I’m still here and I’m still very much pregnant. The most I’ve had so far are false labor contractions. Although I’ve been having more of them, my doctor prefers that I deliver at 38 weeks at the earliest. I’m at 37 weeks now so I just have a week to go before I can start walking around every chance I get or even running around (Ramil even suggests doing jumping jacks, hehe).

I’m very much hoping it is going to be an easier delivery than what I had with Mateo. If it’s true that second deliveries are easier then I won’t have to worry much. I just have to make sure that my body is prepared and ready.

On the financial side, we are now pooling as much of our financial resources as possible. Another reason why I’m hoping for a normal, complication-free delivery is so that we won’t be needing gold coins to pay for our hospital bills, haha!

I actually just had a check-up yesterday and I think everything is okay except that my doctor is still a little bit concerned with Anika’s heart rate. I actually underwent a non-stress test last week and it turned out okay. I guess Anika just really loves to relax and stay still? Anyway, I was advised to ALWAYS stay on my left side when I’m lying down and unfortunately, it has been giving me a numb left side whenever I wake up.

So I guess the waiting won’t be over for at least a week more. Everyone is getting impatient already, haha! Mateo was even insisting that he wants Anika to come out already. Right now, I’m just praying that I give birth to a perfectly normal and healthy baby.