First Ultrasound!

We went to the clinic today and got our first ultrasound! Everything is going very good. And here is our new baby! .... ummm... somewhere in there... I think it is in the part that looks like an eye. Actually the bottom half of the picture looks exactly like an angry rhinoceros looking right at you! For Thao's sake, I hope that isn't the case heheh

Due Date: March 5, 2010
Gestational Age: 6 weeks 4 days (since LMP)
Size: 20 mm
Mommy's weight: 49.5kg (+1 kg)

From our googling, it seems that 20mm is verrrry big so soon! And Thao already has a 3 month belly! ;))



This dress makes her look very pregnant hehehe

Pregnant women everywhere!

We went to Big C supermarket yesterday, and I noticed something again that I remember noticing when I first came to Vietnam: there are a lot of pregnant women everywhere you look! I'm sure there were at least 20 pregnant women that I saw. I hardly remember ever seeing anyone pregnant in Canada or the US... Where do all the pregnant women go in the West? Are they hiding at home, always working in the office, or just wear clothes so you don't notice? Maybe it's just that in Canada I wasn't really exposed to as many people out in public. Mostly it is just: drive to work, sit in the office, drive home. Here in Vietnam everyone is outside eating on the streets every day, and of course I have a talking machine wife that likes to talk with everyone.

Anyways, after our shopping was finished, Thao noticed that they had a special promotion where you could win cash prizes or even a laptop. Based on our shopping receipt, we got 3 tickets to scan at the computer booth, which had a display like a slot machine. Thao was so happy when she won some money!! She won 10,000 dong... That's about 50 cents. So of course she told me to wait outside while she went in and got something quick. I tried to tell her that it was not worth it because the lines were so long, but she wanted to get her prize...

So I waited... And then I waited. And then I waited some more. It must have been at least 30 minutes... When she finally did come back, she told me that the first time she got something small and went to the cashier but she said "no, sorry, it has to be exactly 10,000 dong"... so Thao went searching again and came back with something worth 9,000 dong. "no, I can't give any money back, it has to be 10,000 dong." So of course Thao said "I don't care, you can keep the extra money!" but the reply was "no sorry, 10,000 dong..." Most people would give up at this point, because the store was very busy and crowded and long lines at the checkout. But Thao went running around the whooooole store searching for something that was exactly 10,000 dong so she could get her prize! So finally she found 4 yoghurts x 2,500 dong each! Heheheh good job hunny!

Mood swings

Everyone knows the stories about the husband who has to go out in the middle of the night searching for something strange that his pregnant wife wants to eat... Well today was the first time that Thao wanted me to go out and get her something. Luckily it was only pho, and at lunchtime... She had to write down on a piece of paper what I should say, since my Vietnamese is still a bit rusty. She didn't want me coming back with a pig heart instead of pho!

Normally I drive her on the motorbike whenever we go out, but since I would go alone this time she was a bit worried. She told me about 20 times to drive slow and be careful, but finally she let me go...

So off I went on the motorbike around the corner to the pho restaurant. It didn't take very long before I got our lunch and came back to the apartment... But when I got off the elevator I saw Thao standing in the open doorway crying! .... "Oh my god, what's wrong?!" I asked... It turns out that she was so worried about me going by myself that she couldn't do anything, and had to stay by the door praying for me to come back safely!

So I wiped her tears away and fed her some good pho, and then she was feeling better. She said she would never let me go anywhere by myself again! :)


Week 6 Pregnancy symptoms:
Mood swings: oh yes
Strange food cravings: starting now
Nausea: not too bad yet

Baby news

We were so happy to finally get the news that our first baby is on the way! Thao was worried that it would be hard for her to get pregnant because she thinks she is getting old, but I guess we were lucky after only three months of marriage.

At first Thao said it felt like she was two or three months pregnant already... Her boobies were sore and her belly felt sore and swollen. But then she was worried when she felt fine for a day lol. She is the only person I know who would worry when they feel bad and also worry when they feel good heheh

It's still early (5 weeks) but tomorrow we will go to the doctor for a blood test. We did go to a clinic today to check it out, it is a new clinic but does not look as good as the other one we went to before. But Thao talked to the doctor for about half an hour for free! :) She should have gotten a blood test right then, but she is too scared to do that, so I will have to convince her tomorrow...

Already I know I will have to watch her carefully, and make sure she eats on time, drinks a lot, takes her vitamins, and doesn't work too hard. And mood swings... Oh yes. Have to watch what I say. "Sorry hun!" is best ;) :-*

cutest babies

My baby will be beautiful like these kids.