1st Trimester

I'm telling you now. IF you ever wanna expand your family, do it before your 35th birthday please.

Its cruel to subject your body to such extreme condition at this age. I may think and act perasan young but the body is not fooled. Extreme tiredness ALL THE TIME. The first few weeks after the blue line appeared was the most cruelest. There is a mattress in front of the telly in the hall fo rme to land the moment I enter the house. And that's where you will find me until bedtime where I will then proceed to continue land on until the next morning. 

Repeat.

Sigh... The family gets neglected. The house is neglected. Mr hubbs is neglected. Not by choice but I just don't have the energy to do anything else. The journey from the front door to the mattress is taxing enough that it renders me invalid the whole night. 

And the food! blergh! everything and anything taste yummy while I'm chewing. The moment I stop chewing, the after taste is just horrible. Horrible I tell you! Hence I have to force myself to chew and chew and eat and eat just to avoid getting that horrible taste in my mouth. Everything taste metalic-ish. All liquid makes my tongue feels horrible. Everything makes me wanna puke.

I didn't actually puke a lot this time around. But I would rather puke than carrying this nausea feeling all the time. Its draining the energy feeling having to puke but not quite.

One time, I did puke and it was horrible. Everything came out like waterfall and I can't even breath. Like there was an automatic floodgate that was opened and nothing can stop it until everything is gone. Oh. Don't let me go on about that horrible asidic greenish puke. Yuck. And I my throat and stomach would hurt bad right after. Drinking would make me puke. Not drinking would make the throat more painful.

I don't know why people love being pregnant. I honestly don't.

Another difference that I faced this time around is that whatever symptoms I have, mr hubbs has it too. That metalic-ish taste of liquid especially plain water. Yup, he taste that too. That feeling of being constantly hungry. Yup he feels that too. The tiredness, the lethargic, the nausea, the heartburn. Yup, he has all of those although at a lesser degree.

What can I say except "welcome to my world". Secretly, I love the fact that he's having the same symptoms. It means that our lives are so intertwined and that we are acutely aware of the presence of each other that he mimicked the feelings that I have. That is love to me... ^_^

All those horrible feelings are at the worst during the first few weeks. But now that I'm nearing the end of the 1st trimester (i think), its not that bad anymore. I don't feel like extremely tired or puking everytime after I eat. The metalic-ish taste is lesser. I can now drink plain water. After taste of food taste slightly better. And I'm not that lethargic all the time anymore. Boleh la nak sidai2 baju, nk kemas2 barang sikit2.

I have been craving for hot and spicy and sour food. Sambal belacan, cili. Nando's angry mango (slurp). And sweet things. but no chocolate please. Those makes me puke immediately. Although magnum ice-cream looks so yummy. sob sob. And this baby has one hell of expensive taste in food. Nak makan taste mat saleh je. Italian, western, cheesy food etc.. 

And like Aydin, I eat both asam manis and sweets. So not helpful in indicating the gender of the baby yet. 

I have not been seeing a Dr yet. What's the point? I already know that I'm pregnant. I'm taking my folic asic (if I remember). I have my vitamin c + calcium daily (heaven sent since I can't take milk due to my eczema and soya is just yucky). My gums still bleed when I brush my teeth. 

And the weight gain! Oh. My. God!!! Would you believe me if I said that I have gained a total of approximately 9kg the past 2 months? Yup NINE freaking KILOGRAMS! And its only the 1st trimester. Lets do math. If I gain 10kg every trimester, I will gain a total of approximately 30kg for the whole duration.

GASP!

sigh... Tell me again which part of pregnancy is enjoyable?

How It All Begin... for the Fourth Time...

Well, truth be told, I don't really want to expand my cozy little family. To me we are already at the perfect size. Also because serik wooo dengan Aydin that makes me feel like I have 3 mischievous twins to take care of at the same time.

However, despite saying "tak nak", we never took on any kind of precautions. I was on the pill before but after too frequent bleeding, I went for numerous checkups to see what was wrong and I discovered that I have polyps. Its only an extra piece of meat (?) hanging from my womb like stalactite but it feeds on estrogen from the pills that I took, hence it became active and bleed just like normal period walhal bukan darah period pun and it will grow since it is sufficiently fed. Therefore, I decided to stop the pill. Other alternatives were not that appealing for us. I refuse to go for implants or injections coz my weight would just shoot up like there is no tomorrow. IUD is simply scary. The rubber is just not attractive enuf for either of us. And withdrawal? what withdrawal? tee hee hee... so we just carried on happily tempting fate. 

Well, after 4 years of being tempted, Fate took the bait. #padanmukaaku.

How did I know? for the first time, there was not a single sign except for the rapid increase of weight. I have been taking a slimming product and half a year now and the only product that was successful to reduce and control my weight. I have been losing weight and no increase since the last half a year. so it came as a surprise that right after Hari Raya Puasa, I gain some weight. Then out of a sudden despite consuming the product, I gained more. I stopped thinking that probably my body need to take a break from the product for a week or so. But after the break, and while still consuming the product, i kept putting on weight. At the same time, just before the weight gain, I was having all the PMS symptoms but just as sudden, PMS passed but no period. However, since I have a long cycle of 45 days, I was still within the cycle. But it became even more suspicious because all other PMS symptoms stopped except the painful breasts. It was damn painful. Even the slightest touch was painful (imagine the frustration of a man named mr hubbs. hehe).

The weird thing is the normal pregnant symptoms that I would get for all my 3 pregnancies was not present. In all my 3 pregnancies, my skin would break out so bad that my face would be filled with small pimples and becomes too oily to manage. However, this time around, my skin condition remains but my eczema became better. I have a very bad case of eczema on the top of my right foot. Its always damp and bloodied and itchy as hell. But during that time, it became dry and flaky.

After nearly a month, bought myself a test kit despite not being late for my period yet. Took the test on 24 August 2013.

When I was carrying Aydin, it took me 3 test kits and nearly going on to 6 weeks pregnant for the lines to appear. This time around, the line appeared loud and clear. No ifs or buts.

How I felt about it? It was expected. I kinda guessed that I am pregnant so it doesn't came as a surprise to see the lines appearing. If the lines didn't appear, that would be a pleasant surprise.

So, here goes 4th round... lets see what other interesting and different experience I will be having this time.

How to Calculate Your EDD (Expected Delivery Date)

The average length of a pregnancy is 40 weeks, or 280 days, from the first day of the last normal menstrual period. Calculating the due date, or expected date of delivery, for a pregnancy is quite simple, then, if you know that date. 

Simply add nine months and seven days to the date (first day of the last normal menstrual period), and you've got your pregnancy due date.

In reality, though, few women give birth on their exact due date. About 80 percent of babies are born within ten days of the due date. That's a fairly large window, beginning ten days before the due date and extending out ten days after the due date. A pregnancy that occurs during this time period (between 38 and 42 weeks) is called full term.

For full article:
http://health.howstuffworks.com/pregnancy-and-parenting/pregnancy/issues/10005-how-to-calculate-your-pregnancy-due-date.htm