Labor

I recently gave birth to a wonderful baby girl on July 23, 2012 at 8:27pm. She weighed 7lb. 2oz and 19inches long. She was pretty big considering the fact that on her last ultrasound when I was 8 months pregnant she was only 5.6 pounds. So I was expecting her to be only 6 pounds or 6 pounds and half at most. We were all in for a surprise, even my doctor was shocked how big she was. My labor was really quick I started pushing 8:04pm and she came out 8:27. I had an epidural when I was already 6cm dilated because I couldn't handle the pain anymore. Epidurals are great It's like a gift from above. We had skin to skin contact right after she was out. I was so happy when I received her in my arms. She was so strong already she can kind of lift her head. Her kicks and her arms were so strong too no wonder that when she was in my tummy; when she kicked or rolled around it was a little painful. The nurse took her to give her a bath and she pooped a lot. She pooped twice and everyone was just laughing. The color of the poop was very dark. It was meconium, babies first poop. Good thing she didn't poop inside. An hour or two after, I was taken in the Postpartem room where I stayed after I gave birth to my daughter. I tried breastfeeding, but it was so painful because they didn't teach me how to properly latch her on. The lactation consultant came in my room, but she didn't teach me anything because the baby was sleeping already. So it was still painful. In the evening on July 24 the nurse came in to do her newborn testing. She also said she had jaundice so she had to prick her heel and get a small vial of blood. My daughter cried so much I started crying. Your hormones really heighten your emotions. After she was done it was ok for us to leave. It was so funny because we had no idea how to put our new baby in the car seat. It took us almost 30 minutes to finally put her in properly. We went home and we were so tired we all had a good rest sleep well, except for me because my baby cried and cried so I had to wake up and breastfeed. My labor was fast, great, and easy. Next labor is probably going to be in 3 to 4 years. Mommy lola and Daddy lolo already want another baby hehehe. -xoxo Junette

1st week baby

Newmomsblog video

The first video shows what you should bring in your hospital bag. I'm missing my toiletries. This video is a review on a 32 piece brush set from Ebay

Youtube account

Hey dolls I just made a new youtube account and I blog about mom stuff. I hope you guys check it out :] I talk about pregnancy and babies. http://www.youtube.com/newmomsblog

Juan for all

I was watching television and my dad wanted to change the channel to GMA. It is a filipino t.v. show thats been running for years and years. Ever since I was younger it was always on. They travel to different barangays or cities where they pick winners and give them prizes. They usually give money, clothing, food, etc. The winners house was literally made of wood and cardboard and their whole house is probably the size of my kitchen and so that's pretty small. There was only one bed and there were 5 people living in that small house. They guys job consist of making handcrafted keychains and in a day he makes about 100 - 250 pesos which is about 2 - 4 dollars. Its just heartwarming how they help people. It's nice to know that there are shows and programs to help people of low income.

I just want to give that show props because they never stopped what they were doing. They've been helping people for years and that encourages me to help and donate as much as I can to charities or other programs. I hope it also encourages my readers.

NST

Hey dolls I had my Non-stress test today. It's my recurring appointments to see how my baby is doing. Last time I had my ultrasound she was very small. She only weighed about 5.6 pounds for a 38 week old baby. A normal weight for a baby that is 38 weeks is around 6.8 pounds. I think she's small due to genetics. My husband and I are short so thats probably why she's so small. Well my NST was successful her heart beats were normal I had no crazy contractions and my water was normal. I'm glad everything is going well. I just want her out already. I'm suppose to be induced on the 23rd, but I hope I don't because I want my water to break naturally. There's a big chance that I will give birth before that since I'm already 3cm dilated, but I've been reading a lot of mommy blogs and they said that sometimes they were 3cm dilated for 1-2 weeks. So it might just stay like that. Well I hope and I pray that I will have a fast and safe delivery. Heres a picture of my daughter when she was 32-35 weeks.

3cm dilated

Hey dolls so I went to my doctors appointment yesterday and I found out that I'm already 3cm dilated. She did a membrane sweep yes TMI, but I agreed because I don't want to prolong my pregnancy anymore. I am so excited to have this baby girl. After, they just told me to go home and rest and walk to induce labor naturally. Though I haven't walked because there is so much going on at home I just didn't have time. I have family from Texas arriving to visit my grandma which is in the hospital right now. My pelvic area hurts, but is still tolerable. Here is a picture of my belly being 39weeks and 3 days.

I'm kind of sad I didn't take an actual professional portrait :[

Refresh

I know I haven't posted a blog for over 2 years, but I want to change that. So much has happened within this 2 years that I haven't had time to update this blog. So to fill you guys in I did go to Cebu Doctors' University in Cebu and I finished 2 years of BSN. 2 more years to go until I take the board, but there's a little bump on the road. I got married and I'm having a baby girl

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The baby is coming soon :]