There goes my heart

       It's funny  how lazy I have become even to turn the computer on. I am so caught up with the cross stitch pattern that my brother sent me last year as my birthday gift. He made a wonderful choice and it is pretty. I am only on my 4th pattern and I still have 5 patterns to go.

Halloween

      Ryan was working late and I felt so lazy. It was so cold outside that the thought of bundling myself up, already made me tired. Plus the walking will surely kill my back again later that night so I chose to stay home. It was amazing not even 1 trick or treater went to our house. In fact I did not see anyone at all walking on the streets. I was a little happy because we only have a handful of candies to give. We can't wait for next year though.

Update with Papa

      Papa and mama's excitement were shortlived when they realized that the other camp made an appeal. This will be the last. What scares me is things can go the wrong way. Anything can happen because they have the money. All I can do is pray, pray and pray. Akala ko this will be a different  Christmas for them. Hindi pala.

My new pal

       Yes, that is my new pal for a month. It is a heart monitor. Two wires are hocked up in two different places of my body to get my heart rate. If I feel really strange, I just press the record button and it records everything in that little machine. Sometimes too, if there is weird/excessive pumping of the heart, the machine automatically records it. Then at the end of the day, if it gets full I call the 1800 number and send it to them through the phone. I think it is really neat.

     Last Wednesday, I called St. James Hospital for an appointment. I really wanted it to be late so that Ryan could come with me. I have to make 2 appointments. One for the 2D Echo ( heart ultrasound) and the heart monitor hock-up. The latest they have was 2:15 p.m. but Ryan would still be working then. So I asked them if they can schedule me real early. I went there Thursday morning, my appointment was 7:45 a.m. My suggestion to you. If you are pregnant and you want to have the heart ultrasound while your pregnant, forget it. It was very very painful. She can only see one side of my heart and could not get a good look on the other side because my organs she said are moving up because I am pregnant. She tried so many times, poking that thing on me. It was so painful because I am so sore already. After 25 mins. she gave up (Thank God) and said that the other half is good. The heart monitor hock up was a breeze.

    I chose to go to a heart specialist after complaining about the excessive pumping of my heart that sometimes I can hear it really loud. I asked my OB if it was normal. He said it was if I were 20 weeks pregnant but I was only 14 weeks then. He suggested another doctor if I wanted to make sure. Dr. G said that he had 3 Filipina patients before who had heart problems that they did not know of. One had to have her valve replaced. Good thing they figure it out early because the delivery can actually kill her. So when we heard it , I thought what the heck. Insurance pays for it anyway. I told Ryan, what if I am ok and he said, then let's be happy that you are ok. What if you are not? I just want to make sure Sweety. That was how the heart thing started.

Schaumburg Baby Expo

     Last Saturday Ryan and I went to the Renaissance Convention Center for the baby expo ( we only have 1 room left in the van). It was nice especially to the parents-to-be like us. There were a lot of samples, magazines and coupons. When we got home, we separated the 6 bags to 3.One for the things that the baby can use, the coupon bag and the magazine bag. It was fun. So many freebies.

Comments

[AJ MaO'Brn]

That's a good news from your father, it will give them more time to be free from any worry ever again.
So hard to just do anything when we are pregnant, we got lazy just to do this and that. There are times too where we want to do something we feel like doing and before you get started you lose the gusto. Stay healthy, have enough rest, free from worry, and be happy. You will be more over joyed once your bundle comes out.
Be ready of some important baby's layette, its part of the basic preparation of a first time Moms.