12/9/11


i took a test...it came out positive.
we are having a baby!
insane.
haha i didn't believe the first test. so i took another one.
yup the same results.
2 lines = baby


still crazy!
yet we couldn't be happier.


12/10/11


went to agoura for some family time..and shared the big news.
haha though i pretty much did it by waving around my peepee sticks. yes, so adult of me right? well, that's what i did and of course no one was grossed out. we're weird like that. everyone was all smiles and full of happiness.
though i was bummed when they were celebrating w/ wine..and i realized i can no longer have any for the next 36 weeks.
even worse...they put out cheese & salami..and i couldn't eat the salami! aye yay yay!!! but i got me some cheeses, so that's good. wasn't allowed to touch the camembert, but i was satisfied w/ the gouda and parmesan and manchego=).


12/11/11


though i told him when it happened, we visited dad's grave site and i gave him the news again. and yes, like i did the previous day...i waved my peepee sticks and told him we're having a baby! and again i waved it up towards the sky because i know he's smiling and watching over us. i am sad not knowing his facial expression at the news. but i'm sure what i have pictured in my head is exactly how dad would have looked if he were physically with us now. and i know he's so so happy for us.


12/12/11


went to the doctor, well actually the nurse's station and got the official confirmation. again, another urine test. this time though it made it more official for us. made our first prenatal appointment where the doc will do an ultrasound and find out how far along the baby is. right now i'm approximately 4-5 weeks. 


12/13/11


still unreal. ordered some baby books that should be arriving soon. read so much online and of course paranoia starts to kick in about little things. is cramping normal? going to the bathroom so much normal? feels like this all happened right after we got the official yes, you're preggos. weird right?


i did notice that in the days leading up to us finding out we were having a baby that i was having crazy, vivid dreams, my right knee was super sore and i had to keep elevating it, i was always thirsty, pounding headaches two days in a row,  had a cold & sore throat, and tiiiiiiiiiiired. now i'm feeling the slight back aches, the sore boobage, and cramps. hehe and more tiredness.


how to prepare now? we're so not prepared. hahahah. this is going to be interesting!


oh, and those we've told think we made a jamaican baby=P. y'know..bc we went to jamaica? and now we're preggos? hehehe.


so happy bc my parter in crime is expecting as well=). pretty much got the news right when we came back from vacay. heheh and then when they got back from vacay they got the news about us. such a crazy, exciting time for the both of us! yay!!!


12/15/11


got our books yesterday=). good thing i ordered a few books on my own. hahah the one's that my sister gave me were all about after having the baby. heheh, she must've been tired when she got us the books=P.


just recently found out that 2 more of our friends are preggo as well! wow, 2012 is going to be the year of babies!!!! i'm so glad i'm not alone in this. it helps to be able to talk to others about things i'm going through, things they're going through, and just relate to the whole pregnancy. the big thing is it helps to make me feel sane about it all and not so paranoid=P.


restarted my daily downtown walks during break time. man, that last climb towards the disney concert hall had my heart racing. good thing i brought water with me. i'm SO thirsty all the time now! hopefully these little walks can slowly ease me back into the fitness regime. is that normal? am i supposed to get winded that easily? 


ooooh and a new discovery -  taste nirvana's coco aloe! coconut water w/ aloe vera mixed in. yum! i thought zico water was good, but man this is so much better. mmm, and it should help w/ these darned pregnancy symptoms. 


i've been stuffed up the passed few days. of course i turned to trusty google and realized there's such a thing as rhinitis of pregnancy. uh yay? lucky me. thank goodness it's not harmful to the baby, i was really worried i had a cold virus at first. but i don't have the normal body achy feeling or chills that i normally get. so, let's just hope continuous neti-potting helps out!


oh geez. too add to my paranoia...i just read that aloe vera isn't good during pregnancy. ahhhhhhhhhh i hope 1 bottle of the aloe coco doesn't do anything bad. so back to regular coconut water from taste nirvana from now on. i've read already that coconut water is good=). where was my head when i was checking that stuff out? why didn't i search aloe too? d'oh. hoping all is well.


01/3/12


happy  new year! wow, it's been awhile. the holidays go by so quick and were so busy! got to tell the rest of the cousins about the baby=). yay they're so excited. hahah of course hoping for twins! crazies. i was soooo tired christmas eve. we usually stay up til midnight to open gifts and stuff, but i had to take a nap beforehand just so i could be awake for the midnight festivities=P. plus i felt bad that i couldn't help with more of the cooking. the smells would just get to me, so i contributed some baked goods=). this nausea sucks hard.


we also had our holiday party with the friends. haha that was interesting. husby and i figured we'd take the marshall & lily approach from himym and pretend to drink but have husby finish my drinks. i took a beer and then totally forgot that we always cheers w/ each other..so we did and while everyone knocked their heads back to take a swig i just pretended to take a drink while looking at the tv=P. dunno if ppl bought that. haha bc i didn't take a drink for the rest of the night. guess we'll find out! i was bummed too bc i had signed up to make a ham for the potluck. then after we found out i was preggos i was like..ahhh i can't eat ham anymore (well i guess if it's piping hot). but i didn't want to change my dish at the last minute bc ppl might wonder why. so i baked my ham, but didn't get to eat any since it cooled down by the time we got to the party. boo. heheh oh well..the little things we have to give up.


1/11/12


we had our first prenatal appointment today! got the ultrasound, heheh and no, no twins. though we have a beautiful baby coming=). doc said i ultrasound well. umm thanks? hehe=P. i did get a little freaked out though after she gave us our ultrasound pictures she glanced up at the screen again and was like, hmm do you mind if i check the baby again i want to see what that artifact(??) is. and so i started freaking out...and to cheer myself up i'd look at hubby and think oh maybe we're having twins after all? hahah. but it was just the baby's yolk sac=). dr. just wanted to make sure and was totally reassuring that everything was okay and baby looks beautiful. hehe we got to see the arm buds and leg buds..crazy! i just kept giggling while i was looking at the screen. i can't believe i've got a baby growing in me. insane.


now it's on to the gazillion blood tests and lab work that the dr. requested. since dad was diabetic they want me to do an extra glucose test. i guess it's normally done in the 2nd trimester, but they want me to do one in the first as well to make sure i'm okay and not on track to gestational diabetes. then we have to make the choices about prenatal screening for birth defects. i'm such a worry freak..always so scared. but lou keeps telling me everything will be fine. i think i just get so paranoid bc i have an uncle with parkinsons and one other that we thought had parkinsons but was later diagnosed with huntington's. hoping and praying baby is just fine!


aww i also found out from the dr. that no more hot yoga for me! darn! i just bought a class membership to the nearby yoga studio and also a groupon to the one near cat. i know it's for the best...can't have my body temp going up bc that means baby's body temperature would get higher than mine. but that class was so fun! time to invest in prenatal yoga dvd's and check out the other nearby studio that has prental yoga=P. should be interesting. for now, my workout regime has just been my daily walks during my work breaks. it's only about 1.5 miles but at least it's something. i get so winded still going on that uphill climb. must go slower so that i'm not over exerting. so weird not being able to do my regular workouts.


1/25/12


man i feel so fatty and bloated. i'm starting to bust a bit out of my pants so i went to babies r us this weekend and invested in the belly band and this other clasp looking thing. now my work days feel sooooo much better. it was hard having that pressure on my belly the past week. it's already bad i have to pee a lot now, but with the pants pressing on my belly it increased it even more.


my jeggings and stockings have been my bff's. haha but i can't wear that to work..so belly band it is. it's a good thing it's been chilly these days. i get to wear my coats to cover up my bloated looking self. though the one time i took my coat off (since i just came back from my walk and was hot) i had to talk to one of my coworker's about something. so we talk, i go back to my cube, and my other coworker who knows i'm preggo told me that coworker #1 just asked him (coworker #2) if i was pregnant! so #2 plays dumb and is like, oh i don't know..why do you think she is? and #1 says well, she looks like she gained a little weight and starts pointing towards his belly area. so #2 says why don't you ask her? and #1, smartly answers, no way! hahahahah. darn...the one time i took my jacket off i get noticed! i kinda knew my outfit was a bit risky to wear too. my pants were one of the ones i had felt like i was busting out of..and my sweater was a bit too form fitting for someone trying to hide the preggo belly=P. my bad. i just thought i'd have my coat on the whole day! geeeeeeeeeeeeeeez. 


so now i'm sure everyone's raising an eyebrow when i pass by. haha i can just see their eyes working their way to my belly after we exchange hello's. just 2 more weeks and i'll start sharing the good news=). i think by week 13 that should be okay right? i can share the news at work and we can finally tell all our friends and the rest of the family. though i think some of the friends already have suspicions too since i wasn't drinking at the holiday party and i've been dodging some invitations lately. not because i don't want to go, i'm just so tired sometimes and the nausea will just trigger so randomly.


ehhhh so we've got this super smelly vanpool rider that just joined the van last month. oh geez..not only does he have bo, but his lunch is smelly too. and he just puts it in a plastic bag! fool you need a lunch bag!!!! soooo my quick remedy? i put a bounce sheet in a ziploc and whenever i get a whiff of the yucky smells i bring the bag close to my nose and i can smell some bouncy goodness! that or i resort to ginger candies, saltines, and water=/. it's crazy how acute your sense of smell gets while pregnant. i can't wait for 2nd tri to start! they say this nausea is supposed to subside by then and i'll regain my energy. please please please=).


2/1/12


february...already a month into 2012. feels fast but slow as well. i'll be starting my 12th week at the end of the week and i'm already itching to tell ppl. hard to hide the belly sometimes. i try the big sweaters, but i don't think it's working as well as i'd hoped=P. sometimes i go w/o the belly band since a few slacks still fit okay but might be more snug that i like. haha i just feel like sometimes w/ the belly band, you can see the the area where my pants aren't buttoned so i get conscious. heheh silly i know. this is all a part of the pregnancy=P. caaaaaaaaan't wait til we can tell everyone and i can bust out my belly! hahhhahah


so i had a lot of my labwork done last week. the only snafu was the glucose test. i tested higher than normal=(. i was totally bummed out when i got the results. dr. emailed me right away to tell me that i might be having a hard time breaking down the carbs - pasta, rice, crackers. which totally sucks right now bc those are the foods that i've been craving and have been good to my tummy w/ all this nausea. doesn't help that i've been drinking 7up/ginger beer during dinner to ease the queasy tummy. so next week i have to do that long 3 hour glucose test. i've changed my diet A LOT and i'm hoping that next week everything goes smoothly. i miss my pasta, rice & FRIES every once in awhile=/. 


i've gone a bit neurotic with this whole prenatal diet and created a spreadsheet to log in all the carbs/proteins/fiber/etc.. that i'm ingesting. just to make sure i'm following the right track. i was doing well until today - a belated chinese new year luncheon w/ the coworkers. tried to eat minimally on the rice but i'm sure the other stir fried stuff was loaded w/ carbs. here's hoping the next week and a half are positive for me. i want the baby to be okay so that's the motivation. i'm glad though i haven't really had any cravings for anything sweet lately. the only thing really was the nutella milkshake=P. i wanted to make one after having one last week (before i found out my test results!) but must be strong! and besides my morning walks and my yoga videos, i've added in afternoon stair climbing. hoping that with a bit more exercise it'll help break down the glucose.....please please please...


2/9/12


so we had our prenatal screening ultrasound yesterday. so happy that everything was good news! you don't know how worried i've been. i guess the whole failing my glucose screening test bummed me out and i've been scared about anything else that might happen. so when i was lying on the hospital bed, husby right beside me..i was too scared to look at the ultrasound screen. all i heard was the sonogram clicking away on her mouse while she prodded my belly with that ultrasound wand thingy they use. then all of the sudden i hear a heartbeat and the technician goes, "there goes your baby's heartbeat!" awww it was such an awesome thing to hear. 


hubby squeezed my hand and i finally turned to look at the screen..and there was baby=). the sonogram tech turned the monitor and we got to see the baby doing just fine and comfortable in there. ha, so comfortable that i had to get up and touch my toes 10x so that the baby can turn around and the technician could get the measurements she needed=P. it worked for a quick second and the tech was able to zoom in and get us a picture of the baby's facial features..hahah before he/she turned back around into his/her comfy position. man..takes after daddy! doesn't wanna be bothered when they're comfy cozy..hahaha.


then the dr. came in with all the results and i couldn't have been more relieved. she took a look at the baby as well and i had mentioned that the tech kept saying our baby was so comfortable with his/her back to us! and she goes, oh look the baby turned around, and see that? that's baby's hand resting on his/her head. awwwwww. i don't know why i didn't..but i'm totally regretting not asking for a sonogram picture of that moment. i can totally picture it in my head too! hehe totally reminded me of rose's pose (from titanic) on the couch...hhaha dram=P. so so cute.


and now tomorrow i have my 3 hr glucose test. please please i hope the results come out good and i don't have gd! not that i've been eating all bad lately, but i just feel so crazy monitoring everything i eat all the time. i'd like the occasional splurge on frozen yogurt & fries here and there=). but i know...all this for baby's health, and that's really what's important! so crossing fingers that i can last with this 14 hours of fasting and 3 hours of drinking yucky sugary glucose and getting my arm pricked.


2/13/12


yay my glucose test results all showed normal! i was so happy last friday!!! but man, the 3hrs waiting to get my blood drawn was blehh. actually that first hour after i had that glucola drink was the worst. the drink was more concentrated this time than the one i drank for the screening test. it actually went down pretty well so i thought, okay this is going to be no problem. hahah wrong! once that drink settled in i started getting really nauseous and just wanted to gag. i had to keep reminding myself that if i couldn't hold the drink down, i'd have to do this all over again! so noooooooo way!!! when the hour was up and it was time to get pricked again i was worried about not being able to hold down the 2nd drink. but i totally misunderstood and i didn't have to drink the glucola anymore!! yahoo..just the one time and then they prick me for the next 3 hours. i was SO relieved. and thank goodness for my new phone & kindle..kept me occupied while i was in the waiting room.


afterwards i had about 20 mins to eat lunch before seeing the ob/gyn. i wasn't sure if we'd be getting an ultrasound done, hehe but just in case i wanted to be prepared. since baby was resting the last time we got an ultrasound, i wanted to see him/her moving this time. i looked online and ppl said they drank oj, cold water, coffee, mt. dew, etc...to get the baby all revved up. so since i had to eat lunch i decided to get a coffee to check this theory out. i only took about 5 sips bc i was scared to take in too much caffeine. about a half hour passed and husby and i head to our appt. the dr. did an ultrasound and whatdoyaknow...baby was kickin' up a storm! hahahah we were soooo happy to see baby moving around..hehe but afterwards i felt guilty for drinking the coffee to get the baby up=P. so i tried to tell myself that it was from all the walking around i did earlier that woke up our baby. hehehe.


just made an appt. for the ultrasound where we find out the sex of our baby. woohoo exciting! i used to think i'd care whether i had a boy or a girl first...but with it actually being here now, i really just want us to have a healthy baby! still, it is pretty exciting to find out=). and i can't wait for tomorrow...yay going to finally share our happy news with the rest of the friends/fam/coworkers. yahooooooooooooo.