16 Weeks Pregnant

• How far along: 16 weeks! 
• Gender: Don't know yet.
• Weight gain: 6 probably yay I have to watch my weight from now on. Only have to gain 1lb a week. My ideal or target weight should be 25lbs. 
• Maternity clothes: Leggings at Ross where so cheap that I comfortable wear it everyday. I also started to wear again the stretchable jean leggings I bought from Walgreens. I don't feel being so tight on that jeans. I haven't wore my maternity pants from Old Navy yet. I can't put too much tightness in my belly right now.
• Stretch mark: None. My linea negra is getting darker though. 
• Belly button in or out: Still in.
• Sleep: Not so good. Oftenly woke up with either dry itchy throat and congestion.
• Best moment this week: Hubby and I started shopping around some baby furniture and cleaning our 2nd room to become part of the nursery room.
• Worst moment this week: Hard to breathe and hard to eat really fun stuff due to heartburn.
• Miss anything: Gulping water straight not sipping it. Because my heartburn is driving me nuts, try to take liquid so slightly. Hated it when I'm so thirsty.
• Movement: None.
• Symptoms: Heartburn, Congestion, Nose bleed, Slight nausea and vomiting once this week yay!
• Cravings: Corned beef. I tried to cook the brand Hormet. Don't like it at all.
• Queasy or sick: Once when I passed hunger.
• Looking forward to: Notice some movements.

Eye Twitches

Do you ever have those moments when your eyes won't stop twitching and just keep on annoying you all day? This is just happening right now this minute as of this time of writing. I can't help it. It's really bugging me since this morning. Time check 1:48pm. Oh man how I wish this will stop. I want to relax and be at peace. I wonder why this is happening. I slept at 9:30 last night. I had a good night sleep. What I ate and drink this morning is water, hot swiss chocolate, egg cheese omelette and banana. I don't think it's my food. Maybe this is the effect I got from last weeks stressful incident with the boss who pushes me to finish up some reporting. I hope there's no more rush job coming from the boss soon. I am hoping for a stress free for the next following weeks so this eye twitching would stop. Crossing my fingers!

As of my pregnancy symptoms, well I feel fine today. I don't have anything particularly to say that's weird. All I can say it that my taste buds is getting close to normal and my eating habits is becoming manageable. No more eating after an hour. Thank goodness. It was an awful experience but at the same time good because you know that your body is wanting something for the baby. For now, I am happy on what's happening just this weird twitches. Okay guys that's it. Till next post!

15 Weeks Pregnant Update

• How far along: 15 weeks! 
• Gender: Still in Limbo..
• Weight gain: 4 lbs confirmed at the Doctor's office.
• Maternity clothes: I bought leggings at Ross on Saturday. I avoid wearing my maternity pants because the band is so tight. The leggings I bought is like yoga pants where it also has a stretchable band which is so comfortable to wear at work. All my flanel top still fits with comfort and the rest of my every day and casual tshirts.
• Stretch mark: None. I'm using Bio Oil in the morning. Palmers Cocoa Butter for Dry and Itchy Skin for underside and back, Palmers Cocoa Butter Formula Massage Lotion for Stretch for the rest of the body like breast, arms and legs.
• Belly button in or out: Still in.
• Sleep: It's getting close to normal. But I am starting to get tired at 9:30pm
• Best moment this week: I went to see Dr. W last friday and heard the heartbeat. Didn't ask the measurement but the doctor seems to be happy that the baby is growing because she saw my growing bump and I didn't gain that much. 
• Worst moment this week: The terrible headache in the morning and there was no way for me to skip taking Tylenol. I only take 1 pill a day so it's not that bad at all because it does help. As possible I wanted not to take anything but for now I can't escape it... I also got a few notices from the Insurance company I am using about certain bill that they will not pay because they see that I have a new insurance primary coverage. My insurance at work took it's place. The problem with that is I used an out of network services this year and I am afraid of the medical expenses will not be paid. I hope I can get that straighten out someday. Hubby said not to worry about it. 
• Miss anything: Corned beef from the Philippines and the brand is Target. 
• Movement: None.
• Symptoms: Less Nausea, heartburn at night, eating banana gives me stomach bubble but helps with my digestion Bm solved Lol but so uncomfortable after eating the fruit, headache which is getting worst, slightly bad after taste getting close to normal, sensitivity to smell
• Cravings: None. But I love eating Chips and salsa when I got off from work.
• Queasy or sick: 2 times for the week yahoo! As long as I eat before I get hungry no problem.
• Looking forward to: My next appointment with Dr. W on May 15. Don't know if there will be an ultrasound of that sort or just a doppler. But in any case, I still love to hear my baby's heartbeat.

14 Weeks Pregnant

14 weeks & 2 days

• How far along: 14 weeks! 
• Gender: During my NT scan, the technician guessed about it but won't tell until the 2nd detailed scan which going to happen on May 23rd.
• Weight gain: I think 5 lbs? I don't think I really gain that weight. Will figure out this Friday.
• Maternity clothes: I stopped wearing the maternity jeans. It put so much pressure on my belly. The jeans is not tight but the band is. It gave me so much problem especially I have experiencing heartburn. Loose fitting top is nice and I have to find a good bra. I have sports bra but I still have problem with the pressure on it.
• Stretch mark: none so far, except for the old ones I got since I was in my teens.
• Belly button in or out: Still in.
• Sleep: It's getting better this week. I slept longer last weekend and I didn't wake up because I was so hungry or have weird stomach butterflies.
• Best moment this week: I have few nausea attack and gagging incident. So relieve on that.
• Worst moment this week: The heartburn is worst at night. If I wear tight band on my belly, the acid reflux is so annoying. I started to take Tums to ease some pain. I slept putting 2 pillows on my head. Sleeping straight aggravates the symptom.
• Miss anything: Pinkberry yougurt.
• Movement: Only feel gas bubble when doing number 2. lol.. Sorry TMI!
• Symptoms: Weird after taste (sour), headache, heartburn, still hate the smell of bacon, don't like fried foods
• Cravings: Spaghetti with meatballs.
• Queasy or sick: A few times but no longer bad like it used to be.
• Looking forward to: Hear my baby's heartbeat on Friday. My 2nd appointment with my OB. It will be a monthly thing from now on. Cleaning the house since I have more energy. Organizing the 2nd room to prepare a nursery for the baby. Buy probably crib and dresser which hubby is already looking around.

13 weeks Pregnant

All day today I have this weird taste in my mouth. I had brush my teeth once at work and when I got home twice. This taste in my mouth won't go away for good. I have heartburn too. It's like there's always pressure below my rib cage. Maybe it's the uterus that is in the center now and pushing other organs. I can never have a day where I feel like normal. There's always something..

Even if I'm not feeling the usual self, I tried to take photos today. Background is not good. I'm at my room where space always a problem with taking photos. So tried my best and here is my 13th week pregnancy photos.

This is what I wore today at work. Our work place is like an oven.. with pregnancy and heat, have to be comfortable. No makeup on as well because with heat and make up, it will be a disaster.

  Then decided to put some powder on, blush, form my brows and lipstick and change my top..wahhhla!

 Finally able to use this white board for the first time... and counting

 I haven't done any naked belly.. I rolled up my top and yeah.. I have a bump, it shows big!

I took all these photos.. I love photography.. and I want to journal this belly growth until the baby is born.. So you will be seeing more of me in my future posts.

Nuchal Translucency

I got home 30 minutes ago from the doctor's visit. I had my Nuchal Translucency scan and it was good. Baby measures at 12 weeks and 3 days which is 3 days behind again. I wonder if baby's growth always fluctuate. But as I asked other pregnant and mother's who recently had their baby, it's quite normal. The technician confirmed that everything is normal.

NT result is 1.5cmm Halleluiah! I am so happy about it. Every details, face, nose, jaw, legs, arms, fingers, organs are all there. No sign of abnormalities.

Blood tests result for Down Syndrome Assessment: 1/2400 and Trisomy 18: 1/2600. I can never be so happy about these news.

Feeling Tired

Twelve weeks and 3 days, why am I so tired? This feeling was the same like the beginning of my pregnancy where it’s hard for me to open my eyes. This week has been so hard to wake up in the morning and to stay up at night. I no longer have the problem of not having enough sleep which did happen weeks prior.  I guess the baby wanted me to take more rest and just sleep. I wish the day will go by fast today. All I can think of right now is lying down on my comfy bed.

My symptoms I’m still having are nausea with dry heaving, queasiness, weird after taste, gassy, burping a lot, heavy feeling of the abdomen, breast tenderness which I believe my cup size went up to 2, dry lips, dry patches on face, bloated, hungry all the time, if I don’t eat right away I will be in trouble with dry heaving, little cramping maybe pelvic pain and weird noises on my stomach. This week for 2 nights I took B6 and Unisom to help me feel better when I sleep. Milk does help eases my queasiness when I go to bed so I am happy with that. At least there’s something that can help when I am on bed. I am starting to have itchy throat and I’m clearing my throat by coughing which probably triggers the pain on the abdomen. I took some cough drops and Ricola is better than Halls but Ricola would make me gag after. Halls doesn’t but I didn’t get the right flavor and I don’t want to waste it so I am struggling to eat it until it’s gone. Why suffer? Well it’s not too bad really. I just don’t want it to go to waste.

Blood Tests Results

Today I've reached a milestone I'm on my 12th week and 1 day. It's a success.. No bleeding and all. But nausea, vomiting, sour taste and food aversion still lingers. One friend of mine told me, when she reached at her 10th week she was getting fine. While I still carry all the morning sickness, it's not as bad as it used to be. You would say that having these symptoms just emphasize a healthy pregnancy and I should embrace this moment. It's really uncomfortable. But I will not regret any of this because I know the baby is telling me, "mommy don't worry you will see me in 6 months".

Few days ago I got all my result from the blood tests. I got 2 red flags. One was from URINE LEUKOCYCTES 1+ and Lymphocytes result was 23 below the normal range. I was looking for any messages from my doctor but didn't find any. She told me that if there are any red flags and she didn't make a comment about it, I don't have to worry. It's nothing to be alarmed. I hope so. It's not easy to handle if there's any trouble again. But I will think positive. Everything will be fine.