Friday, August 18, 2006
Sunday, August 13, 2006
SMILE!
journaling:
Dear Little one, we never dreamed you’d be so beautiful in all of the times we tried to imagine every last detail of who you would be through all of the nights we spent quietly thinking of how we would feel when we first looked at you, we patiently waited and silently wondered, we hoped and we prayed and we tried to imagine…but we never dreamed you’d be so beautiful…love mommy and daddy
Monday, August 07, 2006
We're back!
I can't believe how quickly two months have flown! It's time to accept the reality that I need to get back to work. It's hard. Especially when I already got used to Jaden being attached to me, being with her the whole day...and now, leaving her for a couple of hours saddens me. But that's a fact I had to accept. I need to get use to our new set up. For the meantime, mother is taking care of her and I will just fetch her after work.
The first few weeks of her life had been a challenge to us...to our faith, finances and our being new parents. (see previous post). But thank God, we get by. God never failed to show us that He's always there and always approachable. I'm very much happy to announce that her CT Scan result was NORMAL with no significant findings...which means we have to worry no more. She's back to her normal activity and no more antibiotics to take... Thank God.
I'm also glad that I'm back to my pre-pregnancy weight and shape... that Fast! Well, I guess I owed that to my round the clock taking care of my baby with just a couple of minutes to take a nap. They say that breastfeeding will help us go back to our prepregnancy shape...unfortunately, I'm one of those who are not blessed with free flowing milk... :D, I breasfed her for just two weeks. But still, I'm amazed that I'm back in my old self again. I just missed though the time I was breastfeeding her... it was realy a wonderful experience. As a new mother, taking care of her was exhausting, exhilarating, scary, and wonderful all at the same time. And I enjoyed it. Having her really changed my life...our lives.
Jaden is at a really fun, interactive stage right now - gurgling, smiling and kicking her legs when she's happy. I talk to her often and she responds with her cute "coos". She looks at me and smiles as she sees the movement of my lips. As per Jerry, I think he's enjoying his being a father to her. I remember the first time he changed her wet nappy, I was really laughing since he didn't know how to do it.. But now he's learning. He's an excited dad.
Speaking of Jerry, we are doing pretty well as a couple. And now, having Jaden seemed to make our bond stronger. We just celebrated our first wedding anniversary last July 23. It's not an extravagant celebration since we were still at the stage of trial because of our daughter. We just enjoyed our free anniversary cake from Alex Franco (it was really yummy!) and had a romantic dinner in the ambiance and comfort of our home (where else?). Jerry gave me a dozen pink roses. It was sweet. I didn't expect a more expensive gift... The good health God gave to our daughter and the normal results of all her tests was the best gift we've ever received this year.
Lastly, I want to thank all those ladies who visited my blog and prayed for our daughter..It helps to know that there are people who are very much concern and always willing to help through prayers. Thank you very much!
My blog is now up and running again..I will be posting my baby's development from time to time..when I have the time of course :D
The first few weeks of her life had been a challenge to us...to our faith, finances and our being new parents. (see previous post). But thank God, we get by. God never failed to show us that He's always there and always approachable. I'm very much happy to announce that her CT Scan result was NORMAL with no significant findings...which means we have to worry no more. She's back to her normal activity and no more antibiotics to take... Thank God.
I'm also glad that I'm back to my pre-pregnancy weight and shape... that Fast! Well, I guess I owed that to my round the clock taking care of my baby with just a couple of minutes to take a nap. They say that breastfeeding will help us go back to our prepregnancy shape...unfortunately, I'm one of those who are not blessed with free flowing milk... :D, I breasfed her for just two weeks. But still, I'm amazed that I'm back in my old self again. I just missed though the time I was breastfeeding her... it was realy a wonderful experience. As a new mother, taking care of her was exhausting, exhilarating, scary, and wonderful all at the same time. And I enjoyed it. Having her really changed my life...our lives.
Jaden is at a really fun, interactive stage right now - gurgling, smiling and kicking her legs when she's happy. I talk to her often and she responds with her cute "coos". She looks at me and smiles as she sees the movement of my lips. As per Jerry, I think he's enjoying his being a father to her. I remember the first time he changed her wet nappy, I was really laughing since he didn't know how to do it.. But now he's learning. He's an excited dad.
Speaking of Jerry, we are doing pretty well as a couple. And now, having Jaden seemed to make our bond stronger. We just celebrated our first wedding anniversary last July 23. It's not an extravagant celebration since we were still at the stage of trial because of our daughter. We just enjoyed our free anniversary cake from Alex Franco (it was really yummy!) and had a romantic dinner in the ambiance and comfort of our home (where else?). Jerry gave me a dozen pink roses. It was sweet. I didn't expect a more expensive gift... The good health God gave to our daughter and the normal results of all her tests was the best gift we've ever received this year.
Lastly, I want to thank all those ladies who visited my blog and prayed for our daughter..It helps to know that there are people who are very much concern and always willing to help through prayers. Thank you very much!
My blog is now up and running again..I will be posting my baby's development from time to time..when I have the time of course :D
First Time DAD
Baby's CT Scan
Our cutie.... active and healthy
my 12 pink roses
Our free anniv cake from Alex Franco....after feasting on it! :D
Wednesday, July 05, 2006
Rainbow
There's a rainbow after the storm....
Truth. We've had enough emotional pains the past weeks, but truly God is in control and He answers prayers.
Our baby was confined to the hospital two weeks ago. She was diagnosed of Neonatal Siezure. We actually don't know kung bakit. I just oberved nung 7th day of life niya, after her BCG vaccine, her hands and feet twitches kapag mahimbing ang tulog niya. I was disturbed kaya I asked her pedia kung normal lang ba yun sa baby. She asked us to bring the baby to her para ma observed.
When we brought her to the hospital, she explained to us na normal naman ang activity niya nung lumabas siya, even the results of her new born screen is normal. Wala din naman ako naging sakit or infection nung pinagbubuntis ko siya but to be sure, she'll oberved the baby and perform several tests. She also did lumbar puncture to get spinal fluid. Sabi ng doctor, para malaman if she has infection sa brain and to rule out meningitis. Three days kami nag stay sa hospital and during those days, naawa talaga ako sa baby ko. Unsuccessful kasi ang lumbar puncture niya and 3 times yun na ginawa... tapos kinukuhaan sya lagi ng dugo...she's too young to experience those pains eh. Sabi ng doctor, she needs to undergo 4 procedures to rule out any abnormalities. 1st is the Lumbar Puncture, 2nd is the cranial ultrasound, 3rd is the EEG and last is CT Scan. She'll take antibiotics thru IV untill maging normal result ng lumbar puncture niya. Cranial ultrasound results show normal naman and no blood clot sa brain or water. Until the thrid day hindi naging successful ang lumbar tap sa baby ko, but we decided to take her home and give her home meds na lang.. Si jerry ang nag-iinject ng antibiotics sa kanya thru heplock.
The doctor told us to bring the baby back after 5 days to try again the lumbar tap. During those days we are realy praying hard na sana pagbalik namin successful na at makakuha na ng fluid..Our friends and relatives are also praying for our baby. And God anwered our prayers, successful ang pag tap sa kaniya and the result is negataive from any infection. We felt so relieved. The doctor sad the siezure is benign and she'll just outgrow it. But we still need the EEG and CT Scan to be 100% sure. She had these tests and we're just waiting for the result. We are positive that God is in control of everything and the result is normal.
Now, she's 1 month and 4 days old na.. She still had mild siezures but I'm confident na wala lang yun. We are trusting God and we believe that everything will be ok.
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