35 weeks!

I'm already 35 weeks pregnant. Yay!

Yesterday, I completely forgot about my doctor's appointment. I remembered on Sunday night. But on Monday morning. Totally forgot. Appt at 11:30am, I went to the office around 2pm and suddenly remembered! Haiz.... pikun paraahhh....
Luckily the receptionist were really nice, I went there and she just rescheduled me for today. Phew....

When the doctor tried to find Bruce's heartbeat, he moves a lot! It was so visible, my tummy was moving-moving. Dr was like, "wow .. .there he is!" ..... hahaha sedikit malu. Heartbeatnya jadi tinggi deh!! Still normal, but Dr said "he's exercising in there." Hwehwhewhe ...

I weigh 142lbs now (64.5kg!)
Fundal height is 35cm (perfect)
Looking at my belly shape, Dr said Bruce is probably already head down.
But we will know more next week.
Yes, it's already time to check weekly with my OB.

Great News! Oke and Melissa's baby was born this morning!!
Mel and baby are healthy, everything is good.
Welcome to the world, baby RIAN SAMUEL SUBAKTI
(or according to Bruce, koko Riaannn....)
Congrats Oke, Mel and Petra!!

Baby Shower!

What a fun Baby Shower we had last Saturday!! So many people came. Although many couldn't make it, most people did, including our friends from LA!! Inez, Eric and Nico-pasarbaru came!! Awesome!

We had lots of fun games, and great food! Hendra and I received a lot of gifts, which sorry to say, until this minute they are still wrapped nicely in The Longbotham's residence. Hwahwhahwa ... its that much fun we had without opening presents!!

We started around 3pm with fellowship. We sang some praises, prayed and had sharing time. We got some questions from Om & the singles, and valuable advices from the mothers =). Then Om shared a great story about King Robert the Bruce! We never heard about it before. It's so cool! We're loving the name Bruce more and more ^_^

Then the games!! Oh, so much fun!! Thanks to Tante Hannah & Tante Mei Mei !! There were..... FIVE games! Ndak berasa .... its that much fun. First, there's a list of questions for Hendra regarding this baby pregnancy thing , then he was asked to sing and dance. hwehwehwe ... Second, I had to guess who's holding a baby doll while it's being passed around and my eyes were covered. I got it right the second time!! woohooo.... !! Then we each got a shirt! Made by Tante Hannah and Tabitha. So cool.

Third game, Tante Hannah printed out a nice Noah's Ark picture and alphabet letters. Everybody must write as many animals as possible starting from A to Z. It's so haaaarddd... I did it in Indonesian, still so haaarddd... every animals I could think of starts with K!! Kucing, Kuda, Kelinci, Kerbau, Kadal, Kalajengking, Koala, Keong, Kera, Kepiting, Kijang, Kerang, Kumbang, Kutu, Kura-kura ......... haiz ... I even put Nil for N, where its supposed to be K juga!! KudaNil!! I failed. Monica won this game!! Yay good job!!

Next one, everybody was put in pair, and Tante Hannah gave out a really good quality paper for everybody to DRAW their partner when they were a baby! Hihihi there were sooo many funny drawings. Never thought our church members are great artists! haha ... the winner was Tante Titien. She made a funny picture of Om Ronnie. Congrats Tante!!

Fifth game, we are all divided by two groups. We played 'passing the pacifier'. We have to pass the pacifier using a pen in our mouth. It's not as easy as I thought. This was the funniest game, we couldn't stop laughing. If we drop the pacifier, we had to start over. We probably dropped it more than 5 times. Hahaha .... will show pics of this !! Eric and Didik took a lot of pics, can't wait to see them!!

Last one (lho ada Six games??) : guess my waist line. Everybody must cut a rope to guess how long my waist line is. Nico just measured his own waist line, and cut the rope, and WON! Hwahwhahwahwha ... congrats Nic!!

Then we had dinner. Food was plennntifulll and so gooooddd. ... thanks to Mami Elizabeth!! All delicious Indonesian food. Here's some food-pictures taken by my sis, Petra :


There were a lot more! Tons of Fruits, Nuts, Fruity Drinks, Cemilan, Bubur Kacang Ijo, etc etc.... Banyak dah!! My tummy was so tight but I kept eating!! hahaha ...

Around 5:30pm, some people left, more people come. Hihi... Friends of Mami Liz were starting to come around this time. Still plenty of food. The party kept going on!! We had dinner, conversations, and ... Karaoke! Singing nonstop from 6pm to midnight!! Wheheheh ... everybody had a great time.

Hendra and I are so happy and feel so loved. We had such a great time with everybody and are very touched by the kindness and attention given to us, especially for Bruce! He's not even born yet but so many people love him already. Hik hik ... *terharu.
And thank you so much for your generosity.
May God bless you all exceedingly !!
Thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you.
=)

to Epi or not to Epi......

Hendra, I and Petra watched the ChildBirth Class DVD last night. We learned a lot from this DVD about what to expect before and during the labor. Last night we watched chapter four (Delivery & Pushing) & chapter five (Medications Used in Labor). The host is a very strong advocate for natural birth - no pain meds, no interventions.

I'm a bit worried about Epidural now. I was so sure I'd have it. My doctor said it's a very common procedure, they performed it thousands of times. My friends who just had babies recently also had Epidural and no problems. But one of the side effect is Migraine! My cousin Sienny experienced this. She got a really bad headache afterward. Wadohhh ... you know how easy it is for me to get headache??

Also it will be harder/longer for the baby to get out because there's no urge to push. I will be numbed from the waist down. (huh??)
So if the baby is big (which I'm sure Bruce will be), they might have to pull him out using some tools. (waaaatt??)

There are still some side effects she mentioned in the DVD, why it is bad for you and your baby. She is very biased tho. I think she's presenting the worst case scenario for this pain medication. I am very concerned, but as I look back, I have a pretty normal & healthy pregnancy so far (Praise The Lord). I have no complication, Bruce is healthy, and I don't even have migraine as often as before pregnancy. So.....

Maybe I should get another DVD.
Haha. ...

Week 34!

I've been worrying about pre-term labor lately. Many people told me my belly is very low already (and yes, big!!). And it's been very tight too. Especially at night time. I'm not sure if this is the contraction my doctor mentioned few weeks ago. It's not painful, it's just super tight like when you eat too much. haha...
I have a feeling that Bruce is going to be born early. Hopefully not too early. We still enjoy his kicking and turning in my belly. hehe...

Speaking of early .....
Congratulation, Destri!! Her baby was born this morning!
She is 1 week and 2 days early! Praise The Lord, the baby and mommy are healthy. Here's her birth story : http://caelynandorf.blogspot.com/2010/03/shes-finally-here.html Welcome baby Caelyn Beverly Andorf!

What's Papa Bruce doing? .....

Building something for Bruce, of course.....

can you tell what it is? ... look I helped a little bit. haha..

Yes its a crib! It's Bruce's Crib ^.^
after we put the mattress and stuff, it will look like the last pict below.

Yay!! Thank u, Papa-Bruce!!

Birth Center Tours

Finally, after missing the first appointment last month (haha),we went to the Hospital's Birth Center Tours last Saturday.
It was pretty cool to see other pregnant ladies in the group. (about 10 couples...so 10 preggies including me). I wasn't the biggest and slowest person in the crowd anymore. hahaha ...

Tour was great. We got a lot of information. They told us where to park, where to go when we just got there, what to do, where to stay during labor, where's the waiting room, and the recovery room. The Labor Room is soooo niceeee .... here's the picture they have in the website :


When I saw this picture earlier this year, I thought "yea rite ... boonk banget. We gotta pay extra for that room... ". But it is that big! So nice!! I was so excited when we went there. The whole group can fit into that room and still roomy. Yay!

But!!!.... this is really just for labor. After Bruce is born, they will let us stay there for an hour or maybe two, then move us to the Mother/Baby room (recovery room?)... this room is tiiinnyyy!!! Bener2 kebanting dehhhh ... this room only fit one twin bed and a chair. Walahh... No wonder the picture is not on the website! haha..
But at least it's a private room ... and a private bathroom too. So that's okay. I'll be there only for a day (or two) anyway.

32 weeks

Boy, do I feel big & heavy.
Now every morning is a struggle to get up. Hendra has to help push me up. Or I have to geser-geser (slide) to the edge of the bed until I almost fall so my feet can start standing up. Even when I slouch on the couch, it's so hard to get up. I have to find a good position until my feet can touch the ground then stand up.
Or raise my hand (like the Panda) & call Hendra.
Haiz... I feel so fat.

Still coughing today ... the funny thing is I can't really cough like a normal person. You know when your throat is itchy you just cough out loud. Cant. Because when I do, my lower tummy hurts. It happens too when I sneeze. When I couldn't control it, sounds like this "hatchiiii!!... aw aw aw aaaaw!"
So now I sound like fake coughing, multiple small cough ... *huk huk huk huk huk (hard to explain... but Hendra said I sound like "sok cute" cough. bahaha mank enak.... )

Lower back still hurts, my butt too sometimes (bhs kerennya : sciatic nerve).
When I sit down too long, I have to remember to stand up slowly, otherwise, tummy hurts, pinggang hurts, pinggul hurts, butt hurts, then I had to sit down again. Then stand up slowly, and walk like a penguin. right..left..right..left...wobbly wobbly..

sik sik sik

I've been coughing all day ... headache and a little bit cold.
Huwaaaa ... hate hate hate being sick!
Can't take any good meds ... can't work .. .cant do anything.
The weather is not helping either ...
yesterday was cold, rainy and windy!! bah.
Need to take my robitussin now ... *boo

zzzzz......

7 Months!

I called my dad last night,
Me : "Happy Birthday, Dad!!"
Dad : "Thank you. How are you feeling now?"
Me : "Im okay. Feeling Fat."
Dad : "Fat? How much you gained already?"
Me : "13kg!"
Dad : "What? That's enough! Don't gain anymore!"
Me : "he? I still have two months!!"
Dad : "Iyaa, don't eat too much snacks and sweets!!"
Bwahahwhahwahw ....
...guilty.

I really need to limit my sugar intake ...
I think I went sweetcraze after I passed the glucose test. Bahaha ...

Went to the doctor last Monday. Everything was good.
Normal as usual (Thank God)
I gained another pound since last time.
Now I'm 139lbs.
Fundal Height is 31"
Kmaren itu iseng2 ukur lingkar pinggang.... 41", man !!

I'm supa big nowwwwww!!