Bambino

This is an image of infant Jesus in a crib.

I hope i can find this one... though they say that it is better if this is given as a present to couples who wants to conceive. People say that once you have this by your bedside, you will be gifted with a child. Oh! My ultimate wish! It has brought luck to some. I hope this brings good luck to me, too! Baby dust to me and to those who wishes to have!

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Just wondering... i'm hoping and wishing that finally my dream of becoming mother will come true! Dear Lord... i know that YOU know what my heart desires. Let Your WILL be done.

all about pregnancy issues

Last Sunday, hubby and I just stayed at home... cooking, cleaning the house. This is our bonding moments with hubby. Hubby cooked mongo beans with malunggay leaves, hmmm, one of my favorites! I have read that this is also good for the health especially for those who are trying to conceive. It was a lazy afternoon... i locked myself watching tv on the sofa after my turn of washing the dishes (since hubby was the one who cooked). =) And hubby stayed in front of the desktop computer playing his favorite NBA game. I'm a multi-tasking person and i felt bored just watching tv doing nothing. I grabbed my bead's kit and made some accessories for our store. I finished 2 sets of earrings and bracelet and one pair of earrings.

We had our merienda before going to the church for Sunday mass. And again, i watched tv. To my surprise, all the evening tv shows i watched was all about pregnancies! Is this a sign... oh here i a m again obsessing.

Rated K is one of my favorite shows, hosted by Ms. Korina Sanchez... one of its segments was talking about 9-month inside mother's womb. How the baby develops inside the mother's womb from day 1 after the conception. It's really amazing how the baby grows inside... and it's really a miracle. Wishing, wishing, wishing for that miracle too. After that show, I switched the channel.

Mel and Joey... again about pregnancy. I watched that there is now a dance for pregnant mothers which is called "sayuntis" (sayaw ng mga buntis). It's like belly dancing, but before doing this dance, you have to get clearance from your doctor. And this usually done after the first trimester of the pregnancy. Another issues discussed was about postpartum depression. I never thought that this is really happening... but based of what i have watched with the interviews, it's really happening. New mothers should be taken cared of just as like the newborn babies. Husbands and new fathers should show how they appreciate and love their wife and should be there in every way to support them.

Sundays wouldn't be complete without watching this TV sitcom... FUL HOUSE! Vic Sotto and Pia Guanio's (Ful and Grace) are married couples having hard time conceiving. Of course I can relate what they were going through especially when they are being teased by the people around them. And to my surprise with their episode last night, Grace (Pia Guanio), after the long wait of conceiving is now finally pregnant! I felt I was Grace and hubby was Ful while watching... for sure i would also be feeling what way when our time comes to be pregnant. I tried to hide with hubby, but really tears rolled unto my face.

Right now, I wanted to keep myself busy... and i wanted not to think about getting pregnant. But how can I? When all I want is to become pregnant... and soon be a mother. I'm keeping my faith high... that soon I will also have that miracle inside my tummy.

the 2-week wait

The two week waiting is emotionally stressful for me. I'm on my 1st cycle of Clomid after my long rest period of 6 months from my work ups for 2 years. Today is my 1 day past ovulation. Hay, it's making me crazy... looking for signs and symptoms that I'm already pregnant. I really wish my period won't come, and finally have the big fat positive!

Right now, I'm busying myself with work. Though I am thinking to buy PT kit later. I don't know if this is just psychological maybe because I am just sleepy. The symptoms of early pregnancy and when one's about to have her period are almost similar. Here I am again obsessing...

For those who are trying to conceive just like me, let's just keep on praying for a miracle in our tummy. Baby dust!

Follicular Monitoring

I went back to my OB Gyne yesterday for my follicular monitoring (it's the 11th day of my cycle). Good news, the sizes are good and the dominant follicle is on my right ovary. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that this will be the month and hoping to have the big fat positive!

Follicular monitoring is done through transvaginal ultrasound. Follicles are fluid-filled sacs on the ovaries that enlarge as eggs ripen. Each follicle contains an immature egg. Each egg in the ovaries is enclosed within a resting follicle. Every day, thirty to thirty-five of these resting follicles begin their eighty-five days of development toward eventually trying to ovulate. At any time, a view into your ovary reveals follicles (with their enclosed eggs) in every stage of resting or growing. There are early primordial, or resting, follicles; there are somewhat larger primary follicles; there are larger pre-antral follicles (which are beginning to form a fluid-filled space); and there are antral follicles, which are just becoming visible under ultrasound at a size of approximately one to two millimeters in diameter. In addition, at midcycle, on day fourteen, there is normally a dominant pre-ovulatory follicle. After ovulation, that follicle becomes a corpus luteum, which begins to secrete progesterone.t is often erroneously thought that just one follicle develops every month, during the first two weeks of the cycle, ultimately culminating in a large, twenty-millimeter follicle from which the egg is ovulated at approximately day fourteen (in a typical twenty-eight-day ovulatory menstrual cycle). Development of this single, dominant follicle every month with its increasing production of estrogen, and the entire regulation of the monthly cycle via the pituitary hormones of FSH and LH, only gives a tiny part of the picture; it only shows what is happening to one egg in an ovary that contains, in a fertile young woman, as many as 200,000 eggs. That one egg that was destined to ovulate, developed as the single dominant follicle out of the thirty or so much smaller pre-antral and antral follicles, which had been developing in the ovary for as long as seventy days prior to the beginning of the current twenty-eight day menstrual cycle.

Starting again Fertility Work-up

I had my period again 6 days ago... and i was so sad (again). I told hubby that i should go back to my OB and have fertility work up again after long six months of resting. I went to see my OB on my 2nd day of the cycle. I had an ultrasound... its so uncomfortable since i have my period. She advised me to start taking CLOMID (again), and i'm keeping my fingers crossed that we will conceiving this time. I'm really praying hard and wish me luck!

So for now, I've finished my fertility pills last night. I have to go back to my doctor on Monday. I hope I'll have enough size of follicles on my both ovaries. I'm hoping and praying that this time will be our luck. I'll keep u posted. 'Til next time! I hope I'll be sharing my own story of success soon!

Baby dust to all those wish to have babies!

Menstrual blues

Today is the day 28 of my menstrual cycle... i'm hoping that i will missed my period and finally pregnant! My period is always on time, i have been always regular. Kung delayed man ako, it's ust up to 31 days, but i think this happend only twice since i started monitoring my menstrual cycle.

Here are some infos that i have read thru surfing the net which i wanted to share about menstruation period and on how to prepare our body for conception and pregnancy...

Menstruation is a natural cycle that almost all women undergo. The purpose of this cycle is to prepare a woman’s body for conception, pregnancy and the delivery of children. The cycle begins on the first day of the menstrual period and goes all the way through till the first day of the next period. This cycle generally take 28-31 days though it may vary somewhat for individual women.

The ovaries produce hormones that prepare the uterus for pregnancy. In addition, the ovaries ripen and release an egg(s) monthly that will travel down the fallopian tubes during ovulation. While this is going on the uterine lining is becoming thicker. This endometrial material will be shed off if conception doesn’t occur. When this happens the menstrual period will commence.

Menstrual periods last generally between 3 and 5 days. They begin, as a rule, in puberty at the average age of 12. Some girls begin their menstrual period as early as 8 and some much later. However, if the onset of the menstrual period doesn’t begin until 16 or later that is called amenorrhea and may be a sign of problems.

Many women occasionally experience cramping, bloating and moodiness in conjunction with the menstrual bleeding. If it isn’t severe, a heating pad can provide relief.

Dysmenorrhea is a condition characterized by painful cramping during the menstrual period that can be severe. This may be a sign of hormone imbalance, fibroids or endometriosis and a doctor should be consulted.

Sometimes abnormal bleeding can occur that is heavy or contains clotting. This may also indicate a problem. In addition, some women have experienced frequent periods that may be a symptom of additional conditions. Menstrual periods will continue throughout a woman’s life until she is well into middle age.