Eating for Two

So they say you eat for two when you are pregnant... but it's really not true. In fact, we only need an additional 300 calories daily... that's nothing! These days my appetite just increased tremendously. I am hungry all the time!! I try to snack on healthy snacks such as nuts, goldfish crackers, fruits, milk, yogurt, etc. But occasionally I indulge in not so healthy snacks/meals such as McDonald's, gyro, instant noodle, spam, etc. I feel really guilty every time I eat these unhealthy foods :( luckily, these are rare occasions.

Last week, I finally had tuna melt for the first time since we got pregnant... gasp! I limited myself to less than one can of tuna and it was heavenly... :) Can't wait till my next meal of tuna melt! (probably not in a few more weeks)

With my huge appetite, naturally, I am gaining weight... I've gained approximately 5 lbs by now and we are in week 18. I really really hope I can control my weight gain, it's so scary to see the scale go up and up on a weekly basis! Luckily, I lost about 10 lbs before getting pregnant (over a 6 months period of time, not on purpose), so my weight right now is still below my average weight... but not for long.

My maternity clothing arrived a few days ago and none of them fit me! They are all too big for me even though it's x-smalls. So I ended up returning them. A friend advised me not to buy maternity clothing, instead, purchase regular clothing that would fit me during pregnancy, i.e. flowy dresses. I took that advice and ordered a few spring/summer dresses from the regular petite women section :) we'll see how that goes haha

It seems like I have to sleep on my side soon, so I purchased a snoogle pillow on amazon and it arrived today! I can't wait to try it out and see if it's comfy to sleep on haha. I've always been a side sleeper anyway but my favorite position is actually on my back, so hopefully this pillow will help me stay on my side :)

Overall I feel great and most of the time I don't even feel pregnant. So far, Baby Lee has been treating mama pretty good and I'm loving it!

Week 17 and Definitely Showing!

We had our appointment with Dr. Wong today, everything went perfectly- we went over my last blood test and everything is normal. We saw Baby Lee moving around on the sonogram again, and we are having another blood work for the second trimester.

On the sonogram we were able to see that s/he got much bigger and based on some measurements, s/he weights about 6 ounces hehe. We can see his/her ribs, spine, heart.. etc. it was pretty cool.

We are going to schedule our 3-D sonogram at Beth Israel in a few weeks and we can't wait to see the baby 3D!

I've gained 4 lbs and I am totally showing now. I look like I'm carrying a basketball haha. Although I still fit into my clothing but I know it won't be long till I need to wear maternity so I went ahead and bought some!!! Here are a few of my purchases thus far:

I can't wait till it gets warmer and I get wear all these pretty maternity dresses!

We have been holding off on any baby related purchases simply because it just feels too early. We plan on painting the baby room during Easter break :) and then after that, we will start purchasing nursery items yay! We did go window shopping and have an idea of what we want for the baby's crib, stroller, and car seat... I can't wait to set up the nursery <3