Woah. I can't believe that it has been four weeks already since I gave birth and up until now, I have not shared my birth story. Well, as you all know, we have recently encountered back to back life changing events and we needed time for transition.
It has been crazy for the past weeks! Can you believe that just eight days after I gave birth, we moved to our new house? Ha! Luckily, we did not have any hard time moving in since our families were kind enough to help us out. Of course, Miguel had to do all the "buhat" because I was not allowed to carry so much and share with the heavy work due to my recent c-section and besides, I was already tasked to carry the most important thing and that was our little girl.
I have been really busy in taking care of Janna and so far she has not given me a hard time ever since day 1. Though, I admit, taking care of a newborn baby is not easy. It's really exhausting. Not to mention, that aside from taking care of her, I also need to clean the house, cook, do the laundry and of course to take care of my husband too. But despite all of these, I still feel very happy and blessed. Who would have thought that a spoiled brat like me can immediately switch in becoming a full time mommy?
I chose not to get help in the whole duration of my leave because I wanted to experience how it's like to be a full time wife and a mom and based from my recent experiences, I can only say that my hands are down to all housewives, all the more to working moms! It is really not an easy job. I thought I was already good in multi-tasking before but man, it was still very challenging to try to do all the housework all at once or at least to do all of it in the fastest way possible and I had my fair share of multi-tasking failures. There will be scenarios wherein you're frying something in the kitchen and then suddenly the baby cries and of course you have to immediately tend to her needs and voila! it already slipped your mind that you were cooking something in the kitchen, once you come back, food's already burnt. Haha
Being a wife and a mother can make you do and take in a lot of things. You see lately as a mother, I have been peed and pooped on. I rarely get enough sleep because from time to time, I need to wake up to feed Janna since I am purely breastfeeding her. I couldn't even be in the shower for a long time because for sure, she will look for me. It may sound silly because she's still too young to actually and literally look for me but studies have proven that newborn babies can recognize their mother's voice and scent even if they are just days old. They can actually distinguish your voice among others and truly, it has been one of the most fulfilling experience I have encountered so far, to see your baby immediately stop crying as soon as she hears your voice or as soon as you hold her in your arms.
And as a wife, I have been trying really hard to experiment in the kitchen just so I can feed my husband good meals. HAHA not minding the occasional burns that I get from the hot oil while frying. Peeling potatoes with so much feelings to the point that I accidentally cut my own finger and it hurt more than my c-section! (DAMN that peeler! It's going to the trash bin) Haha! Washing the dishes endlessly even if it gives my hands a sting because I'm allergic to the dish-washing soap and many more.
I'm sure that I am still up for more chores, battles in the kitchen, challenges and greater responsibilities. But I wouldn't really mind doing all these things over and over again because I love serving my family.
So you see, my life has been a whirlwind lately but I couldn't be more grateful for this experience. I would never trade it for anything else. And time really flies when you are having fun, my Janna will be a month old this coming Saturday. It's time to celebrate! :)
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