Nesting at Home

Since I am feeling pain from time to time on my lower abdomen, my OB advised that I should take an early leave from work to avoid baby number 2’s untimely arrival before November. She asked me to think about it, since I will be on leave from work for two months and maternity leave for almost three months, that would mean almost 5 months of nesting at home.

Nesting does not mean i will be a queen at home, staying at home means also sacrifice. A lot of sacrifice but if it's for the baby's sake husband and i would always say yes. I was monitored for my sugar level and had 100g OGTT (Oral Glucose Tolerance Test) yesterday and it was painful. I am scared of needles but were able to pull off the test with flying colors, 5 blood extractions on both hands seems so easy peasy for me, i am getting brave with needles already. ^_^

Started the nesting yesterday and I feel a lot better. I hope and pray that baby number 2 will be just fine and she will be out healthy on November.

It’s a Girl!

I cannot believe it when the ultrasound showed am having a girl, all along husband and I thought we’re having a baby boy. Feels so down especially when we’re both set to seeing blues and greens this time and we have been handing down yena’s little dresses to her cousins. Plus we have also thought of baby boys names.

I thought it’s selfish to wish that the baby should be a boy considering the fact that I have been praying for her/him to be healthy. I have been feeling some difficulty lately and I cut down my days of work as advised by my OB, husband and I decided that I should not go to work on Mondays (the hardest day to go to work since the buses are all jam-packed and I cannot anymore endure standing up on the bus!) but I wasn’t able to go to work last Friday as I cannot even move or stand up. I feel a lot of pain in my lower tummy and the baby seems to setting way below my tummy that it hurts.

I guess I need to follow my OB’s advise, to have a full bed rest before the baby arrives. She has been telling me to think about it this week. Two months of bed rest to ensure baby number two’s good health isn’t too much to ask. I can give up my work (my life even!) for her, if I have to.