Alhamdulillah, my current morning sickness is limited to just one session every morning – a vast improvement compared to when I was pregnant with Huzaifah because back then it was repeated journeys to the toilet a few times a day everyday until the very morning I gave birth.
I have better tolerance towards smells too. I can now menumis – a big no-no last few months. Tried cooking rendang as requested by hubby last week. The trial went so well that I also cooked kuah lodeh that day – my first time cooking both rendang and kuah lodeh this Syawal. No nasi himpit though – too lazy to boil the instant packets that we brought from Malaysia.
I still don’t look 4 months pregnant – or so I have been told by everybody. In fact, during Open Houses (at friends’ places) some have commented that I look as if I had lost some weight. At school, most colleagues were shocked when they learned that I am four months pregnant. They say that I look tired, but I don’t look pregnant, which reminded me of a comment I got when I was 5 months pregnant with Huzaifah – ‘perut takdo, hongehnyo ado...’ The pale “tired look” could possibly be due to low blood pressure and low quantity of hemoglobin in the blood.
Yes, I’m a bit anemic, but nothing to worry about. That’s what the old and frail male gynecologist I went to see for my first checkup in Tokyo told me. Old and frail suited him well, I kid you not, since his hair is all white, he has even lost some of his front teeth and walk slowly. He cannot speak English, but his wife, also a doctor but not an O&G expert, could to some extent. So we conversed in a mix of Nihongo and English. The place I went is just a small clinic – so they are going to give me a letter of introduction to a bigger hospital for further checkup and delivery after my 20 weeks checkup. Hubby and I have set our sight on Joshie Ii Dai Byoin in Arakawa-ku as the place to give birth since it’s a Women Medical University Hospital, so chances are better of securing a lady doctor there compared to Bokutoh Hospital, a Tokyo government hospital in Sumida-ku.
The truth is I don’t really mind not looking pregnant yet most of the time – it’s only when I board the train that I wish strangers can tell that I’m pregnant so that nobody won’t think I’m wrongfully hogging the special seats reserved for the elderly, handicapped, pregnant mommies and parents with small children. I used to put a small pin-up button reading ‘Onaka ni akachan ga imasu’ (There’s a baby in my tummy) featuring a picture of mommy and baby on my school bag – but it became faulty, so I could no longer use it. Oh well….
"Changes in Pregnancy
- You are enjoying feeling better than you did last month.
- Because your placenta has taken over the production of the pregnancy hormones, you may feel a bit better in the second trimester.
- Some women will begin to have their bellies show at this point, though most women do not yet need maternity clothes
- Because of the extra blood volume your body needs during pregnancy, your heart will be beating more rapidly.
Emotional Mom
- You may be frustrated that you don't outwardly look pregnant to strangers on the street."
Extracted from this site
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