Previously, we found out that the second embryo transfer had worked
and my HCG levels were high this time
indicating that I was finally pregnant [TOM: Finally!]
Two to three weeks!
The HCG levels were so high
that the doctor thought it might be twins
[DR. KONG: We transferred one, unlikely to become twins]
[but there is still chance, because it's 325]
[TOM: Whoa!] - Oh, God!
[TOM: Chance to have twins!]
- Today is the day of our first scan!
I think it's working
I'm feeling quite tired
And my boobs are quite sore
But other than that, I don't really have any other symptoms
I don't think I have the pregnancy glow that people talk about
because I'm breaking out like crazy on my chin again
So I want to know where that is
Little bit bloated
Quite tired, I nap a lot
I was never a napper, but now I nap every single day
[TOM: Two babies, one boy, one girl]
- Tom wants twins
I don't know how I feel about that
I think I prefer one at a time, I'm scared
We're gonna find out how many there are as well today
[TOM: (mimicking heartbeat)]
- Still doesn't feel real to you yet, eh?
You still don't fully believe it
[TOM: Today...]
[is the day to find out!]
[How do you feel?]
- Excited, nervous, I hope everything's good
And I'm not sure how many there are
It's funny how we went from like...
three years of not being able to conceive
to maybe having more than one...
All or nothing
[TOM: From zero to...]
- A hundred
[TOM: Crazy!]
- Let's see
Sometimes when you do IVF, even though they implant one embryo
it can split into two, like it normally could when you have twins
Or if you try naturally that month, you could also have two
because the doctor wouldn't know when they put in the embryo
if one was already there at that time
[DR. KONG: Hi, how do you feel?]
- Tired!
[DR. KONG: Yeah, this is the first symptom, good!]
[This is your uterus]
- Yeah
[DR. KONG: And let's... focus on the black]
[We'll move the ultrasound from left to right]
- Uhhuh
[One house]
- Yeah
[Okay]
[Right to left, one house]
- Yep
[Up to bottom, one house]
- One house (laughing)
[It's the gestational sac]
[the 'house' of babies]
[So this is...]
[So this is one baby!]
- Wooooo! [TOM: Yay!]
[DR. KONG: So let us see clear...]
(heartbeat)
[TOM: Oh, my God!] - The heartbeat!?
[DR. KONG: Yeah! Okay...]
[Keep still for a while...]
(heartbeat)
[TOM: So fast?]
[DR. KONG: Yeah, good! 122. If it's more than 100, it's good]
[DR. KONG: Wow... not small!]
[Good!]
[It's around 6mm]
[TOM: It's a big one?] [DR. KONG: Mmm!]
(laughing)
[DR. KONG: Maybe that's why the hCG is quite high]
[TOM: The heartbeat's so fast!] - I'm crying
[TOM: Yeah, when I hear that, I cry too]
- Did you? [TOM: Yeah]
- Our baby's heart is beating!
[TOM: So big!]
[Everything is extra...]
[Heartbeat is faster...]
[hCG level is much higher]
- and it's 6... [And bigger]
- Yeah...
[TOM: So strong baby]
[Yeah!]
- Our super baby is here!
Turns out, it's not twins
It's just one big baby!
Let me show you this!
We're on our way to our next appointment
This one's pretty important because hopefully the placenta is developed
And once it's fully developed, everything's a little bit more...
safe and stable
And today we get to do the genetic testing by a blood test
so I hope everything will be okay with that
And then once we get the results
and if everything is good physically and by the blood tests
then I think it will be pretty safe to announce pretty soon?
Also, this is something that people don't tell you when you're doing IVF
I knew about the injections and like...
a lot of the stuff going into it
but I did not know about these
These are Utrogestan and it's a form of progesterone
and you have to put these inside of your hoo-ha
You start putting them in before you do the implantation and you continue...
I've been doing them two of these guys, three times a day
and I really hate it
It's progesterone, so it's a hormone so...
it makes you a little bit more bloated, makes you more ...
Besides the side effects of the hormones, they're just really messy
Ali Wong describes this really well
[ALI WONG: So then I had to take these hormone pills that were suppositories]
[and push-pop them up myself every single night]
[And then at my writing job at Fresh Off the Boat]
[I would be storyboarding in front of my co-workers]
[And then at some point, the pill would inevitably dissolve]
[and melt into my underwear]
[And I had to act like everything was okay]
[when everything was clearly not okay!]
- Hopefully, if everything stable, I can stop this finally today
I hope, I hope!
Oh, it's moving!
[DR. KONG: Can you see?]
Yeah!
[DR. KONG: Its arms are wiggling] - Oh, I see the heart moving too!
[TOM: Look at the legs and hands...]
[So tiny!]
- Can I stop? The progesterone?
[DR. KONG: Yes, I was going to tell you, you can stop... gradually]
- Oh
Every time we go in for an ultrasound and they do measurements
now they're getting more specific, with the head, the stomach
Pretty much everything is... a lot bigger than average
The baby is in the 96th to 98th percentile
[DR. KONG: The size is 4cm]
- Is it normal?
[DR. KONG: Yeah, it's big]
- Yeah, I think I'm growing faster (than before)
[DR. KONG: Yeah, it's a big one]
[This is the average size of babies]
[So if this yellow dot is near the middle, it's average size]
- Oh, my God, it's so big? [TOM: It's so big!]
[DR. KONG: This side is small baby]
[and this is a big baby]
[But still within the range, not out of range]
- It's still in the range, so it's still healthy
It just means that it might be quite difficult for me to birth
And when I was asking Dr. Kong, why this is happening
or where this is coming from, she said it was genetics
[TOM: It's like double the normal size]
- All of my mom's babies are regular, like, average size
You too, right?
[- Yeah I'm average, not too big... not big at all]
- My sister's kids too are all average, why is my baby so big...?
(laughing) [TOM: I don't know...]
[It's huge!]
I have no idea where this baby's genetics are coming from!
Knowing that my baby was bigger made a lot of sense
because I got bigger quite quickly
and I found it quite difficult to get dressed because...
none of my clothes really fit... really early on
And it was especially difficult with work
because I'm often sent sample sizes to borrow
for the day, for the shoot, or an event or something
And sample sizes run quite small
It literally says "Sample—not for sale"
So it's just one ... there's only one size option
I'm just over 10 weeks, but there's already like...
a little something-something there
I found out that the reason that your clothes don't fit pretty quickly
is because as your uterus is expanding to make room for the baby
your organs actually move up
So it's not just this area that grows, it's sort of all of this area
So your waistline, everything...
Oh, it's so tight around my waist!
What I'm gonna do is I'm going to unbutton this on the way there
and then I'm gonna get to the event
Do my 10, 15 minutes, whatever it takes, take my photos
and then jump back into the car and undo it
That's the plan
You okay in there?
(exhales)
I have this little bag to cover
I chose this outfit on purpose
Okay!
Done!
I didn't announce yet, so I couldn't tell the brands
but it got harder, the further I got along
I think from the front I look... uh, not so pregnant
but from the side, I am very pregnant
And I'm feeling very pregnant, because my brain literally doesn't work
Baby brain is a thing!
I brought a giant...
changing tent
instead of the reflector!
Ahhhh!
Now we have to carry around a tent all day
They sent me this outfit which is a little bit tight
but where you get to the real situation is the shoes
These are so cool, but they're size 39?
Oh, 40! I'm a size 37...
and they're very high
So basically what I'm going to do is put them in position
and I'm just going to have to stay cemented and like....
move like that
[Please be careful!]
- Yeah, I have to be really careful
Um, so yeah...
I guess we're gonna do this
I'm in!
[Stilts!]
- I feel very tall
On one shoot I did have to announce it randomly because...
So I showed up to set and they had given me a pair of bike shorts
and sort of like a...
crop top to wear that shows my stomach
and with a jacket on top, but like it was kind of open
And I was asked to jump on a trampoline
And I was like.... Mmm...
"So I'm pregnant, and I can't do that..."
And so they had to find a new outfit for me
and a new pose and stuff, which sucks
and I didn't want that to happen...
um, but yeah, I'm finding it quite...
I think I keep saying that in this vlog
I'm finding it quite difficult for work
in terms of outfits and just activities and stuff
So I really just want to get it out
I really want to tell you guys
I know you guys are gonna be so excited
And I just want to feel free and release the bump ...
and wear tight clothes and just...
... be in my bump glory
Not feeling much now, I have...
I'm a little bit more tired, a little bit more hungry
a lot more bloated and have a lot more acne
but that's about it
No cravings, no food aversions or nausea
nothing really extreme
So it kind of makes me a little bit worried...
because I want to feel something
I want to feel that connection, but...
yeah, hopefully everything's good
This was the case for the whole first trimester
I felt really good
Actually, I keep saying I could have 10 babies
if this is what it feels like
I've just, I've really enjoyed this whole experience
and I feel really good about it
But people keep telling me wait 'til you breastfeed
Everyone says the delivery...
it's difficult, but you can get through it
But it's the breastfeeding that's hard
So yeah, I'll just shut up for now
But yeah, I just felt a little bit more tired
and a little bit more hungry
But other than that, no morning sickness, no nausea
which was great because I could keep working
My skin also got a lot worse
Every day, I have at least three new pimples
My skin is getting worse and worse
I thought it would get better by second trimester
I'm entering that now and it's just getting worse
And usually I just have it here
but now it's starting to spread everywhere
and it's painful...
Just as I had finally figured out
something that worked for me
and my skin became clear
for the first time in like ...
I think it was six years
I got pregnant
and I haven't had a clear skin day since I got pregnant
But that is okay
I will take acne for a baby any day
I haven't had any food cravings or aversions so far
but I will say I really enjoy eating fresh, crunchy foods
like cucumbers and pickles
And I tend to choose foods that are more sour
or a little bit spicy in taste
so I really love Korean and Thai and Indian food
Just food full of flavor
And then also salads like the fresh, crispy thing again
Tell me you couldn't decide what you wanted to eat
without telling me you couldn't decide what you wanted to eat
I'm pretty sure this is a full blown pregnancy plate
I have purchased a few pregnancy related things
The very first thing I bought pretty much as soon as I found out ...
Hello, it is currently Friday night
and I am all excited to do some online shopping
I'm ordering my first pregnancy items
So I've been watching a lot of people's pregnancy videos
especially their first trimester updates
and seeing what they've been using
And I put together a list
and the very first thing I want to buy
is a pregnancy pillow
It doesn't really have anything to support yet but just looks so comfy
so I saw it on Jenn Im's video
It's like a giant beanbag that hugs you
It is... incredible!
So you can basically just wrap it around your body
and you can adjust how firm you want it
by these things at the ends
I will always use this from now on
you don't need to be pregnant to use it
Actually, my husband loves it so much
Speaking of that, I am thoroughly enjoying this pregnancy
but I feel like he might be enjoying it more
What's this?
[TOM: Babe!]
- (giggling)
[TOM: So comfy]
- You want one? [Yep]
[I want one too!]
- From the pillow to the late night indulgences
Dinner number two
And what are you having?
[French toast!]
- I am also a bath lover, so one of the first things I bought ...
... was this guy! It's a bath thermometer
So you just plop it in the tub and it floats around
and it tells you the temperature the whole time
I didn't know this before, but you're not supposed to take hot baths
when you're pregnant because it's not good for the baby
So this keeps everything in check
and then it will be great when we do have the baby
I can check the bathwater too
and it's so cute! It's a little stingray!
Uh... skincare-wise...
Honestly, I didn't have to change too much
because my skin is sensitive and acne prone
I had created a skincare routine that...
didn't have any fragrance, except for the acne stuff
so I had to cut out that, which is a bit difficult
because my acne is worse than ever
but I can't really put on those creams
Anyways, what I did start doing was
putting on body cream every day, pretty much
just preemptively, to get ready for my skin to stretch
And the cream I use for that is the
CeraVe moisturizing cream
I used this before I got pregnant
I just find it really hydrates my skin and it doesn't feel greasy
And it lasts really long and...
makes my skin just feel really bouncy
So I feel like I'm making it very elastic to get it ready
That, and I also just use Bio Oil
from my chest down to my knees
It's a good, affordable product just from the drugstore
and I think it works well, I don't mind the smell
A lot of oils, I just couldn't stand the smell
And it's supposed to improve the appearance of stretch marks
which are kind of unavoidable
They're due to genetics, I think I will get some
I already have a lot on my inner thighs
and like the sides of my hips
but whatever, just doing what I can
It makes me feel good too
It's like a nice, night-time routine
One of the questions I often get is...
Do you think Rosie can tell that you're pregnant?
Can you?
Can you tell?
I think she can actually, she always needs to be around me
She's super protective, and she always lays on my stomach
It's really cute
This is her favorite spot
There is a whole bed available...
She loves laying on my belly
You're so cute
So I think that's gonna be it for this episode
I'm pretty much...
I've pretty much caught you guys up to date now
So I can start vlogging like once a week now maybe?
This is me up to date
I'm like four months and this is what I look like now
But all the footage that I've shot over the years
is pretty much done
So yay! I feel free~!
I can wear tighter clothes and show off my bump
and I can share everything I'm going through with you in real-time
And I've had to keep the secret from you and I hated it
and it's just... Ah! I feel so good now
I feel so good that we're on the same page
Alright I'll see you guys soon