little bitty girl

Woah! Time has flown...I cannot believe that it's week 28...12 more weeks to go and baby will be here. As you can see, I've grown quite a bit more than the last time I posted a picture of my belly.

My belly button is finally popping out and boy, is the center of it ever white! I guess it makes sense since it's never seen the light of day. There's an ongoing joke between Stefan and myself because for some reason, my belly button is ridiculously deep. He's convinced that when the belly button finally does pop, it will reveal new ecosystems!

BiB is so active now, it's unbelievable. I think he/she has inherited Stefan's athletic genes and is constantly kicking and punching. But now, I can feel limbs actually move across my stomach. The little alien in the belly is definitely growing! Its new game is that it will repeatedly kick me in the exact same spot for about 3 hours straight and will only pause when Stefan tells him/her to behave him/herself.

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Posted in Family Shenanigans, Pregnancy

Holidays are a time for food and family...A time of reflection for the past year and the new one to come. The Kangaroo Christmas dinner was held at ours as usual - this time, we did a non-Asian influenced meal....after all, it's good to switch things up! This year we had roast chicken, duck breasts, lobster with sides. The best part of the dinner was having my lovely nephew, David present. I would have rather eaten his cute little cheeks and limbs instead but I think my brother and sister in law would have objected. It's amazing to think that he's now here and next year, we will have another little one in our midst. We truly have had so many wonderful things to be grateful for this year and also lots to look forward to next year.

I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday season...and wishing every one a happy, healthy new year!

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Posted in Family Shenanigans

We just finished week 24, which is 6 months. I can't get over the fact that BiB will be here in about 3 months or so. I definitely have a bump now but it still seems so small. It's hard to believe that a little human being lives inside me. I can definitely feel more movement and for some reason BiB loves to kick/punch his/her Papa in his face when he gets too close.

Poor Mindy got a first taste of the baby this month as well. She was lying on my belly one day when BiB decided to kick Mindy in the stomach. Mindy took a big leap off the belly and looked very bewildered. I couldn't help but laugh as she kept patting my stomach, trying to figure out what the heck was going on. I wonder if it's possible for cats to hear the baby's heartbeat...

We still have so much to do in this short time but I am trying really hard to keep things in perspective and spend as personal time with Stefan. I just realized that these next few months will be the last we have together as just us...

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Posted in Me-ness, Pregnancy

I've been getting asked a lot whether or not I want a boy or a girl. I suppose it's a natural enough question to ask and my answer has always been I really don't care as long as it's healthy. It's a cliche answer I know, and people always look skeptically and say, "You must have a preference!" The truth is, I really don't.

Early in our pregnancy, perhaps after a week of finding out, I had really bad cramping and then some spotting. My doctor immediately scheduled an ultrasound to make sure that I had not miscarried. I went to the ultrasound and waited for the results. And the results were not good.

It turned out that the fetus had no heartbeat. I was told that it could either just be too early for a heartbeat or that the pregnancy simply was no longer viable. We had to wait 2 weeks before getting another ultrasound to confirm either result.

And so we waited. 2 whole long weeks.

And obviously, you know the results. But I can't even tell you how incredibly ecstatic and grateful we both felt when we saw BiB's little heart beat at the second ultrasound. And it also made me realize that having child is such a crazy science experiment and that so many things can go wrong. So I am so happy to have made it just this far along...

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