Pregnancy ECQ Journal — Third Trimester (WK 29-40)

Week 29: June 14- June 20

  • Decorated nursery room
  • Infant and Toddler Massage webinar by Mommy Mundo (c/o Rome Kanapi)
  • Repotted philodendron selloum in soil (after 2 months of reviving it in water)
  • Plant shopping! Met up with Trixie and Leigh. Got myself 4 new babies: Caladium bicolor florida clown, alocasia sanderiana, indian fig cactus, begonia arabian sunset

Week 30: June 21 – June 27

  • Father’s Day – delivered Sushi bake to papa and picked up Fluff Yummy cookies for Klentz
  • Check-up with Midwife Aileen (June 22) and Dra. Tangco (June 24)
  • Visited Villa Ortigas 2 house after 5 months
  • Had an anxiety attack probably because of not having other people to talk to, even Klentz, due to a busy hectic week; also overwhelmed with to-do list
  • Stressed due to begonia dying on me – immediately split into 6 different containers
  • First time to drive by myself again on June 27 after March 14, to run some errands

Week 31: June 28 – July 4

  • Borbe’s birthday salubong – Kahoot
  • Ordered apple pie from All Bout Crusts 🙂
  • Brutal month-end meeting for June
  • New plants (Alocasia frydek and Calathea makoyana) from Norma (FB seller)
  • Mindfulness practice with Insight Timer – positivity morning meditation
  • Start sorting newborn clothes by color
  • Cooked chili con carne, chinese kangkong, creamy spinach with bacon
  • Ordered Huggies diapers and Charmee maternity pants
  • Swimming at Valle Country Club!

Week 32: July 5 – July 11

  • Lim family visit to Castillas
  • Ultrasound with Dra. Tangco – Keia now weighs 4 lbs 2 oz and is in cephalic position (yay!)
  • Start taking megamalunggay capsules once a day
  • Derma visit
  • Continue reading Nurture book
  • Stress: Major news – family thing

Week 33: July 12 – July 18

  • Digital baby shower with family
  • Received baby shower gifts from achi, Uber fam, and Trixie
  • Check up with midwife Aileen – Keia is already in Left Occiput Anterior (LOA) position. Good girl!
  • Washed newborn clothes (colored and white) and placed inside drawers
  • Shortness of breath after meals
Checking Keia’s heartbeat and position

Week 34: July 19 – July 25

  • Start drinking raspberry leaf tea 1x/day
  • Start eating fruit dates 6 pcs / day
  • Celebrated Meme’s birthday with Amber palabok and pichi-pichi
  • After Birth Care workshop with Birthing is a Blessing (Doula Betty)

Week 35: July 26 – Aug 1

  • July 26: Maternity shoot with Beige
  • Baby gifts from B5, Lois, and Mariana!
  • Gella and Klentz celebrate 29th together on July 30
  • Surprise! Inside the little white pouch <3
  • Snip snip: haircut after 4 long months
  • Long weekend – unexpected holiday on July 31
  • Went plant shopping in Mindanao Ave Garden Center, QC Circle

This was taken the morning of the shoot. Woke up at 6am, had breakfast then did my own makeup, followed by #hairbyKlentz curling session.


Week 36: Aug 2 – Aug 8

  • Manila back to MECQ for 2 weeks
  • Received edited maternity photos from Beige
  • Aug 7: surprise baby shower by Ayala D&D team
  • Klentz cooked cereal prawns and I made salmon cakes

Week 37: Aug 9 – Aug 15

  • Start perineal massage
  • Take evening primrose oil orally

Week 38: Aug 16 – Aug 22

  • Drive thru COVID-19 RT-PCR swab test at SLMC QC (Result: negative)
  • No wifi connection due to broken fiber box
  • Aug 20: Bekbek move to Castillas
  • Aug 21: Another long weekend
  • Vaginal inserts of borage oil (Blooming G)
  • Plant swaps pink syngonium and alocasia pseudosanderiana for calathea musaica, alocasia black velvet, and watermelon peperomia
  • Acquired begonia maculata from Nueva Ecija seller. Shipped via Victory Liner cargo

Week 39: Aug 23 – Aug 29

  • Aug 28: Start of maternity leave; had IE checkup with Dra. Macapagal (already 2 cm dilated)
  • Aug 29: Lost mucus plug, slight spotting and mild contractions

Week 40: Aug 30 – Sept 5

  • Sept 2: Last ultrasound and non-stress test. Dra. Tangco gave me until Sept 8 to give birth, otherwise she will induce. Keia now weighs 7 lbs and 3 oz
  • Sept 3 3am: Started having regular 1-min contractions, 6 mins apart until 7am. Took a shower, had breakfast and went straight to Marikina Clinic at 9am
    • 11am Cervix 8cm dilated
    • 2pm Active labor
    • 5:55pm Kailea’s out!

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