Skip to main content

Expect the unexpected

Being pregnant while you're on your late thirties wasn't something I really planned for. I was really skeptical before in terms of both my physical and mental condition and not really expecting this unexpected event. 

But there she was, there in my belly. After a failed marriage I found a decent guy, with all of his imperfections and mine we weave our destiny together and God gave us our miraculous girl. 

My mother told me how she was already planned on trying to get me to do the IVF but hesitate to do so since I wasn't really good at controlling emotions and stuff. And she was quite right since it's always been an issue and still, up until now. For our family, especially my mother, me having a girl is like an absolute must, if one might say so too. As me growing older and people start questioning (I hate how busy body people can be, while fact I spent most of my time avoiding people or meddling into their lives), some even said to my mom to get me an adopted child. It's hurtful, those suggestions, and I was lucky I was filtered from them. 

And yet here I am, with a one month old girl, already she spent most of her first three weeks in hospital. If you know how useless can one feel is when she saw her child got into an E.R, not yet a month, with an I.V attached to her arms. I'm not trying to be dramatic, but it was dramatic. And she was nearly lost her life, because of me. Why? I can't keep up with her needs of breast milk. 

If one can say what's the hardest thing to do in this world is : bringing another human into this world. It wasn't easy, before. It is still not easy after. And the mother always get that look and blame. The fact that so many people pushed new mothers nowadays to exclusively lactate gives pressure to me and the toll was right there. She, my baby, was dehydrated. And the thoughts of giving her formula or other's milk wasn't really thought of because everyone kept on pushing me to breastfeed,...and there was barely none. It was devastating. I condemn people that judge mothers who give their child formula. You fxxxers don't know what they've been through. Try walk in their  shoes before judging or commenting. 

And after the hospital disposal, the drama continues. My girl was suspected to have a low level of thyroid. I was, again, devastated. I tried so hard not to share anything on my social media (this blog might be the only channel I will be updating regarding this--knowing it's like a journal no one's gonna read). Will get another test for her this week and I pray to God that she's okay.


This week has so many sleepless night, I am weary to the bone. I hardly can do anything else instead of nurturing. 


Wish me luck. Wish my girl luck. 



Comments

Popular posts from this blog

How to Ghibli?

That time of the year, again. Why can't life be more like Ghibli's aesthetics? It has been a while for me to be in my 30s, and soon I will be turning 40. What will one expect when one turns into a 40-year-old woman?  Why can't life be like Ghibli's slice of life feature films? Why can't we find ideal love like in those movies? 3 years ago today I still can't imagine that I finally found out that my (back then) spouse was a serial cheater, a swinger, and an avid liar. My whole life was crumbled, and my mind went crazy, like literally mad (will tell this someday when I'm ready). And briefly after that, I met a random guy, got married again in such a short time, and have a baby not long after. Back then, no one really cares about how I feel inside, my messed up mind is still there up until now. So, what to do? Seiji and Shizuku in Whisper of the Heart (1995) Source: Whisper of the Heart (https://www.cinemaescapist.com/2014/11/whisper-of-the-heart/ & https:/...

obrolan setengah dua pagi

"Hey, kayanya mouthwash kita cepet habis ya...??" "Eh,iya...aku baru aja mo ngajakin kamu beli lagi..." "Lho? kirain kamu yang ngabisin..." "Lah??" .... (Kami berdua terdiam) Terlintas langsung beberapa bulan yang lalu, saat teman saya itu baru beberapa hari tinggal di kosan ini. Hp-nya raib, hanya beberapa menit saat dia tinggal mandi! Tersangkanya? Well, ada satu makhluk ini--bawaan dari anak kos baru juga. Entah dia sodaranya, ato pacarnya, kami ga tau. Tapi yang jelas dia tinggal tiap hari di situ, di kamar yang jelas-jelas disewa untuk satu orang itu. Dan well, siang hari, pas cewenya itu kerja, dia suka bawa cewe lain ke kamar... ( what the??? ) dan gelagatnya mencurigakan (ga kaya berteman...) Hmm.. terlepas dari gaya sok Don Juan or Casanova kacangan dari makhluk itu (yang ganteng juga ga, kaya apalagi, tapi klepto and ngepul kaya lokomotif jaman jebot), dia seenaknya make kamar mandi yang saya share bareng temen saya itu (di sini 2 k...

#16: Infatuation

  Day 16 of 30 days writing challenge Infatuation Ten minutes to midnight and I almost forgot today's writing challenge. Supposed to be about someone I miss, but I don't really know how to deal with distant short-lived feelings.  Wind Once obsessed I was, Like a wind arose  Out of the blue, Hell, should I drown in my thoughts? Of something I nearly forgot? It was only a brief, belittle by wrongly  Lay a trust While nonetheless  There's nothing but a gust Of wind drifted by Of my tears, Of my fears, Of what wishful thinking, it was Live and let live, And let the wind blows your sadness away, 'Coz anything is everything, while everything is nothing. We are, nothing.