may kwento ako:
meron akong coworker, legit wlw tension w her, nung pumunta kami ng sagada ng KAMI LANG with her close friends (mind you, not with our coworkers ha)..ginanyan nya ako! katulad nung ginagawa ni byul!
see attached irl picture below
I almost died giving birth to our daughter.
Forty-two hours of labor. Emergency C-section. I remember the cold of the operating room and the way the doctors wouldn’t meet my eyes. They said if we had waited another hour, one of us wouldn’t have made it.
I woke up stitched, shaking, numb from the chest down.
He didn’t hold my hand. He didn’t cry. He just asked the doctor if the scar would be “permanent.”
When we got home, I could barely walk. I couldn’t laugh without pain shooting through my stomach. I needed help sitting up. He complained that the house was messy. Said maternity leave wasn’t a vacation.
Two weeks postpartum, he stood over me while I was trying to latch the baby and said, “You know women are supposed to give birth naturally. My mom did.”
I thought he was joking.
He wasn’t.
One night I overheard him on the phone with his brother saying, “She didn’t even give birth properly. They just cut her open.”
Cut her open.
Like I wasn’t split in half to bring his child into this world.
When I finally looked at my scar in the mirror, still swollen and purple, I didn’t see weakness. I saw survival. But every time he looked at me, I saw disappointment.
Then it got worse.
He stopped touching me. Started going to the gym every night. Said he “needed a woman who takes care of herself.” I was still bleeding. Still leaking milk. Still waking up every two hours.
One evening he tossed a waist trainer onto the bed and said, “You should start fixing it before it’s too late.”
I asked him what “it” was.
He pointed at my stomach.
I slept in the nursery that night. Not because the baby cried. Because I did.
Now he tells people I’ve “changed” since having the baby. That I’m emotional. That I don’t try anymore.
I almost died. I gave him a daughter. I carry a scar that aches when it rains.
And somehow I’m the one who failed.
I don’t know who I married. I don’t know how to leave. But I know this can’t be what love looks like.
My roomate was attacked by her boyfriend in a jealous rage. He tried to choke her and instead of screaming or resisting she stayed calm and started to caress his face and then kiss him. This calmed him down and they spent the night together. The next morning she was on the train back to her hometown. Men cannot even start to comprehend what women are sometimes forced to do to merely survive.
Fun fact: After childbirth, a woman’s hormones don’t just “drop”... they plummet. Within the first 24–72 hours after delivery, estrogen and progesterone fall dramatically from their peak pregnancy levels to near pre-pregnancy levels. It’s one of the most abrupt hormonal shifts the human body goes through.
During pregnancy, estrogen and progesterone are extremely elevated. Once the placenta is delivered, those hormones decline rapidly, signaling the body to stop sustaining pregnancy and begin milk production. At the same time, prolactin rises to support lactation, oxytocin surges to help the uterus contract, and the uterus begins shrinking back to its original size... a process that takes weeks. Postpartum bleeding (lochia) can last 4–6 weeks as the body heals.
This intense hormonal shift is one major reason many women experience mood swings, tearfulness, irritability, or the “baby blues” in the first days after birth. For some, the changes can contribute to postpartum depression or anxiety.
All of this happens while she’s recovering physically, often sleep-deprived, and caring for a newborn around the clock. So yes... if she doesn’t feel like herself right away, that’s not weakness. That’s biology.
VOL.3 is out & anime is happening 💚
A few years ago, I wouldn’t have imagined a third book in bookstores let alone an anime adaptation of this series. It’s so so touching and I’m so happy to be able to share the news with you guys :,) I hope it becomes something that’s loved worldwide by such a diverse & lovely audience like you guys. Thank you for always being a huge support, you made this happen!! So much love xx
VOL.3 is out & anime is happening 💚
A few years ago, I wouldn’t have imagined a third book in bookstores let alone an anime adaptation of this series. It’s so so touching and I’m so happy to be able to share the news with you guys :,) I hope it becomes something that’s loved worldwide by such a diverse & lovely audience like you guys. Thank you for always being a huge support, you made this happen!! So much love xx
@Puregold_PH KFEST Cosplay Convention 2 (REVERSE) in 2012 with Minzy Cosplayer vs me now in 2024.
I've only met Dara sa isang convention sa MOA and Minzy sa UAAP, kaya sana nanalo ng day 2 ticket para makita sila ng complete. 🙏🏻💖
Jeepney phase out, in numbers:
3 out of 4 jeeps sa NCR at 4 out of 10 sa buong bansa [1] ang hindi na makakabiyahe come January 2024 dahil sa jeepney phaseout.
Ano maasahan natin? A 🧵