First Trimester Pregnancy

From my memos of my morning sickness:

Nov 22

Am I pregnant?
Saw a general doctor at a clinic. Started feeling some change in taste.

Nov 23
Getting morning sickness (all day sickness).

Nov 24
My breath started getting rough at night. Need naps in the afternoons.
Checking and studying about morning sickness on line.

Nov 27
Not feeling well and don’t want to go out.
So when I have to, do everything at one time… Yoga and the gym on the same day. My spirit and power feel like 50% down. Not energetic.

Nov 28
First examination of my urine/blood

Even though I had 10 hour sleep at night, one more nap in the afternoon was needed.
When I sleep, I can escape from feeling sick.

My morning sickness is troublesome. When I’m eating, I’m fine. But once stop eating, I start feeling sick. So I have to keep eating!
And I can not drink water anymore. Water is the worst drink for me. It make me vomit.
I started eating congee almost everyday. So delicious!

Paul Mccartney’s concert was  so nice that I forgot about my sickness!

Nov 29
My breath has been rough. Where does all the oxygen I’m taking go!?
I can forget my sickness when I’m eating, so I keep eating until I get really too full and sick. I think I’m eating too much obviously, but I don’t feel too fat somehow. The energy has been consumed somehow, I’m imagining…

I used to sweat a lot and can see the sweat on my T-shirt, but now I can not do that anymore. I used to burn 450 cal but now it’s 350. Outside is so cold.

Dec 4
Strawberries are so refreshing and delicious.
Prince Catherine is also pregnant and hospitalized for the morning sickness.

Dec 5
I want to take pickled plums, black olives, potato chips and sour candies with me for a trip to Jamaica.

Dec 11
Just like my last pregnancy last year, my lips got really rough. Is it because of the season or because I’m pregnant? I’m using chap stick so often though.
I read somewhere that a pregnant woman should drink 8 cups of water a day. It’s so impossible for me. I would vomit if I drink water. So I would lose water from my body! So I drink tea (I was drinking regular tea. So it’s not good as it contains caffeine). But I could drink only 2 – 3 cups of tea. So I’m dehydrated. I tried to have congee, fruits and veggies to compensate it. These days, I prefer salty food too. That’s also bad. But this time, I found that I could drink water when a lot of ice is in it.

Dec 12
The last general doctor I saw wasn’t there, so I met another doctor. She saw my result of my examination (urine/blood) but couldn’t find the data of my hormones. She guessed that the last doctor was checking only the least data from my urine for my pregnancy, and didn’t get hormone data. but we need it as a record, so I was told to go again to get blood checked…..

Dec 15
Leaving for Jamaica.
Last time I vomited on the plain. So I got worried about the flight. I took 4 pills and got a side effect which is a terrible headache. Transferring in NY should have been fun, but it was a very hard day.

Dec 16
Maybe it’s because Jamaica was very warm, I didn’t get sick at night on the day we arrived! My rough lips also got healed.
But still, for the rest of the stay, I usually got sick at night.  I took the pills in the afternoon for the night. It seems it worked and sometimes it didn’t… still I don’t know if it’s really effective or not.

Jan 7
The first ultra sound test at the bigger hospital. I was wondering when we have an examination to check the possibility of down syndrome, and it was on this day. It was done at the same time. It sounds like the possibility is low as 15%.
It’s so nice to see the baby. We were pushing the baby around to take good pictures for the examination. maybe she/he didn’t like it? The hands were on its head and she/he looked like screaming “Stop!”. Gestures were cute!

The book we are reading:

This is a book my hubby bought it for me when I got pregnant last time. Later my doctor was also recommending this book, so it’s a good book. A lot of info.

I also go on line and search for everything in Japanese also. Recently my parents and sister-in-law sent me an informative booklet. It was nice.