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Showing posts with label baby. Show all posts
Showing posts with label baby. Show all posts

Sunday, May 8, 2011

My wife's mother's day surprise

My wife has been sending photos of our child to Pampers Philippines in the hopes that they will choose her to be part of their Mother's day commercial. It has been weeks and we had no response from Pampers Philippines. The last email that we receive from Pampers is a canned message which simply says that the photo entry is valid.

It was around 4pm and we just got back from the supermarket. The TV was tuned into ABS-CBN channel 2. We were home barely 5 minutes when my wife was screaming. I rushed to the living room and she was pointing to TV. It was a Pampers commercial for mother's day and our child was in it. The 4th picture shown in the video was her. We still haven't receive any confirmation from Pampers Philippines . Maybe it's because it is a weekend or maybe they are still trying to reply to all those who send their baby's photos.

Tuesday, July 6, 2010

My baby girl


Time flies fast. I was excited a few months back when I learned that my wife is pregnant. And now, She is only a few weeks away from giving birth to our first child. I am more excited now when I found out she may give birth within the next few weeks. It still feels surreal that I would be a father soon.

My wife visited her new OB-GYN last Monday. The doctor is new because we just decided to have her deliver our baby in her hometown. We have been planning it for months. She is now staying with her parents so that somebody would attend to her needs. When I am at home I always take care of her of course but when I at work she is all alone.

When she visited the doctor, she was told that she is 37 weeks pregnant. I read in some articles that the ideal number of weeks is 38 onwards but on articles 37 weeks is considered full term. Her doctor told her she could deliver that baby anytime soon and that she is on full term. She was told to walk for at least two to three hours a day so that baby would get into the right position.
Now  the bags have been packed in case she starts labor anytime. Everything that she and the baby needs are already in that bag. I can't wait to see her. After months of waiting, we will start welcoming our baby girl to world.

Friday, January 15, 2010

My baby's second peek


This is a continuation of the post that I published on Dec 18 last year. After 3 weeks of medication, my wife had her second ultrasound. We decided to change our OB since a maternity clinic near our residence has just opened up. This is beneficial because the clinic is just walking distance from our place and is more affordable than our first OB.


We made the right decision on changing OB. Our new doctor is more accommodating, explains better and she is a lot more thorough than the first. My wife went through several blood test, pap smear and urinalysis. Since her clinic is still new and she still doesn't have an ultrasound machine, we had to go to a nearby hospital that she referred.

My wife had her second ultrasound on Jan 12 in MCU hospital in Caloocan City. It is amazing how much the baby has grown in a span of a few weeks. When she had her first ultrasound on Dec 17, 2009, the baby's Crown rump length (CRL) was just 1.2 cm. The baby's heartbeat is rose from 145 beats per minute to 156 beats per minute. During our first ultrasound, the hands and feet and the baby's head is stil l not visible. But now, those body parts are very distinguishable. The baby was very wriggly. It like the baby was trying to find a comfortable position. 

I felt so much joy when I saw my baby moving around so much. It is almost the same joy that I have felt when I first heard my baby's heartbeat. You may have noticed that I don't use him or her when I am referring to the baby. I want my first born to be a boy because if we will have a second child, I want the child to have an older brother. So that he may protect his y But his younger sibling. But I am happy either way. All I hope for is that the baby is healthy. I think it is all parents could ask for. 

Friday, December 18, 2009

My baby's first peek











After learning that my wife is pregnant, we had our first visit to the Obstetrician/gynecologist (OB/GYNE) on November 24, 2009. We were asked by the doctor to return on Dec 7, 2009 to have her first ultrasound. There are three types of pelvic ultrasound: Transrectal, transvaginal and transabdominal. The transabdominal ultrasound is normally use when the baby is more than 12 weeks old. Since my wife is on her 1st trimester of pregnancy, they have to conduct a transvaginal ultrasound.  The baby was supposed to be six weeks by Dec 7, but unfortunately it is too early and to measure the baby’s heart rate. This got us a bit worried but the OB assured us that this quite common. We were asked again to return on the 17th of the month. We were lucky that the OB was kind enough not to charge us for the ultrasound.


We were very eager and I thought that the 17th couldn’t come as fast enough. The day finally came and my wife had her 2nd ultrasound. At first, they still couldn’t find the heartbeat and then at long last, I heard my baby’s heartbeat for the first time. It was joy unimaginable. I was so happy that I couldn’t stop myself from letting a tear or two drop. It is the most beautiful sound that I have ever heard in my life. There were so many thoughts going through my mind that day. It is mostly a long series of “How”. How could this be? How could a beautiful miracle like this happen? The human body is a magnificent creation I always thought.


But there seems to be a problem. The OB saw a sub chorionic hemorrhage and it has to be treated. She was advised to go on bed rest and was given a medicine called Duphaston to treat the hemorrhage. We were asked to visit the OB on January 7, 2009 to see if the medicine is effective.


The baby was 7 weeks and 6 days old that day. His crown to rump length is 1.2 cm. It is an amazing that something so small would grow really fast in a span of a few months. The body is amazing. Every dad should be there to listen to their baby’s first heart beat. That moment is priceless

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Wednesday, November 25, 2009

I am going to be a daddy!

I just got married a few months ago. Being married without a baby seems incomplete. It's like being in a girlfriend-boyfriend relationship playing house. We were planning to have a baby for months. And at last we were blessed.

I was on a graveyard shift which starts from 10 in the evening and ends 7 o'clock the succeeding day. I was tasked to wake up my wife since her work would start at seven. I was supposed to wake her up at four thirty in the morning. Before I got the chance to call her, I received a text message asking to call her immediately. It seems urgent. When I contacted her she said that she use the pregnancy test that I have purchased a few days back. One line means negative. Two lines means positive. And if there were no lines, that means the test was void.

She said that the test had the two lines but the second line seems faded. She seems a little doubtful but I could tell that she is really excited. We decided to meet after my shift to get a doctor's opinion. Even though we haven't confirmed that she was really pregnant, I had to tell someone. I was too excited to keep my happiness to myself. I told a few of my officemates about the good news. I called my parents and asked my dad a question that I have always to ask him. Are you ready to be a grandfather? They were both happy for me and like any parents, they both gave my advice.

My wife still went to work. She told me that she was disoriented and could not focus on the training that she was attending. She asked permission to go leave work early so that we may visit a doctor.

It was around twelve in the afternoon when we met somewhere near the clinic. We had lunch first before visiting the doctor. I was really sleepy then since I was up all night because of work. Good thing that the doctor did not have any clients during that time and we were accommodated immediately.

She asked a few question and had my wife examined. She was then asked to have another pregnancy test. We waited for the result to be ready. And the doctor said the words that we wanted to her. "Congratulations. It is positive!"

I was euphoric. I did not know where the energy came from, but all the sleepiness and the headache was washed away. And I couldn't help myself form grinning. We were supposed to come back after a few weeks to have the ultrasound and other test.

T minus 7 months and 3 weeks

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