back to work

today is my first day at the office after my maternity leave. i received 87 messages in my office email and i just finished reading them all. to be honest, my mind is drifting...

all i can think of is my baby. i miss my miggy...

welcome to the Christian world!

miggy is now catholic! he was baptized last september 27, 2008. he was such an angel all throughout the ceremony. he didn't even cry when fr. ampil poured water on his head. i think his eating before the ceremony helped. hehehe!

he's such a big boy that my arms were sore when we got home. he's really heavy. even his lolas and lolos couldn't carry him for a long time. but of course they couldn't resist miggy. one look at him and you'll definitely fall in love.

anyway...to my son, inigo miguel, welcome to the Christian world! be a good boy ha?:)

the birth of my little one...(part 2)

the following day, i was greeted by 2 doctors, dra. lagameo (cardio) and dra. dungo (pedia). they told me that when miggy was born he had a heart murmur. initially i was worried that something was wrong with my baby but they immediately assured me that the murmur was already faint. however they still suggested a 2d echo just to rule out any heart problem. this was scheduled on august 29 (thank God! the results came out normal!).

since the drugs already wore off, i asked dra. dungo if it was possible for me to be wheeled in to the nursery so i can hold my son. and she said that if i was strong enough, miggy could be roomed in with me that day. of course i said yes! so jason went home to get clothes, diapers and bottles for miggy. by 8pm, miggy was brought into my room. i just couldn't believe how beautiful he was. first time i held him was truly magical! all the pain i went through in the delivery room was worth it. he's just adorable. jason and i are truly blessed!

on august 30, we were discharged from the hospital. we went home as one happy family.

the birth of my little one...(part 1)

around 4am of august 27, 2008 i went to the bathroom to answer nature's call. then i noticed that i had what pregnant women call a "bloody show". i immediately texted my mom to tell her and she advised me to call my OB which i did. my OB, tita cora, then told me to go directly to the delivery room of our lady of lourdes hospital. so i woke jason up and told him not to panic and that we had to go to the hospital right away.

when we got to the hospital, as soon as i got out of the car my water broke! so from the lobby, to the elevator, up to the delivery room on the 3rd floor i was literally "leaking". they said that once the water breaks, contractions were soon to follow but i didn't feel any. at the delivery room, the resident said that i was 3cm dilated already so they wheeled me in to the labor room and gave me something to induce the contractions. i stayed in the labor room from 5 to 11am. i thought i could still take the pain of the contractions which were 3 minutes apart but at 10am i was already asking for painkillers. the resident gave me demerol which didn't really help much. by 11am i was already 8cm dilated so they wheeled me into the delivery room.

once i got there the pain was really unbearable...i couldn't explain what i was feeling...all i could remember was that i was crying and that they called the anaesthesiologist to finally give me an epidural. when tita cora arrived, she told me that we can try pushing for an hour. but if the baby won't come out after that she'll have to do an emergency c-section. so from 11:30 to 12:30 i was pushing but my baby just won't come out. apparently he blocked the opening with his shoulder and if i did any more pushing my uterus would have ruptured. so, my hopes of doing everything the natural way was crushed and i had to undergo a c-section. i know i was on drugs and all but i swear i could feel what they were doing (minus the pain). after an hour, i heard my inigo miguel "miggy" cry but since i was "drugged", i didn't see him. after the operation, everything seemed like a blur to me. i remember asking the nurses and the intern if jason saw our baby and that if my baby was doing okay. i also remember being transferred to the recovery room.

next thing i know i was already in my room where jason and my lola were waiting for me. i also remember seeing the flowers my dad got me. and then i went to sleep and didn't see my son until the next day.

to be continued...

7 weeks to go...

i have been counting the days till i give birth. my due date is september 11 but my OB said i can give birth as early as august 28. i'm praying that i give birth earlier (september 8 is fine) coz jason and i are so excited to see iñigo.

rain, rain go away

yesterday wasn't so bad until the brownout came...it was around 2pm and i was alone at home waiting for my friend, karen, to arrive. since there was no electricity i decided to buy coke light for jason from our neighbor. lo and behold, she was watching t.v., her electric fan was working and so was her refrigerator! i was the only one without electricity! bummer! so i called meralco and reported it. they said they were going to send someone to check. after 2 hours, the lights came back on and the meralco guy was nowhere in sight. i was about to call meralco and tell them that there was no need for the maintenance personnel, when my doorbell rang. it was the meralco guy. since there was no problem with the breaker inside the house, he concluded that the problem might be outside. and true enough, the main circuit breaker needed to be replaced ASAP. since this had to be done by an electrician, the meralco guy left.

i thought after this everything would be back to normal since the lights were back on. after dinner, the lights started flickering and then...blackness! thank God for the emergency lights jason installed before. by this time, karen left already and jason was on his way home from his rc race (by the way, he won 1st place. congrats bebe!). when he arrived, we decided to pack our overnight bag and head for my in-laws' place at white plains to spend the night.

then at 3am today, typhoon "frank" decided to rain hard on manila and other parts of luzon causing meralco to shut down electricity in some areas...white plains was one of them. we were supposed to get our circuit breaker fixed this morning but because of the weather, we had to move it to tomorrow. now we're spending another night at my in-laws. good thing they live nearby. we have free food and lodging. hehehe! hopefully we can go back home by tomorrow...so please...rain, rain go away.

he sure can kick!

i was sitting comfortably on our bed yesterday morning, my left hand was on my tummy while i was trying to get jason to wake up so we can have breakfast together. all of a sudden i felt a foot (or was it an elbow..maybe it was a hand)kick my left hand...and i could swear if i was quick enough i would have been able to grab it! i couldn't believe it...my son kicked me! hehehe! boy, iñigo sure can kick!

i was told by my friends that by the 5th month of my pregnancy i would be able to feel my baby kick and move around. which was what really happened...i felt like i always had butterflies and sometimes i'd feel like something was swimming around my tummy. i didn't find it uncomfortable...it was weird but i liked it. it was a sign that my baby was doing okay. now that i'm 6 months pregnant, i can feel his movements a lot more than i used to. and i absolutely love it!

i know jason's been waiting to feel his son move too when his hand is on my tummy. but somehow i think iñigo knows when his dad is waiting for him. he'll be moving around a lot but once jason puts his hand on my tummy, he stops. maybe he likes the warmth of his daddy's hand.

we're having a boy!

last friday, may 16, jason and i went to the asian hospital for my check-up and ultrasound. with my OB, tita cora (dra. corazon b. de jesus). when we got to the room, there was a big TV in front of the bed where we can see the actual "picture". within seconds, our eyes were glued to the screen. we saw our baby!

and then tita said, "ayan boy ang baby nyo." seriously, naluha talaga ako when i saw our baby on the screen. there he was in my womb. it's such a miracle that someone is living inside me. jason was also really happy. we immediately called our families and told them the good news. we're so excited. i can't wait to hold him in my arms.

everyone, meet IÑIGO MIGUEL S. DELA CRUZ!