He had rice and salt for dinner. This mother prepared 2 pieces pan-grilled chicken barbecue, a cup of rice, and two slices of ripe mangoes. These were her Bunso's lunch baon yesterday. Later that day, she found the food inside a trash bin. Her seven-year old son...
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BABY DIARIES/ week 11 and day 3: missed aboRtion
I was told at my 11 weeks and 1 day age of gestation that my baby was no longer developing. She stopped developing at 9 weeks and 1 day. She had no more heartbeat and her color already changed. I never had an idea that the baby I am carrying was already dead. My...
MOMI MUSINGS/ pRegnancy loss
I have learned that when you had a miscarriage, you wouldn't really feel extreme pain -- very opposite from what we see in the movies and telenovelas. Most actresses could not walk and would shout at the top of their lungs because of the pain....
AMUSING BOYS/ back in business
The business of my boys two summers ago. I guess we will again display this tarpaulin outside the small house. But then we have to add another flavor as we have a new baby in the house. Question is, what would be Yael's favorite ice candy flavor? ...
BABY DIARIES| complete curettage at Week 12 Day 5
8 am, April 12, 2013 On my way to work on board the MRT, I felt a discharge of blood. I checked on myself inside the comfort room, and my underwear was covered with chunks of blood. I washed myself to clean the blood, and I felt something hanging. I gently pulled...
MOMI TIPS/ 4 lessons learned & re-learned at the Smart Parenting Baby Shower
I have never experienced being in the company of about a hundred or more expectant moms in my life. Not until last Sunday. This mother attended the much-awaited Smart Parenting Baby Shower at the Discovery Suites in Ortigas Center. And I tell you, should I've known...
