I know I haven’t posted for more than a week now. I’m still adjusting to the “concerts” my little boys have every night (When one cries for milk, the other other wakes up and cries with the other. More on that on a separate post.)

Right now, I want to be a good citizen and try to make a difference in our country, so I signed this ONLINE PETITION for the passage of Cheaper Medicines Act.

Philippine Senator Mar Roxas has authored a bill concerning medicine cost in the country. It was discovered that there are many expensive medicines in the Philippines that cost much less in other countries. Same medicines, manufactured by the same medical company. Here are examples of of price differentials of drugs in the Philippines and other countries:

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I should have posted this birth announcement with the birth story but I was so excited to share the news that I just went on and posted the story without this.

I wanted to use a better picture of Kobe, but I don’t have much yet since he’s still in the hospital. I’d probably make another one when he’s home.

FINALLY!

After the long wait, Kobe has made his grand entrance!

Corvinus Keith
April 10, 2008
8:36PM, Thursday
7.4lbs, 49cms
The full birth story after one more click…
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I was preparing myself to write my blog entry for today (about one of my very rare day outs with the husband AND the first-born) when I saw these two comments on two of my previous posts.

The first one, posted on Stressed On Top, from a certain Adam Snider, seemed unfinished, so I didn’t think much of it.

But the one posted on The Quest For A Page Rank, gave away the new gimmick of spammers.

Hey guys! You know what I think? I think that all written here is bullshit, real lie. They are making us believe it’s true, they are trying to express it like it was in reality. Don’t believe it if you are not insane! There’s nothing special in this site, they just express regular news with unusual words. They can make something shocking out of anything! Don’t trust them!

- Robert

What’s funny is, there’s nothing “news-y” about the post he commented on. It was a narration about my quest for my site’s page rank. When I checked the site hyperlinked on dear Robert’s name (as well as darling Adam’s), it was obvious that they are spammers.

No, I’m not deleting their comments. I actually find it flattering to be “noticed” by these spammers. If they take a few minutes of their time or if their automated system found my site, that just proves that my site is actually worth noticing, isn’t it?

So the husband and I went to the OB this morning for a check up. I actually was intending to ask beg my OB to induce my labor. I was hopeful she’ll agree because all the interns who did the initial check up kept on saying that I’m “ripe for the picking.”

Imagine how my world crumbled when the OB said, “No, let’s wait one more week.”

Apparently, my placenta isn’t ready yet. Still on Grade 2-3. My OB said it needs to be in Grade 3 state to even consider labor induction. If I still don’t give birth until next Thursday, that’s only the time she’ll consider inducing me.

Fine. We wait then.

But don’t blame me if I’m cranky and b*tchy more often than usual. Aside from the summer heat and the fact that I’m having a hard time moving around, my impatience and frustration (for not being able to give birth already) will very soon get to me.

I stumbled upon an article about an overdue pregnant woman putting up with comments from people around her. Here’s her advice:

So, my advice to everyone is NEVER approach an overdue pregnant woman unless exercising extreme caution
NEVER make jokey comments to overdue pregnant women
NEVER be sympathetic to overdue pregnant women unless you have been there yourself
In fact unless you know what an overdue pregnant women is going through
LEAVE THEM ALONE!!!!!

Read the full article here.

My own advice? LISTEN TO HER! Remember her wise words when around this not-overdue-pregnant-but-itching-to-give-birth woman.

Seriously.

Watermarked image from Clipartof.com.

Sorry to disappoint you, but I haven’t given birth yet. Yes, I’m still very much pregnant. And getting really impatient now.

I know it’s been ages since my last post, but I have been busy with my last minute preparations for Kobe’s arrival. Would you believe that I just finished packing my hospital bag last week? When I was pregnant with Issen, my hospital bag was packed and ready to go as early as about 8 weeks before my due date.

My maternity leave started last week, and I thought Kobe would make his grand entrance sometime that week because I started having irregular contractions already. To my dismay, the contractions stopped altogether around Wednesday morning.

Same thing this week. I was having contractions again starting Monday but didn’t feel any today. I already asked my OB if my labor can be induced this weekend in case I still don’t give birth by Friday. She told me to wait a few more days.

I hope I can stretch my patience a bit longer. The waiting game is really killing me!

Thanks to Pregnancy Depression Help for the cartoon.