i missed the halfway mark... i was supposed to post something for pistoy's 20th week, but i was so swamped with work, with exercising (yeah, right *rolls eyes*) and with reading Harry Potter books. hehe! wow, i don't sound like a mom at all. i should push all those things aside pag dumating na si pistoy. hehe!
we celebrated pistoy's 20th week by eating out the next day. well, it was just an excuse for me not to cook, really.
boy or girl?
then august 11 came and our phones (mr.co-creator's and mine) were pretty busy. family and friends texting and calling when we're going to open The Envelope.
you see, when we had the 2nd level ultrasound at around 18 weeks, they were able to determine pistoy's gender na. but we wanted it to be special pag nalaman na namin, so we asked the technician to write it on a piece of paper, and seal it in an envelope. we agreed that we will open it on august 11, our 5th weding anniv.
mind you, it wasn't easy! the first 3 days, i am aching to rip that envelope open and find out if pistoy is a boy or a girl... or as mr. co-creator puts it... if it's pistoy or pistirl. hehe! je had to hide the envelope from me. and i think he did the right thing. once the envelope was out of sight, it was a little easier. then days passed and the envelope was pushed out of my mind.
pakitang-gilas
another thing that kept my mind off the envelope, is pistoy's kicks. i knew it was pistoy kicking me when i felt those flutters. they feel like gas bubbles, but on the lower part of the abdomen. gas can't reach that part, that's my thought. but then they say when it's the baby, i'll know for sure. one time, nakahawak si je sa tummy ko, and we told pistoy something like "pistoy sipain mo si daddy, magpakitang gilas ka!" at ayun, ang galing ng timing, sumipa nga! the first time je felt pistoy move, nakakatuwa! hindi maipinta sa tuwa ang mukha ni je, hehe! lately, lumalakas na ang mga sipa nya. maligalig sya pag gutom ako. at pag sobrang busog. siguro nasisikipan kasi naka-expand ang stomach ko. hehehe!
doppler thingy
we had a new toy as well. je bought a doppler thingy online and we've been using it para pakinggan ang heartbeat ni pistoy. ang hirap pala! nung first try namin, it took us around 15 minutes ata trying to locate the heartbeat. pero after a few more tries, narealize namin na may favorite spot sya... sa right side ko. kaya ngayon, we try that first, at pag wala, baka naglalakwatsa na naman sya. hehe! hindi naman namin ginagamit yung doppler to reassure us na ok lang si pistoy, pero more on recreation lang namin ni je. nakakatuwa kasi pag naririnig mong may ibang heart na tumitibok sa loob ng katawan mo eh. =)
here's a sample of pistoy's heartbeat... first recording ng baby namin, at mukhang ma-shubez itong anak ko dahil nagpakitang gilas at ang lakas ng heartbeat nya nung nirerecord na namin:
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/9071032/doppler/20100724161000a.mp3
anyway, going back to pistoy's gender.... itchaboi!!!!
