My first child was just born yesterday. Only now I have caught up with my sleep, and I had the chance to rest after staying up until my baby was born at 5:37 am. The whole labor process was tumultuous and intense. There were nerves, confusion and fatigue between both my wife and I. I [...]
I always imagined that going through labor is both a natural process and a beautiful one at that. I don't think inducing labor for my first pregnancy. In fact, I always imagined having that moment when my water breaks naturally and delivering the baby from there. Having an induced labor can be pretty scary, so [...]
Living in Taiwan and having very little to no Chinese skills, we decided to watch a lamaze class series online in English. At 37 weeks pregnant, we made the decision with our doctor to have an induced labor. As we knew when we were expecting the baby to arrive, we wanted to make sure that [...]
Today I went to the doctors for a routine checkup. Now that I am 36 weeks pregnant, the doctor advised me that the baby can come at moment. So it was a good time to start learning exercises to induce labor and prepare myself for the delivery. The realization just hit that our baby girl [...]
Our friend in Taiwan who recently had her baby boy in February this year shared with us a few tips on how to get free baby stuff completely in Taiwan specifically when you are pregnant. Being 35 weeks pregnant, I was in the middle of buying baby items when I found out from our friend. [...]
For the past few weeks while living in Taiwan, I have been on the hunt researching online for the perfect photographer to take our maternity photography photos. It's been a difficult and lengthy process purely because I do not speak or write in fluent Chinese :/ In the end we did find a great place [...]
There's not long to go now and at 33 weeks pregnant, I'm definitely feeling more ready than ever for the next chapter. This week we went to our doctor's appointment for our weekly checkup. We were surprised to hear from our doctor that our baby's head is fairly large and her weight was more than [...]
Yesterday we went to our scheduled doctor's appointment only to find we had a new problem upon doing our ultrasound. There appeared on the screen a breech baby at 32 weeks pregnant. I had heard of this term (breech) before but never really knew what it meant. Basically, when a baby is in breech, their [...]
The pregnancy is going by pretty fast, now that we are in the third trimester and I have finally gotten around to getting most of the things we needed in preparation of the arrival of our baby. I'm talking about purchasing the essential baby items that we'll need. At 31 weeks pregnant, we both are [...]
Overall my pregnancy has been going well and I've enjoyed most of the pregnancy so far. But this week when I reached 30 weeks pregnant, I suddenly felt so tired when I wake up in the morning. What is going on?!? Having fatigue during pregnancy is normal but I never thought my energy levels would [...]