It was the morning of April 2, 2020 when I gave birth to our third child, Aeda Sicilia IV. We went to the hospital at 3:00 am, excited but at the same time worried of what will happen. Preparations were done upon our arrival but because of Covid-19, additional protocols were done and/or removed. Upon … Continue reading My birthing experience: Aeda
Uncertainties and anxiety I am about to give birth on April 4, 2020, less than a week from now. Aside from the mixed emotions and uncertainties that I am having in giving birth, I am also anxious for the past weeks because of the Covid-19. My mind is clouded with 'what-ifs' and 'what-to-dos' but I … Continue reading Pregnancy in the time of Covid-19
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I never wrote something about our incoming baby girl, not because I do not want to but because I want to just keep it to ourselves after what happened to Baby Tres. Baby Aeda will be our rainbow baby. But I am already 30 weeks pregnant and expecting to delivery this wonderful baby by April … Continue reading Aeda Sicilia IV
de·mise dəˈmīz/ noun 1. a person's death. Early embryonic demise. This phrase has been circling my mind for three days now. Monday. October 1, 2018. We went for a scheduled ultrasound to check baby's cardiac activity since the last one stated that the heartbeat was still weak, normal for a 6-week old fetus. When the … Continue reading Demise
In 2010, I decided to create a new blog focusing on my life being a mother, wife and full-time employee. I just gave birth to my first child at that time (well, probably few months after). I was asked, what if I'll have another child? But I said to myself, well, I only want to … Continue reading Mommy loves Ria, JJ and B3
On December 3, 2014 at exactly 2:39pm, Juan Jaime Kismet L. Orzales was born. He weighed 3430 grams at the time of birth with a length of 48cm. He was born via Cesarian Section Delivery done by Dra. Camille Ann Abaya at St. Luke's Medical Center in Bonifacio Global City, Taguig. The whole experience was … Continue reading The Birth: Start of our Breastfeeding Journey
It's been a while and I have not written an update on my baby. It was a hectic and stressful week before I gave birth. The Unexpected It was Nov. 23 when my parents arrived from Saudi so we went to the airport and went straight to Duty Free. It was one week before my … Continue reading The Adventures
37 weeks, labor can come anytime soon but we are hoping baby would come out on December 3, or at least when mommy and daddy are already here. We have already settled the package, so we can use that anytime I give birth at St. Luke's Global. This is it! The Pain I am very … Continue reading Awaiting…
It was the most stressful part of this pregnancy. It started when we had a 3D4D ultrasound of our baby boy. The sonologist said that I should contact my OB regarding the femur length and amniotic fluid. So I txted my OB and she instructed me to have an ultrasound at St. Luke's Global. True … Continue reading 8 months and the things that happened for one month
Mommyhood Journey 