Coleen and Billy share start of journey to parenthood
Billy Crawford and Coleen Garcia have revealed the story of how they found out she’s in the family way. In a video posted on their YouTube channel dubbed The Crawfords, Coleen admitted she has polycystic ovary syndrome even before she got married so they did not expect her to get pregnant this year.
“We had no idea that we were going to have an easy time conceiving. Akala naming mahihirapan talaga kami because of our history nga because I had PCOS and because he was told that it wasn’t going to be easy for him. Last January, we went to a friend’s birthday party which was around two or three nights so it was a beach party. I was packing for that. Normally when I pack kasi, I make sure that I have everything I need, in case magkakaroon na ako. So I checked my period tracker and I saw that I was around five days delayed which doesn’t usually happen kasi nga I used to be on pills so that would make your period regular if irregular ka.”
Coleen revealed she still secretly took a pregnancy test.
“Medyo na-alarm ako. I told my brother to buy three pregnancy tests just in case, kasi I knew it was coming some time. Sabi ko, ‘Love baka ito na ‘to.’ I didn’t ask Billy to buy kasi baka umasa siya tapos biglang hindi pala. I secretly took one (test). Normally pag positive two solid lines tapos kung negative one solid line. When I took the test, ang lumabas may isang solid line tapos may isang line pero sobrang faded niya. I was looking at it for a while tapos inaantay ko na mabuo yung line kasi mamaya baka late lang talaga mag-form di ba? So inaantay ko, wala talaga. Then I threw it away (laughs). So when we came back from our trip, wala pa rin akong period. Akala ko effect lang siya sa pagtigil ng pills. So I took another test. Ganun pa rin. May isang solid line tapos may isang blurred line pero yung blurred line na yun parang pa-klaro ng pa-klaro. That’s when I said to myself, ‘Oh my gosh, I think I’m pregnant!’” Coleen narrated.
The couple immediately shared the good news to Coleen’s mom.
Among first persons in showbiz they told about her condition was Kim Atienza, one of their ninongs.
They told him about it inside a bathroom of a dressing room backstage.
“On that same day (we found out), meron akong guesting sa ‘Showtime’ and I was there to promote ‘Mia,’ our film which was shown earlier this year. And usually kasi pag nandun kami, we dropped by the dressing rooms just to say hi. And we went there and halos lahat sila nandun and we just really felt like telling kuya Kim. And then nung lumabas kami ng banyo na umiiyak, nagtaka silang lahat. So we eventually had to tell everybody else in the room. And we weren’t supposed to announce yet sabi ng OB-Gyne kasi first trimester but we just couldn’t help sharing the news with our loved ones,” she shared.
Coleen admitted her second month of pregnancy was most challenging for her as she had to spend an entire week in bed.
“I kept vomiting and I thought that it was morning sickness until I realized that it was actually my vitamins. I think I was getting some kind of allergic reaction to it. Then after that I had to stay home again because bigla ako nagka-spotting. After two weeks bed rest, the blood clot was gone,” she said.
Coleen also got the blues.
“That whole two weeks kasi I wasn’t allowed to do anything but stay in bed. Puwede lang ako bumangon sa kama pag mag-siC.R lang ako. I was so depressed. You know the feeling na you feel so icky, so ugly, so gross, and I just felt like a sloth lang talaga. Nakadikit lang ako sa bed. To be in bed for two weeks, not doing anything, with anxiety, really made me feel so depressed.”
Thankfully, by God’s grace, she was able to overcome it.
“Now I’m just so happy that the baby is healthy, the baby is fine. So everything was fine. Everything was normal,” she happily shared.
Coleen and Billy celebrated their second wedding anniversary last April before announcing the pregnancy earlier this month.