Having a Honeymoon Baby



[Show opens]Myrtle Alegado: Being newlyweds is an exciting time in the marriage journey but have you known some newly married friends who found out that they were expecting a wedding night or honeymoon baby soon after marriage too? We're going to delve into that topic today as we launch season two, so stay tuned.



Welcome to Happy Life, a podcast brought to you by INC Media Audio that aims to help newlyweds navigate through the first years of marriage. I'm Myrtle Alegado and I've been married to my husband Paul since 1999. And later, we'll hear some Bible based advice through Brother Felmar Serreno, a minister of the gospel in the Church Of Christ.



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Myrtle Alegado: In Season One of Happy Life, we talked about adjustments as newlyweds and the transition from the big day to your new life as husband and wife. Imagine now that one of those adjustments also includes welcoming a baby. And today we have with us Thirdy and Bianca all the way from London. Their wedding was in April of 2021, so another pandemic wedding. Hi, Thirdy and Bianca, and thanks so much for joining us on Happy Life.



Thirdy Magsino: Hi Myrtle. Thank you for having us.



Bianca Magsino: Yeah, thank you for having us.



Myrtle Alegado: Well, how are you two doing over there in London?



Thirdy & Bianca Magsino: We're good. We’re good.Thirdy Magsino: A bit sleep deprived, but we're good.



Myrtle Alegado: That's to be expected. So can you tell us a little more about your wedding and you know, your life together immediately afterwards?



Thirdy Magsino: So we got married last year, April 29, 2021. We have been in a long distance relationship for a couple of years. So she lives in Hamburg, Germany. And the wedding was on the 29th of April. And shortly afterwards, maybe three days after, she left…



Bianca Magsino: I had to go backThirdy Magsino: To go back to Germany to fix some paperwork and to handle some government things for the wedding.



Myrtle Alegado: Wow. Like only 3 days?



Thirdy Magsino: Yeah, it was, it was kind of bittersweet. It was like, from the high of the wedding. And then all of a sudden, like the sadness of saying goodbye straight away, like a few days after.



Myrtle Alegado: So you had your wedding, and then you went back to being kind of like an LDR [long distance relationship] couple .



Bianca Magsino: Yeah, yeah. But then it wasn't for too long. Because Thirdy then came to Hamburg to stay with me in June, until August, which was nice. So we’ve got to spend some time in Hamburg as well before I finally moved to the UK in September 2021.



Thirdy Magsino: We always said, looking back, it's not going to be long, but in the moment.



Bianca Magsino: In the moment, it always feels long.



Myrtle Alegado: Yeah, well, that's true. I mean, it was, what, four or five months. So it's kind of significant, a third of the year or whatnot. So but you know, on our episode today, we're talking about having a honeymoon baby or expecting a baby in your first year of marriage.First of all, congratulations to both of you on the recent birth of your baby girl. So when was she born? And what's her name?



Bianca Magsino: Thank you. She was born on the 19th of January 2022. And her name is…