Because my wife doesn’t really have her own OB, we’re frantically searching for one now. Two weeks ago, with the pregnancy tests giving two red lines for two consecutive days, we rushed to Asian Hospital for confirmation. It was kinda awkward primarily because the OB we got, recommended by a friend years ago, was a GUY. But we didn’t have a choice as we don’t know anybody else. After meeting him though, I’d say that he was very able and professional.
Earlier this week, we decided to check out another OB near our place, this time recommended by an office friend who gave birth late last year to a beautiful baby girl. This new OB also looks ok. And very motherly.
So far, my wife liked both, even though one was a guy. I have my issues, I guess. I have this silly notion that guys should be doing something else, like maybe repairing and installing electrical wires, cables, and ls2208, or maybe something mechanical like fixing cars and trucks. But that doesn’t really matter. What really matters is who she’s comfortable with. We still have three more OBs to visit though. Hope we find one that’s perfect for us.
May balak ka bang mag-abroad? (Do you have plans of working abroad?)
I can’t recall the many times that my wife and I have been asked this question.
My father was an OFW so I know how it is when a member of the family is working abroad.
But I still believe that we can make it here. Most of the people I now who are working or who migrated someplace else work at least 12 hours a day or maybe have two jobs. If only we have the same drive here. And with technology vastly changing the way we communicate, it’s now more easy to advertise one’s products and/or services not just here but also abroad. I’ve read success stories of people selling home-made cell phone signal booster online who was contacted by a foreign national that wanted to resell it in his place too. Now she’s prosperous. There are many more stories like this. Take note that most of these people have very limited schooling, but they somehow made it.
Now if they can do it, I see no reason why we shouldn’t at least try.
Yesterday, after getting my wife’s laboratory result from Asian Hospital, we decided to drop by S&R Alabang. We hadn’t had our lunch yet, and I’m was craving for S&R’s delicious roast chicken. We walked the aisles first to build up our appetite. And that’s when we saw it. Nuby bottles on sale. The Youji&Me store in Greenbelt 5 also sells these. But the ones in S&R are on sale. Although it’s very early to be shopping for the baby, we just couldn’t resist not taking advantage of the sale. I think we would have bought a basement dehumidifier had it been on sale. Anyway, we ended up getting neutral colors and designs like those above just to be on the safe side. We would have preferred white/clear ones but they weren’t available. We bought two 8-oz bottles and two 10-oz bottles in the pictured designs.
Can you tell that we’re very excited? 
Three days before our flight to Singapore and Kuala Lumpur for an adventure trip, we decided to get a pregnancy test, just to be sure it’s safe to bungee jump, ride the roller coaster, and zip line. It was early Friday morning when my wife got herself tested. It immediately showed two red lines. She was so shocked she screamed (wireless security systems would have gone haywire). She woke me and dragged me downstairs. “Tignan mo! Tignan mo!” Two red lines. Positive. But we were still skeptic. You see this has happened before. And we don’t want another disappointment. So we decided to do another test the next morning (Saturday). Again, two red lines. Positive.
We immediately went to Asian Hospital for confirmation. I wanted to be 100% sure.
The OB had this scanner device probe her belly. And there it is. One tiny black dot the size of a seed. Our baby at 5 weeks and 1 day.
It’s official. After one year of trying (as mentioned here), we’re going to be parents.
Our flight back home yesterday from our Singapore and Kuala Lumpur trip was at 1:20 AM, and we arrived in the airport at 5 AM. We spent our last day in Suria KLCC to do some last-minute shopping, had dinner in our hotel and waited for our cab to take us to the airport. We didn’t get much sleep in the airplane, so when we arrived yesterday, we slept after breakfast. I have yet to take advantage of the Cyber Monday specials and get myself one awesome Flash drive to borrow the photos of our trip from KG. I promise to write about our trip soon when I have the pictures.
Have an awesome Monday everyone!
How can you not fall in love with this kid? Aside from the good genes, his mom’s organic prenatal vitamin must have helped a lot. He is just the cutest!
Yuan doesn’t really know how to kiss, but he can do hugs. When you ask him for one kiss, he’d either give you a flying kiss, complete with “mwuah,” or he’d put his cheek so you can land one on him. When we joined them for breakfast this morning and my MIL told him to give his Nong-nong a kiss, he opened his mouth and proceeded to press it with mine. I tried to move my face away but he persisted to get closer. I finally land one on him, and we were all laughing.
We’d really miss him when he and his dad finally go to New Zealand on February 5.
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