Macam dia tak pernah nampak je before this....but i guess my ever growing belly must be making the stretchmarks look worse....hahaha...he says when he looks at them it looks like my tummy is gonna burst at the seams....
At first I thought the strectmark cream was working during my first and the first half of my second trimester since amazingly my tummy was stretchmark free...and then one day as my second trimester was nearing it's end hubby said he saw the first stretchmark... and it was somewhere i could not see without a mirror...uwahhh sedey nye.... but i guess it would have happened sooner or later.... dekat stretchmark cream tu punya kotak pun dah cakap.... it might not work for everyone....so might as well just live with it right... ohhh the joys of pregnancy...hihi
Monday, January 17, 2011
The SBS Test
currently starving right now.....arghhhhh....but i can't have any food until 6.00 pm....which is anothe one and half hours away....sheesh.....all because of the SBS test....
so what is the SBS test? SBS stands for Serial Blood Sugar....and the reason i have to take this test?
well on my last prenatal check-up on thursday Dr Fatimah gave me the results from my Glucose Tolerence Test...the one i had to take cause there's a history of diabetes in my family.... well unfortunately i'm considered borderline....there were 2 readings and my glusoce level when i was fasting was 5.1mmol/L still in the normal range...it was the reading from my other blood after taking the glucose test that was borderline... you see it was 7.9mmol/L and a normal person's level would be no more than 7.7mmol/L but still not considered diabetic because diabetic people would have a sugar level would be more than 11mmol/L...
anyway since i'm borderline my doc ordered the SBS test to determine whether i need insulin or not....sounds serious doesn't it.... well she told me to get the test after 3 days of dieting.... kurangkan your carbs and sugar and lests see if that helps...that's what she said.....
the SBS test starts with me having to fast from 12 am until 8 in the morning for my first blood test...the next test at 12 noon, the next at 6pm and the last at 10pm and i'mnot allowed any food 2 hours before each blood test.... since that's 4 blood test in one day and my having to rely on parents on getting me to the hosp i asked the doc if could do it somewhere else and she said i could do it at the nearest clinic....but then kat Bukit Mahkota ni mana ade clinic 24hours.....finally i remembered that my dad has a blood glucose monitoring system and asked the clinic if i could use that instead and the doc gave me the green light....yokatta ne...
so what is the SBS test? SBS stands for Serial Blood Sugar....and the reason i have to take this test?
well on my last prenatal check-up on thursday Dr Fatimah gave me the results from my Glucose Tolerence Test...the one i had to take cause there's a history of diabetes in my family.... well unfortunately i'm considered borderline....there were 2 readings and my glusoce level when i was fasting was 5.1mmol/L still in the normal range...it was the reading from my other blood after taking the glucose test that was borderline... you see it was 7.9mmol/L and a normal person's level would be no more than 7.7mmol/L but still not considered diabetic because diabetic people would have a sugar level would be more than 11mmol/L...
anyway since i'm borderline my doc ordered the SBS test to determine whether i need insulin or not....sounds serious doesn't it.... well she told me to get the test after 3 days of dieting.... kurangkan your carbs and sugar and lests see if that helps...that's what she said.....
the SBS test starts with me having to fast from 12 am until 8 in the morning for my first blood test...the next test at 12 noon, the next at 6pm and the last at 10pm and i'mnot allowed any food 2 hours before each blood test.... since that's 4 blood test in one day and my having to rely on parents on getting me to the hosp i asked the doc if could do it somewhere else and she said i could do it at the nearest clinic....but then kat Bukit Mahkota ni mana ade clinic 24hours.....finally i remembered that my dad has a blood glucose monitoring system and asked the clinic if i could use that instead and the doc gave me the green light....yokatta ne...
Abah's blood glucose monitoring system
So yesterday my dad schooled me on how to use it and i thought that the biggest challenge would be pricking myself.... well it's not that bad.... tercucuk jari masa menjahit lg sakit.... but having to do it yourself sucks... kesian org2 yang ada diabetes yang kena cucuk insulin sendiri tu kan...cannot imagine what their lives must be like... after doing the test twice now i think that the hunger i'm facing right now is much2 worse than the pin prick...seriously...lapar....
After I pricked myself for the second time today
After the doc the doc gave me my results we did an ultrasound to determine the baby's due date since she said she might change it at the last check-up...well surprise surprise baby decided to gain 500g in 2 weeks... and is now around 2005g... right on scheldule..so she's not changing the due date... 8th of March... but doc has a hunch baby will be out by the end of February.... tak pe lah baby..come out when you're ready kay....
Nowadays i'm getting myself ready mentally...since i'll most probably have to go this without hubby by my side...since the parentals have told him to save his money and just come back after his graduation instead of after his presentation.... and then there's the thing about my father not being around during chinese new year and on the 10th of March onwards.... so baby please come out when your grandfather is around...klu tak mommy nak cr sape nak tolong azankan you....hahaha...this is what happens when all your siblings are girls... but then again i guess it's not such a big prob...if it comes to that maybe i'll call up one of my cousins to do the job....
and that's all about it for now...ohh and congrats to nadiah on your baby boy!!!!
Nowadays i'm getting myself ready mentally...since i'll most probably have to go this without hubby by my side...since the parentals have told him to save his money and just come back after his graduation instead of after his presentation.... and then there's the thing about my father not being around during chinese new year and on the 10th of March onwards.... so baby please come out when your grandfather is around...klu tak mommy nak cr sape nak tolong azankan you....hahaha...this is what happens when all your siblings are girls... but then again i guess it's not such a big prob...if it comes to that maybe i'll call up one of my cousins to do the job....
and that's all about it for now...ohh and congrats to nadiah on your baby boy!!!!
Thursday, January 13, 2011
cuak....
tatau nape...tomorrow is ...oh wait i mean today is my 10th scheduled prenatal check-up.... tatau kenapa cuak...never really been cuak before except during my first visit which is perfectly normal lah kot.... but this is my 10th... i should be a pro at this right... before this pun in japan i drove myself to the clinic, waited alone, had the check-up alone...so why am i so anxious about tomorrow? my mum is dropping me off at the hospital and picking me up after...not a big deal right...nape lah cuak sangat...
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
The 8th and first prenatal check-up in Malaysia....
I thought that i could put it of for a few days after arriving in Msia...but since my father was urging me to get it over with and that they were already on leave i finally said okay.... so after my dad came back from getting my sis signed up for her to get her driving licence we left for bandar baru bangi....
the initial idea was to go to Az-Zahra Islamic Medical Centre but my mom said that one of her staff gave birth at An-Nur Specialist Hospital and she decided that i should get checked there.... so we went to An-Nur...which was actually just a few doors away from Az-zahra...jalan sama lagi hahaha.... anyway An-Nur ni dia dah bahagikan klinik2 dia so in Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinic was seperate from the Specialist Clinic and the peads clinic and what not which was a relief for me... at Az-Zahra everyone is in the same waiting room like a normal hospital.... bukannya ape... it kinda makes me feel better and the probabilty of getting sick from sitting in the waiting room is lower kot... the only thing that makes me miss Koishi is that they had a special daycare room for kids that moms bring so the waiting room is nice and quiet kan...well at An-nur the kids were running around and driving their parents crazy....hihi
Anyway I got assinged to Dr Fatimah and there was the usual bp, urine and weight check-up... well you know how we get used to technology and makes you kinda forget the basics...well i'm used to electronic weighing scales and what they used at an-nur was this
a manual weighing scale where u have to move the little weights until the weights become level....
i was apprehensive before the check-up...imagining that the nurses would be garang and all...but i was surprised....everyone was nice...and the doc reminds me of one of my bestfriends mum...and unlike Dr. Koishi in Japan she explained everything well and thouroughly..and when she did the ultarsound she called Ari over and explained the pic to him in great detail since it was his frist time actually seing me get an ultrasound...and yeswe confirmed baby's gender again...haaa...kali ni i understood what i was seeing...thanks Dr. Fatimah...
after the ultrasound the doc said she might change the baby's due date since baby was big..saying that the doc in Japan probably miss calculated....haaaaa...tatau lah ..tunggu next check-up for new due date... and she ordered a glucose tolerence test (the dreaded one were you have to puasa n then take a blood test and then drink a glucose drink and take another blood test) because diabetes runs in my family.... won't know the results till next check-up though....
anyway this is baby's latest ultrasound
anyway:
b/p: 131/90
sugar in urine: -
protein in urine: -
edema: ++++++ (all that sitting in the flight did this hahahahaha)
height of uterus: 28cm (no change)
weight: +1.4kg (in a week...haiyaaaaa... which means i've gained a total of 3.6kg and i've got 10 weeeks to go)
baby's progress:
BPD: 7.51cm (GA:30w 1d)
FL: 5.77cm (GA:29w 6d)
AC: 25.06cm (29w 2d)
EFW: 1526g (29w 6d)
the initial idea was to go to Az-Zahra Islamic Medical Centre but my mom said that one of her staff gave birth at An-Nur Specialist Hospital and she decided that i should get checked there.... so we went to An-Nur...which was actually just a few doors away from Az-zahra...jalan sama lagi hahaha.... anyway An-Nur ni dia dah bahagikan klinik2 dia so in Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinic was seperate from the Specialist Clinic and the peads clinic and what not which was a relief for me... at Az-Zahra everyone is in the same waiting room like a normal hospital.... bukannya ape... it kinda makes me feel better and the probabilty of getting sick from sitting in the waiting room is lower kot... the only thing that makes me miss Koishi is that they had a special daycare room for kids that moms bring so the waiting room is nice and quiet kan...well at An-nur the kids were running around and driving their parents crazy....hihi
An-Nur Specialist Hospital
Az-Zahra Islamic Medical Centre
Anyway I got assinged to Dr Fatimah and there was the usual bp, urine and weight check-up... well you know how we get used to technology and makes you kinda forget the basics...well i'm used to electronic weighing scales and what they used at an-nur was this
i was apprehensive before the check-up...imagining that the nurses would be garang and all...but i was surprised....everyone was nice...and the doc reminds me of one of my bestfriends mum...and unlike Dr. Koishi in Japan she explained everything well and thouroughly..and when she did the ultarsound she called Ari over and explained the pic to him in great detail since it was his frist time actually seing me get an ultrasound...and yeswe confirmed baby's gender again...haaa...kali ni i understood what i was seeing...thanks Dr. Fatimah...
after the ultrasound the doc said she might change the baby's due date since baby was big..saying that the doc in Japan probably miss calculated....haaaaa...tatau lah ..tunggu next check-up for new due date... and she ordered a glucose tolerence test (the dreaded one were you have to puasa n then take a blood test and then drink a glucose drink and take another blood test) because diabetes runs in my family.... won't know the results till next check-up though....
anyway this is baby's latest ultrasound
anyway:
b/p: 131/90
sugar in urine: -
protein in urine: -
edema: ++++++ (all that sitting in the flight did this hahahahaha)
height of uterus: 28cm (no change)
weight: +1.4kg (in a week...haiyaaaaa... which means i've gained a total of 3.6kg and i've got 10 weeeks to go)
baby's progress:
BPD: 7.51cm (GA:30w 1d)
FL: 5.77cm (GA:29w 6d)
AC: 25.06cm (29w 2d)
EFW: 1526g (29w 6d)
anyway .. on the day Kak Ainun buat makan2 we finally watched the ultrasound tape and this is baby's latest 3D pic....
my mom says baby looks like an old man.....hahahaha...and yes i still think baby has my hubby's nose...hihi
The journey back to Malaysia....sayonara nippon....
it's been 2 weeks since i left japan...baru sekarang nak update blog...biasalah kan...バタバタしてた....banyak nak kena settle...masa nak blah tu pun sama juga... my last day in Japan was the 28th of December...and it started with the both of us waking up late...nasib baik flight malam hahaha...the night before i spent cooking and packing food for hubby to eat when he gets back to japan.... yup 3 different dishes... 10 packets...should last him about 10 days lah kot
the lauk pauk....
anyway...since dah bangun lambat tu...kitorg gi matsuba utk settle insurance kete tu pun lambat lah kan...tup tap tup tap...we finally left kaikan at around twelve when abg yasir tlg hantar gi toyohashi eki... when we got there ari bought the shinkansen tickets ( he insisted on them...katanya bagi chance kat mommy rasa naik shinkan last...hahaha)... arrived in tokyo about 2 hours later.... and seriously the shinkan ride was not really fun for me... maybe cause i'm preggers kot....rasa panas yang teramat mcm ada org direct the heater straight at my face....
anyway sampai tokyo and the hunt for the coin lockers began....last last we had to put our bags in 2 separate lockers in 2 separate locations because most of them were full...settle bab luggage kitorg gerak gi ueno... hahaha...last2 g ueno jugak...i really didn't feel like going places that he wasn't familiar with....mls nak sesat2 ni...had lunch at a maguro shop... and yes i know raw fish isn't good for preggie women but i couldn't resist....later we went in search of the nearest SOFTBANK...nak matikan phone..which surprisingly to no more than 10 minutes...and then baru lah the shopping began... since it was nearing the new year celebrations..banyak gile kat ameyko for their celebrations...polis pun ramai utk direct the pedestrian traffic...but all in all i enjoyed it... janji kat diri nak cuci mata je..klu nak aim pun...beg mcm yang ainun punya to use as a baby bag nanti...tp cr punya cr tak jumpa yang berkenan di hati...last last hubby deary picked out a green adidas bag...bg lah chance kat dia... at least if he chose it he wouldn't mind holding it nanti...klu beli yang bunga2 mau dia tak mo tlg angkat hahahaha....
after that we made a pit stop at starbucks and headed back to tokyo station to get our bags and leave for haneda international airport...
haneda airport....loved how they designed the level where all the restaurants were...lawa sangat.... ran into some friends mainly my batchmate doink and hubby's batchmate boss both heading back to msia for the holidays...
the flight was a nightmare for me.... again..i blame it on being pregnant and extra hot .....hahah since nobody else seemed to be feeling warm... my thoughts on air asia's flight...surprisingly there was sufficient leg room...not at all like the domestic air asia flights...but the seats were narrower...lagi narrow dr seat bas express kot..so your shoulders will definitely berlaga with whoever is next to you....
back to the nightmare of a flight...i had on a pair of long johns to ward of the winter chill...but they were never a problem when i flew back during previous winter months...but this time i just couldn't take it...hubby fell asleep soon after take off...and i just couldn't sleep beacuse of the heat..plus you can't adjust the temperature in the flight...so finally after a few trips to the toilet and the removal of my long johns...barulah i can breathe easy ...and finally i doezed off...
when we arrived in malaysia i tried to put on my shoes only to discover that my feet had swollen humongously...hahah...punyalah kaki tak pernah bengkak sebelum ni..terkejut... and the swelling took 3 days to go down...3 days...okay....
all in all that's how the journey went... when i left japan i didn7t really feel sad..it felt like i was going back for the holidays and not for good... but somehow i guess it's better to feel that way... however i was sad when i drove our fist car for the last time...bye bye wheelie.. be a good car to your new owner okay... seday...balik msia i'm 'kaki'less...kena depend on my parents to get around... so tak best...
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