Entries Tagged as 'Pregnancy'
Preparing for my bikini body
Haha! The title makes me laugh! But it’s true. I’ve been trying to prepare get my body the closest I can get to bikini worthiness. We’re going to Boracay on the 3rd week of March and I want a decent looking body so that I don’t need to buy a one piece swimsuit because all [...]
Delgado Hospital
I gave birth to Luke at the Delgado Hospital along Kamuning Rd. It’s a small maternity hospital with a 72 bed capacity (according to the guy who pushed my wheelchair when we checked out).
Categories: Pregnancy
Welcome, Luke!
I’m back! And better yet I survived! Luke’s been a very good boy even from inside my tummy. Jor’s been telling him to wait for Daddy before coming out and sure enough when Jor arrived early morning of July 22, we just took a short nap and when I woke up I was bleeding.
Trying not to panic…
I’m running low on my supply of anti stretch mark oil and it would be such a waste if I get a stretch mark now that I’m on the final stretch (no pun intended) of my pregnancy. I still have to order them from the states and drugstore.com is currently out of stock of both [...]
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About a month more to go before Luke sees y’all
Well, technically he won’t be able to see clearly right away. Right now I’m just listing down stuff we’ll need – that’s probably mostly diapers, diapers, diapers since I can’t buy too much stuff coz I won’t be able to bring all of them back to Singapore. By this time, my tummy’s really heavy, it’s [...]
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Relaxation and breathing techniques do not reduce the need for an epidural during childbirth
Here’s an interesting article I came across with about natural birthing techniques. More than 1,000 mothers-to-be took part in the Swedish trial, thought to be the first significant analysis of the efficacy of such methods in labour. They attended one of two classes: the first taught natural coping methods, the other emphasised pain relief. [...]
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30 weeks and counting
I still can’t believe I’m going to give birth 8 weeks from now. I still have to get used to the thought of me as a mom. Me? Mom? Exciting and scary. But I’m sure everything is going to be just fine (if I make it through the pain of labor, that is). Here’s a [...]
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