Fighting the Baby Blues
Baby blues, baby blues. Why are you so real? I don’t know about you, new mama (or in my case, second-time mama) but seriously, this post-partum blues is real! I’ve had it with Santi and a few weeks ago, with Lucia, too! According to WebMD, “baby blues” usually peak around the fourth day and then ease […]
APAS Diaries: Baby Darcy – We Have A Good God
It has been five years since I knew that I was battling three out of five categories of repro-immune disorders>>. My hyperactive immune system was the reason why I lost my first two pregnancies. During that time, not a lot of people knew about these autoimmune disorders>>. When women miscarry, it is often attributed to reasons like mahina […]
Little Light Comes Out
Psalm 113:9 “He settles the childless woman in her home as a happy mother of children. Praise the Lord.” In my darkest days around 2013, after confirming I had repro-immuno disorder categories 1, 2 and 5, never did I imagine that one day, I will be holding not just one, but two lovely rainbow APAS […]
Happy 1st Birthday, Eggy and your Happy Heart!
It has been 18 days since the start of 2018 and I haven’t touched a single post on this blog! Everything is saved as drafts but I haven’t had the energy to dwell on my thoughts the past weeks because of the ever-playful human being developing in my tummy. But today is different. Why, you […]
Why am I going gaga over alternative medicine?
If you are not into this whole wellness revolution, I need to stop you right here. STOP READING because this is not for you. I do not want to be insistent, invasive or pervasive so I am giving you a way out. … … … Are you still here? Great, that’s awesome! Truth is, I […]
Rainbow Mamas PH
Our journey as an APAS parent doesn’t stop after successfully delivering our rainbow baby. In all honesty, the road of motherhood can be as tumultuous as our difficult pregnancies, and yet, I would not trade it for anything else because it is oh-so-rewarding. Over the course of my APAS pregnancies, I have met wonderful APAS […]