Meme quizzes, Pregnancy, Uncategorized DOOMP.. DOOMP… DOOMP…. 4 August 2010


How two little red lines can change your entire life…


This pregnancy announcement almost trumped our engagement announcement in terms of # of comments – I guess you guys are mainly interested in weddings and babies? 😛

So I’m in my 2nd Trimester now.. at exactly 4 months pregnant (16 weeks) as of today.

I’m due 19 January 2011 🙂

I guess what really shocked us the most was.. erm… how quickly it happened. Not that we were unprepared, but that it took a grand total of one week between us deciding to stop not trying (*ahem*), and just leave it up to God. That’s kind of crazy considering my parents took 7 years (!!!) to conceive me, so I always just assumed we would take ages. It’s why I didn’t really think I was pregnant until quite late – we knew that normally it takes couples around 6 months or more to fall pregnant, so we figured it would happen around the end of the year.. certainly not a few days later 😛 Well, better sooner than later, I guess!

So far I haven’t really had common first-trimester pregnancy bad-symptoms (nausea, backache, heartburn, varicose veins, bloating). The only BAD thing is that my weight has shot from 45KG to 48.5KG (107lbs) as of today – eeeeeeekkkkkk 🙁 It really does show on me. My waist is so much thicker now and I have a pot belly. Sadly, I don’t actually look like I’m obviously pregnant at a glance yet 😛 I’m also trying to wrap my head around the fact that by the end, I’ll be around 60KG… that’s almost 50% more of me than there was pre-pregnancy!!!! I can’t really imagine what I’m going to look like (besides a giant ball) and I’m too scared to dwell upon it too much. I just remind myself it’s not just about me anymore, it’s really all about the baby. Right?? 🙂

Chris is all kinds of amazing. Thank God for him. I thought usually guys are pretty hands-off, but he’s read up so much about pregnancy and babies, and is so pumped full of knowledge, that it beats mine, haha. It makes me feel really safe because he knows exactly what I should/shouldn’t be doing or eating.. so I can pretty much leave it all to him and be well taken care of. He’s going to be freakin’ amazing Dad, and he’s so excited about all this, and meeting his baby in January, that he’s just a bundle of madness 😛

Anyway, here’s a video of our baby’s heartbeat. This was taken at 12 weeks (one month ago) so it was only around 3 inches head-to-bum then. Now, it’s 4.5 inches 🙂 We find out if it’s a Boy or a Girl straight after we come back from our 4-week Eurotrip!



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150-or-so beats per minute 🙂

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Congrats!!!

I’ve been a follower of your blog for a few years (but I don’t have an LJ myself hence the anonymity!) and wanted to say congrats and I’m so excited for you!!
Me and hubby fell pregnant late nov last year, and like you guys, went ahead on a europe trip while we could still go and explore the world baby-less (well that was what pushed us to do it hehe)
Hope you have an easy journey. I’m almost at the 60kg mark now that I’m towards the end of the pregnancy but you might not notice it (except for the growing bump!). Mine didn’t actually ‘spread’ bc of my petite build 🙂
Congrats again!

Re: Congrats!!!

Thanks for commenting and also for the well wishes!

CONGRATS on your own little bundle of joy.. how fun that you went to Europe too. Hope you have a smooth labour and delivery 🙂

congrats beverly! i hardly log on to comment or blog anymore..but i just had to say congrats to u and ur hubby. i also was lucky and tried for 1 week before getting preggers…i did not even think it would work so quickly so i only found out at 9 weeks! not to scare u but i put on 20kg!! but i lost 10kg already after giving birth 6 weeks ago. Good luck and enjoy ur pregnancy and couple time before bb comes.

Aww thank you hon – and I can’t believe you are a mother?!?!? I never knew – congrats!! You should start blogging again about your new family 🙂

20 kg… *gulp*…

Congrats!!!

I’ve been a follower of your blog for a few years (but I don’t have an LJ myself hence the anonymity!) and wanted to say congrats and I’m so excited for you!!
Me and hubby fell pregnant late nov last year, and like you guys, went ahead on a europe trip while we could still go and explore the world baby-less (well that was what pushed us to do it hehe)
Hope you have an easy journey. I’m almost at the 60kg mark now that I’m towards the end of the pregnancy but you might not notice it (except for the growing bump!). Mine didn’t actually ‘spread’ bc of my petite build 🙂
Congrats again!

Re: Congrats!!!

Thanks for commenting and also for the well wishes!

CONGRATS on your own little bundle of joy.. how fun that you went to Europe too. Hope you have a smooth labour and delivery 🙂

Thanks so much Berlin! Heh if we’d managed to see each other when I was in the US I’d have been 1 month pregnant back then 😛

Swinging by from Amanda’s blog to say congrats! 🙂 My boy is due 24 Dec, a few weeks earlier than yours!

BTW, 3.5kg for 4 months isn’t awfully alot!! Its normal! Well..or so I try to tell myself!! I am at 5kg for 20 weeks. 🙁

Enjoy being pampered by Chris! 😉

Oooh nice, an almost Christmas baby! 🙂

I think I’ll be 5 kg at 20 weeks to… there’s no escaping and it’s healthy anyway, I guess that’s the best way to look at it LOL

congrats beverly! i hardly log on to comment or blog anymore..but i just had to say congrats to u and ur hubby. i also was lucky and tried for 1 week before getting preggers…i did not even think it would work so quickly so i only found out at 9 weeks! not to scare u but i put on 20kg!! but i lost 10kg already after giving birth 6 weeks ago. Good luck and enjoy ur pregnancy and couple time before bb comes.

Aww thank you hon – and I can’t believe you are a mother?!?!? I never knew – congrats!! You should start blogging again about your new family 🙂

20 kg… *gulp*…

What a coincidence, my little brother was born January 19th 2009!! All the best once again =))

Congratulations Beverly! It’s such great news! And what a lucky baby he/she gets to go on a one month holiday in Europe even before he/she’s born! Have a great trip and look after yourself and the baby.

Thanks so much Berlin! Heh if we’d managed to see each other when I was in the US I’d have been 1 month pregnant back then 😛

Swinging by from Amanda’s blog to say congrats! 🙂 My boy is due 24 Dec, a few weeks earlier than yours!

BTW, 3.5kg for 4 months isn’t awfully alot!! Its normal! Well..or so I try to tell myself!! I am at 5kg for 20 weeks. 🙁

Enjoy being pampered by Chris! 😉

Oooh nice, an almost Christmas baby! 🙂

I think I’ll be 5 kg at 20 weeks to… there’s no escaping and it’s healthy anyway, I guess that’s the best way to look at it LOL

Oh oh oh! Congratulations to Chris and you! Don’t worry about the weight gain. I’m sure you’ll be one hot mommy!

Whoa!! Amazing how you can see the baby’s shape so clearly. And that heartbeat.. so fast! Haha, I am in awe here. The baby is super lucky to have parents who care so much. It’s awesome of Chris to read on what you need too. 🙂

What a coincidence, my little brother was born January 19th 2009!! All the best once again =))

that’s so exciting!!! there’s a tendency that we might share the same birthday, just 2 days before your expected due date!!!!

Considering I’ve been following your blogs in all it’s forms since gemz.net I am so THRILLED to see another lj babyyyyyy!! 🙂

Congratulations! EEEEE Cannot wait to see your epic euro pictures!

I’m still so excited for yoooou!!! And I’m not surprised that Chris is so hands-on about it because he’s really good to you and will definitely make a good father 🙂

Congratulations Beverly! It’s such great news! And what a lucky baby he/she gets to go on a one month holiday in Europe even before he/she’s born! Have a great trip and look after yourself and the baby.

I am so happy for you guys it’s like I’m having the baby myself lol /bursts into glee

I’m betting on a girl for you. You and her can share clothes when she gets old enough and you can hand down your bags lol

Hahah ya nutter ! But thank you 🙂

If we have a girl, she’ll be SO girl-ified it’s gonna scare the socks of Chris, lollll

Oh oh oh! Congratulations to Chris and you! Don’t worry about the weight gain. I’m sure you’ll be one hot mommy!

Whoa!! Amazing how you can see the baby’s shape so clearly. And that heartbeat.. so fast! Haha, I am in awe here. The baby is super lucky to have parents who care so much. It’s awesome of Chris to read on what you need too. 🙂

that’s so exciting!!! there’s a tendency that we might share the same birthday, just 2 days before your expected due date!!!!

Considering I’ve been following your blogs in all it’s forms since gemz.net I am so THRILLED to see another lj babyyyyyy!! 🙂

Congratulations! EEEEE Cannot wait to see your epic euro pictures!

I’m still so excited for yoooou!!! And I’m not surprised that Chris is so hands-on about it because he’s really good to you and will definitely make a good father 🙂

I am so happy for you guys it’s like I’m having the baby myself lol /bursts into glee

I’m betting on a girl for you. You and her can share clothes when she gets old enough and you can hand down your bags lol

Hahah ya nutter ! But thank you 🙂

If we have a girl, she’ll be SO girl-ified it’s gonna scare the socks of Chris, lollll