"Baby mine don't you cry, baby mine dry your eyes.Rest your head close to my heart.
Never to part...Baby of MINE!!!"
Never to part...Baby of MINE!!!"
The news of a baby was such a surprise totally unexpected, and in real life a baby is a beautiful thing and my family was supportive and so was Ashley's family everyone was really nice and very helpful to a point.
Me and Ash became so much closer we went through at least 4 pregnancy tests before we told my family, we celebrated and of course I got a room of my own, soon after that Ash moved into my house...we didn't have much space for us but it was what we could afford at the time, my sisters got a room for themselves and I was always under the watchful eyes of my mother and grandmother, I had many things done, oil baths, massages, small walks, a lot of chinese food, and pretty much stayed at home in bed, specially in the hot days...
I loved being pregnant because I had a certain style now, my mother bought most of my clothing I wore very little clothes when I was at home because I wanted to be comfortable, my father took many pictures and my sisters took me out on so many events, and Ashley spend time with me taking me to the Arboretum and my parents took me to Venice Beach, touched the water, my skin felt so soft, and just that pregnant glow that many women have...and just the thought of having my baby in my arms was such a joy.
Months past pretty quick and all though I felt good, there were times in which I was dizzy most, I didn't take that many breaks from work, but around my 5 month I wasn't feeling good at all and I didn't know what it was, aside from my pregnancy my doctors didn't know what was wrong, till about a 2 weeks or so after my 5 month the doctor who was gonna be with me at my child's birth had made disturbing surprise, I had something called pre eclampsia.
Pre eclampsia is a frightening thing, its protein in the urine and aside from that your bodily fluids are retained, I got so swollen my face, my neck, my feet, my hands and it was so hard to breath... I was finally taken to the Women's and Children's Hospital in LA, I was so scared because at the hospital they saw how bad my blood pressure really was, I felt so sad because I thought it was my fault and that I had eaten badly and perhaps I didn't do enough exercise, but soon the nurses who told me that its not my fault, my doctors told me that it just happens specially in 1st pregnancies or in women who will have twins for the as a 1st pregnancy and no one really understands why, the only known cure is to take the baby out...but I was gonna be watched over and they wanted to keep observing me.
Shortly after I was placed into the hospital like 4 days after, the nurses noticed my blood pressure rising again to a dangerous level, then after about 30 minutes before 12pm I was already on an operating table the baby was only 6 months and doctors told me that they would do everything to make me and the baby survive... in those instances I felt my body move so much later then after I realized my vision was not right I was seeing colors all over the place then all I heard was a nurse say "she is having a seizure!!!" I lost consciousness after that and I was woken up by the sound and the most beautiful cry I have ever heard in my life.
Ashley was by my side and after I was able to kiss the baby they took her to the NICU and I was then stitched together, and was taken back to my room on a very high medication and pain killers, I was so numb from the waist down and I was scared I didn't remember much and then after I just opened my eyes every few hours I saw my mother crying of course she was happy but she was also scared for my life...I had seen my mother in law, I think she gave me a kiss on the forehead, I remember seeing my 3 best friends... my sisters were there and I wanted to see my grandparents so badly but they were in Guatemala on vacation at the time...but over all it was a day I will never forget even though half the time I was asleep.
The baby was born only weighing 3 pounds, I was able to walk normally and with little pain after a week...then 2 weeks after that and the baby weighing now 5 pounds we took her home to her new home...
Art by Sascalia
Me and Ash became so much closer we went through at least 4 pregnancy tests before we told my family, we celebrated and of course I got a room of my own, soon after that Ash moved into my house...we didn't have much space for us but it was what we could afford at the time, my sisters got a room for themselves and I was always under the watchful eyes of my mother and grandmother, I had many things done, oil baths, massages, small walks, a lot of chinese food, and pretty much stayed at home in bed, specially in the hot days...
I loved being pregnant because I had a certain style now, my mother bought most of my clothing I wore very little clothes when I was at home because I wanted to be comfortable, my father took many pictures and my sisters took me out on so many events, and Ashley spend time with me taking me to the Arboretum and my parents took me to Venice Beach, touched the water, my skin felt so soft, and just that pregnant glow that many women have...and just the thought of having my baby in my arms was such a joy.
Months past pretty quick and all though I felt good, there were times in which I was dizzy most, I didn't take that many breaks from work, but around my 5 month I wasn't feeling good at all and I didn't know what it was, aside from my pregnancy my doctors didn't know what was wrong, till about a 2 weeks or so after my 5 month the doctor who was gonna be with me at my child's birth had made disturbing surprise, I had something called pre eclampsia.
Pre eclampsia is a frightening thing, its protein in the urine and aside from that your bodily fluids are retained, I got so swollen my face, my neck, my feet, my hands and it was so hard to breath... I was finally taken to the Women's and Children's Hospital in LA, I was so scared because at the hospital they saw how bad my blood pressure really was, I felt so sad because I thought it was my fault and that I had eaten badly and perhaps I didn't do enough exercise, but soon the nurses who told me that its not my fault, my doctors told me that it just happens specially in 1st pregnancies or in women who will have twins for the as a 1st pregnancy and no one really understands why, the only known cure is to take the baby out...but I was gonna be watched over and they wanted to keep observing me.
Shortly after I was placed into the hospital like 4 days after, the nurses noticed my blood pressure rising again to a dangerous level, then after about 30 minutes before 12pm I was already on an operating table the baby was only 6 months and doctors told me that they would do everything to make me and the baby survive... in those instances I felt my body move so much later then after I realized my vision was not right I was seeing colors all over the place then all I heard was a nurse say "she is having a seizure!!!" I lost consciousness after that and I was woken up by the sound and the most beautiful cry I have ever heard in my life.
Ashley was by my side and after I was able to kiss the baby they took her to the NICU and I was then stitched together, and was taken back to my room on a very high medication and pain killers, I was so numb from the waist down and I was scared I didn't remember much and then after I just opened my eyes every few hours I saw my mother crying of course she was happy but she was also scared for my life...I had seen my mother in law, I think she gave me a kiss on the forehead, I remember seeing my 3 best friends... my sisters were there and I wanted to see my grandparents so badly but they were in Guatemala on vacation at the time...but over all it was a day I will never forget even though half the time I was asleep.
The baby was born only weighing 3 pounds, I was able to walk normally and with little pain after a week...then 2 weeks after that and the baby weighing now 5 pounds we took her home to her new home...
Art by Sascalia
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