Giving
birth to a very charming baby opened a whole new chapter in our lives. I
was supposed to be due on the 20th of February, which is also my birth date, but
God has another special date for Blake. At exactly 37 weeks and 5 days, I was
admitted in the hospital for high BP, the first one I ever had in my life, and
a low score from the biophysical profile test. The next thing I knew I was
being wheeled into the operating room.
Pounding
Revelations
Flashback
to last year’s events, it was on June 16, 2013 when we found out that we’re
pregnant. It was surreal. Exciting. An indescribable feeling. A week after, I
began to feel pain in my abdomen followed by a line of pink blood on my
underwear that went on for days. Anxious and full of tears, I prayed for the
little growing thing inside to hang on. As if I really have the right, I told
God that He should not take away what blessing He had already given. But I made
a promise to Him that I would take care of the little growing thing,
just let it be OURS in its time on earth. And God listened.
It
wasn’t a difficult pregnancy although the preggy hormones got really caught up
with me. Gaining 50 pounds is sure an alarming number, but hey, I did not even
eat that much rice nor craved for sweets. I was on the right diet. Still, I
grew bigger every month. For the record, I also kept on receiving unsolicited
advices, comments that weren’t much of a big help and nearly made me go war
freak on the social website. They only mean well, I know, but sometimes they think
they also know it all. Nonetheless, I am still grateful to everyone who kept
me in his/her thoughts. It only shows how much I was loved when I was 50 pounds
bigger.
During
the anomaly scan at 23 weeks, the OB revealed the gender of the little
growing thing- it's a BOY! That was also the first time I saw him fully
(whole body) on the computer screen. He already looked like a chubby little
baby!
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| 3D/4D ultrasound at 33 weeks |
