dolce vita. everyday is a sweet day.
And so I confirmed from the past weeks that it’s true: pregnancy cravings are for real.
Mine was Turon or Banana-q, bananas wrapped with sugar and fried in oil. How satisfying it is! I would bug Hubby to buy me 2pcs everyday from their office canteen. It helped me make it through the first trimester blues! 😀
Today, we heard Baby Jam’s heartbeat!
I still couldn’t believe what I was hearing, that fast galloping sound is the sweetest sound of all <3
And when I saw Hubby’s smile while hearing baby’s heartbeat, I could almost hear my own heart saying my gratitude to God for His best gift ever.
Our OB noticed that baby is sensitive, and very aware on what’s happening. Baby Jam reacts whenever the ultrasound device is re-positioned. It took a while before we heard the heartbeat (though we already saw it in my first 2 VGS ultrasound weeks before). I was asking baby not to make us nervous. And few minutes later, there it was. Loud, soft, fast, and happy beating <3
On a side note, I failed to complete my blood tests today because of the required fasting (which I didn’t remember!). We’re coming back on weekend to do it.
Keep that heart strong, Baby. We love you!
This morning, someone was eating Jollibee meal in front of my office desk. Oh the smell–I have to endure! I have to rely to my menthol stick or I have to vomit @-@ I hope baby Jam is not smelling it. I know that he/she has already sense of smell by now!
we pray for a memory and a brain that would remember You first and everyday. we pray for a loving heart that beats in perfect rhythm after Your own. <3 – Psalm 119:11
This is Baby Jam’s second picture from the follow-up ultrasound.
Now we can see baby really really active. The arms and legs are moving fast like trying to swim 😀 And yes, the heartbeat is now very visible in the ultrasound screen, beating very fast. I was really amazed that there are already two hearts beating in my body <3
And the best news of all is that both the UTI and subchronic hemorrhage were now cleared! God is good. 🙂
This is Baby Jam’s very first picture, his/her first ultrasound.
I could hardly believe that there’s that cute little one inside my body. It felt overwhelming and surreal 🙂 I was joking Hubby that he/she looks like me!
Of course, at that time we can only see the soon-to-be fetus. But it was sort of a relief to actually see baby, confirming the pregnancy test that we did (and I was not just “inventing” the morning sickness” and bugging Hubby to do things for me).
That same day during my OB visit, there are two concerns that we have to address.First is my unusually high infection found out through urinalysis (UTI). And the second one is subchronic hemorrhage, wherein very small amount of blood is just outside baby. It MIGHT be an indicator that baby is not holding on strong, but I was told not to worry because it can also be a completing physiological process. So I was given prescriptions for both and has to do follow-up tests a week after. The UTI is sonthing to watch out for, as I was told it is really really bad for baby and even caused miscarriages for some women. I have to drink 2-3L of water from that day on!
That day, I asked few people close to us to continuously pray for baby’s strong heartbeat and development and growth. This is a start of a journey that I will take not just with Hubby, but more importantly with God.
