Let's get to know THE BOSS

Yes, it was also raining hard in our area last Saturday but Thank God it didn't flood here. There was no power nor water interruption. We only had cable interruption hence, I kept myself updated online.

Our house is a bit in a mess lately because the sun only decided to show up now. When you have a newborn in the house, it is expected that you do the laundry everyday. It is ideal to wash baby's stuff as soon as it has been used so as not to attract too much germs.

Yes we try as much as possible to use lampins to give Lily some air during daytime and to lessen the expenses. :)

You see, Lily is a little particular when she poo poos. She wants her diapers clean, dry and new when she decides to poop. Else, she will hold it.

She didn't poop the whole night so when she pooped this morning she was making ire. She's not constipated don't worry

You have to give her time to do this. You don't want to piss her off. She gets too cranky

Lily is very demanding at night. She doesn't like to sleep in her crib. She wants to sleep on top of me (that doesn't sound right though) until she wakes up the next morning. Hence, I already mastered the art of not moving when I sleep at night. I don't want to crush her. Sometimes she just wants to sleep beside mummy and daddy so we put her in the middle.

Go figure how Fred and I sleep if she decides to sleep there.

In 7 days, she will be a month old. Time flies so fast. I love being with her. She is developing her own style as early as now and I'm loving every minute of it. When daddy is around, she listens to Bach, Chopin anad Pachelbel. When mummy is around, she listens to U2, DMB, The Script, Coldplay, The Fray, Lady Gaga and Enya (lol). She also likes watching Animal Mechanicals, Diego and Dora in the morning. (I try to make her sleep during Wowowee. I don't want her to hear CONGRAKCHULEYSHONS)

Don't grow up fast my little one.

She knows how to remove her booties, mittens and bonnet without me knowing it. Her layette is all over the place when we carry her around.

You don't want to grab her pacifier if you don't want WAR.

Relief Centers are running out of goods to repackage. If you could bring and give so more please do so...

Quezon City:

- Ateneo De Manila University
- Please bring packed/cooked food to 12 Denmark, Loyola Grand Villas, QC, .
- Balay Expo Center in Cubao, Edsa cor McArthur
- #13 Examiner st., West Triangle, QC.


Manila:

- DLSU will be accepting any and all kinds of donations s

PASIG:

- Poveda School (beside galleria) opens 9AM tomorrow and is open to all volunteers and any kind of donations.

- CFC Center in Ortigas is receiving donations in cash or in kind. Call (02)7270682-87 or 09195359036.



MAKATI:

- Assumption College, San Lorenzo Village, Makati

- Rockwell Powerplant Mall: At Shops: Aranaz, Luca, Greyone social.



TAGUIG or FORT area:

- Embassy superclub in the fort.


PASAY city:

- Manila Doctors College Speech Lab., Macapagal Blvd, PasayCity


SAN JUAN area:

- Xavier school, volunteers will sort and bring to Ateneo. this is till12nn.



FAIRVIEW area:

- Help needed in Fairview and Novaliches. Please send clothes, food, water, meds & blankets to the Divine Savior Parish in North Fairview.

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EYE LOVE

When you are happy with your domestic life and
you have a savvy internet connection and
you don't want to read anything about politics and
your baby is sleeping soundly and
you're not allowed to get a pedicure nor a manicure yet and
you don't have money to go shop (I HATE YOU MIKEY ARROYO) and
you're waiting for your crops at Barn Buddy to grow and
you're boobs are not that engorged yet for pumping.....

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Which is the best?

The New Superstar

My husband misses Lily more than he misses me.
My mom loves Lily more than she loves me.
My sister is more excited to see Lily more than she is excited to see me.
My friends ask details about her more than they ask details about my recovery.
My blog posts are all about her more than about me or fasyon, politics or showbizzz.
My boss sent me a Skype message asking about her condition and not me.
Boxes from my relatives in the US all contain baby stuff.

I guess my Lily is the new superstar. (Not that I am a superstar. eh...)


and I am her number 1 fan.

MY ISSUES

On Pumping Milk...
Bons: I can only pump at an average of 2 ounces or at most 3 ounces per session.
Other women: They pump at an average of 6-8 ounces per session
Babies: They need around 4-5 ounces per feeding

Note: I pump milk every 2 hours 24/7.

On Nipple Size...
Bons: Mine are flat or sometimes inverted.
Other women: Theirs are an inch long. Sometimes longer than that. My kasambahay showed me hers. Hers are LOOOOOONG.
Babies: They love nipples that are similar to bottle teats.

On Pre-pregnancy Weight...
I only have 2 kilos to lose so that I'd be back to my pre-pregnancy weight. And it was just only a week. I like that but I think it's too fast.

On Lily...
She lost weight. She's doing fine but she lost weight. I cannot give too much milkl. I feel like I'm a bad mother. The doctor told us to buy some formula milk for supplements. I will continue pumping.

On Post Partum Depression...
They say that new mothers experience this. Husband and my mom told me that I have a very mild case. Yes, I cry in the middle of the night. Yes, I feel sad when I'm alone. Yes, I miss the outside world. But with just one look at my Lily, everything just seems to be fine. (Amidst all the bills to be paid.) I HATE YOU MIKEY ARROYO.

On Politics...
Erap is so buking already. I also don't like the idea that Noynoy and Erap are talking about stuff. Noynoy will just be manipulated by other people if he gets the position. I don't know who to vote for anymore. Gibo is too gay for me. I think he goes to the derma more often than I do. No offense.

On Wowowee...
Eye love Pokwang. I hate Ms. KONGRAKCHULEYSHONS. She's so malaki. Para siyang BAKA. To be fair ang kinis ng kili kili niya. How do you achieve that?

On Stretch Marks...
I have stretchmarks. I wish I could be like Dawn Zulueta. You know that big billboard over at EDSA. That picture was taken when she was pregnant. She's so flawless. The people at MMC Delivery room assured me that it was photoshopped. Even my doctor told me it was photoshopped. She was their patient too. I kinda feel glad about it.

As a Sister...
I'm so proud of Ja. I hope she gets it and matuloy siya. I will let you know more about it pag confirmed na. Ja congrats :) I'm so proud of you.

Okay back to pumping. Sorry about this nonsense crap.



Her first sunbathing

She's here!

Lily arrived at 2:50 am on September 8, 2009.

I had a C-Section but I also experienced labor. Both were/are excruciatingly painful. I was on labor September 7 from 2:30 AM until the next morning when the doctor decided to have her delivered.

I was exhausted. I was in so much pain. I was very weak.

When you are in labor at MMC they let you stay at the delivery until you pop unlike in other hospitals where you can do labor in your own room. All I could see were machines attached, injections, nurses, interns, student nurses and resident doctors.

Lily had very good vital signs the whole day while I was on labor. I was hoping that the cervix would open up a bit.

After 10 hours of pain, my cervix hadn't dilated yet but my bag was leaking so I had to stay in the hospital and endure everything.

September 8 around 1 am, I already asked for epidural anesthesia. You know the tube that they put in the spinal cord so you won't feel anything at all. The whole process was so painful I scratched the hands of both the nurses holding me. I was very weak. My doctor decided to stay with me in the hospital the whole night. It was one rainy night.

I slept for a while because the anesthesia kinda helped. When I woke up at 1:30 am, I saw the doctor staring at me. They were hooking me with oxygen. He told me that Lily's vital signs were going down. Her heart rate was very unstable.

He told me "Bons, we're gonna perform CS na ha". And I said "Whatever you say I trust you doc."

I was groggy. They transferred me in the Operating Room, they let me sign some papers, I held the hand of my anesthesiologist and asked him to make sure that I won't feel any pain during the operation.

I woke up right after they got Lily. I could remember that the pedia was with her in the table, they were checking her. She was crying and before she left the OR, the pedia told me, "I will let her smell you first before we bring her to the nursery." And so they did. My OB even peeked at me and said "Congrats" He was smiling. I was relieved

The next thing I knew was that I was already in Recovery Room. I woke up at 8 am and asked for Lily. They said they will let me meet her in my room. I will just have to wait.

Never mind if I had to endure 24 hours of unbelievable labor pains...
Never mind if the nurses, resident doctors, interns and student nurses saw my not so DAWN ZULUETA pregnant body....
Never mind if my breasts are as big as papayas right now....
Never mind if our bill is almost the same as the downpayment for a 4x4 vehicle.....

IT WAS WORTH IT.



Yes. She has my eyes.



This was me 24 years ago.

Ok back to breastfeeding... to be continued

BAKIT?????????????????????????????

Bakit ba nauso sa Pilipinas ang ganito?



Naloloka ako... at Mamatay ako kakatawa..

I'm a bit bored

I have been staying home for 4 days now and it's driving me nuts.

My mantra: I should always be busy.

I've been a bum waiting to pop for less than a week. The only shows I watch on TV are Wowowee and GKNB then I turn the TV off.

I update my FB status as often as I could and I think I'm pissing people off because I'm always in the feed. I'm sorry. I'm trying to be funny with all my stats and tweets so whatevs.

I badger husband all the time when he's in the office. I send nonsense messages to his Live Messenger just to make papansin.

I don't want to be in the mall because:

1. CMG is on sale. I actually want to buy 2 pairs since the other day. Thank God the pairs don't look good in my feet because of MANAS., My feet look like Grimace'.

2. I'm controlling myself from eating too much. When I'm in the mall, my topak goes from Chef Tony's to Krispy Kreme to White Pizza to Frozen Yoghurt to Hungarian Sausage to DQ to Cheesecake to Subway to Tempura. All in a day. So I don't want that if I still want to pay the upcoming hospital bill.

3. There are a lot of things that I think I need to buy. Both useless and useful ones. Dimensione umbrella to Crib toys to a new watch to hankerchiefs to books to cooking utensils to bags to magnets to whatever I could think of.

4. There are lots of not so adorable people in the mall. I don't smile that often anymore. Plus people look at pregnant ladies like someone from outer space. HELLO! Ngayon lang ba sila nakakita ng buntis na cool ang green polka dot dress and yellow smocked flats?????? ANUBA!

5. I don't want the waterbag break scene happening in the mall. Hindi ako sanay sa attention. lol.

Ok so this blog is nonsense. Sorry. I will just leave you with a cute video I saw yesterday.



Love love, Me

We're ready!

Ready when you are, anak. =)