Baby Language?

I had a visit from a couple of friends today and they told me about the Dunstan Baby Language System. They said it was pretty accurate. Here are some of their baby words:

* Neh="I'm hungry"
* Owh="I'm sleepy"
* Heh="I'm experiencing discomfort"
* Eair="I have lower gas"
* Eh="I need to burp"

I wonder if my baby Kylie will be using them.

BTW, I'm starting to have a really bad back ache right now. I wonder if this is early onset of labor?

I WISH.

Wish me luck.

My hubby and I are going to the mall later to pick up some ingridients for his famous "SAYOTE TOPS" recipe. I hope my water doesn't break there. It would be a bit embarassing.

Check out this website too: http://www.photofunia.com/

I've had so much fun with this site yesterday! Check these out:

I've always wondered what I would look like in Marilyn's body. Now I know. I look hot! Hahaha! Just kidding.

My husband, the Jedi Knight.

Kick that Darth Vader's butt will ya?

Still NOT in Labor

Nobody can predict the onset of labor, just as no one can predict pregnancy.

I used to be so tired when people ask me when I'll get pregnant, and usually I'd give out three answers:

1. In God's time;
2. You'll know it when my belly gets bigger; or
3. Maybe tomorrow!

Now what I'm tired of is explaining why I'm still at work and why I'm not in labor yet. Let me explain, I don't think it's bad that people ask me all the time about my due date and when I'll give birth. I actually want to answer the question. I really really do. The problem is I don't know why I'm not in labor yet! That's why I could never give a straight answer.

On why I'm still at work: I'm still working to keep my mind off obsessing about why I'm not in labor yet. I'll file my maternity leave the moment my water breaks. Hahaha!

Working While Near Labor

Yes, I'm still reporting for work.

I would really not prefer to, but I have to do it because basically I have no more leave credits to spare. If I use up some more leave credits, I might not have enough in case I want to spend more time with the baby after my maternity leave expires, which is the most likely scenario (I just adore my little princess so much!).

I, together with the rest of my family, my friends and the people from work, wonder when I'll finally go into labor. I'm ready for birth, but apparently, little Kylie isn't yet, and that's ok. I want her to come out when she is ready. Who knows? Maybe I might go into labor tonight, or tomorrow? I just hope that when I do, it doesn't happen in the middle of our office or somewhere public, like in a restaurant or the mall. Hahaha!

Funny Funny Funny

I was watching Net25 last week when they featured this website: http://www.yearbookyourself.com/

Try it. You'll have tons of fun! My boss caught me doing this and he actually asked me to do this to his photo as well. He thought it was very funny. Check this out, here are 1968 versions of my photo and my husband's photo:

38 Weeks: Bring on the Labor

I'm only in my 38th week, and growing more and more impatient everyday. I know that the baby will come when it's ready and I don't want to rush the baby's delivery, but I'm just so excited to see my little girl! I want the labor pains to come and everything. As much as possible, I would prefer to have a normal delivery. Having a C-section is really scary for me, maybe because I have no control over it, and I would not feel my baby coming out. I know that it will be very very very very painful, but I would really prefer a normal delivery.

I had my check up last Saturday, and the doctor said that despite taking eveprim, my cervix was still not dilated. Now my doctor is making me take buscopan to thin out my cervix. I'm also walking around a lot now and still going to work. Hopefully, these measures will help bring on the labor.

The 37th Week

I'm near the finish line!

My baby's doing fine so far, and she's now a hefty 7.8 pounds! I wonder if I can still deliver her normally, considering that my cervix is not even close to dilating yet, and the baby keeps getting bigger and bigger every week.

Although I'm still optimistic that I won't see a scalpel anywhere near my abdominal area, I'm also preparing myself for the fact that I might get a C-section because of what's happening (or not happening) with my cervix.

Upon my doctor's advice, I took eveprim for a week. This drug, according to my doc, might help the cervix ripen and dilate, but it didn't work on me. I also walk everyday, but still, the cervix won't open. So a C-section delivery for me is really more likely right now. I'm so scared of the idea that I might go through a major operation (C-section), but thinking about my baby makes me feel better instantly.

I want to see her already!

36 Weeks Pregnant and Pissed Off

I never understood then why fully pregnant women acted so pissy sometimes. I saw a re-run of Friends one time and Rachel was so pissed because she wasn't giving birth yet.

I'm feeling that right now.

I’m so irritable right now that if I let myself, I would bite the heads off people. There are times when I just want to be left alone to mope about when I will finally see my baby in person and just lie down in bed because of all the pain that I'm feeling right now, in my legs, in my ribs, and in my chest. Most of the time, I feel like crying because of the fact that I still have to get up from my bed and work, or go somewhere. I'm also very frustrated at the fact that I can't just stop working. I have to work until the minute I give birth. It sucks. I should be able to do what I want, after all, I'm 9 months pregnant! But alas, the real world beckons and I have no right to do what I want.

Unfortunately, in the spirit of being nice, I avoid acting like a brat, even if I so desperately want and deserve to.

I also worry about how things will be after I give birth --- will I be able to leave my baby to work again? Do I even know how to take care of a little infant?

... and last but not least....

Will I see my baby again???

My baby's grandparents are really excited and going nuts over the baby that it's making me really concerned that I won't even be able to be with my baby as much as I want. Anyway, I'm still the mom, I'm the one who's about to go into labor, I'm the one who carried the baby for 9 agonizing but happy months. I decide where the baby stays. (Sorry Mom, I know she's your first grandchild, but I really really really really really really really want to be with my baby all the time.)

So many thoughts are going on in my head right now that I really can't think straight. Especially with this stabbing rib pain, I really can't think straight. But what's clear to me is that I want to be with my baby all the time.

XL Baby

I just wanted to share with you what happened yesterday during my regular check up.

I’m now in my 35th week, so we went to see the doctor yesteday so she can check the baby’s position, and to check if my cervix is opening up.

So far, the baby’s position is still high, and my cervix is still as it was. The baby’s not coming out any time soon, which is good, because she’s only 35 weeks. The doctor says the baby is still not considered mature until she’s 37 weeks old, although personally, I prefer that the baby come out in my 38th week because her lungs would be fully mature by then. The good news also is that the baby’s head is in position. Looks like I can deliver the baby normally, but of course, as with all births, we still can't tell yet when she'll come out.

During the ultrasound, we were so surprised to see that the baby is has become very large for her gestational age. Using her measurements as basis, the baby should be about 39 weeks and 6 days by now. Hahaha. My doctor was really shocked to see how big our baby’s grown.

Our baby’s estimated weight is now 6.5 lbs. My doctor says that the baby will now be gaining about 200 grams a week, so that means by my 40th week, the baby will be around 8.5 lbs!!! What a huge little girl! You see, this is a little unusual for Filipinos because Pinoy babies are usually born with weights of around 6 to 7 lbs. But of course, this is no surprise because Baby Elyse's dad and I are not your average Pinoy folks (my hubby's 6 feet tall, I'm 5'7").

Things I Learned From Horror Movies (Part I)

Avoid small, cheap motels at all cost.

After watching Psycho, people should have avoided staying in cheap motels, but nooo... they still do.

I don't know what people like in cheap motels, there's always a good hotel somewhere, but they still choose to stay in cheap motels! Even Jennifer Aniston's movie DERAILED got me thinking twice about staying in cheap motels. I don't want to get screwed over by that french dude who is also starring in the Ocean's Thirteen movie.

Then I saw the movie Vacancy starring Kate Beckinsale (my husband's crush) and Luke Wilson. After it, it made me even more cautious about even looking at cheap motels. I don't want to die.

Stay away from Slovakia.

If you want to lose your limbs to a sadistic, apron-wearing, bulldog tattoo-toting club, stay in a small hostel in Slovakia. Truly the promise of sex with beautiful women and men will get you thinking, but there are clearly other safer places to seek sex.

After all, how can you enjoy sex if you don't have your pee pee anymore?

(Watch Hostel part I, it's a true classic. It's part of my horror movies collection and it's truly a gem! My collection won't be complete without it)

Don't ever go camping, ever.


Why give up the luxury of your own bed? Why let the mosquitoes bite your ass? Why lose the air conditioning?


Why go camping in the middle of nowhere? Nobody's there... or so you think!

If there's anything I've learned from horror movies, its to avoid going camping at all costs! First of all, I don't want to get raped by deformed, sadistic creatures who live inside of hills a-la The Hills Have Eyes. I've seen Paris Hilton die too in House of Wax, I don't want to end up skewered. I also don't want to end up being meat for a family of deformed (what is up with America? Why the deformities?) men who live in the middle of nowhere like what happened to the people in Wrong Turn.

Don't you EVER EVER EVER mess with the Japanese

I just saw the movie Shutter (American version -- it sucks, the original, Thai version is still waaaayy better. They skipped too many scary scenes. The director should be ashamed! He let his ego get in the way!) and it pays to listen to my warning.

Don't you ever ever ever mess with the Japanese. They are spiritually powerful, they are perennial, and they will catch you wherever you are, even long after they die.

I don't want to end up in a mental institution like Joshua Jackson, or Sarah Michelle Gellar in the Grudge. I don't want to fall from a building and I don't want a white-faced, long-haired, screaming woman following me around wherever I go.

Not Feeling OK

I don't feel like my usual gorgeous self today. Even my make up doesn't look well at all today. I don't know why. Maybe it was the 6:00 AM text message I received about work, maybe it's the succeeding texts and calls since... I just feel so drained and it's just 10:40 AM. I really really really want to take my maternity leave now, but I think it would be a waste. I'd rather spend time with my baby than spend time with myself and avoid stress.

Pregnancy = Pain

Now in my 34th week of pregnancy, I feel even more pain than ever, especially in my legs. It was two weeks ago when I started noticing a giant varicose vein growing in my upper left thigh, near the groin area. I thought this was the most pain that I would experience, but I was wrong. When I woke up this morning, I started feeling some aches and pains around my abdominal area and they're not contractions. I just have them everytime I try to walk around. This is bad for me because I still have to continue working until I'm in my 36th or 37th week (I have no vacation leaves left, and I don't want to take my maternity leave too early because I want to spend more time with my baby girl) so I guess I have to be stronger and endure.

I'll see my doctor on Monday to assess whether I could deliver normally or not. I've spoken with my resident psychic and she said I had an 80% chance of delivering via C-Section. I kind of believe what my psychic friend says because she predicted I would find out that I was pregnant in March (she said this October of last year), then she predicted my baby's gender, and also predicted that I would have a hard pregnancy, and so on and so on. She's 80+ years old, very legit, she doesn't charge, she still works as our museum consultant here in Clark, and I'm not the only person she's used her "powers" on. She's never been wrong.

About the hard pregnancy, well, I haven't talked about this much yet, but I'll tell you now. In my third month, I started bleeding and was advised to rest for a month to prevent miscarriage. Then in my 6th month, I almost had a premature delivery. What was the common cause? STRESS. So I really really really advise all pregnant women out there to try to do relaxing stuff, even when at work.

What I do now is listen to my favorite music and sometimes don't show up for work when I know that something really stressful is coming. Hehehe.

I Feel So Sexy...

Feeling sexy in my 8th month of pregnancy....not!

I love looking at my belly though, imagine, my belly is now the home of the most beautiful thing in the world for me and my hubby, our baby Elyse Kylene. It's really so exciting! I can't wait to meet my little baby for the first time.

She's just so beautiful :-)

My Pregnant Belly

Presenting my pregnant belly, from my perspective:

Feeling Fatigue

Maybe it's the hormones, but I've been feeling tired lately. I want to sleep for an entire day, but I still have to work. I plan to take my maternity leave before giving birth so I'll have more time with my baby.

My Baby's Gear

Our baby's a really lucky little girl. Her grandma and auntie bought her some stuff from Evenflo and Fisher Price. Here's the cute little baby swing that they got for her:

We also had her little clothes embroidered with her nickname's initial, and we also got her a cute little crib. I know, I know, the crib should have been pink, but I like the baby blue and yellow color, and we can use it for her little brother (Coming soon in 2 years)

Nuts Over Baby Stuff

Having a baby means not only looking forward to having your little angel in your arms, but it also means going nuts over baby stuff.

Due to Philippine tradition, I have been banned from doing shopping for my baby from months 1 to 6, but now, I can do some shopping!

You see, in the Philippines, according to old wives, moms should not shop for their babies until they're like, in the last trimester of their pregnancies. I don't know why exactly, but I think it's because they think being over enthusiastic might be bad for the baby because it cause some kind of jinx? I'm not sure.

Last Saturday, my hubby and I bought some stuff, like long sleeved shirts (when its cold), and adorable little tweety bird socks! They're so adorable! Can't wait for my little girl to wear them.

I'm also super thrilled whenever friends give me their old baby stuff. My friend Heidi gave me her little girl's old dresses two days ago, and I also can't wait until my baby becomes big enough to wear them...

All baby stuff is super super super cute!

Super Thrilled!

My hubby and I went for a 4d ultrasound last August 30. It was fantastic! It was so amazing to see our baby moving around, covering her face, and even sucking her thumb! We're super excited to see her in person!

I'll give birth around November 14 to 26. (Not quite sure when exactly yet, because we still don't know whether I'll do natural birth or go through caesarian section).

Here's a photo of our little angel. We are thinking of naming her Elyse.

Amygdala

My brother's the lead vocalist for a local band called "Amygdala". I was a little bored so I went ahead and made a music video for their performance of "Sabbra Cadabra", a song originally done by Black Sabbath.

Here it is:

If you can't see it here, you can visit this page: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojSJGigKMNk

7 Months Pregnant

I have to say, being pregnant is the best thing to ever happen to me. Imagine, I'm carrying a new life in me -- my spawn -- and it's a girl! (As far as my OB GYN can tell). Everytime I feel a punch or kick from my baby, I just feel so happy, but there are a couple of weird things associated with pregnancy. Here are some of them:

1. Pregnancy bumps - They're not pimples, they're not pigsa, they're just plain nasty, and they grow on your legs, without no reason. I know that they have no reason because I'm practically germ free. I take a bath like two or three times a day, and I make sure I don't acquire any germs from anywhere, because God forbid, my child might catch them, but even if I've taken all these precautions, I still find these weird bumps on my legs. I don't know if they're caused by my raging hormones or what. I read from my book "What to Expect When Expecting" that it's normal to expect stuff like this to happen. They disappear after a few days anyway. So I guess it's ok.
2. Skin On Skin Rubbing - Yes, the weird sensation of feeling your own skin rub against your own skin will start any time between your fifth month to your sixth month depending on how huge your belly has become. This is especially uncomfortable especially if you are fond of slouching, imagine having the skin from your breasts touch the skin on your belly... well, it's just plain unpleasant and weird.
3. Stretch Marks - I've never seen purple stretch marks in my life. And now they're on my belly. People say they disappear over time, but I highly doubt it. I've accepted it nonetheless. They're like, my battle scars.
4. Darkened Skin - I really really really hate looking at my arm pits. They have turned pitch black. Well, I'm exaggerating, but they really look so dark. After giving birth, I know they'll go back to normal, but right now I just don't feel like wearing sleeveless clothes any time soon, no matter how hot it gets. They're just so dark.