In the Womb: Carm’s Pregnancy Blog

Unlike the first time that I had the baby, the “wants” for my baby every time I go shopping  has replaced by the needs of the house.  If we are filing up receipts from Gap, Victoria’s Secret, Toys R Us, now, we have tons of receipts from Home Depot, Lowes, Bed, Bath and Beyond, Levitz, Sears, Target and Walmart.  Its not terrible but the idea of buying these cute little things for my baby has gone down to my list, at least for now.  So I promise myself that after few weeks, I will attend to his/her needs for he/she’ll be coming out pretty soon.

I had pretty amazing weekend last week.  I had the pride of having my HS friends around the house and helped me out with almost everything including the cooking, cleaning and the endless cruising since we are still new at the place.  Thank you for your patience.    Their presence is irreplaceable and I will surely miss them at our home, their fun and laughter still lingers in my ears and the memories are all printed in black and white.  They brought me special gifts and thoughts I would always treasure for the rest of my life.  My friends, if you are reading this, thank you for everything you gave me including the laughter and tears we shared.  Our recent get together was something we could keep in our hearts until we are old and grey.  You are truly my friends for life.  We also would like to thank one of our friend from SF who hosted the baby shower, we are very grateful for her kindness in touring the whole group in the bay side and welcoming us in her place, we will surely miss the fun with you too.

I am completely resting this week as I had been lacking some sleep from the first day we started moving in.   I am completely bewitched in our new home and can’t wait to do home makeover soon.  We are slowly adjusting ourselves to the new errands and schedules of our everyday life.  Pretty soon, the cry and endless laughter of the baby will be heard all over the house, we are still very excited.  I have sorted my eldest old baby clothes, line up the gifts from friends and listed all other things needed when the baby comes, all I have to do now is to do some shopping as my delivery date(thanksgiving it is) is nearing soon.

Its hubby’s birthday two days ago, Happy Birthday!  No big celebration this year as we recently moved in and just started to settle at our new home.  We just had small dinner with close friends, I really don’t have any big plan since we’re all exhausted last week and the last thing I want to do is cook.  So I just prepared him spaghetti for long life, nilagang baka bulalo style– one of his favorites, bought small bday cake and there it was!  Very simple, he actually has no idea so just in time, our friends dropped by to help us out in settling the new sofas inside the house, then we ate that simple dinner I prepared, thanks God they understand that I really wasn’t prepared at all. 

After the major moved-in last sunday, I was running like crazy back and forth from our old apartment to our new home.  Its like 15 to 20 mins. drive one way.  There are still few things left so I had to go there to pick, pack, and clean the apt as we will hand back the key to the apartment manager this week.  There are times that I experience hardening and contraction of my abdomen, when it happens, I stop for a few minutes and go back again to what Im doing.  Its very exhausting since I had to drop and pick up my kid and do the errands while she’s at school back and forth from the old to our new place.  That was the case this week so I didn’t gain that much which Im not perfectly sure if its okay with my baby, I bet it doesn’t coz I know he/she also get tired from mommy’s frequent moves and nonstop driving.

Tomorrow, two of my friends from LA and one from New York will be coming over for our first bay area reunion, they are three of the five gals Im expecting this weekend to stay over the house, make fun and laughter, reminisce the old days and shower my baby with gifts which they had prepared few months ago.  This will be the best time in our lives and had been dreaming for this for quite a few years now since we all had migrated to different parts of USA and one from Canada.  Together, we will surely make the difference because its just once in a lifetime event we had been wanting.  Im very much excited and thrilled to see each and everyone.

September the 8th marked a remarkable day for all of us as a family– me, my hubs, daughter and the baby.  On that day, we moved-in few objects we thought were necessary and important to bring goodluck and unveil our first move as we step into our new world–our very own house.  The keys were handed and just as we planned, we set our first footprints  into our very own past 5 pm.  We will officially move  in our things– furnitures and fixtures, boxes of clothing and kitchen gadgets, books and appliances to our new place on Sunday, Sept. 17.  So right now, my body is also officially burned out from packing to moving out few objects that I could still carry from one place to another.  So how about my power nap during the day?  I practically don’t have any right now except for few minutes of rest to minimize fatigue and feel great again. 

Im beginning to notice fewer kicks and punches of my baby this week.  I feel Im guilty for taking so hard on myself I forget that Im carrying another human inside of me so I asked my ob-gyn regarding that matter.  If I get tired she said, the baby also get tired so I gotta be careful.  And also, as the baby is getting larger and stronger, he or she also has less space in which to gain rate of movements. 

Many are asking me whats the gender of the baby.  Actually, I dont have any idea if the sonographer who told me it is a girl on the 15th week is correct with his prediction.  But if my baby is a boy, how about circumcision? We are definitely on the  go for a circumcision (cutting a baby boy’s foreskin) as part of manhood.  But the question is as to when he’ll have it, we decided to have it later in his years when he is perfectly aware of it as my hubs reiterated to me.  It might be painful as the years go by but for him, he wants him to experience the thrill and the process of circumcision.  He’s the man, so I live by that although its very important choice to make, I trust my hubby’s rule.

There’s nothing much this week except for more frequent OB visits next time as my doctor will be keeping a closer eye on my progress.  My baby is gaining weight steadily and I could feel the tightening sensation on my belly.  Tomorrow, we will officially move-in to our new house.  We will move in first the most important things people normally bring at their new house– ours are rice, sugar, religious images, salt and grapes.  We are all very excited!  I’m still busy packing and I get really tired easily.