Shhh The Baby's Sleeping

I guess there is something about a woman's big round tummy that fascinates /attracts people. Ever since I got into this full blown frame, people in the grocery just wanna touch my stomach. I remember the first time some random old lady just touched me without my permission on a flee market and said am gonna have a girl. Well, she's wrong. It felt weird really. It's not like she's a friend or a family that has unlimited touching access on my tummy. It's not that bad either, it just felt weird. What's cute are the kids directly points at me, giggles and say "uy buntis" (she's pregnant). I wonder, are pregnant ladies funny looking? Sometimes people or group of girls just stares and smile. That, I like. 

There's more. Suddenly everybody around you gives you opinion and advice like a real expert. Some makes sense and 80% FUNNY. There's this one girl from the grocery said the most darnedest thing to me. Hold on to your seats....She expertly told me to eat and drink chocolate three times a day a month before my due date. Because chocolates are slippery so the baby  will just slip from your vag-eye-ners that easy come your labor day. It made my day. c",)

Anyway try getting pregnant, you'll know what I mean. Have a great Wednesday everyone! 

Belted Green Dress

At this point of my pregnancy I couldn't ask for anything more. I could not complain for more aches and discomfort too either. For those who haven't been pregnant, well, I feel like a crab lying on it's back now whenever i wanna get up from bed. It's that hard to get up. It takes a lot of planning and tricks to hoist myself up from bed. I look funny for sure. And ill keep that picture in my heart forever that I was once, you know, a crab.

Truth is I feel perfect. I know in my heart, nothing can go wrong anymore. It's the waiting that's driving me nuts sometime. So we're keeping ourselves busy. There's so much I wanted to tell you. But for now Am thankful for all of the good things happening for us. Am grateful, am thankful, am happy, we're good. Starting first week of December we're gonna move to a new place. Yey. Not an apartment this time, but a real house. 

This baby is bringing us a lot of change. Good change. Funny, considering he/she is only pint-size. But our pint-size comes with a lot of joy, excitement, love and sure, mountains of dirty diapers. I say, bring it on.

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dress: thrift

shoes: Otto

bag: Celine

belt: Bench

earrings and necklace: Quiapo

ps,

One request though, I want a foot and hand massage. I've never had one so am looking forward to my first sit down with a real professional massage. Maybe later????

Bee Butt Tummy

Yesterday my husband can't help himself but say I look like a bee. That was genuinely insensitive of him. Honest, but very brutal. Anyway we laughed. He's right. I have become Jollibee.

Truth is i am big. Really really big. I never thought my belly could stretched out like this, or any belly for that matter. But there's a feeling of certain magic and power being pregnant. You're basically creating a person, a life inside you and that's really magical. 

That's superhuman. So Ill continue to parade my bee-butt-belly as long as am sporting one. This won't last very long anymore. Soon Ill pop and am sure gonna miss it.

Heyniwaaay, women should rule the earth. Period. 

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jacket : Ralph Lauren, courtesy of Mom

dress: H&M, seen worn here 

shoes/wedges: Celine

bag: Folded and Hung

cross necklace: Quiapo

Swim to Shrink

Am bloated beyond description, whale-ish, extremely heavy, so right now swimming is the perfect exercise. And am telling you, it felt soooo good and in  just a matter of few laps my hands and feet remarkably shrunk. Yey!  Was hoping ten more laps and my nose will soon shrink too. Will definitely do it again every morning till my D-day. 

Have a refreshing weekend everyone! 

'Til I Saw Your Face, Now Am A Believer

Tell me, is it a boy or a girl????

Oh man I don't know where to start. Tissue please.

Just had my 4th ultrasound a couple of days ago. The previous one - two and a half months ago, our baby's still all bones. So this time, when i saw our baby's chubby cheeks, i just smiled and it sure melt my heart away. It is overwhelming. It is L O V E. It simply felt so nice to finally put a cute face to all those kicks and pokes every hour of the day. It didn't took me long to recognize my husband's nose and forehead on the monitor and a lot of my father's chubby cheek. The baby's healthy, has the thickest/biggest hair, very energetic, round, has two sets of eyes, arms and legs, a big stomach and a strong pumping heart. The baby's perfect. That's all that matters.

How about the gender you might ask. Well, I simply gave the ultrasound doctor the hardest job by keeping from me the information if our baby has grown a bee or a flower, but known to my parents and to my traitor husband. I can't blame him for trying to know the gender of the baby. It has gotten to him since my parents arrived. He's easily influenced that's all i can say. Am not a kill-joy freak, I just wanted the surprise that's all. It's the excitement of not knowing. That's what surprises are for right? I don't care even if the whole world knows, I don't care for the little bee and flower, I just wanted a baby. I got to say, the ultrasound room was the happiest room in the hospital that day. It is my favorite room. Soon enough it will be the nursery. Very very soon.

SO, any guesses? Is it a boy or a girl? 

By the way forgive me for not updating too much these days, you see am very very very busy...... just watching the ultrasound video over and over again. Hope you understand. My favorite part???... it was when our baby tries to cover his/her face with his/her hands a couple of times. So cute. Shy and cute.

My Feet Are Gone

I can't seem to recall the last time I looked down and saw my feet. Probably a week ago or something. Am definitely feeling heavy right now. Physically it takes a lot of effort to pull myself up by myself from sitting or lying position. So it's nice when am surrounded with people. They can't refuse my sweet requests like handing me the magazines or giving me a glass of water. And it's not hard to abuse that am-pregnant-card to everyone. 

Sleeping is hard right now. Last night I didn't get to sleep at all. Am not sure If am just over thinking everything, or am just so excited or there's just no comfortable sleeping position no matter how many pillows i surround myself with. They say it's normal on the last trimester. But i kinda liked it. I think the baby knows when am awake. It moves non stop. I love the idea that it's just me and him/her awake in the middle of the night, me feeling his/her every movement and kicks. It sounds selfish, but the last remaining weeks is just around the corner that will go by so fast so I don't want to miss any moment. Anyway, baby and I can always sleep any hour in the morning.

We're going out a little later. Id probably dress up as a knocked up witch. But the rain is approaching so we'll see if plans will push through. If not, then ill just be me. Just a bloated knocked up spawn of duck and tadpole.

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What Big Nose You Have

32nd week nose and bump

So this is how i look now. 

big, red hard nose? check!

big butt? check!

big round tummy? check check check! 

big feet and hands and legs? check!

swollen cheek? super check!
missing feet? check!

just big allover???? check-ke-kek!
and my favorite of all, big boobies??? check! finally. 

It seems like yesterday that am so impatient to see my bump grow big like a real pregnant lady should have. Am on my 32nd week now and the baby grew practically overnight. One day I woke up and felt heavier than usual. It's nice to think about the day we finally got to meet this little person inside me. I wanna hear those precious words... "congratulations, it's a baby boy, or it's a baby girl!!!!". We just want a baby for Christmas that's all.

Anyway here I am, finally sitting down for the first time since...... the last post, in front of my laptop thinking what to say. And again, we're so busy going from place to place, pigging out, and doing a lot for the coming baby. I've got so many photos to share and if one day i woke up on the wrong side of the bed i might share photos of my parents. Am a little shy when it comes to them. All I can say is that, when we're together we're a crazy bunch. They keep me energized and they won't leave me alone. I sent them away this morning so am able to do my thing, finally. Honestly, I missed you. I love all the emails and followings i received since my absence. It was so sweet. Don't worry about me, the baby's still inside me. He/she has still a lot more growing to do for the next 8 weeks. And I need more time. We're anxious, excited, afraid, and more anxious and happy and more afraid but really excited as the day comes. I don't feel prepared enough honestly, so we'll just wait for the baby and see how we rate as parents. 

Have an amazing week everyone. God Bless.

Crave

Just making up for those lost appetite for the first 5 months of pregnancy. Am glad to be gulping down food again. I haven't been eating burgers for months now. So let me indulge.

Have a great Saturday everyone! Eat and be merry!

Maternity Shoes

If there's one thing people sure to ask me, it's always about the gender of my baby and my shoe. Should all pregnant women walk on flats? For me it's always about comfort and posture. When you're pregnant the center of your gravity and balance changes. My practitioner recommended a chunky 1 to 2-inch heel or wedges to keep my body in proper alignment. So wear the right shoes. Extremely high heels can be a pain on your back and on your legs - as are the very flat ones. Since your belly isn't the only part of your body that is expanding, most likely you'll discover that your feet and hands are growing too. This expansion can be attributed to the normal water retention of the pregnancy or to the new fat in your feet if your weight gain is quick. And there's this pregnancy hormones ( hormones again?... there's so many to count now) that loosen the ligaments and joints around our pelvis so the baby can fit well and it doesn't stop there cos that hormone won't leave our feet to rest - So the result, the bones on our feet tend to spread slightly, resulting for many  of us - pregnant women in a half or whole shoe-size increase. But don't worry cos after delivery all those joints will tighten back up. 

My feet grew now but isn't swelling yet. But last Sunday after a long day of walking on the mall my legs and feet got achy and tired, just like everyone else. I have my regular exercise everyday and I drink a lot of water, so I think that helps to postpone the impending foot and leg swelling. But come nine months I know Ill swell.

Since high heels isn't practical now, So for the first time I did a little maternity shoe shopping that fits my growing needs. But I swear I will never wear CROCS! EVER! Nerver! EVERRER!

When you're pregnant and shoe shopping of course you have to put comfort first before style. But comfort doesn't have to be ugly right? Because at this point in my life mirror is my only friend. Pregnancy brings a lot of blessings but also a lot of physical baggage, even how positive your outlook in all of this, there are days that are just bringing you down. So for me, if I look good, the baby and I feel good. 

I know it's different for every woman, I am different. I am me. 

Since I can't be barefoot for the rest of my pregnancy, I did a little shoe hunting a couple of days ago. And thank God for So FAB. A local shoe brand that offers comfy shoes, especially this one, that has a non skid soles, a crochet material that gives plenty of space for my feet to spread and breathe out. And I love the thin strap too. Remember, comfy doesn't have to be ugly. Even for a maternity shoe. But at home Id like to walk on my husband's slippers. That's the comfiest of all.

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Sleeping Giant

Pregnancy is weird. Am a tell you... Am sleepy all day, hungry all the time and very hormonal. All kinds of sudden emotions just shoots out of nowhere. Since am sleeping most days am beginning to have those weird dreams too. Like wrapping my baby in a taco shell and putting it in a brown bag. Am forgetting things. I now shampoo my hair twice in one shower. Cos I can't remember if I already shampooed my hair so ill do it again only to remember that Yes, I did in fact shampooed already. So may hair is terribly dry now so are my braincells.

That's all folks. Have a great Wednesday.

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