37 Weeks

... Or is it? During last Saturday's check-up, OB again brought up the discrepancy between baby's gestational age and ultrasound age. I guess her point is that I can give birth in January na hindi considered over-term or overdue. So per gestation, I'll be 38 weeks this coming Wednesday but per ultrasound, I am only 36 weeks today.

But I want to give birth before the year ends! We have a long Christmas vacation and I have nothing to do. We can't go to the province because I might give birth anytime. And I had another extreme constipation episode. :( I'm a tad tired these preggy aches and pains, I just want to meet my little boy.

Maternity Shoot part deux

Since work was cancelled for all government offices yesterday while hubby was working from home and on a special non-working holiday, we decided to stage part deux of my maternity shoot. The first part was during my friend's wedding while for part three, hubby wants to take pictures of me against the Christmas lights in Trinoma. We'll see if we still have time for that one as I'll be 37 weeks tomorrow. :P

I scoured Google for inspiration and here are two of my favorites. Bought a cheapo white curtain for this silhouette shot.

Nekkid belly shot. We bought the metal decal (?) from Dimensione I think before I got pregnant. We just put it up recently because there are tacks behind the metal and the thing is meant to be put on wood or cork and we have no place for it. I was even thinking of selling it. Then, hubby accidentally snapped off one of the tacks so he proceeded to remove all the tacks and duct-taped the words to our concrete wall. Hubby really wanted this shot because it took us four years to have our baby. Okay, I better stop before I start crying. :P

 

36 Weeks

During my last check-up, OB remarked that baby may be in breech position. So she scheduled for a pelvic ultrasound and biophysical profile today, along with CBC and urinalysis.

CBC is okay, slightly anemic, so she prescribed an iron supplement. Urine appears okay although she had me do some urine culture lab test something, and a vaginal swab for Group B streptococcus screening or GBS. Results will be known on the next check-up next Saturday (yes, weekly check-up na!)

While waiting for my pelvic ultrasound, a nurse came up to me to discuss cord blood banking. The Medical City offers two options - public bank and private bank. In sum, public bank is where you donate your cord blood then when you want to avail of it, you pay a fee. Private bank is where they store your baby's cord blood for your own use only. They have two packages, basic costs P45,000.00 while the comprehensive costs P80,000.00, inclusive of first year storage. Thereafter, storage is P7,500.00 a year. Much as we want to avail of it, we don't have the extra moolah. Besides, the nurse said it is only available for CS delivery, although my OB said she just had a vaginal delivery who availed of cord blood banking.

As for the ultrasound, baby is in cephalic a.k.a. not breech position. YAY! Hope he stays that way na. His BPP is 8/8, I still have enough fluid though I should drink more water pa daw. His estimated weight is 2.5 kg or 5.5 pounds. By the way, I measured 136 lbs. today while I weighed 138 lbs. two weeks ago (maybe because I haven't eaten yet?) However, I weighed 140 lbs. (!!!) at the office clinic last Tuesday - maybe because I pigged out at the wedding last Sunday? Hehe. 

Mommy has been bugging me to walk walk walk. Okay, I will try to wake up early for it. I haven't been going to Trinoma for my me time during weekday nights since we got our kasambahay eh. Which could also explain why I get leg cramps these days. I hope baby comes out around Christmas basta before New Year's and that he comes out normal and healthy. Pray for me! :)

35 Weeks

Last Sunday, we attended the wedding of one of my high school friends, the last in our group of girls to get married. Hubby and I have been talking about doing my maternity shoot but since we're almost always doing something during the week-ends, we haven't gotten around to doing it.

Since I was all made up and dressed up for the wedding, we did our shoot in Ayala Westgrove while the couple was doing their couple portraits heehee. Buti na lang the reception is in Alabang pa, so we had about an hour. Since hubby was taking the pics, I was left to direct myself and didn't bring any props. Just me and my bump. Here's one of my favorites that I converted to black and white:

I also want to do some candid-white-shirt-in-bed shots, but we'll see if we still have time. I can't do nekkid close up belly shots though. For the most part of the pregnancy, my bump has stayed smooth. But I think a month ago, I developed pimple-like bumps on my belly, breast and nape. EEEK. And dark armpits. DOUBLE EEEK. Then just a week ago, I saw two lightning-like stretch marks near my belly button. Sigh. Battle scars.