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.
Sometimes It feels surreal that I would be a dad in just a few months. I sometimes forget that a baby is growing in my wife's womb. But every time I could feel my child moving and kicking in my wife's womb, It reminds me that a miracle is growing within my wife's body.
Some Couples don't want to know the gender of their child before they are born. They want to keep it as a surprise. Not me. I wanted to know since my wife found out that she was pregnant. It actually doesn't matter if the child is a boy or a girl. What matters is that the child healthy.
After several ultrasound we have confirmed that we will be parents to baby girl. Time really flies. A few years ago, I wouldn't have imagined that I would be a dad this soon. It was unexpected but it was a delightful surprise. We are lucky because there are a lot of couples out there who are so eager to have a child but have not yet been bless with one. In my opinion, marriage is not complete without a child.
I wanted to be sure before buying things for our child. My wife and I have started to buy the baby's things a month ago. Since we were not sure of the gender back then, we were buying things with neutral color. Most of the things that we have bought then were colored white. But now since we know that we will be having a baby girl, we started buying girl clothes. Mostly are color pink.
We haven't fully decided the name of child. But I like the name Mikhaila which comes from Michael which means light.We are still discussing about a second name. Since Mikhaila is my choice the second name would be decided by my wife. Fair enough right? I can't wait until our little baby girl is born.
When I first heard that my wife is pregnant, I was filled with joy. I was so happy because having a baby is what my wife and I have been praying for. We are lucky to be blessed with a child. I always thought that marriage is incomplete without a child. And I still do. We are now both eager for our child’s arrival to the world.
Three years ago, I wouldn’t have expected that I would be a father at this stage of my life. I have changed so much and have given up a lot of things. I have grown a lot more mature and lot more responsible in the last couple of months than I have in the last few years.
Now I also feel fear because everything is so new to me. Fear that we might not be ready to raise this child. Fear of what is to happen in the next few months. But I think I am afraid because I don’t know much about pregnancy. My wife and I have been reading up about pregnancy and have been watching a lot of videos on what to expect. And off course the advices from our friends and family helps a lot. Learning more about pregnancy and what to expect lessens my fear.
My wife is now five months pregnant and in a few months, she will give birth to our first child. She is very eager to buy things for our baby. But since we still do not know the gender of our child, we decided to wait. Tomorrow we will be visiting our OB and hopefully we will have another ultrasound to see how the baby is doing.
During her last ultrasound, the baby was so energetic. First it seems that the baby was not facing forward. I really wanted to see the movements so I asked our baby to turn around. And the baby did. The baby must have heard me. It was so exciting and seeing the baby through the monitor is such a delight.
We are also excited to know the baby’s gender but it is too early to know at this stage. My wife told me that if the child is a boy, chances are high that the child would be more attached to the mother. And if the child is a girl, it would be probably more attached to me. I don’t really mind if it is a girl or a boy. What matters to me is that the child is healthy. A friend of mine decided not to know their child’s gender until her wife delivers the child. He wanted it a surprise. I am not sure if I could have the same restraint though. I am so eager to know since this is our first child.
There is no greater joy than being a father. My friends have always told me once the child is born, you really can’t wait to go home. All your worries would be flushed away once you see your child. I can’t wait to see my child. We still have to wait about four more months.How I wish time could fly.
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.
Yesterday my wife was craving for a Filipino dish called Chicken Adobo. She is on her first trimesters and was craving badly for that particular dish only. I have the ingredients that I need to prepare the dish. But there is only one problem. I don’t know how to cook Adobo.
My wife was sleeping at the time and I wanted surprise her by cooking the dish all by myself. So I turn to the Internet for information. I saw a lot of articles about cooking adobo. You could cook it using chicken or pork. It was really late then and I had to learn to cook it really fast. And then I remember seeing a video in YouTube.com that showed how to cooked adobo. I searched for all the videos related to Adobo. I found Travis Craft’s video called American Adobo. I am a bit embarrassed learning how to cook a Filipino dish from a foreigner. But I had no choice. It was the video which was most viewed and the other ways of cooking adobo required marinating the chicken for 30 minutes or more. I didn’t have the luxury of time.
I was able to finish the dish within 30 minutes. I took me a while to get the right mixture of ingredients so that it would taste like chicken adobo. I need more practice that’s for sure. My wife said that it was delicious. I don’t know if she was just being polite or she really liked it. Then again, pregnant women are very choosy when it comes to food. I guess she really did like it. Thank God for the internet!
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
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.
