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We’ve officially passed our first trimester, yay! Albert and I went to our prenatal appointment with Dr Kent. Gained 3 pounds since last month, making in 5-6 in total. We got to see Baby again on the ultrasound machine. We caught him sleeping, I think, this time with a side view. He’s so cute! I just want to go in there and rub his head, stroke his back, and pat his little bum. He’s about 3 inches long now, with head diameter of 1 inch. My belly is growing steadily. I still look frumpy. Hopefully in a few more weeks I’ll upgrade to a more pregnant belly. I also got a Pap smear, which is a little different than the standard test. I guess the doctor can’t really take a sample of my cervix anymore. Instead, he took samples just up the va-j-j. Usually I’m pretty good at relaxing my muscles during a Pap test. But this time, I think, subconsciously I just didn’t want anything foreign shoved up there and I instinctually clenched those muscles. The whole process was just more uncomfortable than previous Pap’s. The doctor also gauged how much room is in the vagina to see if I have enough room for Baby to come out come delivery time. I passed!

What was also different was Albie was in the room with me. Had I known it was gonna be uncomfy I would’ve had him hold my hand. But I was a good girl, and Dr Kent said this was a good preview of delivery day behavior. Which I think I’d be mess with swear words coming out left and right. But we’ll see. :)

These days we’re excited about Baby and finding out the gender in a month at our next genetic screening appointment. We’ll get another in-depth ultrasound to inspect if the organs are forming correctly. Hopefully we’ll find out if we’re having a boy or girl! Albert doesn’t have a preference for one or the other. My friend Joy thinks it’ll be a boy. My gut instinct says it’ll be a boy, but I wouldn’t mind a girl either. I’d like to have two kids, a boy and a girl (the American dream, right?). So whatever we have now, I hope to have the opposite sex next time. And being born with two older sisters, I would like to raise a boy just to see how it’ll be like. So a slight preference for a boy for me. But baby girl clothes are soooo much cuter!

Tonight we met up with my extended family for Chinese New Year dinner at East Ocean. Standard New Years set dinner, like fat choy with dried oysters. Good stuff. My skinny cousin Yvonne didn’t want to have anything to do with the dried oyster, but my aunt said she has to eat it for auspicious reasons. That girl needs to eat more. Doesn’t matter what it is, just eat more. Anyways, it was nice comparing notes with Patricia. She said she and Steve attended their first baby class on Caesarian births. They didn’t get their ID’s checked, and it was a simple video showing with a nurse explaining. Maybe we should’ve snuck in and saved some money. Next week they’re going to an all-day class on Labor Day, so I’ll be babysitting Bahamas then.