Gaining the right amount of weight by eating the right type of food is an extremely important part of a healthy pregnancy.

During my pre-natal check-up, I found the following information on a poster at the doctor’s clinic.

Normal Pregnancy Weight Gain: (if pre-pregnant BMI is normal)

• breast — 1.0 to 1.5 lbs.
• blood — 3.0 to 4.5 lbs.
• extra water — 4.0 to 6.0 lbs.
• uterus — 2.5 to 3.0 lbs.
• placenta/amniotic fluid — 3.5 lbs.
• baby — 7.0 to 8.0 lbs.
• fat stores — 4.0 to 6.5 lbs.
• TOTAL — 25 to 35 lbs.

During my first pregnancy, I had managed to limit my weight gain to the normal level. I wish I could achieve that again this time, my second pregnancy.

While most couples spend Valentine’s day on a romantic dinner date, this year, my husband and I spent the morning at the doctor’s clinic and the laboratory.

After lunch came our wonderful Valentine’s day gift: I’m pregnant! What a great surprise for the day of hearts, right?

Even before we went to the doctor, I was pretty sure that I was pregnant. Since this is already my second pregnancy, I am now a bit aware of the symptoms of pregnancy.

First of the symptoms of pregnancy that I experienced is, of course, the missed period. My last menstruation was in December.

I also felt that my breast are becoming tender, I had frequent urination, felt dizzy at times and becoming sensitive to the smell and flavor of foods. I’ve been gagging and vomiting too – morning, noontime afternoon , evening and even midnight! This usually happens when I don’t like the smell of the food that I ate although in other times, it just comes out of the blue.

I tired using a pregnancy test kit but due to some operator problems (I forgot to replace the cap), it gave an error. LOL!

Now, this gives me more reason to blog more about being a mother on this blog… and pregnancy too.

That’s really “Mom Writes Online,” right?

Happy new year everyone!

Welcome to my newest blog, Mom Writes Online. This domain name was given to me by a blogger friend, Ma. Belle, last year but it is only now that I finally had a chance to use it.

In this blog, I hope to discuss and focus on issues relating to parenting, children and motherhood. As a first time mom, I probably can’t share much wisdom on parenting but I hope that you can relate with my experiences as a mother. I would love to hear your thoughts and advices too so I hope you can share them through the comments section.

From time to time, I’ll also be sharing some articles on parenting that I find useful, with the hope that you can also learn a few things from them.

I wish that you could join me in this another quest of mine as a blogger. I hope you feel welcome here in my blog – because you are.

Again, happy new year everyone! May love, joy, blessings and laughter be upon you this year 2012.