Week 12 :: The Doting Husband

Ok let me just tell you something. You marry this guy because he's your Mr. Wonderful. He has his good moments and his bad. Sometimes you hate him because you think he's an ass but most of the time you love him because you know you're not perfect either and he loves you just the same. Well as soon as you find out your pregnant things change. He changes. He dotes on you and well...you feel pretty special.

In the beginning when I had my first craving for watermellon he was like "You wanna go to the store?" I'm like "No, I'm tired. It's ok." Then the next day rolled around and all I could think about at work was biting down on a juicy watermellon wedge. So later that evening after dinner I told him about my lustful, dirty thoughts towards a watermellon and he started putting on his shoes. His mom found out that we were going out and asked us to return some Korean videos. As I'm putting on my shoes my sister-in-law asked where we were going so I told her about my craving and she just happened to have a whole watermellon. Korean households I tell you. So then I turn to C and go "But we still have to return mom's videos." He's like "Nah, I'll do it later this week. I'm kinda tired." I went into female mode. "So you were gonna go to the grocery store just to get me a watermellon even though you were tired?! Awwwwwwwwwwww!" He went into his male mode. *Eye Rolling* followed by a *sigh* I gave him a hug anyways. Jerk.

Whenever I have fruit cravings he just puts on his shoes and we head out to the produce store. The produce store by the way is like my new found treasure. I LOVE the produce store! Everything is sooo fresh. I'll take my camera next time and have C take photos of me with all my fruit friends. He's gonna be like "Great. Can't wait."

Anytime we go out to eat I'm like "What do you want to eat hun?" He's like "I don't know. What do you want to eat? What does the BABY want to eat?" It's always what the baby and I want now. hahaha... Poor thing. After dinner first thing I do is head to the bedroom, change into my pj's, and just lie down and watch tv. He'll come in every now and then to check up on me. Last night I passed out at 9:30.

He's just been really good. It makes me smile when I think about it. So because he's been so great he gets to go on one last guy trip before the baby comes. I said ONE LAST!

Week 11 :: Getting Pregnant

I ordered this from Amazon back in January after Bee had told me about it. By the time we got the machine I had to wait till March to begin because you need to start monitoring during your menstruation cycle.

Ok when it comes to making a baby you can forget about the romance. It turns into a job. "Hun you're giving me booty tonight." "Babe I'm ovulating, drop your pants." Hahaha it's like no surprise, you're on this schedule around your ovulation and you get that window of opportunity maybe 2-3 times a month. I've read there are some months where you may skip ovulation too. So 3 months for us on this machine is not bad. But you have to be dedicated.

So here are some photos that I took while I was using this contraption.

Sample Uno: You see that little black box on the screen? That means you're not ovulating. The 6 means that it's day 6 since my period started. Save your booty sessions people.


Sample Dos: day 12 since my period started. You see how there are 2 black squares now? That means I'm ovulating. This means you get your freak on tonight ladies mmmhmmm.


Sample Tres: Day 13. You see how there are 3 black squares now and the top one has a circle? That mean you are at peak ovulation. That means you take your man in the bedroom and you rape him.


You will have days where it's like 1 day peak, 2 days high peak back-to-back. I would say do it all 3 days.

I was ovulting before we went to Hawaii and I told C. He goes "Why don't I save my boys for when we go to Hawaii? I'll get you pregnant." Um, cause I won't be ovulating then? "Oh I'll get you pregnant baby." I agreed to this knowing that he was going to fail this task BEEG TIME and I told him if he didn't get me pregnant in Hawaii by his miracle sperm that once we got back from vacation we would go on MY schedule. He agreed. I think he seemed to think that if we did it a lot that that would seal the deal. I knew I wasn't but I was just happy that I GOTS MINE! hahahaha.... We got back from Hawaii and the day after our return I got my period. Now we go by MY schedule which is the Clear Blue Monitor Schedule. We got pregnant by the end of that month. "Success!" - Borat

Week 10 :: How It Feels To Be Pregnant

Um...not so great?! Ok so let me give you guys the low-down on being pregnant. It ain't pretty. It is exciting though but it's not this beautiful hooha everyone makes it out to be.

Ta Ta's: First thing that hits you: Your boobs. I thought I was getting my period and that's why my boobettes were hurting. And I thought, "Oh well, we failed again." NOT SO. They hurt. A lot. I'm sure it's different for everyone. There have already been a few incidents where I would wake up yelling in pain because C would graze them with his arm or just elbow it by accident. I'm just thinkin "OWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" And then you also think "YES!! My little clementine's are bigger!! Woohoo!!! Grapefruits here we come!"

Nausea / Taste Change: I have actually had it pretty easy. Hardly any nausea at all. I don't like the smell of kimbap and I don't really like to eat or look at meats. Chicken, Beef, Pork... My sister-in-law made me samgehtang in the beginning of my pregnancy (I love her samgehtang btw) and I could only eat the broth with rice. I ALWAYS, and I mean ALWAYS get yookgehjang when we eat out at Korean restaurants. I mean I always look through the menu first just out of routine but as soon as the waiter comes around and asks me what I want and I say "Yookgehjang" my in-laws all start to chuckle. They always get kalbi. This one time I ordered yoogehjang and my brother-in-law yelled out in a matter-of-fact way "I TOLD YOU!" to the rest of the table. Hello was the family making bets on what I was going to order? Well I ordered it a few weeks ago and I could only eat the broth and soup. Everything else tasted like cardboard to me. Last friday we went over to Jin and Angie's and she made samgyupsal and Jin made a bowl of sapporo ichiban "just in case". I took one bite of the samgyupsal and just housed the noodles. That was the best saporro ichiban I've ever had. Dude I love it. I don't know why. C says it's the ghettoist of all the instant noodles. YOU'RE THE GHETTOIST OF ALL THE INSTANT NOODLES! (I know. My comebacks are awsome)

Indigestion / Constipation / Heartburn: Ok i've had one indigestion incident. It hurt. I wasn't even done dinner when it kicked in. I won't even say it hurt like hell. I've had one idigestion incident where it hurt like hell and that was while we were eating at Pho 32. My indigestion was so bad I couldn't even walk home from there. And it's so close too. We had to call my sister-in-law to come and pick us up. When we got home she did her blood circulting-finger string tying-pin pricking magic. I had my doubts too people but it works. I was amazed like she was some sort of witch doctor. I don't think I've had heartburn. I don't even know what that feels like but I can say that I was constipated twice. OH MY GOD. I was just praying to the poop gods to help me poop! Not a good feeling.

Gas: I just blame this one on the baby.

Peeing In the Middle of the Night: I now sometimes wake up just to pee twice

Fatigue: It's like 10pm and the hubs goes "Why don't you go to the bedroom and lie down and watch some tv?" Because i'm not tired. "Yeah you are." No I'm not. I'm not even a little bit! I then go into the bedroom, change into my jammies, lie down, watch 2 minutes of whatever is on before it goes into commerical, once the commerical starts...I'm knocked the eff OUT. I also find myself getting tired mid afternoon.

Weight Gain: After I found out that I was pregnant I tried to eat 3 squared meals per day. Before that it was 2: breakfast and lunch. Now I can't be selfish and I have to think of the baby's health first. Plus since it's eating all my nurients (selfish pg) I feel this need to eat more even though I'm taking prenatal vitamins. Before I used to think "Food is sooo overated!" Now it's like...borderline ridiculous.

Last tuesday C and I played hookie and we went to this noodle house that we used to always go to. So on Friday we were taking the bus home and I was really quiet on the bus and he was playing his psp and he goes "Why you so quiet? Whatcha thinkin about?"

me: You really wanna know?
C: Yeah what?
me: You know how we went to the noodle house on tuesday and I got the flat rice noodle instead of my usual egg noodle?
C: Yeah?
me: Well I was thinking I should have gotten the egg noodles.
C: HAhAHAHA Oh my God that was 3 days ago.
me: Yeah so?
C: That's what you were thinking about this whole time?
me: No....Today I got a small clam chowder soup for lunch.
C: haha ok?
me: It was really good and I was thinkin, I should have gotten the large.
C: What a fat pig!
me: Yeah so? I'm also thinking about tomorrow when I go to lunch with Hans. We're gonna go to Olive Garden and I can't wait to eat their all you can eat soup and salad!
C: hahahahahah oh. my. god.

Yesterday I made my mom's mac and cheese recipe. My husband came home and brought 2 containers of jook (Korean rice porridge) I packed some mac and cheese to take to lunch today. After I ate I sent the hubs an email.

me: Man! I should have packed more mac and cheese. I can't wait to go home and eat that and jook! Woohoo!
C: Is that all you think about? kekekekkeke - It's good. keep on eating. If you want me to raise your allowance cause of food let me know.

Week 8 :: Hi My Little Mandoo

So yesterday I had my very first doctor's appt since finding out. I also got my first sonogram. It was so weird. It's only 15.2 mm which to me translates to a little peanut but the part that put me off guard was that in this little thing you could see it's heart beat. And then I thought 'I can't believe that's inside of me and that it's alive with a tiny little heart.' It's so surreal.

And then I got emotional. I've got a soft spot. So what?

So the two white marks on the sonogram marks the length of the baby. It is now a month and a half. Due date is March 12th.