a bad cold - 20 weeks

I've been sick for more than a week. It's just a cold, but my cough is so bad that no one wants me in the office. Ha.ha.. the day I got "sent home", I was feeling a bit guilty, but I appreciate the time off very quickly. The problem about being pregnant and being sick at the same time... is that I can't take drugs, I am weaker, and I can not control my bladder! er... yup.. I am a preggie, not a lady writing about pregnancy, so I will talk about the not-so-lady like stuff. I have to run to the bathroom every time I start coughing... being at home is way easier than being at work at this point. It's like I was on my first trimester again.. running to the toilet every couple of hours.. or every 5 minutes actually..

I was pretty concerned about how baby is doing when I cough. My cough is so bad my stomach would hurt. I also noticed less movements right after my cough. The doctor reassure me that it is very safe, but of course, it still brings me tears when I cough too much. I am so glad we have the Doppler. And... the baby is so awesome... he/she had been moving a lot last few days. Like he/she was doing tap dance or something. It definitely made me feel a lot better.

Mommy Brain - 19 weeks

Okay, so I am going to share my most blonde moment so far from this pregnancy. It happened this morning when I was going to work. I saw the bus coming, and I recall a conversation with Tim. He had told me last night that he bought some bus tickets for me, and reminded me that my bus pass had expired so make sure I take some tickets with me. I completely forgot! I thought, I better grab my wallet to see if I have enough change. Nope! I didn't have enough money. In my wallet, I did see my February bus pass.

So I got on the bus, and I said

"Oh I am so sorry, I didn't realized it is March already! I forgot to buy the new pass".

The bus driver looked at me like I was crazy. He started laughing and said

"Lady, you have 9 more days! It's only February 20".

I was so confused and embarrassed. I said

"Oh! I don't know why my husband told me to get new tickets!"

and then I just want to dig a hole and hide!

It took me another good minute to figure it out - I dreamt about that conversation with Tim. It did not really happened!

Baby Bump at 18 Weeks

There is no hiding anymore! This picture was taken a few days ago, and I feel like my belly is growing each minute! I am looking forward to share the good news with our close friends who we haven't told.

The baby is getting stronger and stronger. I feel the movement more frequent now. This morning, baby was making my belly his/her punching bag! We also have the doppler which is awesome! It's so nice to spend time with Tim listening to the baby's heartbeat.

Early present for Valentine's Day

It feels like Christmas or Valentine's Day today! I have my 18 weeks ultrasound appointment. All day yesterday I was thinking about how am I going to hold my bladder.. First time I read the instruction from the doctor, I read it in Chinese. It says drink 32oz of water, or half if you are close to the due date. I was thinking... great! I can't drink 32 oz of water and hold it for even 30 min but 2 hours?! no way! Then I read the English instruction.. it says -- drink half (16 oz) if you are 18 weeks or further alone! Yippee!! I am so glad I read English!

So Tim picked me up this afternoon to go for the ultrasound. I was feeling okay since I drank only 16oz of water. The clinic was filled with unhappy people - people with full bladder! It's not a happy place.. until your name is called...

Our baby was camera shy today. The technician kept trying to make the baby move over, but he/she just stayed face down. We didn't get a good picture like we did with Bonsai. However, the technician said everything was good so we are happy about that.

After the ultrasound, Tim took me for a long drive to Tsawwassen. We were there to pick up my Valentine's present. It was the baby's heart rate monitor! It worked really well, I finally recorded the heartbeat. We will post a video recording the heartbeat in the next blog.

Happy Valentine's Day, T & baby Wong

First O/B appointment - 17 weeks

We had our first appointment with Dr. R today. He ensured that I can go to him if I ever worry about the baby and need to hear the heartbeat. That put me at ease. Now.. we are pretty sure we'll be delivering at BC Women's in July.

I got to hear the baby's heartbeat again, but didn't record it this time. :P I really want to have it on the blog.. we'll wait for the next appt..

I heard so many good news in the last two days. A friend is expecting to have her baby in June, a friend just got married, and another one had a beautiful baby boy (he is so cute!)... and now just waiting for T to have her baby. It's a good year! I know it!

I gotta stop worrying so much!

The last couple of days I worried a lot. I wasn't feeling a lot of movement from the baby and I was having a headache. It all seemed to be happening again.. the headache, the lack of movements, suspicious of an urine infection, seeing the same group of friends just before I went to the hospital.. I know! I was thinking too much! I forgot that baby is only 16 weeks and the movement is not that strong to be felt all the time. I have to stop worrying so much! I ended up laying in bed waiting to feel the movement. I need to start cleaning up the house and do exercise instead of wasting my time in bed! :)

anyway.. I am feeling better and more positive now..