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Tag! You’re It!

My Kumareng Seiko never fails to enlighten my day with her fun tags. Here is another one from her..

To do this, Create a New Blog Post, paste these instructions in the body of the note, type your title as “Getting to Know Each Other!”, then tagged as many people as you like 🙂 Don’t forget to leave a message to those you have tagged so that they will know 🙂

1. What time did you get up this morning? 5 0r 6 AM

2. How do you like your steak? well done

3. What was the last film you saw at the cinema? Harry Potter and The Halfblood Prince and I am planning towatch In My Life and Kimmy Dora.. yay!

4. What is your favorite TV show? Tayong Dalawa (aw siyet)

5. If you could live anywhere in the world where would it be? anywhere with my kids and hubby and of course with an Internet connection.LOL

6. What did you have for breakfast? hot choco an bread.. but the kids are having sinigang na hipon for lunch and me embotido (3 days straight na..)

7. What is your favorite cuisine? Chinese & Filipino

8. What foods do you dislike? Radish.. argh!

9. Favorite place to eat? on our dining table

10. Favorite dressing? Caesars dressing

11. What kind of vehicle do you drive? I don’t drive and have no plans on learning how to.. I am a freak and I hate rules. LOL

12. What are your favorite clothes? anything crappy for my hubby (street style)

13. Where would you visit if you had the chance? right now, I wanna got to La Union an splurge in freshly caught sea foods. YUM! and I wanna buy more blankets to use as Sati’s sling

14. Cup 1/2 empty or 1/2 full? I am optimist.. always..

15. Where would you want to retire? anywhere..as long as I am in my hubby’s arm

16. Favorite time of day? dawn.. it is very magical to me.

17. Where were you born? Nueva Ecija

18. What is your favorite sport to watch? none.. I am a boring person

19. Who do you think will not tag you back? none.. I don’t usually pass tags and awards.. ehehe

20. Person you expect to tag you back first? 🙂

21. Who are you most curious about their responses to this? Why don’t you try and humor me.

22. Bird watcher? Nope… I hope when we’re older..

23. Are you a morning person or a night person? morning person.. I am a heavy sleeper at night

24. Do you have any pets? Yikes! ah well except for the hubby who always wants to be treated as baby (I guess he can be my pet)LOL

25. Any new and exciting news you’d like to share? hmm..let’s see.. ah.. I just farted.. is that exciting to you?

26. What did you want to be when you were little? a stay at home mommy and it’s a good thing that hubby wants a stay at home wife too..Yay!

27. What is your best childhood memory? Not a childhood memory but I had one when I was in college and my mom brought us to Pagudpod.. it was the happiest I can think of.

29. Are you married? Happily

30. Always wear your seat belt? yup and is there a reason why I should not?

31. Been in a car accident? Nope!

32. Any pet peeves? those who thinks they own the world and is not considerate

33. Favorite Pizza Toppings? pepperoni

34. Favorite Flower? not a flower power person..

35. Favorite ice cream? double dutch

36. Favorite fast food restaurant? Jollibee… and yes I still enjoy it after three kids..

37. How many times did you fail your driver’s test? not once… hey I never even took one..

38. From whom did you get your last email? upon checking: Fidelity Hybrid Life Insurance

39. Which store would you choose to max out your credit card? I am not a shopper but maybe an appliance store..LOL

40. Do anything spontaneous lately? hmmm

41. Like your job? of course? being a stay at home is all I ever wanted

42. Broccoli? not much of a veggie eater but the kids love it

43. What was your favorite vacation? something I can afford

44. Last person you went out to dinner with? Hubby

45. What are you listening to right now? my 5 year old rants and constant jack and poy chanting

46. What is your favorite color? Yellow

47. How many tattoos do you have? nada

48. How many are you tagging for this quiz? Why not you? yes.. you.. the one reading this.

49. What time did you finish this quiz? 11 am something.. almost twelve and I am suppose to publish this before twelve!!

50. Coffee drinker? oh.. I miss coffee! I am a heavy drinker.. lots of coffee, sugar and cream and a dash of cinnamon.. oh lalala

LP: Lakad

Happy Thursday fellow LP participants! This week’s theme is walk. This one is from our trip with our college friend and their kids in San Juan, La Union. It so happens that a relative lives nearby the resort we rented. We walked along South China Sea shore to visit my relatives and give the kids a taste of life in the province. Amidst the half kilometer walk they had to endure, the kids had fun on the way collecting shells and catching small crabs. They also had fun playing with the roosters and playing with the water pump.

Maligayang Huwebes mga ka LP! Sa linggong ito, ang lahat ay tungkol sa lakad o lakwatsa o simpleng lakad lang. Ang litrato sa ibabaw ay kuha mula sa lakwatsa namin kasama ang aming mga kaibigan at ang kanilang mga anak. Ito ay kuha sa San Juan, La Union. Mayroon pa lang kamag anak ang aking mudra (nanay) malapit sa resort na tinuluyan namin. Kaya’t eto, umagang umaga ay naglakad kame sa dalampisagan para maki almusal at ng maranasan at makita ng mga bata ang buhay probinsya. At kahit na medyo malayo an gaming nilakad, talaga naman nasiyahan ang mga bata sa pagkuha ng mga bato at panghuhuli (na ayaw pahuli, dahil ba sila ay mapanghi?) ng mga maliliit na alimango. Natuwa din silang makipaglaro sa mga manok at paglaruan ang poso o bomba.

What You Should Know About EPIDURAL

This will be my last pregnancy and as you all know I will undergo ligation after giving birth to my Sati. Last weekend, me and my OB Gynecologist discussed the Ligation process. I was a bit concerned on how long I had to be on the operating table before I can cuddle my baby. My OB Gynecologist says that it won’t take long. The Ligation per se would only take thirty minutes but the process of the anesthesia taking effect is longer. My OB Gynecologist mentioned that if I would have an epidural, there is no need for anesthesia for Ligation. EPIDURAL? Am I hearing it right? She is actually speaking about epidural? From what I heard, epidural is not advisable, or maybe it’s a myth. Oh well, whatever, since my OB says OK with it I am OK with it.

So what is exactly an EPIDURAL?

The term epidural is short for epidural anesthesia. This is the most common or most popular pain relief during labor. I know labor and the promise of relief from it is very enticing. I can’t wait for it!

Epidural anesthesia is regional anesthesia that blocks pain in a particular region of the body. The goal of an epidural is to provide analgesia, or pain relief, rather than complete anesthesia, which is total lack of feeling. Epidurals block the nerve impulses from the lower spinal segments resulting in decreased sensation in the lower half of the body

How it is administered to the patient?

As it is with the usual, IV fluid is first introduced on the body, all in all during labor, a patient will receive 1 to 2 liters of IV fluid. The patient will be asked to be in an arching position (see below photos) so that Epidural Anesthesia will be more effective and less complicated.

An antiseptic solution will be sued to wipe the back of the patient to prevent infection. Local anesthesia will be used to numb the area where the catheter will be inserted. Epidural Anesthesia will take effect 10 to 20 minutes after insertion.

I asked my OB Gynecologist how will it affect my labor. Since I will not feel anything, how can I know if I am having contractions or if I need to push the baby down. She says that she will assist me through it. Hearing that it will be well, I think I might have this option. From what I have read, Epidural Anesthesia will be given when the patient is already on active labor. Honestly, that is the part that I hate most. As I have said to my OB Gynecologist, the last two hours of labor is the hardest if them all. It is during this time when you want to scream, kick, curse. It feels like your body is being torn into pieces. So if I can give birth without those hours, it would be a bliss!

This led me to think, how about recovery or minutes after giving birth? Based again from my readings, some women feel a burning feeling on their birth canal. I hope I won’t, it would be harder for me if my recovery would involve burning sensations, not to mention that I will undergo Ligation.. waah! Good thing, according to my OB Gynecologist, it will have no adverse effect on my baby. Now, I wanna give birth as soon as I can!