Made it through the first trimester! Baby Lam is now the size of a peach, apparently. I brought in the requisite "I'm expecting" donuts to work for my coworkers -- I figured it was about time I should announce it to them before they start to think I'm just getting a really big beer belly. I'm starting to show a little, and my handy "Be Band" isn't going to be enough to hold the belly in much longer. I busted out the maternity pants for the first time today.

Everyone asks me how I'm feeling -- I haven't had any morning sickness, really, praise God! I threw up for the very first time last week, but Tony thinks it was just because I was crying (don't ask). I don't have much of an appetite, surprisingly. I thought preggie women were supposed to devour everything and eat for two, but I feel much better nibbling at smaller meals throughout the day. I guess maybe that's my form of nausea -- I just eat less so I don't get to the point where I actually throw up? I dunno.

My only real symptom is that I've been really tired. It's hard work growing a placenta! I hear the second trimester is better and you gain your energy back once your placenta is up and running. :) I'm looking forward to that, since I've pretty much neglected my wifely duties and just lain helplessly in bed a lot the past few months. Tony has been the best husband in the world. Yesterday after work, he did yard work, laundry, and cooked a delicious meal for me and Jimmy. And he washed the dishes and cleaned afterward! I'm so blessed. :) I think he may tire of me soon. Hehe.


We went in for a checkup last week, and the nurse was trying to use the Doppler machine thingy so we could hear the baby's heartbeat. After a few minutes of hearing nothing but gurgles from my belly, I started to freak out because we couldn't find the heartbeat. She decided to roll in the ultrasound machine to check on the baby. And there he/she was, heart beating perfectly fine, swimming happily in his/her amniotic fluid! I was very happy we got a "free" extra ultrasound because of this -- especially since I somehow lost the first ultrasound picture we were given. Baby Lam is a LOT bigger now than the blob from before, and actually looks like a mini-human! He/she was crossing his/her legs and the hand was up by the mouth, possibly sucking the thumb? He/she was moving around a LOT and very active. :D Yay.