Two Pink Lines and then some?

Posted on Sep 08, 2005 under Daily Memorables |

So I haven't been in the mood to update lately. I've been on leave for 5 days because I felt I just needed to rest and was honestly quite tired from doing graveyard shifts - I'm actually in the process of arranging with another officemate for a swap (his shift is at 3PM to 12MN - I know! better afternoon than GY!), but God must have wanted to give me a valid reason to NOT be working graveyard anymore — I got pregnant.

And of course, Mom always has this way of getting really strong (and often right) hunches. I was sleeping longer than usual, more often than necessary, was really really irritable (read:masungit), and was getting fat (and I just thought I was bloated). She just mentioned in passing that I might be pregnant, and when I missed my first day, I was like a crazy lunatic-paranoid-teenage-mom. How will I tell them? Can I handle another pregnancy?! Then, naisip ko, kasal na pala ako (hahaha!).

And yes, I am 5 weeks as of this writing, and expecting on May 8, 2006 (UY! Mark your calendars!). It's predicted to be a girl, according this calendar, and since the Avisos have been using this for their 27 apos (soon to be 28), I guess there might be some truth to it.

Anyhow, the baby was unplanned and moreso, unexpected [BEGIN RANT]I can't believe I got pregnant days away from my ovulation! #@$@%@! And I was supposed to be super duper on the dot regular! And I was tracking my cycles like crazy at mycycle.com![/END RANT], but children always have this way of coming unexpectedly, right when you think you dont need it but in fact, they come at the time you need one the most, so I'm happy with another baby on the way. It's my first trimester so my hormones are going haywire so forgive if tomorrow I say otherwise.

What I'm more concerned though is the fact that my body is not ready for another baby - I'm overweight and I'm deathly scared of gestational diabetes, pre-eclampsia and every complication I've ever studied so it's all romain lettuce and wheat and tuna and codfish for me for now. Fortunately, I'm not having cravings except for Jelly Ace, haha! And I don't like green and generic ones, I like the Jelly Ace brand itself and love the reds and oranges. I hate peeling the skintop off because the juice is yucky so I let Matthew tear it off (wawa Mato!) - and I have the right to be maarte because I'm having cravings
By the way, if any of you would chance upon the latest edition of the Bride's Yellow Pages, you can see my enormous half body, face-in-profile on Page 93. Thanks Mimi for choosing our picture (Plugging www.fotogra.ph and www.tagaytayweddings.com!) How can you not miss me when my body is almost half of the picture?! Hehehe. I >3 that picture pa din.