We continue with the section Stories of parents in which the readers themselves tell us their experiences with conception, pregnancy, childbirth, the first months with their babies or simply their experiences with maternity / paternity in general. If you want to participate, you can send your stories to [email protected].
Today we have a very happy story where Patricia, the mother, tells her daughter Valerie about her life since before she was born and how they told the surprised dad.
Since November 2006, your dad had been asked to make a trip to Mexico to support a project in that country, so I was alone for almost 2 weeks in our apartment. I had been feeling very sick and dizzy but I did not give importance to the matter, because I assumed it was a general virosis. Your daddy despite the distance, I was very worried about my state of health and since there were still no days behind, we did not think I was pregnant, but had a passing illness.
On December 2, 2006, when I was alone in the apartment, I was watching television at about 5 pm, it was a Saturday when in the middle of a package of BBQ-flavored margarita chips with a soda apple, I felt a bounce and I suddenly ran to the bathroom. I vomited everything I had eaten. It seemed strange to me, since I generally do not vomit unless I have a severe headache.
Initially I didn't think anything, because I didn't want to get my hopes up and then be sad to know that I wasn't pregnant. However, the following Tuesday, seeing that the period was not coming and I was already 8 days late, I decided to buy a pregnancy test (urine) and do it at night.
Indeed, when I did the 2 lines appeared, I could not believe it, I thanked God for giving me the opportunity to bring you to the world, I cried a lot of happiness, I felt an immense joy that completely covered my body and I felt the happiest woman in the world . Alone and with that lonely joy that overwhelmed me I began to plan as we were going to tell Daddy this great news that we had expected with so much love and hope. As we both worked at that time in the same company, they requested my presence in Mexico to support training for the new head of the Operations area of that region, so everything had been given to give that great news to your dad. Then I did not want to tell anyone, but as I was still sick, in the office they asked me, because I looked emaciated and continuously with discomfort, so I could not contain myself and only told one of my friends in the Office, who that same day In the afternoon, he gave you your first gift.
It was a white and green pajamas, very pretty and the gift wrap equally spectacular ... That filled me again with joy, and made me cry a lot. I asked him not to tell anyone because only after giving this great news to your daddy, we would tell everyone.
Now, to give the news to your dad, I decided to keep the pregnancy test and since your dad was turning 12 on December 12, I decided to buy him a birthday card and give him as a gift the pijamita and the pregnancy test. You and I arrived in Mexico on December 8 and curiously I felt very strange, because being with your daddy and having to hide until 12 (his birthday) this great news, I was restless, stressed, anxious, in short ... I wanted to shout that I was going to be a dad but I had to wait, I couldn't harm this wonderful surprise.
Upon arrival, your daddy also noticed me very thin, emaciated and worried a lot. He told me that upon our arrival in Colombia, we would visit the doctor. The long awaited day arrived. It was 11 p.m. December 11, 2006 when I prepared everything to give the great news. That day they also celebrate the day of the Virgin of Guadalupe, then at 12:01 a.m. From December 12, gunpowder began to sound in the street, I got up immediately ran to my suitcase and took out the gift.
Your daddy was about to go to bed because he had worked in the hotel room to deliver that project. I handed him the card. My heart was beating at 200%, I wrote him some lines, where in some of his parts I told him that I knew I was sick, that he didn't worry so much, that my illness had a cure, (you would see my precious doll, the astonished face of your Daddy when reading these lines, he looked worried), but at the end of the letter he told him that this illness would have to wait 8 and a half months.
Reading this last part, his eyes were wonderful, his eyes filled with tears, mine too, we hugged, laughed, cried, shouted and celebrated this wonderful moment. Now he understood why I was so unwell, so emaciated, so thin. After that moment everything was happiness, it was 9 months of love, consent, love. We prepared everything for your arrival and from that moment until the day of your birth, we had high expectations, many anxieties, eager to meet you.
We had 2 Baby Showers, one of our friends from the office and another from the family. They were special moments, spectacular, many gifts, many tears of happiness, many beautiful feelings expressed by the people who love us and that although they did not know you, they also showed you affection and affection. 2 weeks before your birth, between your dad and me, we decorate your room, although we are not the best designers and architects, we place everything perfectly, we paint your room, we decorate the walls. Your room was spectacular, we invited friends to go to see our work of art (hehe). It was wonderful, another unforgettable moment.
The day of childbirth was the most anticipated day, the most important day in the life of your daddy and mine, the day we were finally going to meet you, we were going to share you with our whole family, we were going to have you among us, We could give you many hugs, kisses, caresses, it was finally the day we had wished with all our desires.
Your birth took place on Thursday, August 2, 2006 at 8:33 p.m. It was by caesarean section because during all that day (from 7 a.m.) I was in labor but never dilated, despite having contractions.
Seeing your little face, feeling that we had managed to see the fruit of our love come true, was the most wonderful thing. Welcome to our cute little family! On February 13, 2008 you said for the first time DAD. It was a huge happiness, your daddy cried like never before. He felt again the happiest man on earth, he wanted to eat you with kisses, we felt so much emotion. It is an amazing experience. On May 13, 2008, (curiously it was also a 13) and since you already have so many movements, you already started taking your first crawling steps, your grandmother left you alone in the crib and when you tried to get up you hit your little head. Arriving at work night, your dad and I realized this event, we were very sad. Your first tap, although it was a light tap, I felt my heart break. Another incredible experience, another feeling that makes you feel that mother-child connection. It was nothing serious, but I felt it was the end of the world.
Today after writing these lines, you have 9 months and 14 days and we feel that every day we are more in love with you, more full of illusions, with many expectations of your development, your growth, your environment. We feel the most wonderful, happy and calm parents in the world because we have the most beautiful doll that exists on the face of the earth.
Thank God for giving us the joy of being parents and allowing us to feel this unique and wonderful experience that may exist. Valerie, we love you!
