no shellfish! 不能吃海鮮 :-(

Now I am having a baby, one thing I must give up is shellfish. I am allergic to shellfish, salmon, and tomato. I don't know when I developed this, but I looooove to eat salmon, shrimp, clams, baked oyster, etc. I do not get serious reaction, but since the doctor say the baby will be affected, I really have to stop. When I went to the T&T market the other day, I discovered some of my old time favorite snacks also contain shrimps! Then I went to have dim sum, and guess what?! a lot of the foods that I thought do not contain shrimps, do have shrimps in them! I think this is harder than giving up drinking. You can not avoid going to a restaurant with friends who's going to order some yummy seafood you can not eat. Oh.. but my baby is more important.. we will do everything to have a healthy baby.

懷孕後除了不能喝酒之外, 我還得放棄海鮮! 不知道從何起, 我開始對海鮮過敏, 只要是有殼的海鮮, 還有三文魚, 番茄(搞什麼? 都是我的最愛) 都可能引起皮膚發紅發癢. 本來我還會冒險吃吃, 但是醫生說我若起症狀會害寶寶也過敏, 我就真的不敢吃了. 結果是我每樣買來的東西, 每道要點的菜, 都會先查一下有沒有含蝦. 居然五香乖乖, 某牌的海苔, 和平常愛上館子吃的炸芋頭糕都有含蝦!! 我以為放棄喝酒比較難, 沒想到是放棄海鮮最挑戰. 我對食物的排名是 1)海鮮, 2)肉, 3)菜. 而去哪裡吃飯都會有朋友點海鮮.. 真痛苦. 不過為了小寶寶還是得聽話, 我現在吃的健康營養都是為了寶貝的身體喔

worries

We started to announce our good news! I hope people understand why we (and a lot of couples out there) keep it a secret for three months. Ever since we got confirmation from the doctor that we are expecting, I've been losing my sleep. I worry every little symptoms that I have, and I would read any resources I can get my hands on, and I would call my doctor all the time. Even though I have officially enter the 2nd trimester, I am still very concern about the baby’s development. I came to realize that I've become a parent. I will continue to worry about the baby until he/she arrives. Then I will worry if the baby is eating enough, sleeping enough, and so on... the worries have started and it will never stop... but I know the joy will come, and nothing else would matter.

baby's heart

week 13 - at family doctor's office

We went to the doctor for regular check-up. The doctor told us that we may be able to hear the baby's heart beat with a doppler. We first heard my heart beat, and then we heard a different one that was much faster than mine!! My gosh! That's when I thought.. "I can grow people!". It was so amazing. We recorded baby's heart beat with doctor's commentary.(note: she said week 11 but it is actually week 13)

Baby's heart beat