Sergia's Window

You are a mom now. To a very beautiful little boy. He is God's gift to you - sacred, wonderful, your Prince of Peace and your Superman, all rolled into one. You were nervous and naive as a new mom. Funny how you were not even able to realize you were having contractions already. But, here you are, a young, loving mom to your bundle of joy. Your son's arrival was not easy. The foundation of your relationship with his dad has not been made strong yet -- but it will, love, God will make it perfect in His time. You had your son prematurely, which gave him reasons to stay in the NICU. You had post-partum depression. It wasn't too grave, we mostly attributed it to having to travel to the NICU twice a day for just a glimpse of your son. But we were not eating, we were not feeling. We were just waiting for the next day to go through all of it again. You surpassed that. With the help of the series House, M.D. and a feeling of connection to Francis M, who was also battling illness at...

Today, I allowed myself to just rest and recover. Last Sunday I noticed mysel having different emotions - irritability, tiredness, frustrations. Turned out, my period is starting and, towards the night, I began feeling my dysmennorhea creep in. Monday was the worst - my tummy ached and my muscles were sore. Both my arms were in limited motion as my left elbow and right shoulder was in pain. I was nauseous and just felt like I wanted to be in bed the whole day. I messaged my leads that I will be on sick leave, and proceeded to sleep the entirety of the morning. I didn't  get up for lunch, even when Darwin was calling me. Instead, I ate a little into the afternoon, just to appease my worried husband. After that, I slept some more until nighttime, when I joined the family for Darwin. Since I slept the whole day, I wasn't able to sleep immediately. Darwin and I watched The Invitation, which I found very nice. Vampires and plot twists, my kinda thing. The following day, I was feelin...