Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Saturday, July 24, 2010
UPDATE: I've Given Birth!
It's already 7:12pm... I'm doing this in a hurry because I miss my little angel at home na, hehehehe....
Yes, you read that right, I've already given birth just this July 15, 2010, at exactly 11:49am, to my son.
He will be carrying the name Mark Reign, and he will be using the surname of his father.
Just this Thursday, we had him registered at the Quezon City Civil Registry. So, it's final. He's a Filipino citizen, and he isn't illegitimate! =)
More on this later 'cause I really wanna go home na. :)
Prayers please.....
We're also open for any material or financial support. =)
Thanks in advance. :)
Yes, you read that right, I've already given birth just this July 15, 2010, at exactly 11:49am, to my son.
He will be carrying the name Mark Reign, and he will be using the surname of his father.
Just this Thursday, we had him registered at the Quezon City Civil Registry. So, it's final. He's a Filipino citizen, and he isn't illegitimate! =)
More on this later 'cause I really wanna go home na. :)
Prayers please.....
We're also open for any material or financial support. =)
Thanks in advance. :)
Thursday, July 8, 2010
La mia famiglia
La mia famiglia
Wala lang. Siyempre, kahit anong kaila ko, aminado akong I already miss my family (I mean, my original family) so much.
So what do I miss about them? The food (most especially), my brothers, their faces. Yes, even Mom and Dad's faces. I just knew my family's a bunch of good looking people (kahit ipagkaila 'yun ni Daddy), and I miss seeing good looking people such as them.
I also miss the books, the Mama Mary image, the WYD memorabilia in my room. Even my pillows, though they're not the softest in the world... I miss them.
I even miss that mad dog (who's yet to be named when I left home), the jeepy (our owner-type jeep), the mango trees in the backyard, as well as that big tank.
I miss the house standing behind the green-blue gate with the number 23 posted on the side.
Don't get me wrong. I'm happy with my current family (composed of Daddy and the Baby soon to say hello to this world). Daddy gives me everything I need, everything I want. But of course....
Sighs.
'Hope things will still get right.....
Wala lang. Siyempre, kahit anong kaila ko, aminado akong I already miss my family (I mean, my original family) so much.
So what do I miss about them? The food (most especially), my brothers, their faces. Yes, even Mom and Dad's faces. I just knew my family's a bunch of good looking people (kahit ipagkaila 'yun ni Daddy), and I miss seeing good looking people such as them.
I also miss the books, the Mama Mary image, the WYD memorabilia in my room. Even my pillows, though they're not the softest in the world... I miss them.
I even miss that mad dog (who's yet to be named when I left home), the jeepy (our owner-type jeep), the mango trees in the backyard, as well as that big tank.
I miss the house standing behind the green-blue gate with the number 23 posted on the side.
Don't get me wrong. I'm happy with my current family (composed of Daddy and the Baby soon to say hello to this world). Daddy gives me everything I need, everything I want. But of course....
Sighs.
'Hope things will still get right.....
Sunday, July 4, 2010
Nearing The Homestretch
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..... =)
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..... =)
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
... Me's back! :)
Finally... I'm now OFFICIALLY on maternity leave! =) Next week, I'll be nine months on my way to having a baby... so, how am I feeling? A bit scared, 'cause I won't be able to know what exactly to do while Daddy's away (I might labor while he's away), a bit thankful 'cause I can finally rest (imagine working 14 to 15 hours per day!), but a bit sad, too, because I certainly would miss the workload (I think one of the reasons why my pregnancy's gone through without probs is because of the exercise I get from work... I should give it credit, even if it breaks my back and gives me headaches most of the time!).
So... what do I do now? To make sure that the long wait will be bearable and profitable, I'm reliving my online writing biz... my fallback career ever since. =) Thank God I still have two sites to work for... always bursting with work to do! :) 'Hope I can earn enough to help tide us through... especially right now that we have a Baby on the way.....
Meanwhile, I have already almost completed Baby Marky's stuff... out of excitement, washed some of the clothing articles in there... all that's really wanting right now are cloth diapers. :o I still don't have 'em... Daddy says he'll take care of these, but I dunno when... so that's basically the reason why I managed to gather stuff, because I can't wait! =p
And... way to go for my first day on maternity leave! Daddy's sick right now... he's down with the flu, and basically most I did for today is to take care of him. =o I felt kinda awkward because personally, whenever I'm struck with the flu, all I do is cover myself up, sweat, sleep, laugh whenever I feel tickled by the occasional joint pains, and cry whenever I feel depressed because I can't do anything while on bed! :o I'd just sit/stand up whenever I need to get water from the fridge or something to eat. That's all. But Daddy has a lot of requirements... he needs someone to wipe him with a damp towel, and medicines, too. Ah... now I remember. That's what the folks at home used to do when we're young. And I'd better stick them in my mind and stop thinking about what I used to do on my own, because I'm gonna have a child of my own soon, and yeah, I just can't leave him on his own, covered and drenched in sweat while laughing and crying like mad, whenever he's down with the flu.
Sooooo... right now, it's already 9:21pm... I admit, I'm starting to feel a li'l bit hungry, but I need to finish my first article, just so I could jumpstart my fallback career once more. =)
(Somebody's looking behind me. Hehe... it's the Daddy. :))
So... what do I do now? To make sure that the long wait will be bearable and profitable, I'm reliving my online writing biz... my fallback career ever since. =) Thank God I still have two sites to work for... always bursting with work to do! :) 'Hope I can earn enough to help tide us through... especially right now that we have a Baby on the way.....
Meanwhile, I have already almost completed Baby Marky's stuff... out of excitement, washed some of the clothing articles in there... all that's really wanting right now are cloth diapers. :o I still don't have 'em... Daddy says he'll take care of these, but I dunno when... so that's basically the reason why I managed to gather stuff, because I can't wait! =p
And... way to go for my first day on maternity leave! Daddy's sick right now... he's down with the flu, and basically most I did for today is to take care of him. =o I felt kinda awkward because personally, whenever I'm struck with the flu, all I do is cover myself up, sweat, sleep, laugh whenever I feel tickled by the occasional joint pains, and cry whenever I feel depressed because I can't do anything while on bed! :o I'd just sit/stand up whenever I need to get water from the fridge or something to eat. That's all. But Daddy has a lot of requirements... he needs someone to wipe him with a damp towel, and medicines, too. Ah... now I remember. That's what the folks at home used to do when we're young. And I'd better stick them in my mind and stop thinking about what I used to do on my own, because I'm gonna have a child of my own soon, and yeah, I just can't leave him on his own, covered and drenched in sweat while laughing and crying like mad, whenever he's down with the flu.
Sooooo... right now, it's already 9:21pm... I admit, I'm starting to feel a li'l bit hungry, but I need to finish my first article, just so I could jumpstart my fallback career once more. =)
(Somebody's looking behind me. Hehe... it's the Daddy. :))
Kudos! =)
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
It's "Eight" Day Today =)
OK... it's June 9 today, and not June 8... so what's with the title?
Wala lang. =) 8th anniversary kasi namin ngayon ni Daddy. =) And today also marks Baby Marky's 8th month in my tummy!=) Ang likot-likot nga niya kaninang umaga... parang nagpapahiwatig na, "O, Mommy, I'm 8 months na... getting bigger and healthier and more alive and kicking!" Sa tuwa ko, sumagot ako sa kanya ng, "Oh yes, Baby... malapit ka nang lumabas... happy 8th month, Marky!" =)
As for Daddy, well... ang sarap kasi ng tulog ko kaninang madaling araw... sans the fact na ilang beses na palang nagwala 'yung alarm ng cellphones namin. :o But it's not the alarms that woke me up, but three kisses from Daddy... sa lips, sa forehead at sa nose. =) Then, we hugged and he greeted me, "Happy June 9." :p Yikee. :p
Umiyak pa 'ko kaninang umaga kasi I found out na hindi niya 'ko tinabihan buong gabi. He has been celebrating sa living room with his brothers while waiting for me to wake up! Inexplain na lang niya sa 'kin... sa totoo lang daw, natatakot talaga siyang tumabi sa 'kin 'pag natutulog kasi natatakot siyang masipa ang tiyan ko! :o Poor Daddy. Kaya pala ever since mabuntis ako, lagi na lang siyang nagrereklamong bitin ang tulog niya. :o
Kaya lang sobrang importante sa 'kin na palagi siyang makatabi sa pagtulog. :o Ewan ko ba... kasi there are times when I'd feel lonely or insecure, at kapag natatabig ko siya sa kama 'pag gabi, parang napapayapa ang aking kalooban at nase-secure ako. :o Ayun lang....
I hope I can buy my planned gift for him later... although sabi niya sa 'kin kanina, mas pabor siya kung pera na lang ireregalo ko para sa panganganak ko! Nyahaha.... :p
Wala lang. =) 8th anniversary kasi namin ngayon ni Daddy. =) And today also marks Baby Marky's 8th month in my tummy!=) Ang likot-likot nga niya kaninang umaga... parang nagpapahiwatig na, "O, Mommy, I'm 8 months na... getting bigger and healthier and more alive and kicking!" Sa tuwa ko, sumagot ako sa kanya ng, "Oh yes, Baby... malapit ka nang lumabas... happy 8th month, Marky!" =)
As for Daddy, well... ang sarap kasi ng tulog ko kaninang madaling araw... sans the fact na ilang beses na palang nagwala 'yung alarm ng cellphones namin. :o But it's not the alarms that woke me up, but three kisses from Daddy... sa lips, sa forehead at sa nose. =) Then, we hugged and he greeted me, "Happy June 9." :p Yikee. :p
Umiyak pa 'ko kaninang umaga kasi I found out na hindi niya 'ko tinabihan buong gabi. He has been celebrating sa living room with his brothers while waiting for me to wake up! Inexplain na lang niya sa 'kin... sa totoo lang daw, natatakot talaga siyang tumabi sa 'kin 'pag natutulog kasi natatakot siyang masipa ang tiyan ko! :o Poor Daddy. Kaya pala ever since mabuntis ako, lagi na lang siyang nagrereklamong bitin ang tulog niya. :o
Kaya lang sobrang importante sa 'kin na palagi siyang makatabi sa pagtulog. :o Ewan ko ba... kasi there are times when I'd feel lonely or insecure, at kapag natatabig ko siya sa kama 'pag gabi, parang napapayapa ang aking kalooban at nase-secure ako. :o Ayun lang....
I hope I can buy my planned gift for him later... although sabi niya sa 'kin kanina, mas pabor siya kung pera na lang ireregalo ko para sa panganganak ko! Nyahaha.... :p
Malapit Na.... =)
Last weekend, I really planned my move na. No matter what happens, I'll start buying stuff na for the baby. :o Binilang-bilang ko na paulit-ulit 'yung money na inipit ko sa aking passbooks... and I vowed to save the meager cash I earn from odd writing jobs I do for a reporter at work para pambili pa ng extra para kay Baby.
I was taking a nap yesterday when this reporter that I write for woke me up, saying, "Marianne... ito nang damit para sa baby mo...."
I was really very thankful! You see, I didn't expect him to be able to give me anything since he has a 7-month-old baby boy at gumastos pa sila ng extra noon for clothes kasi pang-girl ang nabili nila noong clothes... only to find out na boy pala ang baby nila (mali rin minsan ang ultrasound 'pag girl ang resulta... posibleng naipit lang kasi, hehe). And yet, what he gave me is already enough para mailabas ko ang baby ko sa lying-in once maipanganak ko na siya!
To augment that, I bought two 4-oz feeding bottles, a breast pump, and a hat, mittens and booties trio pack. So far, heto na lang ang nakikita kong kailangan pa niya:
Sobra-sobrang salamat, Lord!
Ang galing talaga ng timing mo, kahit kailan!
Meanwhile... nasabi ko na ba??? Palagay ko, hindi pa... sa pinakahuling checkup ko pala, nagpa-ultrasound na ulit ako... and, as the baby's daddy has guessed, ICHABOY! :D Yey! And his name will be Mark Reign... and we'll be calling him Baby Marky! :)
These coming days, habang palapit ng palapit ang aking due, nagpi-print na ako ng stuff at nag-aayos ng papers na kakailanganin sa aking panganganak. These include my birth plan, my OB-Gyne records, my baby's birth certificate info sheet, and all other info sheets. :) This is supposed to save me additional stress and pressure during the labor process since I've read stories about women being asked to answer lots of questions from a nurse sa pagkakataon pa na nagpu-push sila and the last thing they want to hear is stuff na hindi makakatulong! :o Also, I will be preparing our room for welcoming the baby... Mommy and Baby will be sleeping on the mattress, while Daddy will be sleeping on the floor... of course, I have to make sure the mattress is dust-free and the pillows, pillow cases, and blankets that we will use are washed clean. =) Kailangan na ring tanggalin 'yung spider webs sa bubong... kagabi ko lang nakita na meron na, while I was making an inventory of Marky's stuff (iba siguro talaga 'pag Mommy na, lahat nakikita, hehe). And the floor needs to be swept free of dust and dirt and then scrubbed.... Willing akong gawin 'yun lahat, and actually, gusto ko ako ang gagawa, para alam ko na pulido talaga ang paglilinis....
Sa ngayon, ang pinaka-worry talaga namin is finances. We have some money, pero enough lang 'yun kung hindi magkakaaberya ang panganganak ko. :o And the aftermath... medyo we're not sure about it. :o Plano ko, raraket ako, but can I leave my baby behind with other people? Ang rule ko, I don't want to entrust him to a smoker (other than Daddy, pretty please) at sa taong dumihin... kung sana laging available ang kanyang lola, pero siguro, pwede rin akong makigulo sa baby ng Ate ni Daddy....
Ayun lang.
Prayers, please.
Thanks! :)
I was taking a nap yesterday when this reporter that I write for woke me up, saying, "Marianne... ito nang damit para sa baby mo...."
I was really very thankful! You see, I didn't expect him to be able to give me anything since he has a 7-month-old baby boy at gumastos pa sila ng extra noon for clothes kasi pang-girl ang nabili nila noong clothes... only to find out na boy pala ang baby nila (mali rin minsan ang ultrasound 'pag girl ang resulta... posibleng naipit lang kasi, hehe). And yet, what he gave me is already enough para mailabas ko ang baby ko sa lying-in once maipanganak ko na siya!
To augment that, I bought two 4-oz feeding bottles, a breast pump, and a hat, mittens and booties trio pack. So far, heto na lang ang nakikita kong kailangan pa niya:
* Receiving blankets
* Gauze diapers
* Disposable diapers
* Shorts, pants
* Toiletries, safety pins
* Gauze diapers
* Disposable diapers
* Shorts, pants
* Toiletries, safety pins
Sobra-sobrang salamat, Lord!
Ang galing talaga ng timing mo, kahit kailan!
Meanwhile... nasabi ko na ba??? Palagay ko, hindi pa... sa pinakahuling checkup ko pala, nagpa-ultrasound na ulit ako... and, as the baby's daddy has guessed, ICHABOY! :D Yey! And his name will be Mark Reign... and we'll be calling him Baby Marky! :)
These coming days, habang palapit ng palapit ang aking due, nagpi-print na ako ng stuff at nag-aayos ng papers na kakailanganin sa aking panganganak. These include my birth plan, my OB-Gyne records, my baby's birth certificate info sheet, and all other info sheets. :) This is supposed to save me additional stress and pressure during the labor process since I've read stories about women being asked to answer lots of questions from a nurse sa pagkakataon pa na nagpu-push sila and the last thing they want to hear is stuff na hindi makakatulong! :o Also, I will be preparing our room for welcoming the baby... Mommy and Baby will be sleeping on the mattress, while Daddy will be sleeping on the floor... of course, I have to make sure the mattress is dust-free and the pillows, pillow cases, and blankets that we will use are washed clean. =) Kailangan na ring tanggalin 'yung spider webs sa bubong... kagabi ko lang nakita na meron na, while I was making an inventory of Marky's stuff (iba siguro talaga 'pag Mommy na, lahat nakikita, hehe). And the floor needs to be swept free of dust and dirt and then scrubbed.... Willing akong gawin 'yun lahat, and actually, gusto ko ako ang gagawa, para alam ko na pulido talaga ang paglilinis....
Sa ngayon, ang pinaka-worry talaga namin is finances. We have some money, pero enough lang 'yun kung hindi magkakaaberya ang panganganak ko. :o And the aftermath... medyo we're not sure about it. :o Plano ko, raraket ako, but can I leave my baby behind with other people? Ang rule ko, I don't want to entrust him to a smoker (other than Daddy, pretty please) at sa taong dumihin... kung sana laging available ang kanyang lola, pero siguro, pwede rin akong makigulo sa baby ng Ate ni Daddy....
Ayun lang.
Prayers, please.
Thanks! :)
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