Teri Goreng

18W 1d

It’s a day to grief. An earthquake hit Yogjakarta early this morning.
Felt more kicking and movements. Most of them were in my right side tummy.
Mostly in the morning and evening. It was the most amazing feeling you ever had. Love ‘balado udang’ and ‘teri goreng’ these days.
Fed up with grilled chicken.
Tried to eat less rice but more veggie. Missed the multivitamin for 2 days…

More check-ups

17W 4d

Rang the health center (helsastasjon) to set up an appointment with the midwife.
It's not a must to go to midwife for your pregnancy check-up here, you can just go to you doctor if you like. Just feel like want to experience the check up with midwife. Need to wait for them to call me back for several days.

Sleep tight

17W 1d

Walked for 25 minutes to Moholt student housing for the Indonesians gathering. Made ‘balado udang’ and ‘es teler’. Had ‘soto ayam’, ‘sayur lodeh’ and ‘tempe goreng’. Love them all.
Couldn't button up my trouser anymore and couldn't hide the bump anymore.
Thanks to Egil, Tetty and Angling who offered us a lift going home.
Felt great and enjoyed the ‘take-home tempe’. Work-out a lot, ate a lot and hope to get a good sleep tonight.

My 1st Ultra Sound Check Up, it's a ...

15W 3d !!

Had an Ultra Sound check up this morning. All of us, Hardy, Abigail and I went togehter. It was quite long waiting for my turn. It was about 40 minutes or so, but there was a corner for children to play so Abigail didn't get bored.

Asked the midwife whether it's ok to take Abigail in ; on the letter it says that it's not allowed to bring kids :( no problem, she said.
All of us got to see our little tiny new member to our family. It might be difficult for Abigail to recognize the baby, but hopefully she understands seeing the moving 'white thing' on the screen.

To my surprise, it was too young, too early, said the midwife. I am in my 16 week and 1 day pregnancy right now, not 18 weeks as predicted before. Ok, may be there is some miscalculations with my period or something.

I need another check up in the next 3 weeks. Everything looked fine, except she couldn't see the heart's chamber clearly and other organs. The baby moved around, kicking and turning up and down, sucking its finger and moved its hands and feet.

Hardy was a bit worried when he heard the word 'for ung' and thought that the baby is too small. While the midwife meant 'too early'. Hopefully the baby is doing fine and healthy.

Well, we asked whether it's a boy or a girl... it's better keep it in secret for a while and wait for another 3 weeks to make sure. The most important thing is that baby is healty and ok, right?!!

Thinking a lot about baby names. So excited...!!

Old due date: October 13, 2006
New due date: October 30, 2006

Temptation

17W 2d

It’s a wonderful Sunday. Warm and shiny. Went to church and International Sunday where they had food festival and cultural shows. Had pizza for lunch, rice and grilled chicken (again) for dinner. And ice cream. Hardy just bought a pack of yummy ice cream. Oh, resist the temptation, Lasma…don’t want to gain too much weight, but it is ice cream… everybody loves ice cream.

My 2nd Visit To The Doctor

16W 6d


Everything is all right. I am 57,4 kg, blood pressure: 106/61. No need for iron tablet, said the doctor.
A bit crossed for waiting too long to get my turn, which supposed to be at 09.10. He forgot, I guess, but it's understandable. Nice old guy... I knew him since my first pregnancy. He sometimes acts funny. Forgets the scale of my womb or my blood pressure... :) A nice one, too. He is so patient listening to my poor norwegian, too... and kindly correct my language.
Managed to play outside with Abigail and Celina. Ate well and took a nap.
I felt great all the day long.

Stay fit

16W 3d

It’s holiday. Relax!
No croissant anymore. Back to the normal breakfast menu.
Today I had toast, with chocolate, banana and cheese. Can eat more and more of them.
Try to do some exercise in the evening to stay fit. Started with multivitamin today.