halfway there

20 more weeks to go!

i've started to feel "sensations" inside my tummy around the end of my 18th week. wasn't sure if that was the baby moving since it wasn't consistent (malay mo gas lang sya or something...). but i've been feeling it constantly now so it surely is him! i wouldn't describe it as butterfly flutters (as what i've read in mags), it was more on rolling and squirming inside. it usually happens at night but every now and then i'd feel it during the day.

as posted earlier, we found out that it's going to be a boy during our morphology scan which was done on our 19th week which really came out as a surprise to everyone!

my blood is still being continually tested every three weeks. the good news is i haven't heard from our hematologist since our last appointment. our agreement was that if my platelets drop to a dangerous level (around 20,000 i think), she'll give me a call so we can proceed with either me taking drugs or transfusion. no news is good news. but we're hoping to see her next week before our trip just to be safe.

it's been getting uncomfortable sleeping now with the growing belly. i find that putting a pillow underneath it while sleeping on my side helps (i still can sleep on my back with no issues though it's just i read it's best to sleep on your left side). i've woken up in the middle of the night twice already with really bad leg cramps. the first time it happened, i was able to pull my foot to stop the cramping but the recent one i had, i couldn't reach my foot anymore! and it took the husband a while to realize what was happening and pull my foot for me! i still wear my heels to work (i wear decent height heels anyway). i wonder if that contributes to my leg cramping...

i officially can't wear my pre-pregnancy pants anymore. for a while, looping a rubber band in the button hole and then hooking it to the button worked. but then as the weeks went by, i can't seem to zip my pants up anymore. besides, people at work keep on telling me that i've all of a sudden "popped", that's when i decided to stock on maternity pants already (not to mention an officemate actually commented one day "for god's sake autumn, get some maternity pants already!" since it was really obvious that my pants were unbottoned with a rubber band looping the button and the button hole obvious through my tight top, nakakahiya!). i just hope they last through the entire pregnancy para ma-roi ko naman my investment on the preggy clothes! i can still get away with wearing some of my pre-pregnancy tops, as long as they're stretchy. :-)

also, people in the office have started to ask me when i'm due so i guess it's really obvious now that i'm expecting!

we had our company christmas party last night at sydney shangri-la. buti naman i was able to come up with an outfit to wear kahit last minute (i got a non-preggy top but in a couple of sizes up from my normal pre-preg size, it's a good thing that uso ang empire/babydoll cut ngayon!). i'll probably wear the same outfit as my christmas outfit para ma-sulit. we have a wedding to attend to while in manila so isa pa yung outfit that i have to come up with soon since i don't think i have time to buy a dress to wear. i didn't realize dressing up while preggy could be so challenging!

we've been so busy with work lately. too busy in fact that eric had to put his day care search on hold until next year (after returning from our christmas vacation in manila). ako naman, we kicked-off our project at work about two and a half weeks ago and my replacement only started last week so medyo stressful talaga. had to remind myself every now and then to take it easy kasi i'm scared that it might affect our baby. been going home so exhausted lang talaga not to mention sleeping late as well the past couple of weeks.

on the shopping front, we got our graco pack 'n play already (we got the oakwood design). the car seat we'll probably get early next year na. we've been buying some little stuff already (blankets, clothes, etc.) but we really plan to buy the bulk of it in manila.

went shopping almost the entire day today for more pasalubongs and eric couldn't resist buying this for the baby boy when we saw it...

that's it! i'm celebrating my birthday on monday and our anniversary on tuesday. we didn't make any big plans this year since we're both so busy with work and we're off to manila on friday already. siguro dinner lang kami somewhere nice. till my next post...