She’s Here!
I sincerely thought that the second baby will not be a big deal as the first one because you’ve done it all. But boy was I wrong yet so happy to learn that the feeling is very much the same. I was as scared, as excited and as miserable when I couldn’t take her home with me. It’s like being in love again. She’s all I can think about. When I close my eyes, I smell her, hear her crying, feel my arms supporting her already too strong limbs. It was the exact feeling that I had when Sandy came to our lives.
In my head I’ve already planned all the things that I want to give her, which is everything that we can. I know I would die for her just like I would for my Sandy and Sherwin.
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I gave birth last June 23 at 12:43PM to Sophia Margarita (Meg). She weighed 7.8 lbs and moved a lot up to the last minute. The labor felt like forever although I know it was only 4-5 hours before the pushing (a total of 5 push btw) began. It was much harder this time around but so worth it. I was scared because The husband wasn’t with me but knew that I had to be strong and do the best that I can. With Sandy, I just let the nurses and residents to do the pushing for me but this time, I had to work double time. It was so hard I cried as soon as I saw The Husband.
We were supposed to go home the next day but at the last minute, we learned that we had to stay for 5 more days. Our pedia saw that Meg has jaundice, again, just like her Ate so she’ll have to undergo Phototherapy.
Her Ate Sandy on the other hand was getting frustrated because we can’t go home yet. She’s so excited to finally touch her sister after months of waiting. Yet now all she can do was look at her at the nursery. Since she’s having Phototherapy, rooming-in is not possible. We extended our room stay so we can go up to the nursery every two hours and feed her. Luckily, my breastmilk came early so she was easily satisfied. It was painful whenever I enter the nursery and all I can hear were her cries because she has been looking for me. I miss her a lot and just want to grab a cot and sleep there in the breastfeeding room if they’ll let me.
We’re happy to be back home now. She’s on the graveyard shift which drives us crazy but the sleepless nights are nothing compared to the misery of not being able to hold her when we want to.
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I am Dzoi, a 28 year old Filipina who currently works as a web designer. I am a loving wife to my equally loving husband Sherwin and a mommy cow to my 2-year-old daughter, Sandy.
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Ung first pic parang hinahanap ni meg ung milk nya hehe. Sarap ng me baby and kudos to you for bfing her and staying at the hospital kahit pwede ka na umuwi. Sarap ng
. Rest well!!
me babay!! Tgnan natin kung me new preggers na bebot soon
Congrats ulit joy, sherwin and ate sandy! Meg is so adorable.
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I’ve been wondering too what it will be like to have another baby.. could I possibly have the same feelings I did when Erynne came? How exciting. Congratulations and let the wonderful sleepless nights begin
Jen’s last blog post..Written in the stars.
oh Jen, it’s so much more! Because now you get to share your happiness with soon-to-be-Ate Erynne
You’ll know how right I am when the baby’s here. I only wanted one child if I could (for so many reasons) but now that Meg is here, just can’t remember those feelings anymore.
Take care and enjoy sleeping while you can LOL