updates and more updates...

hi, i'm kiko. and i'm 18 weeks (and 4days) old. there were just so much happening around me so i will just share different experiences and stories with everyone...

let's start with how i am... i actually am feeling as good as ever. i may be as big as a huge pickle now. hmmm. my parents will visually find that out on wednesday. i also am still trying hard to make my mom feel me all the time. so far, it's been successful. not everytime though. but that's fine, as long as she's noticing the stretches that i do. it's just funny when she'd feel me coz she would tell dad right away. and my doting dad would really get excited and would talk to me and cheer for me for doing that. ;)

oh, and i have another funny story... whenever my mom or dad would read to me at night, one's been carefully observing (while of course, listening to the bedtime stories) the inflections and diction of the other one. usually it's mom who would always laugh at dad coz he's really creative on how he reads the story that he would sometimes forget how he made a particular character sounded like before or his diction was wrong. i tell yah, there almost wasn't a single night when my mom never giggled. it really makes me always look forward to the next nightly session!

ah, mom considers these as "perks" of having me. and because of these, all the discomforts that she's feeling right now were nothing compared to having ME. awww... talking about discomforts, let me list down some of 'em that mom's feeling now:

- now that i'm getting bigger, mom's uterus is also expanding. hence aches and pains were getting pretty common for mom. she'd sometimes feel sharp pains, or mild cramps on her lower abs and hips. but her dr. told them that as long as it's not prolonged and there's no accompanying bleeding, it's perfectly normal. scary huh?!

- she's also experiencing some difficulty in breathing. and she now easily gets full (and if she eats some more, she would feel the food coming out and she would want to throw up). and all these could be because some of her organs have moved somewhere else? (huh?).

- also, it's getting hard for her to get out of the couch or the bed. tsk tsk. yeah, i am getting heavy. dada's support is always there anyway.

- she is also now finding it hard to sleep. yeah, she can sleep, but she has to find the lying-on-the-left-yet-comfy position first. she'd feel her leg restless or crampy though most of the time. and she'll get scared whenever she would wake up lying flat on the bed (i might not be able to breathe with that position according to her) and would quickly go back to lying on her left.

- the tailbone pain is already making it's presence felt now. not as bad as tita jen's yet. but she has to find a really good sitting position to get comfy.

the list is getting long in addition to those that she'd been feeling before (ie bloated, gas, never-ending constipation, frequent urination etc). but when asked by anyone on how she's feeling, she would simply say she's ok and that she's happy that i never gave her a really difficult pregnancy. yep, she has a realy minute tolerance for pain, but what she's feeling right now are the same ones that other pregnant moms feel according to her. but i guess, nothing beats the overwhelming excitement and happiness that every mom (specially first-time moms) feels, so these are all nothing! mom says, "bring it on!". ammm, mom, i'm not that big yet. wait til the 3rd trimester, then say that again. teehee.

probably she'll get some more humorous tips from laura wolf's diary of a mad mom-to-be (she gets the serious ones from the bible of all pregnant moms, what to expect when you're expecting, of course). she just recently remembered this follow-up book to laura's debut novel, diary of a mad bride (which she read during their wedding preps) recently and borrowed a copy from the library. she once saw this book at powerbooks right after she got married and vowed on reading it once she gets pregnant.

alrighty! that's all folks!... but before i end, i'd just like to greet my dad once more...

HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAD! and i love you too! ;) ... i hope you had loads of fun celebrating your 30th last thursday with just me and mom (and with your superb carbonara and pinoy pork bbq on stick). i sure had a blast!