First Christmas

Peanut got his first Christmas present from amoo Siavash & khaleh Ashka last night. Some cute cute clothing that will be super cute when Peanut will be in them. ;) Mommy can't wait to see him in the lion suite and Daddy can't wait to see him in his favorite frog suite.
Stay tuned, some pic will be updated soon... :)

Almost 21 weeks

How far along: almost 21weeks
Total weight gain/loss: Depends on who's scale you're going by. By our bathroom scale, 11 lb, but my OB scale I'm up 13lbs.
Maternity clothes: Yep.
Stretch marks: Not yet
Sleep: It would be great to sleep straight through the night.
Best moment this week: Seeing little sheytoon Peanut in ultrasound!
Movement: Lots, especially at night. It's a dance party in there! :D
Food cravings: Sweets
Food aversions: none right now
Belly Button in or out: Still an innie
What I miss: Sleeping on my belly.
What I am looking forward to: Seeing Peanut another time in OB office next week!
Weekly Wisdom: I love being pregnant .
Milestones: Reaching 20th week.

Announcing the gender

This is how we announced the gender to our friends last night. Totally Daddy's idea, not mine! :D

20th week

daily reminder

Hi,

    This is a hassle to remind you to Hi Mommy, this is Peanut -
    don't forget to give me iron, vitamins, and exercise today!
    Love you!. So get to it!


This is the daily email Peanut sends me through HassleBot.com. This is called 21st century babies. :D

halfway cooked

My little peanut is halfway cooked today. Today marked the 20th week of my pregnancy and I still can't believe this little voroojak is living inside my belly. :) Although our little swimmer has been active and moving around a lot, still feels like a dream to me.
Today we had our anatomical ultrasound where they look at babies from head to toe and specially focus on heart, head, liver & kidney. First, I have to say this little peanut did not stay still not even a second. Poor ultrasound technician was running after the fetus to get good shots. At one point he said, such babies make the money I get for my job worth! :D Thank God looks like our little precious one is healthy. I was particularly nervous about the heart, since I read too many horror stories about babies and heart defects.
At the end we got to the gender determination, where the technician turn monitor around so I could see too. It turns out little peanut just like daddy likes to use leg separators. The umbilical cord was between the legs and we couldn't get a clear view of hoo-ha. :D We zoomed in and almost could see something bigger than a girl's part. So the technician said most likely it's a boy but he's not hundred percent sure. I always had a feeling it's a boy. We have an OB appointment on 21st so I'll ask Dr. Anderson to look between peanut's legs again. :D I am so excited though. Arash is getting a little buddy. We both cried during ultrasound.  It's hard to believe we multiplied and made a new Arash-Sepideh combo. Thank you thank you, God!

little swimmer

This Peanut is just a little swimmer who likes to swim and flutter in mommy's belly. I am already in love with this little creature. :)

Peanut under cover (18th week)

butterflies

Peanut has a lot of butterflies in his/her tiny belly, because it's a BIG day for daddy. Peanut is praying he has a successful meeting and come home with a bag of m&m. Peanut loves m&m! :P

Miss Daddy

We miss daddy a lot already. He flew to NY for some business deal. We miss him, but praying he gets his deal and come home with some good news. He deserves the best, because he's the best dad Peanut have ever had. :D Hopefully these three days will go by fast and Thursday comes soon.

Insomnia

Looks like the only pregnancy symptom that is hitting me hard is insomnia. I wake up middle of the night and seems impossible to go back to sleep. Also I can't sleep with a comfortable position. I am suppose to sleep only on my sides and that don't seem to be friendly to my hips, back and stomach. However, other than this everything else seems to be smooth. Yey fr second trimester. :D
My belly is growing, but at this point I just look fat and proud of it; no belly hiding. ;) I can't wait to hold this baby and kiss his/her chubby cheeks. 

First OB appointment

We had our first OB appointment today that went pretty well. Everything looks great and sheytoon peanut is on track.
Looks like we have a good experienced OB. We also did a quick ultrasound at the office, but finigili was moving so much that the doctor couldn't get the exact heart rate, but he said it's around 140-150bpm. :) Peanut had his/her hands up over his head. I think s/he was "laming" like Arash. ;)

I still can't believe we are becoming parents. So unreal, but I am happy... :)

Nice Day

It's a nice sunny day in Vancouver and here I am sitting with my dearest cat blogging. I had some back pain yesterday so I decided to take it easy at night. It's not like I was doing any heavy duty tasks anyway. ;) This evening I am going to do some maternity clothes shopping. I am not too big yet, but this belly of mine is sticking out and I only can wear one of my pants and not most of shirts. Of course that was kind of predictable with my petite built. I've heard a lot of good things about maternity clothes. We'll see tonight. :)

It's confirmed! :)

I still can't believe this little peanut (or plum by now) is living inside my belly. I'd held expressing my joy and hope until today, but today I am announcing to the world: I am pregnant. It's so good to be able to talk about it.
We had the NT Scan today where they look at possibility of down syndrome. Although I knew I was not qualified for it, because of my age and no history of down in the family, my doc recommended to follow up with pregnancy progress. To me, you can never get enough assurance. Thank God every thing looked perfect. S/He had a heart rate of 168bpm. Wow that's pretty fast! It kept moving his/her hands like s/he was dancing. Arash watched the whole thing, but they only gave me some quick looks.
I still think it's a boy and daddy thinks it's girl. I guess we'll know Dec 10th on my next ultrasound.
Now that it's confirmed I am a pregger, I'll try to be a good blogger mommy and update frequently.

Keep us in your prayers...

Yessssssssssssssss

:) :) :) Thank you God! We heard the heartbeat. We had an ultrasound appointment today and it went really well. I still can't believe it. Out peanut is 1cm long with a heart rate of 110pbm. I don't know how a 1cm embryo has heartbeat. The place was very nice and the tech was awesome. She let Arash in the room and explain us everything and even asked if we have any question. Very different from the last one. I am so glad I refused to go to the last one. I still can't believe it. I wanted to scream, but managed only to drop a tear.

God's plan

Dearest God! What's your plan for me and DH? Is it to kill us while waiting. You are probably testing my patience, but you know me; Not a good patient person!

Dr. Rowe called today and said they have not done my hCG test yet!!!!! I have to wait until tomorrow morning to find out. I think this is the hardest one so far to wait for... Hopefully this remains the hardest! Amen.

Baby please stick around

Yesterday was beginning of my 6 week so called pregnancy. 
So I went to my ultrasound appointment yesterday morning. I have to say it was the shadiest ultrasound office I've ever been to. The technician was this Chinese lady with very cold attitude and she was not even answering me when I would ask a question. She kept saying I don't know; you should ask your doctor. She didn't even let DH in. Anyway later in the day Dr Rowe apologized for the unprofessional u/s they send me to. Apparently they know all about their performance very well, but since they wanted to make an appointment soon for me that was the only option (welcome to free Canadian healthcare!)

In the afternoon I had my RE appt. He said based on technician observation my gestational sac was empty and they couldn't see a fetal pole and potentially my pregnancy is not vital. I really tried hard not to break in tears in his office. He said he doesn't fully trust the ultrasound result and he ordered a second hCG to confirm the possibility of miscarriage. I am 6 wks but I think it's 24dpo so not sure if it's too early to see anything or not. RE said with that hCG being 1722 on Thursday we should have seen a fetal pole.

I am suppose to call today in 1.5 hrs to find out if there was a doubling hCG rate. If there was he will send me to a second ultrasound appt. This is the hardest wait time I've even done. Very devastating to find out your are miscarrying. Last night I was thinking how much I am already attached to this little peanut inside me. Baby! please stick around mommy's belly and grow! God pleaaaaaaaaaaase send us some sticky dust to us!

a little bit of relief

So yesterday I went to my GP and talked to him regarding my concern about hCG and progesterone level. My RE is so relaxed about it that makes me worried. At least we should the values to my opinion. He was kind enough to write me a full set of tests. I did the test right away and was waiting for result online. Since universe wants to mess with me, for the first time they didn't update my result online. Go figure!
The stubborn monkey I am, called my doc office this morning asking for the result. The secretary was nice and read me the numbers. hCG 1722 and P4 90! According to my research, both numbers look good! :) Thank you Thank you, GOD! I guess now we have to wait for ultrasound on Tuesday to hopefully hear the heartbeat. I still can't believe this little peanut is growing inside me. Apparently he/she is a great peanut that does not want give mommy any trouble yet. Daddy, mommy and Pishy already love you hella much! :*
The other funny/interesting thing happened last night was that our friend randomly asked us if we are pregnant. We went to a comedy club and at dinner she asked me if there's anything I want to tell her. I was like no, what, what are you talking about ... and then she asked us the question. I was surprised by her sharpness and sixth sense. So now she knows... :) We are looking forward they also bring a little peanut so their peanut would be our peanut's friend and grow up together.
For now I am practicing baby stuff with Pishy (our cat)...

Sticky dust to us *~*~*~*~*

5 weeks

I am supposedly 5 weeks pregnant today, although I keep telling DH I don't feel pregnant. I don't have nausea or extra appetite. I just have painful cramps and constipation; not fun at all. Yesterday we found out that lab made a mistake and instead of beta hCG they just confirmed the pregnancy. I already knew that from HPT, daah! I got really pissed off at the Lifelabs. My RE called and he said although they made a mistake, even if I have low hCG does not necessarily mean a problem. I think otherwise. He failed to give me a progestetone test. As far as I know every single person gets two beta and at least one P4 tests. However, my RE thinks I am fine and he likes to leave it to the nature. I don't want to give myself false hopes and really hard to wait. :/
Anyway, we have an ultrasound appointment next Tuesday to confirm pregnancy. Hopefully we see our little peanut and hear some nice heart beat. God pleasssssssssse send us some sticky dusts! :)

first is first

We've been thinking to make our little peanut for a few months now, but didn't think it would happen so fast. Even my RE was surprise yesterday at our appointment. I just took a blood pregnancy test yesterday and it says A POS and I am assuming that means BIG FAT POSITIVE. I got so excited yesterday that couldn't wait until DH comes home. I called him; he got so excited and he came home right away. I am so happy that I still can't believe it. I guess we will have an ultrasound in two weeks to check the embryo.