Friday, February 13, 2009

Preggy Tales: Hospitals and Needles

My last two weeks haven't been all bed and roses... Mostly, BED lang... as in bedrest. hehe! Okay, so I think I'm well enough to write what's happened to me ever since February started. I'm at the last two days of my bedrest, a.k.a. "house arrest" as mandated by my OB, and before I forget the details, I'm here to write the nitty details of my first hospital stay.

Yes, you read it right. I was confined at the hospital. And it was my FIRST. Ever. In my life.

It's my first ever "swero" in my body... So how did I end up like this? Read more...


It all started last Jan 31, Saturday 8am. I threw up upon waking up. But that was only once and I took it aside. My family and I went out the entire day and everything was normal. Then the next day, the 1st of February, at around 6am, I woke up with a weird feeling in my stomach. I thought I was just hungry so I fixed myself a cereal meal (appetizer ko lang yon for breakfast dapat hehe). Everyone was still sleeping then and I didn't wake up daddy bunny yet since there wasn't anything to be alarmed about. So I finished one bowl of cereal (in fairness Rog, hindi lang sya fruitloops, may halo din syang cornflakes... ). After that, my stomach was still feeling queasy so I went into the bathroom (thought it was lbm this time). And then I threw up. Really bad. I was thinking that this is bad and I was about to wake up daddy bunny when I heard someone at the bathroom door and there he was, patting my back and helping me. He told me that he felt I wasn't in bed anymore and so he went downstairs to find me.. (ena's thought: "awwww.. ang sweet ng asawa ko")

So that was the first of the day. I lied down in the couch, tried to sleep again, got up and threw up again, lied back, had a cup of tea, got up and threw up again. This went on until around past 9am for a total of 4 trips to the bathroom. That time, with each bathroom trip, there were already tears in my eyes coz I didn't have anything in my stomach and it hurt. Then I texted my OB and she told me to go to the hospital and have myself admitted because I'll get dehydrated if I continue like this. After the call and a small serving of noodles para may laman naman sana tyan ko, I went again for the 5th time.

And so, I was admitted at the hospital at around 12noon. I went directly to the Delivery room so that they can check baby Yui first. She was fine after they checked her heartbeat. They also performed an IE to check if I'm already in pre-mature labor. Yikes! katakot! Good thing, it was still closed and my baby's fine. After staying at the DR for almost an hour and after blood tests, they connected me to the dextrose and brought me to my room.

My OB wanted to make sure that this isn't a case of appendicitis. A very scary notion since this would mean surgery and it's really scary since my baby's still inside. She said unlike the symptoms for non-prego people (vomiting and pain in the abdomen - lower side), for pregnant women it'll be vomiting and pain in the upper part of the tummy which will seem to be the stomach because the insides are pushed back up and in the side coz the baby takes up most of the space. Okay, I'm not sure if that's the right way to explain it coz I'm a noob at medical terms, but the way she showed it to me and explained it were the pain and symptoms that I felt. My urinalysis daw is clean but the CBC showed high WBC so she told me to have another CBC the next morning just to be sure and to rule out appendicitis.

Ivy and Jerome also visited me that afternoon and brought the Super Siopao as pasalubong. Kawawa naman kasi di ko makain, so nilantakan na lang nina daddy bunny and mama. hehe!

In the hospital, I threw up two more times and had a fever so they injected antibiotics. One in my arm and for the first dosage, three different injections in the IV. The third one was a monster, I blacked out a little. I couldn't see for a few seconds and everything was just blurry. What an experience! The injections went on until Monday noon in regular intervals.

On Monday afternoon, the OB came back with the diagnosis. There were still bacteria in my blood and then told me that she was looking at the wrong urinalysis result the day before (maybe the staff gave a different result or something), and that the actual result was that I had UTI. At least we were all relieved that I didn't have to go through surgery. I was just precribed antibiotics which I had to take for 7 days and Duvadilan for 3 days (because apparently, I was having pre-labor contractions again ) I was able to go home Tuesday around noon.

This is the note that they include in the food tray. It just cracked me up when I read it that I even included this mistake in their customer satisfaction sheet. hehe! Hanapin nyo na lang what's wrong in the picture.

Then here I was, at home for a "complete bedrest with bathroom privileges" for a full two weeks. And just when I was about ready to go back to work on Monday, I had cough and colds since last Thursday. Amps! I can barely get some sleep at night with baby Yui getting bigger and now you have to add the flu. So I'm getting up every two hours or so... Haaay, I hope I'll feel fine come Monday.
 

Sunday, January 25, 2009

Baby Bunny Tales: It's Confirmed! It's a....

We just came from In My Womb today to have a Fetal Biometry with Gender Determination ultrasound and we're really happy to finally see and know what baby bunny is...





We're very happy with the news, and syempre not just because she's a she, but also because the doctor said she's doing just fine. Yehey! We got quite a few mug shots of her too.


Here's baby bunny "facing the camera" na parang nagpapa-picture talaga.. Sabi ni Uncle AC, mukha din daw bunnynose si Baby Bunny.. hehe!



Ito ang proof ng kanyang kababaihan... hehehe!

Can't wait to see her in 3D


Saturday, January 24, 2009

Preggy Tales: Of train rides and weight gain

Because of what happened the past two weeks, I went to Dra. Aileen today for a check-up even though Feb. 7 pa yung dapat na scheduled next visit namin. I was hoping na magpa-ultrasound na din.. hehehe.. pero sayang, sa next visit na lang daw as planned. Oh well, di bale, oks lang. Parang masaya na din ako na sa ngayon hindi ko pa alam. Nakakatuwa mga tao kapag nanghuhula sila. hahaha. Daming haka-haka.

There were two things that really struck me from today's visit. First, nag-MRT lang kami kasi tulog si "Uncle Bunny"/driver/best man. At this time, gusto naman namin dumating ng maaga doon sa clinic, parati na lang kasi kaming late. hehe! This is the first time we rode the MRT again in a long while. And nagulat at natuwa naman ako kasi meron pa palang mga guys na nagpapaupo sa preggy women. hehehe! Doon lang kami sumakay sa mga commoners section kasi ayoko doon sa first car (feeling ko mas grabe yung mga babaeng sumasakay doon. grabe magtulakan). Nung papunta na nga kami ng GMA-Kamuning, 2 manong pa yung nagpaupo sa akin. hehehe! How sweet! 2 Thumbs up kayo mga manong!

The other thing that really stood out from the entire check up is when Dra. Aileen told me that I should watch my diet daw. hahahaha!! First time ko lang narinig yon sa buong buhay ko, grabe! hahahaha! I gained 4 lbs kasi in just 2 weeks after my last visit. hehehe! Ang takaw ko kasi, bumaba ako ng 3am para lang kumain. hehehe Kaya ayun, ngayon watch the weight na si mommy bunny. hehehe!

Overall, I'm really glad that baby is doing fine. Super likot at almost whole day eh nag-ta-taebo ata sya sa loob.

Here's chubby mommy bunny at 26 weeks:

Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Episode 3: Pregnancy Scare and Frustrations

Flashback...

Episode 1: sometime in early October when baby bunny was just about 11 weeks old

It was a Friday after work...I was on my way to Landmark to meet with daddy bunny when I first felt IT. Then as the FX (or adventure ata yon) was cruising along Ayala, it became really bad. The pain that I felt was getting stronger, it's like I was having a severe case of dysmenorrhea. I was perspiring and was having leg cramps. Add to that na nakaupo ako sa likod at Adventure nga ata yon kasi ang baba ng upuan. I told daddy bunny about this so he fetched me from the unloading zone and then we went straight home. The walk from Landmark to the taxi terminal in SM was hell. I texted Dra. Aileen and she instructed me to drink Duvadilan every 8 hrs and go to the clinic for a checkup the next day. It was baaaad. I was scared. I was worried. Good thing, after a week-long bedrest, I was back in the game and then had a fairly easy time. I didn't feel anything bad for months and my baby's growing fast. I am finally happy, but of course still very careful.

Episode 2: Last Tuesday. Baby bunny is now 25 weeks

My happy, abnormal contraction-free days are over. After 3 months of pregnancy bliss, I felt IT again. This time it was milder and shorter. But there's no mistaking it. The same dysmenorrhea feeling. The same cold perspiration. Just like the first one, I didn't know the exact thing that caused it but most probably just the stress level of the day at work. Tuesdays and Fridays are bad, stressful days for me. The good thing was when I got home and took a rest, the cramps subsided. The bad thing was, that night, I had a slight fever. I had to work form home last Wednesday and then took a half day Thursday (but ended up working at night )and then really took a sick leave on Friday. I only felt better during the weekend.

Present day...

Episode 3: Yesterday

I was just getting back on my feet and back to work. It was just a week but then i felt IT again. It was like a monster that's always lurking in the dark. Unlike the previous two, this time I can pinpoint exactly what caused the contraction. Damn metadata. I knew I was stressed already so I took a quick break and walked over to Rog's cube. Nakikain ng fruit loops and I thought that will help coz I love them. But then, only a few minutes after that, I felt the pain. And then I can't take it anymore. I told daddy bunny and we went straight home. Now, I really hate Tuesdays.

These episodes are a real pain in the neck. They're always scary no matter how strong or light a contraction is. This time, Dra. Aileen advised me to take a leave if I feel anything again. Sana huwag nang maulit (sa 9th month na para labor pains), at ayoko din magleave...Baka patayin na ako ni Rog. hahaha!

Stress Stress Go Away..Come again another day...little bunny wants to play

Monday, January 19, 2009

Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Pagbabalik-tanaw... Limang taon sa piling ng aking Careers family




Next month, I'll be with this company for 5 years. Meaning 5 years na din ako sa Careers (naputol man ng 2 years dahil sa paglipat ko sa .com, parang hindi naman ako nawala dahil parati pa din akong kasama sa mga lakwatsa at syempre, merged na ang teams ngayon! woohoo! It's like I never left...)

Anyways, just found these shots from my "baul collection" and wanted to share for everyone's entertainment.