Meeting up w/ I Nong!

There hasn't been a whole lot for me to do here, so I always look forward to meeting up w/ friends. Here we are @ Taipei Main Station~~~~ I was lucky to be able to catch her cuz she's actually heading back to Seattle in just a couple of weeks! Lucky her!

A couple other things to look forward to during the next few days... Tonight: Gobby's coming over after work~~ Friday: My weekly OBGYN appointment~~ Saturday: Test trying the food for the month after giving birth~~ Sunday: Paying a visit to Tommy in Ilan.

Once Sunday hits, it means there are only 2 weeks left til Yi-Hua comes back to Taiwan.

Oh hurry hurry hurrrrrrrrrry!

36 week Appointment!

Yesterday's appointment was a little different. It started out with having the babies heart rate as well as my cervix being monitored for 20 minutes. Baby's heart rate ranged from 140-160 which is very normal, (determined by the OBGYN). As for my cervix... nothing too exciting going on there. Apparently once I'm closer to labor, then some major squiggle lines will start to appear on the chart. However today, it was pretty steady. That's good news to me, cuz I'm still hoping Baby will wait at least another 3 weeks before arriving!

My current weight is 61.4kg. And baby's weight is 2417 grams!

Just found out last night that even if I were to have Baby in the first week of Sept, Yi-Hua would not be able to make it back. He has to send his passport in to get his worker permit renewed. Lovely timing, huh? Gosh this sucks.

Still 21 days away before he comes back to Taiwan. Lame.

Just pregnant, not helpless!

OMG... so bored. I want a part time job. I'm just pregnant, not helpless. I hate how everyone thinks it's so nice to spend a whole month and a half not working and just relaxing. How can I get them to comprehend the meaning of time standing still? And I'm sooooooo not talking about the romantic way of "my eyes staring into your eyes and yours into mine... and the earth stood still"... but rather, this is the kind where every time I look a the clock, the minute hand has only moved forward by about 5 minutes.

Anyway, I went to tealit.com today. I looked through the classified to see if anyone is in search of some part time tutoring. Sent out a couple of emails. Hoping for at least one response.

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As for Baby Boy... at least I know he's a nice and healthy one. He's sure been rolling around a lot especially during the night hours. Can't wait for tomorrow's ultrasound! At least I have something big to look forward to once a week!

Shopping Shopping

Oops, two shopping blogs in a row. =P Shopping really wasn't my plan for today, I swear... but after not leaving the house for the majority of the day, I was getting so antsy.

So around 4ish... I hopped on the bus to Ximen. Spent a very lovely 3 hours walking around and looking at clothes, accessories, etc. Dunno why, but I feel more energetic walking around than staying at home and doing nothing all day. Baby likes to go shopping too! He told me so!

*sigh* everyday... i feel like all I'm doing is waiting. I don't even know what exactly I'm waiting for. Mornings, I wait to see if there are orders to type up... Afternoons, I wait for the sun to go down so that life can be a little more bearable.... Nights, I wait for our Skype dates... and the rest of the time, I'm waiting for my husband to come back and for our baby to come out. That's a whole lot of waiting, doncha think?

Here is a pic @ 36weeks - 1 day. (This is how bored I was while I was at home today).

ONE MONTH to GO!

Yesterday I went shopping with Gobby and 小雅 @ FE21 (the department store, not Forever 21)！It is so fun to shop in department stores... however, it does make me wish that money grew on trees. Man, everything is hella expensive! All I got were three articles of clothing to be used after giving birth, and that cost me nearly a whole NT8000! I was bout ready to pass out!

I'm gonna have to have myself another 2 or 3 babies to make use of these purchases, gosh!

Our little baby's expected due date is in exactly one month! Please be a good baby and follow the schedule! There's something I don't understand. In Asia, the majority of people say the first baby comes two weeks prior to the due date whereas in the US, stats show that like 70% come on time or later.

I'm still not quite sure what being a good parent entails... but I guess we'll be finding out soon enough.

35 weeks

Oops, I've missed the last 2 and a half months. I'm actually pretty mad at myself for not updating, but you just gotta have the time and be in the right mood to write ya know?

Been back in Taiwan for almost 3 weeks already.

I have to say, the OBGYN checkups are going so much better. The nurses and doctors are so nice and patient here! And at the checkups, they actually record the whole scan on a DVD for ya. Yesterday, I went for a checkup. Baby is a whole 2266 grams! (5.00 pounds)! And mommy is at 61kg. Oh boy! That weight is going to be fun to lose.

I know I should be nervous, but I'm not really there yet. I guess I keep trying to convince myself that the baby won't come until Yi-Hua comes back to Taiwan. I really really really want him to be here for this. It's not one of those things that happen every day, ya know.

A little note to myself and my future Mommy friends. If you wear contacts normally, try to just wear glasses during the last 3 months of pregnancy. The doc says that during this time, your eyeball gets less oxygen, and it's best to give them a chance to relax.

What else... oh yeah, starting early in pregnancy, when you're at home relaxing, try to find 20-30 minutes and put your feet up against the wall or at least somewhere elevated. It will help prevent ugly spider veins and swelling. It's such an easy task, yet during these last 8 months, I may only have done it once or twice.

Recent thoughts now usually revolve around how painful it will be to breastfeed. For some reason, I actually feel a little more intimidated about that part than the giving birth part. I was talking to Yi-Hua's cousin's wife the other day... asking her how it was. I was hoping for "it was easy and painless" for an answer... but the actual response was not as encouraging. But it's okay, I can do whatever it takes (I think). All the studies show that there are a ton more benefits to breastfed babies as opposed to being bottle fed from the very beginning.

Losing my train of thought... so gonna stop here.

Next ultrasound is just one week away. Next week they're gonna attach some contraption to me to measure the heart rate of the baby as well as ... the progress of my cervix. I don't exactly know. It really doesn't help that I only understand about 60% of what the nurses and doctor tells me. It's all good, as long as our little baby is healthy~~~