21/10/2025
Extending OR duties lately due to emergency surgeries but, hey, we don't complain. 😊
Most mothers would agree that they lose their identity due to the profound shift in priorities and daily life that motherhood brings. I'm just happy that outside motherhood -- the 24/7 baby barnacle, responsibilities, late night breastfeeding and pumping -- I get to do surgeries, delivering both babies and uterus/masses 🤭🤪. This is where I found my pink back. 🩷
If you feel like you're losing yourself to motherhood, know this—you're not lost. You're evolving. The version of yourself you knew before may feel distant, but what's emerging is someone even more powerful, more resilient, and more capable than you ever imagined.
To my pregnant and post partum patients, YOU got this, Momma. 💪
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1st pic: Exlap due to pelvic inflammatory disease, with extensive adhesiolysis, excision of retroperitoneal encysted fluid, chromotubation and salpingectomy with Dr Lorielee “Lace” Cruz, MD (RM) and Dr Marilet Marilet Lian Caluag (Anesth) at Ortigas Hospital and Healthcare Center
2nd-3rd pic: Baby out at Taytay Doctors Multispecialty Hospital, delivering a baby via CS with Dr Dr. Giline Dela Fuente PEDIA and Dr Fritz Manguera (Anesth)