After almost 3 months after giving birth to Lance, I have finally found the time to write …
Let me start with September … After the Linggo ng Wika last August, the month of September was supposed to be “field trip” time for Chloe. However, since I was scheduled for a repeat cesarean section with Lance on September 20 (too close for comfort with Chloe’s school field trip), we decided not to let her join because she said that she wanted to be present when Lance arrives in the nursery.
I gave birth to a baby boy whom we named Lance Raymond last September 20, 2006 at the MPI-Medical Center Muntinlupa. A repeat cesarean section was performed as well as bilateral tubal ligation plus mass excision at 1:47pm and the operation was finished around 4+ in the afternoon. Of course, Dra. Loida Ponio, my OB-GYNE, was the one who performed the operation again and the pedia who received our baby … Dra. Teresa Reyes (same with Chloe back in Perpetual, Las Piñas).24 hours after giving birth, I was already able to walk. Since Lance was being monitored for his hyperbilirubinemia (result of ABO incompatibility … am a type O while Lance is type A) and was being given antibiotics for infection (his urinalysis showed high pus cells), I was the one who visited him at the nursery every 2-3 hours to breastfeed him. His blood culture test showed that he was negative for those deadly bacteria like strep pneumonia and the like which was why his pedia allowed us to take him home on the 3rd day. However, he went home with a heplock where I injected his antibiotic to finish 7 days.
5 days after giving birth, Typhoon Milenyo passed and left Metro Manila devastated. Southern Tagalog was the worst struck. We had no electricity, water, cable and phone for almost a week. It was so hard … Good thing I was able to breastfeed because there was no way for us to clean and sterilize bottles. Click here to view pictures of how typhoon Milenyo caused destruction to our place. 
October 22, 2006 … Lance was christened at the Parish of St. Peregrine. He has 2 pairs of godparents … the godfathers are Anthony Galon & Joffrey Marfil and the godmothers are Lanalou Rebosa and Michelle Garcia. Click here to view pictures of his Christening.
At present, things are back to normal … Mon has gone back to work, Chloe resumed school again, I have adjusted to our new routine and Lance is now 2 months and 4 weeks. Click here to view his 2 month old pictures.
