Crossing my fingers

Last December, I met Kevin's relative who's preggo with twins during a wedding social. She just got back from mat leave when voila, she learned she's carrying twins. I remember talking to her at length since we both cant have booze. At that time, she's on her 20th week and will be having twin girls too.

I haven't heard from her since then. But just the other day, mum in law phoned me saying she went into labour and gave birth 4 months early! The babies are lil over 2 lbs and will be staying in the NICU till April.  Maaaan, I was agaped but at the same time I felt so lucky to make it to 35 weeks. For mummies carrying twins, majoirity will go into labour before their full-term. What with two babies inside the belly, there's not so much room for them to move! My OB was even surprised that I was still working at 35 weeks.

So last Friday, I filed for mat leave. I am on my 36th week gestation. If I get lucky, next week my babies are in full-term. I'm hoping and praying they will stay longer. Just one more week. Even if getting a good night's sleep is next to impossible.

my linea negra looks like a prime meridian.lol

my bubs trying to escape :)

34 weeks and pregnant

I am on my 34 gestation weeks. Last time I visit my OB, she said if babies will still be breech, we will schedule a c-section! Since I am having a mono-di twins-- that is they are monozygotic, share the same placenta but with two amniotic sacs, I could go into labour anytime. Now, every kick and pain I feel, it will render me with fear that the girls might be here. I have been praying night and day to get me through 37 weeks. I want my girls to be fully "baked" before they will come out. And I am so determined to make it happen that I am drinking tons of water every fraking minute.

This drove me into a frenzy to prepare everything. Inasmuchas I want the girls' clothes in their pristine condition, I have to wash them before they are here. I haven't packed my hospital bag yet. Oh good Lord, please give me two more weeks ;)

Never thought I've accumulated these stuff. 

To minivan or not to minivan

One thing I noticed when I came here in Canada was that, majority of the commercials on the telly has something to do with cars. Unlike back home, having a car is a necessity here and not a luxury. In Winnipeg, we don't have trains. We have reliable buses that come on schedule. I have great respect for bus commuters because I had been one myself when I was still working on shift schedules. It was spring that time and I was complaining, what more these chilly cold below zero wintry temperature days! So I told Kevin I will get my license as soon as possible. However, I got discouraged because it will take 3 years for me to get a full-fledged driver's license unless I have a license back home. I regret having not looked into this before I came here. But its too late, so as early as April, I applied for knowledge test. And guess what, its 2012 now and I havent taken the test! Talk about procrastination, I even wrote my master's thesis about it.


My problem with not being able to drive is, I will always be at the mercy of being chauffered by Kevin. Other than that, Kevin is a beat-up truck kinda guy. He's a mechanic and he will never buy Ford Focus-- the one car I want to own. For the longest time, he's been driving me to work with his beloved truck. When we found out that we're pregnant with twins, we started using his car. But... we have a dog, and ridiculous as it may sound, our car decisions are in the end based on our dog's travel requirements. Then the unthinkable happens, we resign to the idea that the only way we can make this work is to get a minivan. Yes, a minivan. Nothing screams your status as parents than a minivan!


Against our will, we started scouring for a minivan. These ubiquitous boxes-on-wheels were invisible to me before, now I see them everywhere especially in the parking lot of Costco. :) We got lucky to get a silver-colored box for a bargain of a price, that we can drive around town. We officially gave up our groove, no more sun-roof cars in the near future.

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