
It's been a year since my last post, many events have passed, but none as special as last week's. My third child was born.
Her name is Teresa Czarina G. Perez or Iza for short. Her name is derived from her Lola Goody and my Tatay's name. Tatay would have wanted a Cesar III, but now I have 3 kids with Cesar in their names.
She was born July 1, 2010 at 1:11PM. It was a Thursday, and our usual Thursday begins when Judith goes to Perpetual Help College of Medicine to attend its weekly conferences, I was sending off Zia and Enzo to school. After bringing the kids at Montessori at 9:30AM, I received a call from Judith, she told me that we are going now to PGH, she is on labor and 5cms dilated already when examined by our kumare Janice.
I called my clinic to cancel all my appointments, then fetched Judith and off to PGH. We arrived shortly after 1030AM. She was sent directly to the Labor Room, and was examined by the Ob Redidents. It was very comforting to know that Judith's attending MD, Dra. Llave is already in the hospital, attending to another patient. All the necessary stuff was done and the next part is the waiting time. Epidural anesthesia was also given to Judith by Dr. Ting Odi. After more than an hour, she was then transferred to the Delivery Room.
Judith showed tremendous strength. It was very evident that she was in great pain but she endured all of it. Inside the Delivery Room, after more that 7 tries, Iza came out! Again, a mixture of emotions - happiness, concern, fear, relief - overwhelm me. Here's my third child, my bunso! And she looks just fine.
We were transferred to our private room at around 4PM, Iza was just wearing temporary clothes since we did not bring any bags. Candy, Ogie and Joy visited us, along with Kim on the first day. Daddy, Jing, Tita Nilds and Ryan visited us before we were discharged.
Happiness and a new chapter begins.