All right fine so I’m pregnant in Kuwait. It’s our first baby and we’re miles and miles away from friends and family. We are not from a culture where we have 3 nannies and 2 house keepers to run after the baby for us. We’re from a culture where you pretty much do everything yourself and if you’re lucky you can have a part-time house keeper to help you clean the house while mom looks after baby and works on the side. So usually with friends and family by your side this is very much doable as you have plenty of help and advice on hand and granny lives down the street so if you want an afternoon “off” you can drop your little peach-pie off with her and have yourself a little “me time”.
Doing this for the first time so far away from your comfort zone, in a foreign country, is going to be a little challenging. And yes a bit scary too. I know, I know… a lot of people here do it so if they can do it so can I… right?
Just to update you all… I am 11 weeks along now. Little monkey will make his or her great arrival in mid October. October babies ROCK!! So far I’ve had slight nausea (but no vomiting thank goodness), dizzy spells that come and go… oh and before, where i could easily slip in 7 cups of tea into my daily routine I can’t even stomach one. Oh, and chocolate milk is my new best friend. Pretty easy-going so far touch wood.
Oh, and my mom passed away 8 months ago so if there are any moms out there who can offer up good advice, I’m all ears.
This is what the little guy/girl looks like at 11 weeks…
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March 24, 2010 at 4:06 pm
nadia
hey i just came across ur blog. congrats on ur pregnancy.
u no i could have written ur post myself. i was pregnant last yr and my husband and i had just moved to turkey. i was so scared. i didn’t no anyone around and family was so far away and like u, my mom had passed away abt a yr before.
best piece of advice i could give u is to enjoy ur pregnancy and read up on wat happens after ur give birth-haha i concentrated so hard on reading up on pregnancy tht when my daughter was born i hardly knew wat to do. but here i am 6months later with a beautiful baby girl tht lights up my world. so good luck.
March 24, 2010 at 4:13 pm
LA
oh wow thanks, great advice. and you’re absolutely right I’m so concerned about the here and now that I haven’t even thought about what happens when he/she actually arrives… It’s good to know someone who’s been through the same thing. I hope to have you as a regular on here 🙂 Thanks.
March 24, 2010 at 4:35 pm
qbubbles
Yep, I have to echo what Nadia up there mentioned. I picked up the book, “Your Baby’s First Year Week by Week” and I’m reading through it. I plan on reading through it again, before the Sea Monkey pops out.
My doctor told me, at week 9, that if I hadnt puked yet, I probably wasnt gonna. (and I havent) So I think its safe to say that you’re pretty much in the clear as far as projectile vomit goes.
🙂
Welcome to the club!
March 24, 2010 at 4:46 pm
LA
ha ha ha little sea monkey.. cute nickname.. I call my one the little monkey 🙂 I’ll look into the book, thanks for that. And I really think I’m over the worst of the nausea and I really do think I’ve had it easy so far I’m pretty lucky, my poor mom was so sick during her pregnancy she ended up in hospital with dehydration!!
Thanks for the welcome 🙂
March 25, 2010 at 7:44 pm
ZeroSystem
Oh congratulations hope you get the best of kids ^-^
I only can say enjoy it all, even the learning is part of the fun XD
first child comes one time in our life. XD
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