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Saturday, November 5, 2011

For Sale: Pampering stuff you'll love!

Just in case a stranger or two comes across my blog, I'm selling some stuff that might be of interest.

Bathology, Skin Garden, Skinethics and One Naturales products are sold in Rustan's and Watsons but I'm getting them at a cheaper price! For items and prices, please visit the following sites (hoping you could access them!):

http://teresapatricia172.multiply.com/photos/album/69#photo=5

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150520332853448.468064.524978447&type=1&l=02c253087c

Happy shopping!!!

First prenatal check-up

I'm lucky enough to snag an appointment with my OB, Dr.L this afternoon. It's amazing how comfortable you can get with a stranger whom you feel you can fully give your trust to. After the meet, Peejo and I both felt that everything is on the right track and nothing could go wrong. I want my parents to meet her too and see how wonderful she is and how they can also trust her with the first grandchild of the family for both sides.

I guess the turn of events really led us back to her. Initially, we were considering another one, but looking at every angle just tells me that she is not the right one for me. It's hard to name drop even here in my blog because who knows they might come across this. Anyhoo, bottom line is I need somebody to guide me and advise me on what to do because this is the first time it's going to happen, and a mere question-and-answer session will just not cut it. Add the fact that she can be sarcastic in her answers that I can't help but get annoyed. Sometimes I wonder if she deliberately does that to shoo me away because she doesn't feel good about me getting pregnant (something along the lines of "That should have been me!"). It's sad she has all those issues but it's not really my problem and I want to worry about myself more than anything else. She doesn't really plan to check up on me because she didn't even drop the hint that I should visit her in her clinic or whatever.

Oh well, what's done is done, and I'm glad this was settled this early so there will be no regrets. There's really a kind of attitude that should be natural to anybody in the medical industry. I'm glad I found it in Dr. L.

Wednesday, November 2, 2011

6w0d 0.34cm 06-27-2012

...all in all, that sums up my story for today.

I didn't plan on getting a transvaginal ultrasound until Peejo told me LPDH's schedule. I was just at home making my unit designs. Thankfully my parents were still at home but preparing to meet up with friends in a few hours. I'm so glad they obliged to come with me.

Sucks that my Medicard proves to be useless apart from consultations. I've even doubtful if OB consultations are still included. I paid Php 1260 for it. Too bad I missed the 15% discount they offered the whole of October. Anyway, I find TVUs uncomfortable, and I keep imagining my muscles down there might contract and the sonologist might be unable to take out the instrument!

And so the doctor came and veered the stick in all directions. After a few minutes she adjusted the screen for me to see. She showed me this pea-sized white thing surrounded by a translucent film inside a black circle. Amazing. She said it was 0.34cm big and "it" is estimated to come out on June 27 because I'm on my 6th week already. Wow. My counting was quite accurate after all!

I think I got a wee bit teary-eyed seeing my baby, especially listening to his/her heartbeat for the first time! Unbelievable that there is a living being inside me! This is what I've always dreamed of and now it's here! The sonologist said that it has a slow heartbeat as expected during this early stage although some fetuses tend to have faster heartbeats at this time. Anyhoo, I just made sure that it is where it's supposed to be (in my uterus) and I'm fine with it!

It's interesting to note that the ETA is June 27, the feast of the Mother of Perpetual Help, and it's funny that my mom and Peejo's mom texted me that around the same time! I hope and pray this will be an easy pregnancy for me and a healthy baby from now on :)

Tuesday, November 1, 2011

First of November

...was spent watching TV the whole day and eating a hotdog sandwich and PikNik ketchup fries at 7-11. It was too hot to go home and hitch to Manila Memorial Park. This time, I didn't have the itch to clean the house. My butt has fallen comfortably on the sofa since this morning and I think it's staying put in the next 4 hours or so.

I'm starting to get excited about the baby. According to Babycenter, it's about the size of a sesame seed and looks like a tiny tadpole. The brain is starting to develop, and the placenta and umbilical cord is already working as it should. Amazing. Sometimes though, I feel a bit of pain in the lower abdomen, I hope it's nothing serious. I hope I get an answer from the TVU on Nov. 3.