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5:30 AM | Labels: daily musings, On Lance

I’ve been quite busy since I got back from work and I miss blogging. I went back to work from my maternity leave last November 27. I’ve been quite busy then since we’re again preparing for our annual surveillance audit for ISO 9001:2000 which was scheduled on December 6. During that time, I’ve been staying late in the office. Thank God the result of the audit is ok. We have one minor nonconformity which can be easily addressed.

After the audit, next in the schedule is our company Christmas party which was held last December 8 at Eastwood. I was again asked to host the party for the 3rd consecutive year (di kaya sila nagsasawa sa kin?) hehe! We had so much fun at the party. I will make an enty on this one next time and will post pictures too.

Then last week, I was again out of the office for our last training week for Black Belt Six Sigma. It was much easier and more relaxing compared to the previous weeks that we had. Probably because it’s the last phase and we’re more aware now of what tool to use for our project and we’re closer to each other since we’ve been classmates for 4 months. There’s more kulitan and our facilitator is getting makulit na din which is really fun. Anyway, Monday we were informed that there will be a project presentation by Thursday and Friday of all the participants. I then asked our team to meet after my training on Monday to discuss my project coz it hasn’t moved since I had my maternity leave. We were able to come up with the fishbone diagram, cause and effect matrix, etc… And I was able to present it last Thursday, ok naman comments nung facilitator but I still have a long way to go. I’m still on the define and measure phase of the project. There are three more phases to work on, the analyze, improve and control phase. Friday afternoon, we had a “graduation” and a Christmas party also. We had fun and I will surely miss our classmates especially the meralco boys who not only made our class noisy but made it lively with the help of their witty comments. Those 3 guys got the bronze, silver and gold award during the graduation, (we have an exam every last day of the training week). They were our seatmates also in the class and during lunch time and I learned a lot from them too.

Update naman on Lance, he’s getting bigger and longer each day. And not only that, as he grows, he looks so much like my husband. He also smiles a lot already and is so madaldal. Whenever I go home from work, I always ask him how his day was and he gives me a long sentence that I really can’t understand but I know he’s making kwento talaga. And every morning when he opens his eyes and I greet him good morning, he gives me a smile and shows his tongue. I’m blessed coz ang bait ng anak ko. He does not cry a lot, as in di nga alam ng kapitbahay namin that I gave birth already kasi wala daw silang naririnig na umiiyak na bata. Even sa madaling araw, he does not give me a hard time. Di siya yung baby na umiiyak sa madaling araw, gagalaw lang tsaka uungot ng konti when he’s hungry or nagising tapos konting tapik lang or bigyan ng milk ok na. Sayang lang Paul is not with us now, p di niya nakikita lahat ng ginagawa ni Lance, pero whenever Paul calls, I make it appoint na ipakausap siya kay Lance para maging familiar si Lance sa voice ng dad niya. Nakakatuwa naman kasi pag magkausap sila, tumatawa naman si Lance and gumagawa ng sound. Kakatuwa sobra ang may baby sa bahay, ang sarap maging mommy. I know all moms will agree with me na sulit talaga lahat ng pagod at kung ano ano pa pag tumawa na at nagrespond ang baby mo. I love being a mommy! Anyway, below are Lance’s latest pics… ang laki niya talaga! At kamukha ni Paul! Hehe!

looks so much like daddy

a little smile

kissed by kuya ethan

3 gilit sa arms... 3 gilit sa legs...

being carried by my nanny

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Overweight

2:30 AM | Labels: On Lance

I brought Lance last Saturday to his pedia for his monthly check up and immunization. Ayun, his pedia said he’s overweight. His length now is 62cm, head circumference of 38cm and weighs 6.5kg or 14.3lbs. He was 7.14lbs when he was born which means he already doubled his weight. His pedia said that his weight now is the weight of a 4-month old baby. Nyak! She also said that ok lang naman yon tsaka di naman pwede i-diet yung baby basta as long as he does not get sick ok lang. Kaaliw nga kasi ang lusog eh, yun nga lang medyo magastos sa gatas (one week lang yung 1 can ng milk na 900 grams) so medyo wish ko eh humina sana ang pagtake ng milk ni lance tsaka medyo mabigat din pag carry. Hehe! Pero thank God healthy baby naman siya, nothing wrong with him kahit na parang madalas may sipon. Nagre-respond naman siya with smiles and coohs pag kinakausap ni doc tsaka sinusundan niya yung sound and kung ano man toy yung nilalaro sa kanya. He was given rotarix (anti-diarrhea yata yon), tapos his next visit will be on Jan. 20 for another round of immunization (mag 6-in-1 daw ulit kami). :)

Last Saturday, we also had a garage sale sa house. We sold clothes, mga di masyado nagamit or di talaga nagamit (kasi hindi kasya or hindi namin type) na mga clothes, accessories at pati na din old issues ng magazines. It was our first time to do that at ang saya pala. Hehe! The clothes prices range from P20-P200, P20 pag mga shirts tapos P50 pag mga blouses, meron din P100 na blouse at P200 naman pag mga maong and other pants. Tapos yung mga accessories P5 each at ang magazines, P10 each. Ang dami ding nagpuntang mga tao. We earned P5200 for that day alone. Di kami nakapag open nung Sunday kasi ang daming lakad and kelangan asikasuhin. Next Saturday, we will open again and we will include yung mga shoes naman na di din masyadong nagamit. Nagpapabenta din yung mom ng sis-in-law ko pati mga kapatid niya. Sana mag earn ulit kami this weekend. :)

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Lance's Baptism

8:42 AM | Labels: events, On Lance

Lance's baptism was held last Saturday at Our Lady of the Abandoned and the reception followed at Kapitan Moy. It was already long overdue as he was almost 2 months old. I arrived in Manila just the day before. And as usual, everything was already taken care of by Toni, from all the paperwork for the baptism to the reception, down to the cake and balloons. Thanks honey!

The baptism started promptly at 11am. He was asleep when it started. He just woke up when the priest poured water on his forehead. The venue of the reception was just right next to the church. Tatawid ka lang ng kalsada which was convenient for us and our guests. Thankfully, some guests that didnt make it to the ceremony were able to arrive at the reception as most of our guests werent very familiar with the area. Only about half of the tables were occupied when we started but soon enough, the whole place was brimming with guests. Toni and I were both busy making rounds at naka isang plato lang kami ng pagkain! It was nice to see old friends again because we only see each other during occasions like these. There were also a lot of kids there. Some of them were running and playing around while the others mga karga pa rin ng mga mommy. It just feels so great to think that soon, Lance would also be running around and playing with other kids as well.

with mommy and daddy

with ninongs and ninangs

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Happy Birthday Honey!!!

8:00 AM | Labels: events

WHAT MAKES A DAD?

Can't think of anything to describe it eh kaya eto na lang. Lance is so lucky to have you as his dad and of course ako eh lucky din to have you as my husband. Luv you honey!

Happy happy birthday!

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La Lang

7:58 AM | Labels: motherhood, On Lance

It’s been a month and a half since I gave birth. Ang bilis ng panahon. Malapit na akong bumalik sa work and I’m sure I’m gonna miss my son. Kung pwede lang huwag na mag work para I can stay home na lang all day. Ang sarap palang maging mommy. Sulit lahat ng pain and pagod from labor to giving birth to puyat and all. Lalo na when you see your child staring at you when you talk to him. Haaayyy….

I hope I’m doing a good job as lance’s mom. Ang hirap na ang sarap maging first time mommy. Dati, praning ako pag gumalaw si Lance sa gabi, kala ko something’s wrong o kaya yung paghinga niya parang di normal, takot na ko agad. Buti na lang there are friends that I can text to and ask pag mga ganong situations. Until now praning pa din ako, pag parang may kakaibang nararamdaman si Lance or pag umiiyak siya na di ko alam yung reason why. Ngayon nga he has colds at kung pwede ko lang kunin lahat ng sipon niya at ilipat sa kin gagawin ko para ok lagi sleep niya and syempre para di na magkasakit.

I know I still have a lot to learn as a mom, una na ang pagpapaligo (yung yaya niya yung nagpapaligo sa kanya, feeling ko kasi malulunod or mababalian ko si lance pag ako nagpaligo eh hehe!), and I’m sure madami pang puyat, pagod at kaka-praningan ang mararanasan ko but I’m willing to take all those challenges, sobrang sulit naman yung happiness na kapalit non eh. Yun lang!

Below are some of Lance’s pics. Laki na niya agad. Lakas uminom ng milk. :)

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Birthing Kwento - from Mommy's Point of View

6:16 AM | Labels: memories

Brief background, my due date is on October 4 but I want to give birth
on the last week of September because Paul (my husband) works
abroad and arrived last September 23 and will be here only till October
11 and I would like him to spend more time with our baby. Upon his
arrival, we went agad to my OB to ask if I can give birth na anytime.
Magpapa-induce na lang ako para mas mapabilis. Ok daw sabi ng OB,
she gave me medicines to take (pampalambot daw ng cervix) and
advised me na maglakad-lakad muna then come back on Monday
(September 25) para maglagay siya ng pampahilab.

Monday, we went to her clinic as advised, so nilagyan niya ko ng
pampahilab and advised us na mag-contact (hehe!) para makatulong sa
contractions (which unfortunately eh di namin nagawa, sayang! Hehe!)
After that, mega lakad kami ulit ni Paul. 5am ng Tuesday, pagpunta ko
sa restroom, may mga blood na ko nakita and it scared me kasi ang
dami niya and buo-buo. I was expecting na yung bloody show eh hindi
ganon, yung tipong, liquid lang talaga, yung sa kin kasi may buo-buo
talaga. So I asked Paul to take me to the hospital. Prepared na naman
yung mga bags kaya alis na kami agad. We then proceeded to the pre-
labor room sa medical city and gave them my admission slip. They
strapped me up and monitored my contractions pati na din fetal
heartbeat ni baby. 1cm pa lang daw ako, (hehe!) and di pa ganon
kadalas yung contractions ko so the resident OB called my OB and
asked what we should do. My OB advised us to go home muna and
visit her on her clinic later that day kaya umuwi muna kami. Kakatawa
nga kasi yung sis ko nag text pala sa mga relatives to pray for my safe
delivery eh false alarm pa. hehe! We went home muna then visited my
OB sa clinic ng mga lunch time. When she examined me, 1cm pa din
nga daw and advised me na maglakad-lakad ulit but told me to go back
to the hospital in the afternoon kasi medyo madami nga akong bloody
show. Kaya pagdating ng hapon, balik kami ulit sa medical city at dala-
dala ulit namin ni Paul yung mga gamit namin at iniwan muna sa car.
Sa pre-labor room, ganon pa din yung opening ng cervix ko, 1cm pa din
so kinausap ako ng OB ko kung ano yung plan namin ni Paul. Kung
balik ako clinic niya lagyan ulit ng pampahilab or magpa-admit na ako
para ituloy na yung pag induce. Nagdecide kami ni Paul na magpa-
admit na ko kasi kakapagod din pabalik-balik ng hospital. So mga 7pm
admit na ko at dinala na sa labor room. Nagulat pa kami ni Paul na di
na pala kami magkikita kapag na-admit ako at after giving birth na kami
ulit magkikita. Kala kasi namin, I can wait muna sa hospital room para
together kami, di pala ganon. Hehe! Kaya ayun, pinagbihis na ko ng
hospital gown and binilin na kay paul yung things ko and they asked
him na to get a room for us pati na din dinner for me kasi sisimulan na
nga yung pag induce. Ay before pala nila ko dinala sa labor room,
shave muna and asked us to sign some documents. Tapos ayun, punta
na sa labor room.

Sa labor room, mga 2 lang kaming patients, that was around 7pm.
Dinala na din sa kin yung dinner ko and after eating, may nilagay sa
butt ko for edema daw. After a few minutes, nag take effect agad and
punta na ko cr. After that strap nila ko ulit ng pangmonitor ng fetal
heartbeat and contractions tsaka IV na din. Tapos sinimulan na din
yung pag-induce. May nilalagay na gamot sa kin I think every
30minutes, di ko lang matandaan. Tapos tinigil din nila yung pag
induce mga 9 or 10pm kasi bumabagal yung heartbeat ni baby. I heard
the resident OB called my OB and asked for advice. Ayun, pinatigil
nga muna since mukhang na-stress si baby sa pag induce. May
nagmo-monitor din pala ng contractions ko, andon lang siya sa tabi ko
and take note ng contractions. Mga 11pm, the resident OB told me na
at 12 midnight dadalahin muna ako sa room ko tapos babalik na lang sa
labor room ng 5am. Natuwa naman ako kasi ibig sabihin makikita ko si
Paul. Ay at that time pala 1cm pa din ako.

So ayun, dinala ako sa room, tapos kakatawa kasi nagulat si Paul.
Ang unang tanong niya sa kin, kung nagdeliver na daw ba ko. Sabi ko
hindi pa, pinapamonitor pa yung contractions ko. Windang yata asawa
ko, ang laki pa ng tyan ko tinanong ako kung nanganak na ko. Hehehe!
Anyway, sabi nila matulog daw ako at magpahinga dahil definitely
manganganak ako the following day. Kaso di ako nakatulog, kasi
madalas na yung contractions. Halos madurog ko yung kamay ni Paul
pag nagco-contract. Ang sakit talaga. We even asked the nurse kung
may pain reliever ba, kasi parang di ko na kaya yung pain. So syempre
wala kaya tiis muna. Thank God mga 4:30am may dumating na OB at
IE niya ko ulit. 5-6cm na daw ako, yahoo! Kaya as scheduled dinala
ako ulit sa labor room ng 5am. Paul and I said a short prayer first
before nila ako dinala. Buti na din nga naibalik ako sa room kasi nung
una, di kami nakapag pray ni Paul.

Pagbalik ko sa labor room, ang dami ng patients, puno na agad! Hehe!
When I left, 2 lang kami at pagbalik ko mga 8 na kami sa labor room.
Medyo kakapraning din kasi yung iba naririnig mo na maiyak iyak na
sila dahil sa pain ng contractions. Tapos ayun, every now and then
pinupuntahan ako ng resident OB to check yung opening ng cervix.
Nung nag 7cm na ko I asked kung di pa dumadating yung
anesthesiologist ko dahil ang sakit na talaga. Thank God after a few
minutes dumating na siya. Inject na niya ko sa spinal and ayun di ko
na naramdaman yung contractions. 9am dumating na yung OB ko,
9cm na ko non. She told me na nag iintay lang kami ng delivery room
kasi nga ang daming nanganganak. Ok lang naman sa kin since wala
na naman akong nararamdaman. Nararamdaman ko naninigas ung
tyan ko pero wala ng pain. Nung may available na na delivery room,
pinutok na nung OB ko yung water bag ko, 9cm pa din ako non.

9:45am dinala na nila ako sa delivery room. Ang dami palang tao pag
ganon, hehe! Kulit pa ng anesthesiologist ko, she was telling me na
dapat by 10am tapos na ko manganak dahil ang dami pa daw nakapila.
Hehe! Pag sinabi daw niya na iri, push na ko. Tapos di ko alam game
na pala. Ang saya kasi don sa delivery room eh. Hehe! May music
tapos sabay-sabay sila sa pagsabi ng inhale, hold and push. Tapos
count ng 1-10. Nung di ako nagsucceed sa pag push they called
someone to help me push. Ayun, may tao nagtutulak sa tummy ko.
Every contraction, push kaso di ako marunong mag push. Tawag sila
ng ibang mag-push. Naka-apat akong taga-push, as in yung pang 4th,
yun na yung head daw nung mga nagpu-push (di ko alam tawag sa
kanila eh). Nahirapan talaga ko. Tapos they were telling me, kaya mo
yan Toni, sige ka pag di ka nagpush ng maigi i-CS daw ako don na
mismo kasi wala nang room. Kita na daw nila yung hair ni baby at kung
pwede lang sabunutan para lumabas gagawin nila. Hehehe! So game
ulit, push na naman and finally at 10:45 lumabas si Lance. Ang laki
daw ni Lance. 7lbs and 14oz siya tsaka 51cm. Kaya din siguro ako
nahirapan.

Ang sarap ng feeling nung lumabas siya!!! Kita ko siya while they were
suctioning him and cleaning him tapos pina-latch on sa kin. After non,
dinala na siya sa nursery. Pinakita muna pala siya kay Paul before
dinala sa nursery. Kakapagod magpush, I asked pa nga kung pwedeng
humingi ng water, eh di pala pwede. Tsaka since di ako marunong
magpush, naputukan ako ng ugat sa mata (yung sinasabi nilang blood
shot eyes), di naman siya masakit pero red all over lang yung right eye
ko. Anyway, sa delivery room, parang nararamdaman ko yung buong
kamay ng OB ko na nasa loob ko. And shefs asking me kung masakit
daw ba, sabi ko wala akong nararamdaman. After that I passed out na.

I woke up sa recovery room na. Sabi nila minimum of 2hrs daw don, so
excited ako. Kala ko mga 1pm dadalahin na ko sa room. I kept on
asking the time, sabi nila di pa daw pwede kasi ang baba daw ng pulse
rate ko (or BP? Canft remember). Sabi nila matulog daw ako kasi pag
tulog ako nag improve yung pulse rate or BP. Eh kaso di ako maka-
sleep dahil gusto ko na nga pumunta sa room, lalo tuloy ako
natagalan. I asked pa the nurse kung pwedeng dalahin si Lance sa
recovery room kung hungry kasi gusto ko sana magbreastfeed. Dinala
naman nila and pina-suck si Lance sa kin.

Finally at 4pm, dinala na ako sa room ko. Paul was there waiting.
Kwentuhan ko siya nung nangyari. 5pm viewing time so I asked him to
check on Lance and pagbalik niya ang dami na pictures. Hehe! Nung
feeling ko ok na ko, I asked Paul kung matatayo niya ko sa bed,
unfortunately di ko kaya. Hilong-hilo ako and ang daming blood na
tumulo. Yung nursery was asking kung i-room-in na si Lance and we
said no first kasi hilo talaga ako. Sabi ko ako na lang punta sa nursery
for breastfeeding. Pati the following day, hilo talaga ako so di ko
napupuntahan si Lance. My OB called me and told me na kaya daw
ako hilo kasi I lost a lot of blood nung nagdeliver. Di ko alam yung
tawag pero yung parang blood count ko before was 130 tapos nag drop
to 80 kaya hilo talaga and kelangan ng blood transfusion. Sobrang sad
ako kasi di ko talaga kaya bumangon and pumunta sa nursery. Si Paul
visit lang si Lance pag viewing time and don ko lang siya nakikita sa
pictures. Pinupuntahan naman kami ng pedia niya to update us kung
kumusta si Lance and ok naman daw siya. Thursday midnight nag
start yung blood transfusion. 2 bags yung sinalin sa kin and natapos
siya Friday ng madaling araw. My OB advised us also na I can go
home na on Friday pero we decided to extend until Saturday since
kakatapos lang ng transfusion para makarest din ako. Friday midnight
finally, na-visit ko na si Lance sa nursery. Saturday, wefre preparing
na to leave. Ang tagal nung clearance sa nursery, yun pala di namin
maisasama pauwi si Lance. Pinuntahan kami ng pedia niya sa room
and told us na medyo ma-yellow daw si Lance kaya mas gusto niya na
iwan muna para observe. Test din daw muna yung blood ni Lance
tapos kung ok result pwede iuwi. Unfortunately, yung test niya 13 yung
result eh dapat below 10 so iwan talaga siya. Umuwi muna kami and
bumalik kami ni Paul the following day. Pagpunta namin sa nursery
andon yung pedia niya and told us na nag improve daw color ni Lance,
yung back na lang yung medyo ma-yellow. By tomorrow daw pwede na
kami umuwi. So balik kami ng Monday, Oct 2 and finally nauwi na
namin si Lance. He's now 26 days old. Yun po ang mahaba kong
birthing kwento. :)

Here's a link to his photos:
Lance Gabriel

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Birthing Kwento - from the Daddy's Point of View

10:22 AM | Labels: memories

I arrived in Manila Sept. 23. This was already Toni's 38th week and since I would be home for just a little over 2 weeks, our OB advised that labor be induced. That time we were still afraid that Toni might give birth pa at the latter part of my stay kasi mataas pa yung tummy nya. That same afternoon, we went to our OB and we were told that Toni's cervix was still closed so the doctor opened it to 1cm. What alarmed us was that when the doctor checked our baby's heart rate, medyo mabagal daw but bumilis naman eventually. We were also told to watch out for the contractions and to time the intervals. Since this was our first child, we didn't even know what a contraction was like so the OB described to us what it was. Only then did we figured out that Toni was already experiencing some contractions, just spaced widely apart. Toni was also told na maglakad lakad para lalo mag open yung cervix nya. Since the clinic is located in a mall, that was just exactly what we did. Kakatuwa kasi nakakapag mall na ulit kami together. Di rin kasi sya makapag mall before kasi she was trying to avoid walking too much kasi nga baka mapaaga yung delivery tapos wala pa ako.

The following Monday, we visited again her OB to see if her cervix had opened even more. Unfortunately, it was still at 1cm. The doctor then tried to open Toni's cervix to 2cm but she found it difficult to do so. What the doctor did was put something like a gel to promote contractions. The doctor even said that she can already feel the baby's head. After that, Toni and I just went around and ran some errands para matagtag din sya. Then in the early morning of Tuesday, Toni went to the bathroom but when she got there she was surprised because she started bleeding already. Medyo panic na kami so pumunta na agad kami sa Medical City. Buti na lang it was early morning so the streets were almost empty. When we got there, Toni went inside the Pre Labor na while I waited outside. While she was there, the doctors and nurses measured the baby's heart rate and the interval between contractions. Ok naman yung heart rate ni baby and her contractions were spaced far apart. She was also able to talk to her OB and was advised to go home na muna and just continue to time the contractions. So sige umuwi na nga kami. After lunch naman the same day, we again visited her OB. Buti na lang her OB also has a clinic near our house. Konting lakad lang andon ka na. Sipag namin at araw araw nag checkup hehehe. Anyway, the doctor checked Toni and the baby. She noticed na medyo madami na nga yung bloody show ni Toni so we were told to go back to Medical City at around 5pm.

When we got there, she went inside the Pre Labor again while I waited outside. Since Toni was already having the bloody show, her OB gave her the choice on whether to be admitted na or apply the gel for contractions one more time then go back again to the hospital the next day. Toni then decided to be admitted. At least we were already in the hospital. I was then asked by the doctor to get a room for Toni and to buy her dinner also because the next time we'd see each other would be after the delivery na. They said I could wait in the room and they would just call me to inform me of the status of Toni and the baby. So we hugged and I said some encouraging words before I went to get a room and her dinner. As I left I was saying to myself "this is it. in a few hours we would finally see our baby."

I was just waiting in the room but I couldn't find myself to fall asleep. I guess it was the anticipation of Toni's and the baby's condition. I think it was close to midnight when the door opened and I saw Toni in the wheelchair, smiling like she always does. I thought the delivery was over, our baby was in the nursery and Toni was now here to rest from the ordeal of giving birth. But she said that her cervix wasn't dilated enough so she was wheeled in to the room to wait for it to open up some more and to time the contractions. The nurses told us that she would be brought back to the Labor Room at 4am to check on the progress and perhaps the delivery as well. It was good that she was brought to the room so we'd be together and we'd also assure each other that everything was going to be fine. We were trying to rest but we would be roused from sleep every so often when Toni had contractions and then I would take note of the time. We would hold each other's hand so if she had painful contractions, she could squeeze my hand. I was really hoping that that would bring her some level of comfort. As 4am came and passed, we were getting impatient for the nurses to bring her back to the Labor Room as her contractions were getting really close to each other and she was in so much pain already. We kept on calling the nurses about it but we were told that they haven't been advised yet and they couldn't give her pain killers because that would be administered in the Labor Room. So all we could do was just hold each other and pray and say reassuring words.

Thankfully the nurses came at about 5am to bring Toni back to the Labor Room. And again I heard the line that they would call me to tell me if she was about to be brought to the Delivery Room. I was also told that I could call the nurses' station if I wanted to know about Toni's condition. I was thinking to myself that that would be around every 5 minutes hehehe. So it was back to the waiting game. This time around I was able to get a little more sleep than before. Maybe because Toni wasn't there squeezing my hand like a clamp heheh.

I think it was around 9 when I finally got the call that Toni was being brought to the Delivery Room and that her cervix was now 5-6cm. I was also instructed to wait outside the delivery room so I could see our baby after he was born. Being a dad for the 1st time, I even asked if there was something I needed to bring, maybe a receiving blanket, baby book or whatever. They said only a camera and baby book if we had it. After handing the camera and baby book to the nurse, I took a seat in the waiting area where all the other soon-to-be dads were seated. It was about 11am when I heard my name called. When I approached the nurse, I saw that she had a wheeled bed with a baby inside. My baby. The nurse said it was a baby boy for me and Toni and he weighed 7lbs 14 oz and measured 51cm. I wanted to hold him but decided not to as I was afraid he would contract some germs and I knew that he was in a very delicate condition being a newly born. I just saw myself standing there looking at our baby. I was completely mesmerized by him. My stare was only broken when the nurse told me that Toni was in the recovery room and would be brought back to the room after about 2 hours. They then brought our baby to the nursery. As I was walking back to the room, I was saying to myself "I'm now a dad!"

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