Compared to the other trimesters, third was fairly uneventful. The most noticeable difference was my size.  i did grow a decent sized belly, but not enormous. but with the growth also came … stretch marks! >_< very unappealing in my opinion. but again, not horribly bad compared to what i’ve seen online. Yup and that lovely line right down the middle of the belly. Not too pretty either. here’s mine:

Stretch Marks

Growth of a belly also meant fun times trying to get out of bed in the morning.  if you want to know what i mean, strap a 20-40lbs backpack to your midsection lie down in bed and then try to get up. now do that every morning for about 3 months. yeah. now you get it. joseph was always very accommodating, sometimes helping to push me out of bed when i needed the extra nudge.

Walking around and going up and down stairs is not fun, but with the extra weight up front, it’s even more not fun. same test with the back pack. thankfully my feet didn’t swell, but i did start to feel pain in my hips and legs.  i definitely got sleepy around the 3pm mark. the only thing keeping me up at work was the constant talking around me from my coworkers. what i really wanted to do was curl up on the sofa behind me.

one thing i definitely liked during the last trimester, was all the people who let me have a seat on the subway. i did notice a bit of a trend. the people who gave up their seats were other women (usually older white ladies), and short latino men. but me, being the weirdo that I am, would always try to get the lame kids, who’s legs were sprawled apart into at least 2 seats, to move instead.

if you really must know more detail about being pregnant, just carry the backpack in your midsection all the time for 3 months.  soon you’ll be aching all over, and getting tired faster too

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second trimester was better than the first. for sure. only one incident of diarrhea and vomiting. and my appetite slowly came back. at the last doctors appointment of the trimester I had finally gained back 2.5lbs of the 10lbs i had lost.

that was really the most scary thing for me. everything i read and from other people’s experiences they had all GAINED weight during their pregnancy, nearly from the beginning. meanwhile i gained nothing, only lost. it scared me. i was definitely trying to eat more and more frequently. third trimester has been better. more on that in a later post.

i started to feel the baby move around. the fluttering feels a lot like GAS. but as the baby got bigger we could start to feel her kick. i found it sort of amusing and cute most of the time. joseph thinks it’s a little creepy, because it’s like a little alien in my belly.

the most amazing part of the second trimester is the sonogram. lying on the table and watching the screen. it was fun to see the face and body. and finding out that it was a girl!

i’m a little afraid to have a girl. i guess my “preference” was a boy. but only because i’m not sure if i know how to raise a girl. friends will have to put my daughter’s hair up for her. cos i have no clue, other than the basic pony tail. and what to do if she wants to wear a dress? how about make-up?!

thank goodness for god parents. we’ve selected and asked 4. two men and two women. their responsibilities are:

1. to love our child
2. to pray for her
3. perhaps protect her
4. to care for her
5. (optional) braid her hair

here’s some gifts from some of the god parents. how fitting =P:

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headphones for the concerts baby tsang will go to in the future. she’s already been to at least 2: snow patrol and the killers.

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these are really fun cds. the U2 one we got long before i got pregnant but i’m still applying it since it’s from one of the god parents.

no… the god parents are NOT required to begin buying things for our child. that is not one of the responsibilities as mentioned above.

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