7 Days Postpartum

Time flew so fast!  I survived the first week of being a first time mom!  Of course, with a lot of help from the family.

I could vividly remember, one week ago today, waking up at five in the morning, feeling heavier than my usual pregnant weight struggle.  Went to pee, but noticed a continuously flowing colored liquid, I knew that, that was that,  I heard stories, I read stories.  Good thing that my baby's bag is ready, but mine was not.  So before I told my parents that IT was already the DAY, I went pulling out dresses I could still wear, my maternity pads, underwear and all others.  I kept as calm as possible, called my cousin who is a nurse to tell her about it.  I even drove myself to their house.  I'm not as prepared as I thought I would be, but I always mentally remind myself to just follow instructions.

At around 7 AM:  Cervix was just 2-3 cm dilated, I was sent home and was told to do some walking and squats. Which I did

At around 12 noon,  I was already feeling like I wanted to go to the toilet, every now and then, but couldn't pee or lose some bowel,  my Auntie said, that I'm almost in labor.

At around 1:30 PM  We went to the hospital again,  and was checked, I am already 4-5 cm dilated.  I was put on an IV and my baby was given some stress test.

At around 3 PM, I was already 7 cm dilated, I am mentally prepared for what I'm going through, the pains of labor, expectations and reality.  I was told that I'm going to be placed in labor room at 4 PM.

I was checked at around 430 PM,  doctor's order that I'm going to be induced, 9 cm,  and I was transferred to delivery room.  I was told to push, to breath through my mouth, to push because my baby was on its way out.  I was fully aware. The doctor and nurses were cheering me on.  Push, push, PUUUSSSH! And baby was out,  I instantly heard a cry,  I instinctively close my eyes and whispered, "THANK YOU LORD!".  

My baby.  It was surreal,  the one I waited for nine months is finally here.  We were given some moments of skin to skin contact, she was placed on my chest, and she was crying, she was breathing, she was REAL!  

And I was put to sleep, because the doctor is still going to fix me. :)

Everyday I am thankful.  Every day I am going to endure all the first things that are happening,  overwhelming, enlightening.  Being a mom.  Being a parent who has to take full responsibility of another human.

Thank you Lord.  Thank you.

2013 has been great!

Happy New Year!

This is the beginning of the best year of my life, so much to look forward to, so much to prepare for.

2013 has been amazing as well, because:



I got to travel to New Zealand for my sister’s wedding.

The Family at the very nice Chapel, with the newest member of the family, Mark.

Stop-over at Singapore for an overnight stay at Opera 81 Hotel, and got to see Merlion Park, where we had lunch the next day.

Dad, mom, me, Cathy (Sis-in-Law), kuya Artson.

My boyfriend graduated from College and the same year he got his license and became officially an Electronics Engineer.  He also got hired by a prestigious electronics company Maxim.

...and I'm the proud girlfriend.

Welcoming 2014

The year that was, I tried to be more of myself, excited, girlie, dominating, stern, cheerful, and being a friend to my officemates.  I am coming out of my self.  Positivity.

New year’s resolutions are:

1. Talk less.
2. Listen more.
3. Calm down.
4. Think.
5. Start financial planning.
6. Be consistent.
7. Love.
8. Be patient.
9. Less time on facebook.
10. Do instagram instead.
11. Write a blog for every significant experience that comes my way.
12. Be more productive and creative.

Start the year right; hopeful and goal-oriented.  Cheers!

*I will start writing my bucketlist soon, including those which have been crossed out already.

Like:

•  travel abroad.
• sing in front of a crowd
• drive a manual transmission car

-Should I include getting married in my bucketlist? LOL. No. It's going to certainly happen. 

Need.

Still in denial that I am already a medium. Lol, bought a lovely denim dress from ukay-ukay today for P85.00. When I got home and tried it on, it does fit, but I was barely breathing. Haha. I need to lose at least 10 lbs. This should be my thinspiration. Ughs. Like what they all say, it's only hard to start. Diet. Diet. Diet. Exercise. Exercise. Exercise. 

now and about...

So I thought of trying to blog again.  It’s just that most of the time I get so lazy and surfing through photos after photos in facebook. 

I’m inspired to blog again because of Filipino fashion bloggers, travel bloggers, etc.  It’s kind of love for the good stuff and letting people know about it.  I love colors and girly stuff and right now, I’m into clothes, mostly trendy, but low-priced clothes, which I buy from department stores or from online shops.  Even my boyfriend noticed how my fashion sense has changed; I used to wear just jeans and polo shirt on washday and date nights/days. 

Before anything, I need to lose a few pounds, even when gaining weight is acceptable because I’m 30, I still prefer 114 lbs. How do I do that?  HELP!!! How do I lose 12 lbs.?  I love my coffee with milk in it.  I eat unlimited rice per day. I need dedication and will power.

My boyfriend is in Cebu right now for the remaining weeks of his review for the ECE board exam.  He’s currently experiencing “Yolanda”.  There was unified blackout in Cebu since this morning and now he only has remaining power on his mobile phone and pocket wifi device.  He said he’s warm enough.  I hope the weather will be better tomorrow.  I hope there are not that many casualties.  Warning has been around for days, the authorities emphasized the urgency of evacuation earlier.  I hope Atom Araullo is ok.  He was giving live news updates this morning from Tacloban.  God bless the Philippines, especially those areas with great devastation.  

A wedding...

This is the on-scene video of my older brother's wedding.  It was beautiful.  It's like the overview of the wedding.  You can just feel and see the happiness of people witnessing the wedding, that includes me, of course. Here it is! Love, love, love! It's hearts' day everyday.



Artson & Catherine SDE from Wolfram VirtualWorks on Vimeo.

Working on improving.

Working where there is healthy competition.  When I have to level my quality of work with someone who has more job experience than me.  That I need.  I lack determination and does not initiate improvement.  From now on, I will. Practice.  Improvise.  

Note: No Copyright Infringement intended.

P.S.  Watched "The Avengers" with my boyfriend at home.  It was entertaining.  I particularly love the HULK, since he is totally indestructible, he's a big advantage to the team.  I wish I have more posts like this. I love just babbling about anything.  More activities means I have more stories to tell. Ciao!

Untitled. Unfinished.

Was not even able to finish this. Got to sleep.

Appreciate, love.

Upon scanning through pictures taken by our interns where I'm currently working, I realized that I should learn to appreciate what I have, my job, the opportunity that comes with it.  It may not be easy sometimes I'm close to exhaustion, but I know that it is not every day that I get a job as good as what I have right now.

Yes, I love PEPI! <3

Happy Hearts' Day!

I first heard this song on the car, while you were driving and you were singing with it.  Cute.  It just stuck in my mind, and waited for the time that the song becomes apt for the moment.  Although marrying is far from our plans,  but I love you enough to marry you, EVERYDAY.  <3  Happy Valentines Day! I love you.

Moments with you...

One Happy Snapshot to another...

Thank you for keeping me in balance.

Mwah!

Time.

How my time flies:


6:30 Wakes up.
7:00 Have to take off pretty fast so I could still ride the company bus which leaves at 
7:20.
7:50 Arrives at workplace.
8:00 to 10:30 Rushing to finish all for bank errand.
10:30 to 12:00 Working while waiting for lunch.
12:00 to 12:15 Eat my baon.
12:15 to 12:40 Tries to finish what I can before taking my power nap at
12:50.

1:00 to 5:00 Work. Work. Work.
5:10 The bus leaves the workplace.
6:00 Bus arrives at city proper.
7:00 to 9:45 Suppose to be with you.
10:00 Fetches mom from the store.
10:30 Leaves store
11:00 Arrives Home
11:00 to 12:00 mn go online/watch tv.
12:00 Sleeps up to 
6:30.


It gets harder everytime. With all the pressure. I am tired. I get tired too.  Complaining that I can't have time for everything doesn't help. Do I really have to choose? 

Window shopping on-line!

I love window shopping without actually going to the mall, because where we live we don't really have that much places to shop.  So I go window shopping online.

Here's where I usually hang out : http://www.beadsandfindings.com.ph For crafty people like me, you can find it all here, beads, ribbons, metal findings, cords, well, almost everything, because I wish they sell soft felt cloth too.

I'm craft-minded but I don't have all the time in the world to start what I wanted to do. I just keep on hoarding materials. :) I have a whole box of beads, charms, etc.

P.S.

Shopping online has become a trend in the Philippines for the past months, shipping couriers are the ones which benefited the most. 

Running in my head.

Sometimes I panic with all the earthquakes and other natural disasters, but I don’t want to believe what my former boss keeps on talking about, the infamous “December 21, 2012”.   Always leads us to the question, is the end near?  What about the polar shift?  The coming One-World Order, with the chaos in Middle East and then electing the so-called “KING”.  My boss also mentioned that once the seven-year peace treaty is signed, that is the most significant mark of the beginning of the end, scary right?  Speculations that it is going to happen, there are a lot; as to when exactly nobody knows.  

After several weeks of denial, I finally “google-d” PHIVOLCS, there official website is http://www.phivolcs.dost.gov.ph/.  It’s updated; monitoring the active volcanoes in the Philippines.  Just like Japan, Philippines is situated in the RING OF FIRE.  After the killer quake in Japan, more aftershocks are expected and for a longer period.  There is really a lot to learn about the things that are happening, with the keywords, EARTHQUAKE, TSUNAMI, RING OF FIRE, DECEMBER 21, 2012, and many others.  

We can only pray, that such fortuitous events will calm down. 

Dear Lord,

Keep us safe. 

there IS so much we want to do,

starting with living a good life

and be pleasant to your eyes again.

Keep us safe.

thank you dear lord.

amen.

  

P.S. I could ignore people's infinite ranting about love, crushes, justin beiber, FRIDAY, and other things, but not about natural disasters.  

 

I will learn and I will blog.

I am going to be a writer.  I am going to be a writer. I am going to be a writer.  This is my mantra as of the moment, because I badly wanted to be a writer and get online technical writing jobs.  I used to write. Endless scribbles, but they were all about love, love, love.  I want to write for a purpose.  I want to learn to write again, this time more serious, this time with an inspiration and a goal.  

What happened today:  I got my hair treated, and its going to look lanky for a couple of days, because I am not allowed to get it wet for three days. 

P.S.  Unleaded Gasoline will increase by 50 cents, its currently at 56.30!  I should go back to commuting again and save gas, if only Steeltown jeepneys are a lot like Suarez jeepneys, then it would be less hassle and economical for me to ride jeepneys.

Special mention and prayers to the lives claimed by the killer quake and tsunami in Japan.  In times like this, we can only pray. So please do.

2011 is to Job Hunting

2011

                  The year has a lousy start because I no longer have a job to wake up to.  My contract was ended last December 30, 2010, sadly.  Now I am back to job hunting, asking friends, looking up the internet, but it is a bit hard to find a job in our city, where everybody knows everybody, and people have preferences, like, hiring someone because she is the daughter of a friend; because this person has helped the hiring officer in the past; well, who am I to complain, I was once a beneficiary of our town’s way of hiring people.  I am hoping that I will be called in for an interview in a few days; I have applied in a prestigious company, which I have dreamed of being a part of.  

                    I hope this blog will do wonders.  Good luck for me.  God knows the desires of my heart.  

P.S.  It's the love month already, which means a month has already passed me by, I have been very, very lazy.