What it feels like being pregnant

This morning i've been browsing the net trying to look for an answer with the feelings that i am experiencing as a first time preggy mommy, and i came to this wonderful site, and read about a nice article about what it feels like being pregnant. So here it is, just wanted to share, in courtesy of www.pregnancy-calendars.net.

What They Forgot To Tell You About Pregnancy:

• What it feels like to have your ribs used as footrests...from the inside.
• That sometimes it appears like you have a strange alien creature with 10 arms and legs about to burst out your belly button...ewww!!
• That you will probably want to go out and buy a box of adult diapers for the amount of times you end up peeing in your underwear while coughing, sneezing, laughing or throwing up.
• That by the end of your pregnancy, you will need a forklift to help get you off the couch or bed (or at least one really strong person).
• That even the silliest of things will make you cry your eyes out.
• How many times you will have to call the doctor about all your super embarrassing female questions.
• That the toilet will become your new "best friend" or "second home" for at least one reason or another.
• That you don't really know the meaning of a full bladder until you've had to do an ultrasound....or been kicked there from the inside.
• How bad those mood swings really can be...watch out everyone!
• That you will get so big, you will have to stand sideways when washing dishes, doing laundry or brushing your teeth.
• That everybody else around you apparently is a pregnancy expert, especially your mother in law.
• That you won't be cutting your own toenails for quite a few months if you can't get anyone to help you.
• Forget about shaving for quite a while too...unless you REALLY trust your partner!
• That it becomes really hard to squat over the toilet with all that extra weight...talk about good leg exercises!
• That the simplest of things, like walking up a flight of stairs or walking to get the mail, would make you feel like you really need a nap.
• That people suddenly feel like they have the right to rub and pat your growing belly...like it's not attached to the rest of you.
• That the word "discharge" would become a common part of your vocabulary....and the scary thing is...you won't be embarrassed!
• That they just don't make sexy bras in DD's. It's all about support, support and more support!
• Sexy underwear...you can forget those too! Comfort and cotton...that's it!
• That you will never look at your husband quite the same again.
• That your breasts start leaking BEFORE the baby is even here yet.
• That you will cry when strangers say to you, "any day now?", when you are only 6 months along.
• That whoever coined the term "morning sickness" didn't know what they were talking about. What it should be named is "morning, midday, afternoon, evening and night sickness".
• What it actually feels like to be kicked or headbutted in the cervix..owww!!
• That rolling over in bed from one side of your body to the other is a huge chore requiring lots of huffing and puffing
• That the sleepless nights begin BEFORE the baby is born.
• That you had better buy some slip on shoes for when you get real big...unless you are going to have someone around to tie your shoes for you.
• That you will spend so much time cleaning and re-cleaning the same exact things over and over again in preparation for the baby's arrival.
• That you won't care how much of a pig you look like when you gobble down your second full plate of food...much to every one's amazement!
• That memory is.....darn it! What was I going to say?
• That you can both hysterically laugh and hysterically cry within the same few moments.
• That your sense of smell is a lot better than it used to be, especially when it comes to the things that make you nauseous.
• That you will start to break out in pimples like you are going through puberty all over again.

Feel the baby kicked

For a week now i've been overwhelmed with the movement and kicks of my little angel inside my womb, sometimes i feel it super low, especially in my bladder that i have to run in the washroom as its so uncomfortable. But its a wonderful feeling , now its clear to me that i am really carrying a baby. I was so worried before, and now that i feel the movement, i enjoy and cherish every moment of it.

Now that i am almost 6 months, i start experiencing aches and pains in different parts of my body, especially in my back. Every time i go to sleep, i have to reposition my self so i can breath easier. oh i'm just so thankful with my body pillow, as it gives me comfort in sleeping. Sometimes i have this heartburn, gas pain and flatulence, pain in both hands every time i wake up, and there's one thing that is so annoying for me, i always have stuffy nose in the middle of the night and early morning that i should have a tissue in my bedside. Just so thankful that i dont have a skin breakout this time, not yet i guess, unlike my first pregnancy. But all of these are just minors, its part of the joy of being pregnant. I love the thought that i'm going to be a mother soon, no matter what it takes, pressure, pain or whatever it is, i'm willing to go through all those as long as my baby is healthy.

It's a big day for me and my husband as i will have my second ultrasound tomorrow. It is a detailed ultrasound, checking if there will be an abnormalities of the baby (God forbid) and we will know the gender of the baby as well. It doesn't matter to us if its a boy or a girl, as long as the baby is healthy and no abnormalities. After tomorrow, i can start decorating the room for the baby, finally! Yey! been waiting for that.....I always believe that the fulfillment of every woman's life is to be a mother, i know some women may react but majority wants to be a mother in future. Carrying or bearing a child in the womb for 9 months is not an easy task, it needs a lot of patience and love, but it is a wonderful feeling that a woman will always cherish forever.

Dario and Delia....married atlast!

20 weeks pregnant....

I am at 20 weeks pregnant right now, my tummy is a bit bigger as usual 20 week pregnant women i can say, but they said that every pregnancy and pregnant women is different depends on the body built of a woman too. At first, my husband and i and the my OB thinks i'm carrying a twin, but unfortunately i'm not! oh thank God for that as its hard to take care of 2 babies at the same time, but if it really was, so be it, i will be happy too as having twins runs in our family.

At 20 weeks, the baby measures about 6.5 inches or 16.5 centimeters from crown to rump. Vernix caseosa, a waxy, cheese-like white substance begins to cover the baby's body and protects during a long immersion in amniotic fluid in the utero and helps the baby passing through birth canal during delivery. The baby is now covered with a fine hair called lanugo on the entire body. And the baby is now practicing breathing in preparation for surviving outside the utero even though the lungs is not mature enough to breath air or not functioning yet. Perfect time to identify the gender of the baby through ultrasound as the genitals are clearly seen at this point. If its a girl, her uteros is completely formed and for a boy, the testes have begun descending from the pelvis into the scrotum.

At this week, the baby is big enough to feel the fluttering or quickening movements in a regular basis. You can tell if the baby is asleep or awake, but in my case, i rarely feel the movement, its just all fluttering, well, as i said awhile ago that every pregnancy and pregnant women are different. The baby can now clearly hear the sounds inside the uterine as the ears are fully functional right now. Time to play the mozart music for the baby right now, i read from the cnn news last week that playing or exposing your unborn baby at 20 weeks into mozart music or classical music may stimulate the brain, alot of studies done as we all know, that mozart effect, by playing mozart music to babies in the womb build neural bridges along which thoughts and information travels. And according to study, it can stimulate brain's alpha waves thus creating a feeling of calm. For me, true or not, there's no harm in trying, classical music does soothed me so why not playing for the baby then.

As for the mother's development, the skin starts stretching to accommodate the growing baby inside your belly. For me, i started using shea or cocoa butter at 4 months since my belly started to grow a bit early. Stretch mark is every mother's battle after pregnancy, well, its not a good sight in your body ofcourse, makes you feel ugly for sure, you cant wear any sexy clothes and 2 piece swim suit, but by using those lotion might be avoided or probably lessen the stretch mark, if not dermatologists can help.

i can't wait to feel the kicks of my angel......

My twin sister is getting married....

Dario and Delia

Life is good for me and my twin sister i can say..... we're so close together since we're kids, though we argued sometimes, well, just like normal sisters do, but we shared slmost everything and understand each other most of the times, in short we are bestfriend.

Our mom used to say that we are inseparable, that we wont be separated, until i got married and lived with my husband here in canada. But faith really draw us closer together as my twin sister and my hubby's bestfriend are getting married on friday, 25th of this month, and soon she will be here too. What makes it more interesting? well, my husband's bestfriend is currently living downstairs with us in an apartelle house, when delia finally arrives here we all living in one house then. who would have thought that until we got married, i mean my twin sis and me will still be together, not just in one place but in the same household. we just got lucky i guess.....

My husband known his bestfriend dario for 18 years now, treated as brothers actually, and i've known him personally for a year now. Dario is a person who is so loyal to his friends and family, infact when he is your friend he will stand by your side no matter what or he will be a friend if no one will. He is a joker too just like my husband. Knowing him made our lives more happier.

Their relationship started 2 years ago when my hubby invited along dario in his last visit in the philippines. Prior to that, delia and dario chatted for quiet sometimes as friends. They had an instant connection right there and then during their first meeting together. When dario came back home, they constantly communicating together everyday through chatting, he went back last year to visit Delia again, they had a blast together and found a true love in each other's arm. After 2 years, they will finally tie the knot as man and wife in one of the catholic church in our hometown.

My husband and i are so happy with our family, that they end up together as they are perfect for each other, they are really a blessing to us and to those people who know them. Best wishes for them as they enter the journey of married life, its not always a honeymoon stage, there will be bumpy roads along the way but with God, respect and trust with each other, everything will be fine. I love you both! Congatulations!

Oh i can't wait the day my twin sis will be here, our life will be more happier then.......

blast from PNE exhibits....

my husband and i and my brother in-law had a blast from the fair at the PNE (Pacific National Exhibition) held in vancouver yesterday. So many exhilarating events going on there, its a playland where you can find different exciting rides and games. and a lot more attractions there that i enjoyed so much, such as the glass house, climbing walls, bonanza shooting gallery, haunted house, mini golfs and many many more....there are live shows too where they feature superdogs, horse show, magic things like in the circus, uhmmm cutting of logs..hmm what else? gosh theres a lot to mention and ofcourse nightly concert that makes the party going through the night. As a preggy, what i love the most there was the foods, lots of yummy yummies for the tummies....oh i would love to go back and try the rides next year, it will be more exciting as it will be a hundred years for the fair, they said it will be a bigger celebration then, and my sister will be here too, so that would be a lot of fun....

inspired blogging again....

wow, its been almost 4 months i never been updated this site, thats how time fly so fast without knowing it, hmmm....actually i'v been hiding in my own little space, in the past months all i did was worrying and waiting anxiously with none sense things... but i did alot of sleeping too hehe....oh, dont be worry, everything is fine, i just and proud to say am 15 weeks pregnant right now, thank God i am passed the stage of high risk of miscarriage, well hopefully. As you know i had one last november, and because of fear, my husband and i tried to hide it from our family and friends for awhile, we've waited until our first ultrasound last aug. 6 as we dont want our family to be worried and we just wanted to make sure that the baby inside my womb is healthy. I almost cried when i heard the first fetal heartbeat during the ultrasound, it was so soothing to hear, knowing that our little angel is doing fine, it was like a beautiful music to my ear, all the worries has been erased, and replaced with hopes and dreams for our little angel. oh i just cant wait to feel the movement of my little miracle, soon!