Week 40 : In Labour and the Birth of our Prince

Olaaa..

Dalam my previous posts berkenaan kehamilan ni, one of my concerns was bila nak apply leave. Isu itu telah diresolved dengan berbincang dengan my ob/gyn dan boss, maka ianya telah ditetapkan bahawa I would be utilising my 14 days annual leave balance beginning 10/11/2016 sebab kerja-kerja tertangguh di pejabat telah pun dilengkapkan dan I was basically doing nothing kat office.

Biarpun ob/gyn kata this baby would be born on the due date (21.11.2016), ketika kat pejabat tu, rasa macam nak beranak dan dan tu jugak sebab naik turun tangga dan bergerak ke sana sini.

So, I left Bandar Sunway for Ipoh on the 10th with my husband. 

Ketika ini, I have already decided to give birth di private medical facilities kerana dua sebab utama:-

a. Tidak mahu dijadikan "bahan pelajaran" doktor-doktor pelatih; dan

b. Tidak mahu doktor lelaki menyambut bayi

Jadi di Pusat Pakar Permata Raoofah, Ipoh, I got both I wanted for. Antara lainnya yang membuatkan I chose this "hospital" adalah kerana privacy dan keselesaan selain dari mereka encourage for spouse/partner to be with the expecting mother sehingga hari discharge. Berbanding lain-lain hospital swasta di Ipoh ni, I believe Pusat Pakar Permata Raoofah ni agak murah untuk normal delivery.

So, byebye QHC Medical Centre, Subang Jaya (the hospital which I had my pre-natal check ups) - (ye saya tak de buku merah) and hello Pusat Pakar Permata Raoofah.

Check ups with Dr. Raoofah adalah simple, mainly because I did not have any complications. I believe I had a very healthy pregnancy journey tanpa sebarang masalah kesihatan mahupun fizikal atau mental. Namun, towards the end of my pregnancy, into my 39 weeks, I developed mild hypertension. Very mild but enough to put me into daily blood pressure check ups di Klinik Dr Raoofah. Dr. Raoofah suggested that since I have mild hypertension, beliau tidak mahu ambil risiko letting my pregnancy go beyond 40 weeks and suggested for an induction. Aduh, the things I read tentang induced labour scared the shit out of me. She planned to induce the baby on 21/11/2016 at midnight and see how things progresses from there. I hoped sangat sangat that I won't be needing that. And also, Dr Raoofah scanned my baby and found that my baby had now weight at approx 3.6kg. Mak aiiiii.. Rabak laaah.....

The rest of my 39 weeks of pregnancy was a breeze. Tiada tanda atau apa-apa signal yang I will be in labour anytime soon. Even Braxton Hicks pon tak de. 

However, pada hari terakhir into my 39 weeks (20/11/2016), I remember specifically at 4.50 am, I felt satu rasa contraction yang berombak di ari - ari. Gambaran sakit tu umpama sakit period pain tapi lebih intense. I did not know it was a contraction. At the same time, ianya rasa seperti nak terbuang air besar. I continued with my sleep biarpun dalam keadaan yang amat tidak selesa. I counted. It came every 15 - 30 minutes. I told my mother and she said "itu contraction la tu". Later that day, I still managed to move around buat itu ini, thinking "ahh lambat lagi ni".

Following Dr. Raoofah initial plan, I admitted myself into PPPR on 20/11/2016 at 9.00 pm hoping to be induced at midnight. I informed the midwife on duty that I had been feeling contractions since Subuh and tetiba, I am already in the Labour Room. 

So, ini pertama kali lah merasa apa itu "vaginal examination" atau lebih popular dengan gelaran "kena selok". Not... fun..at..all. Now, I understand kenapa ibu mengandung benciiiii sangat  VE ni. Memang sakit, memang akan buat kau terangkat buntut, dan memang sangat traumaizing. Upon checking, midwife kata dah ada bukaan 3cm. "Oh, that's nice", I thought. "That was not that bad". Little did I know about the huge wave of pain that was about to come later.

Since dah ada bukaan, Dr Raoofah tak jadi la nak induce. The plan to induce me at midnight dipostponed kan ke 7 pagi keesokkan harinya (21/11/2016). So, malam tu, I spent the night kat PPPR with my husband. I did not get any sleep, though sebab dalam sejam dok ada contractions 4 5 kali. Agak menyeksakan sebab tiada apa-apa posisi boleh membantu, nak nak katil hospital kan tak best. Lucky, I brought my own pillow to calm myself and my husband's presence in the ward with me helped a lot.

Masuk jam 6 pagi, I took my shower sebab the contractions buat I sweat a lot. Elok je lepas mandi, nurse pun datang bawakan baju baru dan beri ubat lawas agar I tidak terberry ketika in labor. I actually did not know that they were preparing me for the labour room. I thought they all macam nak check progress and let me rest until the time comes.

Jam 7 pagi, 21.11.2016, I was pushed into the labour room for VE and ianya amat mengecewakan apabila bukaan maintained kat 3cm. Punya terseksa malam sebelumnya, rupanya tak de bukaan langsung. So, Dr Raoofah akan induce lah jawabnya.

My husband was with me during the whole process bermula dari drip dimasukkan di tangan, sehingga la selokan selepas ubat induction diberikan dan sehingg habis beranak lah kiranya.

This much I can remember, I was given ubat untuk induce di tangan, air ketuban dipecahkan, ubat tahan sakit dicucuk di buntut, I was asked to 'mengiring' to help with the crowning of the baby's head and I was sweating heavily with my husband kat sebelah giving words of encouragement, which langsung tak membantu. I just needed his presence, really.

Selepas induction dan air ketuban dipecahkan, bukaan jalan jadi bertambah cepat. From 3cm to 5cm and tau tau je dah 8cm and everything went chaotic dalam labour room as they prepared for the baby to come. I remember seeing Dr Raoofah scrubbing and there were two nurses, each on my left and right and my husband kat belah kanan near my shoulder. 

I was asked to push 3 times kot, and I could not. Memang tak mampu kerana contractions itu adalah sakit. I don't know if sakit is the right word sebab ianya lebih kepada ketidakselesaan yang amat melampau. Memang over the top punya tak selesa sampai disalah tafsirkan sebagai sakit (for me lah).

One thing I remember I did was mengeras everytime contraction datang. They did not tell me that contraction tu adalah "the baby was coming out". All I heard was "pushhhhhhhhhhh". Asyik asyik suruh push, sampai aku nak naik marah. Kenapa nak push, kan? Yes sekarang boleh la fikir, "they are the experts, they know what they are doing. Kau ikut je" tapi masa tu, tak boleh fikir apepe yang positif. I also remember Dr Raoofah kata "good good, pandai pandai and lastly, the baby is here. I need you to geram panjang panjang. Now geraaaaaaaaaaaaaaammmmmm". Aku pon geram laaa... (Husband kata at this point, I asked him to tell them I wanted a C-Section which of course I did not remember). I could not geram panjang and Dr. Raoafah kata if I can't push, she would have to vacuum the baby. One final push and I failed and I heard she asked one of the nurses to get the vacuum.

Lagi sekali, kali ni Dr. Raoofah mintak push as baby sangkut kat shoulders. As I pushed, baby pun divacuumkan. Orang kata lepas baby keluar, legaaa rasanya. Bohong, lega tu sekejap sangat. Elok je baby keluar, Dr Raoofah angkat dia so I would declare him a boy and took him away. Elok je they took him away, I saw dua jarum panjang dicucuk kat situ. Ya Rabbi, Jarum panjang-panjang macam lidi sate. Rupanya itu ubat bius, kena jahit beb. Jahit banyak beb sebab baby vacuum memang biasa koyak besar. 

Habis je dijahit, I told my husband "tak mahu dahhh.. sumpah tak mahu dah" and he was there holding my hand and cry. He cried. I saw him cried dan angguk angguk.

So, there, at 21.11.2016 @ 9.01 am, lahirlah Putera kami, Firdaus Fitri bin Fazli weighing at 3.45kg.

Sumpah babies are all cute, but mine is the cutest

Hari ke-5

It is now 7 days after I gave birth and it is a complete life turn around for me. MasyaAllah. Nanti di kesempatan lain, I share how it has been in the first 3 days at home after being discharged from the hospital.

Counting Days : 37/38 weeks

Lama CikMun tak update blog ye? Dah beranak kettew?

TENTULAAAA....

TIDAKKKK.... BELUM... NEHI... 

At this point, I am at 38 weeks 2 days (itu kalau ikut BabyBump Pro App), tapi rasanya kalau doktor check, it will be around 37 weeks 4 days, perhaps. Let's see kalau ada apepe progress.

Perut telah membesar dengan jayanya. This time people notice that I am actually pregnant. Biarpun begitu, people tak tahu that I am counting days, which is slightly frustrating jugak. Why? Because people do not understand the tormenting moments I am going through carrying an extra weight at my tummy.

Since last week, I have been experiencing tingling/numbness feeling sekitar tapak tangan dan ianya lebih teruk ketika bangun dari tidur. I googled, it is "Carpal Tunnel Syndrome" which happens sebab excess body fluid dalam badan, causing the nerve kat the wrist to mengecil. I do not understand a bit of it. Articles say I should minum banyak banyak to reduce water retention. Tak bestnya, sebab I will be peeing 4 5 times in an hour. So I am still trying to get on drinking water regularly. Truthfully, drinking more water actually helps cumanya, kena asyik pegi toilet lah. 

I have also started to experience sleepless nights. Like literally, tak boleh tidur. Antara sebab-sebabnya :-

a) No sleeping position in the world can help to ease the heartburn I feel whenever I put my head on the pillows. Yes plural. Husband sekarang pakai satu je bantal. Yang lain lain sume kena rampas dek isteri.

b) I am tired at most of the day which makes me take long naps in the days (sebab malam malam tak dapat tidur)

c) Cats, my cats suka duduk dalam aircond. I am trying to reduce their visit into my room in preparation for the little one. Apparently, dedua ekor gemok tu reti pulak cakar cakar pintu nak tidur dalam bilik sejuk. So, yea at times when I fail to fall asleep, I cave in for those two suckers.

d) Hunger pangs. Since I am weak during the days, including tak lalu makan, I am often feeling hungry waktu malam. I try to snack healthily waktu malam by taking fruits tapi since it requires me to walk to my kitchen, suka atau tidak, badan akan jadi segar dan takmau lena.

Ape lagi?

Yes. Cara berjalan juga telah berubah. Memang hudoh! Macam penguin. Nak nak dah penghujung ni. I feel pain kat bawah perut yang menyebabkan I walk like a penguin. I cant stand up straight, mesti terpaksa membongkok sikit to ease the pain. At most of the time, I can only stand for 60 seconds before I need to sit down. 

Lucky, during my pregnancy, I didn't experience swollen feet that much. As far as I can remember, it happened only twice. when I went to Muar and one other place I cant remember dan sebab pakai kasut bertutup. Biarpun begitu, kaki tidak lah membengkak macam belon. Swollen la sikit.

Since I had a very pleasurable journey in my first and second trimester and early stages of my third trimester, having these problems sekarang adalah sangat tidak best. Mujur I am still immune dengan alahan dan morning sickness. Yes, kedua dua "penyakit" tu tak hinggap lagi for now and hopefully takkan hinggap sampailah full term.

I am also experiencing active bowel movement. Orang kata itu tanda tanda kecil nak beranak. I am not sure if it is braxton hicks or memang perut mengeras sebab nak membuang, tapi memang sehari 4 5 kali perut akan cramp and the urge to meneran tu tinggi sangat which makes me run to the toilet or pass gas. Bila meneran tu, adalah benda menyusuli sama. Harap harap betul lah itu tanda kecil nak beranak because in all honesty, I cannot carry this tummy anymore.. I cannot...

So there goes, the updates of my pregnancy journey. I think the next time I update this blog, it will be about my experience giving birth kot. Itu pun kalau umur panjang. Huhu.

Wish me all the best, dear readers. I need it. Kalau boleh tanak bedah bedah. Being under the knife scares me. In fact, being in the labour room pon scares me jugak.

Owh, I remember I have not prepare anything untuk ketika berpantang.. masyaAllah...

3rd Trimester : 33/34 weeks

My my my my my how time flies.

Current weight : I gained a 7kgs from my pre-pregnancy weight and a total of 14kgs kalau dikira dari weight I lost since being pregnant. My weight goes up 2kgs each month, which my doctor still boleh tolerate.

Appearance : perut tiba-tiba membesar dengan jayanya. I am very proud that I now have a bump that I can show off. Well, not really. Bump tu kan aurat jugak. Tapi, when people see me, they know I am expecting. Cuma mereka tak expect I am at my 33/34 weeks sebab macam biasa la, perut kecik.

Baby movement : Fuuhhh macam ada konsert dalam perut weh. Seronok betul dia buat kuak lentang dalam kantung. Pergerakan selalu agresif ketika Mummy lapar. (Yes, I think I want to be called Mummy. But I am still considering "Ibu").

Baby development : Doctor kata baby is very healthy. At this point berat dia adalah 1.6kg (approx) which is good. Normally, 1.9kg is the ideal weight tp 1.6kg pun kira sihat jugak.

Major Supplement intake (yang ni hari hari tak miss):-

• Neurogain PB Plus
• Similac Pramilet (as prescribed by doctor) - acid folic dan iron
• Calcium tablets

Masa memula masuk 3rd trimester, doktor bagi Neurogain to consume untuk perkembangan sel sel otak janin. Neurogain ada banyak DHA. So, Mummy pun consumelah Neurogain agar BabyFF mudah belajar kelak ketika dah beranak. Habis je stok, I try looking for it kat farmasi. Mahal rupanya Neurogain ni. Doktor bagi yang botol kaca warna biru. Kandungan DHA dia cuma 83% dari keperluan harian and the other type adalah 100% untuk keperluan harian DHA. Yang botol biru tu kat Wellness Pharmacy RM78.00. Ye!!! RM78.00. I tak tahu la berapa doktor charged I for that bottle. I searched for it kat Watsons pulak. Watsons pulak yang botol pink (100% DHA) tu, RM68.00 after discount. Eh murah. Maka kita pun beli la. Neurogain, dinasihatkan elok ambil masa masuk 3rd trimester kerana masa ni otak janin sedang develop. Kalau amik awal awal macam tak de fungsi je. Dah la mahal.

Masalah-masalah/halangan-halangan yang timbul ketika masuk 3rd trimester.

Please note that lain-lain orang lain lain peel nya. So here are my halangans dan masalahs ketika masuk 3rd trimester.

• I worry too much tentang stretch marks

I also take Neurogain ni sebab dia fish oil. Kenapa nak amik fish oil? ` Untuk Omega 3 dan 6. Kenapa nak ambil Omega 3 dan 6? Untuk collagen development? Kenapa nak amik kolagen? Untuk elak stretch marks? Haaa Tak faham?

Stretch marks terjadi apabila kulit mengembang lebih cepat dari kolagen develop. Omega 3 & 6 helps with collagen development. Sapu la apa pun, kalau kolagen tak develop, stretch marks pasti akan terjadi jugak. So, semua bermula dari dalam. Also, I read jenis krim apa kita guna tak dapat memastikan stretch marks dapat dihindari tetapi ianya dipercayai, the warmth of the hand massaging the tummy tu helps with stretch marks. So, kena rajin usap2 perut tu.

I am not rajin with the tummy massaging and all. Kalau teringat, buat.. Kalau tak, hmm lebuh! People ramai advise guna palmer's stretch marks lotion tu. I prefer L'Occintane Almond Skin Supple Oil. Many pregnant moms swears by it. You see, sweet almond oil adalah sangat beneficial untuk menegangkan kulit. Kalau baca review pun, almost kesemuanya memuji lah Almond Oil ni dalam menghindarkan stretch marks.

Almond Oil ni harganya adalah RM200.00++ sebotol. Ya mahal! I got this dalam dulang hantaran. And I use it religiously since pregnant. Dah masuk 8 bulan, baru sebotol ni habis. So, biarpun harga dia mahal, dia tahan lama. Dan baunya.. Oh My God~~ dilisyes~

• Dry Skin/Flaky Skin/ Senstive Skin/ Itchy Skin

Ya! Ini adalah sangat hazab! My skin has become very very very very very very dry dan semua di atas. Bila dia dry, dia jadi gatal, bila garu dia jadi flaky. And I am not talking about my face je. It is the whole body. So every now and then, people would find me scratching my legs, dan ianya semakin teruk kat bahagian pelipat, sometimes I actually cry. Tapi tummy tak gatal pulak. Mgkin sebab dok sapu almond oil ni kot. I thought, frequent showering would help! Wrong!!! Bila kerap mandi, kita kerap sabun. Sabun ada SLS (sodium laureth sulfate) which promotes even drier skin. So, kena cari alternative lain. Kena pakai sabun tak de SLS. Penyelesaiannya, L'Occitane Almond Shower Oil.

This is actually my second bottle, which the second one datang sekali dalam dulang hantaran masa kahwin. Sebelum ada masalah kulit ni I used this oil sebagai my luxury shower moment la, sebab mahaiiii... T__T. Tapi, antara 5 5 bottle shower gel/cream yang ada kat rumah, this one je works best to combat my dry skin. So, terpaksa guna dua kali sehari. 

Harga dia, masa memula beli dulu RM97.00 je.. Kemudian, sekarang dah jadi RM105.00 per bottle. Skrg, supply macam nyawa nyawa ikan, so kena restock. 

In addition to this oil I use during shower, I also take the initiave to lumur badan dengan Virgin Coconut Oil (sebab kalau nak lumur badan dengan almond oil, oihh rasa tak mampu hakak, dek non oii).

I use this brand, which can easily found kat AEON. Belinya dah lama. Share dengan mak sebab dia jual pek berkembar. So mak amik sebotol dan I take a bottle. Initially we use it untuk memasak, mostly untuk saute sayur. Tapi memandangkan sekarang malas nak memasak, I use it for external use. Actually, ada jugak telan minyak ni. Tapi macam biasa, tak rajin. Sebotol ni, boleh pakai lah untuk apa acara pun, luar, dalam, masak, telan. Untuk dry skin, sangat la membantu dengan syarat, kena lumur sampai fully absorb. Kalau tidak, melekit belengaih. Sesuai la kalau pakai waktu malam. Sensiang macam tak berapa sangat.

• Difficulty to sleep

Secara biologinya, otak hanya akan mula doze selepas jam 2.30 pagi ke atas. Orang kata, badan sedang prepare Mummy untuk layan kerenah anak selepas anak lahir nanti. But, I also have difficulty to position myself in comfortable sleeping position to sleep. Tidur dua bantal tak kena, mengiring kiri kanan tak kena, tidur telentang lagi la tak kena. This is satu hazab kerana tidur tu sangat penting for me. 

What I do is to tidur je ikut sedap badan. Orang kata elok tidur di atas bahu kiri kerana memudahkan perlancaran darah pada ibu dan bayi, tapinya kalau tidur belah kiri, kaki baby tusuk ulu hati. Kalau tidur atas bahu kanan, well dok susah hati baby lemas tak dapat oxygen pulak. Plus, kalau kat rumah kami tu, ianya membelakangi qiblat. Tak manis la bagi buntut kat qiblat. Orang juga kata, the best sleeping position is the one you wake up to. Most of the time, I wake to being on my right atau telentang. But for me to fall asleep, being on my left helps la (if I can ignore kaki baby menusuk ulu hati tu)

• Hugeee appetite

Yes, unlike my first trimester. I have huge appetite now which explains why I gained 2kg every month now. Makan tu memang full meal lah setiap kali. Kalau makan sikit sikit nanti lapar, makan lagi. Keje makan je.. semua pelahap. Kalau awal2 dulu ada sedikit geli dengan telur kuning. Sekali, tidak lagi. Dan I also seems to like the things I hated misalnya mashed potato KFC. Dulu, mesti mintak digantikan dengan dua coleslaw. Sekarang pegi KFC semata mata nak order large mashed potato. I also make my peace dengan mee kuning. 

• Overly sensitive (macam monyet je perangai)

Ce cerita dengan siapa I tak terasa? Almost everyone. I left my school whatsapp group because they didn't reply to my question. I merajuk with my mom because she replied "so?". I cried immediately when hubby seloroh pasal me having a crush pada lelaki lain. Terpinga-pinga lakik haku tetiba binik dia merambu air mata. Haa jangan seloroh bukan bukan boleh tak? 

Yang ini, memang tak boleh control. I tried. Kenot weh. I saw the other day documentary kat NatGeo pasal mummies giving birth. Aduh, setiap kali nurse bawak baby ke dada maknye, I cried. Merambu rambu air mata.

So, itulah pencapaian sepanjang 3rd trimester. Skrg ni sebuk dok kaji tentang tanda tanda in labour pulak. There is always something new to learn every day. 

Bak (Daddy wants to be called Bak atau Abah) selalu tergedik2 tak sabar nak tunggu BabyFF jenguk dunia. Mummy selalu pesan, be right on time, baby. Doktor kata 21 Nov baru boleh kluar. Jangan gigih sangat nak kuar awal awal. Bak tu tak tahu apa dia sebut. Dia cuma excited je.

It is the littlest thing that makes everything counts

I do not know how to title this entry. 

I think it was so sweet that I want it to be a memory ~ a reason for me to smile when I read my blog in the future.

Last night, husband could not get to sleep. I didnt know why. Neither did he. 

I dozed off quite early last night, may be dalam jam 12.30 ke 1 am cam tu. Kira early la tu, sambil melayan Si Loki bawah katil. Husband pulak tengok sports (Rio 2016) kat depan. And then, I didn't remember what happened dah. Tau tau I was in my spot in the bed, sleeping and husband was beside me. It was 3 am cam tu kot. His hand was on my tummy. Tu pasal la terjaga. Sebab ada orang sentuh. I am a very light sleeper. Senang betul terjaga. 

Husband said "ni tidur telentang, bahaya utk baby". So, I shifted my sleeping position to my left. Sebenarnya, at this stage, no positions works sebab I have backache. But gagahkan jugak tidur on the side. Husband kata baby aktif sangat. Keje dok terajang while I was sleeping.

And then I dozed off again.

At around 4.30 am, I woke up again...kerana husband sentuh perut lagi sekali dengan alasan, tak boleh tidur (T__T) Why me? Takde keje betul, tak boleh tidur je, nak rasa baby gerak gerak.

At 7.00 am this morning, he was still up. Cheerful and full of excitement "Nak nasik lemak tak?". "Ok aje. Ambe dok kisah". He went out, beli nasik lemak and we had breakfast at 7.30 am.  He made hot tea and all... 

7.45 am, I got back into bed and sleep until 8.15 am until I am ready for work.

Husband, terlentang kat sofa dengan  muka mcm tapai sebab mengantuk. Huhu... kissed him on the cheek and pergi Court. I hope he is doing fine now at work. Member masuk keje kol 3 petang. 

I could not help it to feel so blessed having a husband who is so anticipating the birth of our baby, really. Masa lampau, sejarah keluarga made me believe tak de pon lelaki baik dalam dunia ni. At least that was I grew up with la. Nak share benda ni dengan mak pun, takut dia kecil hati because she did not experience marriage like I did, or may be this is too early to tell kan?

Biasa la ada pasang surut, naik angin turun angin tapi since getting pregnant, husband has been an angle. Harap-harap berkekalanlah hendaknya...

Amin!

p/s : I got my second dismissal today. Kalau bukan lawyer mungkin korang tak berapa faham kot betapa seronoknya dapat dismissal. But I cried tadi kat Court. Menggigil-gigil salin keputusan Mahkamah. yeay!~~

Pre-Maternity Leave : Bila patut ambil?

Boss hands over a sheet to all Legal Assistants harini untuk selaraskan cuti Annual Leave masing-masing dan to prepare the Court's diary for my maternity leave so they can fix Trial dates efficiently.

I am here, stuck... tak tahu bila patut apply for Pre-Maternity Leave.

You see, I have a balance of the 16 days Annual Leave to date. 

I read few blog posts, ramai yang kata "buat apa cuti awal-awal, sayang Annual Leave, baik guna untuk lepas anak beranak nanti". Some of my friends juga berkata perkata yang sama. I could not agree more. Betul lah, lepas beranak nanti, anak nak cucuk vaksin la, deman la, you know macam macam hal kelak. 

TAPI, my maternity leave would start in December, membawa ke January 2017. Which means, if I don't utilise my Annual Leave, maka ianya akan burn. Sorry, company I tak amalkan Annual Leave ~ brought forward. Jadi, sekarang ni I dok berkira-kira bila sepatutnya nak ambil Pre-Maternity Leave? Kerana Maternity Leave begins when the baby is born.

In my situation, my EDD berubah-rubah dari 24th November ke 29th November dan yang paling latest, last check up 04th December. Haa, sikit punya jauh ke tu. If I took a week earlier than my earliest EDD, and if I betul-betul beranak on the 24th November, I would have 9 days Annual Leave kena burn.

If I took 14 days earlier than my earliest EDD, kalau tak jadi beranak on the 24th, katakan lah terlewat sampai 3 4 hari, I would not have AL to cover my leave before my Maternity Leave.

You get what I mean?

So, ini adalah antara dilemma ibu-ibu bapa-bapa dalam menangani isu bila nak apply cuti. 

What should I do? Apply a week earlier and forfeit my AL if I don't fully utilise them?
Apply 14 days earlier and hope Boss bagi muka bila I delay?

p/s : I went out on a "date night" with Husbter last night watching Suicide Squad. We are so lame that the last movie we watched together was "Dilwale", rasanya la. Eh ye ke? Ye kot. Since movie tu bising yang amat, si kecik dalam perut memerap meragam keje menendang je... Sorry la, nak. Tak sengaja...

Welcoming 3rd trimester : 24/25 weeks

Olaaa!!

Ya Allah, I did not realize that 24 weeks means that I am at my 6th month of my pregnancy dah, which also mean that I am almost entering the third trimester. Officially, the third trimester begins at 28 - 30 weeks tp since generally orang hamil selama 9 bulan, I nak kira 3rd trimester begins when I enter into the 6th month of my pregnancy. Boleh tak? Ahaks.

Time flies nampaknya. Masa 1st trimester tu tergedik-gedik sangat nak masuk 2nd trimester sebab katanya 2nd trimester ni best kerana paling utama nya, dapat rasa movement baby.Some people say at 18 weeks dah boleh rasa movement, tapi Baby F, non hada. Pastu macam tak sedar dah almost berjaya mengharungi 6 months of pregnancy.

Tummy development

In my previous posts I complained that my tummy macam tak membesar pun. Well, I noticed dalam 2 minggu ni, my tummy sudah membesar. Tapi still boleh disorok di dalam baju. I also noticed that I still have my waist kalau berdiri depan cermin, dan ianya quite buncit if I stand sideway depan cermin. Silhouette seorang wanita tu masih ada.. Alhamdulillah.

It was not until few days ago, I started to feel a little strain on my back. We went window shopping, my husband and I kat Sunway Pyramid. Jalan-jalan selama 3 jam and memang sakit belakang sampai I had to sit down for a while. Sekarang dah mula rasa le dah segala "benda-benda tak best" ketika pregnant nampaknya.

Last night, I had back-ache trying to comfort myself so I can sleep. Sudahnya, tempek kokyok, baru boleh lena. Huhu, it has begun!!

Baby movement

From my reading, first time mother memang susah nak identify pergerakan baby tu. Ye la, kita pon tak tahu macam mana rasa baby move dalam tummy kan. I began feeling something in the early 20 weeks sebenarnya, but I thought it was gas. It actually felt like gas. Macam angin kentut bergelelodak dalam perut, tapi dia sekejap je. If I were to describe the actual feeling, ianya macam ni ~ bila kita tiup straw dalam air, and ada gelembung udara naik ke surface air tu. Haa cam tu la rasanya. Dan initially, dia datang sehari dalam dua kali. At this point, tak nampak perubahan pada permukaan perut pun, just rasa kat dalam, pastu mesti terkentut. Ahaks. So I really thought it was gas.

Masuk 22 weeks, that gassy effect kerap datang especially at night tapi dalam hati tetap kata itu adelah gas.

Entering 23 - 24 weeks, ianya jadi semakin kerap dan it was yesterday, I was really really sure that yang bergas gas tu sebenarnya my baby dok kung fu fighting dalam perut. I actually saw perut bergelodak. Semalam, while watching tv, saje sapu minyak kat perut, tengah tengah sapu tu, dia tendang. Perasaan itu geli sebenarnya, but when I put my hand kat tempat dia tentang tu, dia terajang sekali lagi, and this time I saw the movement. Geli and then I laughed sorang sorang kat rumah macam ong gila.

And then the night before pon, husband sempat merasa kena terajang dek anak dalam perut while we were sleeping. Sejak dari first time I told him I was gassy, dia teringin nak rasa. Baru-baru ni je dapat rasa, itu pun I had to himpit my perut atas tilam to get the baby to move. Baby moves a lot kalau dia terhimpit antara tilam which I had to adjust my sleeping position all the time. Inilah punca masalah tidur but it is usually when I try to doze out je. Once dah lena, I won't wake up dah until morning.

So, itulah current update about my pregnancy. I asked my husband, when should we plan for a second baby? Dia kata, kita tunggu yg ini keluar dulu lah.. Honestly, I like it kalau jarak mereka dekat-dekat. Biar push habis2 kluar, kemudian fokus on bringing them up. Senang cite.

This Friday ada next check up. Doktor kata may be we can do the 4D scan. Won't it be too early? I don't know. Kalau semata-mata nak tgk rupa baby, I don't think it is necessary but kalau nak tengok detail progression of the baby, may be kitorang buat that 4D scanning.

Till then, buhbye!

Baby Expo (TCE 2016 @ Mid Valley)

This is the event that I have been waiting for.

Memang stock menyimpan wang kaw kaw untuk event ni. Alhamdulillah ada bonus, duit raya dan (yg ni memang tak jangka sebab memang tak de dalam ingatan) duit kutu. Maka, dalam masa yang singkat dapat la menyimpan sejumlah wang untuk event ni.

Membaca dari review review dan pengalaman kawan kawan yang lain, diorang cadangkan pegi waktu weekday dan bukan weekend. Katanya kalau weekend bergembut orang. Nak nak event ni dibuat selepas orang dapat gaji. Jadi, memegang tips kawan-kawan ni, kami husband and wife pon amik la cuti hari Jumaat, untuk ke event ni.

Tips orang yang lebih berpengalaman juga mencadangkan untuk pegi awal-awal pagi untuk elak bersesak-sesak dan agar mudah dapat parking. You see, mendapatkan parking di tempat yang strategik sangatlah penting (buat kami), sebab we planned to buy the big, expensive items here. Yes, plan kami nak beli benda-benda besar je dan yang memang stok makan ratus/ribu sebab kami percaya, the real discounts adalah kat benda-benda camtu. Lagipun, it is too early for us to buy the small stuff (baju, seluar yadda yadda). So, the plan was to get a parking spot dekat dengan escalator atau elevator. Lagipun, mak buyong sekarang malas bonau nak berjalan.

So, we started the day early. The expo starts at 10.00. We left home dalam jam 9.00 am sebab kami dari Bandar Sunway, nak ke Mid Valley tu satu cara je. Federal Highway. The Federal Highway per se tak de la jam sangat. Tapi dari Bandar Sunway nak keluar ke Federal Highway tu, boleh tahan hazabnya. Jadi, kami kasi can la warga yang bekerja bertungkus lumus dulu kat situ (Jambatan Kable). Our target was to reach Mid Valley at 9.30 am. Tersasar!

We reached Mid Valley at 9.45am dan malang sekali tak dapat parking yang betul-betul dekat escalator. Actually tak jauh pon tp kalau boleh nak parking depan pintu escalator tu. Haaa kau, tinggi betul hajat!

Upon naik ke exhibition centre, nahhh selautan manusia dah beratur menunggu nak masuk expo hall. Bakpe ramai orang ni? Dop kije ke? Kami pun beratur la jugak sambil mencari-cari kat mana derang dapat buku senarai merchants dan paling utama kami nak cari map untuk locate kedai yang kami nak pergi.

Our main agenda was to find these items dalam bajet kurang dari RM2,000.00. We brought RM5,500.00 that day to the expo:-

• Baby Cot/Playpen
• Stroller & Car Seat
• Breast Pump
• Feeding bottles

So, when the doors open, we thought we had it all figure out. Husband cecepat grab map dan merchant lists and we moved to the side to study the map and locate the merchant yang kitorang nak visit. 

In all honestly, biarpun dah ada benda dah plan nak beli, we did not know where to start. Dalam masa setengah jam tu, we just walked around tengok kiri kanan. Tapi since kami ada target, kami tak stray from our targets. Husband dah mula complain "orang lain dah ada beg kiri kanan tangan, kita ada map je ni, cemana?". Haihhhh dia ni. Mengalahkan ong puang pulak.

Since, merchant ni berselerak (dalam erti kata, barang-barang tu bercampur - merchant strollers je bercampur sana sini), so kami visit setiap booths. First booth we visited was the one yang jual matress dan baby cot. Allaahh baby cot tu lawa kot...  tapi kami macam tak reti nak tanya apa. So, we just belek-belek pastu I nyot nyet nyot nyet kat husband nak kan baby cot tu. Harga the whole set, RM1,200.00. Tapi, you see when you have accumulated so much money, ada terasa sedikit sayang nak spend wang tu biarpun the baby cot was one of the purposes we've saved the money for. So, we passed sebab nak 'jalan-jalan dan survey' dulu, which I think was our best move that day.

And then we came by another booth yang jual baby bath tub. It is foldable and thus sangat convenient. Plus it is silicone so it is safe. Tapi, harganya RM180.00. It was not our target. I told my husband, "I read that we do not need baby bath tub. Any kind of basin will do. Lagipun sampai RM180.00. I know we are excited but let us not splurge on something we do not need". Husband gave his ok and we moved along. Husband mesti berbangga dengan isteri dia ni. Ahem!!

And then we came by a stroller booth. The one with the fancy brands macam Quinny, Mini (Cooper) and some other fancy brands yang I did not know existed. Price range dari RM1,300.00 sampai ke RM4,000.00 ada. Yes, some of them are quite fancy in terms that dia auto lipat la, ringan la, compact la. Ada few options to consider. My consideration adalah yang practical. Lagipun, salesperson tu tengok kami macam orang tak de duit je, dia pon malas nak layan. Few weeks ago, before the expo I wanted to get the Doona Stoller simpley because dia boleh transform from a stroller into a car-seat. Seemed like it was a good idea and fancy. Price-wise, tak de la burns the pocket sebab you get 2-in-1 item tapi, bila fikir jangka hayat penggunaan item tu, it is not worthy to spend that much. From my reading, it only fits from newborn sampai 18 months. Lepas tu kena beli yang lain. Too bad. So we ruled out terus the stroller. 

And then we visited the next-door booth. Jarron's Malaysia. We were greeted by a young petite malay saleslady. She.got.me.with.her.friendliness. Mesti banyak komisyen budak ni. She was with us from the moment we stepped into the booth sampai la we collected our receipt of payment. Haa beli ape tu?

Baby Cot. It was white, big and fancy. Yes, I use the word 'fancy' a lot dalam post kali ni. Husband's main concern was the mosquito net. He wanted it. I just wanted the whole set of the displayed baby cot. The negotiation did not take long. May be dalam 15 minutes kot and I was sold. The whole set, termasuk dengan musical mobile, net, bedding set, mattress... - RM1,226.00 and to be delivered and assembled at our house in mid-November. It is really easy to shop when you know what you want, really. So why, white, big and fancy?

Here are my reasons why I chose this baby cot:-

• We wanted it big so baby boleh guna lama. Hopefully until the baby is 4 years old
• It has removable side and can be replaced dengan side yang separuh when the baby dah boleh panjat katil sendiri.
• We also wanted it big supaya baby ada space dia sendiri dalam baby cot dia to play;
• We wanted it white sebab our bedroom set is white and white adelah sangat precious for babies.
• Husband likes it sebab ada mosquito net biarpun rumah kami tak de nyamuk. But, by logic when ianya tertutup, it would the give the sense of comfort sebab, ianya tertutup;
• I love the bedding set (bumper kiri kanan tepi depan belakang tu). It is quite expensive but it is sooooo comfortable. Since we buy it the whole set, harga dia dalam RM200++ (discounted from the original price RM300++)
• I love the musical thingy yang tergantung-gantung kat atas kepala baby tu. I tak tahu pon benda tu datang sekali. I did not know ianya berbunyi-bunyi. When they demonstrate, I went "Awwwwww, we'll take this set. Deal".

Inilah cot yang kami beli tu. Dan itu la adik manis yang kemain diabetis mulut dia promote katil ni.
Agak-agak korang boleh teke ke jantina ape baby F ni? ahaks.

Next, we moved to Tommee Tippee booth. Linda sangat menggilakan brand ni. I honestly do not know apa beza Avent, and Tommee Tippee or any other brands. But since Linda ada dua babies and have used both brands, I followed her suggestion to buy Tommee Tippee. I also read online yang brand ni bagus dari Avent dengan harga yang lebih munasabah. Up to this stage, I still do not know apa beza Tommee Tippee dan Avent selain dari harga yang boleh tahan jugak la jauh bezanya. I also read online yang booth Tommee Tippee ni selalunya sesak and yes, the tips and articles were right. It was just a small booth and memang sesak and customers kena beratur to masuk to the booth. Tapi barisan tak panjang pun. We went in and grabbed what we wanted. No! Kami tak grab. We tried to survey. Keyword ~ tried tapi tak berjaya because booth dia sangat sempit. Husband saw the 'close to nature ~ essential starter kit, or something. It was black dan cantik. It has bottle warmer, sterilizer 4 bottles, brushes and priced at RM726.00 kalau tak salah. This was NOT our target but yes, even though dah plan nak breast feed baby pun, I think warmer and sterilizer tu penting. Malas nak fikir panjang, husband grabbed the box and proceeded to checkout. Haa senang kan shopping kalau ada duit (tak de niat nak berlagak - I just want to highlight that while you have your target, kadang-kadang tersasar jua dan lebih baik la bersedia dengan wang untuk tersasar di expo dari dok susah hati buat kira-kira dalam kepala).

Gambar sumber ehsan Google sebab gambar sendiri blurry ngeng! Tapi set ni la kami beli. Tapi awat macam lain sket? Gambar kat luar kotak tu sama, tapi ada few extra items dalam kotak yang tak de kat muka kotak ni. But nevermind. Move along.

And then we proceed to Sweet Cherry booth. I know this brand sebab brand ni banyaaaaaaaaaak kat Jusco. Ramai juga ibu bapa beli brand ni sebab harga dia sangat munasabah dan Linda dan Paan approved! We aimed a stroller with a car seat and we found it. The basket is interchangeable dengan car seat and the price is RM550.00 and I am sold. So was husband. Kami belek-belek, tengok dia demo and then tak de cakap byk, we bought it. The downside of it, stroller ni tak compact. So, we might need to buy a compact one kalau kami nak fly ke Korea ke UK ke bulan ke Mars ke. Haa ahaks.

We bought the red stroller. It comes together with the car seat.

Boleh nak facing parent ke, ke luar sana ke. Terpulang.

And then the last item, we wanted was the breastpump. I chose Lacte Duet. I have been reading and reading and reading and reading and reading and found the best pump would be Madela lah. Tengok la harga dia pun. And then some lactating mothers suka benar dengan Lacte Duet ni. My main concern adelah pam yang tidak menyakitkan dan senyap dan pam yang membolehkan I use my two hands when I am pumping. Lacte Duet fit the characteristics that I want, but that was based on my readings la. I have not use it yet so macam tak boleh nak comment further. 

So, we went to the first booth, Fabulous Mom. The sales person adalah orang melayu. For Lacte Duet, dia ada jual pump sahaja dan pump with the whole extra "gifts" dengan harga RM629.00 kalau tak salah. Kalau pump sahaja RM499.00. Dalam set yang ditawarkan ada 3 storage bottle, 2 packet of ice packs, and a bag untuk letak pam dan storage bottle. I think it is very expensive dan the bag is ugly~ Husband had a small chat dengan another father who was at the expo. He said, there is another booth at Hall 1 yang bagi lagi banyak barang with cheaper price dan beg dia cantik. Since I read about the prices online, I think harga yang Fabulous Mom tawarkan ni mahal. So, we passed. 

Ingatkan harapan nak beli breastpump kat Expo dah hancur. Tiba-tiba terjumpa another booth. Tak ingat la nama dia. Terjumpa lagi sekali Lacte Duet. Sebagai mukadimah, I asked the chinese saleslady, ape beza Lacte dan Madela. Dia kata Madela bising. So I asked, bising makna tak bagus la? She said, benda mahal selalu bising maaa. In my head, BMW tak bising ponnnnnnn. She said, Ferrarri, Lamboghini. OK fine Amoi.. you win! (makes sense kan apa dia sebut??) She said Lacte and Madela almost the same cuma Madela adalah pioneer untuk double motor double apetah lagi. Lacte is a new brand and banyak new brands copy technology Madela dengan harga yang lebih rendah. Comfort-wise, Lacte wins sebab breast cup dia silicon, so dia lembut. Both also offer suction power macam baby to stimulate the breast to produce more milk. Both also ada dua motors. In the end, it is up to the parent la nak pilih yang mahal atau yang murah. I chose yang murah la sebab Madela sampai seghibu lebih while Lacte dalam RM500++ sahaja. In the set, Amoi tu bagi 6 storage bottle, ice hard ice pack to fit all six bottles dan satu beg galas yang sangat cantik to fit the pump di bahagian atas dan cooler bag di bahagian bawah for storage bottles. Price paid : RM560.00 kalau tak salah.

So, there!

Mission accomplished. So to speak lah.

As we walked out from the expo, we encountered a booth yang jual Parklon Play Mat. I wannnnnnnnnnnnnt!!! Tak sure I want it for my baby ke or for myself. Tak tengok lama pun, just sempat pegang, sembang-sembang kejap and then ambil booklet and walked away.

Husband pulak ternampak that baby bath tub yang sama we found earlier. Kali ni kat different booth. Ntah macam mana, husband boleh tergoda dengan bathtub tu. Practically, benda tu memang la penting sebab when we travel especially kalau balik KT atau Ipoh, we can bring it along untuk mandikan baby. Cuma kemekkan je, nanti dia jadi sekeping papan. So dia compact. Nanti baby dah besar pun, blh jadi personal tub dia untuk main rubber ducky dalam tu kan. So, husband bought it at RM150.00. Kami pun gendong la pelbagai beg kat bahu tangan.

Kami dapat jaring untuk diletakkan di atas tub tu supaya we can put the baby atas jaring tu and use our two hands to bath the baby. Tak de la sebelah nak pegang baby, sebelah lagi nak gagau shampu la, bath soap la..

Owh, I also read online yang it is advisable untuk bawak backpack. Kita ni punya la dok paksa husband bawak backpack haritu untuk letak benda - benda kecik. Tapi kami beli benda-benda besar. So backpack tu kosong. Muehehehe.. maka si isteri pun kena bebel la. 

On our way out, we saw booth brand Pureen. Ada jual baju murah2. Untuk buat husband sedap hati bawak backpack, I pun pilihlah few mittens and booties and baju lobang2 untuk baby. Murah. Baju dan seluar lubang-lubang satu set RM10.00, we took two. Mittens and booties satu set RM5.00, we took three. 

gambar mittens and booties takdop. ahaks

Kemudian, we also saw sejenis katil bayi yang boleh rock (goyang-goyang) ahhh sudah!! Pastu bawah katil tu ada laci lagi untuk simpan barang.. Ahhh sudahhh!! Adekah kami telah salah membeli? We check the price, katil sahaja RM1200.00 tak masuk mattress dan bedding set. Total semua semua tu boleh jadi sehingga RM2,500.00. Husband convinced me that we made a wise choice beli dari Jarrons tadi kekekekeke.

So, since barang banyak, stroller besau... We used the newly bought stroller as our trolley that day untuk transport barang-barang ke kereta. Sebab tu penting untuk parking depan pintu escalator tau!

We ended the shopping spree at 2.00 pm. 4 jam je shopping. It was fun, short and sweet, really. We got what we wanted and our pockets didn't burn that much. Memang main target untuk bawak pulang semula wang yang kitorang bawak untuk shopping tu and misi tercapai! Kami tidak membazir dan we spent very wisely ~ kami rasalah!

When we got to our car, dah ada kereta follow kitorang. Memang ramai, jang!! Kat luar, parking Zone A telah ditutup. Siap ada polis jaga. I saw on Facebook ramai jugak yang membebel Mid Valley jem. Itu Jumaat. Hari Sabtu, lagi la semakin ramai menyumpah kat Facebook. Kekekeke.. Sebab tu kena rancang perjalanan, mak mak sume.. OK?

So, adekah betul murah kat expo baby ni?

• For baby cot, I rasa reasonable sebab Ikea punya cot sahaja paling mahal dalam RM500++, itu tak masuk mattress, bantal, bumper kiri kanan sume. Pastu Ikea kot. I don't know, cheap items in Ikea I think tak berbaloi sebab kualiti rendah. And for its quality, spending RM1,200.00 for baby bedding set, I think is reasonable. But, at the same time I am planning to buy the 4moms Breeze to function as a playpen and bed untuk dibawa ke sana ke mari mostly ketika balik KT atau Ipoh supaya anak tidak merayap atas lantai.

• The Tommee Tippee set. I saw few IG shops offer pre-order basis dengan harga RM600.00 sahaja! *cray*

• The breastpump, almost as the same price as the ones offered online. The machine always RM499.00. Yang jadi pertambahan harga tu, barang-barang yang datang sekali dengan pump tu je.

• The baby bath tub, I saw online some shops sell it for RM120.00. *cray* lagi. But ada yang kata, ada tub yang imitations. Kalau yang imitation, bucu plastic antara the colored silicon dan white frame tu tajam dan tak smooth dan butang untuk buang air at the bottom of the tub tak boleh tukar warna kalau air panas dr 37c. 

So, there you go.

My first experience membeli belah barang baby. Biarpun membeli belah untuk baby, ianya sangat la therapeutic. I am looking forward to the next TCE expo. Next one is coming at the end of August 2016 at SACC Mall Shah Alam. But then again, too soon to get the small items. May be, another one in September ke or shopping dengan Tok Ana/Mak Tok pulak ke kat Ipoh. I want my mom to experience shopping barang - barang cucu jugak. 

The total estimated damaged done on that Expo day adelah:-

• Tommee Tippee - RM726.00
• Bath tub - RM150.00
• Baby Cot - RM1,226.00
• Lacte Duet - RM569.00
• Stroller & Car Seat - RM550.00
• Newborn shirt, pants, mittens and booties - RM35.00
• TOTAL : RM3,256.00 (Balance bawa pulang - RM2,244.00) ~ Good job, Mummy. Good Job

My mom kata I started my shopping sangat awal (I am at 23/24 weeks now). My argument is that sekarang yang tak de perut pun dah malas gila nak berjalan, apetah lagi bila dah bawak perut ketika kandungan usia 7/8 bulan nanti. Dah la kat expo tu tak de seats untuk parents bersantai seketika. Kalau ada pun, bapak-bapak yang akan bersidai kat kerusi-kerusi tu. I don't know. It just does not make any sense to shop di hujung-hujung kehamilan sebab expectant mothers akan penat. Plus, kalau shop awal-awal, tak de la rasa duit terbelahak kluar banyak terus sangat. Now, I can focus on saving for hospital maternity packages. Yeay!

Next mission adelah wardrobe drawer (we found the one we like dah, tunggu nak grab je) dan duit simpanan untuk beranak. Ahaks. Yang lain-lain as we go to the Mall, boleh la grab sikit-sikit.

I hope you guys enjoy reading my first baby expo shopping experience as I do writing them. Makes me smile, wehhh...

Update : I think my baby started kicking dah couple of weeks ago but I can't tell the difference between gas bubbles or my baby movement. Rasanya baby kot sebab sebelum ni tak pernah pon ada gas bubbles memberontak dalam perut. But I fart a lot lately. Yes Baby F, you make Mummy fart a lot while squirming inside my tummy.

20 - 21 weeks

Hi,

I am in the midst of my 2nd trimester.

Jujurnya tak rasa macam pregnant pun. My tummy is now slightly "buncit" but not so obvious. Orang kata sebab I normally wear loose clothes sebab tu tak nampak. Yeya kata, bila pakai baju kurung, lagi la tak nampak. Tapi, generally orang kata my tummy is small.

Ada jugak my friends yang sama sama 5 months, tapi perut nya kemain buncit. Haih, this is the time, I wish I was "buncit-er", if you know what I mean. 

I survived Ramadhan dengan meninggalkan 6 hari puasa. Ada masa masanya sangat la tak larat. So, bila orang kata 'seronok la dapat puasa penuh, tak period'. Mitos semata-mata. Some moms beruntung tak de masalah, some just tak dapat nak tahan lapar dan dahaga. So, bila dah Ramadhan ni, ingatkan cita-cita nak drop another 5kgs tercapai. Punah, musnah!

Sebab lepas je masuk minggu ke 19, dalam tempoh raya tu, selera kemain la lagi naik. Nak nak cuti raya sampai seminggu. Duduk kat rumah Mak, keje melantak. Lemang, rendang, kuah kacang sentiasa ada atas stove. Asal ke dapur, ceduk sket. Ada satu hari tu, I ate 6 full meals of rendang dan lemang. Dan, nak dijadikan cerita, masa check up 15hb haritu, doktor telah mengesahkan bahawa saya telah naik 2kg. Ooooohhhhh the horror!!! Pulak tu penimbang berat kat rumah rosak pulak. Wuwuwuwuwu. Tak pe la nak naik berat badan tu. Memang patut pun as the baby is growing tapi awat sampai 2kgs. Tertekannya.

Anyway, selepas check up kali ni, doktor telah mengesahkan untuk kali keduanya jantina Baby F. (Yes, kami dah pick up nama semenjak kandungan usia 4 bulan lagi). Yeay!! So excited.

Sadly however, orang ramai kata by this week, diorang dah dapat merasa pergerakkan baby. But Baby F, non hada! Doktor kata "perut tebal sgt ni". Amboi!

Tapi, masa scan, heartbeat semua ok. Alhamdulillah.

Owh and as I am making a habit to document my pregnancy experience, I cerita je lah semua kat sini tanpa segan silu. Kan orang kata setiap pregnancy tu lain lain for every expectant mother kan.

My husband, has been more than an angel now. Alhamdulillah jugak. He helps a lot with the chores biarpun waktu kerja dia tak tentu masa. Sometimes, balik kerja lewat lewat malam rajinnya dia basuh baju, sidai baju. Kita la pulak nak tidur pon tak senang, sebab conscious suruh bangun tolong suami kan. And the best part about him being an angel adelah ~~ BACK MASSAGES. I am so so so so so grateful that I get 15 minutes of back massages EVERY night from my husband.

I mean, sebelum pregnant lagi dah memang suka pegi spa setiap bulan for massages. Now that I am pregnant, takkan la hari hari nak pegi spa. Berasap la dompet nak!!! Tapi husband willingly do it if I ask for it and of course la hari hari pun nak massages. Husband tak de la pandai sangat mengurut tapi terlentuk lentuk jugak la setiap kali kena urut. Setiap sedap kena urut ni, rasa macam tanak beranak. Biarla baby duduk dalam perut sampai dia kawen supaya dapat diurut setiap masa. I call it "the 15 minutes sessions". Sekarang ni, kalau betting ape-ape mesti nak tambah masa urut ~ misalnya "If I am right, I get 30mins massages instead of 15". Bahahaha.. Selalunya tak pon, kekal je 15 mins. Tak de masa tambahan! Kalau dulu keje main duit je betting husband and wife. That is how much I enjoy massages.

Ok enough of that.

29hb ni ada TCA Baby Expo. I am going!! Siap apply leave lagi ye~
Macam-macam sangat nak beli untuk sambut Baby F.

Oh I started wearing maternity clothes now sebab my pants sume dah tak muat dah. For now, I have only one pants and two maternity blouses. Tak de niat lagi nak tambah hehe sebab baju kurung sume fit lagi. Ye la, perut mak kecik je nak!!

Baby F, 

Every night Daddy dok letak tangan kat perut bertanyakan bila la awak nak tendang-tendang. Ibu/Mama/Mami (tak decide lagi ni) selalu terpaksa berlakon dengan tolak muka Daddy dengan tangan bajet bajet macam awak yang dok tendang.. Kekekekeke

Cepat-cepat la buat kuak lentang dalam perut ya. Kami tazabar!!