My First Ever OB Visit

March 23, 2011.

I had my first ever OB checkup.

I already had a run down of what to expect. Thanks to helpful officemates.

It was not a long wait. I was #20 on queue. There were 29 patients. Clinic hours was from 1-5PM only.

And so hubby and I went to Chong  Hua around 4PM.

We got lost, but managed to find the clinic just in time.

Dra. Belinda Panares was nice, soft spoken, and was in command.

She performed some tests, and calculated by full term date.

The verdict was: I was 4 weeks on the way, and my due date is Dec 2, 2011.

Yeey! December baby, but it would most likely be earlier by a week or two.

Then she told me she needed to check my cervix, and would get a sample.

Uh-Oh! Paps smear! I’ve heard horrible things about this test.

The assistant told me to strip my bra and panty.

I hid whatever shame I felt, and just did everything I was told.

It wasn’t so bad after all. They just inserted a metal to my vagina and opened it up until they could see my cervix, and there was a huge monitor by my side.

The Doc said, “This is your cervix.” Ohh! Well hello cervix!

After the papsmear, I was given a run down of do’s and don’ts, some more tests to run, and was given pre-natal meds.

And that was it! I survived my first OB visit :)

My First Ever Pregnancy Test

I was only a day delayed. Normally, my cycle would go for only 24 days, but there used to be months when I’d go from 25 to 28. The longest was 29 days, and I think it only happened once.

So I told Sieg about it and we went to Watsons to buy a kit. Well, I bought 4 kits just to be sure :) 

I couldn’t wait any longer so after lunch break, I took the test, and it turned out 2 lines.

I’ve never really tried this type of test so I wasn’t sure if the one I used was accurate. Simply put, I wasn’t convinced yet.

Around 5 hours later, I took another one, and the result was still the same.

I started researching for accuracy rates of pregnancy tests. I didn’t want to keep my hopes up because I would definitely be depressed if it turned out false.

I also asked for referrals for OB Doctors and scheduled an appointment the next day.

I got a good one, Dra. Belinda Panares of Chong-Hua Hospital.

On my appointment day, I tested for the last time.

It still turned out 2 lines.

I was convinced this time :)

Why I love March :)

We weren't really expecting to get pregnant last March.


Well, we tried.


But my body was in a lot of stress the whole month because of tooth ailments. First was my wisdom tooth which had to be surgically removed, then another root canal to repair my other affected tooth! So there, I thought all the pain I was in would affect any chance of conception.


But Daddy God decided to give me the greatest birthday gift ever! You see, my March ovulation actually fell on my birthday, March 10. Connect the dots.

And so, this is the reason why I love March so dearly. I had another chance to celebrate my life.

More importantly, I was given a chance to become a woman, and carry my own child, giving birth to a new life.

I've really come full circle this time :)

Welcoming Myself Back to the Blogger World :)

I am not really alien to blogging. I've maintained two personal blogsites since 2007, one in Blogspot, and another in Multiply.  For some reasons, I lacked time (or the motivation) to maintain my blogs.

Recently, I opened my old blogs again and was actually nostalgic while reading through my posts. It got me thinking, why the heck did I stop?!

It really is timely, because I'm gonna be a mommy soon. I feel so inspired, and ready to kick-off this new chapter of my life.

So here I am, attempting to immortalize my life experiences by writing again.

See yah around! :)