Lavender Rain

I’m about 28 weeks along and it’s starting to get uncomfortable. Leg cramps, swollen legs and feet, I feel heavy. Even though I’m experiencing all this, I still decided to wear stilettos yesterday. yeah, I must be crazy, but those shoes were new and I was really excited to wear them yesterday. I’m getting really excited to have this baby, but I know it’s going to be really hard and we’re going to need to re-adjust again. I honestly just feel like I just started to adjust with my first baby and now I have to do it again. I always feel the need to put my feet up and just sit around. I really have no energy to do any housework. Seriously, look at our house right now, it’s not something I’m very proud of. Zoe’s toys are everywhere… dirty dishes are everywhere… and there’s the laundry that I left sitting for 2 days that I have to fold.

But I digress, tomorrow The Sims 3 is coming out and I’m definitely going to get it. I’ve been looking forward to it and I’m glad I could finally get my hands on it.

So today, I had my first ultrasound appointment for Baby #2. We found out the gender, but we decided to keep it between myself and husband. It’s just more fun that way. hehe So when this baby is born, everyone will be surprise! I’m due in August… and this time, I’m seriously considering not getting an epidural for the birth, but we’ll see… hehe…

*My sister Steph thinks that that long thing sticking out of the baby is the baby’s penis. She’s so convinced it’s going to be a boy, but that long thing the baby’s penis? I think it’s too big for the baby this size. My sister is only 14, so what does she know? Still, it made me LOL ^_^

I am honestly getting worried about this pregnancy. Many people have noticed that I seem to be losing weight, that I appear thinner than usual… I can’t really check my weight because we don’t have a scale here. I feel bad for my baby because I haven’t been paying much attention to this pregnancy. I have been too busy taking care of Zoe and my husband to even take care of my health and my unborn baby’s health. I must admit that every time there is nothing to eat here at home but instant noodles or canned foods, I end up not eating… I find them to be disgusting. Sometimes when I try to eat, I don’t finish even if I’m hungry. Perhaps I’m a picky eater, but sometimes I feel like I’m gonna throw up if I eat something I don’t like. I never had this problem with my first pregnancy. When I was pregnant with Zoe, sure, I did lose weight rapidly from hyperemesis but I gained weight as soon as I recovered from that disease.

I have been praying more about this baby. I just want a healthy baby. I hope that I gain weight the way I’m supposed to. Losing weight during pregnancy is scaring me… and I’m already on my second trimester, so I’m supposed to really start gaining those pounds.

So I went to my doctor’s appointment today because my lab results came back. As I had suspected, I do have urinary tract infection again for this pregnancy, but what I wasn’t expecting was the result of my blood test. According to the doctor, my hemoglobin count was low… so I am anemic… He told me not to worry about it, but to just keep taking my prenatal vitamins to get my iron. I guess it’s not that dangerously low. I know that I do feel the symptoms of being anemic — I constantly suffer from shortness of breath that I could feel my heart pumping harder. I will also need to eat more iron-rich foods, but I can’t have liver.

My husband and I purchased our first blu-ray movie last night, Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian. We bought our friend’s old PS3 for $250; the only thing is that it’s the model that has no backwards compatibility (doesn’t play PS2 games). Unfortunately, my husband just informed me last night that our PS2 is broken. I’m really sad about it, I dunno why. It’s rare for me to get attached to things like electronics… I guess I have a lot of memories with that PS2 because I did use to play a lot of video games with my siblings… I miss those days.

I have also been spending a lot of time making Wordpress themes, most of them I have made available for download here. I hope people will actually download it. I am still trying to figure out how to make a Live Demo… if you know how, give me a shout! Thank you! <3