arrival of our angel

The most wonderful thing about being a mother is having God’s love and blessing sent to you. from the start my husband wanted a child right away, it wasn’t that easy though. but hey, God didn’t made us wait for a long time, in fact it was great timing. my hubby’s birthday was on dec.15, my sister-in-law and her family just arrived dec 11, 2002 for their vacation in the Philippines.

I felt so weird, exciting and nervous at the same time. but i didn’t let my hunch of being pregnant get into me. i wasn’t expecting anything. that night, my sis-in-law and my husband were chatting at the dining table when he told her that i was delayed for about a week now! she suggested i should take a pregnancy test as soon as possible. that night of dec. 13, i felt really uneasy. my husband was doing the laundry and all of a sudden he came up to me and told me he was going to the drug store and buy a pregnancy test kit. when he came back i was so happy and whispered a lil prayer, keeping my fingers crossed that hopefully it’s good news! my hubby, jon offered to do it himself, instead of me surprising him he surprised me instead of a really good news… it was POSITIVE! i really couldn’t believe it! at last we are gonna have a baby!! a baby of our own, a child from the person i dearly love.. I told Jon before i went to sleep that night that the news we just had was a gift from God.. and can you believe it.. my gift for his birthday!! lol ^_^

The next day we paid a visit to the hospital for a check up and yep- confirmed that i was 5 weeks pregnant! they had to do an ultrasound, right there and then i saw a tiny lil egg-like structure inside my womb. I almost cried at the sight of my baby, i felt so relieved to know that i was very healthy according to my doctor.

PREGNANCY is such wonderful thing but battling with it was the worst! eversince i knew i was pregnant all of the sudden each day symptoms started coming out, gack!! I became so lazy and nauseous every morning. I craved for fish, vegetables, chocolates, and ice cold smoothies.
I was so irritated by the smell of fried food! I became so emotional when it comes to little things, I cried a lot- I think that’s what they call the pregnancy blues. THe things I enjoyed when i was pregnant was cross stitching, drawing, and browsing around the internet for angels and fairies. I’d always listen to soft music at night.

JUNE 14, 2003… I was 7 months pregnant when we decided to leave for Hawaii. we stayed at my sister-in-law’s house and we had lots of fun coz the kids were really excited about the baby coming out and what would he look like. I got my new doctors visit and everything. I would walk with my niece everytime she has the chance to go the library to borrow books, I just like reading so much and i was so interested in crafts, too. we waited and waited and yep.. he was delayed! he was supposed to come out Aug.17.. what happened? I was like, “baby i think it’s time for you to come out now?”

AUG.19, 2003… I was looking at Celina’s gradeschool yearbooks when i felt something small popped! I felt cold and went to the bathroom, and as you guessed I think it was my lil plug who popped out and might ready to dilate, i guess. so we called Kaiser and they told us to come in only when i really get longer contractions that really hurt so bad! around 9pm I couldn’t take it much longer and they rushed me to the Hospital which is not really far away from us. when they checked me out I wasn’t even dilated yet! I freaked out like it was the end of the world. the baby refused to come out like i did according to my mom when she was in labor with me. They decided to take me home first and told us to come back when it really gets worst. at home, my husband accompanied me walking around the house to ease the pain of contractions i was getting. I ate crackers and drank plenty of water. Jon made me comfortable putting lots of pillows on the couch, I wasn’t comfortable in being in bed at all. around 2:30 am contractions were really getting to me Jon couldn’t stand it anymore and rushed me to the Hospital with my mother-in-law as fast as he could. I was confined in the labor room and observed me if i was making any progress at all.

They called my sister-in-law and they told Jon that they were going to visit in the morning. contractions were really strong i cried so hard. I wanted something to take the pain away, a doctor came in and offered an epidural but explained the advantages and disadvantages of taking it. I said yes although the bad thing about it was i wouldn’t have the chance to feel the labor i was going through. I laid there numb. nurses came in and out taking turns to look at the machine hooked up to me, suddenly i felt my bag broke! they didn’t do anything yet at first. Then all of a sudden nurses and doctors turned to me and started to lay me flat in bed and the doctor told me not to be frightened coz they will perform an emergency C-section to me right away and there’s no more time coz the baby’s heart rate is really low if they wont perform it right away we will lose the baby. I was supposed to have a normal delivery but since i had an epidural my baby was trying to fight it’s way through but i couldn’t feel the contractions at all so my baby was suffering from it. I saw the time 10:35 am, They rushed me to a room and i thought i was going to lose our precious angel! I felt sleepy right away… everything turned black!

AUG.20, 2003… It was around 2:00 pm i woke up feeling so hot and thirsty. and when i moved i was like, Ouch! nurses greeted me with warm hello’s and I was in a room with lots of women who just gave birth. the nurse told me my baby was alright and it was a cute healthy baby boy. after 30 minutes they took me to my room were my husband was waiting along with my mother-in-law. my husband was in tears and saying thank you to me for giving me a such a beautiful baby boy. he showed me the pictures he took with the digital camera. I was so happy… i finally gave birth!!! a few moments later there he was, my lil angel who almost flew away from us. He was a 7 pound baby about 19 inches long. it was truly a joy to all of us especially the kids who came to visit that afternoon. yes, babies are truly God’s blessings.