Starting of a Familiy - 3rd Month: Bump Ahead!

I'm exactly 11 weeks 4 days today and happy to announce that i have a proper bump! yes, i finally look pregnant ppl, not just fat! The bump that i had for weeks turned out to be just bloating or what us Malays call 'kembong'. The bump was higher, right around my esophagus and was firm and SO uncomfortable! I couldn't burp, couldn't fart (sorry TMI!), had bad indigestion.. but last night hubby massaged my tummy with tiger balm oil and this morning the bloating was gone! I could finally feel my ribcage..aha! Now the only bump I have is a nice round one around my belly button area :) *rubs fat belly in glee*

The reason for this evil indigestion? IT'S ALL IN THE HORMONES. Have you ever wondered before what happens inside when the space gets taken up by the baby? I've pondered on this before when i was a teenager (don't ask why) and found out that when u're pregnant there's this certain kind of hormones that relaxes and softens your muscles, tissues and intestines so that everything gets nicely squashed up when the baby grows. But it's also this same hormones that relaxes the valve or the passageway between yr esophagus and stomach so when u eat, your food doesn't get digest properly and this cause stomach acid to come up.

On another totally awesome note, a few days ago, hubby was resting his head on my tummy so i casually asked him if he could hear anything there. So he pressed his ear against my tummy and said he could hear a faint heartbeat. And I was like, are u sure that's not mine? So i asked him to tap the pulse rhythm on my thigh while I checked my own pulse and OMG! His tappings were much faster than my own heartbeat. I made Wan check again 2 days later and Peanut's heartbeat was beating away so much clearer. And we counted.. about 168bpm. Alhamdulilah!