This Preggo Momma Goes Out with Friends

22 August 2014

When I'm at work, I rarely go out of the building for lunch because I try to limit my walking within the building. I get tired easily nowadays and I don't really want to endanger myself and the baby by walking around a lot (I've been on bedrest too many times I think). So this rare Friday I was able to go out for lunch with friends and then in the evening went on KTV night with another group of friends. Yes, it's that rare that it's a bloggable moment!

Lunch At Abe

Happy birthday, my friend! Thanks for the lunch treat!

KTV at Music Match

Wacky!

Buntis Serye @ 35 Weeks

That’s exactly 35 weeks and 2 days today. I can give birth in two weeks. And that’s based on my 37^th week hehe. I don’t think I’ll be able to wait until the 40^th week to give birth. My tummy’s been really really heavy these past few days. I’ve been having contractions, I think. I’ve been on Duvadilan three times a day since August.

Last Monday was our latest checkup with our OB. We were able to discuss our birth plan with her. Joema was late in coming to our checkup. Good thing, our OB was okay to wait for him to discuss the birth plan. Bad news is Medical City’s Lamaze room is under renovation so I can’t deliver the baby there unlike with Miya. Good news is Medical City is not allowing companions to be inside the delivery room during the birth. But still, I have to wait on my own at the labor room for my labor to progress although Joema can visit and stay for a few minutes but not throughout my labor. With Miya even though we weren’t talking much while I was in the Lamaze room (either I was sleeping or he was sleeping or watching TV hehe), atleast I know he was just there inside the same room as me. Oh well! I’m praying my labor won’t take hours. I told Joema I will wait as long as I can tolerate the pain before we go to the hospital so that we won’t have to wait that long in the hospital.

My OB’s a bit worried with the water in my uterus. She said my water level is upper normal. So she discussed with me a few scenarios in case my water bag breaks before my term (37^th week). She said this might be because of my gestational diabetes (GDM). As for that, I’ve still been monitoring my blood sugar. It’s sometimes really frustrating because there are times that my blood sugar is too low resulting to my nausea and vomiting. I’ve had vomiting episodes four times in my last trimester. For the first two, me and my OB theorized it must be the water I’ve been drinking at the office because I noticed I get nauseated after drinking that water. But even after drinking only mineral water, I got nauseated and vomited for two consecutive days last week. My OB theorized it must be because I had very low blood sugar. So she told me to get my blood sugar level when I feel nauseated and then immediately drink Coke if that’s the case. She says Coke will bring up my blood sugar level. Well, last week I felt nauseated again, and then I tested my blood sugar. True enough it was very low at 69, the glucometer was beeping already. Haaay so frustrating really! There are times when I think I followed my diet to a T but my blood sugar level is higher than the limit imposed by my endocrinologist. This really frustrates me because then I think I didn’t even eat anything that’s not supposed to be eaten, I should’ve just eaten dessert for my last meal to warrant the high blood sugar. But well, a mother’s got to do what a mother’s got to do. I just think about how many more weeks I have to endure this diet and then I can eat my cake (and ice cream and donut and chocolates, etc harharhar).

My nose is beginning to get big. It’s a good thing I only have a few more weeks to go. Unlike with Miya then when I think my nose got bigger earlier on in my pregnancy. My skin was also got so much darker with Miya. So I don’t think the saying that when you have boys, you get these all sorts of things is definitely not true.

In preparing for the baby:

• wash the clothes that we already have – need to ask our Yaya to wash all of the baby’s new born clothes. What’s washed are only his clothes that we’re  bringing to the hospital. I want to buy a new dresser for the baby before I ask yaya to wash all his clothes
• buy a new dresser
• wash and clean the crib/playpen – done!
• rearrange our bedroom with the crib – done. But I think we can still do a better job rearranging our bedroom. We need to get more stuff out of there for more space for the baby.
• general cleaning of our bedroom – done!
• get on rehiring our previous Yaya – she already started. Our house now is so much cleaner and organized!
• pack our hospital bags – done! The only things left to pack are our documents and the camera.

We’ve finally decided on the name for our baby! For the nickname, we’re still undecided hahaha! But I think I’ll win on this front. We’ve asked Miya to tell it to her grandparents and her Ninongs and Ninangs already whom we saw over the weekend.

On to my weekly preggy photos:

33 weeks (taken 25 August_ - wearing a Uniqlo jersey dress (non-maternity) and grey cardigan

33 weeks and 1 day (taken 26 August) - wearing a maternity top and black cardigan paired with black maternity pants (not seen)

33 weeks and 3 days (taken 28 August) - wearing a knit dress (non-maternity)

Left: 21 weeks and 3 days (taken 5 June)
Right: 34 weeks (taken 1 September)
wearing a jersey dress (non-maternity)

34 weeks and 2 days (taken 3 September) - wearing And Apparel jersey dress (non-maternity). See my nose? It looks like a tomato in this photo hahaha!

34 weeks and 6 days (taken 7 September) - wearing the same Uniqlo jersey dress on the first picture

Miya's Makeover

18 May 2014

Remember this post? It all happened this one fine Sunday afternoon.

We went to Megamall to have Miya’s teeth fixed, have her first ever hair cut in a kiddie salon and have her ID photo taken for school. We went back to the pedia-dentist who put the sealant on her two right lower molars. 

While waiting for our turn at the dentist

This is so we could have her two left molars fixed and also put a filling on her two front teeth. Unfortunately, when we got there Miya didn't like to sit on her own on the dentist chair (unlike before). So she sat on my lap which was a bit difficult because I already had a baby bump then (19 weeks). The first plan was to put sealant only on the two right molars. But when it was done so quickly with Miya being so patient, I asked the dentist to proceed with her two front teeth as well (para isang puntahan na lang). We didn’t do the crown for the teeth anymore but instead go fillings (or pasta). Although, the dentist warned us that with this remedy, it’s more possible that the teeth will chip again if Miya bites on something hard. We were at the dentist chair for like one and half hours. At the last half hour, Miya was starting to get fussy. She was starting to wriggle on my lap and we had to tell her to stop moving. When the dentist was finally done, I heaved a big sigh of relief. Buti na lang natapos din!

And then afterwards, as if I’m really testing my 3-year old’s patience we went to the kiddie salon just in front of the dentist to get her haircut. 

This was at the kiddie salon. Miya showing her fixed two front teeth, no more bungi!

Ayun she didn’t want to sit on the “car” so I told her to sit again on my lap while Manong did her haircut. Before we went to the mall, I was already psyching her that she gets to sit on a car while her hair is being cut and then afterwards we can play again inside the playarea where there were lots of balls. But still she didn’t want to sit on the car when we got there even if I reminded her that she’ll get a reward and get to play. 

They let her watch Frozen while her hair was cut by Manong

Almost there

Ganda ng bob ni Manong. Parang gusto ko rin magpagupit sa kanya. 

After her haircut when we were walking away from the salon and down to the escalators, she saw the playarea and wanted to play! I told her she can’t because she didn’t do her part of the deal which was to sit on the car for her haircut. I told her she can get a toy instead as a reward for her patience during our dental visit. But first, we had to have her photo taken. Good thing she was more cooperative at the photo center. She sat on her own on the stool and got her photo take. Here's her ID photo again.

Puerto Galera 2014

9 - 11 May 2014

This was a long awaited vacation for us as we planned this a few months ago. Epoy was coming home for his holidays and we wanted to go on vacation with him. We initally planned to go to Davao but since we're all in a tight budget, Epoy offered going to his hometown in Puerto Galera instead. 

We left for Puerto Galera the day after Joema’s birthday. He paid for the place we stayed in and we split all other expenses. It was a long day of travelling for us. We first went to pick up Epoy from his condo in MOA and then went to Paranaque to Joy and Mek’s house. We agreed to take just one vehicle going to Batangas Pier. But before going to the pier we went to Mek’s parent’s house in Lipa first to drop off their puppy. And then from the pier we rode a ferry going to Puerto Galera. We didn’t stay at the white beach instead we stayed at a nearby small hotel just beside Epoy’s grandma’s place. All our food were taken cared of Epoy courtesy of his mom’s cooking. We arrived in Puerto Galera just in time for lunch.

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After eating, our first agenda for the day was mud karts. But a little side story here as this was where my first hormonal breakdown happened hahaha. So we freshened up after eating. We all took a bath, by we all of us in our family – Miya, then yaya, hubby and me. Miya because she hasn’t taken a bath for the day as we left home very early and she was still sleeping when we carried her to her car. Then yaya decided she wants to take a bath too. And since we’re all sharing one bathroom I let her go first after Miya. So I had to wait for my turn. When it was my turn to take a bath, I was feeling so tired and hot and sticky already. Epoy was already hurrying us up so we can still go to the beach. Joema and I decided to take a bath together so it will be faster. When we got to the bathroom, the heater was automatically turned on and the water was so hot. I really want to take a bath already but Joema was so masungit with me and telling me to wait for the water. Hay naku I broke down in the bathroom because I was really hot and I wanted to take a bath na hahaha! As in parang pelikula, I was crying while taking a bath. Anyway, Joema said sorry afterwards. But I really felt kawawa at that moment – pregnancy hormones I tell you hahaha! 

Refreshed and ready to explore!

When we got to the karting place I knew I can’t do anything with them but watch (I was 17 weeks pregnant at that time).

So I took photos of them instead.

Still clean...

They really enjoyed mud karting!

All mudded up! 

In fairness, they said they felt their skin felt much smoother after they washed off the mud hehe.

After mudkarts we went to white beach to swim for a bit (only the kids) and we also hired a boat for our island hopping the next day. We also had our hair braided at the beach. 

I wanted a silhouette photo of my bump - at 17 weeks and 4 days

The next day, we went island hopping! Yes, all of us even Miya and our yaya. We negotiated with the boatmen to let Miya and our yaya ride free for the island hopping since they won’t be able to go snorkeling anyway. Our hired boat took us around Mindoro’s island first and then went back for our snorkeling adventure. From the big boat, we rode small boats to go to each of the attraction. I was so scared because the boat can only fit 3 adults. Miya was with us and she had to stand in between Joema and me. I was scraed but I can’t show it to Miiya because she might get scared too. So instead we pretended that it was all okay hahaha kunyari we’re all playing and we’re saying “Weee” while the boat was crashing into the waves. Our first stop was the underwater cave. If you’ve been to Crystal Cove in Boracay, this is similar to that but much smaller. When we took Miya underneath I told her that she’s like Ariel, the Little Mermaid, because it was pretty dark inside. I don’t want her to be afraid. Good thing, it was only for the first few minutes we were inside that she was afraid. By the time we left the cave she wasn’t scared anymore. She was saying that she was like Little Mermaid. If you’re going here, better wear a rubber sandals with straps or aqua shoes. I was wearing ordinary slippers when we went there and my slippers kept on floating hahaha. I don’t have photos of us inside the cave because it was in Ky’s underwater camera but I will definitely update this post once I get those photos. After that we went snorkeling to see the big clams and the beautiful corals in Puerto Galera.

Here's a photo of Mya and yaya while the rest of us went snorkeling

We ate lunch at our boat and then we went to an island were we just whiled away our time.

When we got back to the main island, we went to Tamaraw Falls.

Miya was knocked out by this time

There was a pool that catches the water from the falls where you can also swim. Only Mek and Miguel were brave enough and had enough energy to still swim.

We were all so tired here. From the bottom of the falls where the pool was, we had to go up a few flight of stairs to come up again to the main road where this was taken. 

That night we went to a bar and they had some drinks while watching Epoy’s cousins band perform. But I don't seem to find any photos of us there hehe. 

On our last day, we just chilled at the resort. Miya was the only one (with yaya) who swam at the beach in front of the hotel hahaha! You can’t really take out my baby from the water. She loves the water! Well, actually the boys did some exploring.

Kala mo mga haciendero!

They even borrowed a boat from the local kids, which they sank!

Then it was time to eat our last meal in Puerto Galera...

Then it was time to say goodbye and thank you to our hosts.

Joema's 35th Birthday

Joema’s birthday this year fell on a Thursday. We both went on leave to celebrate his birthday at home. But the Saturday before that, I helped Miya make a birthday card for Daddy. But I forgot to tell her that we weren’t supposed to give it yet. So when her dad arrived from work on that Saturday night she went up to me excitedly and whispered, “Mommy, where’s our surprise for Daddy? I want to give it to him.” Hahaha! Sablay!

The balloons read "Daddy" which Miya wrote and then she signed it also with her name. This blurry photo is brought to you by my iPhone 5 hahaha!

My inlaws went to our house on Joema’s actual birthday and we celebrated with cake and chicken.

The next day we left for Puerto Galera with our friends. 

Mother's Day 2014

4 May 2014

We were in Puerto Galera on Mother’s Day so we celebrated early with my side of the family. Went out for lunch on the Sunday before Mother’s Day. I helped Miya make a card for Lola.

We ate lunch at our favorite Poco Deli in Ayala Triangle.

We let the little girl have ice cream afterwards.