So, I have decided to include, amongst my little ‘observations’ of pregnancy from the man’s perspective, weekly updates of what is going on with Jooae and the baby - especially now that things are getting more interesting. Therefore every Monday will be a recap of the progression of the pregnancy. The first thing that must be said is a comment on how in the world they came up with this numbering system. For example, on Saturday we finished our 17th week, so do we say we are 18 weeks, in our 18th week, or have finished 17 weeks? Jooae and I have gone back and forth with this. This is not to even talk about months or trimesters. To be honest, it is a strange way to mark time. Basically you start from the date of the last menstrual period (sorry guys out there for mentioning the ‘p’ word) and then count off 40 weeks until the baby is due. Ha! It’s not nine months! I have been lied to all these years. Anyway, enough of my diatribe, here is the update:
At 18 weeks (in the 18th week, finished 17 - oh, whatever) Jooae is much improved as far as ‘morning’ sickness goes. She is occasionally nauseous (and what do you know, it is actually in the morning), but is eating much better (and gaining weight - see next post). We are in a post-pho-phase (see last post) and nothing else has exactly filled the craving gap (though bagels and cream cheese come close). Jooae actually bought some rubber gloves which may signal that she will return to the kitchen sometime soon (see New Deal on Dishes post), but the smell of the sink still keeps her at bay.
In baby growing news, according to What to Expect While Your Expecting (hereafter referred to as THE BOOK), the veritable bible for expectant moms and their clueless husbands (seriously I can’t tell you how many times people have recommended the book to us. We bowed to the pressure and bought it, and it has been quite helpful actually). Anyway, according to THE BOOK, our baby is around 5.5 inches and 5 ounces, which, they say, is about the size of a chicken breast - for some reason they always link the baby’s size to a food item; it’s quite disturbing really. We may be able to start feeling kicks and the baby has fingerprints now (which is good to know in case it commits some in-utero crime).
Also something that is cool is that we are now in the 18-20 week zone to get the BIG ultrasound that checks everything about the baby. That will be next Monday, so stay tuned for those details.
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