Happy d.

this year had been the most exciting year of my entire life. i started this year 2009 with a resolution to loooose alot of weight and live life to the fullest of full. but that plan didnt happen. insted of loosing weight, i gained allooot of weight.. like 30 pounds and my tummy got bigger too. hence i was pregnant. skipping my period for the first time ever was shocking and buffling too.. but despite the fear.. pat and i chose to keep the life inside my tummy. i got pregnant, i got married, my sister from the states flew across the globe just to see me walk down the aisle, i overcome the pain of contractions and gave birth to a 8 pounder baby boy and jack was baptized. this year changed my life and my son + hubby gave a new meaning to my todays and my tomorrows. My husband and my son are my past, present and future. so i guess my new years resolution would be trying to be a good wife and a good mom. i wish everyone 10 fingers for the year 2010. lol. well i wish everyone good health and maybe new playmates for my son? hugs!!

after bathing jack.. I fed him and we danced to the song of john mayer.. We dance until he fell asleep..

Jack, mama enjoyed dancing with you.. sleep well my son.. I love u soo much!!

Jack is turning 3 weeks old tomorrow..

being a wife and a mom is a FULL time job.

On being a mom:
I need to breastfeed jack every 2 to 3 hours. If breastfeeding is not possible then i should be able to pump 2 top 3 ounces of milk so he will remain healthy. Formula milk just doesnt do the trick. Im planning to breastfeed until he's 1 yr old.

He cries from time to time. So i check if he's hungry, i check his diapers, i check if his bed has ants. I check if he's okei. Its pretty hard to read baby's minds. First because i cant read minds and second reason is that baby's cant talk so its like a guessing game all the time.

Putting my little boy to bed is pretty hard since he wants to interact alot more nowadays.

He wakes up in the middle of the night and cries out louuuud and sometimes he doesnt go back to sleep until 6am or 7am. Waking up in the middle of the night is the HARRRRRRRRRDDDDDD part. Baby cries for no reason at all. Sometimes he cries just to let me know he's alive.

Sometimes he sleeps all day and wakes up all night. ALL NIGHT. that makes me the mother zombie.

Changing diapers, putting a baby to sleep and playing with a baby seems to be very easy when you dont experience it first hand. But when you become the MOTHER its a different story. There's more to babies than meets the eye.

I dont regret being a mother. I am grateful for being one because it is molding me to become a better person more and more each day. I never thought i am capable of doing some things that i am doing right now but my little son taught me alot of things. Its amazing how a small baby can change your life and change  your habits.

So for all y'all who is looking for a real challenge.. i dare you to get married and have a baby. Its an everyday challenge.

I just hope that pat and i will be able to mould jack into becoming a good and god-fearing person.

I choose to stay home rather than work for money cause i know that my child is more important than any job that the corporate world can offer me. One day when jack is a little bit older im pretty sure i wont regret staying home for him. Its not like he's going to be a baby that i can carry and kiss and hug forever, so i choose to stay home and take care of him and shower him with all the love and care that he needs.

one day jack will learn to read and i want my son to know how happy i am for having him in my life. No amount of money or carreer can replace the love that i have for you SON.

YOU ARE THE GREATEST GIFT THAT MAMA AND DADA RECEIVED.. THANK  YOU FOR COMING INTO OUR LIVES! WE LOVE YOU SOOO MUCH!

1. I was 40 weeks pregnant and My ignorant doctor was suggesting to induce labor since im not having any sign of contractions. He also said that i have no sign of dilation.

2. we looked for a second opinion hence to say we found a new doctor at the last minute. This was around 6pm of october 7.

3. Doctor said i have 1cm dilation and she stimulated something so ill have contractions by 3am.

4. 8ackaches started around 7pm while we were having dinner. Around 7:30pm i decided to take a shower and prepapre my things cause my backache was starting to kill me.

5. Heavy and painful contractions started around 8:30pm and i was trying to time the interval of contractions. Dr. Said that if contractions occur every 5 to 10 mins. I should be rushed to the hospital for further labor.

6.My contractions didnt have anm interval. it occured like every minute.

7. Husband and i had a little fight before going to the hospital.

8. Husband, kuya alex and ate jean rushed me to the hospital. Papa and ate michelle promised to follow.

9. Upon arriving the hospital the dr. said i was 7cm open. The pain was undescribable. It was rreallly painful.

10. i was at the labor room around 10pm. the dr. Broke my waterbag and i easily dilated till 9cm but baby got stuck at 9cm.

11. Around 12:30am there werent any improvement. jack was tooo big. my blood pressure was shooting up and i was developing a slight fever.

12. I was rushed to a different hospital for c-section. the ride to the hospital was a torture since my contractions were thrice as painful and it was just painfuuuuulll..

13. Everything happened tooo fast when we got to the hospital. I was in a wheel chair then i was lying down in the operating room and lights were blinding my eyes and i was squeezing the nurse's hand because of too much contraction pain and they had to curl me into a ball cause they had to inject anesthesia in my spine. being curled up into a ball while having major contractions was pure pain.

14. I was conscious at first and i know that they are cutting thru me but i cant feel anything. I fell asleep during the procedure and then they woke me up at 1:34am (oct.8.09) to show jack to me but i was tooo sleepy to hold him.

15. I woke up with the nurse cleaning my tummy and i was able to unstrap my hands which made the nurse shout cause i was suppose to do that.

16. I was at the recovery room from 2am till like 6am. i cant be bought up to my room until i can move my feet.

17. I was delivered to my room around 6:30am . Papa, ate mic and pat were there. they told me stories about jack and how strong and big he was.

18. c-section stitch was painful but thank god that i was released from the hospital around 3pm last oct.10.

19. Thank you to patrick manlapaz and my family.. i love you sooooo much.

20. A warm welcome to my son JaCk Rafael Lopez Manlapaz.

Eversince i found out that i was pregnant things got alot different.. No parties, no alcohol, no late night outs, no hang outs and the no list goes on.. It was a rollercoaster ride for me and pat.. there were punches from left to right and one after another.. It was harddd.. But there is always sunshine after the rain.. And boy im glad that i didnt give up the fight.. but whatever happened to me im still dina and i still got my one hand in my pocket and the other one is holding a peace sign.

P.s
i know its a short blog.. Thatss because my thoughts are scattered and im blogging thru my phone. Will blog soonn.

my husband is pretty worried that ill pass my due date. He says that he's not worried but he cant sleep at night anymore. he takes nap instead of really digging the sack and munching some zzzZzzZ's. I find it cute that he's excited to be a dada and i find it scary to go to labor. Today is my due date and we'll be visiting my ob a few hours from now.. Hope everything goes well plus i wish my OB will see great improvments with my dilation..

Thank you hubby-dub-dub for being such a loving and caring husband! Plus tnx a bunch for letting me sleep almost all the time.. I love you..

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