My First Trimester is Completed - Things to Share

Praise God! Thank you Lord, I have completed my First Trimester.

Ang bilis din, 12 weeks had passed already. Sinasabing ang first trimester ang pinakadelikado at sensitibo sa pagbubuntis, and I have proven it. Kahit di ko pa nalalagpasan ang ibang stages, pero ngayon pa lang masasabi kong kailangan talaga ng dobleng ingat.

I am still waiting for the result of my laboratory test, tomorrow ko daw malaman, they have done urine analysis and blood test to me. Pakisama na lang kami sa prayers na normal naman lahat.

At this point, gusto ko magshare sa mga moms-to-be, yung mga nagpaplanong magkaroon ng baby in the future, o ngayon eh nag eexpect na anytime soon ng kanilang baby. This is based on my personal experience plus the experience of my friends.

As I have shared before, I have experience spotting on my 7th week of pregnancy, kaya napilitan akong magrest dahil ayaw kong malagay sa risk si Baby, i can afford to loose my job, but never my baby. Salamat sa Lord, and to my company, kasi they allowed me to keep both, maluwag na schedule sa work at the same time, I can fully take care of baby and myself.

Spotting is not normal, as what others are saying. This is really a BIG THING pagdating sa pregnant women.

Do not ever TAKE IT FOR GRANTED.. Dahil it may LEAD to a MORE SERIOUS CASE.

I want to share to you a TRUE STORY, kung bakit ko ito nasasabi.

TWO WEEKS ago, my friend was confirmed PREGNANT 7 weeks. Siempre, lahat masaya dahil it is A GIFT OF LIFE. They have waited for their second baby for 4years already. I can see and feel the joy of my friend and her husband.

A WEEK after, I received a call from her, asking me about my spotting kasi, that night, she found some brown blood and naalala niya, gantong ganto ang kinuwento ko sa kanya about my experience. Then, that morning, drops of red blood already , which is exactly same case with me.

So, I asked her couple of questions.

Lumalakad ba siya ng malayo?

Stressed ba siya?

Meron ba siyang other activities that require her to move?

Almost YES lahat ang sagot niya.

So, advised ko agad, she need to rest, as in rest talaga, kung pwedeng wag muna siyang pumasok, gawin niya, kasi di pwedeng balewalain ang ganung case.

I asked her to call, her ObGyne also, para mas masabi niya yung case niya. And I even gave the contact number of my own ObGyne, kasi mas malapit pareho sa house namin.

Then, that whole day, I was thinking of her. Praying for her and her baby.

THAT SAME EVENING, I received an SMS from her'

"WALA na si Baby, me lumabas na malaking blood, and the doctor says, iyon na yun."

Nanlamig talaga ako, when I read that message from her, sobrang nalungkot ako, dahil sa nangyari sa kanya.

Ganon lang kabilis, pwedeng pwede talaga, na mangyari. Napahawak ako sa tiyan ko, pati si Joseph, kinausap agad namin si Baby, to hold on and wag bibitiw sa tiyan ng Mommy.

I send her message and asked to consult the doctor and to have ultrasound para madouble check. She replied and said na, nagpaultrasound na nga sila, and blood test at iyon ang confirmation ng Doctor, wala na ang baby nila.

Hindi ko na siya ulit nakausap, kasi I know how she's feeling that time, hindi na ako nagtanong ng marami pang gumugulo sa isip ko, why it happened? what are the possible causes?

THE NEXT MORNING, I send her email, asking how she is.

Then there, she told me some things that I also want to share to all of you.

POSSIBLE CAUSES:

(1) Hindi niya alam na pregnant siya, kaya nung time na sinipon, nilagnat at inubo siya, she took antibiotic and medicine para sa sakit niya.

(2) She's drinking coffee lagi lagi, she's a coffee drinker, since di niya alam buntis siya

(3) Meron silang housemate na smoker

(4) Wala din siyang enough rest, malikot pa nga daw siya at magalaw dahil nga di naman niya alam na buntis siya

She admitted, dami niyang lessons learned sa nangyari, ang nakakatuwa lang, yung faith nilang mag-asawa sa Lord, na naniniwala silang "THERE IS ALWAYS A REASON FOR EVERYTHING THAT IS HAPPENING, MAY IT BE SAD OR HAPPY."

Isip din nila, baka magkadiperensya lang din si baby kung mabuhay ito, dahil nga hindi niya naingatan in the frist 3months of her pregnancy, which is very important sa development ng baby.

Kaya, sa mga nagpaplan na magbuntis, NGAYON pa lang, INGATAN niyo na, what you are EATING, DRINKING, as much as possible, DONT TAKE ANY DRUGS, this is not for the wife only, but for the husbands as well.

Once your period is delayed, TAKE EXTRA CARE, kasi, you'll never know, kung kelan mabubuo si baby.

At mag PREGNANCY TEST agad, to detect earlier kung pregnant ka, para makainom ka agad ng prenatal vitamins which is helpful for you and the baby.

AT ONCE CONFIRMED na PREGNANT ka, TAKE EXTRA EXTRA CARE, lalo na sa FIRST 3MONTHS. Avoid yung magtrabaho ng mabibigat and carry heavy objects. Eat healthy FOOD and have enough rest.

BABY is A GIFT FROM GOD, how we take care of the BABY, is our GIFT to our GOD!