37 weeks and full term! It’s the waiting game that really kills us. Being first-time parents, we don’t know what to expect, when to rush to the hospital, when to panic, etc… The husband is quite on the paranoid side, I think he’ll be more frightened than me. I played episodes in my mind a dozen times on how to say to him that “I’m giving birth and please bring me to the hospital” as calm as possible.
Blame it in the movies we watched particularly Tagalog movies where the pregnant woman shouts at the top of her lungs “Manganganak na ako!!!” and then there’s a commotion not only inside the house but the also around the neighborhood. But friends who already experienced giving birth assured us that it’s not like in the movies, *exhales*, what a relief!
there are times i regret not just going home to give birth there.. at least, when the day comes, i’ll be surrounded by the love and support of my family, neighbors and friends, a commotion indeed, hehe… here, giving birth is just as ordinary. korean women give irritating unsolicited advices and they insist on what they like, or insist the husband follow what they just told him..