I'm now on my ninth month... have been on maternity leave since June 30, the day our new president, Noynoy Aquino, is inaugurated. Just had my checkup yesterday, and we (as in me, Daddy, the doctor, and Daddy's family) were all saying the same thing: "Manganak ka na."
I can give birth any time now. But I'm not feeling contractions yet. :o Last week, there were, though... Braxton Hicks contractions, they call them. It feels like the worst dysmenorrhea, the one you experience usually during your first day mens, and... it was scary, because I never imagined it would be this painful (Pano pa kaya 'pag totoong labor pains na?). I'm a weakling when it comes to dysmenorrhea; I was often sent to the clinic because the pain really makes me shiver and go nuts... pa'no pa kaya 'pag totoong labor pains na? :o OMG.
Right now, I've just taken a break from my web writing raket... hindi na rin kasi ako makapag-isip masyado. :) Ayun. This is what I do while waiting for the baby to finally come out.
Ready na 'yung things that we will bring to the lying-in when the time comes. The only things needed are 2 more cloth diapers, an adult diaper (huwaat?), and Sanitex (ilang beses siyang in-explain sa 'min ni Doc, pero personally, di ko pa rin magets kung ano yun). Daddy and I also have to present our cedulas para magawan si Baby ng birth certificate (marriage cert kasi dapat, but since we're not yet married...). Ayun.
Oh, and by the way, I had my first internal exam yesterday, to check if my cervix is already open. :o I was made to remove my clothes from the waist down, lay down on a stretcher and place my feet on "cups" attached on one end, and... there. It was PAINFUL. Pinagalitan pa 'ko nung doctor ("Ay, ang hirap mong i-IE."). Nabigla lang siguro ako. Eh kasi naman, pagkahiga ko, di man lang ako pinahinga... go agad! Huwaaahhh....
So, the diagnosis? (Tama ba?) It's still closed, but it's soft na. Konting talon na lang, butas na! Haha..... :) If by next week, it's still closed, they will give me some drug that's gonna help open my cervix... and then, the following week, pampahilab na, kung hindi pa 'ko makaramdam ng contractions.
Hindi pa rin ako naggagatas. :o I'm kinda worried... when am I supposed to have milk? They say kasi that it's usually 2 weeks before birth.. does that mean I'm a failure? Or made-delay pa ang pagpapanganak ko? Huwaaaahhhh.....
Ayun lang. Musings :)
So, what do I do right now? I carry pails of water. :) I stand up as often as I can. And Daddy suggests that while he's away at work, I can tag along his sister so we could go shopping or window shopping at the flea markets at Phase 1. And when we do that, he says, we can't take the tricycle.. we have to just walk. :) Great. That'll be cool for me. :)
That's it for now.
Prayers, please..... =)
