Week 14 Update

Sick and Pregnant Again
I am sick again. I started feeling the symptoms of a cold mid last week right before the start of our mid winter break and it's just been going downhill. I think it's a pattern now, whenever there is a break, I get sick... sighs... Luckily, this time I am not having a fever (yet) and it's really not too too bad. I have a major runny nose (sneezing every 5 minutes or so and using boxes of tissues), itchy throat and some cough. Danny usually doesn't get sick from me, but this time he's not so lucky either :(

Mid-Winter Recess
Besides this annoying cold, my break has been pretty relaxing so far. Danny and I spent the weekend relaxing together per usual. Then, on Monday I went out to the city to have lunch with Dorry at Chipotle (my fav!), followed by a 80 minute ease massage (super duper relaxing), and then had afternoon tea with Syl. It was such a relaxing day for me to be able to get out there and just catch up with friends :) and don't even get me started with the massage... ahh... it was truly heavenly. Yesterday, I spent the afternoon with my parents helping them with some business related issues. Today, I had lunch with Sara, Annie, and Baby Evan at BKNY :) they were giving me lots of tips!

Baby Book
Our baby book arrived yesterday!

We ordered it on amazon and it's even cuter in person! We picked a gender neutral baby book since we don't know the sex of the baby yet. I can't wait to start filling it out hehe

Postpartum Doula
My parents hired us a postpartum doula to help us out when the baby arrives. They actually hired this doula as soon as we told them about the baby weeks ago. At first we weren't so keen on having a stranger living with us... but after talking to a few moms, I am so grateful that they did. The doula will live with us for 40 days after the birth of the baby and she will take care of the baby, cooking, and all the other household chores. Being a first time mom I'm sure I can use some help from an experienced doula! She will be sleeping in the nursery with the baby so we'll put a twin bed in there for now. This definitely will free me up so I don't have to do the nighttime feedings. Plus, this puts the pressure off our parents so when they come and visit, they can just spend time with us and the baby instead of handling house chores. It really puts me at ease knowing there will be someone here helping out when baby lee finally arrives :)

That's all the update for now, I hope this break never ends ahh!

Week 13 and Going Public

We had our 3rd appointment with Dr. Wong this past Saturday. This was the first appointment where Danny came into the exam room with me since we can now do an external u/s. I was preping Danny in case we weren't going to do any u/s since it's not common that mom-to-bes get u/s done at EVERY appointment. But to our surprise, not only did he get to see the baby through the u/s, Baby Lee was VERY ACTIVE and s/he was moving non-stop!! We saw Baby Lee kicking, waving, and even stretching! It was such an amazing moment for us. I just can't believe how human like s/he is already!  We weren't prepared for all that movement so we couldn't video tape it, but for sure, next time we will!

Dr. Wong measured Baby Lee's length and determined him/er to be at 13 weeks (which is a few days older than we originally thought s/he is) but my due date is still going to be on August 23. The good news is that it doesn't look like Dr. Wong will be away on vacation during that time (YAY!), I really really really pray that she will be the one that delivers the baby because we love her!

During the u/s, she asked if we wanted to know the sex of the baby since she can look for it already... we hesitated and I finally said "No"... ahh!!! For now, we decided NOT to find out the sex of the baby until that big moment in the delivery room when the doctor announces... "IT'S A BOY/GIRL!"... but knowing me, it's going to be reallyyyy tough not to find out! We'll see what happens at our next appointment (Week 17)...

Another good news is that I haven't gained any weight even though I feel like I look like a boat already... My goal is not to gain any weight until 5 months into the pregnancy.. we'll see what happens

We decided to go public on facebook since my first trimester is coming to an end :) and this Saturday will mark the beginning of our second trimester! Super excited hehe

Hope everyone is/will be having a wonderful Valentine's Day/Evening!

Here is a picture of Baby Lee at Week 13: