One Down...

…two more trimesters to go! Fortunately I didn’t have a miserable first trimester as some may have it. I only suffered a few occasions of sickness. Today was my 2nd appt and Danno got to join me and hear koguma’s heartbeat for the first time. As we were leaving the office, the Doc quickly detoured us into another room to give me a surprise ultrasound so Danno could see the baby for the first time too! Usually you don’t get one done every visit and she complained how people always try to ask her for additional ones. She appreciated that we never even bothered to ask, plus she knew Danno wouldn’t be able to be there for the next one during my 2nd trimester (since I’ll be in CA). It was a special treat for the both of us to give Danno the chance to see and “bond” with the baby in this way. Danno was so happy to hear its strong heartbeat and see the baby, he was smiling ear to ear the whole time.

There’s such a difference now that koguma is about 3 inches, has lil fingers, legs and a face! At moments you could make out a lil nose, eyes, and mouth. Koguma is already quite active and kept moving around and stretching out his limbs…making it a bit of a challenge to take good still shots. We were joking that koguma is trying to make more space in there because there’s no room to move! Haha. Turns out I'm successfully gaining some pounds…starting from 101 when we first discovered I’m preggers...to 103 at 8 weeks...and now 107 at 13 weeks. Slowly but surely I will gain the 30lbs. I’m supposed to. Consequently Dan has been gaining some unwanted lbs trying to help me eat! But as we all know him, he can PT and shed the weight in no time.