Author: Amber

I was really surprised to have one. Baby shower seems like a big pregnancy thing in the US. When we started our baby registry at Babies R Us, the lady asked Zack if he needed shower invitation cards and hesitently he said No…Yes…may be… So she gave us 50 free cards which are useless for… Continue reading My Surprise Baby Shower

The child finally looks human I was scheduled for a level 2 diagnostic ultrasound during the 21st week. Myself and Zack were very excited as we were told that at 21st week the baby looks like a complete human vs “human like” in the early weeks. The ultrasound was scheduled at around 7:30am. We reached… Continue reading Week 21: Level 2 Diagnostic Ultrasound

Will my child be bald? In weeks 14th—17th the fetus grows hair. I was very upset that time ‘cause it looked like I was going to get laid off. So Zack kept telling me that due to all that worry, we will have a bald child as the fetus will lose all his/her hair. So… Continue reading Weeks 11–19

Start of a new life On Dec 29th, we went to see the Doc in the morning. We were very nervous, if the heartbeat be there or not? Dr Darder was there that day. He performed the transvaginal ultrasound. Zack was sitting on a chair next to me while I was lying on my back… Continue reading Weeks 7-10

I was having cramps in my lower abdomen for a few days and I noticed on Dec 16th evening that I have slight dark brown spotting. Spotting continued for next 10 days and cramps starting to become severe. On the 18th, I freaked out as cramps were getting worse. I had an ovarian cyst couple… Continue reading Weeks 5-6

First step: Zack is coming home on 27th Nov for Thanksgiving. After a very painful month (Zack’s CRVO problem), finally we are relaxed a little bit. I got up 25 Nov and realized that I may be ovulating. (I have PCOS and a year back my doc put me on Glucophage which seems to be… Continue reading Weeks 1-2