My Pregnancy Saga

pregnancy is a strange thing. 

it is my 4th this time, yet it feels new and odd everytime.

a month ago, my ob-gyne was quite amazed (read: disappointed) at how i have NOT gained weight at all. for 2 months, my weight remained the same. thankfully, i did not feel the noxious nauseous feeling brought about by eclectic hormonal changes. my cravings were minimal if at all present, and i was not the usual whiny preggy mom. my body’s only obvious reaction is how it responds to exhaustion, i feel quite tired these days.

in my visit to the OB 2 months back, she ordered me to take a coupla multivitamins, including amino acids, due to my minimal weight-gain. one morning i woke up with a really bulging tummy, my baby seemed to have grown overnight! it was altogether a surprise and an astonishing event for a 4th time mom like me. not that it hasn’t happened before, but to feel the baby inside you to have grown bigger overnight was one for the books!   

now, 28 weeks and running, i feel a lot more confident and at ease with my pregnancy. i rarely feel the desolation and oddity of pregnancy. hubb and kids were very supportive and i feel their excitement grow everyday. my grown up kids each have a specific gender-want for the baby, which to me is amusing and altogether funny. of course, my boys want the baby to be a boy, while Ate Chloe wants to have a sister. me, as mommy, wanted to have another baby girl (if God so allow) as girls are more tamed and easier to get along with, and i surmise, even had higher EQ intelligence. i think i’ve had enough boys’ experiences having 2 sons in a row. 

the only funny part of the pregnancy was external: the office atmosphere. i didn’t really divulged to everyone (except those who were really close to me) about my condition. on my bosses’ side, it’s funny how they see me everyday and not even notice the changes on my bulging tummy. it was only last week when we had business planning that they noticed how ‘busog’ i look like. most of my officemates were surprised at the bulging tummy, since my face have not undergone any unusual change at all. i think i still look pretty flaired and uncomplicated inspite of the stress and workload.

during the last month, i already dreamt about my baby twice. the first time, the baby was wrapped in a swaddling cloth (pranela) sleeping peacefully, the gender still unclear. the second dream was just last weekend, the picture was closer and the gender already identified: it’s a boy! i had mixed emotions (coz i really want to have a baby girl again) but then God has better plans and who am i to intercede? what’s important is that my baby is strong and healthy and intelligent and the family’s constant joy. nothing else will matter. 

we are considering the name ‘NOE’ as the baby’s first name, after Ate Chloe, Zoe and Troe (sounds alike, eh?). The second name is still being debated in the higher courts. Daddy is suggesting Kahlil  which sounds like Clark Kent’s kryptonian name, Kal-el. note that Kahlil Gibran is also my favorite poet and forerunner so i think that Kahlil  is a really good second name. i just have apprehensions on the masculinity of the name combined. 

i’ll have my 4D ultrasound scheduled soon. will just update you guys and hopefully post pictures of my newborn baby in 4D. i’m excited and happy of the support i get from everyone around me. 

BLESSED AND THANKFUL. Ü