13 weeks now!
I’m counting my pregnancy in American calender here. In Japanese calender, I was 15 weeks when these photo were taken, which was last week. Why 2 weeks difference in American and Japanese pregnancy calenders? That’s because Japanese doctors count the week you start your last period (before you actually get pregnant) as week 1, not counting from the day of actual conception. So Japanese week 1 and 2, you are not pregnant, but for some reasons that’s how they count. Very strange.
Although it’s not really showing in the pictures, and I might be just too self conscious, but last week I started to feel like my belly is getting bigger. I can’t stop touching my belly and look in sideways when I stand in front of a mirror. I gained another 1 kilo in a week, and I don’t know how that was possible, since I ate right and worked out regularly. I was a bit overwhelmed with my changing body..
But the bright side is, I got to go to a maternity fair hosted by a Japanese magazine, called “Nin Sugu“. My friend works for the magazine, so she let us, another friend of mine and her husband in. It was a lot of fun, and we got the photo taken professionally for free (below)!
We got a lot of samples from the fair – diapers, pacifier, caffeine free tea, body oil to prevent stretch marks etc..
There was a booth where your husband can experience what it feels like to be a pregnant. They put you the body (see below) that weighs 5 kilo or so and have you walk around. My husband tried it and it was so funny! I tried it myself too, just to see how it feels like to be 9 month pregnant. and oh boy – it was heavy! I’m whining about my body weight already, but it’s a whole different story if you are 9 months pregnant!
