SOPHIE ALBERT returns to acting after giving birth to her and Vin Abrenica’s baby daughter, Avianna Celeste, in GTV’s featured story, “The Beast Next Door” in the drama anthology, “My Fantastic Pag-ibig”.
She gave birth last March 15 via caesarean section.
“I wasn’t expecting na mase-caesarean ako,” she says.
“We taught it would be a normal delivery, but it turns out our daughter is such a big baby and won’t come out normally. Our doctor said she’s the biggest baby she has delivered in her 30 years of practice.”
So how is it to be a mom?
“Masarap, but she had to stay first in the intensive care unit for newborns until the oxygen levels in her lungs normalized. Noong finally, mahawakan ko siya, I just kept on staring at her.
"Ang sarap ng feeling na yung dinala mo sa loob mo for nine months, finally, heto na, kasama na namin siya.
"It’s hard to be pregnant and have a baby in the midst of the pandemic, but it’s really worth it, including the sleepless nights when I have to wake up to feed her.”
Since their baby is now five months old, she accepted GMA’s offer to return to work and appear again on TV. In “The Beast Next Door”, she is paired with Kapuso hunk Gil Cuerva.
“I play Ashley at si Gil naman si Wanggo,” she adds. “I am a strong, independent woman, but masyadong suspetsosa. Lahat na lang ng bagay, pinaghihinalaan ko nang masama.
"Isa na nga rito ang neighbor naming si Wanggo na ang feeling ko, may itinatagong lihim sa buhay niya kasi maraming strange happenings ang nangyayari mula nang siya ay dumating sa lugar namin.”
She eventually falls for him but little does she know that Gil as Wanggo is really an “aswang”.
“It’s a love story with a twist kasi naging thriller siya,” says Sophie.
“My Fantastic Pag-ibig” airs on Saturdays on GTV at 7 PM.
