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we were at a doc's appointment earlier this morning.

supposedly, it's just a routine check-up. i gained more or less a couple of lbs, my fundal measurement is as expected (35 cm at 35 weeks), but when the doctor tried to listen to pistoy's heartbeat, she had a hard time, parang ang hina daw. galaw din nang galaw si pistoy that time, kaya nahihirapan syang habulin yung heartbeat. so she suggested that we do the sonogram today instead of waiting next week, to find out what's going on. 

it turns out, pistoy is in a transverse lie, meaning, he's not head-first, not feet-first, not butt-first in position. he's sideways. =P his head is on my right side, facing my back, and his butt on my left. so those "kicks" were actually "punches" pala!

i got worried since i'm on my 35th week na, and pistoy is probably running out of space to turn. if he stays in that position until i get contractions, i might get a c-section. i could hope for last minute turns (i read that some babies turn in the last few hours before they're born), but i shouldn't keep my hopes up.

i am kind of resigned to the fact that i might get a c-section nga, even before we found out he's in transverse position today. dati, dahil sa weight gain ko. and ngayon (and more probably) because of this, pistoy's position. may ilang weeks pa (hopefully) para pakiusapan itong anak naming umikot.

on the upside of things, nakita na ulet namin si pistoy! the last time was nung july 15 pa, when his gender was determined.

ang laki-laki na nya ngayon, di na sya kasya sa monitor. hehe! part by part na namin sya nakikita. the technician took a few snapshots. yung isa is nakaharap sya, kaya isang part lang ng mukha nya ang kita. parang ang tambok ng pisngi! *lol* mana ata kay je! hahaha! either it was just the orientation, or parang siopao yung pisngi nya talaga. hehe!

then she took measurements ng ulo nya. we also saw his heart and the 4 chambers beating really good. we saw his thigh, his knees, his legs and feet. the technician also traced his back and we saw his spine. ang galing, parang railroad track. hehe! we saw his hand, with all the tiny fingers. nung una parang naka-pilantik ang pinkie finger nya, then he closed it into a fist. we also saw his balls and patutuy! yep, definitely a boy! =)

i am trying not to worry about pistoy's position right now. i believe na good boy sya and he will listen to his mom and dad. =) pistoy, ikot na, and once you're head-down, stay there, ok? =)

we're going back next week for another ultrasound. so we will see pistoy again! woohooo!