i'm starting to feel hungry, and that's a good sign. =) it means the nausea is easing out. i was just telling my dear husband that my cravings are in full force, unfortunately they're for hard to find filipino food:
1. guso and sinugbang pork belly (this is chelo's fault for posting it)
2. larsian barbecue
3. itlog na maalat with tomatoes and cucumber
4. suman and manggo
5. puto bumbong
6. lechon! with puso! and achara!
7. spanish sardines
8. puto maya and sikwati
9. the ginger sauce in ding qua qua/harbor city
10. really cold buko pandan
11. leche flan
12. gourmet daing from bacolod, best eaten with number 3 and a plateful of bahaw =)
ahh, i can't wait for our trip!
the food trip
Monday, July 13, 2009
Posted by Patricia at 5:45 PM 6 comments
enough of this
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
i cannot pretend that it doesn't bother me. i cannot put on a smile and act like everything is wonderful when it's not. but i will promise you that i will stop complaining. i'm so tired of listening to my own whining.
yes i sometimes feel like i'm alone in this. sure my dear hubby is ever so supportive and helpful, and i know that if he could only siphon away all the nasty symptoms he would, just to give me a rest. every single night i pray that tomorrow will be a better day. tomorrow i will have more energy. tomorrow i will find pleasure in the world around me. tomorrow the hormones won't pull me to the depths of misery.
i should be stronger than this. stronger than my hormones. stronger than circumstances. i have willed myself to triumph over trials much more challenging than this one. it's just pregnancy hormones after all!
from now on, i hereby resolve to:
- find good books to read that will lift up my spirits
- call a friend for a chat whenever i feel down again
- focus on one task at a time and try to keep my mind on it and not on my queasiness
- take out my camera and start looking at the beauty around me
- get excited about my coming trip to cebu - maybe i should focus on the lechon i will eat? =)
- just grin and bear it. i'm sure it won't last forever.
Posted by Patricia at 8:33 PM 10 comments
Labels: pregnancy, resolutions, thoughts
hyperacidity and heartburn
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
yesterday was absolutely the worst day i've ever experienced in my pregnancy. i don't know why i've been having hyperacidity when i'm eating constantly, but i am. and it's so extreme it renders me almost incapacitated. i can't think, i can't do anything, i just feel so miserable. i normally don't bother manuel when he's at work but yesterday i had to call him because i needed to cry out my pain.
i bought an antacid but it only made things worse. 10 minutes after taking it i was back to hugging the bowl. i don't know what else to do! i called my sister in australia and she said the only thing i can do is try to bear it. i still don't know how i was able to force myself to cook dinner and clean the house but i somehow did. i made sinigang with lots of veggies. sinigang is comfort food for me. by 8pm i was feeling better.
please let it be an isolated incident.
Posted by Patricia at 9:24 AM 7 comments
Labels: aaargh, hyperacidity, nutrition, pregnancy
10 weeks and counting
Monday, July 6, 2009
the first trimester is almost over. hopefully i'll start feeling better soon. i've been trying to do mind over matter but it doesn't seem to be working much. (well, at least i tried, right?)
it's almost over. it's almost over. it's almost over...
on another note, i was at the mall today and i saw a huge sale over at mango. the dress i was lusting after a few months back is now 70% off. the pale pink one with the black sash. unfortunately it'll never fit me now. talk about irony! on the other hand, another dress did fit me and it looked so nice even vito said i look so pretty. unfortunately it was way too short and displayed my not so svelte thighs. hmmm. maybe i can wear it with my skinny jeans? on second thought, these jeans won't fit me in a month's time so scrap that. oh well. at least my money is still safe in the bank. =)
Posted by Patricia at 6:34 PM 5 comments
Labels: pregnancy
i like to move it move it
Friday, July 3, 2009
thanks to the fact that vito needs to be walked to school, i'm getting all the exercise i need. and i'm forced to get off my butt and out of the house every day.
what makes me happy now is the fact that this doesn't seem to be a delicate pregnancy, not like during vito's time when i had to be on bed rest all the time. (thank you Lord!) i don't know what i'd do if that was the case.
anyway, now i can still brisk-walk, and sometimes sprint a little bit (like when i'm crossing the street and the lights are about to change hehehehe) without feeling any pain. my fit flops are my best friend. they're so comfortable, i love them to bits.
the consequence? my (size 30) jeans still fit me. except for a slight tightening around the waist, they all still fit. yay! when i was pregnant with vito i was already wearing maternity clothes by this time!
sing with me now:
i like to move it move it. i like to move it move it. i like to - move it! =P
not fabulous
Thursday, July 2, 2009
i want to start feeling happy about this pregnancy. i really do. but my mental state right now leaves much to be desired. i'm always depressed, and the queasiness that just won't go away threatens to overwhelm any positive emotion i'm feeling. i have a short fuse nowadays, i snap at everything and everyone. poor manuel! i didn't know my husband has it in him to be patient with me after all.
the other moms at vito's school all noticed that he lost a lot of weight. it's my fault. the past weeks have been so horrible that he often went to bed at 6pm without any dinner. because i didn't have the patience to make him take a nap in the afternoon. more often than not he falls asleep in front of the tv. i'm such a bad mommy. mea culpa. mea culpa. mea maxima culpa.
i'm trying to do better, i really am. and i do try my best to ignore the way i'm feeling but how can i do it when i seem to be hugging the bowl more and more frequently? for those of you who have never been pregnant, just imagine your worst seasickness experience and imagine it coming in waves every few minutes of every single day! that's how it feels. now couple that with extreme hunger pangs. nauseous and hungry at the same time? yep, that's the first trimester for you. it's definitely not a happy feeling.
this is so not me you know. i'm a very positive person. i know i am. pollyanna has nothing on me. i'm normally all sunshine and laughter and i'd be the first to tell you to focus on the positive and change whatever you don't like and move on. kinda hard to do in this case.
Posted by Patricia at 8:55 AM 10 comments
the bad and good list
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
feel free to ignore this entry. i'm just documenting the food that make me sick and those that are more tummy-friendly. every pregnancy certainly is different, i had a totally different list when i was pregnant with vito.
the good list
sandwiches
bananas
green mango
peppermint
cold soy milk
iced milk tea
ginger
cheese
cheese and crackers
oatmeal
sweet potato
baked potato
salty crackers
popcorn
chicken burger
ketchup
chocolate cookies
watermelon
kiamoy
fresh strawberries dipped in salt
the bad list
water!
anything with sauteed onions
anything with msg
chinese food
anything fried or greasy except french fries
grapes
ripe mango
pork
mcdonald's burgers except chicken
fruit juice - esp the red ones
tomato sauce
broccoli
roti prata
curry
hot chocolate
strawberry cream filling
some brands of mayonnaise
adobo
satay
congee
stir-fried chicken or veggies
and the list goes on.... and even changes some weeks. so basically there are times when i don't know what to eat.
Posted by Patricia at 10:19 PM 4 comments