Good News Mama!

Kev and I are finally moved in to our new place! This is a really exciting time for the both of us because it's the first time in our marriage where we get to live on our own, with just the two of us (I don't count our two dogs hehe). This will obviously be short-lived, since a baby will be taking up all our attention in about 3 months (how exciting is that?!) I'm trying my best to spend as much time with Kev before the baby comes. I'm actually at The Masters College in a separate room while Kevin is in class. I'm really thankful for this time since I stopped working and get to be with him. Almost every morning I drop him off at work and then pick him up after, and depending on his schedule, two or three nights of the week are spent driving to Santa Clarita to attend one of his classes at TMC. God willing, he will graduate in a year. If he keeps on going at the pace he's going, he will graduate by next summer. That means that it took him 4 years to get a Bachelo...

Praise the Lord! Today we received our keys to our new house...Well, technically we don't own the house. We probably won't even own a house until we are way older. We are renting a new house, and the lease ends in 3 years so it will be our home for a while! The way we even got chosen to be the tenants of this home was God's blessing upon us as well. We had someone really help us out and he was very beneficial on our behalf. I'm so excited to move into this new place because it will be our first "home home." We are already blessed to be living in the house that we live in (it belongs to Kev's parents) because this house is super huge and beautiful. But it never really felt like our home. We came into the house and everything was already decorated. We weren't living by ourselves as a married couple. Kevin grew up in this house as a teenager. This is the same house I'd visit Kev in as a 15 year-old. We used to dance on the streets as teenagers and r...

My doctor called me two days ago to discuss the results from the special 20 week anatomical ultrasound (which examines the baby's body parts close-up, specifically to determine if there's a birth defect or a possibility of Down's syndrome).  As I type this, I am currently 24 weeks pregnant. The fact that she called at 6pm on a weekday was a little bit alarming, because that means something was up. She told me, "The baby is ok, but your placenta is very low. It is right next to your cervix, which means we cannot do any pelvic exams or physicals. If you ever have to go to the ER in the next few weeks, let them know your doctor said nothing is allowed inside of you. Also, we need to reschedule another anatomical ultrasound so we can see if the placenta has moved away from the cervix. Otherwise, if it places itself over your cervix, you may develop placenta previa, and we will take it from there." I remember learning about placenta previa when I was in my LVN progra...

I can't believe that we are more than halfway done with this pregnancy! I wish I had been posting more consistently about our experience so far. Pregnancy is tough on my body but I am very thankful to be holding our little baby inside of my womb! It's such a blessing. It's also great to have such a supportive and understanding husband. Kevin's always so sweet and concerned for me whenever I look like I'm about to throw up (which is at least once a day)! It's also really nice because I feel like I'm bonding more with my mommy. I have always loved and appreciated my mom, but I did feel kind of envious growing up because I felt like she was closer to my brothers than me. She even mentioned it at her speech at my wedding, "Anak, I know you thought I spent more time with your brothers but it's because I knew you were making good choices by yourself. I am also very proud of your two academic achievements..." HUH?!?! What a transition! And what TWO ...

When I first started this blog, I wrote about the highlights of our wedding day. That was a little over two years ago. And now, here I am, about to write about one of the most monumental days in our lives: On Valentines Day 2014, Kevin and I found out we were PREGNANT! I still can't believe it. I really can't. I am now ending off my 13th week of pregnancy, and am technically in the second trimester zone. Because of my PCOS, because of all the blood tests, two of my past OBGYN's told me to that I wouldn't be able to conceive naturally. Honestly, there is something very soul-crushing about being told you are not able to do what every woman should be able to do. I have never prayed so hard in my life...there wasn't a day for the past two years that I didn't pray fervently for the ability to one day bear a child naturally. Well, I can say I prayed for something else harder than that, and that was for my to-be husband. I prayed for my husband since I was 19, the ...

"Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another "What? You too? I thought that no one but myself..."' (C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves) The day after I was diagnosed with PCOS, I met someone who would encourage me in ways I never knew I would need. She is truly a gift from God because she has inspired and pushed me to have a godly perspective on PCOS, and her friendship couldn't have come at a better time. I'm sure that other PCOSer's out there understand me when I say sometimes, you just need a friend who understands you. I was having a hard time because I felt so alone. At that time, I only had two friends with PCOS and both were so far away that I didn't get to talk to them often about how they were doing, and less so about how their PCOS was affecting them! I was the first one out of my group of friends to get married (I got married at 23 and now we are 25, but most of my close friends are still single) so when I would ta...

I've debated for months about whether or not to post this... Why? Because it's personal, and tough, and I just hated admitting my struggles and failures. I really wrestled with frustration, anger, depression, sadness, and my trust in the Lord. Thankfully, the Lord provided many godly people to give me perspective and turn to Him even when all seemed hopeless...He provided me with His encouragement and commands in the Word and also calms me down as I go to Him in prayer. God is so good. PCOS stands for Polycystic Ovary Syndrome. It is a female hormonal imbalance that is mainly hereditary, though that does not apply to me because I am the only one in my family with PCOS. The ovaries produce too many androgens (male hormones like testosterone and DHEA sulfate) which ultimately leads to an imbalance between the Luteinizing Hormone (LH) and the Follicle Stimulating Hormone (FSH) in a woman's body. This prevents ovulation, which is basically the releasing of an egg. In s...