Prayer for a Safe Delivery to St Gerard Majella

O great Saint Gerard, beloved servant of Jesus Christ,
perfect imitator of your meek and humble Savior,
and devoted child of Mother of God, enkindle within
my heart one spark of that heavenly fire of charity
which glowed in your heart and made you an angel
of love.O glorious Saint Gerard, because when falsely
accused of crime, you did bear, like your Divine Master,
without murmur or complaint, the calumnies of wicked
men, you have been raised up by God as the patron and
protector of expectant mothers.Preserve me from danger
and from the excessive pains accompanying childbirth, a
nd shield the child which I now carry, that it may see the
light of day and receive the purifying and life-giving waters
of baptism through Jesus Christ our Lord.Amen.

At 33 Weeks

Im now at 33 weeks praying na sana umabot pa nang 40 weeks.The baby is fine and she's now so active and she's responding so well to Baby Plus. I now have my Non-Stress Test twice a week and im glad everything is fine. I have another ultrasound on October 16 and hopefully everything goes well.

Dami pang dapat gawin di pa maayos para sa pagdating nang baby. Kailangan pa namin bumili ng another cabinet para may lalagyan ng gamt The doctor says na baka mapaanak ako ng maaga due to increase levels of protein in my urine. I asked him what can i do to prevent it wala naman syang masabi. I have a pre-natal on Wednesday and if elevated pa rin baka ma confine pa ako ng Sat and Sunday next week so that they could run a few tests.

Unang reaction ko di pa ako ready sagot sa akin no one is really ready for a baby. Sabi no you dont understand my baby shower is not yet the 20th of October.. hahahaha yun ang inisip ko agad. Saka most of the baby stuff is with my SIL like the stroller, the playpen, the baby clothes and the blankets sa 20 ko pa makukuha kasi she offered to wash it and make sure malinis na lahat. Touched talaga ako kasi ang bait ng SIL ko. Ang nandito sa bahay are some items like the bottles and the breast pump and carseat.

Saka naayos ko na rin ang binyag eto ay gaganapin sa Dec 9 kailangan na lang mag attend ng seminar sa November 4 kasama ang mga Ninong and Ninang and Parents. I know iniisip nyo grabe naman ako wala pa ang baby na plantsa ko na kung saan sya bibinyagan.Kasi kailangan dahil darating ang parents ko so kailangan may date na talaga. Iniisip ko yung reception sa Gerry's gagawin hopefully bukas na sila pag dating ng December.Kaunti lang invite namin strictly Family and Ninongs and Ninangs lang.

Another Update

I'm still having Braxton Hicks contractions.. Thank goodness I have an appointment tomorrow they can check if the baby is okay. On another note I was watching Christian Bautista sing and he fumbled with the words of Lupang Hinirang and naawa talaga ako sa kanya kasi he felt really, really sorry afterwards. Syempre pa sa Eat Bulaga pinagtawanan nila yung tao. Naiirita na naman ako kasi why kick people when their down. They also used him para paringgan si Willie.

Updates

I'm now on my 31'st week. In 6 weeks I could give birth already but of course I would want to wait till I reach my 39th or 40th week til I give birth.I'm still not prepared. Have to get the big items from my SIL and we have to buy one closet to be used by the baby. GD is still a pain but it's almost over.I'm not going to miss the prickings and the injections. I've been having some contractions lately which comes and goes.According to my doula those are just Braxton Hicks. It started last Friday when I tackled the big mountain of laundry and it went on the whole weekend. Thankfully it went away and I have another appointment on Wednesday. I am now a happy wife because Philbert "volunteered" to tackle the laundry and the vacumming. Now if only I can get him to do the cooking and the cleaning and preparing Joshwa for school then I can be one happier wife. But thats wishful thinking on my part.

We finally decided on a first name finally and her name is Adrianne or maybe the spelling will be Adrienne. The middle name is still up in the air i want it to be Marie not Marie' (hard to pronounce) but Philbert thinks its best to stick to just one name.

It's just so weird that many people kept asking me hey have you been to the area near the Port. To eat some great seafood well they say that feel of the place is sort of what Dampa has. And I kept saying no sorry not yet when most of the people I know kept raving about it even my friend from Baldwin Park has been there and they've been to the parks here and we even have a local Aquarium Attraction here in our city that we've never been to. Unfortunately Philbert is a homebody so he doesn't really like to go out.I guess its because when he's at home he just wants to rest , play with Joshwa, tinker with his pc and watch tv. But I do tell him we have to go to this seafood place but he says we'll wait until I give birth because according to what he read seafood isn't good for pregnant women and that is another weird part because my husband doesn't like to read.

LATEST LAYOUTS

10 Weeks to Go

I can't believe it 30 weeks na ako. Kaunting tiis na lang.. All this pains and pricks and aches and discomforts will soon be over. I can't wait pero at the same time di pa talaga ako ready pag dating sa mga gamit nang baby. I'm sure we'll manage somehow.. I was supposed to attend a childbirth class at the hospital but I have to skip it because its in the afternoon and by then Joshwa will be home already. Thank God I have a doula who can walk me thru this entire process so that I don't have to go to the childbirth class.Malapit na and before you know it the next photos i'll be posting are the baby's photos. Super curious to find out kung sino kamukha? kamukha kaya uli ni Joshwa or kamukha sya ni Philbert? Malapit na.. kaunting tiis na lang this will soon be over soon.

The Way We Were

Leira says KAYA!.

I was thinking of what photo to use for this challenge and I saw this photo
of the way we were. No matter how far we've come and what has happened.
One thing is important we will be always be a FAMILY

Materials Used:

DCWV Once upon a time papers from the stack
DCWV Far east Papers from the stack
Basic Grey Paper for the flowers
Basic Grey Infuse for the diecut papers and flowers
American Crafts Chipboard stickers
Cosmo Cricket Papers and flowers
We R Memory Keepers Paper

Techniques used:

--layering

--weaving

High School Musical 2 -You Are The Music In Me

You are the Music in Me

Na na na na
Na na na na yeah
You are the music in me
You know the words
Once upon a time
Make you listen?
There's a reason.
When you dream there's a chance you'll find
A little laughter
or happy ever after
yeah harmony to the melody
It's echoing inside my head
A single voice (Single voice)
Above the noise
And like a common thread
Hmm, you're pulling me
When I hear my favorite song
I know that we belong
Oh, you are the music in me
Yeah it's living in all of us
And it's brought us here because
Because you are the music in me
Na na na na (Ohh)
Na na na na na
Yeah yeah yeah
(Na na na na)
You are the music in me
It's like I knew you before we met (Before we met)
Can't explain it (Ohh ohh)
There's no name for it (No name for it)
I'm saying words I never said
And it was easy (So easy)
Because you see the real me (I see)
As I amYou understand
And that's more than I've ever known
To hear your voice (Hear your voice)
Above the noise (Ohh ohh)
And know I'm not alone
Oh you're singing to me (Ohh yeah)
When I hear my favorite song
I know that we belong (Yeah ohh)
You are the music in me
It's living in all of us
And it's brought us here because
You are the music in me
Together we're gonna sing (Yeah)
We got the power to sing what we feel (What we feel)
Connected and real
Can't keep it all inside (Ohh)
Na na na na (Ohh yeah)
Na na na na na (Ohh yeah)
Yeah yeah yeah (Na na na na)
You are the music in me (In me)
Na na na na (Ohh yeah)
Na na na na na (Ohh yeah)
Na na na na
You are the music in me
When I hear my favorite song (Favorite song)
I know that we belong (We belong)
You are the music in me
Yeah it's living in all of us
It's brought us here because (Here because)
You are the music in me
Na na na na (Ohh yeah)
Na na na na (Ohh yeah)
Na na na na
You are the music in me (Yeah)

Marié

Well this is the name that Philbert wants.. He has this crush on Marie' Dibgy who looks like Alice Dixon. Kaso naman ang hirap naman kasi i-pronounce. It's pronounced as Mar-yey. Eh ultimo ako nabubulol. But i guess okay lang naman din na may Marie kasi thats my baptismal name. So we sort of agreed on a the second name but the 1st name is still up in the air. Gusto ko talaga kasi Adrienne kaso ayaw ni Philbert. We still have 2 months to decide kung ano ba talaga magiging pangalan nya. I'm sure we'll think of a great name.

Malu Fernandez Scandal on TVPatrol World

She finally came to her senses and did the right thing.She resigned!

Mandy Moore - Umbrella (COVER)

The Malu Fernandez Issue

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So much has been said about this issue that I will not say so much anymore.

I will not go on a rampage and start attacking her and saying nasty

things about her. Others have already done that. Kulang na lang ipakulam sya..

People are up in arms and are ready to burn her effigy. Even resort to name

calling like pig, baboy and fat ass. (wag naman name calling) If we start

to resort to name calling then we'd be no different from her. One thing

I'm highly opposed to is people want to boycott her store. Sure I don't

like what she wrote but boycotting her strore is another matter.

Its not only her that will be affected. I see their point but by boycotting

her store we are not helping her employees. Mahirap nang mawalan ng trabaho

sa atin hirap ng buhay.Im not condoning what she did. What she did was

wrong and I say that again and again. Ayoko lang na madamay

ang ibang tao dahil kawawa talaga yung employees

if matuloy nga yung boycott.The bigger picture here is

the reality that its not that easy to look for a job in the

Philippines. My friend who is a college graduate lost her job

up to now nag apply pa rin hat more pa yung staff nya na

siguro di naman lahat nakatapos ng college.Like what I said wag nating idamay

empleyado nya. When we boycott her business at magsara

sino ba ang affected yung mga tao nya. May mga pinag aaral

yang mga yan may pinapapakain na mga anak.

Granting mag apply ng work but do you think sa hirap ng

buhay sa atin agad sila makakakita. Palagay ko hindi..

Can you tell their kids sorry boycott namin tindahan nya

saka na kayo kumain pag nakahanap ng work uli parents

nila.

Found It.

Found the cell phone this morning.. Where you ask?? Well kaya pala naman di ko makita eh nahulog ni Joshwa sa ilalim ng make shift computer table (AKA Our dining table) ni Philbert. Im glad that's over and It was found. Til the next missing item's next rant or good news or whatever comes first.

Inis!!!

Im so annoyed na nawawala ang cell phone ni Philbert was supposed to charge it para magamit bukas. Di ko pa rin makita..Kanina ko pa sya hinahanap.Kakainis talagang totoo ang kasaihan na pag hinahanap mo ay di mo makita. Im sure mahahanap ko rin yun ang tanong is kung kailan ko makikita. I just hate it when this happens. And please to those of you who have suggestions about preventing this from happening again please keep it to yourself im too inis para makinig.

Baby Plus

I love the Baby plus that we're using right now. I really feel the baby move everytime I use it.I've heard so many stories about baby plus and I can't wait to share my testimonial when I give birth. Here are some information on Baby Plus.Though its a bit pricey.The standard retail price is $149 just bought it for $55(shipping and handling included) on EBAY second hand and in very good condition and just the way the baby is reacting when I use it i know that i made a great investment.

Why should we use BabyPlus?

The real question is, "why wouldn't you use BabyPlus?" It is safe, it is scientifically sound, and the benefits are remarkable. In order to give your child every advantage, you take care of your health while you are pregnant - eating right, taking prenatal vitamins, avoiding alcohol, etc. Why not start educating your child as early as possible?

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Is it safe?

Yes it is. There is no question that this is an entirely new field of education, but on the other hand prenatal stimulation has been around for thousands of years. BabyPlus simply represents the evolution of prenatal stimulation to a technique that has incredible benefits for the child. We believe that, someday, the use of BabyPlus will be as much a part of being pregnant as is taking prenatal vitamins.

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Is there any chance of over stimulation?

No! The entire system is designed to present the sounds of BabyPlus to the fetus at a level below that of the normal sounds of the maternal heart beat.

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How do the BabyPlus sounds educate my baby?

The unborn child receives very little stimulation in the uterus. The only sound that it can clearly discern is the maternal heart beat. By providing the infant with sounds which closely mimic the maternal heart beat but which vary in ever increasing ways, the child learns one of the most basic learning skills of all - discrimination - before she/he is born.

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Does the mother's heartbeat conflict with the BabyPlus sound?

Obviously both sounds are occurring at the same time, but it is the same as if you listen to two different rhythms being played at the same time two sets of drums - you can listen selectively to one or the other and clearly hear the difference.

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Why heartbeats?

Whether the maternal heart speeds or slows due to exercise, emotion, stress, or sleep, changes in its rate are randomized, hence not curricular in structure (progressively and consistently more complex), therefore no different from any other sonic stimuli in the mother's environment - all reaching the unborn child but nonsensical, merely meaningless white noise with no opportunity to imprint; both extreme simplicity and repetition are required for this very special kind of learning, a critical phase which ends with birth.

BabyPlus provides what the infant's natural surroundings cannot: Sequential variations from the imprinted cardiac baseline, thereby exercising formative neurology through elementary information-processing, strengthening memory and comparative functions to reduce normal brain cell death concluding gestation. Neurogenesis is so developmentally dependant upon recognizable data that the mother may stimulate with BabyPlus no matter her level of physical activity, mental state, or mood - the evolving brain will relate to that which makes sense at its most important stage.

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Can BabyPlus aid bonding?

There are two primary ways in which bonding between a pregnant mother and her unborn child are enhanced by using BabyPlus. First, the physical act of stimulation occurring twice or more daily (particularly if provided at the same times of day) becomes a regularized process which by its very mechanics focuses upon the fetus, drawing attention to any potential response; this is the psychodynamic effect.

More importantly, as the mother witnesses fetal movements in response to the BabyPlus rhythms - often synchronized with them and of considerable duration - a dialogue is established: Her infant has reacted to cues she initiated.., our earliest connection with another individual, just like a game; in this sense, the baby becomes personalized without having to exit the womb - it relates directly to the mother's behavior. As she realizes this growing attachment, every motor reaction by the fetus to the mother's use of BabyPlus in turn elicits her hormonal/biochemical responses which cross the placental barrier, further evoking in the child reinforcement of its playful activity.

Naturally, while such bonding is most intense between mother and her unborn child, father, any siblings, and extended family can as well share in this interpersonal exchange - not only do they observe maternal happiness at its effect, they can place their hands or face against the mother's abdomen and feel what is going on... the beginning of human communication in the family classroom.

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Can I use BabyPlus more than twice a day?

It is not beneficial to increase the amount of your baby's daily listening time. If a child hears the lessons too frequently, they become habituated to the rhythms of BabyPlus and the distinction is not as readily made.

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Can I start using BabyPlus before the 18th week of pregnancy?

Although it certainly would do no harm to begin using BabyPlus before the 18th week, we cannot guarantee that it would be of any additional value. The baby's sense of hearing does not become functional until about the 18th week. We encourage that lesson one be started during week 18 at the earliest.

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What if I am past 18 weeks when I begin to use BabyPlus? Will I still see benefits?

Absolutely! We have many parents who have started using BabyPlus much later than 18 weeks and still report the same benefits.

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What if I completed all 16 lessons and still haven't delivered?

Simply continue playing lesson 16 until delivery.

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Do I have to rest while using BabyPlus?

Although we believe it is best to use BabyPlus during periods of relaxation (and enjoy the bonding experience), you may continue all usual activities (except, of course, bathing or swimming).

10 Reasons Why I'm Doing a VBAC

VBAC is usually safer for mom and baby.

VBAC reduces the risks of infection to the mother.

Labor is good for babies in most cases.

Not having surgery makes mom's recovery easier.

VBAC reduces the risks of respiratory problems in babies.

VBAC involves a shorter hospital stay.

More than 80% of women will be able to have a vaginal birth after a previous cesarean.

Breastfeeding is easier after a vaginal birth. Usually for a variety of reasons, including faster and more direct access to your baby and less postpartum pain for mom.

VBAC can help prevent injury to your internal organs, like your bladder, intestines, or even the need for an emergency hysterectomy.

VBAC is less expensive.

I'm doing everything to make sure that I can achieve this goal.

I even hired a doula to make sure that she can help me and walk me through the whole process. Here is the definition of a doula. . (from the DONA Website)

The word, "doula," comes from the Greek word for the most important female slave or servant in an ancient Greek household, the woman who probably helped the lady of the house through her childbearing. The word has come to refer to "a woman experienced in childbirth who provides continuous physical, emotional, and informational support to the mother before, during and just after childbirth." (Klaus, Kennell and Klaus, Mothering the Mother)

A doula...

Recognizes birth as a key life experience that the mother will remember all her life...

Understands the physiology of birth and the emotional needs of a woman in labor...

Assists the woman and her partner in preparing for and carrying out their plans for the birth...

Stays by the side of the laboring woman throughout the entire labor...

Provides emotional support, physical comfort measures, an objective viewpoint and assistance to the woman in getting the information she needs to make good decisions...

Facilitates communication between the laboring woman, her partner and clinical careproviders...

Perceives her role as one who nutures and protects the woman's memory of her birth experience.

My Latest LO

Title : My 3 Wishes

materials used:

MME Magnolia Paper

MME Wild Asparagus Paper

Heidi Swapp Bradds

Heidi Swapp Ribbons

Sasafrass Lass Stickers

Journalling:

Wishes:

By Rascal Flatts

I hope the days come easy and the moments pass slow

And each road leads you where you want to go

And if you’re faced with the choice and you have to choose

I hope you choose the one that means the most to you

And if one door opens to another door closed

I hope you keep on walkin’ ‘til you find the window

If it’s cold outside, show the world the warmth of your smile

But more than anything, more than anything

Chorus

My wish for you

Is that this life becomes all that you want it to

Your dreams stay big, your worries stay small

You never need to carry more than you can hold

And while you’re out there gettin’ where you’re gettin’ to

I hope you know somebody loves you

And wants the same things too

Yeah, this is my wish

I hope you never look back but you never forget

All the ones who love you

And the place you left

I hope you always forgive and you never regret

And you help somebody every chance you get

Oh, you find God’s grace in every mistake

And always give more than you take

But more than anything, yeah more than anything

Chorus x2

My wish for you

Is that this life becomes all that you want it to

Your dreams stay big, your worries stay small

You never need to carry more than you can hold

And while you’re out there gettin’ where you’re gettin’ to

I hope you know somebody loves you

And wants the same things too

Yeah, this is my wish

This is my wish

I hope you know somebody loves you

May all your dreams stay big

Venting

i just want to vent and let it out.. i hate the injections..kasi naman masakit talaga sya eh and i dread it everyday i have to do it. which is like 3 times a day it but i have to do it.. masakit sya and may times na palpak ako and i end up injuring myself. hay naku kaunting tiis na lang talaga.. 3 months to go na lang and i cant wait.. i know sasabihin selfish ako its not for me . its for the baby eh sa masakit talaga sya eh.. sometimes i wish I could just prepare the insulin and Philbert could just poke me with the injection eh di daw nya kaya kasi siguro takot sya pero takot din naman ako ano pero kinakaya ko na lang kasi kung di ako walang gagawa... im rambling i know just wanted to let it now.

Harry's Here

My book just arrived... im so excited to read it and i dont want to put it down. Si Joshwa kasi ang kulit eh kaya lagi ko na lang sinasaway.. hahaha naninisi pa.. pero from what im reading so far maganda sya..