Friday, June 16, 2006

Only half way more to go...

20W

Fifth Month
As far as your baby is concerned, this month is just like last month, but more so. Your baby is moving around a lot more and growing a lot bigger. By the end of this month, your baby will weigh as much as a pound and be as long as one foot. You are somewhat larger. You are not yet large enough to be uncomfortable, but your size may cause bowel problems, sudden spikes in your heart rate, leg cramps, and a need to nap. Luckily, none of these are particularly challenging: drink more water if you're constipated, don't worry about your thumping heart, take more calcium to battle leg cramps, and rest when you need to. Your baby, too, is becoming quite the nap taker. He or she is now sleeping and waking at regular intervals, and busy listening in to your life while awake. Your baby can hear your heart beating and a muffled version of the sounds outside your uterus. You will be able to feel your baby responding to sounds, now and again. Fine hair, called lanugo, covers your baby's body, as does the creamy vernix that protects your baby's skin from here on out. Almost literally.

Month overview from www.pregnancyweekly.com


The baby's movement is getting stronger and harder. I even can see my belly moves and shakes sometimes.
But I wondered why some friends couldn't see my bump? Lynda asked me once. 'Lasma, can I ask you a question? Are you having a baby?'. I didn't mean to keep it secretly or just tell it to some certain people but I couldn't remember who I have been told to that I'm expecting and hope that the news spreads automatically... (emang orang sini kok nggak cepet ya nyambung lidah... coba deh orang Indonesia, gw cukup ngomong ke satu aja yang bisa dipercaya menyebarkan info, langsung deh seisi kota ini tau semua...). Look at this bump now, I think every body can see that I'm having a baby... Hardy also said that my belly is not so big yet. He must be wrong, look at this bump. Sometimes I need to change clothes for several times just to make it look nicer... :)

Even Abigail can see my round bump. The funny thing is that Abigail said that my belly is a ball. May be because she remembered when once Hardy put a ball in her dress to make her looks like having a bump...
She likes making fun of lots of things these days.
She pretended throwing up, 'Gege untah..' katanya. Padahal nggak.
Once she also said that she is having a baby, too... 'Gege unya bebi di sini (sambil nunjuk perutnya).'

It has been half way, will work on the baby name more. Later on I will need to go through Abigail's baby cloths and see which one I can use for baby boy (if it's a boy..). Yah, nasib anak kedua deh dapet barang warisan kakaknya ya... he he he...

Mencari nama... kenapa kayaknya susah yak..?? Kayaknya mo pilih nama Indonesia atau Batak, tapi kok hampir semuanya sama dengan nama2 teman?? Kalo gak temen gw ya temennya Hardy...

Pusing deh!! Hardy yang awalnya mengklaim gilirannya ngasih nama - karena nama Abigail itu usulan gw - sekarang gak mo pusing2 lagi dan minta gw aja yang ngasih alternatif nama ntar dia yang tentuin....
Tapi gitu giliran dikasih usulan katanya itu nama temanku sekolah lah, nama anak tetangga lah, ato ejekannya si anu lah...
Apa salahnya ya kalo nama anak samaan dengan nama temen... gak mau dianggap niru2 namanya ya...
Lebih 'parahnya' lagi kalo kebetulan calon nama itu sama dengan nama orang tua di keluarga kita (baca: tulang, amngboru, ato ompung). Berkesan kurang sopan, katanya.... Karena memang dalam budaya kita, orangtua tidak boleh dipanggil dengan nama pertamanya atau nama kecilnya. Sehingga kalo nama anak kita sama dengan nama salah seorang dari orang tua kita, ada kesan tak sopan setiap kali kita memanggil nama anak tersebut. Seolah-olah kita mengejek orang tua kita.

Satu sepupu gw terpaksa diganti nama panggilannya oleh salah satu tulang gw karena namanya kebetulan sama dengan nama mertua tulang gw itu. Wah, menyebut nama kecil mertua itu salah satu hal yang tabu, begitulah kira2...

Mudah2an sih generasi sekarang gak sekaku orang tempo doeloe lagi ya... nama pertamanya Abigail aja Yosefa, untung nyokap gw gak komplen, padahal nama ompung gw dari nyokap Yosef (Oooopsss!!), gak sama persis sih ya... tapi kali kalo orang dulu itu gak boleh ya!

Sebaliknya bagi orang di sini, memberi nama anak 'after' orang tua (kakek, nenek, om, tante) merupakan suatu kehormatan bagi orang tua tersebut. Sering kali cucu dan kakek mempunyai nama yang sama. Budaya orang di sini juga beda banget dengan budaya kita, tak perlu ada embel Pak, Bu, Oom, Tante, Mbak, Mas, Kak, Bang... Semua dipanggil sesuai dengan nama pertamanya. Jadi gak ada masalah dianggap gak sopan kalo manggil orang tua dengan nama kecilnya. Memang sih, orang di sini namanya ya itu-itu juga... Kalo gak Gunnar, Ole, Ivar, Egil, Knut, Kristian buat yang cowok ato buat cewek yang mungkin lebih bervariasi - tapi tetep itu2 juga, Sigrid, Kristin, Birgitta, Britt, Inger... Jauh lebih bervariasi deh nama orang di Indonesia.

Pantes aja ada orang yang kreatif ngadain sayembara nama buat anaknya ya... he he he... boleh juga tuh idenya!! Tapi rasanya makin pusing juga ya,... makin banyak pilihan, makin banyak pusingnya ya... :) Tapi fun juga sih ya... So, siapa nama si ucok atau si butet ini?? It's gonna be really fun finding it out!!

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