I started re-reading my blog when I was pregnant with Jack-Jack, to see when things started to get better - I think my appetite returned at week 14 but the bleeding was not seen after week 9. Well, I am almost at the end of week 9 already and the bleeding still comes on and off leaving me half stranded in bed. Whenever I feel a bit more energetic and active, it usually follows by another episode of bleeding, reminding me to slow down again. The past four weeks really felt like it went by so slowly. There's a Chinese saying that describes this really well, "度日如年", which means the days feels as long as the years.
Life is sort of on hold now. We can't plan our summer travels to Taiwan and Europe until we know it's safe to travel from the doctor. As the summer heat gets unbearable in HK in even early June, I am longing ever more for some cold Scandinavian crisp air and blue skies.... And of course to stop feeling so queasy and tired as well. Mic said I am like the "anti-Katherine" now, feeling and acting like the opposite of the old me -- I am now the lethargic, taxi-taking, air-conditioning blasting person, walking at the speed of a snail.
Hopefully, as the end of the first trimester nears, things will start to look up soon. At least on the good news side, our doctor's visit revealed K#2 growing well and now already at 2.7cm. It started to look like a baby now on the monitor and we also saw a bit of its movements. The excitement certainly wasn't like when we saw Jack-Jack for the first time, but it still was reassuring to see the beginning of life, safely and soundly in me.
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