tummy back again. my night routine is to rub lavish amounts of cocoa butter on my tummy. however, i’m still as lazy as before if not more; other parts of my body is dry. my legs, my shoulders, my arms, my wrists, my face. sume lah.
3. tummy is now hard. before this it was big but soft –probably due to fatty tissues & bloatedness more than being preggers.
4. boobs are super-huge. my koligs notice it too. & that’s the adjective of choice: HUGE. i had to shop for new bras.
5. clothes are all tight. my growth rate is very rapid. what was loose on me 2 sundays ago, was already snug last sunday and will probably be super-tight this coming sunday.
my weight at last check i.e. this morning came in at 49kg.
6. i get headaches more frequently. i used to be quite immune to headaches in hot weather but no longer.
7. i still have constipation. i now have a phobia for passing motion. cos it’s hard & it takes forever & it hurts & sometimes i bleed. more fibre for me i know i know.
8. i gots the mother of all backaches. so i use yoko yoko quite freely. i wonder if it’s ok for me to use it. must check with my doctor.
9. mood swings are ok but i’ve been rather garang at work in the last 2 days but that could be because i have to deal with idiots and not so much because i’m hormonal.
10. relationship with the husband is great. we’re so lovey dovey & touchy feely its sickening. well, sickening to other people lah but not to us.
11. nesting tendencies nil. in fact i’ve been rather lazy. so my house is not spick&span tenjewberrymuds. lucky for me the husband is an angel & has been doing quite a bit in terms of laundry & washing the dishes etc. i still prefer to do the sweeping & wiping myself.
12. physical – i’m walking with a bit of a waddle now. you think its due to the preggersness or is it still too early & it’s just me being drama? i cant bend down gracefully anymore. i bend down like an old woman. if i have to pick something up off the floor i have to place my feet apart for balance & bend at my knees (instead of bending at the waist) with my butt in the air. i also can’t bend at the waist because that means i put pressure on my tummy & makes it difficult to breathe.
so theres the updates. now, please again pray for me & the little kiddo that we pass through the 2nd trimester ok. can’t wait for my next check-up.
