Counting Down the Days...

It's December already, only couple of days before I'm due (Dec 15). Things are going quite slow at home, although we did quite some purchase of additional furnitures for the baby and a bit of redecorating.

We've spent Sunday afternoons attending Maternity Class at our hospital, spending some quality time with other pregnant mothers (and also the fathers) in addition to obtaining information about pregnancy, birth, and beyond. The class is conducted in English, and we happen to be able to make friends with the class attendees. There's Lori and Peter from America, who apparently gave birth to their first baby boy yesterday on Tuesday, Dec 6. There's Rony and Ana from the Philippines, who will due a week after me, and happen to live in our area. We're planning to keep in touch and probably our babies will attend the pre-school together!

It turned out to be quite a bonding between us couples, and I find it most useful to talk to the other pregnant women and talk about what we're going through. It's such a relieve to see that other people are experiencing the same things, i.e. insomnia, backaches, misery for not being able to drink coffee, even issues that may make others may frowned upon such as frequency (or lack thereof) to go to the loo. With these women, we can talk almost about Anything! I'm just glad we took this class, and would recommend others to do the same, especially if you're carrying your first baby!

Anyway, as I write this, I'm listening to some Christmas songs and carols, thanks to the info provided by my dear friend Rina about this amazing software which allows us to download MP3 songs for free! It's called LimeWire (www.limewire.com) and I've been addicted ever since, downloading (or as Rina puts it, 'pirating') songs and even my fave and fab TV show "Desperate Housewives". Anyway, I just realized that the baby might've come out as a Christmas Baby. I've always loved Christmas time! Not that I celebrate it for religious reasons, but it always give me a bit of thrill and warmth in my heart when Christmas comes or even when I think of Christmas.

Well, Christmas or no Christmas, it is indeed going to be a December to Remember!

Group of couples on the maternity class at Samitivej Hospital.