A whole month

WOW...time has really just breezed by! Only 30 days before the baby is due to arrive! December 11th, Tuesday, I saw Dr. Erickson for the second time, she was great, loved how she treats her clients! She order an ultrasound for next week to check the baby. ON the 19th, Wednesday, I saw Dr. Mayer for the first time, she was wonderful too and everything was good. Yesterday, 20th, I had the ultrasound done because my belly was measuring bigger than my dates, my fluids were 16.8 or so, which is good, I think she said 17 is what it is usually at. The baby is about 7 pounds and 1 ounce, give or take a pound, doubts that its 8 pounds, but certainly bigger than 6...so I guess about 7 is just right!

I'm very excited and anxious! I can't wait to hold the baby but I'll miss the times that Audrey and I will be alone. My little girl is not a baby anymore, she's definitely a toddler with her own set of ways now, most the time she is just the sweetest, most caring and lovable child ever! On a few occassions, she can be very 'toddler-ish' which is fine, part of growing up for her. Whenever she sees me in pain or discomfort because of the pregnancy, she rushes over to me, stopping whatever she was doing, to hold my hand and tell me to be very careful and not get hurt. Or if I tell her that I am hurting, she would tell me to go get medicine and stop the hurting. No words can describe the warmth and beauty this little child has shown me, she deserves more credit than I can give her! I love you Audrey!

Christmas is around the corner but we have not had time or energy to put up the tree. Its a plain Christmas, but the presents are all around! However, we have been to the mall and other places to see the decorations and trees other people have put up.

Every inch of my body from my chest down is as painful as it can get...I think...its sore and uncomfortable no matter what I do. I miss going about to do things with Audie because I can't move around that well. She is so understanding and caring that it hurts even more to think that I am depriving her of some fun time out of the house!

55 days and counting...my my how time just files

It seems only days ago did I find out I was pregnant...and now look at me, I have a 41 inches around my waist that was once measure 24. Time seems to just have pass me by leaving me only minutes of memories. Sometime I sit here wondering what I have been doing...we have 24 hours in a day, I don't sleep much but I don't know what I do with the other 18 hours.

Now that its getting closer to my due date, I am beginning to worry about everything. I swear my due date is earlier than what the ultrasounds have shown...2 weeks earlier for that matter. William will not be in town if my due date is correct or if the baby is early. Ultrasounds said due date is the 21st, but I think its the 8th or so, William arrives on the morning of the 13th.

I also worry that Audrey will be upset that we have a new addition to the family, she might feel that she has to share mommy and daddy and feel sadden to do so. She'll for sure need some time to get use to mommy always holding the baby and not her...poor baby, I already feel for her. And I'll miss her sooooo much when I am in the hospital and can't cuddle with her.

I also worry about my labor/delivery....I don't want a cesarean section or an epidural, I don't mind some tylendol but definitely no needles in my spine! I hope the baby is ok, I hope I don't onset too much stress as I did when I had Audrey, the nurse told me that if her heartrate didn't go down, I would need an emergency C-Section! I hope the hospital is better and the staff are more caring...I hope things turn out very good! I hope they remember to do footprints for the new child....I hope we remember to set up the video camera at the right time and angle! So much to worry about...I hope I remember my relaxation CD and camera and phone....oh dear...maybe I should pack my bag and get everything ready!

ONLY 55 days to go....less if using my calendar!

25 weeks....

I am now 25 weeks and 4 days pregnant! baby will be here in 100 days! So excited....my little bundle is kicking and flipping all around, getting good exercise!

Audrey's a big girl...

Well, my little baby is really a big girl now...weep weep...so fast. She requested to sleep in the big bed a week ago, but I didn't take her seriously. Last night, I moved the beds around so she can't roll off, so tonight she chose to sleep in the big bed. My little girl is in a QUEEN size bed and not her little crib anymore!! Whats next! give me the car keys mom?

Audrey has had any more accidents for the past few days! Yeah! and she has been sleeping in her underwear for over a week now. Sooo proud of her! What a beautiful daughter I have! She's more caring and understanding than I give her credit for. We were having soup for dinner, she saw that my bowl was empty, so she scoops some from her bowl into my bowl and tells me there is more for momma, so I can eat it now. She's so sweet. I can't believe how wonderful she makes me feel, how did I ever go on living without her before. I totally love this girl!

Today we went to the park and I had to raise my voice! but not at Audrey, at 4 children about 4-6 year olds, that were running around like animals. The boy was running around like silly, running into people and pushing things out of his way. Which is not a problem until in interfers with my Audrey's safety. She was at the top of this slide, one of 7 slides! ready to push herself down, he jump in front of her, knocking her off to the side, almost falling! So I started yelling at him practically, hopeing that his mom would hear and walk over. Told him that there is a line of this slide, there are 6 other slides that he can run down off with no one there. This slide Audrey was on had another little two year old behind her, and they push him to the side too, this 2 year olds mom was there too, upset also. The boy ignored me and went down the slide, the girl behind him try to do the same thing, pushing Audrey to the side and jumping in front of her. I was close enough this time that I held her back so Audrey can go down. Thinking that it was safe, I told Audrey to becareful and looked at her, when I turn around this little girl started down the slide already! She was about to run into Audrey! Again, I had to hold her in place so Audrey can get off the slide first. This incident happen again a few minutes later, the boy rushed over and got in front of Audrey before she sat down at the slide. I told him that this is a park, not a zoo, where is your mom...he said "somewhere over there, but I can play here." I don't believe this happen today. I am so prepared, if someone else tries this next time I will take him to his mom!

Anyway, we left the park, so did the little 2 year old boy that Audrey was playing with. I will not let this kind of incident happen again. We went for ice cream afterwards and stock up on popsicles too!

WOW

Ok, so its been awhile since I've been blogging....so much has happen during the past weeks. First of all, Audrey turn two on August 9th. We had a little family party for her at my mom's restaurant, about 25 people attended. We had lots of really good food, so many thanks to my mother, she spend the day roasting pork, roasting duck and preparing all kinds of delicious foods...crab, shrimp, sea cumber, wintermelon soup and steam chicken with ginger onion oil. Everything was soooo good. Just love my mother!

Audrey is potty train! and we did it before she turn two! She has an accident now and then because she's too busy into her playing so she will tell me that she needs to potty and then don't actually go! It is just too funny. She does not need a diaper anymore! so proud of her. Yeah for Audrey! She is sooo awesome. She bathes herself too...and she knows to keep tidy, cleaning up after herself. She knows here routine, brushing teeth after bath, then massage and storytime to end the day. She is just soooo wonderful, can't ask for more. Oh! she's talking alot and learning alot, so many new words and so easy for her to learn a new word. I love her sooo much!

As for me...well 4 months or so into the pregnancy now. No more nausea or ill feelings...but still fatique, maybe because I don't sleep much at nights. The motion sickness is gone too...so I can travel now! Saw Dr. Walters once and Britt (nurse) twice, all 3 visits went well. We want to a 3D 4D ultrasound, we didn't do that with Audrey, so for sure want to do it this time around. Also want to take some pregnancy photos of my belly along the way too....also because I missed doing that with Audi.

William is now going to UAB (University of Alabama Birmingham) so we don't see each other much now-a-days. Audrey misses him so much...I do too.

Happy July 4th!

Today is Independence Day! We heard lots of fireworks, the dogs were barking like crazy. We went over to Uncle Jim & Aunt Kom's house for half the day, they had lots of little kiddos over and we had a blast. We went over to Grandpa Foon's and had dinner there with Mom, Audrey was so silly the entire time. She order everyone around, telling 'Por Por' to sit here and eat and wipe her mouth..and eat more vegetables and eat more chicken. It was soooo funny. She ran around the house like 'king' and told everyone what to do. Mom and Grandpa got a kick out of it.

As for me, I ate some normal meals but uncomfortably. It doesn't seem to want to say in my stomach, have to give me some discomfort. Everyone thinks its boy because of all the nausea and fatigue I am experiencing. I'm not sure if it has anything to do with the baby's gender, but I definitely think the baby is going to be a lot harder on me than Audrey has been.

This Pregnancy

Ok! I am really feeling the estrogen! Its making nausea all day long, so its day sickness for me instead of just morning sickness! I feel hunger all day, but the thought of food is making want to vomit! Sometimes I crave fruits all day long, but that isn't good for my blood sugar, so I limit my fruits now. I've craved beef all of a sudden and I don't usually eat that. The past week I've craved salty fish and plain rice soup. I cannot seem to find a food that I can be content with. The taste buds keep changing, but no matter how much I like it today I will think its disgusting the next. I hope this will subside soon. Then I can go back to eating normal foods...and healthy foods!

Chronic Constipation

Oh baby! So with my pregnancies, I get constipated! Normal servings of fruits and vegetables is NOT helping! Should I eat salads 5 times a day as the main course?? I will go get my salad makings first thing tomorrow!

Today Jamie came over and spent the day with Audrey. They zoomed through both play rooms leaving a tornado in each. They love to play together. They ate very well too! Today I made steam rice with green beans and minced pork, Audrey and Jamie both ate half a bowl of rice and 2 bowls of soup each!! I'm so proud of them!

I better go clean the kitchen up now! Tomorrow brings another mess; today's mess cannot wait.

About Audrey's Arrival

Audrey was created on November 23, 2004. She's totally adorable and amazing. She arrived one week earlier than expected and it is a story in itself. On August 7th, William said it would be nice if she was born on the 8th, makes it easy to remember her birthday. We work up on the 8th and nothing special was happening, so we went over to my grandparents house to play Mahjong, my grandma (Ma Fong) loves to play the game, so we did, I think I even won a few bucks, don't remember exactly. By the time we got home it was past midnight and I decide to put the stroller together. I pushed the box into the family room from the garage, William saw what I was doing and rushed to come help me, just as he grab the box from my hand, he knocked the box over and the corner of the box scrap my belly, right under my belly button. Well after faking some pain, he saw blood on the carpet and thought I was bleeding. After checking that I was not the one bleeding, we realize he has hit his toe and that was bleeding! After getting the stroller and carseat assembled, we went to bed.

August 9th, 2005~ William was downstairs doing stuff when I awaken. I heard a pop (thought I hit something or was still dreaming) and had to use the toilet really bad, as I rushed to the bathroom I realized I had a very full bladder...but I could not control the flow of my urine which I usually can do. I yelled for William and he rushed up to see me, I asked if that was my water bag, like he would know! So he went to get the phone and we called the doctor's office, they suggested we go to the hospital. I wanted to take a shower first, but he would allow it. We got to West Valley Hospital at about 2:30PM, after triage and confirmation of my labor, I was admitted and transfer to a room.

The Delivery~From about 3:00PM to 8:00PM I was fine, mild cramps, nothing I cannot handle. We made a bunch of phone calls, my mom, William's mom, my aunt Kom, she and Elaine even came to visit me, everything was under control. Just as I thought I was doing good I felt the contractions, really felt them! When I was transfer to the patient room, an Indian woman who's an anesthesiologist came and offer the epidural, I rejected and she was upset and told me that 95% of women get it, and I should too. I insisted I don't want it and told her I am part of the 5% that don't need it. I kept that stand even when the contractions came on super powerful, nothing I cannot handle! Then I felt my hip bones pulling apart, I guess my body was getting ready for the baby to come out. Took some pain killer through my IV to relieve some of the pain but I fell asleep from it too. When I woke up it was almost midnight, I had slept almost 4 hours, I guess the pain killer wore off. My cervix went from 1cm to 4cm! Yeah! Just 6cm more to go! Requested for some more pain killer, took the nurse an hour to get it to me, but we got it, and again I fell asleep. Around 4AM, my hips were tearing me up again, the nurse keep urging me to get the epidural and I keep saying "NO." I was at 8cm, still not ready for the delivery yet, but Audrey was under stress, her heart rate had gone up to over 240 and I was warn that if it gets that high again, I might need an emergency C-section. So I calm myself down and did some deep breathing exercises, her heart rate came back down to normal and as 5:00AM got closer, I felt that the baby was going to come out soon. We called the nurse and she said she called the doctor. Dr. Johnson was on call, he arrived at about 5:20AM, as he got ready I felt the baby pushing out. The nurse shouted at me and told me not to push yet, but the doctor said she is doing fine, let her do what she needs to do, its natural. I couldn't stop, Audrey was coming out on her own. Dr. Johnson got down to check me out and coached me to push and hold my breathe for a count of 10, I held it for 15. Rested for a 10 seconds or so, my next contraction came and Audrey was super ready to come out, on this count 10 the crown of her head was showing! Third push and her head came out! By 5:25AM, Dr. Johnson was holding her and crimp her belly cord, which William had cut off. OH, William....such a sport, he was standing to my left and holding my hand the entire time, we forgot the tripod, so didn't video tape the event. Dr. Johnson wrapped Audrey up in a towel and placed her on my belly as he went to take care of my 4th DEGREE TEARS! In my arms is the sweetie that was in my belly for the past eight and half months! After admiring her for a few minutes, the nurse took her to do their usual business. She's 6 pound 12.2 ounces at 19.5 inches with her head circumference of 13.25 inches and chest circumference of 12.5 inches.

Baby on the way?

Last month I was still pushing myself to loose those extra baby pounds I gained from having Audrey. We had a play date at Jenn B's house on May 31st. Jenn's the playgroup founder, she's expecting TWINS!! Totally excited for her! I was all into trying to figure out how twins come about, is there a secret way of creating them...or a certain time of the day...or magical foods you must eat! Turns out, its runs in her family. Its in my family too, but it doesn't happen often. My great grandmother was a twin, they actually had two sets of twins in their family, one set of boys and one set of girls. Well after talking to Jenn about her pregnancy, I notice I was feeling a bit odd myself. So instead of trying out the ovulation kits she gave me, I went to Walmart and got a pregnancy kit. Sunday morning, June 3rd, I did the test, positive! Well, those things can have errors, so I went to the doctor's office and did the test, results were the same. Made an appointment, which was this past Wednesday June 20th. Totally excited and confirmed. I saw the ultrasound image and heard the heartbeat. This is soooo awesome! Only problem is I don't know when the baby was created! I've been breasting feeding Audrey up to May 8th. The menses are never accurate when nursing, so I never kept a record of them. I know it didn't come in May...but when did it come in April? I think the baby was conceived on April 15 or 16, the ultrasound shows the baby being 9 weeks and 2 days as of June 20th! So there we have it, baby was conceived on April 16th! That is just toooooo cool! Baby was created on Daddy's birthday! If that is correct, estimated due date would be January 8th, 2008.

Where am I...whose body am I in!

I feel soooo sick today! No matter what I eat or not eat, I feel like something is gushing up my throat. I didn't sleep well last night, so woke up a little tired, but did some house chores in the morning while Audrey played with her new tricycle. Around lunch time, all I wanted to do was sleep! Audrey manage to fall asleep next to me but then I felt hungry, so I ate 'tong yuen' and then went to see if Audrey was awake for lunch yet. After she ate lunch we went to visit my mom, but the trip made me more tired and sick. Came home and went to sleep. Thank goodness my little darling is such an understanding child, she played with her toys and came to kiss me while I was sleeping, occasionally, she would come and pull my blanket up to my shoulder. By the time dusk came around, she was still playing, I awoke long enough to ask her to turn the lights on, she said "no, mommy sleep." I asked if she was hungry, she said "yes, get up mommy, hungry." We went down and had dinner, then ate half a cantaloupe and some orange slices. Gave her a haircut and then we both went to wash up. She's now sleeping like an angel and I have a ton of stuff to clean up downstairs....but where is my energy!