Happy 4th Year Anniversary to Me & My Hubby

Today is our 4th year wedding anniversary. We didn't prepare for any celebration today because we are some kinda busy with our little baby JEL. Yes, I already gave birth. I haven't blog about it yet because I am still overwhelmed with my new responsibilities and duties.

Anyway, the couple shirt on the side is my gift to my hubby which I bought from onlinefab. We plan to wear this tomorrow. Hubby will be taking a half day off tomorrow for a us to have a late little celebration although today, he told me that he'll be bringing some foods for our dinner.




Btw, the greatest gift the we have for our anniversary is our little JEL. We wish that our love will grow stronger each day and we'll become good parents to JEL.

Happy Hearts Day !!!

Happy Hearts Day!!!

Hubby and I didn't have any romantic date today. Actually, we don't celebrate Valentines day on the day itself. However, Hubby bought these flowers for me.

We also had some foods delivered at home for pm snacks and we got this balloon as a freebie.

We had a simple celebration but we had fun. Hubby even cooked dinner for me.

Isn't it sweet?

RTO, Wedding and BPS

Today, hubby and I had our RTO (Required Time-off). Our Company is requiring all the employees to render 12 days off for this quarter as a cost cutting measure in response to the global crisis. This is somehow beneficial to us because we need to do a lot of errands this coming weeks. But we still hope that we'll be able to recover soon.

By the way, we used the RTO today to attend the wedding of Ariel's Friend (Red and Sari). It was held in Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish while the Reception was in Dad's West Avenue QC. The couple looked really happy for this special day of their life.

From the reception, we went to SM Megamall to have my BPS in In My Womb as required by my OB. I need to have a check-up tomorrow. According to her, labor is already starting because of some bloody and mucous show. This somehow excites me but I am also feeling some fears. Hehehe.

By the way, here is the BPS result:

Score: 8/8 = GOOD
Baby's Weight: Increased from 3239 to 3155 grams = GOOD
Amniotic Fluid: Decreased from 20.8 to 13.44cm = GOOD

Our Baby Book \ Diary

Last Night, we went to NBS to buy a baby book. We also bought some scrapbooking stuffs for the soon-to-be-baby album. Almost everything is complete but the waiting game is testing our patience. Hehehe.

More Gifts Coming IN

Last Sunday, our little baby received another batch of gifts. This time, they are from Ariel's sisters. Thanks!

Preggy Diary - Week 38 (Add'l Update)

We had our weekly pre-natal check-up last Saturday.

Some Good News:
    - No weight gain for me.
    - Last Weeks BPS- ok
    - Baby's Heartbeat - ok
    - Dilation improved - now at 2cm
    - OB already issued admitting orders

Not So Good News:
    - Although I am 2cm dilated, my cervix is not yet that ripe. It's already soft compared last week but it is still thick.

From LDPH, we had our BPS in OB-GYN because the Sonologist in LPDH is currently on ML. The cost of the BPS in Festival Mall is 30% higher compared to LPDH but we have no other choice. My OB wants to have my BPS that day for more accurate comparison.

BPS Result:
Score: 8/8 = GOOD
Baby's Weight: Increased from 3030 to 3239 grams = Not so GOOD
Amniotic Fluid: Increased from 18.9 to 20.8cm = BAD

I texted the result to my OB and she said that I really need to give birth soon to avoid having a CS delivery. She doesn't want it for me because of my GDM.

After the BPS, I had my 4th Pre-natal Session. It was really relaxing especially for my aching back.

Now, I feel that I really want to give birth soon. My backache is really killing me. Also, I felt some kind of fear last night because of the mucous coming out of me. I had texted my OB and she said that It might have been caused by her IE. Well, I hope that this is already a sign of labor.

Need your prayers for my safe delivery soon. I hope it would be soon.

Aching Back

I am complaining about it for quite some time already. Maybe this is
cause by our little girl who is getting heavier and my scoliosis. I
believe it is not yet a contraction because it stops or it lessen when I
change position. However, this is really affecting my mood. Huhuhu.

Year 2008 RECAP

2009 had already started and the 1st month is ending soon. Let me just list down all the blessings we received and trials we faced last 2008.

Highlights (Let's count our Blessings.)
Hubby and I had a beginning of year Bonding Moment (Jan2-3) in Los Banos Laguna. Went to Visit UPLB.
Few Weeks after the year started, I was given a new assignment with a good career opportunity.
We're able to start our investment with Philam.
Birth of my 1st Nephew.
3rd Year Wedding Anniversary which we spent in Punta de Fabian in Baras Rizal.
My sister graduated in HS with honor.
Had a 3rd Gimik with hubby for the year - spent a night in Coffee Farmhouse.
Hubby got his promotion and was moved to another group.
Before the middle of the year, another project was assigned to me.
WE GOT PREGNANT.
Able to meet with hubby's College Friends (Wilson visited Phils. after one year of migrating to OZ)
Fully Paid our Pag-ibig Housing Loan.
Ariel had another blessing.
Home Improvements ( Dirty Kitchen - roofing and turned it to a real kitchen plus kitchen cabinet)
We are still employed!

Lowlights (Trials):
Learned some bad new from about one of my sister.
Death of Daddy Tony (My Dad's 2nd dad).
Our 1st househelp left us after more than a year of service. She decided to finally settle down in their province. Good thing that we had a new one before she left.
I was advised by my OB to have a month of bedrest due to low lying placenta.
Our 2nd househelp left us. But this is also a good thing because she had some attitudes that we don't like.
RIF (Reduction in Force) in our Company.
Learned about my GDM (Gestational Diabetes).

Preggy Diary - Week 38

Yesterday, we went to visit my Endoc to consult about the change in my sugar level. She said that it is just normal and gave us the targets to follow.

Pre-Breakfast = 80 to 94
Post Meal = 85 to 120

She also advised me that if my pre-breakfast will go below 80 then I may need to reduce my insulin intake by 2 units. I also told her about the dizziness I am feeling lately. She said that I may be anemic but after she checked my eyes and said that it looks normal. She just advised me to tell it to my OB.

When we got home, I texted my OB and told her what the Endoc told me. She replied with a sigh. Hehehe. She told me that I'll just follow what she instructed my last Saturday. The target that we will be using is 90 for post meals.

Now, we're kinda confuse. But we still pray that everything is REALLY normal and everything will continue to be Normal until I give Birth.

Preggy Diary - Week 37

We had our weekly pre-natal check-up last Saturday. As per my OB, my last week's BPS is still ok. My IE showed no difference compared to last week. I need to do more walking. She gave me another medicine to help in my dilation. She also checked my blood monitoring result. She said that my recent sugar level is low and may need to decrease my insulin intake from 8units to 6units. She also suggested that I continue to go to work. This will help in my dilation.

We just had our lunch in the hospital while waiting for my BPS. We're 3rd in the list. It was just good that the 1st two patients didn't take long inside the room. However, our little girl was in a deep sleep during the BPS. It took us a long time wake her up. The result of the BPS is not so good. We are expecting my water to decrease but it increased from 12 to 18. I texted my OB and she advised me to lessen my water intake but never to dehydrate myself. Sigh. Hope everything will be fine soon. Actually, hubby and I were thinking about the BPS result. The sonologist used a new machine that day. We don't know if it was already correlated with the old machine. Hmmm. We have to wait and check next week.

From the hospital, we went to Festival Mall to buy some nursing bra and do some walking while waiting for the time to pass by. I have a scheduled pre-natal massage in Rebirth Spa at 5:30pm. After the walk, hubby and I had a little PM snacks in Shakeys. I just ordered the Salad Chix Pizza. It comes with 2 pc of Mojos but I gave them to hubby to reduce my carbohydrate intake. We're done eating at 5pm and arrived in Asian at exactly 5:30pm. Just in time for my massage. It really relaxed me. It's good that I still have 2 more sessions.

Right now, we are worried about my blood sugar level. It is getting lower and lower. We will need to consult my endoc soon.

Another Pasalubong

Some people may think that I am poor but I believe that I am rich because my wealth is the relationship I have with my friends and family.

If you would see, I have blogged a lot about gifts from friends. True friends are hard to find these days and we are happy to know that we have a lot. Below is another evidence that we have lots of friends around.

Thanks to Tita Chu for this Pasalubong! We really love the color. It fits our table and we are now using it!

Preggy Diary - Week 35 and Week 36

Week 35 - Jan. 03
Returned to my endoc. She read my blood monitoring diary and said that everything looks good. She just need a new blood test from me - TSH and HBA1C. I have them done in Healthway ATC where she holds clinic. We just had lunch and then went to LPDH to have my weekly ultrasound (BPS - Biophysical Profile Scanning). The doctor arrived late and I was 3rd on the list. Baby didn't cooperated at first. She was sleeping. I needed to get up of the bed and eat a little to make her move.After I have eaten a hotdog from the hospital's canteen and got back to the ultrasound table, the doctor already saw an acceptable movement from our little girl. From Las Pinas, we drove back to Alabang to have my 2nd session of pre-natal massage in Rebirth Spa in Asian Hospital. It was so relaxing since I've been having a lot of backaches recently.

Week 36 - Jan. 10
9:45 am in LPDH for my pre-natal check-up. As per my OB, the BPS result is normal and good. She noticed that I lose some weight because of my GDM. I almost can't eat anything. She also did an IE on me. It kinda hurt. She said that I am 1cm dilated however my cervix/uterus is still thick. I may give birth in 2 to 3 weeks. She also told me that there is a big chance that I can give a normal birth. She also gave some instructions to us for the preparation of my birth giving then she again gave me a request for my next ultrasound. She also prescribed a lactation medicine - Natalac which I need to take once a day.

12nn in Healthway ATC for my endoc check-up. All my blood test results are normal. However, my blood sugar level before breakfast for the last 2 days are above 94. She told me to increase the dose of my insulin by 2units if it will not go below 95 tomorrow. I need to see her again next week.

Hubby and I just had our lunch inside the car.because we need to be back to LPDH at 1pm for my BPS. Unfortunately, the doctor arrived at 2pm. The only good thing is that I am the 1st in the list. According to the doctor, everything is normal including the cord. Our little baby didn't cooperate again during the movement monitoring but she started to move when hubby played some music thru our cellphone. Thanks God.

After our check-up, we went to SM Southmall to buy some more baby stuffs, home stuffs and did some grocery shopping. So far, here are the additional items we bought for our little girl.

PS:

I feel in love with the socks. They are cute, right?

WELCOME 2009

We had welcome 2009 with a blast and a little drama. Hehehe. We didn't had any fireworks. We just listened and watched our neighbor's fireworks. Actually, we really don't spend money on fireworks. This is for our safety and our way of being money smart. Anyway, below are some of the foods we had prepared for our Media Noche.

We love all the yummy foods.

We also played some games after eating like darts, picture frame and bingo.

We enjoyed the night. We also hope that 2009 will be prosperous for all of us!

More Baby Shopping

Last Sunday, after attending our friend's daughter's Christening, we went to SM dasma to buy more baby stuffs. Below are the items that we bought. Do you think we are excited?

Pahabol na Xmas Gift

Yesterday, we received another gift for our little baby from our friend
Shirley who just came back from Taiwan. They are so cute. Thanks!!!

RECAP: HOLIDAY 2008

We started to get busy for Christmas by the end of September. Our little Christmas tree was already standing by that time. However, we started shopping for gifts end of November. This was because of the recession that was happening in the US. And since we are an American company, there are cost cutting measures that our company made. There was a reduction in force. We lost 2 engineers from our department. Ariel's department lost 7. We just hope and pray that they were still able to celebrate the true meaning of Christmas.

Anyway, below are some of our gimiks.

11/29/08
Started our Christmas Shopping in St. James Bazaar.

11/30/08
Divisoria shopping.

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Shopped for add'l xmas gifts in AAVA Bazaar.

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Ebay Shopping for Hubby and my parents.

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It was the NPD PE Party. It was fun. Our theme was Animated Musical Play. Our group was assigned to do the Naruto or Madagascar. We chose to do the later. The other groups do 2 animated movies. It was a stressful preparation because some of the members doesn't want to cooperate. I was just supposed to be the director by I ended up also performing and dancing. Anyway, all our efforts paid off. We are only after the last prize (4th place) but we ended up winning the 2nd place. It was really a good feeling aside from the fact that we also won a cash prize of 7K instead of 2K.

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Shopped in Market2.

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Started wrapping gifts for our direct reports.

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Started giving gifts.
Shopped in ATC after my check-up with the Endoc.

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Hubby's group Christmas Party.

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Shopped in Rockwell Tent.
Meeting with Ariel's Friend from Australia.

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Completed the wrapping of gifts.

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Fetched my family from Pasig. They will spend Christmas in our Home.

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Done giving gifts to friends and inaanaks in the office.

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We're already on leave but hubby is still getting calls from office.We attended Misa de Galo at 8:30pm. My mom and dad are the ones who prepared our Noche Buena. I only prepared the salad (which unfortunately is not good for me).

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Noche Buena Special.

Gift giving with my family. We're all laughing when we saw that my nephew was scared of our Pop-up sun Gift. Hehehe.

We slept at 2am. We all woke up at 8am. We 1st visited my dad's relatives in Antipolo - my grandma and Tita Aida's Family. Then my Mom's relative (Auntie Fe in Taytay and Mama Linda in Pasig). Then we dropped my family in my parents house. We just left our gifts for my inaanaks and other cousins.

Hubby and I then went to SM Hypermart in Pasig to buy Shirts for the Jorge-lypics (His family's yearly xmas reunion) because we both don't have the required colored shirt. I need to wear green while hubby need to wear yellow. We arrived in Filinvest Antipolo at 6:30pm. The party was supposed to start at 6pm but unfortunately, the guests are not yet there. The party started at 8pm instead. The worst part was when it started to rain. The party was outdoor and we only have 2 big tents. We only have a limited space but it still looks like that everybody had fun. After the program and the gift giving, we left the place at passed 1am. We still fetched my dad from their home in Pasig because he will be doing some carpentry in our house. He'll be doing us a double deck bed.

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Woke up late. Opened all the gifts we received. And here are all of them! Thanks!!!

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Hubby and my Dad went to Farmers in Cubao to buy some seafoods that we will be preparing for our Media Noche. They were able to buy Crabs, Shrimps and Lapu-lapu. My dad will be cooking all of them. Yummy! I am now excited for the media noche!

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Blogging while waiting for the New Year. Will blog soon about our Media Noche!!!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

Preggy Diary - Week35

I was not able to provide a preggy update lately because our last few weeks was like a roller coaster ride.

From my last update, I had my 2nd OGTT last Nov.16. But I was only able to get the result on the 13th of December during my OB visit. It was higher compared to my 1st. As per my OB, I needed to consult an endocrinologist. We both felt bad about it. However, we felt excited when we had our 4D ultrasound and saw the features of our baby. She has a very shubby cheeks.Cute!

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We went to Heathway in ATC to visit the endorsed Endoc by my OB. She told us that my readings are really high and I need to start monitoring my blood sugar but I need first to undergo a Diabetes Education in Our Lady of Perpetual Help Medical Center asap.

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Attended the Diabetes Educ in OLPHMC. Unfortunately, the Dietician was sick and not around. It was only the nurse who conducted the class and just advised me of the recommended diet. We bought a new gadget - a glucose monitor meter. This is expensive. But I am more concerned of the pricking and the sight of blood. Sigh.

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Follow-up check up with my Endoc. Accoding to my glucose Monitoring Book, my glucose after meal is within limit but the fasting is not. I needed to inject 4units of insulin everyday 0.5H before dinner. If after 2 days, my reading won't change, I need to change it to 6units. Another bad news. Sigh.

My not so nice new Gadgets.

From ATC, we went to SM Sucat to wait for my OB. She has no clinic in LPDH (The OPD is close until 01/02). While waiting, we shopped for some baby stuffs. It was fun and exciting.

We made our reservation with my OB at 5pm. Her sched starts at 6pm. I was 4th in the list. I should have reserved earlier. My OB was not happy with my glucose issue. She said that I'll be needing to have a weekly ultrasound to check for baby's size and I really need to give birth on my 38th week because the baby might get bigger as a side effect of my GDM. She said that I need to take more care of my diet. I also had my last dose of Tetanus Toxiod.

Now, I already had 4 dose of insulin as advised by my Endoc. The last 3 days was good. It was lower than 100. But this morning, it went up again to 99. I don't know why. My sugar after breakfast was also high (130). Good thing that my after lunch is lower (104).

Diabetes Mgmt Diary

We hope that my blood sugar level especially the fasting will be corrected as soon as possible so that I won't need to increase the dose of my insulin intake. We are also worried about our little girl.

Please help pray for us.

RECAP: 122008 7th BF/GF Anni & Gimik with Friends from Australia

Last December 20 was our 7th anniversary as BF/GF but instead of having a date, we celebrated it with Ariel's College Buddies.

We started the day in Rockwell Tent, we just bought some stuffs for friends and for Christmas gifts. We had lunch in Jollibee. Then moved to Glorietta 1 to pick up some items from Matus. Our date with Ariel's friends was late in the afternoon. While waiting for them, we windowed shop and took some rest in Food Choices. Hubby had his Banana Split while I had my sugar free Cheesecake.

His friends started to arrive at 3pm. Ariel and his wife came 1st, then Peter and Marose. We waited for Wilson and Hannah ( who visited the Philippines after migrating to Australia last June'07) in Greenbelt 3. We had our pm snacks in Cafe Breton. It was a very good bonding moment.

After some time, we went back to Glorietta1 to have dinner in Dencio's. Everybody had a good time.

It was a very nice day. Looking forward to our next meeting!

RECAP: 112808 - Our 1st Xmas Themed Throw Pillowcases and Curtains

Last November 28, I had my monthly pre-natal check-up. My OB had an Emergency and advised us that she will be late for our appointment in Prima Medica SM Sucat.

While waiting for her, I went to home section of SM Sucat and saw that their curtains are on sale. I bought these curtains and throw pillowcases. These are the 1st xmas themed items we bought for our home.

They are simple yet I love them!

Pasalubong from my Friend Tere

My Friend got back from her Bangkok 1-month assignment last December 15. It was good that she was able to arrive safe even with Bangkok's government issues.

She brought all the clothes below for our little girl. Daddy and Mom also got our pasalubongs.

Thanks for the early xmas gift!