The arrival of our second prince...

Susahnye lah hai nak start this post.... Handling 2 at once is just not easy....ada je yg nk berlaku when i sit down in front of the pasocon...anyway back to the story

It all started one Saturday morning.... I woke with really bad stomach cramps... the type that feels like you&ve done 1 thousand sit ups the day before.... Woke up several times that morning it started at 2 am went back to sleep and when I woke up at 5 am still the same dull pain. But I just shrugged it off coz it didn't feel like contratctions. 

Anyway at about 11 am...became worried coz the pain didn't go away... so we opted to go see the doc. Sampai2 doc scan and the baby was fine and asked me to go up and do the ctg... u know the stomach cramps well it made moving really hard and painful...nak pusing badan pun painful... and the ctg... well it showed that indeed i was having contractions...so doc suruh nyuin (admit) to stop the contractions and get 2 doses of steroids utk matangkan paru2 baby... 

CTG during my preterm labor

So i got the 2 doses...and like kak nadia said in her blog entry.... mmm...serious pedih this injection...my next bed neighbour (also in to stop her preamture labour) actually cried when she was told she was getting another dose...

Next afternoon i was discharged with orders to continue the medication to stop the contraction for another 2 days and mc until after raya... but we decided to go back to Kulim anyway coz we had some stuff to do and i had already scheduled my car to undergo servicing since dlm kepala saya...I was still adamant nak balik bukit mahkota even against doc and parental advice...keras kepala right...

The next day, again against docs orders, i went to work...nak pass down kerja.. i remeber hubby asking which i would prefer giving birth before or after raya and i said before...coz then i wouldn't be in "anticipation" mode for too long... if u ask me this again i'll give u a different answer....haha

On Tuesday, i woke up and recommenced fasting, ye lah dah tak payah makan ubat, so i had no reason not to right...by lunch time i had a really bad headache and hubby said buka lah puasa..so i did and was in the middle of separating egg whites and yolks (tgh nak bake kek lapis) when i suddenly felt the urge to puke... and while i was puking my water broke...

And it just dawned on me...this is it... i thought i would be scared u know ...tp it was just like a statement...this is it...

Called hubby up and started getting ready to go to the hosp.. it was 3.15pm.. called up the hosp and my parents and sat there waiting... and the contractions started..but still bearable..

Sampai kat hosp diorg nak pasang ctg again...

Doc checked on me and confirmed that my water did indeed break and performed a VE..i was 4 cm dilated and fully effaced... the nurse came in and gave me a blue hocp gown to change into and i was hooked onto the ctg..sempat lg dia bg tahu...hr ramai lah kak..seblm akak ad lg 4 org tgh laboring...oh okay.....rasa mcm lmbt lg je nak branak ada dlm lg 4-5jam kot...by this time the contractions were getting more frequent and of more intensity... it was totally different from Harith's, during his birth the increase of the intensity was more gradual..

after about 20mins..i couldn't stand the pain and yes i did make some sounds and the nurse came in...how shocked was she to see that i was already crowning..and she kept here hand there applying preasure...x mau bg baby keluar... they got me onto a wheelchair..siap ckp lg ...kepit dik kepit...jgn push...kesian nanti koyak besar...kepit....kalau sakit tarik nafas kot hidung hembus kot mulut....but i tell you just like Harith's birth the hardest part is trying not to push when your whole body and mind is telling you to...

i was pushed into the delivery room which was already occupied... they put up a screen and wheeled me to another delivery bed...it took me a few miutes to get out of the chair...by then hubby was in the deliver room...minutes later doc walked in...apparently the labor was progreesing a bit quicker than she expected...she was out tgh beli kuih...hahaha.... while she was getting ready again the nurse was whispering jgn push kak...tahan tahan...breathe ...hembus kot mulut...and i said i could't...and doc bebel...apa yg susah sgt...nafas je..(dlm hati saba je la...org kata tak boleh tu tak boleh tahan jgn push....bukan tak leh nafas henbus kot mulut...haiyaaa) but i kept quiet....she performed the episiotomy.. i started pushing...felt the ring of fire and his head came out...on the third push out second son was out in the world at 5.08pm.... then they took him down to the nursery where our premature son got 30 minutes of oxygen therapy.. 

this time the placenta came out quite quick with Harith it came out 20 minutes after his birth...she stitched me which surprisingly didn't hurt unlike Harith's time and there  wasn't much blood on me either...but this is all me comparing this birt to my eldest son's...

And that my friends sums up the arrival of our second prince... at 35 weeks, with no gas, no epidural...

Our secong prince, Amirul Lutfi

Glad hubby could be by my side this time and experience it for himself.. Proud of him...he ws quite cool about it... 

One happy family....

2's progress...

Pregnant in Malaysia...totally different experience than what it was in Japan...


In Japan, they focused on my weight. Never really cared about my sugar...even though my family has a history of diabetes...including gestational diabetes... In Malaysia, you tell them and they make you take a GTT test...this time around I had to take it in the early stages of pregnancy, if it's negative they'll repeat at a later stage...


Well, yours truly is borderline, just like what I was when I came back from Japan last year and was 30++ weeks pregnant with Harith n they made me take the test. Last time they just made me take a blood test 4 times for monitoring in one day and decided I just needed to control my diet and that was it.... This time, with a new doctor, the practice is different, I have to do that glucose monitoring every time before a check-up.... oh ya and my check-up is really frequent...like once in 2 weeks...


So just for blood sugar monitoring...I now own a blood glucose monitor..brand * Accu Check..exact same one as my dad's which i used when I was pregnant with Harith...it's about RM 160 ++.... but i still hate pricking myself... At least I'm still on diet control...no insulin needed here...phew...tp stress woooo...cannot simply eat like most preggers do....


As for the risks of gestational diabetes (here's some I can remember):
1) big baby - baby can get stuck (need special manuevers for delivery - shoulder distocia)
                     - require larger episiotomy / might need a c-sec
2) low blood sugar - baby might have low blood sugar after birth
3) jaundice  - higher risk for baby to get jaundice


As for the diet control...well let's just say I have gained 0kgs so far... (lost 1 gained 1)..
Baby is on target according to doc... averaging at a 26 week old measurements.... EFW = 946g. Tp compared to abang dia at the same gestational age....he's smaller...

at 14 weeks

Latest scan malas nak scan...haha..bley tak....

Just hoping sangat2 that this one stays within me for longer.... x payah lah ikut Abg Harith keluar awal ye sayang.... ( tp doc kata hih risk prem jugak ....arghhh ).... Braxton Hicks awal2 lg dah rasa masa 4 mths dulu...mana tak cuak kan..so now whenever i feel one I cuak... dah lah lately makin kerap...but doc is not that concerned...as long as they are irregular...

more updates on 2 later....

2

Alhamdulillah......unexpected but everything happens for a reason... there's a hikmah to everything...

2......

pink or blue.... let's keep it yellow or green for now...hik hik

Conjunctivitis.......Keratitis.......

Alhamdulillah my eyes are getting better now..... but my vision is still blurred...Blame it on my antibodies....it's attacking my cornea...according to my opthamologist....

I initially got the conjunctivitis from my dear son...who probably got it from on of his nursery mates.....One of the dangers of sending him there....urghhhh... Well it spread to my husband first .... than me...n by the 4th day I got a referral from our panel clinic and headed to Pantai.....apparently my condition had spread to my eyelids and cornea..from conjunctivitis jd keratitis...straight away warded..sheish....because the medication had to be administrated intraveinously... so stayed there until Saturday ....

the worst part about the hospitalization was the office people duk kacau2 mcm tak puas hati org mc just because sakit mata.... one of them even said to my husband...' sakit mata je kan , mulut tak sakit kan'...oh really....serius bengang.... mata berair, berdenyut denyut and blurr ni you want me to duk kat office in front of the pasocon....serius kalau pegi pun tak leh focus...ohhh did i mention it's contagious.....seriously.....tlglh phm people....

Actually kalau ikut my doc dia nk bg one mor week mc....but then since the people at the office are all getting on my nerves.....i'll be resuming work InsyaAllah next monday....