As I lay at the recovery room of Makati Medical Center, my OB dra. Regina Manahan gave her instructions to me and to the nurses and assure me that my baby is well. It was 6PM, I still couldn’t move half my body and I couldn’t resist going to sleep. I roamed my eyes, saw about 6 other recovering mommies, a nurse gave me another skin test, got my BP and temperature checked my IV and pain reliever and succumed to a light sleep. I wake once in a while but with the dizziness from the anesthesia and boredom, I remember even trying to move my feet and play with my mind saying a tantra “I can move my feet, I can move my feet” hahaha! but I really can’t, I just went back to sleep. It was all blurry, I know Dra. Manahan went back to instruct the nurses that I can drink water at 12midnight and have a very soft breakfast tomorrow morning, I was very happy to hear that since my last meal was 8AM that morning and that wasn’t even a meal! that was just 3 pieces of pandesal and milk. But I wasn’t very hungry by then anyway. But the thing that I was sad about was when Dra. Manahan told me that I’m 4th in line waiting for a room! since all rooms are taken and the 4th and 5th floor of MMC then was under renovation.(The one thing that I worry along with my GT sis’ when we found out that the renovation would be until August)
830PM, I heard noisy wheels along the corridor and then a nurse came to me with a little stroller with a sleeping soundly baby in blue cloth inside. It was time to nurse my baby!First time that I’m going to hold him in my arms, I was overwhelmed but this time I didn’t cry! All I can think of is how beautiful he is, how he looked so much like his father. At this time, I still couldn’t move my body from waist down but I held him and instinct told me how to be a mother right away! The nurse helped me to make him latch and he did at once, but sadly, there was no milk for him there yet. After a while he was brought back to the nursery and I went back to rest.
Around 10PM, Jai came in the recovery room and he slipped my cp for me(this was not allowed inside the recovery room)..hehehe and he said that there was still no room available. 12Midnight, my baby was brought in again to me to nurse then I went back to rest. 3AM he was brought back in and I held him for an hour as he sleeps then I asked the nurse if I can incline my bed and she did, that’s the only time I realized that I have a catheter!No wonder I haven’t felt the urge to pee.
Around 3AM, our babies came in again for nursing and then the mommy beside me and me decided that we call our husbands in, since we are the only ones left in the recovery room(They don’t allow husbands in for the privacy of other mommies). We call in the nurse and we both demanded that they come in, hehehe… They stayed there for a while, and it was the first time that Jai held his little one.
430AM I was already wide awake, wondering and hoping to get a room. Now the good thing is that the other two who was waiting for the semi-private room got the private room, so there were just two of us. 830AM my breakfast arrived, I remember it was a cracker, jelly and a no taste soup..haayy..Every 3 hours, my baby was brought to me for nursing but I have no milk yet. My lunch was a hard boiled egg, a bread and juice.
I was very stressed ’cause I was still in the recovery room and I know my husband is just outside since yesterday and we are now about to spend another night there. The whole day of June 8, the mommy beside me(damn!I couldn’t remember her name again! but I remember her daughter’s name was beatrice) we were just talking, since there were only us left at the recovery room. She was the one waiting for the room as well, coincidently I remember she was the one beside me at the labor room but she didn’t stayed long since she had a voluntary ceasarian, we both gave birth on june7 and on our 38th week of pregnancy. Then we found ourselves talking to the student nurses there (I still could’nt remember their names!).
Later a nurse handed me a cellphone, she said “ma’am someone will call in this phone and wants to talk to you, after the call I have to give it back”, then I thought ‘WHAT D HECK?! BIG BROTHER?’hehehe..anyway, a call did come and surprise it was AWS’ Batch 9 just outside the delivery room to greet ’cause they can’t come in.
But I was getting depressed and stressed that I have to cry. I send Jai messages demanding that he do something for us to have a room eventhough I knew he couldn’t do anything. I know Jai was also stressed then but I was very mad already, and there was no one to be mad at. After lunch, the mommy beside me said they already got a room.(Checkout for MMC was at 11AM and 4PM for half days) I even felt more sad, since I will be alone in the big recovery room now.
Around 3PM, I was now alone, Dra. Manahan came in to dress my cut and gave the prescriptions to my husband, I remember Dra. put all the things in with my things even the micropore tape since she said, they are charging it to me anyway! She was indeed very helpful with all my expenses to be at the minimum. After that, I called my husband in and saw how this was also stressing him, I couldn’t be mad at him now so I just cried and he as well did. It was a very emotional time for us, I wanted to be beside him and my baby already.
330PM At last! he send me a message that someone is checking out and he had filled out an admission form already and the room is just to be cleaned. 5PM, I was transferred to room 609A and Jai’s mom, tita neri, kuya jed, grace, janelle, jeremy, angel and mikko was already there. In a little while, my baby was brought in with me and everybody was happy. The catheter and later the IV was taken out. Dra. Dolendo, my son’s pediatrician came in and gave her instructions. That night, ate cat, ate che, kuya jon, ate lot, louis, ate jona and ate tina came in for a visit after their outing which I almost cut short for most of them, but really cut for ate cat ’cause she didn’t join them since she found out that I was in the hospital.
My baby and Jai was then beside me already, I was very happy and so we rested. And so we thought we could, hahaha. Just like any child, my son wakes up every now and then and Jai was so nervous whenever he cries, and I was at his back (figuratively speaking) whenever he has to change his diaper. At this time, I still have no breast milk so my little one hasn’t eaten anything yet but he slept soundly everytime.
Anyway, I eventually fell asleep but 2AM of June 7 I woke up and have to go to the comfort room because of that unpleasant feeling. I felt like I peed on my pants and there was little (insignificant I thought) blood. So I just changed and went back to bed. But I could’nt so I texted my husband but as expected got no reply, so I just tried to fall asleep. I woke up 7AM with that same feeling, I have to go in and out of the bathroom to change. There was nothing on my mind then but to rest and just wait for Jai since he will back anyway by lunch. I just laid in my bed watching TV while my whole clan prepare for their outing. Until, ate lot(my sis in law)called in to check how I was and suggested that I go to the hospital. So I asked my cousins ate che at kuya don to accompany and drive me to Makati Med. I got my bags and called Jai at around 930AM, I asked him to just stick around his coworkers since they will leave Batangas at round 10AM as I was confident that I will be sent home. So, ate che and I walked in the delivery room and a very friendly nurse asked me questions and made me dress in to a hospital gown. Then she accompanied me to a delivery room where the resident OB check if it was water that’s squirting. Then at one check water gushed out and I then felt anxious, then she said, we have to admit you.
