At last! I hit Week 16!Sometime last week I started to feel much better. Nausea was not all day but the exhaustion was still there. When I finally hit Week 16, I felt even better. But I suddenly required 2 naps a day!
Well, I still feel nauseous on and off. But I know what the triggers are for this period – exhaustion (going to the dr for the check up made me exhausted! ) and eating too much wheat-based products.
So if I can remember to continue to not over exert myself and not over indulge in pasta and noodles, I should be fine – I hope!
Separately, do you feel the heat of the past week?! It is so hot I broke out in a heat rash all over my neck! So much for Being Frugal! The air con is going to get a real work out if this hot season continues!
And I was thinking – if I feel hot now, I don’t dare to imagine how I’ll feel in my 3rd trimester!
Oh and no, I didn’t do a scan this week so we have to wait till the next appointment to find out the gender of the baby. Unlike some moms who have the patience to wait til the birth to find out the gender of the baby, I want to know now! Lol!
It helps us in the naming of the baby. I don’t believe in having a checklist of names to be just picked off when the baby comes. And just saving the other names not picked for whoever comes along next.
What we do is pray and seek the Lord for the baby’s name once we know the gender of the baby. This takes an awful long time since dh and I have to agree on the name. Especially when the baby is a girl. We are running out of Old Testament girl names that we like! Then comes the torturous part of choosing a Chinese name.
Why torturous? Coz we are so, so, bad in Chinese! And you know how Chinese names must not only mean well, they must sound right. And some characters just don’t go with others.
Anyway, do stick around if you want to know if the children’s prayers are answered!