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OOOO mama & burping.. I think sometime daddy is too embarrassed to take her out to public. Sorry that she burps alot... when I say alot, it means alot. And it's not controllable! :( I'm sorry... am I causing mama gassy??? let me do some research about burping and pregnancy...

Don't be surprised if you find yourself belching like a champion beer drinker or having to unbutton your pants to relieve bloating weeks before you begin to show.

Why does this happen? The primary reason is that during pregnancy you have much higher levels of progesterone, a hormone that relaxes smooth muscle tissue throughout your body, including your gastrointestinal tract. This relaxation slows down your digestive processes, which can lead to gas, bloating, burping, and flatulence and generally create miserable sensations in your gut, especially after a big meal.

O Ow... :( mama will be burping like a champion beer drinker! :) hehehehehehe

Auntie Ramona is mad at mama coz she didn't tell her right away after she found out that she's pregnant.. okay I think this is an american custom thing, we're not supposed to tell everyone till the first trimester (3 months) over, because the first 3 months are the crucial time. After 3 months the fetus (baby) will become more stronger and the risk of miscarriage will be lesser... then you can tell people. Mama so sorry.. blame it on daddy.. he's the one who wanted to hide stuff from people. Momma already wants to anounce it to the world once the test result came positive.

Mama can't eat meat anymore.. don't know why.. just can't eat 'em anymore. So papa took mama to Hyvee Healthy Market area and bought some soy milk, tofu, and tempeh. Papa so nice... he always think of us. :) Hopefuly this not eating meat phase won't be any longer, because mama does love to eat steak. And the fact that she doesn't allow to eat medium rare steak anymore is killing her too :(. She loves medium rare steak.

So anyway, mama stock some fruits already. She bought pineapple, watermelon, apples, and jicama (is jicama fruit or vegetable?). She made herself this Indonesian fruit dip that they call rujak (palm sugars, chilli pepper, salt, and tamarind). Hehehehehe she made the dip and txt auntie ringga about it :) hehehehehe auntie ringga wasn't happy when she told her about it since she loves that dip too :) hehehhe.

Yesterday was the worst day ever for me, I had no idea why. I threw up a lot at the office, I went home for lunch and threw up again. I couldn't keep anything down. I did try to survive at work, and I did survive till 5pm. Went home and cooked Ma Po Tofu (I guess I can't really eat meat anymore). I ate that a lil bit and tried to make 2 different foods and nothing sound appealing. Arghhhhhh... Carson mom told us to try ginger drink, so Carson went to Hy-Vee to get fresh ginger. I made 'Wedang Jahe' (pretty much Ginger with sugars). So I boiled some ginger and drank that. It soothed my tummy, and then I fell asleep (*piuh* finally).

Today was lil bit fine, still nauseous but not threw up at all... pretty much burping all day tho. :( ughh. I could eat food... basically rice with tofu... I slept around 7 and woke up around 9 craving for watermelon. So now Carson is out... getting watermelon for me. :P hehehehhehe he's so nice.

Nite nite everyone.. thanks for listening (reading) me complaining :P.

All gone!!!! :)

Ouch... momma woke up with a major headache this morning, but she's okay. She's just a lil bit too tired and slept too much! plus she can't get drink any more caffeine.. well the doctor said a small amount of caffeine will be fine but we want to be safe than sorry. Am I right or am i right..

So the secret is out now.. well except some of momma's indo friends don't know yet because she wants to announce it together with momma's best buddy since they're actually only 2 days apart. My EDD (estimated due date) July 18, and my future new best friend will be born July 16.

Today momma went out with her best gf, since she craved all ames food. She ended up ordered 3 different food for to go :). She's so funny. I guess it's a good thing that she doesn't live in ames. So momma won't gain weight too much. We went to target and momma bought a humidifier since her bedroom is too dry.

Today craving: Grilled cheese sandwich, daddy is going to make it for us tonight. He's the best daddy ever!.

PS: we told oma vonny last night about momma's pregnancy. Seems she's excited but not as excited as grandma Bev.

I won't be able to update the blog as much as momma updating her own blog. Since managing 2 blogs are too much for us. But I will try my best. Hopefully in 2 more weeks momma feel back to normal and can do all the super mommy can do! :)

So now grandma, grandpa, auntie erica, my 2 cousins blayke and marcus know that I'm here!!! :) tho I can't see them yet till July, but I heard from mommy that they're so excited to see me!!


O.. by the way, this is what inside the frame:

Today is the big day... mommy & daddy went to the first pre-natal visit. Usual stuff, urine test and blood test for momma while daddy just wait in the waiting room. Later on the nurse finally called mommy's name. Mommy & daddy went inside the exam room.

Anyway, we finally met the doctor, he's a very nice and funny guy. Mommy found this doctor through her friend who already have 2 kids.. so she knows what is she talking about, and all she said were true. Mom asked bunch of questions and she got the answers. And then the dr. asked whether have we heard my heart beat before. She said no, so first the dr. tried to use the fetal doppler that has speaker, but he couldn't found my heart beat. He told us that there's 50% chance that we can hear and 50% we can't. So mommy said it's okay (even tho it's NOT okay.. she wants to hear my heart beat).

Then the dr. did some test to mama and he found out that mama has retroverted uterus, nothing wrong with that.. but now he knows where to find my heart beat. He found it... but he didn't use the one with the speaker so mama can't record my heart beat. She listened my heart beat from the dr.'s stethoscope, and daddy got a chance to hear it too!!. Mom & dad said it's amazing!!! and the dr. said I have a strong heartbeat especially if you can hear it this early and the fact that mama has a weird uterus :P hehehhehhe.

The dr. said it's safe to tell everyone if we want to, but we're going to wait. :) Mama wasn't that emotional when she heard my heart beat but when she drove back to the office.. it hits her hard that she just realized that I'm here for real!!! and she cried... happines cried. Even dad told mom that he kinda choked up when he heard my heart beat, yet he handled it like a man! :P hehehehehe

Alrighty... next post probably after Christmas!! after grandma & grandpa found out about my existence! :) Surprise grandma & grandpa.. uncle and auntie too!! :)

Look what mama bought me... my first CD's collection. Of course we're more advanced then cd player. Mama will put it on daddy's iPod and I will listen it using my iFlop friend.. his name is DJ Floppy (daddy named him).

Here's DJ Floppy.. my future buddy..

Mama went to the mall after work, and she went to Hallmark store. She was looking for a card to surprise grandma about my existance. So she got a card for her, and planning to send it soon since it will take about a week to get there. So Hopefully she will get it by Christmas.

Anyway back to the story, she was walking around the store and she saw this cute rattle toy.. it has a pig head. So cute... Mama bought it for me as my very first rattle. Do you know that I will be born in a year of pig???!! :) Mama is very excited about that since pig is her favorite animal and pig supposed to bring wealth. :)

Like the Monkey, the Pig is intellectual, a character with a great thirst for knowledge.

Aw.... I will be like mama!!! :)

Food cravings: Curry & Rice Cakes

Last night mommy wants Olive Garden salad so bad, so we went all the way 40 minutes drive to Olive Garden. Mommy got her soup & salad... *yumm* she even ate 3 plates of salads! three! yeah... but after she took her prenatal vitamin mama didn't feel good at all. She came home and threw up :( poor mommy, she cried.. she doesn't like throwing up. She said it hurts her throat.
3 more weeks mommy.. and you will be more than okay.

Today for no reason mommy wants to eat Spam.. yeap fried spam with rice... it's so tasty!!! :)
It's hard for her these days since nothing appealing to her. Sometimes when she heard about certain food can make her threw up so easily. Just heard... smell even worse. These days daddy sometimes has to eat downstairs and stay away from her since she can't handle the smell anymore.

Hopefully once she passed her first trimeseter, she will be fine.... next week we will see the doctor!! it's going to be our first visit. Mommy hope that she can hear my heart beat.... I'm so exicted!!!

Today (well last night at 12:00am) daddy gave me bunch of gifts!!! but since I'm not here yet, my best pal tried it on for me. I got a hat, bibs, onesies, blanket, socks, and bath wrap. Since daddy doesn't know whether I'm a boy or a girl, he bought me all green and yellow... well there's some blue and 1 pink. Daddy is so smart! :) Thanks daddy... I love you!!! and hey you!! yeah you.. the one wearing my hat, bib, and socks! those are mine!!!! :P hehehehe

What have I been craving so far...PHO, strawberry milkshake, American Singles, Lemonade, Mung Bean Ice Cream, Grilled Corn, Sweet & Spicy Kielbasa, Cheeseburger from Mc. D, tater tots, Fruits (especially Asian pear which cost me 69 cents each or $2.59/each the big one)...

I know for sure what I don't like.. Mexican food, green bean caserolle, yogurt...