another month is gone

Yesterday I had to visit my gynecologist again, another month has gone by. I could not wait to meet her actually, last week Bori was kicking inside me like crazy and as I've mentioned most of the times towards the bottom, so it's quite a funny strange feeling. I wanted to hear from my doc that everything is fine and I'm holding up tight and strong .. and I am, so I'm relieved.
(with Reka my cervix opened up to 1 inch at week 33 so I was on bed-rest for 5 weeks, till week 37, and since Bori is kicking my cervix all the time, I was a little worried, cause I can't afford bed-rest now, I have to be fine to be able to fly :D)
She's fine, healthy, staying in my upper belly, which is the way it suppose to be, and I'm nice and tight everywhere :D.
when I've told my doc that she's kicking a lot, a lot-lot, she grabbed her ultrasound and we checked her out in 2 minutes, which was a big surprise for me, I mean the ultrasound :D
so at 3pm yesterday (GMT-2hr) her head was up, under my right side ribs, and her legs were pointing towards down (I could feel cause while I was waiting to get in she was kicking, so I had a pretty good feeling;)). She also confirmed that Bori will be a girl, of course she added that it's quite unusual that she can see that clearly, cause she's not that good in the ultrasound..
Of course since then she was kicking me on my sides, upper parts, so probably she has turned inside me a couple of times... it's so funny how much space she has now.. well, she should enjoy it while it last because soon enough there will be none :D
and one other thing.. the same with Reka, according to my doc, and every book, etc.. I'm gaining too much weight, even though I don't really feel it... so officially I'm on a diet. that means no bread, no pasta, no pastry.. at least I'll try.. but I was fine with Reka, I could go back more or less to the same weight as before, even if it was only last summer and I promise it'll not take 3 years now... anyway, that's life..
anyway, that was yesterday. and amazingly I don't need any blood-work or any examination in the next months, so I'm free from the docs... :D next scheduled visit on: 06/25/08.

On Monday I had to go to get my blood-work done, that means 7-7:15am arrival to the hospital, which is an hour away from our house.. so I got up at 6am, not that much fun, and drove...
and of course they were mean and nothing worked.. I was not on the list for Monday, probably my doc has forgot to tell them I should be coming, they could not find my vein at 7:45am of course .. and then I had to drink a glucose syrup for blood sugar testing, and wait for 2hours, and get my blood again .. at that time of course the nurse could find my vein easily, so it was no problem .. but still.. making expecting women to get up at 6am to get to the hospital to 7am is cruel I think, specially if they are mean and rude to them ..
yesterday I told Balint that I am at the point where I had enough from this country for now.. ready to go back to the US, enjoy some civilization, where people are nice, smiling or at least not rude, the stores are for you and not vica versa.

The last thing I wanted to mention that summer is here practically .. it started on the weekend and Tuesday, Wednesday it was 30C here, which is around 85F I think.. and yesterday we had some higher level of humidity than it's usual here... so tank-tops and skirts are the way to go now..

Busy week-weekend

This whole past week was quite busy: we had Nick and Will from NC (Tom's lab) visiting. They've stayed with us, Thursday and Friday my husband was with them at the University and in Budapest, we just waited for them in the evening so all of us could come home together by car. Friday evening it was at 10pm I believe.. so you can guess Reka was pretty excited :)
Saturday we planned a bit of country sight-seeing: we went to Esztergom, where the Bazilika is, that is the biggest church in Hungary. Then we ate at our favorite restaurant in the forest, and then took a look at the castle at Visegrad, and on the way home the guys and Reka took a bath in one of the public pools near Budapest. It was fun, but tiring of course.
This pics is near the Visegrad castle at an overlook: Nick is on my left and Will is on my right, Balint is taking the picture, Reka was too lazy to get out of the car ;)

Sunday early morning I took the guys to the airport and then around 9am we left for Balaton, where Balint's grandmom has a little house and most of the family members gathered there for yesterday. Reka had kid company, which I enjoyed cause I was eased from watching Reka every single minutes. Although it was a pleasant day, still it's ca. an hour away from our house, so 2 hours traveling got some energy out of me.
So today, Monday, we are staying at home, taking it easy. Reka is playing, I'm working on my laptop.

tough week

It's been a pretty rough tough week.. for many many reason, with a big sad news that my cousin's in vitro wasn't successful, in fact, she's undergoing a surgery today, now, cause it shows that she is in fact pregnant, but they can't see it with the ultrasound, so they suspect it's an outsideofthewomb-pregnancy .. poor girl, it can easily means that she can never have children at all .. I was with her yesterday afternoon.. anyway, it's hard, and life is not fair, really really really not fair... sometimes I'm wondering why God challenges the better people more than they deserves.. :((((( it's just too much for her...
Bori is still kicking like crazy inside me, which is still quite strange considering how early I should be, and still doing the morning hiding evening out game, which puts great challenge on my skin and on me too actually..
Weather is beautiful, ideal 20-25C, which is around 80s I guess, low humidity, sun is shining, but not that strong yet.. ideal spring weather.. i love it.
ok, I'll get back to you girls with more photos, cause Balint is back, and we've done some pics in the last few days...
Everybody have a nice weekend!

a picture in exchange for ... :)

This morning, 94cm.. made and measured by myself .. :)

Interesting things :D

Girls, it's so wonderful hearing from you, I miss you all!!!
Here's a little story, actually two, for you to talk about .. :)
first: my story about this weekend.. it's quite funny, or strange I would rather say.. well, Bori, she's kicking a lot in me, early as it is, she has her times. in the morning before I get up, of course, then some random times around the day, and then always at 8:30pmish, for an hour or so.. and in the past two-three days she's kicking down .. not my bladder, so it's not that discomfort feeling, rather my cervix or so.. it's rather a strange feeling, and it's very tiring I have to add.. for the first time in this pregnancy I had to lie down on a bed for 5-10 minutes due to the size of my baby ;) ok, this is not true, in the beginning, when you throw up, you have to lie down, and that's due to the size too ;) it's too small ;) anyway, you get the picture, right? :) thank God I was staying with my parents this weekend, and they could occupy Reka for some time while I was lacking my usual energy ...
the second story .. I called my friend, Viki, this evening, to see how she's doing. You know, my friend from high school, who just found out not too long ago, that she's pregnant with her third baby.. so I called, and asked how she's doing, etc etc.. and she told me that she's going to see her gyn on Wednesday, and going to see the baby again .. so it turned out that every time she's going to meet with her gyn, her doc is checking the baby with an ultrasound!!! and recording it too... WOW... wowowow, this is something spoiling, isn't it? I know that in the US there's one in the beginning, to check when was the conception, then there's one around week 19-20 for some disorder screening, that's when you can find out the sex of the baby, but to my knowledge, that's it in the US, right??? in Hungary, there's one in the beginning somewhere between week 7-10, then there's one around week 19, week 26-27, and one at the very end (week 37) to check the placenta and the position of the baby. but to see the baby every 4 weeks, that's quite
unusual.. She's going to a private gyn, so am I actually, it's a long story why.. our health-care is not too good.. anyway.. we pay almost the same for the same check-up every 4 weeks..
anyway .. so I don't know what to think. I'm jealous, a little bit of course, but same time I'm wondering ..
anyway, that's life, I don't want to change doc just so I can see the baby more often. and I have to get use to not having that many ultrasound anyway, if the third baby is going to come in the US anyway, hopefully ;) :D:D:D
oke, it's getting late here, I'll go get some things done and go to sleep. Everybody have a nice evening, and then check back tomorrow, cause Amie will get my pic in exchange for hers ;) hihihi
Hugs to everyone on the other side of this stupid Ocean.

it's been a while

My apology to everyone, it's been a while since I last wrote here.
Everything is good here, Balint is in Switzerland now, he's getting back on Wednesday, along with Will and Nick from Tom Baer's lab. So we'll have visitors for 4 days, they're leaving on Sunday early morning.
Reka is good, enjoying the grandparents and our garden.
I'm fine, getting bigger and bigger. Bori is getting bigger and bigger inside me. She's kicking a lot! I can't remember that Reka's kicked this much this early!!!??!!??!!
And the funniest thing is my belly size.. in the morning, it's not so huge, it's OK. but almost every evening, she's out, like i'm a month ahead..
anyway. it's quite funny.
my docs says everything is fine, the test are fine too.
But: here's something amazing.. in Hungary, you have to choose a gynecologist right from the beginning, you have to see your gyn every months. AND you have to see a so called protecting-woman every month too: she's something between nurse practitioner and nurse or midwife. Her job is to keep track the pregnant women, help her on the way of her pregnancy. It's mandatory otherwise you don't get your social benefits from the government. And then after the giving birth her job is to help the young mom at home: she has to visit the new-mom and baby once during the first 2-3 days when they got home, and then once more in the first 2 weeks, and then once more. It's also mandatory... After that you see her when you get your baby to have the mandatory vaccines. Anyway ..
so I went to see this women, I sat there for 20-25 minutes, she copied some numbers from my blood tests and measured my belly, it's 94cm now .. at least was at 9:30am on Thursday morning :D but that was it!!!! what a waste of time, hers and mine too..
too bad..
OK, that's it for today. I'll try to be a better girl and write a bit more often. and put up some pics..
I have tons of Reka, but none of me and my belly..
that's life. I'll try to improve and never give up, right? :D
Everyone have a blessed Pentecost, Monday is a holiday here in Hungary, after all we are a Christian country :D