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We are happy to finally share one of the biggest highlights of our honeymoon: it’s one very special souvenir we brought back ...There will be a little B&M joining our family in January next year...!! We’re 14.5 weeks pregnant, super happy and excited!

I’m feeling good. Baby is doing well too. I’ve been spared from severe morning sickness so we were very lucky that we were able to continue traveling… with the 3 of us!

I just was (am) very tired and sensitive for smells such as car fumes (cars in South America drive on old-fashioned diesel...); certain cooking smells (no shortage of deep fried chicken being sold anywhere); floor wax; anything strong smelling… EEUW really put me off. It sometimes made me feel a bit queazy and definitely took my appetite away. I lost about 2.5 kilos over the past months just because I ate so little (you wouldn’t say by all the food pics we took, but anyway...). Now that we’re back home I’m eating better and started to gain weight. The belly isn’t showing yet, apart from my own pod-belly fat. For some reason that’s the only spot that I did NOT loose weight.

13-week echo

We had a checkup with echo last week Saturday (July 12, 2008). Our first checkup in Japan. Baby now looks like a baby--no more embryo. He/she was moving arms and legs with lots of energy! That was amazing to see. In the echo ‘Little B&M’ measures 6.85 cm from top of head till bottom of bum, with a heartbeat of 150 BPM. Still very little, and mummy B’s belly is not yet showing.

“Made in Colombia”
We found out that we were expecting while in Colombia. The very first echo was taken in Bogota (May 28, 2008). It was also the first time that we heard the heartbeat: 122 BMP. Baby was very very young at this point: an embryo of only 6~7 weeks. Showing up in the shape of a little snowman measuring no more than 0.58 cm, with a small balloon attached to it (= the yolk sack, which supplies blood flow and nutrients to the embryo, and later forms the intestinal tube). Incredible.

We plan to have our little one here in Tokyo. I’m currently in the process of finding a clinic or hospital for the birth. Not an easy task as it requires research because of the criteria I have… I want to go somewhere with English speaking doctors (do not wish to be challenged with Japanese vocab and communication while having contractions); where they support birth plans; and are flexible towards several other wishes we have, such as the father being there during labour and birth. And to add to the challenge, I found out this week that some of the places that make it to the short list are already booked out for January! It’s becoming a bit of a race against time to get this sorted, but we will.

Hasta la vista, baby!
Mark your calendars: baby’s calculated due date is January 14, 2009.

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