We’re back on track!
Whew! It’s been such a long while folks since I get to touch my loptop, surf the net, visit my friendster account and most especially, check our site, chizmosa lounge! I must admit that I really missed a lot of showbiz happenings around the globe since September 11, because unexpectedly by that time, it was the start of my BIG DAY! I want to share with you guys some of my most memorable, painful and happiest experience during my labor and after I gave birth to our very first baby girl named Jarra Arden.
It was my husband’s birthday last September 11, I was actually planning to cook for him a recipe which I’ve learned from a cooking show on tv, “Quickfire” a ten minute kitchen wonders which was hosted by a great chef mom named Rosebud Benitez (I’m really not into cooking, but for the sake of my husband’s cravings for extra ordinary dishes, I have to learn it one step at a time!). All the ingredients for my recipe were already been prepared that Thursday morning, my husband did not go to work for us to celebrate his day. At 3PM, I decided to have a walking exercise just around the corners of the house when suddenly, I’ve felt something was gushing inside me. I’ve checked it and found I was already having a reddish discharge so I immediately told my husband about it and decided to go to my OB right away then. Unfortunately, when we arrived at the maternity hospital, we’ve found out that my OB was on a vacation in Thailand and that is scheduled to return on Saturday so I have to be checked by the other OB assigned by that time. When the OB checked me up, (she did the “IE” thing on my vagina that was definitely so very painful! That’s one of the most painful thing that I’ve ever experienced during my labor OMG! I will never ever forget it.) She found out that my cervix was already dilated into 1cm. She then told us that it was the start of my first stage of labor. Since the hospital is just a 15 minute drive from our house, the OB advised me to go home first because it will take long hours before I reach the real labor stage. On Friday morning, my hips were consistently aching and I was experiencing a lot of Braxton Hicks, (that is “hilab” in our term) my husband again rushed me into the hospital. The OB checked me up doing the “IE” thing again (huhu…) and said that my cervix were still on 1cm stage. My mom and my husband got really worried when they heard that because 15 hours had already passed since I started my first stage of labor and still, the dilation process was the same. The OB then told me that I have to be admitted in the hospital and since my cervix was slowly dilating, they have to inject a drug that could help fasten the dilation of my cervix. They injected it 4x during my labor stage, but after 48 hours of waiting, my cervix just dilated into 4cm.
On Saturday afternoon of September 13, my OB finally arrived and immediately checked me and decided to send me to the emergency room. She then told me and my husband that if in 2 hours time and my cervix will not continuously dilate, the last resort will be the one that I’m not expecting to happen and that is I have to undergo a Caesarian operation. 2 hours had passed and the OB was indeed right on what she said, my cervix had stopped dilating and by that time, I had no choice but to face my fear.
The operation lasted for about 30 minutes and it was indeed a very successful one. I got to see God’s perfect masterpiece, heaven’s gift and a very beautiful creation of our Lord, my very first baby that we named Jarra Arden which I’ve got from the internet. Jarra which is an Australian boy name meaning “eucalyptus tree” and Arden which is an American boy name meaning “eagle valley”.
I’ve posted some of her photos here and I hope you’ll get to enjoy it as much as we do. We also apologize for the long wait for this. Anyway, thanks for all your prayers, we really do appreciate it. Enjoy the photos of our very first angel!
Um koi sai!!!!
October 9th, 2008 at 4:58 pm
congratulations to the whole family! enjoy being parents, masarap, pramis! at belated hapi berdey sa tatay, hehe
October 9th, 2008 at 5:39 pm
@kengkay
thanks so much! oo, muntik na sila maging magka birthday!hehe.. yun pa naman ineexpect ko para tipid sa celebration ang daddy at si baby!
October 9th, 2008 at 5:51 pm
congrats jen and vhincent! ang cute and pretty naman ng baby nyo.
9-11 pala ang birthday ni chince. hahaha. anyways tuluy na naman ang showbiz! wohooo!!
October 9th, 2008 at 7:33 pm
@gmac
thanks gmac, cute talaga c baby mana sa mommy…at sa daddy!hehe… thanks sa pagvisit ulit!
October 9th, 2008 at 9:36 pm
Hi Jen and Vhincent,
Tama nga! Nakakatuwa ang pics ni baby! Hay ang cute cute!
Naku belated happy birthday nga pala Vhincent! You got the perfect gift!
October 10th, 2008 at 12:05 am
awww..hangkyut. baby pa lang kitang kita na ang pagiging chinese nya hehe
October 10th, 2008 at 1:50 pm
@call center girl
thanks a lot! madame pa sana pics kaya lang bka masyado ma expose c baby!hehe…
salamat ulit!
@taps
kaya ikaw gawa ka na din ng taps Jr. mo!hehe
October 11th, 2008 at 8:17 am
Wow! Your baby is sooo cute!
October 11th, 2008 at 4:44 pm
congrats po sa inyo!
sa wento mo jen, parang na-feel ko rin yung hirap….but it’s all worth it naman diba?
Jarra Arden’s a nice name….bagay sa kyuut na kyuuut nyong baby.
October 12th, 2008 at 8:52 pm
@Call Center Guy
thanks a lot, para mo na din sinabe na ang cute ng parents niya!hehe… thanks ulit!
@Aling Baby
oo alam kong madameng moms ang makakarelate sa bawat hirap na dinadanas ng mga nanganganak..
thanks po!
October 13th, 2008 at 7:34 am
Jarra Arden is sooo beautiful! Congratulations, guys! She’s worth every pain, right Jen?:) Have a happy life jen, vhincent and arden:)
October 13th, 2008 at 7:36 am
By the way, belated happy b-day vhincent! I want to congratulate you 10x coz you have two beautiful women in your life now:)
October 13th, 2008 at 8:14 am
hi jen and vhincent,,
na miss ko ang post nyo.. im happy na may bago.. but anyways, ang cute ng angel nyo..morni tsaka happy belated bday to you vhincent..
October 13th, 2008 at 10:00 pm
wow, congrats on your baby
and belated happy birthday!
October 14th, 2008 at 9:44 am
weeeee congrats! girl siya diba? bakit pang boy ang name? congrats sayo jen ang lakas mo. be the best parents now. god bless sa inyo may little chizmosa na kayo. lol.
October 14th, 2008 at 5:06 pm
congratulations on your new bundle of joy
ang cute
sobra
belated din ke hubby
daming blessings!
see ya around!
October 16th, 2008 at 5:22 am
congratulations vhincent and jen! she is very pretty! mana sa inyong dalawa! hihihi
October 16th, 2008 at 10:22 am
congratulations!!!! ang ganda ganda ng anak ninyo… kanino kaya nagmana??
October 19th, 2008 at 1:29 pm
Congratulations, Guys! Your baby is so beautiful! Ang sarap kargahin, heheheheh!
And welcome back to the Blogging world! I missed you.
October 19th, 2008 at 10:51 pm
thanks for passing by sa aking blog, i know how busy you would be with a baby in the house but i also know it would be a wonderful busy time.
October 20th, 2008 at 10:41 am
Wow! Congratz!!
October 20th, 2008 at 10:44 pm
hi..nagba-blog hopping lang ako when i came across your site..cool huh! so husband and wife blog pala ito..kakatuwa naman..and your baby is soooo cute….super!!
congratulations!!!!!
October 27th, 2008 at 3:20 pm
@Sonneth
Hope your doing great with your new job.
Your right I have the two most beautiful woman in my life and more to ask for
@Jean
Hello! Actually we’re having a hard time posting new article’s. we’re currently adjusting with our new life… stay tuned!
@Caryn,
Thanks for visiting, don’t forget to leave your blog link so we can also drop by if you have any..
@PM
Yup meron na little chizmosa, naalala ko mga little kengkays.. hehe pwede din pang gurl yung name, uso naman d b ang baliktaran .. hehe
@raft3r
Already back in the Philippines? Thanks!
@potsquared
Syempre pretty ang baby manang mana talga like the parents hehe
@ifoundme
we’ll see when she grows up as for the moment… mix siguro sa color sa hairline hehe
@brainteaser
you’re totally right, sarap talga kargahin, minsan kakagigil almost forget that I’m carrying a very sensitive and fragile baby… sarap hug ng mahigpig…’di bale mommy n lang muna..hmmm
@kengkay
it’s really a wonderful busy time, ganito pala talga, pag kyo 2x lang ang mag-aalaga wala yaya, mga lolo’t lola ang yaya sobra busy to the max your time will be 100% devoted.
@dhangski
Thanks thanks!
@carelesshush
Hey feel free to live your blog so we can visit, thanks for dropping by at chizmosa lounge!
October 29th, 2008 at 7:42 pm
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October 31st, 2008 at 8:02 am
How are you guys?
Hehehehe. La na time mag blog an bagong daddy at mommy.
Medio tahimik na ang blogging community. Hikbi.
Ala na bagong posts ang crumbs, ang sonnet’s haven, at pati ang lounge ninyo.
Ala na ako makulit! Waaaa!
Enwey, hope you guys are doing fine. Hug the bebi 4 me.
November 5th, 2008 at 7:30 pm
ang cute ng anak po ninyo, lalo na yung last pic!!!! pwera usog.. ahehehehe
it’s nice na nagbalik na po kayo!!!… how are you feeling na po?
cheers para sa newly formed family.. my prayers are with you guys… cheers-glesy the great;p
November 12th, 2008 at 5:47 pm
@brainteaser
You are absolutely correct, we are so busy d n ata ako nakakatuloy ng 8 hours.. what more to blog? hehe but we are still adjusting and looking forward to get back in posting new articles.
@glesy the great
we’re doing great (with eyebugs like Garfield..lol) thanks for asking glesy!
Thank you so much for the prayers!
Thanks for visiting our blog, hopefully will be able to blog hop again soon….
November 22nd, 2008 at 7:51 am
wow! how cute the baby naman!..hmmmm… ang saya maging mommy at daddy cguro noh?..heheheh..
God give you an angel
..salamat po pla sa pagbisita.. xlink po tau?
December 1st, 2008 at 8:51 pm
Hello Mayyang thank you thank you ganyan talga pagmana sa daddy ang baby hehe
xlink? sure… sorry ngayon ko lang napansin… super busy
December 16th, 2008 at 3:18 pm
uiii..ang cute cute naman po ng baby ninyo…
congrats po..enjoy po sa pagiging daddy