Monday, August 28, 2006
i went to ADNOC clinic to have my blood test and ultrasound. i didn't insist on hubby to come along because i know the nurses wouldn't allow him to go inside the room/s either. i guess, the arab women are tough to bear pains and not having someone to give moral support is not a big deal to them. anyway, i have to adjust to their culture and act tough as well. ;)
i reached the pathology clinic around 8:15 AM and waited for my turn for my blood test. the medical technologist was a caucasian. she took around 5 vials of blood from me! grabe, nakapikit nga ako when she inserted the huge needle until she pulled it out from my vein. sobrang tensed. ang pagpapakuha ng dugo ang isa sa pinaka-ayaw ko sa medical exams.
anyhow, after she sucked the blood out of me, i proceeded to the next building for the ultrasound. only then that i noticed that my schedule for that test is tomorrow. hehe. nde naman ako excited. i asked the doctor if it's possible to have my schedule shifted instead to today. she willingly obliged although i had to wait for an hour because she has so many patients.
i had a first look at my baby via a little tv screen. actually, i couldn't see anything except the dark circle amidst the what seemed to be a bag of gooey matter. =) heartbeat has been heard already and little baby measures 1.1 cm, which the doctor said is normal and corresponds to a 7 weeks and 1 day baby. =) i am happy. i called up hubby and he was happy like me.
9:54 PM |
Friday, August 25, 2006
as per my doctor's advise to eat as often and healthy as i could, i decided to make potato salad today. boiled potatoes, mayonnaise, carrots, pickles, onions, pepper and a pinch of salt. i also put slices of boiled egg to make the color appealing. from whitish mayo it then turned yellowish. =)
after about 5 hours, i have consumed half of the salad i have prepared. hihi. medyo sad kasi ako today kaya dinaan ko na lang sa pagkain. ;)
i was online for about half a day today, joined a pregnancy/expectant-moms message group and downloading classical music. juna suggested that i start listening to these kind of music to make my baby intelligent. well, i'm sure he/she will be lovable as he/she is but it wouldn't hurt to be intelligent some more. =) i have downloaded mostly mozart and beethoven music, but i just love andre rieux rendition of "love story" so much! bravo indeed!!
5:14 PM |
Monday, August 21, 2006
today's my schedule to meet with an OB-GYNE in ADNOC Clinic. i told her the things that i am experiencing and she told me that i have nothing to worry about as nausea is part of a preggy woman's life. she said that it will last around 3 to 5 months. omigosh!!! tagal nun huh! she even told me that the loss of appetite was no different at all. she adviced me to eat as frequent as possible, even just bits and pieces of cookies. she also suggested to eat as much fruits and take rest.
as for my nausea, she gave Navidoxine tablets to take twice everyday. she also gave me Folicum, a folic acid supplement for the baby's healthy development. i have a scheduled blood test and ultrasound on the 28th of this month. ngay! sakit ng blood test! =(
7:30 PM |
Friday, August 18, 2006
all of a sudden, my body is experiencing a complete turn-around... my appetite has suddenly swooped down. i eat just a spoonful and even if i have a particular food in mind, when it's finally at my dispense the food just tastes so awful!!! parang my tastebuds has no panlasa. =( and now, even if i eat whenever i feel like vomitting, no use na. it just won't work.
6:48 PM |
Thursday, August 17, 2006
i woke up after hubby left for Dubai. sobrang kumakalam na sikmura ko sa gutom and yet, i am so sleepy as well kaya tinitiis ko na nde muna mag-breakfast. i woke up around 30 minutes later and had this vomitting feeling again. signalling i had to take in food!!!
i have boiled two eggs along with the rice. there were other things to cook but most (or all?)breakfast foods in stock were for frying which i hate so much. even the thought of it makes me want to throw up. eeeww!!
as soon as the rice and egg were cooked. i sliced some tomatoes to go with the egg. ala-salted egg ba, which i innovated. =) my hubby does not want us to have commercial salted (red) egg. not good daw for me since it's too salty. i didn't bother to go against his opinion since i don't want to be sick at this time kaya nagpakabait ako ngayon. =)
after breakfast, i went to ADNOC hospital for another pregnancy test and urine test. again, the pregnancy test result was still the same but the urine test result shall be available next workweek. the doctor advised me to take as much fluid to prevent the occurrence of UTI. anyway, before i left the hospital i felt my stomach growling again. i had to rushed in a convenience store next to the hospital to take in food to stopped the vomitting feeling. grabe, talaga. every hour yata gutom ako. hehe.
btw, i broke the good news to my family and friends last night. today, i have received a lot of "mabruks" and congratulations, advices and words of encouragement. nakakatuwa nga yung sinabi ni jen eh, i should take care daw kasi matagal naming hinintay ni hubby ang angel na ito. and then, she added, matagal din daw nilang (my friends) hinintay. hehe. na-touched ako dun!
9:58 PM |
Tuesday, August 15, 2006
i woke up around 4 AM to pee, however i decided to use the pregnancy test kit i bought the night before. the instruction said 6 drops of the precious pee. one, two, three, four, five, six... i waited for 3 minutes, nervousness and excitement building up at the same time. nervousness that it would be a negative and all that i'm feeling and experiencing were caused by false hopes. excitement that it would be a positive result and i'm not dreaming after all.
one,... wait, it hasn't been 3 minutes yet lines were already showing. the packet said that 1 line means negative and two means otherwise. i've got two pink lines!!! it's a positive! i was so relieved. ibig sabihin, nde ako bakla. babae po ako. ngahaha.
i returned back to my sleep. upon waking up, my hubby was smiling at me. i asked him why but he just kept on smiling. nababaliw na kaya ang asawa ko? =) anyway, i am twice as happy.
7:10 PM |
Sunday, August 13, 2006
i woke up feeling bloated. nde ko alam kung dahil sobrang dami ng kinain ko kagabi at nde natunaw o talaga lang wala akong appetite. i tried to take a few bites of the breakfast food my hubby prepared, pero nasusuka talaga ako. nope, i didn't vomitted, but i feel like it. nde ko ma-explain eh. =(
at work, my stomach really felt awful and i profusely excrete so much saliva. i wonder if this is the one that they refer to as morning sickness. if it is, bakit kaya hanggang halos buong araw ay napi-feel ko siya??? ;)
i received a phone call from my hubby just before lunchtime and he asked me why i took very little breakfast. i told him about my dilemma and how naduduwal at naglalaway i am, just thinking of the how the fried food (the cooking oil, specifically) tastes like. sabi ng hubby ko, bka daw nauulol na ako kaya ganun. hmp! kainis talaga. still, to be able to lessen the feeling of throwing up, i had to take some food in. i ordered mushroom soup and fresh orange juice from our office canteen. i squeezed in some lemon to the soup. sarap huh! lasang goto sa pilipinas. of course, nothing compares to Gotoking, but the lemon brings out the flavour in the soup. the fresh orange juice was quite good as well. i don't have anything in mind to compare it from, but it sure is convenient to drink fresh fruit juices without you having to do the squeezing yourself. i wonder kung naka-gloves ang nag-squeeze ng juice ko??? maybe not, masarap eh! hihi.
come dinner time, i just don't have the energy to cook. i was too exhausted. however, been craving for sinigang with gabi. my hubby and i scouted abu dhabi pinoy restos for beef sinigang with gabi. but no avail (with disappointed-and-sad-look). i just settled for a beef sinigang with matching daing na bangus in Tagpuan. that's the best that we could find. hay. i really, really miss my mother's lutong-bahay. waahhh..... however, i appreciated how my hubby tried to satisfy my cravings. we stopped by a vegetable store and bought oranges, banana (kasi 1 piece lang, hehe) and grapes! i even asked him to get the odd fruit that looks like lemon but was not lemon, and he complied without question or complaints. =)
7:46 PM |
Saturday, August 12, 2006
i have reported back to work and being at the office when you feel weird was such a nightmare. don't get me wrong. i love my job. i love how it keeps me busy and useful (of course, i also love the month-end rewards, hihi). but then, at a time like this, my body says otherwise.
i tried lifting the lapping plate made of 12 inches diameter of solid stainless steel plate. after doing so, my abdomen hurts. i tried resting but was no use. the hurting stopped when i fully rested at home.
i took my heavy meal around 5 pm. however, around 8 pm, my stomach growls so much. i have doubted to be hungry since it has only been a few hours since i last took a bite. my hubby suggested that i should eat once more. to test his hypothesis, i ate the last two chicken drumsticks for dinner. after a few minutes, the growling stopped!!! haha. what a stomach!!! i don't think i have such fast metabolism instead i think my stomach has grown big that it wishes to take in as much food as possible. yuk! bka maging butete to the max ako nito! =)
6:38 PM |
Thursday, August 10, 2006
today's the 30th day since my last monthly period. i was having hopes that i am pregnant. what are the signs??
- i eat minimum of five (5) meals a day. pero nde rin. i could be this matakaw because my kuya was here in UAE and he keeps cooking good food. no, make that excellent-tasting food. masarap talaga magluto si kuya, even the simplest menu he could turn into sumptuous one. hehe, nde naman ako sipsip. kumbaga, magana lang kumain pag may tagaluto. =)
- i can take naps without my hubby forcing me to do so. i am not a nap-loving-type of person. lately, i just take naps if my hubby forces me to take nap when he takes his nap. however, for the past few days i take nap because i am just sooooo sleepy. i take nap in the morning or in the afternoon. pero nde rin. i could be this sleepy because i am always online and sleeps late or i was just used to a longer sleeping time during my month-long vacation. mala-batugan daw ba. hihi.
- frequent urination. pero nde rin. well, i used to have this symptom when i had my UTI (urinary tract infection). am i having one again??? is this the consequence of eating too much Boy Bawang??!!! i hope not. i'd better drink lots water then. good thing that at work, my new office and lab were both right next to the johns. =)
- cramps on my abdomen and swollen heavy breasts. pero nde rin. i am due to have my period that's why i am experiencing these signs. but i find the swollen breasts advantageous though, finally nagka-cleavage na ako!!! bwahahaha.
- feeling nilalagnat. pero nde rin. my hubby says my body temperature is the same as his. however, i feel like i don't have the energy and is too tired. naah, nasobrahan lang siguro sa bakasyon. hahaha.
- spotting. i did experienced this for a day or two. it caused me to worry since it could be another hormonal imbalance again. again --- because it has happened before. the only difference from the previous occurrence was that this spotting subsided after a few days. could this be another hormonal imbalance thingy? i hope not.
well, could all these be the signs that i am indeed pregnant? if i am, i am worried nonetheless. worried not because of the bodily changes but more of what i have been doing the past month during the suppossed conception.
- i have used an anti-acne cream (with tretinoin) and liquid soap (with salicylic acid). i have been bombarded with pimples kasi without knowing that that these were signs of hormonal changes. i was just too afraid to lose my kutis na mala-porselana. hihi.
- i have used antibiotic eyedrops for my eye allergies. my eye's previous allergic reaction has re-occurred and i really have no choice.
- i have been eating a lot of oily and junk foods. this is my fault. sarap kumain eh!
i dunno, what to pray for now. whether to pray to have a baby on the way or to pray not to have one. i hope the Lord grant us whatever is good for the supposed baby.
11:23 PM |