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

The day our little prince decided to grace us with his presence....

People who really know me know I am a freak when it comes to doing things in order...so I'm kinda feeling tak best right now...coz I had all these entrees lined up...but I haven't gotten around to writting them so now i have to skip them...anyway since I have 10 minutes until the spin cycle on the washinng machine ends I thought I'd write about Harith's birth before I forget it....

Well it started on the 31st of January...it was just another ordinary day.. I remember Mami made laksa terengganu for lunch... we were watching tv..Babah was upstairs packing for his trip to Thailand..suddenly I had the urge to go to the toilet... so I went...and at the end there was a 'plop' and I started getting agitated..so i told myself it was just my imagiation cause I couldn't see anything kan....After that I went back to the living room and just as i was sitting down I felt a little trickle coming out and i immediately jumped up and ran to the toilet...It was 10.30pm... I was asking myself...is this incontinence?..I had heard stories where it was common to pee on urself during the last few weeks of pregnancy...so that's what I thought it was..skali pegi toilet..I looked and there was mucus on my undies...I freaked and called Mami...she said there was no blood and it was clear and odorless...and she concluded that it was nothing... she said awal lg ada sebln lg kan...i suspected it was my mucus plug....

So I started getting ready to go upstairs to my room..and when I was in the kitchen...again another trickle of water...u know they say if it was ur air ketuban you wouldn't be able to stop the flow...i guess i was in denial...i kept telling myself i urinated on myself again...and so I cleaned it up...and hurried upstairs...

Went i got to my room I went online and went to babycenter.com...my go to website for pregnancy related issues....to look up on the mucus plug....it turned out that not everyone notices the mucus plug being discharged...and if it is...it is not considered a labor sign...because some women go into labor a week after discharging their mucus plug....but i was still agitated..but a bit calmer....i was telling myself it was false labor...

at 11 pm I called my hubby... and as he is in his final stages of completing his masters degree he was as usual at the lab.... i told him everything...by this time i had gone through 3 full overnight pads full of odorless liquid...when i think back i should have recognized it as my air ketuban right...there's no way that could have been urine..... by this time i had started feeling cramps...mcm stomach cramp senggugut tu...but i had been feeling those for a while now..for the last few weeks to be exact...igtkan it was just another braxton hicks contraction...i remembered reading at a blog of my friends about the 3 stages of labor and how the first stage the contractions would be around 20 minutes apart..and it was considered false labor if the contratcion don't come closer together or the pain doesn't become more intense..so i told hubby he needed to help me time it...coz i tried and it's impossible to do it alone...and when we did ...it was 5 minutes apart and lasted about a minute or so..but they were mild and i could still take it...and then hubby said he needed to get back to his work and would call me back at 2 am.... see... everyone wasn't taking it seriously..so i kept telling myself it was false too...

by 1 am the pain had changed from stomach cramps to a combination off that and the feeling when you get when you have really horrible diarrhea... i spent most of my time walking in and out of the toilet (which i think shortened my labor) and i tahan my pain mostly in the standing position while i supported my self on the edge of the bed's headboard or the toilet sink..seriously rasa pain to lagi intense bila baring... i finally couldn't take it anymore...the contractions were 3 minutes apart and i finally told myself that this was the real deal.....so I  went to Mami's room...knocking a few times before she finally unlocked the door... and I asked her....do the contractions feel like u want to poop and she said yes..and I said if that's the case then this is it....so i headed back to my room to change..ran back to the toilet and there was blood...which confirms it.... i was in labor...

So we headed to my hospital...Hospital Pakar An-Nur....arrived at 1.40 am..and while my mum called the doc.. i headed to the toilet again.... come to think about it i went in and out twice...the 2nd time my mom was knocking on the door asking if i was ok...of course i wasn't.... when i finally came out Mami said 'jom gi hospital'...i just stared at her not computing what she was saying...isn't this the hospital?...rupanya hospital an-nur tu tak nak terima 'preemie' cases because they didn't have the facilities to accomadate them...senang cite diorg tak de NICU....so my mum tanya serdang or putrajaya...i could hardly stand...i just tanya jauh tak? sbb serious rasa cm tak leh tahan dah...and my mum said serdang...jom...on the way out of an-nur i had another contraction and held on to my mom coz i couldn't stand anymore...

the journey to hospital serdang was horror...my dad as usual was cool as a cucumber...rilax je dia drive...and my mom was telling him, ' turn on ur hazard lights and just run the red lights'...time tu tak de kete pun but i told my dad not to do that...by the time sampai serdang hosp it ws 2 am...mami told me to stay in the car while she got me a wheel chair...but i couldn't sit anymore...i got out of the car an stood next too it  supporting myself on the boot...and finally the nurse came...and i was pushed into the the room tahan contraction tu...air ketuban pecah kul brapa...they asked...and now that i was sure it was the air ketuban i said kul 10.30....ada kain batik tak...dgn mak i said..and she went out to get it...the nurse asked me to change...but the contractions were coming closer and closer together nak cabut seluar pun susah.... when i finally got the kain batik on the doc came in..checked me and told the nurse next to me.... dah fully dilated.....which shocked me i thoght i was like 3-4cm...

so they wheeled me into the labor room....serioulsy rasa cm dlm cite ER ke grey's anatomy ke masa  u'r on the stretcher and all u see r the lampu2 passing u by... i remember telling the nurse...urgh rasa nak teran..and the nurse told me not to... serious nak tahan tak nak teran tu made the contractions feel worse..

besar jugak labor room to...i counted 4 nurses...and more than 4 people wearing white robes... the nurse told me to take of my clothes..i ignored the presence of the male doc...kalau nampak cm strip tease sorry lah doc...then one of the nurse tried to find the babies pulse tp tak jumpa...masa tu it didn't register to me what that meant ...bila pkir blk takutnya.... when she finally did find it she taped my perut...tatau nape...nak mark baby kat mana ke...next  another nurse gave me　an injection which she said was for the babies lungs... preemie baby kan... the next thing i knew they told me to grab my ankles and push...but i couldn't grab my ankles...tak sampai....and the guy doc told me again..pegang ur ankles not ur knees and i screamed at him...i can't reach my ankles....finally dia senyap...sheesh...by then another person had entered the room...a lady who looked older wearing a kementrian kesihatan blue jacket....yes i could see the jacket said 'kementerian kesihatan'....she was the one who said pegang ankle tu kalau tak tak de power nak push...open your eyes...look at your perut macm mane nak focus kalau tak tgk... masa tu kita dok tutup mata sbb dok focus on the pushing tapi sbb mls nak argue kita ikut and then baru teringat masa kelas branak kat jepun dulu pun dia suruh focus tgk perut....and then the guy doctor spoke up again...jgn breathe cm tu .... i was breathing the way they taught us in japan....cara ソフロロジ分娩法tu...tp doc tu kata tahan nafas push count to 10...so ikut jelah...gile penat... so i berenti jap to take a few breaths.... tak boleh rupanya buat mcm tu...aparently you kena push tahan nafas 10 sec take one breath quickly and do it again..tak leh rehat lama2 sebab baby masuk balik in the laluan when you stop pushing even for a second.... i felt the bidan inject my perineum with anesthesia..i knew what was coming ...the dreaded episiotomy ( this is the thing i feared the most)...tp betul lah org kata ...tak rasa pun dia potong tu...masa dia cucuk ubat tu rasa lah sakit... finally it came tu the end...rasa nak buang air besar yang sangat besar tapi tak nak kluar... and i remember rasa  pelik masa tu...sb kita dok imagine rasa sakit kat bhgn depan right...tp serious rasa mcm nak buang air besar....haa... as soon as i thought that, came the 'ring of fire' that i read about....mmg tak leh describe lah rasa dia...it can only be described as 'the ring of fire'...yang ni mmg rasa kat area depan tu la...upanya masa tu kepala baby nak kluar..... and than tetiba je rasa lega and the doc said stop pushing..the baby's head was out....they were doing something and then with the next contraction they told me to push again and i felt the slippery little thing called harith come out....at 2:21am

tapi dia tak nangis terus...i asked the bidan...girl ke boy....and she said kejap ye nanti kita tunjuk. kenapa dia tak nangis.. tp tak de org jawab..i saw her cut the cord... i thought would feel something emotionally..but i didn't... i mean that was the thing connecting us and now it's been cut....i guess i was too tired....

after that the nurse put him on me and baru dia nangis...he wasn't all that slippery, kecik je...by this time tinggal dua nurse je dlm tu...all the 'white coats' were gone...one of the nurses took harith and said 'kita tak mandi baby ye, kat wad baru mandi'..'kita bagi baby 2 injection ye vitamin K and HepB'... and then they took him away...sebab dia preemie...mcm2 nak check...

you know how they say after the baby is born semua sakit2 akan hilang.....hmmm tipu lah.... rasa lega it was over tu ada lah...hilang rasa sakit ?...no no no.... masa ni ada 2 chinese gurls pakai baju putih masuk balik...barulah tahu diorg ni  doc pelatih upanya... they asked the bidan to let them retract my placenta...it took 20 minutes and the contractions were still coming... and then there was this particularly painful one and i felt like pushing again tp bidan tu tak bg...dia kata placenta case preemie nie delicate..senang terkoyak so cannot simply retract and i cannot push...sebab tahu kalau uri tu tak intact lagi bnyk masalah maka besi katil menjadi mangsa...peneman sewaktu menahan sakit contraction lg...bidan ckp contraction tu nak tlg expulse the uri...when it finally did come out ... rasa cm harith all over again ...slippery...and then the bidan quizzed the doc pelataih tu..yang mana vein yang mana artery and ape ntah..dah lupa..i just remember that they had to name  3 things.... then one of the gurls said they wanted to stitch me up but bidan thankfully said No ( terima kasih mak bidan) if not tak tau lah mcm mana sakit dia... the bidan told them it would take too much time..so they left....

the bidan jabbed me at the perineum...again.. sakit...and again batang besi katil jadi mangsa dan peneman tahan sakit... she told me that that i tore in another place other than the episiotomy site...she told me sho won't count the stitches and that i wold be stitched in 3 lapisan ( yang tu i knew already..from watching videos online)..from the inside out... she warned me that the anesthetic she jabbed there would only help with the pain in the first 2 lapisan but that jahitan kat kulit tu tak leh bius...kalau bius pun it wouldn't help katanya...and the other place yang terkoyak tu pun sama...tak leh bius...tempat tu sensitive area (okay this one i didn't know ok)...so tahan je lah...seriously i told my dad later that i grunted and buat baunyi tahan sakit lagi bnyk time jahit2 ni banding ngan time lahirkan harith...seriously....then the bidan told me...you ni bnyk darah beku and i have to get it out...tahan sikit  ye saya tahu sakit ni...one of the best things when you get someone yang dah actually give birth diorg memahami ckit...tak mcm the guy doc...and the young girl doc who checked me later.... well anyway the bidan proceded to push her hand or maybe just 2 fingers back into my cervix and uterus and korek all the darah beku out and she showed me...and she wasn't bluffing about the pain ... the darah beku nampak cm limpa yang diorg jual kat pasar tu...seriously...finally she cleaned me up....

oh i forgot to mention something...lepas diorg amik harith gi mana ntah tu...while i was waiting for my uri tu keluar i started shaking...shaking yang tak boleh tahan punya... and the nurse tanya sejuk ke...yes i was cold ...tp i think it was more of shaking penat kot...rasa nak letak je kaki tu...later i found out my senior friend bersalin diorg ada trempat letak kaki tu kenapa time kita tak de...i guess tak sempat nak pasang kot...itu yang kena pegang ankle tu sendiri....sheesh...anyway lepas jahit2 tu bidan tu baik sangat dia pasangkan heater utk baby tu and positioned right on top of me...baru rasa warm sikit...

lepas tu tiba2 my mom came in...rupanya org selain husband tak blh masuk situ...eben in my case where hubby is still in japan pun diorg tak bg my mom masuk....Mami just came in to leave my hospital bag and to tell me they were going home..coz they couldn't see me until i was out of observation which was 2 hours later..sedey gile masa tu...haaa sorg2 can i do it???? a nurse came in and gave me milo....i was damn thirsty...tp milo tu panas tersedak habi...hahaha...malu kat nurse...

lepas tu nurse bawak harith masuk ajar cm ne nak breastfeed...mula2 dia tak nak..nurse ckp masa dia amik baby...baby tgh minum susu..haaa? i thought nak suruh BF...upanaya sebab dia preemie...dior bg jugak FM (formula milk)dulu....dah tak eksklusif BF lah kiranya)... ntahlah...lama2 tu baru dia latch on tp kejap je...tp nurse tu kata ok ok lah kan...then dpt milo lagi...hahaha...

after 2 hours the doc came...haaa...ni geram ni...then bidan told the gurl doc jgn kasar2 sgt....tp dia mana tau kan masa dia seluk2 tu rasa cm ne kan...masa tu pun mengharap kat besi katil lg laa tahan kena seluk2 seme....and she got more darah beku out lepas tu dia kata ada bleeding ...rupanya she ripped my jahitan out...the one yang kat tempat yang tak leh bius tu...and i remember saying that out loud...'you ripped it out ..tempat yang tak leh bius tu...tempat yang paling sakit kena jahit tu'...and dia buat muka dehhh ... masa tu pasrah je la... tahan kena jahit...again
bidan pakaikan pad hospital yang loop tu kan..dia ikat kat perut... pelik...hahaha...and they got me ready to go to the ward...tak tukar baju pun

naik ward sono mama pakai baju yang berdarah2 tu...tp dah tak kisah dah...then they left me in the hallway...tunggu diorg pakaikan baju kat harith...masa tu nampak this one guy kat luar one of the labor rooms...bidan tu tny kenapa tak masuk..laki tu ckp ,'tak pe lah kak yang no 5 dah ni'...then the bidan said 'tak pe lah gi lah bg semangat kat isteri.'..'tak boleh...saya dh ketar dh ni sebenarnya'...and then the nurse halau dia gi waiting room...and then i saw another lady get wheeled in pakai baju pink that i changed into in the labor room....oh masa tu br tahu org lain tukar baju kat tepat tahan contraction tu...kita special case....tak sempat tukar...terus kena angkut je...

finally harith dah pakai baju...doc check dia lg skali n then they placed him between my legs and wheeled me up to my ward....again melalui adegan tgk lampu berlalu mcm dlm cte ER...tp kali ni dah tak cuak ...kali ni HAPPY, LEGA, mcm2 perasaan ada....

cerita wad lepas ni lah baru cite panjang sangat dh ni.....
and that sums up harith's normal, no gas, no epidural, 5 week early birth.... on February 1st@2.21am...@ 35 weeks...

Hubby is afraid of my stretch marks...hahaha

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

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...

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!!!!

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...

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

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

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)

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 7th and final prenatal check-up @ Koishi..

was actually looking forward to this check-up because today i was supposed to get my 'green light' to get on plane and head home...supposedly.... well let's just say my expectations went down hill and my blood pressure shot up sometime after the urine and bp test (seb baik dah test bp..klu tak ..tak pasal2 jadi benda lain lak).....ohh and i got a diff. doc today..the one i had the first few times i came in the 院長....

anyway:
bp : 119/63 ( a bit on the low side )
sugar in urine : -
protein in urine : -
edema : -
height of uterus : 28 (+ 1cm)
circumference of abdomen : 96.5 (+ 0.5cm)
weight : + 1.5kg (so total of weight gained = -1.1+0.7+1.1+1.5 = 2.2kg....ada lagi 11 minggu...can i keep it  under 5kg???)

next came the ultrasound... masa scan td nak mintak doc buat 3D...baru nak cakap dh kluar gambar 3D kat skrin...jd kita senyap je la kan...nampak lah seme pipi dia bambam tgh senyum n then doc tekan transducer n dia buat muka grumpy mencebik... excited nak tunjuk kat hubby... little did i know that when got up to leave she just handed me this one piece...this one lonely piece...mana gambar2 3D td... but it was too late...

baby's progress:
BPD = 77.4mm (GA:31w)
FL = 52.2mm (GA:29w3d)
AC = 257.6mm (31w4d)
EFW = 1536g (GA:30w3d)

and seperti biasa..kena lecture ngan doc suruh jaga weight gain... and again the remarks on how big the baby was... oh ya i think i mentioned that i've been having abdominal pain under my right ribcage in my last entries...well i did some looking up on the issue on the net..and yes people say don't believe everything you read on the net right...well anyway since the last time i mentioned it the doc just shrugged i wanted answers... some moms said it's growing pains, gas or indigestion and then there came the term HELLP syndrome which kinda scared me coz it's pretty serious... and the only way to get out of it is to have a c-sec immediately..... haaaaaa...of course lah cuak kan...so today i asked the doc again mentioning that the pain doesn't occur only after meals like it used to but has now become constant.... i can't sit up  for more than 15 minutes... i pain is only relieved if i lie on my left side or on my back...takkan nak berbaring je memanjang kan.... mcm mana nak naik flight 7 jam cam ni...i think i'll have to get up and jalan jalan dlm plane a lot lah mcm ni....hahaha...anyway doc says it's the uterus pushing against stomach... she didn't seem to be concerned about it...but just in case...balik msia nanti nak suh doc kat msia check btul2...frustrating lah doc yang tak explain lebih medlm ni.... all they care about is getting you in and out of the exam room as fast as they can so they can tend to the next woman...

after that came the part that made me more frustrated.... they didn't write my 紹介状 (letter of introduction) that i need to give to the doc in msia or the 診断書 (medical certificate) that i need to board the plane next tuesday...even though i've been mentioning it to them since the last 3 prenatal visits... the doc claims that it's not in my chart...kalau lah tak de..cm ne nurse blh tny masa dtg td 'hari ni dtg utk ambik document je ke nak check skali?'..meaning they knew the documents were due today kan..... seriously? ... is it just me... are my expectations too high... today's appointment date was chosen by the last doc to prepare the documents...not bu me..and still.... pastu ada problem communication between the doc and receptionist plak...2 3 kali receptionist tu kena masuk keluar bilik kakunin ngan doc... well enough about benda2 tak best ni

mari kita tgk benda len plak

hahaha..ini saiz tangan baby kitorg... kurang sikt lah dr 4cm.... seronok plak tgk...walaupun tak real just an estimation tapi terasa kecik sgt...

on by the way korg dah tgk cite ni?

bukanlah nak promote sgt pun.... tp ada satu part tu...part puss in boots keluar dr tempat dia nyorok...mula nampak mata je....skali kluar2 cm ni haa

anyway masa tgk dia struggle nak bangun dr bantal dia.... well that's how i feel...phm sgt perassan ko puss in boots... dh lah skang slalu terlentang kan sbb bila duduk sakit kat tulang rusuk tu..bila nak pusing mcm tu lah.... not to mention side view badan saya pun sebijik mcm dia haaaaaaahahahaha...

ok lah kena pi masuk dapur..tinggal a few more days je i get to cook for hubby.. sedey naaaaaa

mommy's best buddy.....

introducing mommy's new buddy...mr. tummy belt...mr. tummy belt is very good at bearing weight... .especially the weight of the little bundle of joy in her tummy...so mommy's poor back gets a bit of rest. when mommy puts mr . tummy belt on it looks like this....

when mommy went to the baby shop the other day she was already interested in buying a tummy belt but was sceptical that it would really help relieve some of the pressure on her back...the sales lady came around and picked a size for her and she tried it on......wow was mommy shocked...it did wonders.... mommy says it feels like someone was holding her tummy for her...hahaha...

the sales lady recommended mommy get one of these 'haramaki's to keep her tummy warm...but since mommy is going back in 3 weeks mommy said it was unecessary since malaysia is hot....

the sales lady also showed momy several other types of support underwear like girdles and such but mommy wasn't interested because she wanted something like mr. tummy belt that was easy to put on and remove...plus mommy has bad memories of when she was younger and her mommy would make her wear girdles so she would be slimmer and they always ended up rolling down around the waist area...yikes ...uncomfortable....

mommy says she's very happy with mr. tummy belt and will continue wearing him whenever she feels the need to do so...

The 6th prenatal check-up

went for my second last check-up in Japan...baby's current gestational age is 24 weeks and 3 days...baru masuk 6th month...

today apart from the usual blood pressure and urine check...kena buat blood test...dah agak dah pun kena amik darah tp nurse hr ni tak brapa mahir la.... first dia cari vein on my right hand tak jumpa...lepas tu tukar left hand plak..dah cucuk tu tak kluar lak darah...n then dia gerak gerakkan the jarum mcm nak cr vein tapi tak jumpa gak...so she took the needle out and inserted another needle...baru jumpa the vein...uwah i bet you mesti lebam lepas nie.... and the results...NO 貧血 (anemia) alhamdulillah....
the other results:
bp:122/57 (妥当=normal)
protein in urine: -
sugar in urine: - (yeay...finally)
edema: -
weight: +1.1kg (aiyoyo...mmg tak leh nak control lah nurse...muri la nak ikut target weight bmi tu..but the total weight gained is still under 5kg)
height of uterus:27cm
circumference of abdomen:96cm (+2cm from last month)

instrustions for this month......NOTHING!!!!!...hiiiiii...no more 減塩水

Baby's measurements as of today:
BPD:68.6mm (GA:27w 3d)
AC:199.2mm (GA:25w 2d)
FL:43.7mm (GA:25w 2d)
EFW:865g (GA:25w 5d)

Masa scan doc terkejut gila...haaa dia kata dah lebih 800g dah...dia ckp....yappa baby ni ada kanosei jd biiigggg baby...last month baby punya perut was big....this time perut dia dh okay kepala lak besar...hahaha...lawak laa...anyway asal dia sihat ...alhamdulillah....takut besar2 sgt kena c-sec lak....uwaaa kowai...

oh anyway dah tahu gender baby...hiiiii...doctor tanya...wakarimasuka (faham tak??) ehhh zenzen tatau tgk.....the only thing i could make out was the baby's leg...dia check second time pun kita clueless jugak....hahaha...

baby dah gerak lum? hmmm rupanya dah lama dah dia menendang ...mommy dia je tatu itu baby yang menendang...bukan gas...hahaha....the other day dia tendang and kebetulan kita tgh pandang perut...nampak my tummy bergegar...bikkurishita yo..cuak pun ada...haha...masa the first week rasa penendang dia tu...mcm tak kerap sgt..ada hari tak rasa langsung...but nowadays mcm ada jadula...10-11am, 5.30-6pm, mlm masa abah dia blk...around 8.30pm and paling aktif is at around 2-3am...tgh mlm2 buta tu...haaa..mommy dia duk umah je ....tu yang jd kuwashi gile pasal jadual dia hahahaha.....tp tak zutto la..but usual that's the time he kicks and moves the most... abah's new hobby? cr kedudukan baby and main kick game ngan baby....but since your still new at the game 反応lambat sikit al kan...tak pe tak pe nanti praktis lg ek....

as for me....hari tu ada lah dlm 2 days tak lalu mkn...n nowadays kalau mkn je sakit kat tulang rusuk kanan...cm ada lebam yang kita gi tekan2...my mom says it's probably indigestion...tp tatau la...tny dok td dia tak komen ape2 la tp......well that's about it for this check-up...next check-up wil be the last before i head back to malaysia....bye bye Japan....

2nd mommy class....

it was raining when i headed to the clinic...and i was drowsy sbb lately mlm tak bley tdo ( a bit early for that actually..org kata 3rd trimester baru susah tdo)...anyway kali 9 org tak paricipate..nurse kata sebab hujan kot and again...the saying that japanese people are always punctual isn't always right...tp masing2 ada jijyou masing2 kan...kena urus hubby and other kids baru leh kluar rumah deshou...so class start lambat and hbs 30 min lambat...

the mommy class this time was a disappointment to me...no new info...they had the doctors come in to give talks tapi it was more like 'leteran' instead of 'you need to know this' facts...in one of the slots the pediatrician came and before the class he had them do a survey of mothers who had people who smoke living with them... turns out about 30% of the mothers did... doc tu cakap dulu2 usually it was 50-60% tapi sekrg dah turun but nowadays it's usually 30%....and then he gave us a lecture of how we were all 'baka' (stupid) mothers who don't have the right to be parents because we let our partners etc. smoke... and that we should them choose to give up smoking or make them move out.... don't get me wrong... i'm not rooting for the smokers..but i kinda know what it's like to get someone to stop but you can't and frankly you can't live if that person isn't around..ok..i'm babling and i'm gonna stop now... bukan nya ape..i found his 'iikata' (the way he said it) a bit offensive... his talk was about 20 minutes and he kept calling us baka...when i looked around all the other mothers had their heads held down cm budak darjah satu kena marah ngan cikgu....seriously?

okay so apart from the smoking issue pediatrician tu cakap pasal allergies...dia suruh kurangkan makan telur dan minum susu...bukan stop ye kawan2...kurangkan....because these foods tend to cause allergies.... and then dia cakap pasal breastmilk..saying which we all know is the best choice for baby..but he stressed on the fact that we shouldn't be too set on being exclusive...because this might become a problem if the mother cannot provide enough for the baby... it can harm the mother emotionally and the baby nutritionally if the mother refuses to let the baby get formula even though her milk isn't enough... and then he talked about weaning...and he actually told us that his eldest son was breastfed for 6 years.... saying that we should let the child tell us when he wants to stop....6 years people...wow... and then he said every mother should have a good book on 'kosodate' (bringing up children) ...afterwards saying that we should get a good 'japanese' kosodate book..and not the ones from overseas...mula2 ingat dia biased...rupanya sebab dia kata buku overseas ni selalunya bila di'translate'kan...maksud dia jd gucha2...so i agree with him on that....

and then datanglag the OBGYN tu...who happens to be the pediatricians wife...haha small world kan...she was telling us that touching our bellies and talking to the baby is important...and that giving birth is all about the right breathing techniques....and that's all about i got from her....

and then the bidan lak start cakap....her talk was mostly about prep for the hospitalization... brg ape kena bawak ( but that all depends on the hosp kan) koishi sediakan baju for mommy and baby including underwear tau... so all we need to bring is the baju utk baby masa nk discharge and baju spare for mommy if she needs it.... but you probably won't because they do your laundry for you daily( all part of the package)...waaaaa....tapi saya tak merasalah haha.......

lepas tu dietician punya turn lak....dapat sample susu cm 'anmum' versi jepun perisa cafe latte...tp tak berani minum.... it turns out i've been eating way to many fruits...ingatkan okay ...turns out it's not okay because fruits have a lot of sugar.... imagine one orange a day....not per serving tau...heck i've been eating like 3 oranges skali hadap..... and then lapar je cr fruits...rupanya too much...hiiii...

and that was about it...... next class pasal breathing techniques..punyalah nak bwk hubby skali org tu tak bagi sebab he won't be around during the birthing process....hmmmm

The 5th prenatal check-up

today pegi check up lagi...baby's current gestational age 19 weeks and 6 days...

as usal the day started of the routine blood pressure check-up and urine test
bp: 132/78 (妥当=normal)
protein in urine: ±(the amount has decreased since last month but it's still there)
sugar in urine: -
weight: + 700 g (naik sikit but still lighter than what i weighed at 11 weeks)
edema: -
height of uterus: 19cm
circumference of abdomen: 94cm

instructions for this month....same like last month　減塩水... kurangkan garam bnykkan minum air...
baby is healthy..this time dah tak measure CRL dah..diorang measure BPD (biparietal diameter), FL(femur length), ngan AC(abdominal cicumference)je...n dari situ diorg calculate baby punya EFW (estimated fetal weight)

so baby's measurements as of today are
BPD:48.1mm (GA:20w 4d)
FL:31.7mm (GA:20w 1d)
AC:159.5mm (GA:21w 3d)
EFW:361g (GA:20w 5d)

the doctor said that the baby is bit big....but kak ainun said baby msia ni mmg org jepun slalu kategorikan sbg besar pun compared tu baby jepun...so no worries..as long as he or she is healthy...pastu nak amik 3D tak ley sbb baby gerak bnyk sgt nanti gambar tak lawa kata doktor...saa naa....tp sempat lah tgk pandangan sisi muka baby td...rasanya hidung abah dia...sbb tak penyet like mommy dia punya hihi....doc tanya 'dh rasa blom baby tendang'....haa yang ni tatu lah nak ckp...because i don't know if what i feel tu baby tgh gerak ke ape...saa...kita tunggu dan lihat je lah...

as for me....no more morning sickness....the headaches have also gone away...symptom terbaru.... tak boleh tdo terlentang...sakit belakang..mesti tdo mengiring and i get up 2 to 3 times to switch positions..i mean get up...sedar bangun n pusing ok...bukan just tukar posisi....but other than that i guess it'S true what they say the second trimester is so much better than the first...hiiiiii

mood swings....

hmmmm....kalau nak ikutkan..mood swings haven't affected me much...tapi jadi overly sensitive tu yes....compared to before i got pregnant mcm 10X lg sensitive kot...hehe..sian hubby...silap ckp sikit je meraung la saya....

the other day...dok mengemas baju2...deciding which ones to give away n which one to keep n which one to throw...so mestilah try satu2 kan...n i asked hubby...'rasa2 nye blh pakai lagi tak baju ni?'...n hubby deary terjawab in a way that made me feel FAT....i mean really FAT...bila pkir2 blk ape yang dia ckp tu tak imply pun that i'm fat...i was just over sensitive...and me being a a stage where i don't really look pregnant.. i just look like i have a big spare tire around my belly...so super duper rasa like i'm FAT la kan....ape lagi meraung la lepas tu...

took a pic while i was trying out the clothes tp hubby dh bwk camera ke US so tak ley nak upload hua hua hua.....

The 4th prenatal check-up....

hehehe....setelah sebulan menunggu degan sabarnya...bley tgk baby lagi....n this time no more transvaginal check ups or ultrasounds ....sukanye...serioulsy sape yang suka kan

the day started as usual with a urine test n then amik blood pressure and timbang berat....
blood pressure :138/82 (妥当=normal)
weight: - 1.1kg (yeaaaaa.... tak naik berat and i'm closer to my full term target weight)
urine : protein +
         sugar   -
edema: -

all in all doc suruh kurangkan salt dalam makanan and banyakkan minum air because of the protein in my urine...sgt cuak okay...sbb before this seme - je...
 and then we did the ultrasound ...tp sbb ni ultrasound dr atas perut pic dia tak clear like the transvaginal ones

 baby at 15 weeks and 3 days ,CRL: 98.1mm (CRL: crown rump length, panjang baby from head to punggungnya). kalau ikut baby growth chart fetuses at 15 weeks should be at 101mm..tapi diorang kata as the baby grows kadar tumbesaran dia akan lari dari growth chart tu.... sebab eikyou genetik seme....haha...baru 3mm punya gosa mommy dia pikir mcm mcm....baby ikut mommy dia kot ...pendek...hihi

 ni plak scan area kepala baby... baby's BPD is currently 32.3mm (BPD:biparietal diameter, diameter between the 2 sides of the baby's head)..haa yang ni right on schedule 32mm....hihiiii

after that we discussed my blood test results...ijyou nashi...alhamdulillah... and my blood type B+...no surprise there lah kan...

n last skali they gave me this

what???? igt modern sgt Koishi ni...you gave me a video tape...why not DVD mcm kat Jun...manalah i nak cr video player nak tunujk ultrasound anak dia kat hubby.... dah lah salah eja nama SHAZWANI? SY lah people...MISS plak tu...aiyoyo....hiiiii

kitorg punya lah dok pesan kat baby .... 見せてね.... posisi baby dah alright dah..tp maybe lemak mommy dia tebal sgt ke....scanner tu dah furui ke...tak nampak pun...apekan daya
..tapi mommy gi gak shopping ngan your abah... and even though your father thinks your a boy..hence barang2 yang dah beli sblm ni seme ke arah boy....mommy beli jugak baju girl...and your father mengalah je...saying that if you are a boy baju tu leh simpan for your adik...haha..don't know why he's so sure our baby is a boy though....saa na....another reason i think hubby gave in is sebab skrg ni tgh nak tukar musim so baju natsu sale...itu yang dia tak kisah kot kita angkut 9 helai hahaha....

the next check-up seems so far away..... so far dah stop vomitting since first raya...yea....skang kalau vomit pun sbb angin... yes angin is still a big problem semlm sampai tak bley tdo..... and i've had migraines everyday when i wake up since week 13..so i got some medicaton from the doc ...tp stakat ni tak pakai lagi..but it's a comfort to have them around if i do need them.... my breast have swollen bnyk gile n are tender to the touch...i can only fit 2 of my pre-prego bras so semlm beli baru..hehe yeayea... for those of you out there be prepared..swollen breast are no fun..haha

so targets for this month...watch my weight...drink lots of water...kurangkan garam...rajin2 buat 胎教.....and start exercising more!!...uish banyaknya target...hiiii

Mommy's first prenatal class.... 胎教教育 (How to educate your unborn child)

胎教教育　(たいきょ うきょういく） i didn't really know what it meant when i signed up for the class...but since the nurse said that for mothers pregnant 4 months and onwards the classes available was this one and the 母親教室 (mother's class), i decided to sign up for both..

with raya falling on friday and my mind stuck on baby's fourth check-up...I totally forgot about the class until the tuesday when i opened my little blue binder and realized that the class was on wednesday...arghhh...memang tak de kokoro jyunbi langsung la...

arrived at maternity clinic early and even though i wasn't the first there i was the first to sign up...sbb ibu2 lain dok bura2 kat cafe haha..so i got to pick a nice seat..paid 500 yen for the photostated syiryou and went off to find the toilet hahaha...masa tu excited...ye la dah lama tak masuk kelas lah katakan...seronok plak...

anyway the class started a bit later than scheduled because a few mothers arrived late and pf course the class started with a jikosyoukai (introduce yourself) session...we had to tell them our name, our due date, how far along we were, how many children we have and our kansou....so sorg2 berdiri lah mak2 buyung ni...i thought everyone who came would be around 4 months prego jugak..oh silap besar...there were some who only had a few weeks to go and as pregnant women will do...we eyed everyone's bellies when they stood up..masa tu lah kinchou sorang punya nama pun saya tak igt...but there were 3 women who's due dates happened to be the 1st of January... n then class started..

first came the benefits of 胎教教育
- the babies are easier to raise, has a high level of curiosity, and learn to speak earlier
- strengthens the bonds between child and parent
- stimulates the unborn babies brain

second was preparing yourself to start 胎教
- you have to sit in a comfortable position and relax yourself..play some soothing music if it suits
  you
- close your eyes and breathe in and out  and calm yourself
and so on and so forth you get the picture...

another thing you need to remember when talking to the baby is to use a loud voice and to speak clearly and slowly and to put your heart and soul into every word....nurse cakap cuba imagine kita dok dalam air dlm swimming pool ke ape kan , n ada orang trying to talk to you dari luar...susah kan nak paham...imagine baby dok dlm amniotic fluid tu surrounded by layers of tissue lagi lemak kat perut mak dia lagi....that's why it's important to speak using a loud voice...pastu dia kata suara laki lagi senag baby nak paham....

after that ada aktiviti 'visualize baby'..diorang pas plastesin sorang satu kat kitorang and then suh buat bentuk baby kita yang kita dok terbayng tu...which i thought was a stupid aktiviti...tapi tak cakap la kan...masa ni lah baru open up sikit kat org2 semeja yang lain...borak2 pasal baby masing2 ...laki ke pompuan...ada alahan tak....

next diorang pas around this pin tubes mcm pic kat blog kak nadia ni (kalau tak silap gambar yang nombor 3 tu)...haa benda ni satu kita letak kat perut satu kita pegang kat mulut...kind of focuses our voices to the baby's ears lah kot.... so after that aktiviti baca pantun kat baby...ada pantun pasal grape and lagi satu pasal aisatsu...anyway..kata nurse tu...baby yang dlm perut ni dia belajar guna deria2 mak dia .. so atas setiap pantun tu ada gambar..and lepas baca pantun tu kitorg kena warnakan gambar tu sambil cakap kat baby...' mama warnakan grape ni warna purple ye' ,'baju baby mama warnakan warna pink ye'..at first we all felt silly...tapi ikut je la kan...kononya buat mcm tu sampai lah mesejnya kat baby...Allahualam....

next aktiviti ni menarik sikit...dia panggil 'kick game'...unfortunately aktiviti  ni nak kena tunggu dah boleh rasa baby baru saya leh start try..hihi...dia ada 3 steps
step 1
bila kita rasa baby gerak, kita tepuk (jangan kuat sgt ye) tempat yang dia gerak tu sambil cakap 'kick'...step 1 ni nak ajar baby yang bila dia bergerak mak dia akan bg respon

step 2
bila kita rasa kita dah cukup dah buat step 1 bolehlah move on to step 2.
start with doing step 1 pastu next kita tepuk tempat lain plak sambil sebut 'kick'..kalau baby tu dah faham dia akn respon dgn menendang tempat yang kita tepuk tu...lepas tu kita tepuk temput lain plak...konsep dia mcm main kejar2 lah kot

step 3
kalau baby dah faham konsep step 2 kita start step 3 plak...mengajar baby konsep nombor...
tunggu baby bergerak....bila dia gerak kita cakap 'satu' n then tepuk sekali bila dia bagi respon next kita cakap 'dua' n then tepuk dua kali... kalau baby respon tendang dua kali...next kita ajar dia 'tiga' n tepuk tiga kali..kalau dia kick tiga kali you can move on to the next number....nurse cakap dia pernah jumpa one mother yang baby dia leh respon sampai 10...(tsugoi ne ) the only mom yang hadir hari tu yang pernah buat aktiviti ni kata baby first dia respon sampai 2...maa setia baby itu lain deshou....

aktiviti ni kalau start masa baby berumur 6 months most probably it will take the baby 4 weeks to understand the concept, kalau baby 7-8 months mungkin 2-3 weeks baru dia bagi respon.... mama no otanoshimi da yo baby...cepatlah mama leh rasa nye you nye kick kick hihi

last sekali dia ajar macam mana nak ajar baby hiragana....haa ni payah lah for me...your suppose to trace the letter while explaining to the baby how to write it....hmm bab nak explain tu yang susah tu....anyway dia kata kalau ajar hiragana start dgn あthe next day ajar balik あ lepas tu い. n then esok tu plak ajar balik あ　dan いlepas tu baru ajar う....kira everyday kita kena fukushu balik la kat dia ape kita dah ajar....hari tu baru borak ngan hubby nak ajar jawi nak cite cam ne ek kat baby...kalau alif tu okay lagi lah kan kalau ba..'hmm lukis cawan pas tu letak satu titik kat bawah'...'haa...ni lah ba'....ohhh my mommy dia ni..serius tak reti nak explain...hihi

anyway ...all in all it was an interesting class...even though at some parts i felt a bit like a kindergartener...main ngan plastesin and warna warna lukisan....it was also kinda fun....

oh ya buku biru kat atas tu text book dia..tp kena beli..dlm tu ada macam pantun jepun..one for each day...right now we're up to day five..and seriously mommy dia ni dah tak faham dah maksud poem jepun ni.....waaa...malu i...hiii

plus-size & pregnant.....

i'm plus-size (hah...no surprise there) and pregnant!!!!

so how do you know if you're plus-sized? haaaa...sila check kat sini (it's in pounds and feet though so pandai pandai lah convert).... if your bmi is below 18.5 you're underweight, 18.5 - 24.9 = normal, 25.0 - 29.9 = overweight, and above 30 is obese.... i happen to fall into the third category..... never really cared about bmi before you know....

so when i went for my third check-up and the nurse sat me down and told me that my target weight on my due date should be 2 kgs less than what i weigh now i was a bit speechless...yes very speechless...i thought the number she wrote was wrong.... you see i had read earlier at babycenter that if i was overweight i should gain between 15 and 25 pounds ( 6.8 - 11.3 kg )... which made me twice as panicky about the whole thing....

imagine...i have to lose weight while gaining the baby weight...so katakanlah baby roughly 3kg and the amniotic fluid and placenta weigh 2kg and i have to lose 2 kg..which all comes down to 7 kg if i wanna be at the target weight on my due date....punyalah tension mlm tu...plus s few choice words from a fellow pregnant friend didn't help matters.....terus jadi down...

so i talked to my mom and a few other experienced mothers and all of them agreed that being less stressed about the matter would be wiser than me trying to do things that could harm the baby just because i want to lose weight....so my current goal is to try and maintain my weight and if i do gain i'll try and keep to about 5kg....i owe the baby that much...TRY....

being overweight before pregnancy means a higher risk for gestational diabetes and preeclampsia and a higher chance for getting big babies but it doesn't mean you can't have a normal beautiful baby.... that much i know..and worrying unnecessarily will just do us both no good.... we plan , we try , but the rest it up to Allah.....

buku buku peneman check-up

u see the three books...oklah it's just one book and two binders but tak pe lah...

buku paling penting ada kat tengah tu diorang panggil 母子手帳　(maternal and child health book)

..dalam ni diorang catat pasal
- the mother's personal particulars
- the mother's pregnancy health reference (height, weight, immunization record, history of prior pregnancies, etc.)
- the mother's blood pressure, weight gain or loss, dental report
- parenting class record
- baby's particulars at birth
- baby's development and health record from birth to 6 years of age

all in all senang nak keep up dengan perkembangan masing2 kan

nak dapatkan buku ni first kena dapat surat sah hamil from the doctor and the kena bawak surat tu pergi 市役所　(city hall) atau tempat2 seangkatan dengannya...n then baru dapat this book and along with it you get this booklet of prenatal check-up voucher so you only have to pay or medication or extra tests that aren't included in the voucher.

the white binder on the right is the one Koishi gave me which is my personal pregnancy schedule..it tells how far along i am、when my next check-up is scheduled and special 犬のマークの日 (dog mark days) marked in it...kita bukan pakai pun 'dog mark days' tu..according to the nurse...if you wear a maternity belt on these days it is belived that you will have a safe and easy delivery...tp tu kepercayaan org jepun

and finally the blue binder on the left is my personal pregnancy binder...it's where i keep the baby's ultrasound pics...keep track of my weight daily, jot down my thoughts for the day and so on..

ijyou .... peneman2 setia masa ke klinik setiap bulan...looking forward to friday...leh tgk baby hihi...

choosing the right care provider.....

kalau ikut website

you should schedule an appointment with a doctor as soon as you know you're pregnant...however they might not actually do the check-up until the eight week... so yours truly started asking around...called up my mom to ask when i should schedule an appointment seme and she said go ahead and make one when you feel you're sure...


and then came the debate of where i should go...most of the malaysian moms here in toyohashi go to Jun's Ladies Clinic but i googled around until I found Koishi Maternity and Children Clinic which is a bit farther away. Little did I know that the other mother's have also tried Koishi but changed their caregivers later because their due dates were fully booked....yes people..nak branak kena book in advanced..i really didn't know that haha....


So finally after much debating we decided on Koishi mainly because all the OBGYNs are women and the staff for the maternity clinic were also all women. The only male doctor works in the children's clinic which is in a separate part of the building.. .Manalah nak tau yang diorang punyalah nak jaga that 'no men'  policy tu sampai hubby deary pun tak leh masuk dlm check-up room....huahua...sian dia tak leh tgk video baby...


Anyway I've been to Jun before sebab temankan Kak Su so the atmosphere of the place wasn't new to me.. these are just some of points in differences about the two clinics that i made note of when i was making my decision


first of all... the waiting room...mesti you all pikir apalah penting sangat waiting room ni kan...trust me you want to be comfortable sebab you'll be spending a lot of time here...

Koishi's waiting room...modern was what i had in mind..but after going there a few times i felt the atmosphere was cold and unfriendly...made me feel like i was waiting for a 
dental check-up

Jun's waiting room....warm...feels like a place my aunts would feel at home in....

The check-up room.... nuff said

Koishi's check-up room...this is the special room where they carry out internal examination...that chair rotates and elevates you until your at the doctors eye level..this is also where they conduct the transvaginal ultrasounds...mcm dentist nye office kan...they have 2 rooms like this...the other room where the doctor sees you is a lot like the one at Jun..there's the doc's table, a bed and the regular ultrasound machine...

 Jun's check-up room...couldn't find a pic of the internal exam room and i've never been in there...but the best part about Jun is that they give a video of your ultrasound everytime you get one...kat Koishi you just get a printed out version of the ultrasound...tak besh hmmmmm


The birthing room.....i thought carefully bout this one but in the end we decided that i'll be giving birth in Malaysia insyaAllah... but let's put it up anyway..

Koishi's birthing room is equipped with a light and sound relaxation system and in the most ideal condition you'll be spending time here from labor, delivery up to the time of the kangaroo care...

Jun's birthing room...Kak Su said you only go in there when you're really about to give birth...laboring is done various other rooms adjacent to the birthing room...


All in all that's about all the information i got about the two places...but all in all Jun has a warm cozy atmosphere and Koishi was all about modern...but all in all choosing a caregiver is not something you should take lightly...sit down with your partner and have a good long chat about it... as for me choosing the care provider in Malaysia...my father made that decision for me...haha klakar tak... over ruled by a mile but since he's the one who'll most likely be driving..tak pe lah kan...hiii

introducing our little tyke or princess......

hello peeps !!!!

punye la lama tak berblog.... and even though ramadhan dah hampir half over...i would like to wish to everyone happy fasting ... semoga ramadhan kali ini lebih bermakna dari yang lepas...speaking of 'bermakna'... untuk kami berdua semamngnya 'bermakna'...so tanpa berlengah lagi...i would like to introduce our little tyke or princess.....

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baby's first ultrasound ( gestational age: 6 weeks 3 days, CRL:4.8mm)

 

anyway...before i start 'storytelling' about our precious new gift i would like to warn the readers out there that i plan to be particularly straightforward okay.....because i think that other mothers-to-be should be given straightforward answers to even the silliest questions and because i find that knowing more eases my anxiety about certain things.... some women are reluctant to share their experiences for fear that they might scare the younger generation with the real 'gory details' that accompany bringing a new life into the world....with that in mind...sesape yang rasa dia ngilu ke ape ke bila cakap pasal branak2 please be fully warned...hihi....

ok berbalik pada cerita baby kami....

(nak guna gaya penulisan nadiah masa dia bercerita tentang pengalaman dia....nadiah if you don't like me linking your blog to mine bagi tau ye)

week 1-4:

oh by the way..doctors count the baby's gestational age according to the first day of your last period...tujuannya...lagi senang kalau guna tarikh ni yang most women pun chart down kan ..lebih seikaku compared to kalau nak kira ikut the day the baby was conceived..sbb serius susah nak determine hari tu betul.....

anyway masa ni of course la tatau pape kan...just hoping and all....

week 5:

dah tak leh duk diam...i missed my period but didn't want to get my hopes up...itching to take a pregnancy test tp kalau nak result test accurate you have to wait at lest until you a week late....so finally day 37 came.... buat test sorang2 kat rumah (hubby had no idea...hihihi)... checked the packaging to make sure i didn't need to use the first urine of the day and tooke the test....the first line came up...tp masa to i told myself don't get your hopes up..tu line contoh je tu...tunggu result dia seminit...serius lama gile seminit tu ....haha and then there's the second line....yippeeeeeee.....tapi yang paling kelakar nye it turns out the first line was the 'hantei' line yang second tu yang contoh upanya...what laaaaa.... mlm tu bg tau hubby..(but that's a story i wanna save for ourselves hihi)

took a second pregnancy test on day 42 just to make sure before calling up the maternity clinic to schedule a check-up..but that's another story.....

week 6:

had my first prenatal check-up on day 46...went with hubby tapi malangnya clinic to nye polisi laki tak leh masuk kat dlm tu...huwaaaa.. first2 kena isi borang dia tanya pasal date of the first day of you last period...tanya result pregnancy test..tanya pasal family health history..after that kena interview ngan nurse plak...she asked the same questions, maybe nak double check everything kot...and then we did some more waiting.... baru lah masuk jumap doc and guess what i got the head of the clinic as my doc... masuk masuk dia tanya.. how are you feeling?...uhh tergamam kejap...ingatkan dia nak tanya soalan lagi susah drpd tu ( hehe mcm interview lak)....pastu dia kata ...ok kita buat 内診 (internal examination).... plainly put..activity seluk menyeluk la.... sape yang nak ngilu2 tu stop reading here ye....igtkan nak explain seme tapi just to keep it simple...first the doc used her fingers, then came the speculum ( seriius uncomfortable), and last2 the ultrasound transducer....yes people gambar ultrasound kata atas tu was taken using an intravaginal ultrasound ye bukan yang ultarsound atas perut tu....anyway the baby at that time was already 4.8mm in length from crown to rump (panjang dr kepala ke punggung)dah ada heartbeat dah....laju gile...tapi saya tak lah 'teruja' sgt masa tu...maybe hampa sebab tak leh share the moment with hubby....dah habis tu dia bagi tau estimated due date (E.D.D)...which is the date in the picture.... 2011.3.8.. another 197days to go......yeheee 

will update more ...anyway here's the latest ultrasound of our baby....masa ni rancak je dia bergerak ..tu snap masa dia tgh pandang arah transducer tu...hiiiiii

 baby's third ultrasound ( gestational age:11 weeks 3 days, CRL:48.2mm)

hoping and praying  everything goes well...genki na akachan umitai desu!!!!!

p/s: kitorg dua dua tgh gile lagu mia sara cerita papadom tu...ting ting ting.... tu hubby tgh nyanyi kat dapur tu..hihiiiiiii