One Lucky Girl
end of week 9
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Today is the end of week 9 of my pregnancy. I still cannot believe I am pregnant.
This morning I woke up and all I could think about was having waffles for breakfast. So I asked my husband to take the to get one. We drove to IHOP and it was so full. I had to pick up my litte sister, so I told my husband just to take me to Sonic. I had the popcorn chicken and fries. The baby didn’t like it. I ate 2 popcorn chicken pieces and my stomach went gargling.
Then after I took my little sister home, my husband and I went back to IHOP. I got myself a plate of waffles with strawberries topping. Waffles never tasted so good in my life. I felt so satisfied. And the baby was happy.
I am now home. Relaxing. So happy that my baby is made it to 9 weeks 
pregnancy blues
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Oh the joy of being pregnant…
I have been feeling nauseous for hours. I ate something light. It stopped. But soon as I finished eating, I began feeling nauseous again.
I haven’t been feeling active at all. My husband is at the jazz festival right now. By himself. While I am sitting home alone–well, with my 6 dogs.
I feel like eating cookies. Jelly-filled butter cookies. Yum.
We went to the fresh market today. I bought 2 pints of sweet strawberries and 1 pint of peaches. The strawberries were so good and sweet. The peaches are not ripe enough so I have to wait for about 2 – 3 days to eat them, which is fine with me.
I am hungry. Just a bit. I don’t know what I want to eat though. So annoying. Sometimes I know exactly what I want to eat/drink but other times, I have no clue of what I want to eat. I wonder if other pregnant women out there are feeling like this too?
baby is expensive!!
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Ok well apparently I didn’t pay attention to the memo.
I am 7-week pregnant. Last Thursday we went for our formal prenatal visit. We saw the baby and heard its heartbeats. My baby is the size of a lima bean. How cute.
Well, what’s not so cute is the price of baby gadgets and (even) the basics that a baby would need.
Today, my husband dropped me off at Baby Depot (Burlington Coat Factory) while he went shopping to Home Depot. I saw tons of baby stuff and got overwhelmed. A tiny human can’t possibly need all of those junks. Glad I am still in my early pregnancy stage so I will have time to think about what I am going to need to get.
While browsing around the shop, I found some sales on baby bottles. I have heard about Dr.Brown’s baby bottles and I saw several that were on sale for half price. I bought 2 sets of Dr.Brown’s baby bottles. One was Dr.Brown’s Natural Flor newborn feeding set ($9.99 for 3 8-ounce bottles and 2 4-ounce bottles) and the second I bought was Dr.Brown’s Natural Flow Deluxe Wide-neck starter kit ($7.49 1 8-ounce wide-neck bottle and 2 4-ounce wide neck bottles).
I also saw Dr.Brown’s baby gift set for less than $45 and I believe this set comes with a total of 10 or 12 bottles (in 2 or 3 sizes I think).
I read a lot of great reviews on Dr.Brown’s bottles. I figured, baby bottles would be one of several important things I need to have for the baby.
I am actually thinking of getting another of the $10 set I got for a friend of mine who is due to have a baby this August.
When it comes to registry time, I think I am just going to put bunch of visa gift card on my registry. I’ll just buy things when they are on sale. No need to ask people to buy baby clothes when the baby can only wear it once or twice. I’ll put bunch of diapers of all sizes on the registry.
it is confirmed!!
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It is confirmed!!! I am pregnant
I had the appointment with the doctor today. I thought my husband was not going with me but to my surprise, he called right before I left my office building. And he went to the doctor’s office with me to hear the confirmation.
The nurse said that I am 4 weeks pregnant. It is still young and early My baby is still the size of a pea. How cute. So far I only told 2 good friends at work whom I know will not tell a single soul in my office. I kept their pregnancy secret–didn’t tell anyone.
They estimated my due date to be January 13, 2010. But of course it could be sooner or later. Oh I can’t wait to be so pregnant this Christmastime
Well. I am going to have another doctor’s visit in 3 weeks. The next appointment is going to be May 21, 2009 (Thursday) at 2.45PM. Sooooo excited. This is the time when we are going to have the first sonogram
I can’t wait to see. I am sure my husband is excited too. He is very happy with the pregnancy news. We have been waiting for months. It amazes me how I still don’t feel like I am prepared at all with this. We tried so hard to save our money and to fix up our house and everything. But things are still out of order. And now I have a plan not to come back to work after the baby is born. I don’t know until how long but I really need to figure something out. I would like to find a work that I can do from home. As for now, we’ll continue to save as much money as possible.
My husband and I don’t know how to break the news to our families yet. Maybe we should wait until we have our next appointment to tell everyone. I can’t wait but at the same time, I think we should wait a bit. I say until I am 2 months pregnant. And then I need to tell my boss about my pregnancy. Like it or not, he’s going to have to accept the news. I am going to break the news to everyone else the same time I break it to my boss. I know a lot of people will be excited for me. A lot of the ladies (and men!) at work have been so anxious waiting for me to get pregnant.
Tonight, I feel happy. I hope God will bless me, my husband, and my pea-size baby with health, happiness, and love from friends and family.
Please keep us in your prayers always
today….
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This morning was a bad morning. It was just awful at work. I was so miserable. So anyways. I found out if I wanted to switch to another department, they would have to pay me $37k + 15% bonus. I am currently making $65k+20% bonus. I think the best thing for me is to stick it out until the baby is born and I can quit.
In the meantime, I am starting I can gather up any ideas/etc/etc of what I truly want to do for living soon as I quit my job next April. I am looking to quit my job in April 2010.
My first plan is to start my fabric shop business from home. Apparently I can’t afford to rent a space yet–hopefully someday when my business grows. So I am thinking, why not do it from home and I can just sell them online. I can easily advertise it locally to attract local crafters.
You know. I am so glad I have friends at work who support me wholeheartly. I talked to my 2 good friends today and they made me all better by the afternoon.
Also, I made an appointment to see a doctor tomorrow to confirm my pregnancy. Yay. I am so excited. Too bad my husband wouldn’t be able to be there. But it’s ok. This visit is going to be short. I just want to bring home the good news to my husband and my good friends
I need to read the bible tonight before I go to bed. I need some comfort and I usually find it in God’s words.
what should I do?
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I’m so worried.
By now, I think I am pretty sure I am pregnant. I thought i was going to get pregnant sooner. But now it happens and I thought oh crap I don’t know what to do. I am so worried. I don’t want to go back to work after the baby is born but I don’t know how we can afford it.
We bring home $5300 per month (after tax). Day care would cost about $1200 – $1500 per month. So 5300 – 1200 = 4100 left. Minus mortgage ($1300) = 2800. Minus 2 car payments ($630)= 2170. Minus foods+gas ($600)= 1670. Minus pet foods ($100) =1570. Minus CC payments ($500) = 1070.
$5300 – 1070 = $4230 – 2000 (my husband makes)= 2230.
If I keep working, our take-home would look like this: 5000 – 1200 = $4100. My husband brings ini $2000 a month. That means, I would need to make $2100 a month doing work from home if I want to keep the same lifestyle and be able to stay at home with my baby.
$2100.
What do I need to do? I do sewing and I have been selling my crafts to friends. I can do that full time I guess. I can sell online. Also, I am thinking, I can start my fabric store from home. I figure I can start with about $5000 – $7500 dollars. That is a lot. But perhaps I can borrow money from my parents.
Keep my fingers crossed. Please pray for me.
2nd test…
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and it’s another positive one!!! I used different pregnancy test. By now, I think my husband and I are convinced that we are indeed pregnant. I am happy and excited and nervous at the same time.
As I am typing, my husband is working on getting the baby’s room ready. We had painted in lavendar color few months ago but now I want a different color. I want light blue/grey color. I am pretty sure we won’t need to buy anymore baby furniture. I have the majority of it already. I browsed through craigslist last night and I did find some cute stuff but I have to wait and see if I really need those. Maybe some toys. I am glad I live close to the library because then I can just borrow books and dvds there.
I am so excited. I have so much happiness for the new baby. It is still early so I guess I will have to take a really good care of it. My husband and I have been wanting one so this one is going to be precious
I just can’t wait. Can’t wait!! can’t wait!!!
I can’t wait to decorate the baby’s room . To actually paint it the way I want it to be. To actually have it completely done.
one more thing…
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So here is a confession from me. My husband and I have been planning to have a baby for almost a year now. I think we are finally pregnant. Over the last 8 - 9 months we have been buying all sorts of baby items from craigslist–some are new, some are used. I stopped buying for about 6 months ago thinking it’d be a waste if I can never have babies.
So anyways. We are bargain hunters. We like to find deals. Tonight was the first night I searched for baby items again after months of pause. I cannot believe how many people are trying to sell their stuff right now. And people are selling everything and anything. We are looking to buy a changing table, a high chair, and some other stuff maybe. We have bought the crib, stroller, car seat, and almost everything else. We even have bottles. Just need to buy new nipples.
A friend of mine who has kids told me to stock on diapers once I find out I am pregnant. I’ll do that soon as my pregnancy is confirmed.
Also another thing, I do not plan on going back to work at my sucky job after my baby is born. I want to start my own business. I figure I will have a year from today to launch it and I am so ready for it. Wish me luck on this part. I still hate my job. I hate it even more. I work with bunch of selfish bastards who cares nothing but themselves. Makes me sick. Pardon my language. I am not going to sacrifice my sanity and happiness for the sake of money. I’ve got time on my side to make all the money I can make doing things that make me happy.
As for now, I have a new family to build and to care for.
I might be pregnant…
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I have been feeling weird lately. My tummy just does not feel good at all. So last night, my husband took me to get pregnancy test at Walgreens. I was going to test myself last night but I thought I’d do it the next day.
So this morning I took the pregnancy test and I got 2 lines, which means I am pregnant–one is lighter than the other. I told my husband.
Well, we might be pregnant!!!!!!!!
My period is supposed to be next week on Tuesday. So… it is still early. However, we did get the pregnancy test that can be used 5 days sooner.
I am excited. And I hope my husband too. I am praying so that I am positively pregnant. I am going to test myself again this weekend using different pregnancy tests. And if I get all positive results, I will call my doctor to confirm my pregnancy.
I am happy but nervous at the same time. I have so much to think about. We need to save more money. We need to fix the house. We have a fence we need to install. We need to fix the kitchen. We have to buy new washer and dryer. I want to quit my job after the baby is born. All these roll into one. I don’t know how we can afford everything. I don’t know how we can do everything at the same time…..
I will turn everything to God. God heard my prayers!!! He heard my prayer to get pregnant. After months asking, He finally grants me a pregnancy (keep my fingers crossed). And He knows I have been asking for a way so I can financially afford to quit my job. And I know with all my heart, God will find me a way. I know that. There is no doubt in my heart at all. I have faith in him.
Thank you Jesus. Thank you Virgin Mary.
am i or am i not?
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Today was the first day I was supposed to have my period. I usually have it in the morning or noon. It is almost 11 PM now and I still don’t have it. The last few days I have been feeling extremely exhausted from what I don’t know. I just feel like I don’t have any energies. And I’ve got tons to do.
I told a friend of mine who is pregnant right now and she said, maybe you are pregnant! And she told me how before she found out her pregnancy, she felt so tired and exhausted.
Oh yeah. My boobs are not feeling well either.
All the signs point to pregnancy but I’ve had these signs before and turned out nothing. So I am not going to be too hopeful. I do want to get pregnant sooner than later just so I can give birth sooner and I can get the heck out of my office sooner!!!
So if you are reading this blog, please pray for me. Hopefully God will grant me and my husband with a happy, healthy, and beautiful pregnancy.
