Breastfeeding (and family pictorial) - Post-Breastfeeding Month post

So here, I am trying to "revive" my blog - and technically, I am starting with a month-old activity that my family joined in.

I am so grateful to be part of N@W yahoogroups.(This group is an off-shoot of the W@W - WeddingsAtWork yahoogroups.) This group has become my source of information of almost everything not only in marriage and parenting but also in other aspects of life. And not only that, isa siyang malaking support group. Grabe ang bonding dito, even though I don't post regularly, you still feel welcome everytime. Ang masaya pa dito, you get opportunities na you just don't get anywhere. 

When Mimma Benz posted in N@W about having breastfeeding pictures taken (part of Breastfeeding Month celebration), aba! gorabelles agad ako! All time pangarap ko is to have breastfeeding pictorial haha! Since J1's time pa - but since budget is limited, nakuntento na kami sa "piktyur-piktyuran." I even have a breastfeeding in public pictures in my Facebook, career! Now with J2, pangarap achieved! lol!

Back from hiatus (hopefully, and I’m crossing my fingers)

I may not have readers in my site, but I would like to apologize for being inactive in my blog for a long time (more than a year). Though I have active in my facebook and twitter accounts. And sometimes, I chance to post in my tumblr and in my instagr.am (these two are linked).

A lot of things happened after my last post in my project blog. I know I said in the intro in this blog that I am making a dream happen for me, but some things have been out of hand (sort of). For the past year, hmmm, what happened?

• Tons of work… (that I don’t want to elaborate further lol!) 
• I got PT (pityriasis rosea) which lasted for almost 3-4 months, which got me technically depressed. So depressed, I want to forget what happened. 
• And amidst that, I got pregnant!!! At first, I was so surprised, I (we) didn’t expect it. Though we were not in any (artificial) family planning method during that time. Come what may was the theme. (LOL again!) Highlights? 
• I was already six weeks on the way when I learned I got pregnant. 
• I was still breastfeeding J. It hurt every time he latched (but it wasn’t in my nearest thought that I might have been pregnant). 

I did not think of stopping breastfeeding J but I got a blood clot inside me then that may contraindicate breastfeeding while I was pregnant (I was ready to breastfeed and even with tandem breastfeeding). My OB advised me to stop breastfeeding J. Stubborn that I was, I texted people I know if I can still continue but if baby’s health is at risk, I really have to stop. J had to be weaned (fast). And thank God, he managed.

Now, we have Uriel Jacob! My second J.



And now, I have J1 (Joaquin) and J2 (Jacob). Love love love!



Fast forward.

I am back to work after giving birth to J2. I am exclusively breastfeeding him for four months now. I am back to the “hullabaloo” of my job lol. I am trying to manage having two kids, adjusting. God is good. And I am excited in “revive” my blog. I am rather inspired with other moms who have their own blogs. See the blogs I am following – most (or all) of them are moms!

This is my “first” post after my hiatus. And I am crossing my fingers that there will be more posts after this.

And its August, happy breastfeeding month everyone!