My EDSA Revolution Anniversary Anecdote: Wacky’s Delivery

Students enjoyed their early vacation for the week due to EDSA Revolution Anniversary celebration that day. And for us, my husband and I woke up extra early to satisfy our cravings of Pan De Sal for breakfast; which is always sold out still early in the morning. I also used that as an excuse to go for a walk in preparation for my upcoming delivery anytime then. At 8am we ended breakfast, and I resumed walking around by cleaning the house and then went out the terrace to play with the dogs. I started complaining about my aching lower tummy and back, in which my dad just laughed out saying that I should frequent walking for baby is coming near.

By 11am there is an increase in pain that I just slumped on the sala. I still proceeded to cook lunch though. By almost eating time, I decided to text my OB and let her know what I feel – all the pain and discomfort. We talked over the phone, where she told me I better go and see her right away. She is not sure if I am starting to undergo labor, and would be best if she can check me personally. She told me not to eat nor drink anymore for if I’ll be going on the way, it would just take us longer to prepare me. She also asked us to bring my and baby’s things already, just in case.

I started to prepare immediately while I asked hubby to eat lunch and help me prepare other baby’s stuff. On my clumsiness, I twisted my ankle while going down the stairs. Thank God I did not ended up on my back in full force. That added so much pain in what I am already going through; and with an aching ankle and tummy altogether, my husband, mom, dad, and I went to Meycauayan Doctors Hospital.

We arrived around 3PM, and Dra. Ruiz came to see me and checked my contractions right away. She did an IE (internal exam) too, in which she immediately told us that I am already 3cm dilated. Examining me, she told us of my condition having a narrow pelvic bone, which opened the possibility for me to deliver caesarean. Yet, she doesn’t want to conclude yet, told us to observe if my dilation will progress. She advised us me to be admitted already because of my regular contractions. In no time I am in the hospital bed, tubes in my hand, and she told me she’ll be back by 5PM to see if I progressed.

I was 4cm dilated by 5PM. She had an IE again, and noticed that my water bag isn’t there anymore. I told her I didn’t notice it broke, but told her I urinated minutes before she arrived. She checked again and proved what she said. By that time the pain seems to progress, and we are nearer to concluding that I might not make it to have a normal delivery. Yet she gave me another hour to observe, hoping that things will somehow change and I can still proceed to labor.

7:54PM, one of the nurses in the operating room declared that they already opened my tummy. All the time the anaesthesiologist is chatting with me, while my operating team proceeded with the CS operation. I couldn’t feel my half body anymore, only some rocking where the anaesthesiologist said it was them pushing my insides to help baby get out. He continued to rub my hair and head in the whole process which gave me comfort and eased my tension. At 8:10PM, there, I heard him, the first cry of my precious Wacky. I didn’t notice that tears fell in my eyes until Dr. Peralta wiped them. They held him close to my head while the nurse said, “Cheese!”. Click.

By 10PM I was back to our room – with my husband and mom waiting for me. They told me they already saw Wacky in the nursery room, showed me his pictures sleeping soundly in a baby bed. He weighed only 5.94lbs, near to my ideal for him of 6lbs so that I could deliver normally without much pain. I had mixed emotions of joy, pain, and tiredness. My husband and I watched a marathon of some of the missed episodes of our favourite soap, and then fell asleep around 3AM.

Our Baby Wacky is now almost a week old. For several days we were welcomed by a lot of additional “firsts” in our lives, and of course, with all those endless feeding and diaper changing that almost all moms could identify into. The hospital bills: the most painful part in the start of this journey, I think. That was when the Lord spoke to my heart and I remembered all the things He did for Rhyan and I when this circumstances come. I reminisced our wedding preparations, house construction, piling bills, and zero balance accounts. That was when the Lord not just assured us that He is in control, but did supply all our needs according to His riches and glory in heaven. Rhyan did not became a good provider just the way He is, but because of the immeasurable generosity of God Almighty that is his, and my Father too. With our nightly prayers we entrusted to Him everything in our lives, and the life of our precious little Wacky.

I am looking forward on narrating more of Wacky’s journey in my coming posts. I am an excited mom with lots of learning now. Thank you for everybody who prayed for us. Thank you Mom and Dad for never failing to be my life support all throughout every journey I undertake. Mom, you are the best for me. I wouldn’t be able to go through the pain and itch in my binder if you did not clean up my tummy. I will not learn how to properly feed Wacky, and I will not be able to give him a bath as gentle as you did. And I wouldn’t have the best model for being a Mom if you were not as you are to us. I look up to you Mom. I love you so much!

And to my husband Rhyan, thank you. Thank you for staying with me in the sala to sleep so that we can be with Wacky all the time. Thank you for carrying and feeding Wacky whenever my wound hurts, or I become frustrated with his cries. Thank you for consoling me when I cried out of fear when we thought Wacky choked while I fed him. Thank you for cooking our meals, doing the dishes, and getting a lot of malunggay leaves in the backyard for me. Thank you for your love that made us bring forth Wacky into this world. I am in awe to that miracle of life that only 2 people that God brought together can bring. I know in my heart that as you have sincerely love me, you will so too Wacky. I am excited for those dreams that we are going to reach soon, as we are always talking about before we go to sleep. I love you… I love you so much, and rest assured that whatever changes life may bring us, I will always love you and be with you, with every ounce of breathe I have.

Welcome to our family, Rafael Joaquin Pang Madrigallos!

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