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i arrived in melbourne at around 10.30am yesterday. i would’ve arrived an hour earlier but there was traffic in sydney airport’s take-off(?) runway. i suppose that’s a measure of how advanced a country is hey? nevermind the traffic on the roads! we have traffic on our runways lol

anyway, the flight from LA took wayyy too long. and can i just say that qantas is still the best airline in the world for me. united’s planes are worn out and the food is crap. on the one hour flight from sydney to melbourne we were served a packet of pretzels lol

flying long haul while pregnant is definitely not a good experience. it was good that the girl next to me was kind enough to swap her aisle seat with me. if she didn’t she would’ve had to get up a dozen times for when i had to go to the toilet. i’m not looking forward to flying again, but at least i’ll be with butch again after that next flight. i miss him already.

butch and i were thinking of silly nicknames for the baby and he came up with henry. since then we’ve been calling the baby henry, even my mother-in-law lol we’ll probably give the baby a different nickname once we know if it’s a boy or a girl, but in the meantime it’s easier to refer to it as henry, rather than “the baby”.

anyway today mommy and i went to my doctor for another ultrasound. henry is much bigger now compared to last week’s ultrasound. dr p gave us a copy of the ultrasound, once i have scanned it i will post it here

i’m going back to australia on monday so i also took a copy of my medical records so that i can show it to my doctor in australia. while i’m there i might have to get some tests done if i’m unable to come back to LA in time for those tests.

i went for my first prenatal exam on wednesday. i read the pregnancy book before the appointment so i kind of knew what to expect for the first visit. although, reading about it and actually being there are two very different things! firstly when i got there i had to fill in paperwork on my medical history. then they took my blood pressure and weight. then i peed in a cup. in the exam (?) room i had to undress and wear a hospital gown.

in the exam room i had a pap smear which was a bit uncomfortable, but not as painful as i thought it would be. i also had an ultrasound. the first ever ultrasound is done by inserting this stick in me and when the baby is a bit bigger then they can do the normal, external ultrasound. butch and i saw our baby on the screen!! it was sooo tiny. it was funny because when we saw the baby on the monitor, butch just kept going “OMG OMG OMG!” originally we thought that i might be on my second month already, but apparently the baby is only six weeks. my due date is on february 7 next year.

after the visit to the doctor we had lunch at red lobster, and then we had to head to the laboratory to get some tests done. i had to do another urine sample and they also took my blood - six full test tubes!!! there’s another test that i need to do so i’m going back to the lab later today.

i don’t think i’m the type who gets weird food cravings. i’m not even sure if i’m already “naglilihi” but i do get some food cravings. this morning i indulged myself and had fried eggplant slices with vinegar & soy sauce dipping sauce and i also had really, really ripe pineapple. but now i feel a bit sick, like i’m about to hurl. i think it’s probably because the pineapple makes me salivate. i haven’t drank milk yet cos that might make me even sicker.

last night butch bought me a meatball sub, but he put everything on it i’m also craving for kung pao spaghetti from cpk. we had that on sunday but i want it again! we’re going to watch ocean’s thirteen tomorrow so we’re having cpk for dinner hehehe

the prenatal exam is on wednesday and i’m a bit scared with all the tests i might be taking. but it’s ok, butch and mommy will be there with me

it’s funny how when we found out that i’m pregnant, my symptoms have become more pronounced. i suppose when we didn’t know yet, i would just brush something off as a one-time thing. i’ve noticed that my breasts are really tender and especially painful when i’m lying on my side. i definitely, definitely have to go wee like every half an hour. i’m not yet at the point where i’m having weird food cravings, but i do get food cravings although not like the i-have-to-have-it-now craving.

i’m a bit worried that my MIL doesn’t think it’s a good idea i should take prenatal vitamins, at least not until i go to the doctor. when i rang the clinic they said to go to my favourite pharmacy and ring them up so i can get a prescription. i’m trying to reassure myself into thinking that if i hadn’t taken the test i wouldn’t find out i’m pregnant yet and i still wouldn’t be taking the vitamins anyway. but yeah, it’s still something that’s nagging me at the back of my head. but i suppose my MIL is right, i should get a proper prescription from the doctor and not an over the phone one. i really just want to make sure that i’m doing the best for my baby

this picture is funny