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~~~