BabyPlus: Day 89 / Last day of Lamaze class

Last day of Lamaze class today. Finally we have completed the 6 weeks course of birth class. We received our certificate today. We've really learned a lot from Rome Kanapi. She's really good and she was able to answer all our question. I hope when it's time, we won't panic and forget what she thought us. We've also got lots of freebies and samples of various baby products. Will just be posting the pictures once I had a picture of them.

Today is the first day of babyplus lesson 12. The sound is becoming faster. 4 more lessons (4 weeks) and our baby will graduate.

Birth Class: Week 6

Diapering
Umbilical cord care
- use water only

Bath
No to:
Powder, Mineral oil, lotion, wipes, cologne, fabric softener
Clean bottles - use rock salt

Gas forming food
-cabbage
-potato
-root crops

www.fridgetogo.com

when bathing the baby, use elbow to test the temperature.

BabyPlus: Day 88

We took a belated birthday picture of Michelle. Because we just got the cake which was given by her younger brother. Here's our picture:



BabyPlus Update:
Today is the last day of babyplus lesson 11. The sound is becoming faster now and you can really notice the sound.

BabyPlus: Day 87 / Happy birthday Honey!

Today I woke up early. As in very early at 4:00am. I have prepared a surprise for Michelle. I slowly get off the bed because Michelle might wake up. I went to the other room to get the balloons. I placed the big happy birthday balloon in the bathroom together with the ipod video gift for Michelle. While placing the two other small balloon on top of the refrigerator and the other beside her. When she woke up, she was surprised to see the balloon on top of the refrigerator and beside her. It's already 6:15 and it's time to prepare for the day. As Michelle entered the bathroom, she was surprised to see the Happy Birthday balloon and the ipod. I hope this is a start for a great day ahead.

For dinner we had pizza from pizza niro and daddy cooked spaghetti. Her brother was suppose to give her a birthday cake but it was already late, that is why they did not bring it here anymore. They'll just bring it here tomorrow.

Just before we went to sleep I surprised Michelle again by hiding a goofy stuff toy underneath our blanket. It's already late, we'll just take photo tomorrow.

Happy Birthday Honey!! I Love You!

BabyPlus: Day 86 / A day before Michelle's birthday

I went home late today. I bought balloons for Michelle's birthday tomorrow. When I got home, Michelle was sleeping, I had some time to hide the ballons for tomorrow. I hope that Michelle will be surprised and happy tomorrow.

BabyPlus: Day 85 / I hate that smell

Today is Michelle's dad birthday. We had dinner in their house. Her mom cooked fresh lumpia and ordered pizza from pizza hut. We had mango bravo cake from contis.
When we're on our way home, I smell a bad odor in the car, I think it's garlic. I opened the car window as we go home. We brought with us some lumpia given by Michelle's mom. When we got home, in our room, I still smell the bad odor of garlic. That time Michelle keeps on laughing and told me that the odor is coming from her. Because she ate garlic. I never thought garlic will cause that strong odor. Michelle brushed her teeth and gargle with listerine. Still the odor is there. The whole night, as we sleep, I can smell the garlic scent. yuck!!! I miss you baby.. I hope you won't have that odor anymore tomorrow.

BabyPlus: Day 84

We are so sleepy today. Still cannot recover from less sleep we have the other day at tagaytay. I was so sleepy at the office and I can't help it but sleep.

Tonight after our dinner, Michelle fell so bloated, we went up to the rooftop and had a walk for about 20 minutes. Michelle cannot each much lately. She always feels bloated.

BabyPlus update:
Michelle is using lesson 11 already. 1 month we're almost there.

BabyPlus: Day 83 / Tagaytay trip day 2

We woke up very early today because we can hardly sleep last night. Everyone was so sleepy. The bed has hard, sedy was so noisy last night and it's very hot. We had our breakfast at around 8:00am. And went out for a walk at 10:00am. We rode a cable car and go fishing. It's was our first time to try fishing. But we did not caught any. hehe We had our lunch at Highlands chinese restaurant. The food was so good. It was so tastly. All of us are so full. By 2:00pm we already left tagaytay and got back to manila. Everyone was so tired and slept in the car. It was such a tiring day. But the fun and experience is worth it.

BabyPlus: Day 82 / Tagaytay trip

Today after our birth class at ateneo, when went to tagaytay for a long weekend holiday rest. We stayed at my aunties house. The cool breeze there was so relaxing. You can see fog entering the house. It's been a rainy day today that is why there are lots of fog.

Tonight we are not able to sleep well because there is no aircon in the room and it's so hot. At 2:00am Michelle woke me up because she can hardly breathe and our baby keeps on kicking very hard. I went out with her to the balcony to get some fresh air. It was so foggy, we can't see a thing. Instead we slept at the sala where it is colder. That time Michelle was able to sleep.

Free baby stuffs

We got lots for free baby stuffs as trial from different brands. We have prokids, avent, pegion, etc.. These were given during our lamaze class. Several suppliers who went there to show us their products.

This was a prize from pigeon for answering their question. The question was: In 1 to 2 sentences, say something about pigeon breast pump.

My Answer as simple: "It's battery operated" =) Thanks for the prize pigeon!

Birth Class: Week 5

Biophysical Profile - ultrasound to look for baby size, length, etc. 8/8 is the perfect score.

*Head must be tucked in while pushing

6 ways to progress in Labor
1. Cervix ripens or softens
2. Cervix moves from posterior to anterior
3. Cervix thins or effaces 0-100% 0-10cm
4. Cervix opens or dilates
5. Baby's head molds to fit pelvis
6. Baby descends the pelvis called station

Cesarean Birth
Breech
Transverse
Herpes
Postmature
Placenta Previa - Cannot Deliver normally, it covers the hole
Placenta Abruption - Placenta is not attached already
Face-brow presentation
Prolapsed cord - the umbilical cord goes first.
Eclampsia - high blood pressure and have water retention
CPD
Normal Spontaneour Delivery and / or cd NSD SUD
Diabetic
Cardiac Problem
Hypertension
Meconium Stain
Cord problems
Low lying previa
Premature Rapture bag
Premature
Prolonged Rapture bag

BabyPlus: Day 81 / Monthly Checkup

Today we had our monthly checkup with our OB Dra. Letty Chua. We went to Cardinal Santos hospital early. There was a lecture today about giving birth and breastfeeding. Dra. Letty Chua gave her lecture on giving birth. It was nice to learn personally from our OB. After her lecture we went for our check. It's nice that Michelle's condition is normal. Her tummy is not that big, but it is wide. Our baby measures 26cm just like our checkup 2 weeks ago. She gave Michelle amino acid (aminovita) to be eaten daily for 2 weeks. This is a vitamins for the baby for him to grow bigger. Aside from that everything is normal with our baby.

BabyPlus: Day 80

Today is the last day of babyplus lesson 10. Michelle is so stressful at work which caused her not to feel much movement from our baby. She is catching up from the work she haven't done when she had a rest last week.

Tomorrow will be our monthly checkup, hope that no complications will be found tomorrow.

BabyPlus: Day 79 / Ultrasound Video

I was surprised today to get a text message from In My Womb that our 4d ultrasound video is ready for pickup. I was expecting it to be ready next week for they told me that their processing is 10 to 15 days. After I got the text, I hurriedly walk from our office to Landmark. I was so excited to get the video of our baby. I had a 1 hour walk - but it's OK, it's all worth it because I got our video.

Tonight, before we went to sleep, I played the video. Michelle was surprised because I did not tell her that it is already available. We watched our baby, though it was not so clear. I'm so happy to see may baby. I can't wait to carry him in my arms.

BabyPlus: Day 78

Michelle had her stool test taken today. It's a good that her stool test was negative from bacteria. She feels better now. And I'm relieved as well.

Michelle's tummy seems to start growing. Well, after 8 months finally her tummy starts to grow. Haha Hopefully on Saturday, Our OB wont complain on her tummy being too small.

BabyPlus: Day 77 / LBM again

Michelle had LBM again today. I seems that her LBM is becoming more often. She had LBM 3x this morning and 2x this evening. I'm so worried for her and our baby. We decided to text our OB Dra. Letty Chua. She advised us to have a stool test and take isoxilan 3x a day if she keeps on having LBM.

BabyPlus: Day 76 / Goodbye crowne plaza

We woke-up late today because we had a nice sleep last night. I love staying in the hotel. I hope that I can live here for a month. Haha! We had breakfast at 7 corners. The food was so great. Breakfast is my favorite part of the staying in the hotel. While we are having our breakfast, Michelle felt so bad because she can hardly breath and she feels dizzy. Though after resting for a while, it disappeared. She ate a lot for breakfast. We did not have lunch anymore. We got home at around 2:30pm already.

Today Neil delivered our wedding album. The album looks so great. The layout was nice. But one thing I noticed was, not all pictures we selected are included in the album.

Michelle starts to feel the common sickness for her 3rd trimester, I know all these are normal, but I hope she won't have a hard time this 3rd trimester.

Michelle still plays BabyPlus on a regular basis. Hopefully our baby do learned a lot from it.

BabyPlus: Day 75 / A day in the hotel

Today we had an overnight stay at Crowne Plaza Hotel. We used our free night accommodation which we got from our wedding. After our birth class this morning, we when to check in at the hotel and ate lunch at 7 corners. It's an advance celebration for my dad's birthday. After having our lunch we stayed in our hotel room which is at room 602. Stayed there the whole afternoon. The feeling was so great. We are both very relaxed.

We had our dinner at pancake house galleria. We can still remember that our very very first date was at this place. We had a light dinner only for we're still full. Initially we planned to stroll in the mall, but Michelle is having a hard time walking. Our baby keeps on moving and it hurts so much. We just decided to go back to the hotel and have an early rest.

Birth Class Week 4

Today we woke up early again for our birth class. For our today's session, we watched a movie on childbirth. How labor is done starting from contraction to the actual delivery of the baby. The video was from injoyvideo. The video was amazing.

We also have some floor exercises for today.

Our class is about to end. We really did learn a lot from this birth class.

BabyPlus: Day 74 / Bed rest day 7

Today is the last day of Michelle's bed rest. She's been staying home for 1 week already. We woke up late today because we both don't have work. We woke up at 9:40am. We are both well rested that is why Michelle did not sleep this morning.

We already prepared our things for tomorrow we are going to have an overnight stay at crowne plaza hotel.

BabyPlus: Day 73 / Sick day

It was a sick day for Michelle... It started at:

3:00am today Michelle woke me up because her tummy hurts so much. She can hardly move because of the pain she's feeling. She said that the feeling is like she's having her monthly period. I was hugging her while she laid down, staring at the clock and counting. During that time, what's running on my mind was that Michelle is about to deliver our baby. I was so worried because she is still at her 7th month and 3 weeks. The pains stopped at around 3:40 am. She fell asleep and I also went to sleep at 4:00am.

6:00pm Michelle texted me "saan ka na?" During that time I was on my way home from work. She texted me because her stomach is aching. She had LBM 5 times for the whole evening. She loose her appetite.

BabyPlus Update:
Today is the first day of babyplus lesson 10. So far so good. And baby has been very active for almost the whole day. I wonder if he still get to sleep. hmmmm

BabyPlus: Day 72 / Bed rest day 5

Michelle stayed home again today. She slept the whole morning but still felt sleepy. Our baby continuous to move restlessly. He is so active. Michelle also felt hungry today. She seems to find her appetite but normally feel bloated after eating. Before I go home from work, I bought pasta from Sbarro for her. Today Michelle is so bored at home, she normally watch dvd and chat with her friends online in the afternoon.

Last day of Babyplus lesson 9 today. We are finally half way.

BabyPlus: Day 71 / Itchy Tummy

Michelle still continuesly playing babyplus for our baby. Baby is very active lately. Especially when it's about time for babyplus. Tonight Michelle forgot to play babyplus on time, her tummy became very itchy and baby keeps on moving very stong. And according to her it really hurts!

BabyPlus: Day 70 / Amniotic fluid and Baby's face

We went back to Inmywomb today for a rescan ultrasound. And at the same time to check Michelle's amniotic fluid. Michelle's previous amniotic fluid is 5.25 only. And the normal should be somewhere at 10. Today when we have it checked, it was 11.7. I'm so glad that it became normal. With that, we are able to see our baby's face clearly. He was so cute. Big cheeks. Michelle is kinda worried with his nose because she doesn't want him to be "pango". hehe But I think it's not.

Babplus Update:
Baby keeps on moving very strong. Maybe because Michelle is well rested. It's so strong that it hurts already.

Here's the picture of the 4d ultrasound:

BabyPlus: Day 69 / Bed rest day 3

Michelle is still in bed rest. Today was her first day to be alone in the house (without me). But she woke up early - the same time with me. We ate breakfast together before she went back to sleep. She slept the whole morning that is why she could not sleep anymore in the afternoon.

Drinking 3 liters of water a day while bed resting, have a big difference. Michelle noticed that she did not have discharge. Also when she pee, it's white instead of yellow.

BabyPlus: Day 68 / Birth Class Day

We woke up early today because we attended Church. Our birth class today was scheduled to be in the afternoon 2:00 - 5:00pm. We learned about the different drugs and the process when it's already time for labor.

Michelle is still in bed rest that is why we did not go anywhere else after our class.

Birth Class: Week 3

Phase 3 transition
Internal Exam
Fetal Heart rate
Blood pressure - check blood type pressure of wife and husband
Interview - prepare 5 copies of the answer sheet
Change of gown / Admission
Goodie bag - page 83

Dextrose
Enema - Labatiba - to avoid poop during delivery
Shave
EFM - External Fetal Monitor
Induction - Injection of oxytocin
- Husband will suck the nipple to release oxytocin
Amniotony - rupturing of the bag.

Position - change position as much as possible
Urinate - urinate often
Relaxation
Reassurance
Environment - things to keep you busy


A good book
How to have a smarter baby
Dr. Susan Ludington - Hoe w/ susan k. golant

*Don't push when not yet 10cm

Where to purchase maternity dress
48 Zodiac St. Bel Air 3

To Do:
1. Delivery of the baby
2. Post pastrum

BabyPlus: Day 67 / Bed rest for 1 week

We went to our OB today for our monthly checkup. Our OB still said that Michelle's tummy is a bit small. We showed her our ultrasound result, and she said that Michelle needs a bed rest for 1 week because her amniotic fluid is only 5.25. If Michelle did not have a bed rest, she might have an early labor. During our checkup Michelle tried asking our OB if she really need to have a bed rest because she doesn't want to. Our OB answered "Wag matigas ang ulo. It's not a choice, you have to do it kahit ayaw mo". Well, no choice, she really needs to have a bed rest.

About Babyplus:
Nothing special happened today but baby seems to be very active for a long time. Maybe because Michelle had a lot of rest.

BabyPlus: Day 66

Today is my mom's chinese birthday. We ate at Tong Yang smokeless Shabu shabu. We got home at around 9:30 already and it was late for babyplus. So far, baby has been responding well with babyplus. And today is Michelle 30th week of pregnancy. We are nearing the home stretch.

BabyPlus: Day 65 / Hiccups or Heartbeat

Today is the first day of babyplus lesson 9. My pamangkin sedy did hear Michelle playing babyplus. He said that "Why is the drum faster?" This surprised me because a 6 year old child who seldom hear the babyplus sound was able to recognize the speed of the sound. This means that our baby will be able to recognize the sound too. I hope my baby will become wise because of the babyplus.

Before we went to sleep tonight it seems that baby is having a hiccup again. Michelle's tummy is moving like a heartbeat and we tried using a stethoscope. It sounds like a heartbeat. It was such a nice feeling to hear our baby's heartbeat from the stethoscope.

BabyPlus: Day 64

Michelle played babyplus an hour late today. Because we went to my cousin Alex's house. He has a new house at E. Rodriguez, near waltermart. The house was so nice and big. We ate our dinner at their house.We went house at around 10pm already and Michelle was so exhausted. Our baby was very active today in Michelle's tummy. The strong movement really hurts.


Some of our photos which are taken today

BabyPlus: Day 63 / Hiccups

I think baby is having hiccups today. Because while I was holding Michelle's tummy, I felt a continuous movement from the baby. It's like a heartbeat. It's going up and down about every 2 seconds. I believe this the the hiccups that they are saying. I always read in books that during this stage baby will have hiccups.

BabyPlus: Day 62 / Strong baby movement

Tonight before we went to sleep. I hold Michelle's tummy and I felt a different movement from our baby. He keeps on moving continuously just like a heartbeat. Would it be his hiccups? I'm not sure. But one things for sure he is very active and he don't want to sleep.

BabyPlus: Day 61 / 4d ultrasound

We woke up late today. We are not able to go to church again because we have a Lamaze class (birth class) today. We went to Ateneo for our birth class. Today was our second session. The class was really great. We are able to learn a lot of tips and physical exercises. After our class we went to In My Womb located at glorietta in Anson building. We are able have a glimpse of our baby. He was sleeping when we had our 4d ultrasound. His hand is covering his mouth and nose. The OB let Michelle take a different position hoping that our baby will move, He moved a bit moving his hand to his neck. The suddenly we saw our baby yawn. The feeling was so nice. Can't wait to carry our baby in my hands.

The OB at in my womb said that Michelle's amniotic fluid is very low. The range is 5 to 20. She is just around 5.3 . She was adviced to drink a lot of water. With low amniotic water, it will also cause the 4d ultrasound not to be too clear.

We will be going back to in my womb on August 12, 2008 for our rescan.

Birth Class: Week 2

Stage 1 Cervical Effacement and Dilation
- Dilation is the opening of the cervix from 0 to 10cm
- Effacement - the cervix gets thinner.

Stage 2 Birth position
- Crowning
Cord Banking - if the baby got sick and needs blood, it can be used.
- 70% of the mommy can use the blood.

Stage 3 Delivery of the Placenta
- Some people eat placenta
-It has a lot of nutrients

Stage 4 Recovery

Labor
Contraction
Phase 1 : 0 to 3cm. It will last 30 to 45 seconds. While the interval is 20 to 5 minutes
Phase 2 : Will last 45 to 60 seconds. The interval is 5 to 2 minutes

*If contraction are 5 to 6x in an hour - that's the time to start counting the contraction.

Rapture
- Clear color which is a sign that your water bag broke.
- Meconium - Poo poo of baby
C - color
O - odor
A - amount
T - time

- immediately go to the delivery room. (Cardinal Santos's delivery room is located at 2nd floor)

Blood Discharge
- Could be caused by the IE
- Check with doctor first before going

*Baby's heartbeat should be 120 - 160
*During contraction don't eat too much especially oily foods.
*Effleurage - massaging of abdomen

Presentation
- Head down
- Face brow - face and eyebrow down
- Breech - talk to the baby at the lower portion
- can use flashlight to turn the baby
- Transverse - side way

*face can be posterior or Anterior
*Couvade - sympathetic dad

To Do:
1. Study Phase 3
2. Drugs / Medication
3. Look for a focal point

BabyPlus: Day 60 / Buying baby's stuff 2

Played babyplus late again tonight. Because we went to SM again to buy things for our baby. Today we bought breast pump, bottle brush, receiving blankets (with and without hood), a box to store the bottles and bimpo. Everything seems to be complete for now. Baby things are really very expensive. It's nice that we are able to borrow some old stuffs and my dad is so kind to support us. We got home at 11pm again and we are so tired.

BabyPlus: Day 59 / Buying baby's stuffs

Today is a tyring day. Michelle played the babyplus late tonight. Because we went to SM for their 3 day sale. We bought a lot of stuffs for our baby. We got lampin, cotton buds, crib bumper, comb, etc.. We went home very late already and we are both so exhausted. We're not yet complete with baby's things and we will go back to SM again tomorrow to buy more things.