The w.a.h.my's open diary!

--Baby Shine's birth story!

noreply@blogger.com (applecrust ™) — Sat, 23 Jun 2012 12:58:00 +0000

A little background, my expected date of delivery (EDD) is April 11, 2012. Just around before my 37th week my blood pressure (BP) went up to 140/90. Hence, I was diagnosed with the case of gestational hypertension in which the only treatment is to deliver the baby. I was then advised by my OB to rest and avoid stress so that the BP won’t go any higher than that, she also told me that if on my 39th week I don’t go into labor, I need to be induced so as not to risk my life and the baby’s because of my condition.

April 05, 2012, Maundy Thursday – I was 38 weeks and 1 day.

12:00am - I woke up and suddenly felt a gush of water which wet my shorts. I initially thought it was just an involuntary gush of pee since I was also taking UTI medicines that week. I went to the bathroom and changed my clothes. Then got back to sleep. At around 03:10am, I woke up again and noticed our bed was soaking wet. I was thinking on whether it was my water bag or just normal urine. But when I kept noticing gushes of water trickling from down under, I assumed it’s really my bag of waters kasi continues din and uncontrollable unlike pag urine na pwede mong pigilin. I immediately woke up Gerry and told him my water bag was leaking. Bangon agad sya and went down stairs and told everyone in the house that I will be giving birth. In short, he panicked. Lol! Excited??

5:30am - we went to the hospital, came at the labor room by 6:00am. I then gave my birthplan to the nurse-on-duty which emphasized my desire to breastfeed, instructed to immediately let the baby latch on to my breast within minutes after delivery (DOH’s Unang Yakap/Essential Newborn CareProtocol). I also specifically instructed to keep me awake and conscious during and after delivery because I want to witness everything. With Redd kasi, my firstborn, I was so high and groggy with the meds they gave me and as soon as he came out, I was knocked out.

6:30am - after they interviewed me and checked my bp, the resident ob-gyne performed IE. She said I was only 1cm dilated. Malayo pa daw sa katotohanan. At this time, I’m not yet admitted, nandun lang ako sa labor room hinihintay ang ob ko at siya daw ang magdedecide kung i-aadmit ba ako o papauwiin since I was only 1cm. At dahil hospital policy na companions are not allowed at the lr and dr, Gerry had to wait at the waiting area until he will be called kung ano decision ng doctor ko, dun pa lang sya pwedeng kumuha ng kwarto.

8:20am - finally my ob came na, she was on her holy week vacation that time kaya mejo matagal sya. She IE’d me agad, 1cm pa rin but my cervix were soft na daw and pwede na daw ako manganak within that day. She instructed the medical team, nurses, midwives, resident doctors na after lunch na raw ako i-aadmit. So maghihintay ako ng apat na oras, hindi pwedeng tumayo, kahirap talaga. Tapos lumabas sila, hindi ko na alam kung anong pinag-uusapan nila. After mga 10 minutes bumalik si ob and told me she had to leave and she’ll get back to me once I’m about to give birth na, pero wag daw ako mag-alala kasi within the area lang naman daw sya. In the labor room, we were 6 in there, ang dalawa active, sobrang ingay, ang dalawa naka epidural kaya tulog while ang isa na katabi ko sadyang mataas ang pain tolerance kaya hindi masyadong maingay. Every 30 minutes ang pagcheck ng heartbeat ni baby via Doppler. That time, wala pa naman akong nararamdamang sakit kaya game pa makipagkwentuhan sa mga nurses. Then 12:30pm came, I was finally admitted, bored na bored na ako nun, nag-alala pa ako kay Gerry kung natawagan na ba kaya sya. They performed tests, changed to hospital gown, administered IV and then IE ulit. 2cm lang, malayo pa.

2:30pm – insertion of Cerviprime vaginally (the medicine in gel form that should make the ripening of my cervix faster). Very grueling, awful, agonizing, excruciating, most painful experience – as in ang sakit talaga! Tapos the resident doctor couldn’t place it on my cervix, sobrang layo pa daw, hindi nya maabot, even with the use of a speculum – ouch! It took us almost 15mins just trying to get that thing inside of me – I almost cried and I was sweating thick and cold because of the pain. From the time it was successfully put in my cervix, lalong I wasn’t allowed to sit or stand anymore. So the waiting time and boredom sobrang tindi na.

3:00pm – Contractions are starting na and becoming more frequent, I feel a little pain na din and naninigas na din tyan ko.

3:30pm – feeling the contractions, becoming more painful but still tolerable for me, I just did breathing exercises with every wave of contractions coming. I knew my mama was at the church that moment, kasi huwebes santo nga yun e so I imagined I was with her singing and praying as I sing and hum the songs to ease the labor pains.

4:00pm – IE:6cm, and the intervals between contractions were becoming shorter and shorter, hence more and more painful. The midwife was commending me for my very high pain threshold kasi she noticed na I was stretching my legs and twitching my toes from time to time – every time I feel contractions.

4:30pm – they started to administer thru IV the Oxytocin – I think that’s the ‘pampahilab’ to induce the labor.

5:00pm – in spite of being bored, I found myself softly moaning during every contraction, mina-masasge ko na yung balakang ko kasi umaabot na dun yung pain paikot sa puson ko. That time pala, I was also starting to leak something out of me, pinasilip ko sa midwife, blood daw nagsisimula na..normal daw yon. Dumating ulit ob ko at kinamusta nya ako, ginrab ko naman ang pagkakataon, naglalambing ako, I asked epidural kasi sakit na talaga, but she refused kasi maaari daw makapagpabagal ng progress yun, namilit pa ako talagang ayaw magbigay kaya tiis na lang ako ng bonggang bongga.

5:40pm – I was transferred to the delivery room, 7 cm na ako. Mangiyak ngiyak na ako sa sakit. Pinatagilid nila ko ng higa, yung medical team nasa likuran ko lang nagchichikahan abang naghihintay. Mga 5:50 habang nagdadasal naman ako may biglang boses lalaki na nagsalita, eh kahit groogy ako alam ko si Gerry yun, paglingon ko sya nga, hindi agad makalapit parang naging estatwa saglit at UMIIYAK dahil awang awa sa akin, akalain mo yun. Habag na habag ang mga nurses at mga doctors. Tuwang tuwa ako kala ko makakasama ko sya until I give birth pero hindi pala, pinagbigyan lang pala sya ng ob ko nakasalubong nya papunta chapel na makita ako kasi umaga pa raw nya ako huling nakita, nag-alala na sya sakin so kahit bawal talagang pumasok ang mga kasama, pinayagan sya, naawa sa kanya dahil iyak sya ng iyak, mahina din pala loob. At dahil hindi sya natitigil sa kakaiyak, imaginen nyo yung iyak na halos wala nang boses na lumalabas, ganun sya umiyak kaya sinabi ko lumabas na lang sya kasi lalo lang akong nahihirapan, ayoko rin kasing nakikita syang umiiyak. Weakness ko yun kahit sinong tao na mahal ko o malapit sakin nakikita kong umiyak, naiiyak din ako. So ayun lumabas sya kasi pareho din pala kami ng nararamdaman, ayaw din nya akong nakikitang nahihirapan. Yung mga nurses nahawa na, naiiyak din sila.

Paglabas ni Gerry, wala pang sampung minuto, when I felt a strong thud inside my belly, which I think was a kick from my baby, napadilat ako agad then biglang may lumabas na gush of fluid from me, different from the feeling of the blood leaking earlier, then biglang humilab ng malakas at masakit, napatawag na ko resident doctor kasi si ob nasa chapel pa sa taas “Doc.. sumipa yata sya ang lakas tapos may lumabas sakin” The doctor said “okay wait i-IE kita” so she went to get gloves pero paghakbang pa lang nya palayo from me, humilab na naman ng suuuperrrrrr sakit na parang mamatay na ko sa sakit – note, for those who know me they can attest that I’m a very soft spoken person, hindi ako basta basta napapasigaw – but that time, sigaw talaga ako “DOC!!!!” and as if on cue, pagkasigaw ko, bumulusok palabas yung amniotic fluid galing sakin, as in ang dami overflowing sa thighs ko, tapos humilab na naman, as in parang di na nawawala yung pamatay na sakit so I kept on shouting “Ahhhh!! Ahhhh!! Doc!!!” –Ayan talagang nakakadala.

Then the doctor IE’d me, di pa nga nya napapasok I heard her say “Oh, she’s here na.” (referring to my baby). Then proceeded in performing the IE as she counts it “1..2..3..4..5…6..7..8..8cm. Tawagin nyo na si Doktora (my OB).” The doctors, nurses and midwives there were all commenting “Grabe..ang bilis! Ang galling mo, mommy!” since they/ we were all thinking na aabutin pa ko ng gabing gabi na. Take note ha, hindi nawawala ang hilab at sumisigaw pa din ako “Ahhh, help tulong, mama tulungan mo ako!” as if naman nanjan lang sya sa tabi ko. Sila din nagkakagulo na. Habang ako sumisigaw kasi I feel na parang lalabas na si baby parang naka-crown na yung head nya “Doc!! Ayan na sya..ayan na lalabas na!” panic mode ako, so one doctor positioned herself down *there* and blocked it with her fingers, as she said “hindi mommy, hindi sya lalabas, hawak ko sya” that somehow gave me assurance na hindi basta magpopop out si baby.

I overheard one doctor said “on the way na si doktora, jan na sya.” Feeling ko yun ang pinakamahabang oras ko, “Ahhhhhhh!!! Antagal naman doktoraaa, lalabas na!!!” To illustrate the feeling, sorry medyo gross – imagine na may LBM ka at sobrang sakit na humihilab tyan mo, then yung butt mo nag-aalburoto na din at ramdam mo na lalabas na, sasabog na, pero nasa public place ka kaya kelangan mong pigilan yung paglabas, but hen yung tyan mo humihilab and telling you to let go and let it come out, pero hindi nga pwede kasi. Well x100 nun ang pakiramdam! Ganun kasakit ang manganak!

Nagsisisigaw pa din ako, sabi ko “AAhhhhhhhhh!! Napu-poo poo ako!!!” Hindi mo pala mapipigilan mapa-ebs, lol! Then nadinig ko ang boses ni Doktora “Charise, charise, andito na ko…relax lang, wag kang sisigaw. Ang galing naman buti pala pinapasok ko si hubby mo, nararamdaman na siguro ni baby na hinihintay natin sya” So ayun, medyo kumalma na ko. Then I overheard someone again telling her na “at nag-iiyakan kasi sila kanina doktora, naawa si baby kaya eto nakipag cooperate” nyeeeh, sa loob loob ko wag nyo akong utuin ang sakit pa din, kaya napapasigaw pa din ako na may kasamang iyak “Aahhhhh!!! Aray!!! tulong. Diyos ko po, yoko na talaga!!!” The resident doctors said “mommy relax lang, wag kang sisigaw inhale exhale lang”. Sabi ko “hindi ko mapipigilang hindi mapasigaw. sorry po, sorry!! AAhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!” Sagot na naman sila, “mommy, inhale, exhale” Pero sumigaw pa din ako pero eto comedy kasi nga nakukulitan na ko sa kanila na pinapatigil akong sumigaw eh di ko nga magawa, pinapa inhale exhale ako eh di na nga ako makaconcentrate so napasigaw ako instead ng: Aaaaaaaaaaaaah!!! sabi ko Inhale!!!!!! Exhale!!!!” na sobrang lakas lol! Grabe, sobrang sakit kasi talaga na parang the only way to cope is to shout my lungs out, para na kong malalagutan ng hininga sa sakit.

Tapos kada hilab bawal akong gumalaw, nakapwesto na ako. So para mapigilan ang sarili ko to move, I grab the nurse shirt and I squeeze it – ayy grabe lukot na lukot ang damit nya pagkatapos.lol

After maturukan ako ng anesthesia, biglang nangalay at namanhid yung legs ko! To the point that it scared me kasi sobrang ngalay na ngalay yung hips and legs ko pero di ko maigalaw waist down.. tapos nawawalan ako ng ulirat yeah yun naman expected ko, pero sobrang bilis kasi nung effect nakakabigla at medyo nakakapanic pala. But anyway, yung hilab sa tyan di pa din nawawala so medyo sumisigaw pa din ako, and nafifeel ko pa din yung pag-crown ni baby dun sa baba pero hindi na masakit *duon*.

Then ayan na, ang bilis bilis na ng pangyayari, nawalan ako ng malay saglit, I heard na lang “BABY OUT, 6:02” tapos para akong inaantok pero nilalabanan ko yun. epekto ng anesthesia. at nararamdaman ko na lang nakapatong na si Baby Shine sa chest ko, nakadapa. gusto ko agad makita yung mukha e ng biglang may nafeel na naman akong lumabas “Awww!” sabi ni OB “nililinis lang Charise, nililinis lang” I think that was the placenta kasi parang ang laki din nung lumabas eh.

After cleaning my baby the pedia brought her to my breast ulit at pina-latch on agad. Sabi nung Pedia “Ayan…ayy, ang sweet naman ng mag-inang to!” and I also heard her say to her colleagues “Oo ganyan nga, yan yung Unang Yakap”

I was soooo exhausted, yet so happy na nakikita ko at nafifeel ko skin-to-skin at nasa chest ko si Shine. Then they got her na…sabi ko “wait, wait lang” then inilapit sa cheek ko si Shine, then I kissed her cheek. Hayyyyyyy…heaven ang feeling. All worth it ang hirap.

Pagkakuha kay baby, the remaining doctors there congratulated me, I said my sincere, heartfelt thank you to all of them, then my OB told me to rest at matulog na muna. Sa sobrang pagod ko, I really said, “yes doc, matutulog po talaga ako.”

Pagkadala sa akin sa kwarto, andun na si Gerry, ang aliwalas na ng mukha unlike earlier na kawawa talaga tapos 15 minutes after dinala na din si Shine sa room para maglatch na naman. At that time, namiss ko rin ng sobra si Redd. We went home after 2 days pero naiwan si Shine at the nicu for 1 week for the series of antibiotics.

And now I'm busy fulfilling my duties as a mom of my two little cutees.

Ito si baby Shine: Mag-3 months na sya.

-- Angels Brought Me Here! ☺

noreply@blogger.com (applecrust ™) — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 14:58:00 +0000

Angels Brought Me Here is one of my favorite songs.

Here are the lyrics and chords.

Angels Brought Me Here – Guy Sebastian and Shannon Noll

Chords By Jonty

♪Intro: C Em Fmaj7 Dmaj7

C
It's been a long and winding journey
Em
But I'm finally here tonight
Fmaj7
Picking up the pieces
D
Walking back into the light
C
To the sunset of your glory
Em
Where my heart and future lies
Fmaj7
There's nothing like that feeling
D
When I look into your eyes
Fmaj7 C
My dreams came true
Fmaj7 C
When I found you
Bb G
I found you, my miracle
D F#m G A7sus4
If you could see what I see
D F#m G A7sus4
That you're the answer to my prayers
Bm F#m
And if you can feel
G E7
The tenderness I feel
G
You would know
D
It would be clear
G A7sus4 D
That angels brought me here
C
Standing here before you
Em
Feels like I've been born again
Fmaj7
Every breath is your love
D
Every heartbeat speaks your name
Fmaj7 C
My dreams came true
Fmaj7 C
Right here in front of you
G
My miracle
D F#m G A7sus4
If you could see what I see
D F#m G A7sus4
That you're the answer to my prayers
Bm F#m
And if you can feel
G E7
The tenderness I feel
G
You would know
D
It would be clear
G A7sus4 Bm
That angels brought me here
Bm F#m
Brought me here to be with you
Bm E7
I'd be forever grateful (oh forever grateful)
G D
My dreams came true
G D
When I found you
A7sus4
My miracle
Eb Gm Ab A#sus7
If you could see what I see
Eb Gm Ab A#sus7
You're the answer to my prayers
Cm Gm
If you could feel
Ab F7
The tenderness I feel
Ab
You would know
Eb
It would be clear
Ab Bb Eb
That angels brought me here
Eb Gm Ab A#sus7
If you could see what I see
Eb Gm Ab A#sus7
You're the answer to my prayers
Cm Gm
If you could feel
Ab F7
The tenderness I feel
Ab
You would know
Eb
It would be clear
Ab Bb Eb
That angels brought me here ♪

-- Ten Powerful Principles For A Lasting Relationship! ☺

noreply@blogger.com (applecrust ™) — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 10:50:00 +0000

First ☺

Communication

Communicate your needs positively & politely.

Second ☺

Courage

Forgive mistakes; have the courage to say “I’m sorry” first.

Third ☺

Contentment

Share your contentment and gratitude for what you have together.

Fourth ☺

Consideration

Always be kind and considerate of your partner’s feelings.

Fifth ☺

Collaboration

Collaborate together to form a stronger bond and create lasting memories.

Sixth ☺

Curiosity

Show curiosity in your partner’s daily life, goals, and dreams.

Seventh ☺

Compliments

Compliments are the bedrock of romance so give them daily. (lol!)

Eighth ☺

Commitment

Build trust by reviewing and renewing your commitment together.

Ninth ☺

Contribution

Find as many ways as you can to contribute to each other's lives.

Tenth ☺

Celebration

Celebrate your love and life by laughing every day.

--Ten Commandments of Love!

noreply@blogger.com (applecrust ™) — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 10:37:00 +0000

One:

I am thy Main Squeeze;

thou shalt squeeze no others before me.

Two:

Thou shalt not take the name

of thy Squeeze in vain, nor

badmouth me behind my back.

Three:

Remember our Anniversary,

and keep it holy. Or else.

Four:

Honor MY mother and father.

THINE are too darn weird.

Five:

Thou shalt not kill my love by

behaving tackily and making me

embarrassed to be seen with thee.

Six:

Thou shalt not commit adultery,

nor shalt thou even THINK about it

if thou knowest what's good for thee.

Seven:

Thou shalt not steal from my purse/wallet

while I am in thy bathroom, nor use

my credit cards, nor make long-distance

calls from my telephone.

Eight:

Thou shalt not talk about our personal

problems to our friends.

Nine:

Thou shalt not covet the higher

market price of thy neighbor's house.

Ten:

Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's

Squeeze, nor son or daughter,

nor stereo, nor BMW.

lol! lol! lol! ☺ ☺ ☺

--To my dearest Gerry! ♥

noreply@blogger.com (applecrust ™) — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 15:52:00 +0000

First of all, let me say " I love you" I know I don't say it nearly often enough but I do love you. I want to take some time now to tell you a few things that I need to learn to say to you more often. Perhaps writing these things down will also help me to realize how blessed I am to have you in my life. I know that after almost seven years of being together, I easily take you for granted. I don't want to do that, but please forgive me for the times that I haven't shown my appreciation and love for you the way I should have. I do appreciate you and I know I often show you the opposite by 'harping" on small things I'd like to changed, getting impatient and being so quick to show my tiredness or frustrations sometimes with Redd. I appreciate mostly for your love for me. I have never doubted that you care for me and you so often show me that you love me. Even times when I am showing my tiredness and ask you "to do this" and "get that" you still do the things and I know that you love me.I appreciate how you help around the house so much, especially with Redd. I know that not many fathers and husbands get as involved with the house chores as you do. As your wife, I should be the one that encourages and brightens your day but I'm afraid I don't do that very often. I hope you'll notice a difference with this! ☺

It feels nice to write you a letter like this.. I'll have to do it again some time. In the mean time, please know that wether I say it or show it or not, I do love you very much and appreciate you. I'm forever grateful for your love and proud to be your wife. I thank the Lord for bringing our lives together and I pray that He will guide us and bless us all the way!

With lots of love,

Charise ♥

--Baby Number Two -Unexpected Pregnancy!

noreply@blogger.com (applecrust ™) — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 13:24:00 +0000

Getting pregnant again is not really my priority. It's because, I'm not emotionally ready yet. I could still imagine the hardship I've experienced during labor & delivery on my first pregnancy. I even promised myself before that as much as possible, no second baby not until Redd reach 5 years old. So we can shower our love and affection just to him. But after one year and two months, my plan on not having a second child until Redd reach 5 waley na. lol
I GOT PREGNANT!Anyway, I'm expecting my monthly period to come on mid-August but it didn't came. I just thought that I might be delayed, since I'm having irregular periods in the previous months, so I did not take it seriously at first. Then came last week of August, this time I already felt some signs & symptoms of being pregnant like occasional nausea, frequent urinating, breast enlargement, food cravings & always sleepy. So I told Gerry about it. ☺Just to clear it out, Gerry did not support my plan to have a second child after our eldest son turns 5. As of him, "kung ano daw ang ipagkakaloob ng Dios." I somehow understand him naman kasi he's not getting any younger anymore. Kumbaga sinusulit lang nya yung time. hehe! After I talked to him, he was sooo happy. I also told him, not to tell anyone coz I wasn't much sure about it yet. Pero I still waited my period to come that time, kaya kahit September na, hindi pa rin ako nag'PT. But September has ended, hindi pa rin ako dinatnan. And it's about time to took PT na talaga.Here's the good news:The Result: POSITIVE!

I then threw the PT kit to hubby afterwards.. at aba! tuwang-tuwa ang loko. Kung maka-react it's like it was his first. lol! ☺I went to my OBgyn on October 3, she was surprised when she saw me. Buntis na naman daw kasi ako. lol! I said it's unexpected. At dahil nga hindi inaasahan, I told her na I couldn't recall my LMP (last menstrual period) anymore. So she then requested me to have trans-V ultrasound so we can confirm the AOG (age of gestation).At the beggining of the scan, I heard baby's heartbeat right away, and that makes me so teary-eyed. Hindi dahil masama ang loob ko kundi natuwa lang ako dahil I'm sure magiging masaya lalo si Gerry.♥

The OB-sono explained to me everything, that the resuts were good, no complications and was 16 weeks & 5 days by then. I will be back again on December for CAS (congenital anomaly scan) and gender determination. As of the moment I'm on my 19th week of pregnancy. By this time, I want to have a BABY GIRL sana so I can name her Gerrise Krystalle (Jér-rés Krishianne) Gerrise is a combination from hubby & my name Gerard & Charise and Krishianne , para may 2nd name, same ng kuya Redd nya. Redd's real name is Gerard Kristoffer. So I guess hindi naman nalalayo ang Krishianne sa Kristoffer. Right?? ☺

--Introducing our first child, Baby Redd! ♥

noreply@blogger.com (applecrust ™) — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 07:50:00 +0000

After five years of being together, my husband and I has been blessed with a handsome little boy. I could still remember when we went to our local hospital on the 10th of November of 2009 to confirm if it's real, and it was true I was two months pregnant by then. My husband who could not still believe it, said it finally happened. He was sooo happy. I still recall him saying, "Ayan, may heartbeat Cha, may heartbeat. Thanks God, finally! Magiging tatay na nga ako, may heartbeat! O diba, tuwang tuwa sya, LOL! Then as any couple who had their very first baby, we're both excited to experience all the necessary procedures such as ultrasound, pre-natal and all the preparations and expenses to make sure that we gonna have a very healthy baby boy.

Then the day came, May 26, 2010. The day of the delivery was almost unexpected. I woke up around 2:30am and suddenly, I felt the pain on my lower abdomen but it was still tolerable, about 15 minutes apart. As a first time mom, I didn't know I'm already into labor. At first, I thought there's nothing to worry about, since I'm expecting to give birth on June 2 pa according to my LMP, and at the same time my waterbag hasn't broken yet. So instead of panicking, I decided to go back to sleep. And after almost two hours of being asleep, I woke up again, It was already 4:00am. Right then, I felt lower back pain plus lower abdominal pain and it lasts for 10 minutes. I went to the washroom to pee. And there, I saw blood spots on my undies. I was scared but I tried to be calm. I've woke up my husband, together with my mom and my nephew, who were visiting me at that time. I told them that I'm having contractions since 2:30am but waterbag has not broken yet. So mom told me to immediately took a bath & prepare myself. She also did not allow me to eat, but she let me drink milk.

We rushed to the hospital at around 5:00am, contractions at that time was down to 7 minutes. The resident OB at the ER examined me, and she said I'm only 1 cm dilated. Since my waterbag hasn't broke on it's own, she asked me if I'm willing to go through induce labor. I have no idea what it was all about, and I did not even bothered to ask. All I wanted is the baby to come out asap coz I'm not comfortable with the pains anymore, so I said yes. Then the medical staffs ushered me in the labor room, no husband, no chaperone to lean on to and to cry on to during active labor, just me, myself alone. The OB there examined me again, then she ruptured my waterbag, she said my baby had pooped already, she even showed me the water, it's color greenish. She called it meconium and she smiled and calmly told me that my baby might had infection because of it, unless he didn't eat them (poop). That makes me so worried, so I prayed hard. After a few minutes the two nurses put an IV on me, followed by the another one who gave me meds for the dilation of the cervix (I forgot the name already).

At 8:00am, my OB came, I was 4cm dilated that time.. but she had to leave me after 5 minutes coz there's another mommy who will undergo CS, her baby was at crucial situation that's why they need to have her delivered by caesarian right away. I assured doc that I understand, no problem with me. At 9: 00am, I'm already 7cm by then, the pain has became more intense. I've asked for epidural but the nurses at the LR refused to give me one, I didn't know what's the reason was. 9:25am - 8cm already. I started pushing actually, coz I felt the baby also wanted to come out. I couldn't help myself not to scream anymore coz it really hurts, the pain was really unexplainable. At that point, I wanted to undergo CS as well. I was scolded by the senior nurses there coz I always keep on pushing even if it wasn't time yet, (hahaba daw ulo ni baby). 9:28am, Finally I'm fully dilated already. Then I was taken to the delivery room next to LR. 9:30am my OB came to the DR. I was ready pushing at that time. In the middle of all other preggy mom to-bes yelling and shouting from the pain in the labor room, my baby boy came out after three major pushes, which took only 8 minutes.

Yes, at 9:38am, our cute baby boy came out. But I've already passed out at that time, I finally saw him in the nursery room at 6pm that day, I nearly cried so was my husband who saw him first. He was ushered-in to my room after 24 hours coz they need to check everything on him. And thanks God, the results were good. He was super healthy & no infections at all! ☺

At present, he's very handsome and cute 1 year & 5 months old.♥

--Mommy's Childhood Experience! ®

noreply@blogger.com (applecrust ™) — Sun, 12 Dec 2010 10:12:00 +0000

I never thought my childhood only happens in soap operas or TV serials.
I was entrusted to my fathers's parents when I was about 8 months old because my parents decided to go to Cebu to look for a cure for my ailing sister. After a few months they got back, my parents tried to take me back from the custody of my grandparents but they insisted in keeping me. My parents reluctantly gave in to my grandparents wish to keep me there. But this wrong decision started my agony in life. When I was 6 years old I could still recall of being alienated from my mother's relatives due to the fact that I didn't grow up with them, at that time also I was not close to my other siblings, they treated me like a total stranger. I was deprived of love. I can still remember now that I'm an adult all the hardships and sob stories that occurred in my life with my aunt who lives with my grandparents. Usually, when my aunt was mistreating me, my grandma acted as my guardian angel who always defended me. Unfortunately when I was around 6 years old, she passed away. This gave my aunt a free hand to maltrate me more. At an early age, I've experienced being paddled on my butt for a slight mistake, or for no apparent reason at all. The most cruel was accused of stealing a small amount of money which I didn't do, apparently was only forgotten at the top of a water jar. I was harshly pulled out from the classroom in front of my teacher and classmates back to the house then started hitting me one after another. It was the most traumatic experience I've ever encountered in my whole life, if not because of my mother who was by chance heard me screaming and crying, I wouldn't be able to survive. And decided to leave them permanently and went back to my real family. My grandpa was out at that time that's why when he's home, he was totally surprised when he found out I was not there in his house anymore. I could also say my grandpa loves me so much but unfortunately he couldn't control the situation because he was always nowhere to be found whenever this cruelty happened.

Now that I'm an adult with my own family, I can say, I will not let my baby boy to suffer the same mistakes I have experienced. Looking back now I can happily said, I've already moved on and forgiven everyone who has done me wrong. I hope this story will serve us a good moral lesson to always treat our children with loving care.