Rongyuan

刚刚看了志融写的英文日志的网页中文翻译，那叫一个乱，都不知道不懂英文的妈妈到底看懂了没有，所以决定还是把过去十周发生的事情简单描述一下。

九月初的时候，我们隐隐约约觉得我有可能会怀上，所以在6号早上测了一下早孕试纸，当看到试纸上显示”+”时，我很平静地告诉还在熟睡中的老公我刚做了测试，他噌的一下坐起来问”怀上了？” 我点点头。我不得不承认他比我要兴奋得多，而当时的我竟然没有太大感觉，也许一切都是在意料 之中吧。在接下来的两三天里，我才逐渐找到感觉，慢慢兴奋起来。接着我就给妈妈打了个电话，妈妈很开心地祝贺我，然后给我公公也打了个电话，因为早上要赶着上班， 没有多说，只是通告了一下消息。 平静地在公司渡过了一天，晚上回到家，我开始怀疑自己是不是真的怀上了，因为我一点反应也没有，测试会不会有误，所以过了两天我们又去买了张试纸，又测了一次，结果是一样的。
Continue reading 过去的十周

千呼万唤始出来，女主人终于露面了，不是我不愿意，实在是每天上班对着六七个小时的电脑，回到家根本就不想碰电脑。今天是周末，下定决心要把日志给补回来。

但现在其实是凌晨，大家不要骂我不早点睡觉，其实是因为今天吃完晚饭，一阵犯困，脏碗丢给老公，我爬上床就睡， 一直睡到11点，准备接着睡，但却睡不着了。这是怀孕的症状之一吗？容易犯困， 特能睡。
Continue reading 我露面了

So we did meet Dr Layton from Borchardt medical centre. She was a young, very friendly and nice doctor. She gave us enough information and put Yuan in the system for pregnant women*wow*. I admit that internet or to be precise “the online network” is ubiquitous in UK. It makes me feel as if you are not existed if you are not in the system hahaha.

Anyway, she explained about what will happen in the coming months. Bassically, we will be in a direct constant contact with the hospital (no longer with the GP) and a midwive. The hospital or midwive will be providing all the information and care that Yuan would be needing then *hmmm, including food or special request? :D*. So, we will be visiting the hospital/midwive to do all the USG scan, consultation, etc.

However, before she provided us with this information, she asked several questions:

Dr: had you done any test with the over-the-counter pregnancy test?
Us: yeah, twice.
Dr: then it’s positive. the test is sensitive and reliable enough providing you did it twice.
Us: so we don’t need a blood/urine test?
Dr: No.

*surprise surprise, as far as i know the indonesian doctor do it quite often don’t they?*

Us: (well, it was Yuan who asked) i am pregnant and i don’t know what to do. Could you give any advice?
Dr: first of all, do you expect to be pregnant?
Us: what……. of course we do hahaha, we were trying to have a baby :).

*Hahahaha, we thought, the doctor may think that these two young couple are in trouble of having extra-marital (or unplanned) pregnancy :D.*

Dr Layton then continued with all the basic information about the pregnancy i.e. what should we avoid, etc. She even gave us a pregnancy diary :). btw, we installed a pregnancy calendar in Yuan’s fancy mobile phone.

About food, bassically Yuan can eat almost everything EXCEPT uncooked food including soft cheese, blue cheese, and the like of. Dr Layton wasn’t so sure about salami or sausages. She suggested us to cook any meat/sausage/etc properly. So at the bottom line, Yuan should not eat anything raw or unprocessed. This is important for the baby’s development. Raw meat can carry dangerous bacteria that are harmful for fetus development. Scary information indeed.

So from now on, Yuan can only eat thoroughly cooked food. No more runny egg, medium barbecued meat, etc. Every meat and vegetable should be well-boiled, well-steamed, or well-fried.

The doctor also provided Yuan with a prescription for Vitamin D & Calcium supplement (Yuan already has the folic acid supplement a month prior to her pregnancy) . The good news is it is free *yeiy* :).

The meeting last for 15 minutes. We went home quite happily :). A new life is coming, time to pass the good news for our close relatives.

Well, Yuan wanted to have a more solid prove *gosh, she is so demanding hahaha*. So, we booked an appointment with a GP *neighbourhood doctor*. We visited the doctor on Wednesday 21st September 2011. It was in the morning *oohhh, there goes my sweet morning sleep* at around 08.50 am.

Our GP is Dr. D. Layton at the Borchardt Medical Centre. Google maps below shows you the whereabout of the medical centre:

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It’s pretty close to our home. Just around 5-10 minutes walking distance :).