Dear Baby

I am sorry kadang2 mummy busy kat office sampai tak sempat nak main2 dgn baby. Selalu awak aktif time mummy kat office kan. Sebab awak nak mummy pay attention at your every single movement. Mummy bukan neglect awak ye dear baby. Mummy sibuk 'bersilat' dengan report and scientific journal yang bos mummy nak mummy hantar draft sebelum mummy jumpa baby bulan April ni.

Tapi kenapa last week baby tak mau respond sangat dengan mummy eventhough mummy dah makan, tekan2 perut ajak baby main dengan mummy? Mummy kira movement baby tak banyak macam selalu. Malam Sabtu mummy kira macam belum cukup 10 movement dalam 12 jam. Mummy dah tak sedap hati. Masa tengok Fear Factor mummy dah nangis2 risaukan baby. Terus ajak babah pergi hospital. Nasib baik hospital tu 5 min je dari rumah kita. Babah cakap, siap2 bawak baju, mana tau mummy kena admit wad.

Sampai je hospital, mummy and babah terus ke dewan bersalin jumpa nurse. Masa tu dah pukul 10.30 mlm kalau tak silap. So nurse pun check heartbeat baby. Alhamdulillah, reading ok. Mummy bersyukur sangat. Lega sikit. Then proceed with CTG. Mummy dengar heartbeat awak laju, macam kuda berlari. Graf pun nampak normal & cantik. Syukur Alhamdulillah. Lepas tu tunggu Dr untuk scan awak. Masa ni adalah dalam sejam mummy tunggu sebab Dr ada kes bersalin kat labour room. Masa tu mummy siap dengar lagi nurse2 bagi semangat kat ibu tu, tak lama tu dengar suara baby. Wah seronok mummy dengar. Terus tak sabar nak cepatkan masa bulan April.

After an hour, Dr pun attend. Dr Yong tu muda lagi. Nampak polite. Banyak juga dia cerita kat mummy. Dr Yong pun kata confirm yg awak ni girl. Dia tunjuk jantung awak kat mummy. Alhamdulillah, mummy lega sangat2. Tapi Dr Yong suruh mummy admit wad untuk monitor lagi heartbeat awak. Mummy pun pasrah je lah. 

Mummy dok wad kelas 2. Ada 4 katil & 2 toilet kat dalam tu. Not bad la. Facility hospital semua baru. Mummy pun puas hati. Setiap 4 jam nurse akan datang check blood pressure mummy & monitor heartbeat baby dengan doppler. Esoknya nurse buat CTG 2x lagi untuk tengok pattern hearbeat awak. Alhamdulillah, syukur, movement pun dah normal. Nurse cakap, kadang2 awak ni tidur lama ni.

Hai lah anak, jangan buat mummy & babah panik lagi ye sayang. Risau sangat2. Ada lagi 60 hari untuk awak enjoy dalam perut mummy sebelum tengok dunia luar jumpa mummy, boleh kita bertentang mata ye sayang. Hang in there dear baby, be strong & stay healthy!

"I was crying writing this." <--- cengeng kan mummy? 

Braxton Hicks

I am not sure what does it feel like having this false labour sensation. Last night during cooking hour, I told husband that I had a mild cramp. The feeling was just like your pre-menstrual cramp. But the pain was bearable and only last for a couple of minutes.

Was that a Braxton Hicks? I am 30w4d pregnant. Do all expectant moms will experience this?

Maternity Photo Shoot Experience

Alhamdulillah, finally we did! Last Friday evening, (oh ye, FYI, gov Johor cuti Jumaat & Sabtu), we had fun having a maternity photo shoot at Pantai Perpat. Thanks to our OP Foto by Razali for helping us capturing this wonderful moment. Here's some sneak peeks!

Entering 30 wks

Mashaallah, how times fly. 10 wks to end this wonderful journey. And almost reach to the final stage. So soon to meet my baby that we have waited for 15 months. Alhamdulillah, Allah has eased my journey & I really enjoyed the moments.

As for the prep for our lil one, me & husband haven't gone shopping for our baby's outfits. Kononnya nak pergi shopping masa 32 wks boleh aku exercise berjalan banyak sekaligus. Secara psikologi, kalau untuk menyarung sepasang running shoes & mengenakan sweat pants with cotton shirt adalah 'bercinta' untuk aku buat. Dengan alasan, takde mase la... Tapi bila bab shopping hatta berpusing 1 shopping mall pun aku rela.. So, nak mudah, ajak je husband pergi shopping, maka isterinya yg bulat ini akan memulakan seribu langkah. Haha.

Part yg tak syok bagi aku ialah aku dah buat 2x test minum air gula or Modified Glucose Tolerance Test (MGTT). Yg aku nak marah kat Dr klinik kesihatan tu ialah dia macam sloppy je bila check reading Random Blood Sugar aku. Tanpa membuat sedikit penelitian, dia ikut je apa yg lab technologist tu punya result. Balik rumah ceritalah kat husband aku. Oh ye, husband aku kerja dia kat hospital dekat lab macam tu, yg buat analysis blood, urine sample tu semua. The point is, husband said my blood sugar is OK. NORMAL. He was pissed off when he heard about the Dr's sloppiness when it comes to analysing a patient's blood test. Dia kesianlah kat wife dia kena minum gula 2x padahal previous result aku NORMAL. Aku bab puasa, cucuk2 ambil darah ni takde hal. Yg jadi hal, bab nak minum glucose syrup tu. Serius macam scene fear factor kau tau. U know kat gov punya syrup tu rasa dia plain. Aku dengar kat private ada flavor grape, orange lagi. Sorry aku mengomel pasal aku geram kat Dr yg sloppy2 je kerjanya. 

Sekarang dah 30wks. Dalam otak ni hanya fikir, bila aku nak beranak ni? Sebab aku ada several makanan yg aku teringin nak makan sebelum aku beranak. Aku teringin Coconut shake Klebang, nak makan tengahari kat kedai kari kepala ikan kat Bukit Katil, Melaka, aku nak biskut mazola jugak. Padahal time tak pregnant & hari raya biskut mazola tu aku tak heran langsung. 

Finishing the 2nd Trimester

Currently I'm 26 weeks pregnant. Another 1 week to finish my 2nd trimester. Alhamdulillah both mummy & baby are doing well. Undergone a 4D ultrasound at 25 weeks. Me and husband were over the moon the moment we saw our lil one. To our surprise she managed to open her mouth repeatedly. That has brought husband to a big grin. Meanwhile mummy is so obsess seeing her baby's 4D picture, rubbing her belly and say, "Sayang anak mummy, cepat besar dan sihat yeeee..". What a bliss! Syukur..

Last weekend, mummy and babah had spent some ka-ching to buy some necessities for their baby. Ok, mummy yg over excited bila shopping untuk anak. Sebelum ni, masuk baby shop beli present utk baby kawan2, but this time, shopping utk anak sendiri. Of course super duper happy kan... Tapi bila balik, kaki dan badan mula sakit2. Ah, kecik punya hal tu, urut2 guna minyak panas hilanglah sakit.

I've gained 8 kg throughout this journey. Ah, I just don't give a damn. Nanti time berpantang kita akan dapat kurus balik. Haha. Mampukah? Oh ye, we had register for an ante-natal class at KPJ Johor Bahru end of this month. Murah sangat, RM32 per couple. Lagi pun, ada banyak praktikal. First moms elok pergi kelas tu sebab diorang akan coach kita macam2. 

Bab vacation pun tak update lagi, nak upload picture lagilah 'rajin' kan.. Sekarang ni dalam fasa membuat persediaan mental dan fiikal menghadapi kelahiran tak lama lagi. Fuh, paling cepat pun baca kes ada yg deliver at 35 weeks. Meaning to say, kalau deliver awal, paling2 pun ada plus minus 10 weeks je. Fuh fuh fuh... Bab nak deliver pun 1 hal lagi, tak tau kat mana. Aisey, husband update specialist kat hospital dia ramai yg dah transfer hospital lain. Hm, kalau nak beranak kat KPJ, specialist dia lelaki pulak, bab2 seluk2 ni yg buat iol risau kalau Dr lelaki. Macam mana ni?

That Worries Me

I will enter 21 weeks this Saturday. The problem is, I am not sure if I have felt movements from my baby. How is my baby doing? Is he/she growing well? This situation puts me in anxiety.

Last Saturday, before bed, I started to worry. I barely close my eyes to sleep. On the next day, I asked husband to send me to seek for a Dr. Ultrasound done and Alhamdulillah, my baby is doing fine. I saw my baby's heartbeat and that was a quick relief. 

As of today, I am still in a state of confusion. The nurses & the gynae of Klinik Kesihatan keep asking me if I have felt any movements. I don't have any clues as this is my first time. My friends said, the movement is like a sensation of a butterfly flapping its wing so hard and rapidly. I do felt like a gas moving quickly in my womb. I think that came from the movement. Please help me to calm myself. I feel discourage. -_-"

Bakal Ibu Terlampau

Aku ni melampau tau. Dulu sebelum preggy siap berangan bila preggy nanti nak buat maternity photo shoot la. Siap fikir props apa yg aku akan guna nanti. Lepas tu siap dok prepare nama2 anak lelaki & perempuan. Haihhh.. Pathetic tak aku?

Tapi sekarang lagi melampau-lampau. Aku siap dah terbayang nak buat majlis aqiqah & cukur jambul kat rumah mama. Nak ada buaian berendoi. Aku dah fikir tema color siap2. Kalau baby girl, dia akan pakai maxi dress aku masa baby dulu yg color peach & headband putih, family aku pun pakai peach. Kalau baby boy, aku nak pakaikan dia baju melayu light yellow, maka family aku pun akan pakai light yellow. Tak ketinggalan doorgift nak bagi pulut kuning, kari ayam & kurma sebab nanti aku cun2 habis confinement hujung Mei, early June or mid June boleh buat majlis. See, berangan kan.. Or lebih kepada plan ni? #tepukdahi

Lepas tu lagi berangan nak celebrate 1st birthday kat rumah baru kami. Siap dah berangan menu apa, kek macam mana, deko macam mana nak buat. Hailah anak, mummy awak ni outrageous sangat tau!

Lepas tu, aku siap dah fikir education anak aku. Umur 4 tahun aku nak enroll dia kat islamic kindergarden, yg guna English lebih sikit dari BM. Hmm, mana aku nak cari kat sini? Kalau bandar besar senanglah. Lepas tu nak guna psikologi pendidikan macam yg Wardina Safiyyah buat kat anak dia. Mampukah kami?

After all, anak aku ni baru je 5 bulan dalam rahim ni. Mummy dia baik punya berangan lebih kan. Of course la sebagai 1st mom-to-be... Eh, korang ada ke berangan macam aku ni?