24 Weeks & The Sickly Sweetness

As my tummy gets bigger, I can feel stronger kicks and movements in there each day.

Sometimes, it feels pretty surreal knowing there's a life living in me. There's a strange communication between my baby and I whenever she kicks: 

"Hey!! I'm here! Don't forget that, huh? : P"

And there are times I feel "earthquakes" (no, really!) in my tummy and wish they would stop so that I can fall back to sleep...

Anyways, I had another check up last week when I had to literally drink 10 little bags of sugar (you know, those coffee sugar packets) in 300 CCs of water...on an empty stomach. 

I did this soo that they could check my blood sugar level and see if I had prenatal diabetes. Arrrgggggghhhhhhhhh....................

Trust me, no matter how much of a sweet tooth you are, you WON'T like it....
Not...a...bit. 

I was restless, my heartbeat was racing and I felt like hell for the entire morning. 

Well...I'm glad it is all done, and all went well. ; )))



Ps. Sweets haven't tasted the same to me since that sugar rush. : /

Hi ya!! ; )

Hello!!! 

Baby says hi at 23 weeks! : ))

21 Weeks of Me Plus One

Me at 21 weeks! 

I know, I know... I (might) look small compared to most of moms-to-be at the half way point. My mom told me she was the same when she was pregnant, and she only started to show when it was close to the due date...so that makes me feel better.

Didn't everyone hear that pregnant women have great appetite and can eat a horse at some point in their pregnancy??? Well, it doesn't happen to me (....yet). The heat of July here does not help at all. I feel hot at all times, my hands and my feet are always burning hot. And I just don't have a great appetite! The only thing that I crave is...ICE CREAM. But again, I've also lost my sweet tooth, so even ice cream, I can only stomach a little! Yikes! : / 

So, hopefully, my love of fruits will help! : )

Anyway, at least I know that baby is vey active, kicking all the time. She kicks whenever I lay down for sleeping or a nap, she kicks when she hears loud music and strong beats and she kicks whenever she wants to...

even though I don't really crave lots of food. 

20 out of 40! Yay!

20 weeks marks the half way of my pregnancy!

Baby is now kicking all the time!! ; )

Here is the belly picture of 20 weeks.

Baby: "Doc told mom that I have a tall nose (well, look at my dad) and a very strong heart beat. He said my heart is getting stronger. Everything looks great!" 

"Although, I was not cooperating this evening, I was not in a 'proper' laying position for the doc to take a good picture of me... I was in my 'usual' 'happy' upside down position! Hehehe..."

"I guess this is the best picture they can take of me at week 19! : P" 

It's a GIRL ; )

So many weeks passed by, I have been through a serious cold with a fever and sent to the emergency, I have done another blood test for down syndrome. I have lost 2 to 3 kg and then gained about 1.5 kg (because of this the baby was a bit slower than the normal growth.)

And here we go, this week, week 16,  marks the fourth month of my pregnancy. Not only I am in the easier second trimester, we have also found out that the baby (still working on the name) is growing at a normal rate now, and most importantly we found out that it's a baby GIRL!!! : P Also, the blood test has turned out to be normal with a very low chance of baby having down syndrome. YAY!!!

Me, at fourth moth pregnant!

Phew!!!! The couple weeks that passed, Ryan and I have really been through what parents have gone through in terns of having a child. The worries, thinking, decision-making and check-ups that parents have to do to make sure their child is healthy really made me realize that it ain't an easy task for someone to just yell: "Hey, guess what, I'm gonna be a mom/dad!"

Baby at 16 weeks, too bad she wasn't showing her face... : /

As I was told and reminded a million times: "Oh, don't you worry, THIS is just the beginning!" I really hope that Ry and I  are prepared or at least slowly getting ready for this life to come, becoming part of the family and rocking our world. 

Well, for me, she has already been in our life anyways... ; )

Just me and my new hair...oh and Clumsy! : P