by Heleena Claire Pasumbal-Espina PART 3: I WORKED HARD FOR MY DREAM BIRTH I worked hard for my VBAC. I wouldn’t have been successful if I came less prepared. Here is the summarized list of the most critical factors (in no particular order and importance) of my successful vaginal birth after cesarean (VBAC). 1. […]
by Heleena Claire Pasumbal-Espina PART 2: AND THE SECOND ONE COMES ALONG My second pregnancy Right before my daughter’s first birthday in January 2016, a shocking news blew me and my husband away–I was pregnant again. It was unplanned but definitely not unwanted. However, we were barely coping as first-time parents to a preemie, so […]
by Heleena Claire Pasumbal-Espina It’s already 10:45 p.m. and I should be dozing off. But I have to wait until I finish my Mom’s birthday cake for tomorrow. I put the cake straight into the freezer after baking it for an hour. The technique for a supermoist banana cake is to keep it in the […]