pregnancy and the changes on my body

so far my pregnancy symptoms are textbook. here are some of the reasons why:

1. first trimester -- i always felt so nauseated and anything that i put in my mouth doesn't taste any good. i only preferred mildly salted and mildly spiced food.

2. middle of my fourth month -- i gained back my appetite and i craved for watery and fruity foods.

3. boobs are bigger. yep need to buy new holders for them :D

4. skin darkening. oh this is so true for my nape and my armpit. excuse me. i know it's gross but what can i do, it is what it is. i'm so hoping that the book is also true saying that it will lighten again after the pregnancy. aside from the darkening, a number of new moles appeared on my neck.. and they are so itchy!

5. bigger feet. my... i have strong feet and legs. i can walk upto hours, happily. but now if i just walk for about 15 minutes, my feet hurts. and my size 24 shoes seemed to have shrank.. enkkk! no it was my feet that have gotten bigger. but thankfully, i don't have water retention on them. we call it manas in tagalog. how do you say it in english?

6. fifth month-- this is so calming for me. i feel more complacent now cause from time to time i can now feel my baby. i always talk to her and just say gibberish baby talk. i love her so much eventhough i haven't met her yet.

7. nails and hair. they both grow so fast! very fast. i used to trim my nails once a week but now i have to do it every 3 days. and my hair, i have already cut it myself. and now it is so unruly again because i can't straighten nor color it because of the chemicals that might harm the baby.i miss the time when i can just leave the house and not comb my hair because they are so straight. thanks to the technology of rebond.

8. always thirsty. i've read from the book and net that this might be a sign of gestational diabetes. but thank God, every visit to the doctor, sugar in my urine is always negative.
i just drink lots and lots of water. not so much of the juice now cause i realized they might have too much sugar even it's 100% pure. my mother has diabetes so i should really pay attention to this.

9. always feel like peeing. it's explained by the pushing weight of the baby on the mother's bladder cause she's now seating on top of the mom's bladder. so eventhough i have just peed, i felt like i need to pee again after a few minutes. felt kinda weird cause after you drink, after few minutes i can feel that i need to pee again. like humming the tune of drink in... pee out.

10. constipation. again, excuse me. but this is so annoying. i'm blaming this for my extra unnecessary weight. now i'm taking dietary fiber supplement so i can reach that "fulfilled" moment :D and this morning, it worked like a charm =p

11. sleepy. i always feel sleepy at work ( haha ) but even before i was pregnant, i was like this already. but now, i tend to take a nap after i got home from work.

12. mood swings. well not so much. but i am easily annoyed with the things that aren't normally annoying me. example: people not answering emails. yeah i know it's silly because they didn't ask me to write to them right? but now i am a bit pissed because of this ( hmm this is actually the second mail she ignored so i should take a hint right? ). well, after i eat my frozen cold kiwifruit, this will be gone ;-p

i need to count calories again?

yesterday, my OB told me that on my next visit i shouldn't have gained any weight (*sigh*). it's because within 3 weeks, i have gained 2.25 kilos. i know what did i eat right? i'm ashamed to admit the sinfully sweet foods that i ate. i should have just sticked with my watermelon and melon cravings. but i diversified. i explored all the new flavors of ice cream in the frozen department. it was really enticing. there was this new creamy peach ice cream, then there was that azuki bean ice cream, then there was that mango gelato from ciao bella. and without knowing it, boom! 2.25 kilos :D

now, i should just pick up that bio yogurt and maybe even lessen my watermelon ( as they are also packed with sugar, i guess cause they are so sweet). i have discovered kiwi and they're really good plus i've learned that it is packed with the healthy folate. it was my breakfast today but the one that we bought yesterday was too ripe already. i missed the tinge of the randomly scattered sourness in my tongue.
so if you're buying kiwi, try to press a little and if it is already soft, pick another bag.

anyway, with the weight issues aside, the checkup went well. since it was monday, there are only few people. if it's saturday, we used to wait upto 4 hours in my OB's clinic. though our house is far from this clinic, we really go back to her cause she speaks english and she's female. if you're living in tokyo, this combination for an OB is really rare. there are a lot of male OB here which was a surprise for me cause in the philippines, it's not that common at all.

our little one is developing normally based on our little one's leg bone length and ear-to-ear head size. and now, our little one can't fit anymore in the ultrasound screen - i'm not particularly sure if it's the limitation of the equipment. still, the gender is not yet sure. our baby is still in breech position and i was told not to worry yet. so far, so good. thank you Lord! =)