Showing posts with label pregnancy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label pregnancy. Show all posts

May 19, 2012

Get Babied Massage / マッサージ

Get Babied Massage by fumika yamamoto
Get Babied Massage, a photo by fumika yamamoto on Flickr.

My friend Stephanie gave me a gift certificate to get a massage at Get Babied. The baby keeps putting on her weight and my back has been hurting. Being a pregnant is mentally and physically demanding. I was happy to get a professional massage.

友達のステファニーが妊婦の為のマッサージギフト券をくれた。毎日重くなる赤ちゃんの体重のせいか腰痛が••• なのでマッサージをしてもらって嬉しかったです。

I was curious to find out how a pregnant woman would get a massage, but it was not much different except I had to sleep on the side and get a massage.

妊婦のマッサージってどんなの?と思っていたら、常に横向きに寝なければいけないくらいで特に違った事はなかった。

Apr 14, 2012

Ayaka & Franz / あやかとフロンズ

ayaka & franz by fumika yamamoto
ayaka & franz, a photo by fumika yamamoto on Flickr.

Ayaka came to my place to give me her baby clothe and delicious cute cupcakes. I was able to meet her less than 2 months old son finally. He was tiny, but he got full of energy!

友達のあやかが彼女の赤ちゃんの洋服を持って生後2ヶ月未満の息子を連れて遊びに来てくれた。フロンズはまだまだ小さいけどエネルギーいっぱいの元気な男の子。

There was not a lot of time to talk since I had to leave for West Texas in a few hours...

残念だけど西テキサスに急に行く事になったのですぐにあやかとフロンズにバイバイする事になった。

Cupcakes were from Central Market<3

カップケーキはセントラルマーケットのカップケーキ♥

Apr 9, 2012

Monitoring my blood sugar / 血糖値測定

IMG_4086 by fumika yamamoto
IMG_4086, a photo by fumika yamamoto on Flickr.

When I lived in Chicago, I was told that I developed gestational diabetes from my doctor after taking 3 hours sugar test.

ショック〜
シカゴに住んでいた時にお医者さんから妊娠性糖尿病ですと言われた。

I saw a doctor in Austin a few days ago and she told me how to monitor my blood sugar at home when I told her that I bought blood sugar testing kit through Amazon.

妊娠性糖尿病だと色々と頭の中で考えて悩むよりも自分で血糖値を測れるキットをアマゾンで購入。二日前にオースチンの病院に行き妊娠性糖尿病だとシカゴの医者に言われたと話し、家での血糖値の測り方を教わった。

I had to poke my finger tips about 10 times yesterday because I was not doing it right, but finally I was able to do it right as I practiced more.

昨日は血糖値がなかなか上手く測れずに10回くらい指に針を刺すはめに•••
痛かった。

I have to monitor my blood sugar after I wake up without eating any food, then monitor 2 hours post each meal (breakfast, lunch and dinner).

血糖値を測る時間帯はまず朝起きたら、その後は朝ご飯の2時間後、昼ご飯の2時間後と夕飯の2時間後。

Fasting: my blood sugar level should be less than 92mg/dL
2 hours post meal: my blood sugar level should be less than 120mg/dL

朝起きたらの血糖値は92mg/dL以下でご飯を食べた後の血糖値は120mg/dL以下が目標。

My blood sugar results from yesterday were all fine. I read how stress can actually make my blood sugar to go up. Living in Chicago was stressful for me, so maybe this is why I became gestational diabetes.

昨日、測った血糖値は規定内の測定値だったのでちょっと安心。色々と血糖値について読んでいたらストレスで血糖値は上がるみたい。そういえばシカゴに住んでいた時はかなりストレスがあったなぁ。

This morning's blood sugar results have been good as well.

今朝の二回の血糖値の測定も大丈夫だった。

I became depressed about not being able to eat any sweet for a while. Now I can finally eat a piece of cakes without worrying about it too much.

ちょっとこれで安心した。
色々と心配せずにまたケーキが食べれるのが嬉しい。

Mar 16, 2012

27 weeks pregnant today / 妊娠27週目に突入

26 weeks pregnant by fumika yamamoto
26 weeks pregnant, a photo by fumika yamamoto on Flickr.

I am 27 weeks pregnant from today. I can feel my extra weight on my body whenever I walk or climb up stairs. Breathing has become difficult again just like my 1st trimester. I find it strange that still many people do not realize that I am pregnant unless I tell them.

妊娠27週目に今日から突入。体重の増加を歩いたり階段を登るたびに感じるようになり妊娠初期のように呼吸するのがちょっと大変になってきた。なぜだか今でも私が妊婦である事は言わないと他人には気づいてもらえません。
Old Navy gave me a coupon to get a free baby bodysuit, so I got this cute one for free! I felt strange to imagine that there will be a little baby who will be wearing this tiny bodysuit in June.

Old Navyから赤ちゃんの洋服を無料でもらえるクーポンをもらったのでこの可愛い洋服をゲット。6月にはこの服を着る赤ちゃんが私の体の中にいるんだと考えさせられ不思議な気分になった。

I realized that my face has started to get chloasma gravidarum. I was hoping that it will be okay because the sun in Chicago is not as strong as Texas, however I read that my spots may be caused by hormones during my pregnancy. I was told to put some vitamin E oil where my spots are in order to prevent them getting bigger.

ガーン。妊婦さんに出る肝斑が私の顔にも出始めた。テキサスと比べたら日差しの弱いシカゴだから大丈夫かなと思っていたのに••• シミは妊娠によるホルモンでもできたり増えたりするみたい。ビタミンEのオイルをシミが気になる所に塗るようにと薬局の人に進められた。シミが大きくなるのを防ぐそうです。

I am still not that into sweets and fried food often gives me heartburn. Grapefruits still taste amazing after I got pregnant. I hear grapefruits got some folic acid. Maybe your body knows what is good for you and your baby naturally.

いまだに甘いものはそこまで好きとは感じず、相変わらず揚げ物を食べると胸焼けを感じる毎日。そしてグレープフルーツがとても美味しく感じる毎日です。グレープフルーツには妊婦には必要な葉酸が入っているそうです。私の体に何が必要なのかは自分の体がきちんと分かっているんだろうなと感じました。