Now in my second trimester (16 weeks), and I feel kind of big. I just flew to England this past weekend (Feb 24 - 28) and met my boyfriend's family for the first time. A couple of days before the England trip, I had a doctor's appointment and I was able to hear the baby's heartbeat for the first time. It was amazing. Steady, fast and strong! It's amazing that life exists inside me, even though I can't really feel it. My tummy is getting bigger day by day. And the doctor mentioned then that I should feel movement (like butterflies in my stomache) in about 2 weeks. I think I am feeling it now. Every now and then it feels like something is fluttering against my intestines. If that's not the baby, then something weird is going on inside me.
Anyway, back to England, I guess his family wanted to see who exactly this girl that he knocked up was, and ofcourse they wanted to meet me before the baby arrives. I was a little nervous. It's a lot of pressure to meet the parents, and the brothers and in laws, and aunts and uncles, etc. There are definitely not too many Asians in the English countryside. I saw a few more in the London area. So I wasn't sure how they would react to me. Not that everyone thinks solely on race and color, but you never know. But his parents, brothers, sister-in-law were all just so lovely. I see a lot of love there, and they were all so very kind hearted, and lots of fun. We went to London for a day and went all over town: rode the London Eye, went to the Tower of London, saw the London Bridge, went to Camden Markets, Covent Gardens, Trifalgar Square, ate fish n chips at a pub. His brother lives in a town called Peterfield which is where we stayed. It is a really quaint and pretty place. And although we were in the countryside, one of the great things was you can walk to town from their house. My boyfriend's neice was so very cute and adorable. She was only 12 weeks old and it was such a pleasure meeting her and getting to hang out with her as well. Overall a very eventful trip.
And now I am back in NY with a terribly painful cold. I don't know why my neck and chest hurt so much. I couldn't even sleep last night from the pain. What is going on? I started taking anti-biotics, since the doc thought it would be better to take care of it now instead of letting it prolong, which in turn could turn into Pnemonia, and who wants that? I feel like total crap right now, though and can't wait to get into bed. I went to the specialist today and they took more sonograms. According to the technician, I am definitely having a boy! My dad will be very happy about this I think. The baby has an awesomely round head. He always seems to be sucking his thumb or maybe eating his hand? The problem is we haven't come up with any boy names that we can agree on.
To top off all the excitement, I cannot move into my boyfriend's apartment because the landlady doesn't want any kids in the building, as the building is not up to code. And apparently once a kid is in the building, inspectors start sniffing around. So now I have to search for a new place to live. Hopefully this won't be too hard a task, but it usually is. And hopefully we can find a place that isn't too expensive. Will the excitement never end?
Well next week is my dad's retirement party. Do I break it to the fam, that I am pregnant? I don't think my parents have told anyone. I am pretty much showing now so it's hard to hide.
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