It has been nearly three months. During this period, my emotions have been relatively stable, but the baby has really put me through a lot. I have been constantly feeling nauseous without any break. My conditions keep alternating between constipation, heatiness, diarrhea, and nosebleeds. Just a moment of carelessness and all the congee I just ate comes right back up unchanged. As someone carrying a child, I almost felt like vomiting until my lungs came out.
Every day, I boldly paced to work, losing count of how many times I smelled unpleasant odors on the street and had to pitifully squat down alone waiting for the intense nausea to subside. Then, in my sorry state, I would pull out the plums I carry with me and chew one. But since it's not plum season, and I'm also worried about food additives, I don't dare eat too much of them.
During this phase, my mom was so loving towards me. Little Brother Sheng still looked like someone who had narrowly escaped a great calamity but was bound to have good fortune. He always teased me, such as falsely claiming that my morning sickness was due to pharyngitis. The moment I shouted at him, he quickly fled from the scene... Thinking about it now, it was truly annoying, yet originally, I had a very broad mind!
This dragon baby, according to Uncle Ji’s words, is incompatible with my zodiac sign and is here to protect his father. Despite all this, I am still eagerly looking forward to his healthy arrival into this world. Although there are these messy conditions, they are precisely what let me feel him slowly growing inside me, serving as a testament to being an expectant mother... Every day when I wake up, if the overwhelming morning sickness doesn’t immediately hit me, I actually feel a little worry. After a while, the burden-cum-sweetness of morning sickness will gently arrive.
I keep learning, carefully preparing for my baby's grand arrival. I'm not sure if the book "The Unimaginable Life" by Hu Yinmeng that I've recently read will benefit my little one, but with a mother who loves to learn, how could her offspring be inferior?
One day, Jing'er asked me if I was afraid of pain. Although I am a bit scared, the abundant maternal instinct makes every expectant mother become incredibly brave and strong, doesn't it, dear?
I am eagerly awaiting the fetal movement in the fourth month. Darling, you must stay well...
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