面倒くさい

ので、時々日本語でブログすることにしました・・・
英語で書くほうが簡単、というか適当というかそういうときもあるし、日本語のほうが適当、で楽なときもある・・・

妊娠生活も満23週。本当は妊婦ブログ始めるつもりで妊娠発覚直後にURLまで押さえていたけど、いつの間にかお腹ポッコリになり、折り返し地点の20週から始めよう、と思っていたけど・・・もう23週。
カナダで健康保険のない私が妊娠→出産という経験は記録しておいたら、もしかして他の人の役に少しはたつかもしれない・・・と思いつつ、ダラダラと。
もう最初にMidwife（助産師）を探したときのことも記憶が薄れてきたかも。
最近やたらと物忘れが激しいのは妊娠しているせいなのか、それとも年のせいなのか・・・

今日はCちゃんと息子くんと飲茶に行ってきました。あ、それとCちゃんのダンナさんと！
Cちゃん夫婦とはもうかなり長い付き合い。知り合ったのは10年以上前。（Cちゃんとダンナさんが知り合う前から私はどっちとも友達だった）Cちゃんはカナダでの唯一の日本人の友達。別に日本人の友達作らないようにしているわけではなく、日本人と知り合う機会がほとんどない。
最近はCちゃん息子くんが行ってるコミュニティセンターに顔を出したりしてるので、日本人のママさんたちと結構顔見知りになったりしています。
妊婦生活についてや移民のとこなど、いろいろ教えてもらってCちゃん夫婦には足を向けて寝れません。（まじで）お世話になりっぱなし。

最近のニュースといえば、6月に引っ越すことと、8月に実家の母がやってくること。母は3ヶ月滞在する予定。Kevinに「3ヶ月だよ、大丈夫？」と聞いたら「・・・」の後「僕は日本語わからないから平気。ママさんにいろいろ言われるのはあっちゃんだけ。」とやや開き直った様子。私は母に来てもらえて嬉しいしありがたいけど、家の父はどうするんだろう？家の父、家のこと何もしません。（できるかどうかも知りません）まだサラリーマンやってるし、Yシャツのアイロンとかどうする？
Kevinのお父さんのように1人暮らしができるタイプじゃない。
母曰く「私がいない間に私が死んでからの練習ができる！」・・・お父さんがんばれ・・・

今日はKevinの帰宅時間が不明なので今から1人でこくまろカレー食べます。

Our Baby Is...

Camera shy.

So we don't know the baby's gender... which is too bad though now I don't really mind finding out the day he/she comes out.

My belly button is not coming out yet, it's my skirt's button.

The weather has been finally warm. More like it's hot. (bit too hot for me...) I'm enjoying walking outside so that's good. I do go for a walk for few hours almost every single day, but still not very big appetite. Hope I gain some weight before next Wednesday. Check ups at midwife that day.

Also next week, I should start making to do list/shopping list. I want to finish packing before I get too big.

結婚記念日

Yesterday was our Japanese wedding anniversary. We didn't do anything special though we enjoyed the nice weather together.
1 year passed very fast.
2 weddings, 2 big moves. And 1 pregnancy!
I guess lots of things happened...



I don't think there's much difference between this picture and the last one I posted. Still I haven't gained any weight since January. Though our baby is growing fine. I can't wait to feel him/her.

18th week

I still don't know how to count weeks. Right now I'm 17 weeks and 1 day. I guess.

Things are going fine. That's why I don't write here as much as I should. Nothing much to tell.

Oh I started to show a bit last few weeks. But I don't think I gained any weight. Maybe that's a good sign if I'm in Japan. (I heard their weight watch is very strict) Last time I saw my midwife, she suggested to eat 5 times a day. 3 meals and 2 snacks. I haven't been able to do that yet. I do eat healthy though.

The picture is me 16th week. I don't think there's much difference yet now.

The weather here is bad. It's still freezing cold. We're still gonna have more than 10cm of snow in this month. I don't really mind snow (as long as I don't need to do shaveling) what I don't like is frozen sidewalks.

What I like and dislike (food)

Since I got pregnant I think my taste buds changed.
First change I noticed was coffee. I used to drink at least two cups of coffee a day. We bought decaf coffee right after we found out I'm pregnant though now I drink it once a week or less. Not because the decaf don't taste good. I just don't want to drink it anymore. I drink decaf tea more often.
Then I became LOVING fruits. Almost any kinds. I do eat two or three kinds of fruits a day. Today I already had an apple and I am having a pear as I write this.
I still like/love Japanese food except those snack rice crackers. Some people probably know that I used to LOVE rice crackers. I don't love them anymore. One package of rice crackers, it's sitting on our table for a while.
Oh now I don't wanna eat anything with herbs. Especially rosemary.
I don't like peas as much as before.

I didn't have morning sickness at all. So I'm lucky I guess. I got really tired and my different taste buds, they are pretty much the only things I felt in my first trimester. Oh and heartburns.

Couple friends of mine in Japan are also pregnant. And good friend of mine here has a 2 years old boy. So I can talk about my pregnancy with them.
We still don't know much about pregnancy. Still long way to meet the new member of our family face to face.

Good News

Yes, I am pregnant.
12 weeks (3 months)
Due date is Aug 30th.

February

We are having second snow storm in a week. About 20 more cm of snow coming tonight. Since we both don't drive, it's not really a problem. Kevin must shoveling more often though...
Oh speaking of shoveling, someone stole our metal shovel. Okay not our shovel. It's our landlord's. But we are the ones who do shoveling. Now we (er, mostly Kevin) use plastic one which is about to break in two picese.

Nothing much to say here. I've been staying in a lot. (I kinda had to, because of the weather) Yesterday we went for a walk at night and looked around apartments in the neighbourhood. We just can't wait to move in June. We have no idea where though hopefully we can stay in the neighbourhood. We should be fine anywhere near the subway station though, personally I don't want to move to East side of the city.