Loong Weekend

Last weekend was the longest weekend I had (except for the time when I was on leave due to our honeymoon hehehe), mainly because of the following:

a) Holy Week
b) Araw ng Kagitingan
c) Asthma


Holy Week
The Holy days for me officially started Wednesday after lunch, as our office decided that we will only have a half day. Though the working week was only 2 1/2 days, I felt so drained that I had to take a rest immediately, so I just stayed at home with my sister, baby Aden, and our two helpers. On Maundy thursday, my family picked us up to go to 7 churches for the Visita Iglesia, and had dinner at Tempura Grill. Good Friday was also spent at home. Originally I was suppsoed to go with my family to visit the Church for the Stations of the Cross. However, I felt so drained and decided to just stay at home and say my prayers. The next time I left the house was on Easter Sunday, when our family had lunch in this lovely Chinese restaurant in Crowne Plaza. We then went to hear Mass, do some window shopping in Powerplant, then had dinner in Cafe Mediterranean.


Araw ng Kagitingan
I didn't feel that well last monday, so even though going to the grocery was very much needed, I again decided to just stay at home and cocoon myself.


Asthma Attack
Last Tuesday I skipped going to work as I woke up feeling really terrible, with heavy colds, sore throat, and really aching body. Fortunately I didn't have any fever, but I was beginning to sense that an asthma attack will follow later on. My prediction was correct, as the next day, I did have an asthma attack. I went to the hospital (after bringing Aden to the parlor just across the street for a long overdue haircut) and had myself checked up.

The doctor told me that since I am really asthmatic, I should expect that my attacks will be more frequent during my pregnancy. Of course this would pose a risk to our baby, but I just thought to myself that I really can't do anything about it, except to pray always and do my best to take care of myself and our baby. Two main factors why my immune system is weak are stress and lack of sleep. Stress, probably attributed to work. Lck of sleep, most likely attributed to the fact that Aden snores and cries at night and I get awakened by it. My doc suggested that I should not let Aden sleep beside me. This emans that my he and my sister might go back home. This of coruse saddened me so until now I haven't decided what to do. I'm quite sure that I will feel this huge hole if I don't see my bratty yet adorable nephew. *Sigh* The good news is that I gained 3 lbs. since last month, so now I'm up to 104 lbs. My doc told me that since we didn't achieve the desired weight for me during the first 3 months (I didn't gain at all!), I should continue eating whatever I want, double up on milk for calcium and meat intake for protein. Sweets, not that much. As long as I eat healthy food, that should be fine.

My OB also suggested that I should undergo an ultrasound in order to have a fetal survey, determine (if possible) the gender of our baby, and check if the cyst in my ovary is gone. The latter is very much needed because should the cyst still be there, I may be forced to undergo an operation which might put our baby at risk (premature labor).

Ultrasound Results
"Single, live intrauterine pregnancy, in breech presentation, 18 weeks 2 days by average AOG, with good cardiac and somatic activities.

Placenta is anterior, grade 1

Normohydramnios

Left ovarian cyst seen previously is no longer visualized in this scan."

In short, so far everything's good! The fetal survey was also good, no abnormalities so far. What's important though is that my cyst is gone!

Now regarding the gender of the baby....

I joked that my baby might be prude, because the sex organ cannot be seen. Why? The baby's legs are closed. Hahahaha. The face wasn't seen as well because of the babe's position. I only saw the pompie (butt) and the head's crown. I got a little disappointed with the new sonologist becasue I felt that she as hurrying the session. She didn't wait that much to see if the baby will move in roder for us to see the face or the gender, nor showed me that much. I was all the more disappointed when the printouts were given to me, and I couldn;t even determine where my baby is in the shot! Grrr! But anyway, I will just do another ultrasound next month, either in a cheaper clinic or same hospital but with the old sonologist.