It has been almost 2 months since I gave birth to my first, beautiful baby, Martha Elisse. During my 9-month pregnancy, I have been in an incredible journey – one that I never thought would be more incredible until this tiny creature, who’s staring at me right now, came out of my body.
It was December 12 when I found out that I was pregnant. It’s something that my husband and I planned but still undeniably shocked both of us. We were not ready. Few weeks before that, I was into running, drinking and some other vices that I would not have done had I known about the pregnancy earlier. Well one, I did a 21KM run; two, I filled my tummy with liters of beer, not knowing I was already carrying Elisse. I was in fact hungover when I took the pregnancy test.
Fast forward to the day Elisse was born, August 7th. 21 hours of labor – it was so painful that I think I will now be able to tolerate any pain that has yet to come. It was so amazing to realize what my body just went through.
After 3 pushes, Martha Elisse finally came out... the baby that I carried for 9 long months and the baby who took away all the pain in just a single second. Her eyes, nose, lips, cheeks - I couldn't stop staring at her. She’s so beautiful.It is true what they say, once you see your baby, you will just forget all the aches.
The first month was the most difficult. Sleepless nights,cracked nipples (this one, ouch!), wet diapers, wild cryings. rashes... Oh my, I didn’t even know where to start. Every move that my baby makes, I would google. Say she poops, I’d grab my phone and type “baby poop color many times frequency”. She sleeps, I’d type “baby sleep how long?”. She burps, “how often baby burps”. Not to mention the random questions that I send to my mommy friends everyday. Yes, that level of ignorance. But thanks to everyone who helped me, really. Now that Elisse is turning 2 months old, let’s see what other funny keywords Google gets from me. :)
After going through all of these, I have so much more respect to all mothers especially to those who have twins, triplets, and so on. I have one baby and it hurts me to see her cry even for a few minutes. I can't imagine having two or three that all cries at once.
Apart from the body weight (from 120 lbs to don't-even-ask-how-big-i-am lbs), I gained a lot from this wonderful journey. I am not sure how difficult it will be, but for all I know, it has just started and it's not going to end... I.AM.READY.
It’s one thing to give birth to a child, but it’s another to raise her well. :)
New mommy,
Trisha
PS: My next entry will be "my journey to losing weight" LOL
