Pregnancy Joy

Don’t let the picture fool you – I haven’t given birth yet! It’s my best friend’s newborn baby! Feels so nice to hold a newborn baby – I haven’t held one for almost four years! FOUR years – that’s crazy long eh? I went to visit the newborn after 12 hours that she gave birth. Hearing her story – scares me a lot because of the painful process.

Anyways – I’ve been enjoying a lot more being pregnant now. In the beginning it was quite hard because of the extra weight and the uncomfortableness. Honestly – for the first couple months of being pregnant – I didn’t know how I would go through this. But now – I feel a lot better. I can sleep during the night and sleep very well. I’ve heard some pregnant women can’t sleep during nights because of discomfort but for me – I have no problem in that area. If I could be given 15 hours of sleep a day – I would actually do it. I enjoy and love my sleep way too much. Since I know my time is very limited now – I’ve been keeping myself very busy during the day and night. I feel very privileged  and grateful to be working at home and I can work ahead my schedule. Been working and planning a lot during these days because I know I won’t be able to when the baby arrives. There’s a lot of sitting in front of the computer – but that’s only going to be one more month left. I do get to pamper myself once a week with a massage at the salon though – so it really isn’t that bad. Pregnancy massage is actually very important because my arms and legs been really swollen. It is PAINFUL!

Labour in a month! I’m quite scared after watching all these videos at the prenatal classes. What was I thinking? My dream was to always be a mother – but I never really looked into the painful labour part. Now that he’s coming so quick – it scares me a lot. Hopefully it’ll be a fast and quick process. With my hubby being there – I know he’s going to be one of the greatest father.

Valentine’s day plans

Do you have any Valentine’s Day plans in mind with your special someone yet? I’ve thought about it ever since January and I was/am planning to make the husband dinner at home but I seriously don’t know how I would feel like that day. I can’t stand for too long these days because of the extra weight. Sometimes I’m more tired and lazy. I know making dinner at home is more thoughtful but I don’t think I can do it this year. We’ll probably go out for a romantic candle light dinner and just enjoy the day. I’ll make him something special next year. But if I feel like it – I’ll add baking a cake for this year. What’s your plans? Share with me!

Toys for Kids

What a spoil little brat already eh? He’s already been receiving toys while inside my stomach. I’m not a huge fan of buying kids toys because who cleans them up afterwards? Nope – course not the little man. ME! I will be the one cleaning it up after he’s done playing with it. When he understands things – I’m going to train him how to clean his own toys up or else he can’t play with it. He’s been receiving a lot of toys – I think when he grows out of toys – I’m going to have to buy a yard sign to have a yard sale or probably donate it to a charity of some sort.

Pantry Set up for Babies

I never thought about having a pantry place for the little man till my mother-in-law suggested it. Than that hit me – because this little guy does have a lot of things that needs to be put in the kitchen. So here it is – all organized for him. The only thing I need to do left is sterilize and clean everything before he arrives. A baby consists of more room than an adult eh? When I moved in – I didn’t need a place in the pantry or anything. Soon he’ll be taking over the family room with his bouncer/swing sets/play pan and you name it. What a baby!

Planning a kids future

As I’m counting down each day for his arrival – I’m really counting down for a lifetime commitment. Having a kid is a lifetime commitment – even if they’re in their 20s – 30s – 40s you constantly worry about them. It’s just part of being parenthood right? I didn’t understand this when I was a teen but since being pregnant for 8 months – I’ve realized a lot. A lot – so much of what parents are worried about. Parenthood doesn’t stop when they graduate, when they get a full time job nor does it stop when they are married. Being a parent is a life time thing – it never ends.

We’ve been planning a lot of things for this little one. Being a mom – I never had the things his father had. I want this little one to appreciate what was given to him and live a happy and normal life with lots of love and care from the both of us. When I plan – I plan far far ahead. It’s just very satisfying to me to know what is up ahead in life for all of us. I don’t like the “unknown”.

As of now – were holding off on the music part of his life. I don’t want to push this little one into doing something he doesn’t enjoy or like. We do have a list of instruments in mind though – piano, takamine, violin, flute, and etc. But this is all up to him. I just believe that if I push a kid into doing something he doesn’t want or enjoy – he’s just wasting your money. Like my husband – he was asked to learn piano when he was a kid but he didn’t enjoy it. Piano lessons ain’t cheap these days eh! So when he’s old enough to know what he likes – he will eventually tell us.

Winnie the Pooh theme for Nurseries/Baby Room

I feel like I’m one picky-annoying woman when it comes down to colors and themes. I wonder if other people are like me – so far non of my friends are like that. Maybe I’ll discover someone just like me later on in life eh? *haha* Anyways – the little man’s room is almost complete except the diaper/changer table. It took us a month to finally get everything together – there’s so much into a complete baby room. Been going to Babies R Us every week but the good thing about it is – when you order some of the stuff online – they have free shipping. So yep – I’ve been getting packages delivered to me every week now. I feel like online shopping is more exciting then purchasing the items in store. It’s just that feeling. That reminds me that I need to place an order of enzo angiolini shoes online as a gift. Shopping online can make life so much easier instead of running around looking for it.

Everything is well-organized and prepared for the little one. I just need to open the boxes up and figure out how to use the sterilizer, bottle warmer, and breast bump soon. So I don’t have to know everything last minute. That reminds me – I gotta pack my hospital bag soon. Not only my stuff but with Hubby’s stuff too since we upgraded our hospital room to a private room – he can stay over night with us.

To be honest – he’s much more excited to meet his little son than I am. I’m just more fearing about the pain right now. I cannot imagine how painful it is! Well – I watched it on TV and everything. I have a feeling that I’ll be screaming like a witch! YES – WITCH! So it’s best not to have people I know around when I’m giving labor. *hahahha*

Labor in 2 months!

No joke – I’m telling my hubby every day that I’m scared and worried. I’m not a fan of pain and I can’t take pain. It’s been 3 years that I’m still debating if I should take my wisdom teeth out or not because of pain. I don’t know what got me into having a baby. Don’t get me wrong – we always planned on having a baby but the pain?? I’m seriously not ready to go in labor and deal with this pain. I’ve heard that labor is the #1 painful-est thing to do in this world. It frightens me. A lot of people told me to take it easy and it’s not that bad. BUT how can I take it easy when it’s so soon?? *sigh* I just hope this little guy won’t take too long to come out. I don’t wanna do c-section because I don’t want a scar on my belly. So please little man – come out quick and fast. Treat your mama good!!

Pregnant do & don’t

I haven’t been such a good pregnant woman following all the “rules”. When your pregnant – there’s actually a lot of different rules to follow. Since I am a Chinese – there’s a lot more than Westerners. For me – I just don’t really believe in all the “rules” or let say things a pregnant woman should follow. It’s hard to change the lifestyle I live in all of a sudden for the next nine months. The food that I’m not allow to eat or I should eat – that’s the toughest for me. I didn’t stop – I just cut down. As for Asians – we’re not suppose to eat “leung” food, climb up on chairs/stools, and use a hammer to punch things in walls. I could understand the “leung” food but I gotta do what I gotta do at home right? I’m quite bad at just following the rules. I did the others and I bet I broke a lot more rules. For example: Eating raw fish and etc etc. I can’t wait till this is over! Just two more months to go and than I’m free to eat whatever I want! Food is like my life and I just can’t live without having my favorite food.

Gestational Diabetes for Pregnant Women

I don’t think I’ve talked about this on this blog. But yes – I do have gestational diabetes and I found this out early December. Sucks to be me right now because I should be enjoying this pregnancy and just indulge in whatever I want right? But instead – I gotta watch what I eat. The problem is – I can’t consume too much carbohydrates because carbohydrates have a lot of sugar content. It was hard and tough the first few weeks! Especially with all these celebrations going on – how can I not eat good food right?

But I gotta do this for the baby! What do gestational diabetes patient gotta do? They gotta pinch their fingers four times a day for blood testing and record every meal we eat! YESSS! I’m in no joke – it doesn’t hurt that much but it’s quite annoying. Gestational diabetes would to away after I give birth to this baby. But for now – I just gotta watch what I eat! Do you have such a problem like this too?

Our Christmas Picture

My belly is huge eh? Well – in this picture it is. It’s actually not that big yet. But I’ve been carrying an extra 30 pounds around – my spine is sort of killing me at times. I can’t walk for too long anymore. At first – I wasn’t used to the extra 30 pounds but when time flew by – I kind of gotten used to it. The good thing about it is – I get to go for relaxing massages and these massages helps me a lot. Good thing I don’t need any spine surgery in the future – I’ve heard of women getting Spine Surgery Dallas because of the weight. Massage for pregnant women is really helpful – that’s what I heard. Talking about it – I gotta book another appointment for tomorrow. My body is getting aches.