Doctor Appointment

赤ちゃんの検診に行ってきました。
今日から17週目で、日本の数え方だと5ヶ月目に入っていると思われる。　 お腹もやっと妊婦っぽく膨らんできた感じ(まぁ、まだね、ただ太っててお腹が出てるように見えなくもないんだけど…)

期待に反して今回の検診もあっという間に終わっちゃったわよね。　体重量って、尿検査して、血圧測って、心音聞いて、はい終わり　5分くらいで終わっちゃった。 体重も増えてないので一安心、昨日アイスクリーム食べたけど尿検査も大丈夫だったようで何も言われず、血圧も「Wonderful!」で、赤ちゃんもこの間の検診よりも動いてたな。　先生、動く赤ちゃんを機械で追っていくのが大変だって笑ってたわ。　元気に育ってるようでした。

つわりがスッキリ終わってから、お腹もまだそんなに膨らんでないし、胎動もこれだって確信できるのがないから、本当に赤ちゃん大丈夫かしら？　ママが忙しく飛び回ってるので怒ってないかしら？？とちょっと不安になってたのでとりあえずよかった。

安産のためにウォーキングを毎日30分とヨガを再開。　体を伸ばすって気持ちいいなぁと改めて実感　ベリーダンスも来週から始める予定。

次回の検診は3週間後の20週目。　次回は超音波でよく赤ちゃんを観察して、脳やその他臓器の発達状況を確認するんだそうだ。　で、それをしているうちに赤ちゃんは動くと思われるので、そこで性別がわかるらしい。　ドキドキわくわくです　 遠出する予定も当分ないので、今週からはちょっとゆっくりしたいわぁ。


Aaron and I went to see doctor yesterday for baby check up. I’m now week 17 and that means I’m 5 month pregnant in Japanese way of calculating (I think I’m end of 4 in American way, I’m not sure…). I think I finally started to look like a pregnant lady not a fat woman with big stomach.

Since my doctor had to deliver a baby this morning, he was running behind on his normal schedule. We waited for about 45 minutes and then my check up lasted like 5 minutes… I know it is not like a Japanese doctor where you can see baby on the monitor every time you go. I was still hoping that he would do it. Anyway what I did was just like the previous one; the nurse weighed me, did the urine test, and took my blood pressure and the doctor let me hear my baby’s heartbeat.

I still weigh the same and everything looked good even though I had a cup of ice cream yesterday. It sounded like my baby was doing great, too. It moved constantly and there was that static noise with the heartbeat.

Since my morning sickness was gone, I didn’t feel like there was no proof that my baby was doing good because I couldn’t see my stomach grow or feel the movement for sure. I was just worried about my baby because I was traveling a lot and have been tired. His/her strong heartbeat surely made me happy.

I have been feeling great and walking everyday for 30 minutes and doing Yoga in the morning as much as possible. Stretching your body is just a wonderful thing you can do to yourself. Since I have 3 tickets left for belly dance class. I’m going to start that, too. I’m excited!
The next doctor appointment is in three weeks. I’m going to have an ultrasound (yay!!) I can’t wait to see my baby and make sure everything is ok. Then I will find out what the baby is!! I first wanted a girl but now I don’t care as long as it’s healthy.

Math at Work

Here is a little something someone sent me that is indisputable mathematical logic. This is a strictly mathematical viewpoint...it goes like this:

What makes 100%? What does it mean to give MORE than 100%? Ever wonder about those people who say they are giving more than 100%? We have all been to those meetings where someone wants you to give over 100%. How about achieving 103%? What makes up 100% in life?

Here's a little mathematical formula that might help you answer these questions:

If:
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

is represented as:

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26

Then:

H-A-R-D-W-O-R-K

8+1+18+4+23+15+18+11 = 98%

and
K-N-O-W-L-E-D-G-E

11+14+15+23+12+5+4+7+5 = 96%


But,
A-T-T-I-T-U-D-E

1+20+20+9+20+21+4+5 = 100%


And,

B-U-L-L-S-H-I-T

2+21+12+12+19+8+9+20 = 103%

AND, look how far ass kissing will take you.

A-S-S-K-I-S-S-I-N-G

1+19+19+11+9+19+19+9+14+7 = 118%

So, one can conclude with mathematical certainty that while hard work and knowledge will get you close, and attitude will get you there, it's the bullshit and ass kissing that will put you over the top.

結婚式、Wedding 2

5月3日から7日まで、水戸教会時代からのお友達のくにちゃんの結婚式のためフロリダに行ってきました。本当はアーロンと二人そろって招待されていたけど、金銭的に痛いのと、アーロンの仕事が忙しいために私だけ参加ということに…。他の友達は10日から2週間滞在してたけど、私は体のことを考えてたったの6日間の滞在となりました。ありがたいことに、ここからオーランドまでの直行便があり、値段も安めでサービスもよかったので行き来がとても楽でした。

I went to Orlando, Florida from the 3rd till the 7th for Kuni chan’s wedding. She and I met at Mito Church and have known each other for about 8 years. She came to Florida for her master’s degree in some kind of aviation university. Originally Aaron and I were both invited but Aaron had to work so I got to come by myself. Reiko and Asami were staying about 10 days but I decided to make my trip short since I’m pregnant and get tired easily. Thanks to the Allegiant Air, I could fly directly to Orlando Sanford Airport. It was pretty reasonable and the service was nice, I was very happy.

Wedding Cake.

司式は二ールが行いました。屋外だったもんだからとても暑かった。　Neal did their wedding.　The ceremony was held outside so it was very hot wedding.

Mr. and Mrs. Smith.

First Dance…

Neal and Jenn

With Kuni

ブーケを取った礼子。Reiko is the next bride!

Neal and Jenn's sweet home. I wish I could live here, too...

Asami wanna get darker...

I heard that too much sun tan during the pregnancy would cause your skin to even age faster, so I decided to take cover. I love swimming in the ocean but I will wait till the next time.

妊娠中の日焼けは肌によくないと聞いたので、今回は完全防備でいきました。　海で思い切り泳ぐの大好きだけど今回はおあずけなり。

誰のおしり？　私のじゃないよ！

They are crazy girls... who? not me!

結婚式、Wedding 1

4月の最後の週末、オクラホマに住むアーロンの従妹ジェニーの結婚式に出席しました。　とってもきれいでした。　The last weekend of April, We went down to Oklahoma to attend Aaron's cousin, Jeni's wedding. She was beautiful and it was very nice wedding.

Doctor visit.

今日から13週目に入りました。　月で数えると妊娠4ヶ月になってます。
午前中に旦那と婦人科に受診してきました。　今日は超音波はなしで、心音だけ。それから先生と少しお話して終わりました。　
先生が持ってきた小さな機械からのびたコードの先を私の下腹部にあて、まず赤ちゃんを探します。　ちゃんと赤ちゃんがいるところに機械があたれば、よく心音が聞こえます。

I'm going into week 13. I am four month pregnant. We had doctor appointment this morning, so Aaron and I went. Today, we didn't get to do the ultra sound but we got to hear the baby's heart beat. If we were still in Japan and being pregnant, the doctor there would do ultrasound everytime you visit, but unfortunately things are different here. Well, it's ok. People before ultrasound came along in this world never got to see their babies until they were born. I'm just blessed to see the baby at least once while it's still in my tummy.
My doctor let me hear the baby's heart beat.

ドク、ドク、ザー、ドク、ドク、ドク…と音が聞こえました。
早くて力強い音なので、元気だということです。　途中で聞こえるザーという砂嵐のような音が聞こえる時は、赤ちゃんが動いている時なんだそう。　子宮の中を動き回っているらしく、ザーっと音が聞こえるたびに機械を動かして、赤ちゃんをまた見つけなおすことを何回か繰り返した。　
It was strong and fast, which means the baby's growing good! I was so excited. We heard several static noise at the same time and the doctor told us that that's the noise baby makes when it moves around. I guess my baby was moving around like crazy when we tried to hear it.

先生曰く、尿検査も血圧も大丈夫で、私は今のところ「問題のない妊婦さん」ということです。　Well, so far my urin test and blood pressure came out good. My doctor said I'm an easy one to deal with...:)

1 Year Anniversary in US

去年の4月10日にアメリカに戻ってきました。　もう1年経っちゃったなんて…。　時が流れるのは早いねぇ。　1年たったの365日なのに、すっごいたくさんのことがあって祝福された1年だったなぁと思う。　次の1年ももっとあっという間なんだろうな。　

It's been a year since we moved back to US. I can't believe it. It was so fast. With in 365 days, I was blessed in so many ways and I'm so thankful to God for that. I bet the 364 days to come will pass fast like this ones.

Hello my Baby!

これは 初めてお目にかかった私の赤ちゃんです。　逆さまになっているらしいです。体をツイストして動くのが見えてびっくり。　「まじで生きてて、私のお腹にいるのかぁ…」と感動。　つわりは、吐くこともなく、思ったよりもひどくないけどやっぱり眠かったり、午後遅くから夜寝るまで気持ち悪かったりするからちょっとしんどい。　でも旦那はとっても家庭的でやさしく、できることはなんでもやってくれるのでとても助かる。　健康食をつくり、私のためにいろいろ考えてくれる旦那に感謝。 This is the first picture of my baby. It's up side down. It was fun to see it twisting its body like dancing. It was just exciting to think that this little one is growing inside me. My morning sickness is rather afternoon to evening sickness. Towards the end of the day, I get sicker as my body gets tired. It's good thing that I don't throw up but just feeling nauseous and super sleepy is not fun. I'm thankful to my wonderful husband for taking GOOD care of me:)
He can cook healthy meals and do anything he can to make me comfortable.

数日後、出血があったために再び病院に行ってまた超音波検査をした。　最初の検査では心音は聞かせてもらえなかったけど、今回は聞くことができた。　心臓がちゃんと動いてよく育っているみたい。　今回は横からの映像を見たけど、ピーナッツに手足が生えたような赤ちゃんは走る時のような腕の動きをしてた。　かわいかった。　それから赤ちゃんのあだ名は「ぴーちゃん」とか「ピーナツ」になりました。
A few days after my first doctor visit, I noticed some blood when I went to bathroom. Aaron and I got scared and rushed into the doctor to find out what was going on. Fortunately, nothing was wrong and my body and baby looked pretty good. This time we got to hear the baby's heart beat! It was strong and fast which is very good. The baby looked like a little peanut with arms and legs. So we started to calling the baby "a little peanut" or "Pea-chan"