Nowadays,it is very important that we are aware of our health especially that we are experiencing pregnancy.If we are sensitive of what’s happening to our body, we can easily feel that there is something wrong within that we must taking care of. As a young mother at that time, i feel so excited when i was confirmed that i am pregnant with my second baby. And i said to myself, ” my womb was blessed again by our Almighty God ” that gives me the feeling that i need my monthly check up with my obygyne- Dra. Malabanan.
On the first month of my check up, everything was clear. No problem was been declared by Dra. Malabanan. During my second month of pregnancy, i was experienced to crave more on sweet foods like cakes, chocolates, candies, softdrinks and i was surprised because i am not the kind of person who is really likes sweet foods. So just because that i am thinking, these are the foods that my baby wants, i just keep on eating to the point that I don’t want to give when someone wants to share my food. And not to my expectation, symptoms of a pregnant woman is almost the same to the complication of most pregnant women are experiencing especially when there is in a family was inherited this kind of complication
By the time that i have to attend to my obygyne due to my second check up, it’s the time when i received the bad news about the situation of my pregnancy. I was diagnosed with diabetes and i need a medication for the safety of my baby and as well as mine. I was so speechless because i am not expecting that at my young age, i will experience that complication and not also that; a complication that there will be a possibility that my baby will be affected. Because of my situation, my obygyne refer me to a doctor that was engaged in treating a pregnant woman with this kind of complication. The best medication for me and my baby is treating my baby with insulin because that’s the best way so that he will manage in a healthy way. At first, i was shocked because for the first time in my life, i will inject a certain amount of insulin in soft part of my body like my legs, my arms and my tummy to be sure that my baby will be treated well without any negative effect in his body-inside and out.
So inspite of the situation of my health, the best thing that i can do is to have courage to face the challenge between me and my baby. Anyway, strength comes from God, and all the things that happened in our lives was given with a purpose.God will not give all that challenges if we cannot make it.. So i entrusted my life and my baby to our Almighty God.
With the power of God that works in my life as well as in my baby, of course there are also so many things that changed in my lifestyle especially in choosing the right food for me and for my baby. Now that i have an innocent being inside my womb, i am choosing the food with less fat, less salt and as much as possible no sweet so that the food that i am eating plus the insulin medication that am doing will team up together to have a healthier baby. Before, i am not aware of all the contents that i am buying but here i am , exercising all this healthy advise comes from the expert- my doctor. I had experienced also to lessen my rice intake into 1 cup only so that the baby will not exceed to the normal size of a new born baby, and even all the food intake during my 9 months pregnancy was done in moderation and with a more discipline on my part as a mother. I had persevered all the pains every time that i am injecting an insulin in my body to save the life of an innocent one and i think that’s one of the most sacrificing part of my life as a mother to my child. The everyday routine of my glucose/sugar monitoring will somehow give me a slight trauma in the first month of doing it but as months goes by , and to think that i am doing this because of my unconditional love to my baby, everything was done with love and patient because at that time my baby will be delivered, i know all my sacrifices will be worth because i had delivered a 8.14 bouncy and healthy boy and was named Neil Patrick and at present he is a smart boy in grade 2 and one of an achiever in his class. To God be all the glory.
