What Your Hair Says About You!

When you know it's time to change your style, we bet it's because of how you're feeling ... and don't tell me that that the shaved look in the military doesn't have as much or more to do with fitting in, and it does with functionality. How important is our hair? Do a search for 'hair' in Bing.com (Microsoft's new search engine) and you'll be loaded with 249 million pages ... search for 'shoes' and you'll only get 152 million pages ... it ain't scientific, but it sure is suggestive.

We’re having a baby…

As I previously blogged here, I was supposed to have my US on the 15th of June. However, the fickle minded me kept on bugging the husband to have an ultrasound the soonest possible time. Since the husband knew I won’t stop not until he allows me, he finally agreed to have one. We had to look for another sonologist since Dr. Labios is out of the country and will be back on August.

After work, we met at Santana Grove and off we went to Bisomed right in front of Max’s Restaurant. Good thing, the Sonologist schedule will be until 6pm as we arrived there past 5pm. (I was telling the baby every time IT moves that we’ll be having an US and I need cooperation.)

The moment the probe touches my tummy, the husband and I definitely saw the baby’s gender. Of course, since we aren’t expert in reading images, we let the Sonologist do her job first. Afterwards, she asked us if we wanted to know the baby’s gender. It wasn’t hard for her to look for the genitals as the baby is in breech position.

We saw the baby’s anum and finally the baby’s gender. Too bad the Sonologist didn’t print the picture. I’ll definitely bug the husband to have a 3d/4d ultrasound once I hit my 28th week.

So much for my introduction…

Maternity support

I had my prenatal check-up last Saturday and I gained a whooping 4 lbs. From 120lbs, I am now officially 124 lbs heavy. My OB told me that my tummy looks like 7months already and from the look of it, the baby inside is 6 lbs heavy.

After which, I lied down to check the baby’s heartbeat. She commented that, indeed, my tummy looks deceiving as it’s all FAT. I told her that I really felt heavy already and she advised me to use a maternity support. And since I am starting to have cramps at night, she prescribed Vitamin B complex for me and I need to take twice a day. I’ll continue taking up OB Max (vitamins), Hemarate (iron supplement), Vitamin C and of course a glass of Anmum a day.

*I am schedule to have my ultrasound on the 15th. Excited as usual.

26 weeks pregnant

From BabyCenter

Measuring your baby from top to toe with his legs extended, he is about 14 inches/ 35.6 centimeters. He weighs a little more than 1.6 pounds/ 760 grams. Your baby's eyes begin to open around now. Response to sound grows more consistent toward the end of the seventh month, when the network of nerves to the ear is complete. He also continues to take small breaths and although he's only breathing in water and not air, it's still good practice for when he's born.

Since your baby is now growing so fast, and brain development is so intense at this stage, your nutrition is very important. Continue to eat a well-balanced diet that includes plenty of grains and vegetables. Fiber-rich foods, including whole-grain breads and cereals, lentils and brown rice are high in vitamin B and help fend off constipation.

Your prenatal classes should start sometime in the next few weeks, if it hasn't already. Classes should provide you with good, clear information about the birth and the early days of parenthood. Keeping informed goes a long way toward calming any concerns you may have about giving birth.