sixth week

i have been taking Crinone for 2 days now.. applying the medicine is awkward but other than that i havent seen any bad effects yet..

the usual almost nauseous feeling is still there as well as the aversion for certain food (or smell, i think).. im officially in my full 6th week today according to the OB.. at six weeks, the baby is starting to develop organs, eyes, limbs and more.. you can check out the full details here --> http://www.gerber.com/articles/Week_6_Your_pregnancy.aspx

the only different food in my diet today was that i was able to eat sweets now.. i havent touched anything sweet, be it candy or sauce (even the unagi sushi i love *sigh*), since we found out we were pregnant..

also, i think that the centrum multivitamins i was taking was making my stomach go crazy.. im not sure which of the vitamins in it is causing this but i cannot handle an extra problem with my tummy right now.. so my pangga and i bought the prenatal vitamins i took before hoping that it would make things better.. again *cross fingers*

oh, i just gotta tell you what i had for dinner tonight! =D boiled okra and bagoong with rice! yum!

first ultrasound

I went to the doctor today for an ultrasound.. I know, i know.. It's kinda early.. But hey, doctor's order..

I saw my uterus for the first time but no fetus yet.. Just the embryo and the sac where the baby will eventually grow .

Also, ive confirmed that im low on progesterone. Ive to start taking Crinone every morning. Hopefully there's no bad side effects *cross fingers*

i sent the picture of my uterus to my pangga.. even though you cant see the baby yet, he was so excited to see it.. it just warms my heart knowing that he is.. =)

progesterone level

i got a call from the doctor's (OB) office today regarding yesterday's bloodwork..

it would seem that i have a low level of progesterone.. i did a research on the net and found out that women that is low on this hormone is more prone to miscarriage =( the doctor prescribed that i take a vaginal medicine to increase my hormone level.. *sigh* the medine is quite expensive.. even with the insurance, it still costs $190.. im not sure for how long that's gonna last..

also, i've an ultrasound scheduled for tomorrow.. they wanted to make sure about the first day of my last period coz if they were to base how far i am on that, i should be on my sixth week.. however, they said that i could be further than that.. not sure where they based that.. probably on the blood test..

o well, i'll know tomorrow for sure..

i really hope everything's ok and that i dont need to take that medicine anymore..

by the way, my blood type is O+ =)

first OB meeting

the whole day today i was hungry.. it's the usual hunger i feel but rather an omg-im-gonna-die hunger..

the problem is, i was eating like every hour.. we've read that when you get pregnant, you only need an extra 300 calories for the baby.. but at the rate im going.. it's definitely more than that..

we asked our OB about that and she said it's normal to feel hungry all the time and that it would mellow down in the second trimester..

yes, we finally met with our OB for the first time this evening.. we now have 4 sticks telling us we're pregnant =)

we had our usual introduction and when the part came where she said 'do you have any questions?'.. i took out one whole sheet of paper filled with all our questions.. from diet to exercise to food to massages to sex.. everything we could think off to put our minds at ease.. she was cool about it and i guess she expected it specially from first time parents-to-be =)

also tonight, i wanted fries.. i was eating my sinigang with rice and fries.. yum! hahaha!

while eating, my pangga and i were trying to discuss the right time to announce to our relatives that we're pregnant.. on one end we already wanted to share the joy that we have.. on the other, i wanted to get past the first trimester when the risk of miscarriage is at the lowest.. *sigh*

we'll talk about it again tomorrow..

the kalamansi search

im now very picky with what i eat.. im not up to eating beef or anything sweet..

ive taken a liking to sour foods and bland crackers.. i tried putting lemon juice in my noodles to make it sour, but it only made it sweet.. and with that, our search for kalamansi began.. sadly, we couldnt find any.. the key lime would do for now.. two bags of it.. =)

but my hubby, being the bestest hubby in the world, made me sinigang! with 4 packets of mixes! yum! asim!

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im waiting for him right now with my green green mangoes =D

warm.. cold.. warm.. cold..

my body's acting up.. i feel very very warm one second then freezing cold the next..

but at work, im just cold all the time..

i thought it was weird so i did a search on the net and found out that im not alone.. a lot of pregnant women experience this hot, cold or just cold-all-the-time body temperature.. none of them came back with any explanations from their doctors though..

ill be sure to ask mine on wednesday =)

manggang hilaw

i ate my first manggang hilaw today.. actually it was almost ripe =( huhuhu.. i was already frustrated by the kind of mangoes we found.. then to make matters worse, we couldnt find any bagoong.. waaah!

haaaaay..

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according to the baby website, im suppose to be on my fifth week this week.. the baby should already be starting to develop his brain and he's about the size of a sesame seed.. makes me wonder how something that small can bring so much joy to us.. =)

i cant wait for our first OB visit this wednesday.. after that, maybe we will be able to finally tell how far i am into my pregnancy..

give my coffee! (or not..)

i havent drank coffee since we found out we were pregnant.. i missed it sooo much that i had my cousin asked her medical friends what's the real deal about coffee..

they said that 1 - 2 cups of caffeinated coffee is ok.. but to be safe, i can stick to decaf..

with that, when my cousin went out for an errand and asked me what i wanted, i immediately said 'a caramel macciato! decaf!' =D

when i finally got my coffee, i just drank half of it.. for some reason, i just didnt want it anymore.. weird =S

when i told my pangga about the coffee and how i didnt seem to like it anymore, he held my tummy and said 'good boy, good boy' =)

it's mah birthday!

it's my 30th birthday!!! =)

i woke up with a sushi cake waiting for me! (since i cant eat the real thing)



the day went by as normal as it could be.. with 'normal' including the usual sleepiness in the afternoon..

by 7pm we went to the doctor to check on some of the results of our earlier blood tests for the gc application.. also we wanted to confirm that the tb skin test would not affect the baby..

when we shared with the doctor that our home pregnancy tests were positive, he asked us if we wanted to do another urine test in their clinic.. since my pangga and i really wanted to hear the results from a doctor, we got the test..

a few minutes after, the doctor congratulated us! we felt the same excitement we felt the first time we found out =)

with smiles on our faces, we left the clinic and called 'the melting pot' to make reservations for my birthday dinner.. it was 8pm then..

the restaurant said that it will be an hour wait.. i was already too hungry so we settled at houlihans.. it was nothing special.. but my pangga promised we'd eat at the 'the melting pot' in the near future =D

zzzzzzzzzz...

after sleeping early last night, i felt more refreshed and active today..

i still get very sleepy during the afternoon.. so sleepy that i thought of spreading my shawl on the floor and just laying there for a few minutes.. if only i could..

i think i might turn in early today as well.. ive lots of work to finish tomorrow..

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two days has passed since we learned that we're pregnant.. but ive only told my parents tonight that we might be pregnant.. 'might' because we have yet to meet my OB on wednesday which feels like forever.. hopefully, after that check up we'll finally be able to share everyone the good news =)

just to be sure

just to be sure.. ill take another test..

i drank a gallon of water (just 3 glasses actually).. and waited..

there's the first pink line.. 1.. 2.. 3.. and there's the second pink line.. those 3 seconds felt like an hour.. i almost thought that yesterday's result was a false positive..

i showed the results to my pangga before he went to work.. what a way to start the day right? =D

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whenever i took short breaks from work today, i would browse sites that are all about pregnancies and babies.. trying to learn the basic stuff i need for the first few weeks..



i learned that, medically, they consider the first day of your last period as the start of your pregnancy.. a woman is already considered pregnant 2 weeks even before she ovulates..

right now, our little ninja is about the size of a poppy seed and the circulatory system is beginning to take shape.. i wonder what's really happening inside me..

i felt sleepy the whole time i was at work.. they said that it's one of the early signs of pregnancy (or maybe it's just work.. hahahaha!)

im not too much into eating a lot yet.. in fact, i have no appetite.. but i gotta eat something.. even a little..

by the time i got home, then my hunger kicked in.. i wanted something.. i wanted noodles.. not my usual udon or ramen.. i wanted the one that we ate at joy yees.. i have to have that.. a short call from joyjoy and i knew i was gonna have korean chap chei (not sure about the spelling) for dinner =)

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it's 8pm and im off to bed.. i hope this gives me the extra energy boost ill need for tomorrow =)

and so it began...

happy.. scared.. anxious..

im filled with a gamut of emotions as i look at this piece of plastice with two lines.. im pregnant! im pregnant! we're pregnant!



my pangga's downstairs.. now how can i have him see this without letting it out.. hmmm..

camera! camera! where's my camera? this has to be documented..

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i went downstairs to get my camera.. went back to the bathroom upstairs without so much as a reaction from my hubby.. he's busy watching NCIS..

i took a couple of pictures and went down to the family room to join my pangga..

i knew he needed to do his business so i told him he can use the bathroom now as im done changing..

did he get up? noooooooo... *sigh* after what seemed like forever, he eventually decided to go upstairs..

i set my camera to video and tiptoed after him.. when i heard the door closed, i stood there and waited..

and sure enough.. after a few seconds.. my pangga opened the door, with a full smile and was jumping up and down! =D

we hugged, we kissed, we cried..

and so it began...