Pregnancy

I guess I should start this blog from the beginning right? I was one of the very lucky ones who had a very straight forward pregnancy. The only things that bothered me during pregnancy was morning sickness (which was more like a whole day sickness) and reflux by the end. My morning sickness didn't make me vomit but I just couldn't eat stuff. It's a strange feeling as I knew I was hungry but when I went through the list of foods I could eat (picture me picturing a menu with the power of my mind) none would appeal to me. I could not even think about salad or smell anything frying like pan-fried beef or onions and garlic (and I LOVE onions and garlic, I'm Brazilian after all). The only foods that I was able to eat were plain things like white bread sandwiches (with cheese, Vegemite etc) and McDonalds cheeseburgers (even the fries were not delicious anymore to me). Anyways, after week 12 my whole day sickness went away as if it was never there in the first place. 

Towards the end my belly swelled to an enormous size and it was really high up, crushing my insides and rendering my lungs useless. I swear my bowels were all squashed sideways by my belly. I could clearly see that my belly was kind of lopsided, and there was this bulge on the left that I think were my bowels. But enough of my bowels now... Because of all that space taken by my belly, I couldn't eat as I was not physically able to do so. And the reflux was cruel! I was living on Gaviscon for the last 2-3 months basically. It's amazing how after the birth you suddenly get your appetite back and can eat whatever you like again! : ) I went straight for the cheese board with those wonderful moldy cheeses, yummy! But my stories about the birth and afterwards will have to wait for another day.

All in all I miss being pregnant sometimes. There is nothing like the feeling of your little bubba inside you, like a constant presence. You are never alone when you are pregnant. And it is such a good feeling when they start kicking and moving around. I used to prob my baby to make him move, an activity that horrified my husband! (What if you hurt him!!!??? He used to say) And my baby had the hiccups at least twice a day. Nothing like feeling your baby's head pressing down on your girly bits hahaha! Like a cliffhanger for what's about to come... The real descent of the head through the "birth canal" hahaha!


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 Acho que o melhor seria comecar esse blog pelo inicio certo? Eu tive muita sorte por ter uma gestacao sem muitos problemas. As unicas coisas que me incomodaram durante a gravidez foram enjoo (que nao dava so de manha, mas durante o dia todo) e refluxo mais para o final da gestacao. Eu nao chegava a vomitar com o enjoo, so nao conseguia comer nada. Eu parava pra pensar na lista de coisas que poderia comer pro meu almoco e nada me agradava. Eu nao conseguia nem pensar em salada e nao podia sentir o cheiro de nenhuma fritura, tipo bife frito ou refogado de cebola e alho. E eu adoro cebola e alho!!! As unicas coisas que eu conseguia comer eram sanduiches simples de queijo ou de Vegemite (Vegemite e uma pastinha salgada de cor preta que e muito consumida aqui na Australia por criancas e adultos tambem) e cheesburger do McDonalds que eu tentava nao comer sempre, logico! Mesmo as batatinhas perderam a graca. Mas depois das 12 semanas o meu enjoo foi embora como se nunca tivesse aparecido.

Mais para o final da gravidez a minha barriga estava enorme e muito alta, esmagando tudo dentro de mim e fazendo com que meus pulmoes nao funcionassem mais. Os meus intestinos foram parar na lateral da barriga. Eu olhava a minha barriga e via que ela estava mais viradinha pra direita. Ai na esquerda dava pra ver aquela massa que eu tenho certeza que era composta pelos meus intestinos! Mas chega de falar dos meus intestinos. Por causa dessa pressao toda eu nao conseguia mais comer direito pois nada cabia no meu estomago. Vivi de Gaviscon (anti-acido) durante os ultimos 2-3 meses. Mas e incrivel como depois de ter o nenem meu apetite voltou com tudo! A primeira coisa que eu fiz foi devorar um prato de queijos, daqueles bem mofados sabe? Eu adoro! E aqui na Australia eles falam pra voce nao comer queijos mais macios e que tenham mofo durante a gravidez. Tava morrendo de vontade de comer queijo no final. Mas as minhas estoria de parto e o que acontece depois vao ficar pra outra hora. 

Eu sinto falta de estar gravida. E incrivel sentir aquela pessoinha dentro de voce. Voce nunca esta sozinha quando esta gravida. E e fantastico quando o bebe comeca a mexer e chutar a barriga. Eu ficava cutucando o meu nenem pra sentir ele mexendo, coisa que deixava o meu marido louco (Nao faz isso! E se voce machucar ele!!!???)! E o meu ainda tinha crise de soluco no minimo duas vezes ao dia. Nada como a sensacao da cabeca do nenem pressionando as suas partes baixas durante os solucos. Parecia ate cenas do proximo capitulo pra me preparar para a vinda da cabeca literalmente... hahaha!