week 1 - 4 (continued)
i stepped out of the bathroom with an extra-wide grin on my face. i wanted to run to Tomcat and tell him about it but i thought it would be more impactful if i told him when we were in bed. and so i waited. we had dinner (he cooked) and later i washed the dishes.
but then, he did something that really annoyed me. i was still annoyed by the time we went to bed, so i decided not to tell him then. and of course he didn't notice anything (men...).
the next morning, i was in a much better mood. as we were getting ready to go to work, i grabbed his hand and told him that i had something to show him. i took out the used home-pregnancy test kit and read out the result to him. at first, he didn't seem to comprehend what was going on, and so i told him boldly, "That means, I'm pregnant." That seemed to work.
he smiled, hugged me and kissed my forehead. but truthfully, i didn't know what was really going on in his mind.
though i was confident that i was already pregnant, i wanted to do a second test a week later. and we were to hold our excitement until then. at work, i searched the internet for articles about pregnancy and the early symptoms of it, just to be really sure that i was pregnant. true enough, most of the symptoms described did happen to me. i had a bad constipation and was frequently urinating. i was lucky that i didn't experience morning sickness, though later the sickness occured in the evening. i started losing appetite and survived on saltine crackers and orange juice.
10/18/07
10/5/07
being pregnant
since my mind is mostly preoccupied with my pregnancy, i decided to turn this blog into my personal "diary" of pregnancy. i hope i can share the experience with other mothers and mothers-to-be, and maybe provide some useful information to those women who are planning to have a baby.
i'm now in week 11 of my pregnancy, but i can still remember how i felt and what happened during those earlier weeks.
week 1 - 4
normally the duration of pregnancy is measured from the first day of the woman's last menstrual period. but in actual fact, conception date is somewhere from day 12 - 16 (this is true to women with menstrual cycle of 28 days like me). i found a very useful website - http://www.pregnancy.org/ - which gives quite an accurate date of conception, given that you know either your first day of the last menstrual period or the expected date of birth of the baby. using the chart, and referring to my personal calendar, i'm pretty much confident that my baby was conceived on 3 August 2007.
i already suspected that i was pregnant when i was (in actual fact) pregnant for 2 1/2 weeks. i was only 1 day late, but i had a strong feeling that this time around it wasn't false alarm. i took the home pregnancy test without my husband's knowledge because i didn't want him telling me not to get too disappointed (like he already did a few times before) if it turned out that i wasn't pregnant. i remember the day (Monday, 20 August) and time (around 9 -- Tomcat was in the kitchen washing the dishes). at first there was only the blue line (negative) and i was ready to get disappointed. but after about a minute, a faint pink line (positive) began to appear. it remained faint, but there was no doubt that it was there. i stared at it for a long time, expecting it to disapper, but it stayed on...
to be continued...
i'm now in week 11 of my pregnancy, but i can still remember how i felt and what happened during those earlier weeks.
week 1 - 4
normally the duration of pregnancy is measured from the first day of the woman's last menstrual period. but in actual fact, conception date is somewhere from day 12 - 16 (this is true to women with menstrual cycle of 28 days like me). i found a very useful website - http://www.pregnancy.org/ - which gives quite an accurate date of conception, given that you know either your first day of the last menstrual period or the expected date of birth of the baby. using the chart, and referring to my personal calendar, i'm pretty much confident that my baby was conceived on 3 August 2007.
i already suspected that i was pregnant when i was (in actual fact) pregnant for 2 1/2 weeks. i was only 1 day late, but i had a strong feeling that this time around it wasn't false alarm. i took the home pregnancy test without my husband's knowledge because i didn't want him telling me not to get too disappointed (like he already did a few times before) if it turned out that i wasn't pregnant. i remember the day (Monday, 20 August) and time (around 9 -- Tomcat was in the kitchen washing the dishes). at first there was only the blue line (negative) and i was ready to get disappointed. but after about a minute, a faint pink line (positive) began to appear. it remained faint, but there was no doubt that it was there. i stared at it for a long time, expecting it to disapper, but it stayed on...
to be continued...
10/1/07
why so boring ah?
i just realised that my blog is soooooo boring!!! no fancy banner, colour scheme pun tah apa-apa...
anyway, this is my first entry after i found out that i'm pregnant. i suppose this means all those outdoor stuff have to wait for at least a year. i can't even go on the rides at Sunway Lagoon, eat sushi or watch disturbing horror movies.
but that doesn't mean that i'm not excited about this pregnancy. in fact, both Tomcat and I are very, very happy. only a few weeks and we're already talking about baby names and whether or not to hire a confinement lady.
some people advised me not be too excited as the pregnancy is still in the first trimester. anything could happen. but i just can't help it. i'm happy and i want the world to know it. i like to make plans and i like to work out the details -- up to the point when exactly we should start packing for the hospital trip.
i know that there are a lot of sacrifices to be done once the baby arrives. but we're happy to do everything for her/him. and i pray that everything will turn out well for all of us.
anyway, this is my first entry after i found out that i'm pregnant. i suppose this means all those outdoor stuff have to wait for at least a year. i can't even go on the rides at Sunway Lagoon, eat sushi or watch disturbing horror movies.
but that doesn't mean that i'm not excited about this pregnancy. in fact, both Tomcat and I are very, very happy. only a few weeks and we're already talking about baby names and whether or not to hire a confinement lady.
some people advised me not be too excited as the pregnancy is still in the first trimester. anything could happen. but i just can't help it. i'm happy and i want the world to know it. i like to make plans and i like to work out the details -- up to the point when exactly we should start packing for the hospital trip.
i know that there are a lot of sacrifices to be done once the baby arrives. but we're happy to do everything for her/him. and i pray that everything will turn out well for all of us.
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