:: QueenZviLLe ::

so I did manage to do some switches with my shifts and ended up with this one week off.... it's been an adventurous one alright! I did nothing but sleep and be lazy! I can't help it, I'm just exhausted almost all the time and so sleepy... it's been a very sleepy first trimester so far.. hopefully it's not going to be like this all through until I'm due coz that's going to be difficult! Right now all I could wish for is to have my Mat Leave right about now! I'm just soo lazy to do anything!
*sigh*

FINALLY! an update!
well, indeed i have been busy... its really different having to juggle things around when you have a baby.. i was just thinking the other day how much time i actually had before I had Luke.. I cannot imagine how easy it was that time!

but, I still wouldnt change anything.. I love Luke and I love having him! and I could go on and on about him, LOL!

(pictures were taken last Family Day February 16, 2009)

Anyways, lately, I've been thinking about how surely lucky I am to have given birth to him at his term. 2 of my friends' babies are pre-term babies and both of them have been in and out of the hospital lately. One of my friends gave birth at her 6th month due to placenta previa.. when the baby came out, the baby had some heart murmurs and some other complications.. the baby had to stay in the NICU after birth for a few months. Now the baby is 10 months old - and just recently, they found out that she had some minor but rare form of hydrocephalus.. the baby had already gone thru a brain surgery very recently to remove the fluid from her head.. the other friend of mine - her baby came out when she was at her 7th month, i believe.. the baby also came out with some heart murmurs and some other complications.. this baby, as well, had to stay in NICU for a few months after birth.. this baby has been having some kidney problems for awhile as far as i can remember.. but just recently, he was hospitalized due to his low blood count. At 15-16 months old, this baby has already gone thru a blood transfusion.. And from what I hear from my friend, the baby is going to have a scope done to see if he has any bleeding inside the body..

These poor babies are going thru a lot already at such young ages! And I could not imagine how my friends are coping up with these.. The worst that I've had to deal with when Luke gets sick is his colds, and that alone is enough to make me so anxious.. And oh, as well as this one time when he got a UTI.. but that's all...

Sadly, a lot of the times, pre-term babies are not fully physically developed when they come out and that's why there are some medical complications that need to be dealt with as they are growing up.. Most of them out-grow these.

*sigh* I just really hope and pray for my friends' babies..

See, it's never about having or wanting a boy or a girl, it's all about having a healthy baby at birth - atleast that's what I've always put it... and that's exactly what I am hoping and praying for for this new baby that's on the way!