I have been silent for awhile now. All’s well but I just didn’t know what to update yet.
Pregnancy Updates:
I went for ultrasound at 6 weeks where the doc confirmed the pregnancy sac, and for another scan at 8 weeks where she confirmed the heartbeat. It was really a relieve to hear it. Between these 2 weeks, I had put on 2.75kg! Even the doctor told me to watch what I eat as she doesn’t like the mummies to put on too much weight -- it can lead to complications later on. I knew I had put on but I didn’t think that much! I was constantly hungry. Hungry may be an understatement now – I was ravenous! I’d go for lunch and as soon as I got back I was starving again. Hubby asked me to keep snacks at my place and I told him, “When you’re starving, snacks isn’t enough!!”
Anyway, subsequently I watched what I ate. I also started becoming nauseous and was vomiting at times. I think “morning sickness” should be renamed “evening sickness”. I was fine in mornings, and then the nausea would start by mid-day, and in evening I’ll throw up, and at night I was just so tired. Simply exhausted!
At 12 weeks, we went for another scan. This time we can see the baby more clearly. The doctor (in Ipoh) advised me to do the blood test for the First Trimester Screening. I went to FMGC in Jaya One PJ, did a nuchal translucency scan (to determine the fluid thickness at the neck – one of the markers for Down Syndrome) and did a blood test. The scan was ok, and the blood test showed low risk. It was certainly a relieve for us!
Only after that was I confident to tell others that I was pregnant. It was difficult, not sharing the news wt my closest friends, or even my colleagues (who must’ve been wondering why I was always going back early, and looked half-dead in the evenings!), but I had decided to wait until I passed 12 weeks, and so I waited before telling. No doubt, my parents and my sister knew earlier, but the others had to wait til I was ready to tell them.
At the start of 13 weeks I told my closest friends, who were ecstatic for me… And then I also told my colleagues (a few only first), and my mum told my aunts. It’s nice to share this with them.
I am now 15 weeks pregnant. For the past 2 weeks I have been having the worst nausea, vomiting and backache. I really hope I will get over this soon as my best friend’s wedding is in 2 weeks’ time and I need to be well for it.
I’m also in need of new clothes. I read on some forums that it’s cheaper to buy normal clothes in bigger sizes instead of maternity wear. So I went shopping – at one time I was a size S. Now M is tight for me, and L fits if I’m lucky! Man, not just your belly grows but your whole frame does too…. I can still fit into my stretchable jeans though but I figured its time to give it up. I wonder if I will ever be able to wear it again…
I have another check-up wt the doc this weekend. Hope everything goes fine. Am praying for a normal healthy baby, and for me to be able to carry til full-term.
