Posted by: gidday on: January 13, 2009
The night air is cool. It’s 3 a.m. and I’m once again up for my “date” with Nina. As usual, mother and daughter revel in the quietness of the night (Nina full from her nighttime feeding) allowing me to have my thoughts do its own meandering.
It’s another new year. It looks promising. I am hopeful.
I reflect upon the [...]
Posted by: gidday on: August 23, 2008
My sister, a mother of two, says one will know if she’s about to give birth if she starts “nesting”.
Unclear of what she meant, I had visions of migratory birds frantically pecking through their nest, adjusting their feathers, and making sure everything is warm and comfortable for the arrival of their beloved chicks.
I wanted to put my own [...]
Posted by: gidday on: August 20, 2008
Back in the 90’s, Demi Moore made news when she made the cover of Vanity Fair magazine posing in the nude in all her pregnant glory no less.
Shot by famous photographer Anne Liebovitz while she was 7 months pregnant with daughter Scout La Rue (what a name huh?), it was the best selling issue of Vanity [...]
Posted by: gidday on: June 25, 2008
Found myself excitedly making plans for November. It will be mom’s 67th birthday and wouldn’t it be nice to bring her to Hongkong or to Bangkok to go shopping?
Till dad popped the question, ”Where will you leave the baby? Who will take care of her?”
IT TOTALLY SKIPPED MY MIND!
And as I tried to chide myself on [...]
Posted by: gidday on: June 5, 2008
I woke up feeling like a huge block hit my head and settled on my rear.
I’m now 6 months and 3 weeks pregnant and to say that I feel heavy is an understatement. My tummy has grown in such gigantic proportions that it knocks the air out of me whenever I lie down on my back. Sleeping on [...]
Posted by: gidday on: April 16, 2008
Myoma has been defined as a benign mass found in the uterus.
To me, this and all other categories of cysts are simply the blight of my existence.
I have after all been known to suffer fibrocycsts, endemetriocysts and lately myomas in my entire adult life. Letting me earn the tag Myoma Queen!
My doctor tells me that this [...]
Posted by: gidday on: April 15, 2008
“Pinaglilihian ko si Anton.”
This was how it was during my first trimester. I so much wanted to see Anton and hear his voice that I would call him almost everyday. My camera is filled with his pictures. Hearing him, seeing him, made me smile and forget my discomfort.
“Pinaglilihian ako ni Anton.”
Flash to my second semester [...]
Posted by: gidday on: April 7, 2008
I am concerned.
I have nothing to do! Informations (complaints) are slow in coming and, of the few that had been filed, my director has opted to give me some slack due to my condition and, thus, gave me none. This may be a source of joy, welcome news, to some, but, man! I can’t be [...]
Posted by: gidday on: April 7, 2008
I don’t engage in dreams much. I am basically a heavy sleeper, I sleep like a log.
This seems not to be the case though since my pregnancy.
My waking hours these days are filled with dreams – some inconsequential, others downright scary. I usually huddle up to Mr. P and dismiss these dreams as mere results of my [...]
Posted by: gidday on: March 31, 2008
Now, I know what they are talking about!
It is indeed particularly irksome to hear people, who otherwise would be strangers, to offer a thing or two about my bulging tummy. I don’t mind hearing sincere enthusiasm, but others just go overboard!
There are the “Experts” – mothers of three or four kids who just have everything [...]
