Week 24 - It's a Girl!

After yet another ultrasound, we've confirmed ... it's a girl! Technology is so cool these days, they were able to render a 3d image. Here's her first 3d pictures and a 2d profile too.

She has her mouth open here so it looks like she's laughing. I think she's just drinking water, I had some juice before getting the ultrasound. Yummy!








She's just being herself here....













Here's her profile and little fingers... or are those toes?


Bye bye... see you later.

Week 23 - We think it's a girl!

After some blurry images on an ultrasound machine... we saw fingers and toes... jawbones and a spine. Our doctor seems to think everything is clear and called out all these body parts we haven't heard of. We just nodded and smiled in aw of the wiggling little creature that is undoubtedly a baby. Then came the answer we've been waiting for. And the answer was... 80% a girl, 20% a boy. In the 80/20 world we live in, that was good enough for somethings but not this! We later talked to a friend who also went to the same doctor and had a similar dilemma. Apparently, our doctor never gives absolute answers. Maybe that's all doctors. So we've settled with the statistics... 80% will have to do. We're due for another ultrasound in a couple of weeks. Until then, we'll keep thinking up girl names that go with Yang.

Baby Yang is about a pound in weight and 8 inches in length. Fluttering can be felt in the stomach after a meal or a sweet snack. I'm feeling a lot of energy these days... sure hope it lasts.

weight + 10 lbs

Boy or Girl We Still Don't Know... Week 16

It's week 16 and no more sickness anytime of day. Yay!!! It actually started getting better starting week 14.

We won't find out the sex of the baby for another 4 weeks. Anticipation is killing us... A friend suggested getting a Doppler machine to hear the baby's heart beat. It's on the way...

Weight: +/- 0lbs

Look How Big I am! Week 13

Baby Yang is a full 5.5 cm in length! Heartbeating at 160/minute.

You can see little hand scratching the eye already... something Woo likes to do. Baby's profile is developed but the neck is still too week so it's being supported by the chest. The ultrasound lasted a full 30 minutes because the doctor couldn't get the right angle. Baby Yang responded to coughing and moved around till we got the right angle.

I'm going to start tracking my weight against pre-pregnancy.

Weight: -2 lbs

Babymoon!

In celebration of our second wedding anniversay, we had planned a trip to Maui for some R&R&R. It also happens to be week 13 when evening sickness was still at it's peak. Baby Yang was functioning in PST rather than Hawaiian Time. This is a typical day during our stay in Maui:

- 6am - Wake up
- 6:30am - Breakfast
- 8:00am - Swimming and Snorkeling
- 11:00am - Rest
- 12:00pm - Lunch
- 1:00pm - Rest
- Rest of the day - Rest/Sleep

What Happened to Weeks 9-12?

Morning sickness, afternoon sickness, evening sickness....

Let's Find Out... 8 weeks

A week later, back at the doctor's office... Relief!

One little precious Baby Yang:)

And the morning sickness begins...

First Ultrasound at 7 weeks

Baby Yang's first ultrasound at 7 weeks. So small... that the doctor thought there could be two of them.

Hmm... could there be another one there? Need to go back the following week for another look.

We're Expecting!

We're expecting! Baby Yang is due on March 11, 2009.

We're so excited and can't wait to meet Baby Yang. Thanks to all our family and friends' support. It's been a tough few months of morning sickness but things are back to "normal" (as normal as can be).