House

Front of the house, garage to the right, main entrance in the middle, and two windows of the living room to the left.


entrance view from the main door #1. #2. #3.


mail on the edge of our front yard.


main entrance. living room #1. Reka's corner (for now..)


living room #2. two windows facing the street. stupid place that goes ca. 1 feet out, and only one shelf.. don't know what to do with it.. hopefully I'll have some good ideas soon..



living room #3. the piano is on the left .. so some change since I took the photo..


living room #4. great couch.. #5. couch and open bar facing the main entrance.


living room #6. main entrance on the right and open bar on the left.


open bar .. facing the main entrance.


dining room and kitchen. dining room. kitchen view from the dining room.


kitchen.


utility room w washer/dryer. and with some space for the kitchen stuff garage


hallway to the rooms: girls room first on the right, guest room second on the right. small bath first on the left, and our room second on the left.


small bath.


guest room #1. #2 #3



girls room #1. Bori's crib on the left, changing table, and Reka's bed.


girls room #2. Reka's toys .. nocomment. #3. closet behind the mirrored door


Bori sleeping in her bed.


our room #1. #2


our room #3. garden to the right. the plants needed to be placed in nicer containers .. I've already finished them, so they are in the living room now .. I have to get some plant stands so it'll look nice..


our room #4. garden view.. #5. bath on the middle.


garden from the door of our room .. to the right. #2.


garden view #3. to the middle #4. to the left.

girls :D

Hey you girls :D thanks for the comments .. you're so sweet .. I miss you too, I wish I can help setting up the new lab, I hate it that I'm not there, can't see the new place.. and can't see Amy with her nice cute belly ..
anyway, that's life, isn't it? ;) only God knows why it's happening the way it is... of course we can try our best to figure it out.. I have an explanation of course .. but who knows...
anyway, somebody get a camera and take some pics of the lab :D will you? :D:D
thanks..
have a wonderful weekend,
more soon...

pictures

Some pictures .. more coming soon..














and some notes here ..

CA: it's quite different than NC. first of all everybody waters their lawn.. after all the water restriction in NC it seems a huge waste!!! unbelievable.
the weather is getting really nice.. really pleasant autumn, not too warm but still sun shining during the daytime, gets a bit cooler in the evening/night.. perfect.. wish it would stay all year long, but I guess we would have needed to move to Berkeley or even more LA probably.. but Stockton is really nice, I would not change it for anything..
we bought some plants last weekend, so week by week this house starts to look more natural, more lively .. still a lot of small place to fill or fix.. and I'm struggling with the living room, somehow I would want to have a small corner for Reka, a small corner for a desk to webcam/chating and of course the TV and the couch and sofa ... I have an interesting idea, came from Amy's house I've just remembered how they arranged the furnitures there.. so I might try that out..
poppyseed: in NC there was this neat little store in Carborro where you could buy all kind of different/exotic spices, nuts, rices, AND yes, poppyseed at a very reasonable price.. somehow I can't find any store like that here.. :( I've asked Erin, who lives in Berkeley, maybe she can help me.. can't wait for her answer.
Yosemiti: Balint, Reka and my mom left for Yosemiti yesterday (Thursday) at noon and are coming back tomorrow.. so it's just me and Bori :D I love it.. as much as I miss them it's soooo nice to have a calm and quiet house, with Bori.. she's an angel, just sleeps and eats .. yes, cries too .. but only when she's hungry or her tummy hurts..
oke, that's it for now. I'll shoot some photos around the house, so you can get an idea where we are standing... far from finished for sure.

Sept. 12.

Today is Friday, Sept 12 - Bori was suppose to born today.
And today she's 6 weeks old :D
First of all about her: she's doing great. She's over 3kgs now, she was 3.3kg a week ago at the doctor's visit, so she should be around 3.5kgs now, which is over 7lbs. She's eating great, still waking up during the night, but it's not as tiring as I would have imagined .. with Reka I was sleeping through the night from the first month, so I was spoiled back then ;)
she sleeps a lot during the day, but more and more she's looking around, figuring out the world around her. She has big eyes, not sure about the color yet though, it's between blue and grey and maybe a little brownish, we'll see how it changes..
I'll post some pictures today.
We are doing great here in CA. Weather is nice, it was really warm for a bit, but now it's really great: we can go out to the garden in the afternoon to play :D
The past few weeks were quite busy as one can imagine: we had several doctor's visit, Reka got her immunization shots, whatever they don't give in Hungary (but why she didn't get them in NC, I wonder .. anyway).. it was last Friday, and she got 5 shots at the same time .. she was a brave girl!!
Bori had her first doctor's visit, and another well-baby visit 2 weeks after it. Also we went to the ophthalmologist to check on her eyes, cause I was told in Hungary, that I will need to do that, just to be on the safe side, since she was premature born.. everything is fine there too.
I'll have a couple of doctor's visit in the next 2-3 weeks, cause I've realized how much easier with my mom here to be able to babysit Bori and Reka.. so I should get over anything while she's here.
I've found a gym class for Reka: she has soo much energy, and I could see her dancing and "working out" in the house in front of the mirrors .. so we've tried out two different gyms, the first was not bad, but the second one was great, she had such a great time, so I've paid the registration fee and the September tuition right away.. :D I'll try to post some pics and video of her while in the glass a bit later.
She's also started daycare 2 weeks ago (St Luke's catholic preschool) and she likes it quite much. So far she's going 3 days/week half a day, so I'm (or my mom) picking her up after lunch .. but after my parents are gone I'll have her go 4 days a week I think, cause it's doing so much good to her. They had a parents/children/teacher meeting last evening, it was great to see the parents and get to know at least two or three of the parents.
However, the church that has the daycare isn't that nice .. the mass is terrible, the singers are really really out of tune, I could easily sing better, the priest was OK, but last week it was a vietnamise priest, of course I couldn't understand too much .. so we have to find another church, or try out every mass .. but of course I have to look around the kindergardens, to figure out which one will Reka go to .. cause of course if it'll be the St Luke's elementary, then I'll have to participate in church probably.. anyway, this is a whole new part that I'll have to figure out.

ok, I've realised now how much I have to tell you, and with not writing for several weeks, it's a lot, and probably tiring for you guys too to read ;)
so I'll stop now, and write again soon..
about the house, and post some pics as well :D

3 weeks old

Bori is 3 weeks old today. It's still amazing to even think about that she should still be inside me.. and yet, I have this cute little girl sleeping in the house..
We have arrived to CA, without too much problem. Bori was an angel all travel long, she was sleeping and eating. Reka was really good too. Balint was waiting for us at SFO, and after my mom has arrived too, we got back to Stockton around 2am. The house is great, Balint did a really good job finding a proper house. I love it. Stockton is nice too.
I took Bori to the doctor on Wednesday, she's healthy, everything is fine with her.
Anyway, more later, cause I still have a lot to do and unpack here.
I'll take some photos of the house and of Bori as well.
If someone is interested in our address, email me, or call me..
Everyone have a great weekend!

California uberalles uberalles California... tomorrow :D

It's our last day here.. tomorrow off we go to CA :D yeeee, can't wait..
Everything is great with us, Bori is an angel, doesn't cry, just sleeps and eats.. and sometimes nowdays starts to watch/look at things.. She's 2630g today, so it's a good 100g more than we were a week ago. She is really behaving perfectly and ideally, and lets me get the house and the luggages ready for the travel.
Balint got a house for us, and bought furnitures, everything is set there too..
OK, next time from CA... wish us luck for the travel tomorrow, it'll be a long long day with ca. 24-26 hours travel ..

Home

Afternoon nap on the same bed in the guest room. 08/12/08.



Waking up ..08/12/08.



Waking up 08/12/08.



In the postintensive room 08/09/08.



In the postintensive room 08/08/08.



In the postintensive room 08/08/08.



In the postintensive room 08/10/08.



In the postintensive room 08/09/08.



In the postintensive room 08/10/08.



In the postintensive room 08/09/08.



In the postintensive room 08/09/08.




We were released from the hospital yesterday :D:D:D

The weekend went well, Bori was and is eating nicely, gaining weight, so we were actually ready to go home on Saturday, she was healthy and everything was fine. Except there was nobody to write the so called closing report in the PIC since it was weekend and there were only one doctor on call, and she had no time ... great, isn't it? good to know that they keep in mind what's good for the baby.. and obviously it's better to stay at the hospital for 2 more days than to go home, right? ;) brrr... i was at my limit baring the whole hospital feeling...
anyway, but we are home. everything is fine.
Reka, Bori and I sleep in our room, Bori has her own bed thanks to my sister, who bought a traveling bed for themselves, and let us use it for a week, Reka sleeps in my bed. In the daytime Bori sleeps downstairs in the guest room. She eats regularly, around every 3.5 hours, and a good 60mL amount. The rest of the time she sleeps, no awake time yet, but I think it's good for her. She needs to rest and gain weight and get stronger.

I picked Bori's passport up today :D all I have to do is to get her visa now, and everything will be set. It is scheduled for Thursday morning, but I might try to reschedule for tomorrow and then I'll be over with everything by tomorrow afternoon.
We got our ticket set too :D we are traveling on the 19th of August, so from a week from today. We were lucky and my mom can travel from BUD (Budapest) to JFK on the same flight with us. From JFK she has to go on a different route, but it's far much better than flying all by myself with the kids during the whole day..
it's so funny writing down KIDS :D in plural :D
Balint got a house for us, hopefully he'll be moving in on Wednesday, and will be getting some furniture. He's quite good in arranging the things there, so I'm very impressed :D

anyway, that's it for today, again, I'll attach some pictures now..
more later.

One week

In the postintensive room, 08/06/08.



In the postintensive room, 08/06/08.



In the postintensive room, 08/06/08.



In the postintensive room, 08/06/08.



Visiting hour, pic was taken through a window. 08/07/2008.



Visiting hour, pic was taken through a window. 08/07/2008.




Visiting hour, pic was taken through a window. 08/07/2008.



The "boat" that she sleeps in during the photo therapy :D 08/07/2008.



almost naked :D has a cover on her eye to protect from the light.. 08/07/2008.




One week has passed: we are still in the hospital, doing quite good!
Bori has gained back her weight, so she weights now as much as when she was born, which is quite good they say.
She's eating every 3 hours, no exception here, there are strict rules in the PIC department (prenatal intensive care), but I can go and feed her every 3 hours.
She still has some yellowish color, jaundice I was told the name of this, she receives photo therapy as well as some medication, so it's getting better.
She received her last dose of antibiotic yesterday, so we are officially off from medication, and I'm hoping her natural (intestinal) flora will develop soon and her digestion and appetite will get better in a couple of days.
So overall we are good and waiting to be released from the hospital, which will probably be on Monday or Tuesday.

and now the story:
I went to the hairdresser last Wednesday morning, I was totally fine and relaxed, and when I finished, I was walking on the street and all the sudden my water broke, that was around 10:30am. I have no idea what could have probably induced this, no indication whatsoever. Anyway, I'm trying not to think about it, cause it doesn't matter now why or what could have I don't to prevent it. I ran into a little shop (another hairdresser in fact), and asked for the bathroom. A couple of minutes later I called a cab, and he took me to my doc to the hospital. He was quite good in avoiding the traffic.
I tried to call my doc, but she wasn't available, left a message that I'm coming, but still, she was surprised to see me. She listened to Bori's heartbeat, she was fine, and she told me that since I'm in week 34 she can not allow me to stay there at that hospital, cause there's a rule in Hungary that any pregnant woman who's under week 36 can only give birth in a hospital which has a prenatal intensive care unit, and her hospital doesn't have one. So I was transfered to another hospital, and they've started the treatment around 1pm:
I got a 24 hours steroid treatment, which induces an enzyme production that helps the start production or function of the lung. Next to this steroid I got a medicine that prevents the contraction of the uterus, which has a side effect of increased heartbeat and shaking hands .. so it was funny how I could not write my name down very nicely :D
anyway, I was off from the steroid at 1pm Thursday, and the preventing medicine was slowly decreased. I was off from all the medication by around 8pm Thursday, and we waited. Nothing happened, and of course they will not do anything other than ER stuff during the night.
Friday morning first they've started to administer the oxitocin, which induced the labor, I got an epidural into my spine, and we waited.. (the epidural was a must, cause it prevented the strong contraction of the muscles and so Bori wasn't hurt that much during the delivery).. the contractions slowly started, but there was no pain. By around 1pm some small pain started, and at 2pm the doctor transfered me to another doctor cause his shift was over, and that doctor soon realized that I still have some caul left, and that was causing the process to be slower .. so he got rid of that, and there we went .. the pain has started, I got some pain killer, and I started to dilate quite fast. I got another dose of pain killer around 4:30pm, but it didn't really .. by the time I was asking is it normal that it didn't help, I had to push, and for the second push Bori was born.
It was quite an easy birth, I was happy and wasn't very exhausted at all.. the doctor played a joke on me and said that I have a beautiful son, of course I shouted at him saying that it's a girl, right? and he said yes, of course I just wanted to check how sober you are.. well, i was totally sober. ;)
They took Bori, cleaned her up and took her to the PIC immediately. So I just took a peak on her when she was out, but that was it. It wasn't a really great feeling I have to add, not to be able to hold her when she was born, or a couple of minutes later, but oh well, that's life, I have to accept it, and just hang in there, right? and we'll be over this quite soon and fly to Balint and can start a whole new life with two beautiful girl, right :D
hopefully the third one will be a "normal" one and we can take that baby home in 2 days.. :)

oke, that's it for now, I'll attach some picture now.
more later.

Postintensive room

Bori smiling :D 08/04/2008 1:30pm.



Bori sleeping 08/04/2008 1:30pm


Out from the incubator, in the postintensive room, first time holding her!! 08/04/2008 7:30pm.


In the postintensive room. 08/04/2008 8pm.


We are out from the intensive care unit, and in a room called postintensive.
Bori is getting more and more healthier. I'm still in the hospital, so I can go and feed her every 3 hours, at least try. She still has some yellowish color (I don't know what's it called in English but it's common with every newborn due to some blood cell and kidney related stuff..), and she's sleeping a lot!! so it's hard to wake her up so that she would eat.. but I'm trying my best.
She still gets infusion, 5mL/hr, but she's eating ca. 25-30mL/3 hours now, so I'm hoping we'll be off from the infusion today.
I don't know when can we go home, it's party depends on some test results we haven't gotten back yet.
more later.

Borbála (Bori) Sztáray

Borbála Sztáray was born on Friday at 5:48pm with 2490g. She's 48cm tall.
I'll tell all the details later. She's fine knowing that she was 6 weeks early, still in the incubator, but doesn't need help to breath at all. She's eating small amount now, around 8-10mL. She has to get stronger in the eating before we can leave the intensive unit and then finish her antibiotic treatment before we can leave the hospital.
Balint is crossing the country right now. I have to rebook the tickets tomorrow, so right now I have no idea when we'll be joining him in CA. Hopefully around the 20th or 25th of August the latest.
OK, more later.

Yesterday

Hey Girls!
Best wishes to Mohita! Enjoy Alaska, and then your new job! It sure sounds exciting!!
Here is yesterday evening, two of our friends came .. it was quite late at the time of the pictaken ;)






She's Eszter, great great friend :)

Not too much to write now ..
Bori is still kicking a lot, a lot lot .. specially in the evenings. and sometimes it can be quite hurtful. But I guess it's nothing compare to the actually birth giving. I can still feel she has plenty of room since the different areas of the kicking. But I'm getting big big big.. it starts to feel the last 3 months all right.
It was hot, then it was moderate and now it's hot again .. 30-35C, which is between 90-100F. Staying inside, and running the AC (we only have it in the living room).
Last Wednesday I had a little get-together here: my two best friends, Viki and Gabi came, with their children, and also a third friend, with her 16weeks son. So it was quite a day for the children.
Here are some pics from that day:

This is Viki and me: Viki is 16 weeks pregnant with their third child :D of course we are playing on it, but can you tell that I'm 10 weeks ahead :D ;)



Gabi, Viki and me.


From the left: Zita (Viki's first born daughter, she's 8 months younger than Reka, quite a tall girl, but her mom and her dad are both tall, so go figure..)
Fanny (Gabi's daughter, she's 2y5mos old)
Reka :D
playing with Reka's old swing


Viki and the kids stayed a bit longer, so they had a bath together at the end of the day: Zita, Anna (Viki's second daughter) and Reka... we have a big bathtub :D:D:D



Thursday we went to Lake Balaton for a couple of days. Balint's grandmom has a little house there, it was quite calm and nice and relaxing. Did quite a bit of work on my PhD, which made me frustrated, so now I have to find my motivation again.. I'll not go into details..
I made Reka's hair funny, but sure it was comfy for the lake :D





On the top of the bunk-bed, where Daddy used to sleep when he was little :D


Hard work at the Lake too ;) :D


And tired at the end of the day, also soccer European championship quarterfinals :D


We suppose to go for a vacation on Thursday for a week, but I'm not yet sure if it will really happen. Keep you updated :D

before Friday

It's definitely June here. Last week was quite hot, this week was a bit calmer but still, no need for sweaters, and next week it'll be the 30C's again, which is around 90F.
We got Reka a pool, bigger than a cheap small one so Balint can fit in, it can filter the water, but it's not a real, big, digged in the ground pool..
we miss the apartman-complex, where they just walked down to the pool every afternoon after work and had a little splash/swim. Now she can enjoy water again..
I'm feeling great, for the first time in my pregnancy I think.. up till mid May I felt big, and my skin felt stretched all the time, and I had some comfort issues.. now it's getting much better, I got used to my bigger belly, it doesn't disturb me that much, I got used to not able to turn sides in the bed, etc etc .. and it shows in other areas.. for example science, I can focus on the research much much better..
I've started to clear up some issues with the DUKE-research that I left end of March, also, I'm working on my phd research, which is going much better than any other time... and one of Balint's students, Csaba, has some great ideas involving a QQQ and some modeling, which would be awesome for my phd, so we might work on that.. of course first I have to be successful in the modeling (protonated glycine) I'm currently doing, cause that's the base for any other project...
Bori is kicking a lot, still moving all around in me, which is so funny.. yesterday I actually felt when she changed positions, I felt that my belly will rip cause she must have sticked her butt out so that she can change her orientation.. and soon enough she started kicking almost opposite up till then (towards my right ribs.. vs. my cervix)
anyway, that's life here, the country is still a shit, but hey, we have only 1.5 months left, and if we stay inside our garden, it's pretty nice :)

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