Pregnancy Update 懷孕近況

Last week I still felt like I was walking like a normal person.  This week I feel HUGE.  All of a sudden sitting isn't comfortable, lying isn't comfortable, and turning from one side to the other actually kinda hurts.  Just look at this picture!  I thought I was pretty small, and then today I took this photo of myself.  My eyes were definitely lying to me.

不過是上星期，我還感覺自己可以像正常人一樣走路。但是這星期，忽然感到自己變的好巨大。忽然之間坐也不舒服，站也不舒服，翻身時還會有點痛。請看相片。我自己還以為自己蠻嬌小的，今天照了這張相片才知道，我的眼睛對我說了謊。

 33 weeks

34 weeks

I have Braxton Hicks ALL the time.  Not only does my stomach tighten during the false contraction, I can feel my uterus pushing on my lungs, making it hard for me to breathe.

在我整個懷孕的過程中我不斷的經驗”假性陣痛”。在假性收縮的時候，它讓我的肚子變的好緊，我可以清楚的感覺到我的子宮推擠著我的肺，讓我呼吸困難。

Drinking water and sitting down helps to reduce my Braxton Hicks a lot.  When I'm up moving around too much, I get tons of Braxton Hicks contractions.

喝水和坐著不動可以幫助我減緩這種現象。但是如果我起來活動太多，這種”假性陣痛”就會一直發生。

My new doctor here told me the baby has already flipped around and her head is down, but she thinks I will probably go into week 39, maybe 40, since I did with both previous pregnancies.

我的新醫生告訴我，我的baby已經翻轉成為頭朝下的姿勢了。不過她判斷由於我的前兩胎都到快40週才生出來，所以這次應該也會撐到39，甚至40週。

My weight is 153 lbs.  Total weight gain so far is 27 pounds!

我目前的體重是69.5公斤，總共重了12公斤。

Road Trip開車旅行

When I didn't have children, road trips were SO much fun.  There is something really fun about driving, seeing new scenery, eating junk food, and talking with your friends the whole way.  It's not the destination that was exciting, it was the journey.

在我還沒有孩子的時候，我覺得開車去旅行是一件非常好玩的事。在車上可以看窗外的風景，吃零食，還可以沿途跟朋友聊天。開車旅行的好玩不在目的地而是在旅程中。

On Sunday evening, I went on the LONGEST ROAD TRIP EVER.  At six pm we started our crazy road trip.  The two kids were still good and happy, not really understanding what we really meant when we explained to them that we'd be in the car for a while.  Good thing we had extra help.  My father-in-law came with us and also two of our friends.  We thought to make it easier on the kids, we'd drive through the night so they could sleep.

 

上星期日晚，我經歷了生平最長最長的"開車旅行"。晚上6:00，我們開始了這一段瘋狂的旅程。這時，兩個孩子還蠻乖的，完全不懂我們向他們解釋"我們大家將在車子裡一段時間”的意義。還好有救兵相助，我們請了我的公公和另外兩個朋友來幫忙。我們想讓孩子舒服些，所以才計畫在晚上開車，好讓他們在車上睡覺而不會覺得路途遙遠。

The kids were so confused, because every 3 hours or so we would stop to get gas for the U-haul, and for some fresh air.  It was good too because being pregnant, it was good for me to get out and stretch my legs (to avoid blood clots) and use the restroom.  

 

結果反而讓孩子們很困惑，因為每三個小時我們需要停下來為裝家具行李的貨車加一次油，順便呼吸一下新鮮空氣。對我來說是一件好事，因為孕婦需要下車活動一下筋骨，順便上洗手間。

Finally around 10am, we arrived at our new place.  

 

好不容易，終於在早上十點到達目的地。

I have requests to write about flying in a plane with my kids, so I'll do that in another entry. 

 

有人希望我能分享帶著孩子在長途的飛行中的經驗，我會另外寫一篇。

Here are some tips that I would give if i were to do that again with young toddlers.

現在，我想分享一些如果日後還有這種帶著年幼孩子的長途旅行的機會，我會用的一些小方法。

1. Arrange the car seats so the kids are next to each other.  They entertain each other.

如果有兩個孩子，把他們的安全椅放在一起，這樣他們可以玩在一起。
2. Make sure there are lots of snacks.

記得準備足夠的零食。
3. Don't worry about the mess they are making in the car.  A small confined space is not the place where you want your kids screaming.

不要在乎車裡被孩子弄髒;在這麼狹窄的空間裡誰也不想聽到孩子被罵後的哭鬧聲。
4. Have plenty of books, stickers and activities, and switch them from one activity to the other rapidly.

準備足夠的書，貼紙和適合在車內玩的遊戲，並且要快速的從一個活動換到另外一個。
5.  Don't stress.  Things are NOT going to go the way you plan, and you HAVE to learn to be flexible.

不可有壓力。事情絕對不會照著計畫進行，一定要學習有彈性。

Now we are here in our new place and excited to start our new journey here. 

現在，我們到了我們的新家，興奮的準備開始我們的新生活。

 
Just like a road trip, my new attitude here while we start a new life is that the best part is not the destination, but the journey!

就像開車旅行一樣，來到這裡我的新態度是:

開始一個新生活最好的部分不是在目的地，而是在旅程中。

See You Soon....

Well, we are in the process of moving our whole lives into this:

And on Sunday we are moving to our new destination.

I may be missing from the blog for about a week. My mom will be back at home from her business trip soon, but I'll be off organizing our new place.

I have been really emotional. I went to spend some time with one of my best friends, who very wisely told me that I need to make sure I don't cry in front of my kids, no matter how sad I am about this move. She knows I'm the kind of person that will do anything for my kids so she told me that I needed to be brave for my kids, so they understand that moving is not a sad thing, but that it's an exciting chance for us grow.  What wise friends I have.

ALSO!  I've been meaning to tell you all.  I failed my first glucose test of this pregnancy.  I was surprised because I consider myself pretty healthy.  But because of that, I am COMPLETELY NOT EATING:

Anything with white sugar

Anything with white flour (white bread, pasta, etc.)

This does not mean that I have gestational diabetes, but I'm still gonna be careful.

Usually I keep those two to a minimum, but now I'm NOT eating ANY of that at all......

I'll let you know how it goes.  It's gonna be hard, but I'm doing it for my baby! 

Well, next time I write I'll be in a brand new state! Take care until then!

WHAT?!

Unfortunately, mom the translator is going out of town on business....so it will be another week before we'll have a proper post.  Sorry....

So Fast!

Well, no translator again today.  Mom's still recovering.

I wanted to just post some pictures, and when I went to upload them, I clicked on an August 2009 album instead of 2011.  In this album I found a picture of me the day I found out I was pregnant with #2.

It really just seems like yesterday that I was at the hospital giving birth to Eli...

And here I am, NINE weeks away from having yet another baby.  You probably think I'm crazy. 

It's because I am.

Here's a picture from last week, at 30 weeks pregnant.  My hair was bad, but I'm feeling good! 

See you Friday for a better post ;)