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

Harith's 離乳食 planning...

I've been looking forward to this since I was about halfway pregnant with Harith...dok browse all these websites regarding when to start, how to prepare, how to store and how to give your baby his first foods.
Last night while Harith was asleep I went to the Heinz website and they had this real neat 'menu planner' tool, which shows a suggested menu for the age that you choose, well the menu naturally featured their products but it was something I found usefull. But in the end I think I made use of this website on 離乳食/weaning foods. The writer added in her personal experience which to me was a big plus.
 

So basically the Japs and Anmum  have the same idea about when a baby can start solids..

首がしっかりとすわっている (Can hold head up)

支えてあげると座れる (Sits well when aided)

大人の食べている様子を見て食べたそうなそぶり（よだれが出る、口をモグモグと動かすなど）をする (Shows interest in food , Makes chewing motions)

スプーンを口に入れても舌で押し出すことが少なくなる(Can close mouth around a spoon, Can move tongue back and forth, but is losing tendency to push food out with tongue )

Shows significant weight gain (birth weight has doubled)
Seems hungry after 8 to 10 feedings of breast milk or 40 oz. of formula in a day

What to feed
- Breast milk

- Iron-fortified child cereals or finely blended porridge
- Pureed or strained fruits (banana, pears, peaches)
- Pureed or strained vegetables (well-cooked carrots and sweet potato)

How much per day
- 3 to 9 tablespoons cereal, in 2 to 3 feedings
- 1 teaspoon fruit, gradually increased to ¼ to ½ cup in 2 to 3 feedings
- 1 teaspoon vegetables, gradually increased to ¼ to ½ cup in 2 to 3 feedings

Feeding tips

Introduce new foods one at a time, with at least three days in between to make sure your child's not allergic.

I've taken these tips and have come up with my own game plan. I'm planning to start Harith on solids on his 6 month birthday this coming 1st of August. My mother started feeding us when we were 6 months too, in an era when people said 4 months was old enough. But she listened to my uncle who happened to be a doc, saying that feeding solids too early might not affect the baby now but when he gets older. So I'm sticking with that. Not saying that I'm gile strict about it, since Harith has had a few tastes but I don't count them as weaning foods since the ammount was so little. His first was Durian...hahaha yes...accidental pulak tu.. tgh sua2 durian kat mulut dia n dia bob his head..and durian tu tercalit skit...tak kira right...then there was my mom who put a rambutan to my sons mouth which he eagerly sucked on and the rock melon my husband offered him...So far all fruits...Punyalah tak mo bagi...but then dah jd...

What am I going to feed him first...semestinya bubur nasi that I am planning to cook myself. Next one hmmm... rasa cm nk bg pumpkin/carrot...but then I was thinking nk bg dia rasa yg x sedap dulu like sawi... nanti dh rasa yg sedap yg xsedap x mo...hihi

Only introduced a different type of food after 3 days..so we can monitor the baby's reaction...ada diarrehea ke tak? ada rashes tak? dia sakit perut/kembung tak? nangis2 tak after the feeding... kalau stakat dia push your hand away sebab x suka...but there's no allergic reaction... stop and introduce at a later age.

Persediaan to make home made baby food.. おかゆポット, a green plastic strainer from Wan and ics cube trays with detacheble lids for freezing.

Oh semestinya mommy Harith ni lagi excited than him bab2 makanan ni...

 



a little time for myself....

phew... a little time for myself....skrg nk ngadap pasokon bkn main nye susah...kwn2 jgn tertipu ye ngan facebook/skype yg sentiasa o9 tu...that's just my pasokon that likes tu turn ITSELF on... I kid you not...kita tekan shut down dia leh hidup blk sendiri... this prob sejak masa kat nihon lg...it's nothing new...as long as it can still be turned on.... dell merahku ini lah yg akan tetap disisi...

skrg pun hubby dearie tgh tdokan wewefff dlm buai a.k.a endoi as he calls it... weweff..nama glamour harith hahaha...punyalah tak mo panggil nama cm tu konon nk panggil nama skema jek...tak jd....haha..tapi susah tul la...kita bg nama Harith with a 'th' kan but ada jgk people panggil dia haris with an 's'...seb baik haris pun maksud dia pun bagus...kdg tersasul panggil ariff...but that one pun has a good meaning...so all is well

anyway, i requested kt hubby...minggu ni tak mo blk kulim leh tak? i wanna stay home...wanna kemas2 since kontena finally sampai after 3 and a half months...wanna read my buku cte.. want to cook2...want to berkelah ngan colleagues kat bayan bay....haa...yg last tu main sebenarnya....gara2 geram hubby ikut dept dia gi mkn durian sorg2 n then bila dk2 blanking ajk i g...dia ada eval lak...so cannot go...sbb sapa nk handle harith masa I drive to blk pulau....klu dia ngamuk2 sorg2 kt blakang sapa nk soothe dia...so this time bila ada group ajak berkelah..i put down my foot and said I WANT TO GO....

n mlm ni ngadap blog sat...before I sit down with the bills to do my 家計簿 a hobby of mine since kat fukui lg...tp berbulan dah x gerak...x sempat2... so tak bley nk track our expenses... i used to call this hobby 'main2 excel' when skype ngan hubby and he asked me what i was doing.... tp bukan makin terror pun pki excel...kt ctu gaks...still a lot more to learn...

work is as usual...work....ada it's up and downs... but the more i get used to it...the more i realise i need to learn...baru dpt satu ...dr satu tu you nmpk 10 lg yg u kena tau... i wonder..klu 1st job as QA..lps ni klu i kaisha len stuck as QA lg kai? ohhh my....

that's all for now kot...nk pi wat gantt chart....

tup tap tup tap dah 6 weeks...

Ww18 ~ wW24...
tup tap tup tap dh 6 weeks...dh 2 kali dpt gaji (we get paid twice a month)....hmmm and how do i find working life?
well lets just say dpd 6 weeks tu adalah dlm 2~3 hari je yg saya blh terasa 'I like my job'..that's only what 2.38 % of the time.... but as my mom says...that's what you call ' working life'...At least ada jugak kan days when i like it...tak de 100% hate my job...

It's just that now weekends seem so far away...and when they come they seem to be over in a flash...
So far baru blk Kajang...what about Kulim...almost every  week... we've only spent the weekend at home twice kot sejak pindah Penang ni...so you do the math...

About work...well I'm attached to the QA department in charge of incoming quality control... I've got one colleague who keeps telling me ' Your job is the easiest in the QA dept'....and at first I just brushed it aside...but he keeps repeating the same thing saying his job is really demanding what with dealing with customers and so on. I'd just like to say here that..yes I know your job is demanding and maybe a bit tricky...but who's to say mine isn't... semua og punya keje ada part senang ada part susah kan....

I remember the first few weeks we started work... the kohais who happened to start work the same time we did were all grumbling as was I... I would sometimes come home thinking 'jd PT (technician) kan best...kerja 4 hari cuti 3 hari...kerja 3 hari cuti 4 hari...but then can i live with their wages? and yes kerja PT ni bukannya senang sgt...lenguh kaki wey.... yg duk kt blanking lak mau sakit tgn duk but keja unstick2 tu... No..no...no..evry job ada pros and cons dia...So  what I have to do now is just get used to the idea that there's no easy job... jd suri rumah pun susah people.... been there done that... dh lh masa tu tak de anak lg... bila dah ada baby lg mencabar jdnya..

I find the most challenging aspects of my job being the management of my subordinates, making on the spot decisions and writting emails... writing emails...alah kacang je...ye tak... ye kot... but from my standpoint... the 'over think' side of me comes into play...and a simple email becomes something so burdeoning... am I using the right tone of voice so as to not kecikkan hati the customer? am i devulging any company trade secrets?... the list goes on...

But enough about work.. what about my family life?
Well Harith just turned 4 months... finally learned to meniarap when he was 3months 19 days old..after much grunting, failing and tears... we finally got to witness it the 3rd time..( the first n second time my MIL yg jd saksi..kitorg tgh keje...oh sedey..tp apakan daya)

Harith ni mahal sgt senyumanya...a very serious baby.he spends most of his time observing with dahi berkerut and bibir terjueh....hahahah...

And he's finally found his hands..but he can't grab anything yet...and dh pandai isap jari if he doesn't get his milk fast enough...

Oh ya...remember the the things isaid i wanted to avoid...let's just say i've kinda failed everything...
- nk avoid formula milk... Harith kluar2 dh kena sumbat formula...start umur dia 1 n 1/2 months dh campur breastmilk and formula milk...
- nk avoid pakai puting....huh this one pun fail after much coercian from my mommy...tp Harith bukan baby  yg nk sgt kt puting..he only takes it masa nak tdo...tu pun not all the time
- nk kurangkan pki diapers...nk pakai  cloth diapers..Harith br ada satu..that one because of the tight purse strings...insyaAllah nanti mama belikan lg ye..
- the only one that's left is tak pki buai or endoi..this one pun dah goyang dah.... my mom dh lama cucuk2...but last weekend i put Harith in the endoi at my MIL's house...oh my ...senang nya nk bg dia tdo..
I know2... I shouldn't use it as a shortcut...but susah sgt nk bg dia tdo...evry night is a struggle..and I end exhausted even b4 I leave for work... so yes I forfeit... weekend ni nk pi pinjam my SIL's endoi...let's see how it goes... I really need the sleep...

Harith ` 3mths ++ with Abah...

baby blues....

tak tahulah kenapa.... masa the first few weeks after Harith's birth start rasa this empty feeling... rindu rasa ada benda dlm perut... rindu rasa dia kick2... rindu rasa dia get stuck under my right ribcage... and now as more and more of my family members batchmates baik yang ppktj and mrsmkt, and friends from all over start tayang gambar baby bump or pics of their newborn ... perasaan yang dah lama tertimbus tu dtg balik...

tu all my family members, seniors, and friends yang nak bersalin tu... savour this short beautiful period... as for me... tak sabar nak get no 2... tp must wait jgk kot...kasi stabil family econ dulu...hihi... bg chance kat Harith manja puas2 hihi..

44 hari berpantang.....

hmmm... kejap je dah 44 hari berlalu sejak kelahiran 'awang chik' sorang tu.... nak dikatakan berpantang tak de lah sgt kot... my mum jaga the way her mother did for her...and after talking to my cousins it seems that dlm my mum's adik beradik yg jaga betul pantang sorang je kot... my Aunty Kamar... itu pun because dia pantang ikut her mother in law...

so how did i 'berpantang' ? basically i just stayed away from sayur2 yang 'berangin' or 'sejuk'... like timun, petola, kangkung...ada org cakap sayur berjalar seme  tak boleh... yang pasal ayam, daging seme tu... saya bantai je seme... Mak Cik Tun, my tukang urut cakap, org tak bg makan ayam tu sbb setgh org gatal...tp kalau awak tak gatak mkn je la'...and so i did.... ikan haruan? sekali pun tak makan...hahaha...maklumlah saya sgt memilih bab ikan2 ni...so in an effort to get me to eat fish...my mum proceeded to cook ikan tenggiri, ikan aji-aji, ikan bawal....nak senang ikan2 yg isinya putih la ye....白身魚....

my mum has this　theory that if you pamper yourself too much...it will take that much longer to get well... it's all up to that person... cuak jugak lah...coz i didn't really ask her dia amik cuti brapa lama... turns out my mum just took 1 day leave because harith was born a day before the chinese new year holidays would start.... so since my mum had already hinted on it.... the day i got back from hospital i stupidly tackled the baby's laundry on my home... that was only a day after harith's birth....haa..amik ko...sakit pingang after that...so my mum took over the baby's laundry and all forms of cooking...

i did everything that had to do with harith...change his diapers even gave him his baths since day 2... that first bath at home was quite a laugh...haha... i got half of the bedroom wet when i accidentally let go of the shower head when i was filling harith's tub... dah lah my mum wasn't home...klakar2...hihi.... changing diapers was a no brainer..thanks to ample practice with alauddin dulu...hihi

what about jamu? well yang ni tak try lagi...sebab harith kena jaundice... your not allowed to eat jamu, or large ammounts of spices (termasuk lada hitam - which most people tgh pantang eat a lot of) if you breastfeed...beacause it might affect the baby... masa kena  harith admit kat hosp sebab jaundice tu ada one lady nye baby kena masuk wad ...jaundice disebabkan olh jamu...the lady was shocked since her three elder children had no jaundice even though she took the same jamu... but then evry baby is different right... and so because of that... my jamu is still in the box...

barut...haa...yang ni pakai... Mak Cik Tun even asked me to buy this cream called Krim Mustajab..which is actually a ginger based cream to be applied before the putting on the barut...

banyak kena tegur masa friends and family datang jenguk harith.... even the nurses from the nearby klinik kesihatan who came for a 'lawatan di rumah' pun tegur...mana maknya? i answered...saya...''eh tak mcm org pantang pun dah jln sana sini.'....my cousins pulak ckp...'jgn dok jln sgt...nanti herot'....hahah...dunno lah...

i'm not against the traditional way of 'berpantang'...it's just i think you have to adapt to your own situation... my mom went back to work the next Monday..and harith and i had our 2 day stay in an-nur because of his jaundice... so after day 10 i was on my own...the only thing i didn't do was cook my own meals....mummy did that every morning before she left for work..and bacause i was on my own, i couldn't do some of the more tedious things like mandi daun or pakai pilis....nak mandi pun always rushing...especially if you start hearing the litlle one's cries.... hoping sgt2 that the next time i pantang i get a little more time to myself... things would be easier if hubby was around i guess...at least tak de lah mandi pun nak bekejar kan...

Harith on day 44



so little time so much to do....

i have so many drafts waiting in the ' edit posts' section... usually baru start tulis skit then i have to drop everything and attend to the little one... pas tu nak start balik dah tak de mood...hmmm

nowadays...nak curi time untuk berblog ni cm susah skit...skrg pun my mum is handling him..so i got some free time... usually klu free time pun cepat try to take a nap...because for me setakat ni the most challenging thing other than breastfeeding about motherhood...is getting enough sleep... ye lah dulu masa jaga alaudin jaga siang je kan..mlm i get enough sleep...hihi...mungkin still tak biasa lagi...no schedule tatp yet....

tommorrow ada reunion MRSMKT batch 01/02...really looking forward to it...mula2 igt x ley gi sbb dekat ngan due date kan..but since budak kecik itu mau kluar awal i get to go...even though tak hbs pantang lagi hahaha.... dah dpt green light from my mom and ari...tp baby tak leh ikut :( .... too small kata mami...

Finally back in the game.....

It's been more than a month since my last post.... Idea belambak...cuma tak tertulis... what with the masalah internet.... and the nesting.... and the baby drama...

So what's happened?
I delivered our baby... 5 weeks too early... but a perfectly precious little one...

Presenting our little tyke who couldn't wait to see the world...

Harith Azhari Bin Zul Azri

1 Februari 2011 2:21am

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 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...

i think i over did it.....

mentang2 lah second trimester ni has been going really well....lansung tak sedar tahap kemampuan diri sendiri.....

last wednesday pergi jd drebar untuk budak lab baru hubby yang baru sampai ngan family dia dr india  yang nak beli brg2 masuk umah.... hubby budget it will take only 2 hours...ooo machigai....haha last2 it took 9 hours...biasalah kan banyak nak beli...dan ni shopping utk family...nak beli futon set je dah sejam kamo... i was expecting that..so tak terkejut pun...and yang peliknya...dah hantar diorg balik ke hotel baru nak rasa penat....

today pulak ada tetamu nak datang tumpang tdo...so dr last week dok mengemas umah....sbb skang tgh dlm proses packing keadaan umah ni lagi hidoi dr biasa...n me being someone yang not very good at housekeeping...well ...let's just say it took me awhile to get it cleared....

anyway ...back to the 'knowing your limits' subject...pregnant women PLEASE refrain fromgetting down on your arms and knees to clean the floor...coz that's what i did..and seriuos sakit gile belakang semlm...when i straightened my back rasa mcm tulang ter'snap'...awwwww.... n then pergi pandai2 isi beras dlm bekas beras because hubby dearie terlupa nak buat sebelum gi lab....haa bagus...

kesimpulannya ladies...even though you feel you're strong enough to do these simple2 tasks...there's a reason why doctors and your mother tell you not to...it's all for your own good...nanti jadi like me...sakit badan mcm gi jungke trekking seminggu...hahahaha

Ohhhhh...bila kita semakin tua....

hua hua hua.....forgetful forgetful me....menu dah tetap dah...siap check balik ngan hubby tgh hr td apa nak beli...n then i get to the store...i pilih2 the brg (sambil tick2 checklist dlm otak)...oppps main ingredient tertinggal patah balik,ambik main ingredient, i pay, i pack the stuff, i drive home...siampai umah bukak tudung seme n then...alamak...baking powder lupaaaaaaaaa...... dan dgn bestnye mula lah buka tnet cari substitute baking powder...haaa rupanya if you have baking soda and cream of tartar (or buttermilk) boleh je buat.....tapi apakan daya i ran out of baking soda tooooooo.....tp sgtlah malas nak kluar balik just for the baking powder....so how....kita makan ape yang ada je lah sayang...boleh kan boleh kannnnn kan kan kann...hiiiii...

bila tanggal bertukar menjadi umur suku abad menyusul tiba...

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.....

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

 

insurance oh insurance....

yes ......dah jadi adult ...kena pikir pasal insurance skang......dulu parents kita je pening pasal nie kan....before this pernah ambik tahu sangat...setakat bayar kenkouhokken syiyakusho and insurance masa sewa kete tu...

so now that we are car owners....we have to think about car insurance... the thing is masa beli wheelie dulu tak masuk insurance ...memang nak masuk tapi sampai pindah pun tak buat2....

so today hubby dearest and i set out to get ourselves car insurance.... tanya2 warga toyohashi..we decide to go for matsuba auto...dekat pun dekat tak yah g sampai shibata...

it was a small company...probably family owened...masuk ada mak dia bapak dia seme dlm waiting room tu...took us 2 hours to get everything done...dia nak cerita pasal plan2 yang ada, nak kira2 utk baai kitorang macam mana lagi...

it seems that if i were 26 years old it would be cheaper...and our car being a honda fit also made the insurance more expensive...the reason why? they explained that because the honda fit is a popular car particularly amongst the younger generation...it is more prone to accidents...hence it costing more insurance wise...okay lah...i get that... surpisingly insurance for bigger cars (excluding sports cars) costs less...hahaha

the weird thing is...after all the insurance stuff was settled i felt more unsure of myself...after hearing how much it would cost if this happened or that happened....benda yang dulu heiki je buat sekarang kita jadi berjaga jaga sikit....

day two....

today baru day two sebagai full-time housewife without hubby around and i'm already bored...
yes i know ...banyak kerja yang boleh saya bereskan tapi naka naka gak lah bosan dia....but still okay compared to bosan masa baru2 masuk lab last year...

oh and yes...today is also the second day jaga alaudin a.k.a. adik....so far so good...masing2 still learning to get used to each other... and since adik is just 1and 1/2 months old ...most of his time is spent sleeping....which accounts to me having a lot of free time....and hence me getting bored...

so the last 2 days i've been recipe hunting...going through food blogs.... and today surveying international food shops aroung the nagoya area... selama ni dok order barang from baticrom and azhar je...but they only cater to ingredients for the asian region... so now for ingredients more to the italian, mexican and other ethnic cooking....and i found a website which ships from kobe and the states....tapi pricey lah skit....

baru 2 days but so far so good...learning adik's schedule has alowed to cook mcm2...last night laksa penang and blueberry panna cotta.... today baked chicken, spinach and white sauce spaghetti and for dessert condensed milk pound cake...

esok nye menu ape plak ek...

back in fukui

i'm back in fukui ...tackling the kitchen...area paling susah nak pack...ari is here for the weekend...coz i needed someone to make me pack....hahahaha...klakar tak...well in my case..when there is someone around things get done faster...so there are boxes all over the place and while he's taking a little nap i decided to do a bit of blogging...

today is the starting of a 3 week marathon of driving, packing, legal stuff, and sigthseeing...and just now i happened to read my seniors blog and she wrote about the AP(approved permit) and the trouble that she has been through to bring her come home...it seems that people who have the 'dependent' status on their visa can't bring home a  car...unless you're the spouse of a government servant who is currently working in the country where you are residing...

we were originally thinking of bringing back a car next year, but by then my status would be that of a dependant...and since there are only a few weeks left to get everything done..it seems almost impossible to bring a car back now...with my family coming and what not...

anyway....the family visit is also causing me headaches...they just told me  they don't want to go to usj..whaaattt...so now i have think of stuff to do in osaka...where to go ye people? any ideas...kaiyukan is also out of the picture...namba? please sape ada idea what to do kat osaka please tell me..

6 and 3...

yes...we have passed the 6 month mark...time flies when you're happy huh..i can vouch for that

it's when it's tough that it seems to crawl....like before my presentation..2 days felt like 2 weeks...like tomorrow will probably slow too....can't wait to be by his side again...i know that sounds cheesy...but hey we've been living apart...

on a different note...to all my friends out there who are facing the final hours preparing for your presentations...writing their thesis and what not...gambatte ne...

i climbed the mountain....now comes the descent...

yes...we all know going uphill is the tough part....but down also has it's 'perks'...

now i am at the phase where we have to clean up after ourselves....kemas data ....整理 JABEEnye
単位...and the task which i am really not looking forward to...kemas bilik....hahaha

those who know me know i'm not the neatest person...and in the past few weeks i've taken the term 'macam kandang dotdotdot' to a whole new level...so severe i didn't want hubby and help pack my stuff this weekend for fear that he would faint right there on the spot...

today was spent howling used cardboard boxes from my lab...and later of to mitsuwa for mei-chan's supplies...tonight after dinner...i will force myself to get down to business...

tomorrow...i plan to spend the day at lab...kemas bg lawa fail2 data...bg senang org lepas2 ni nak check..delete personal bookmarks in the com...mainly facebook and blogger...hahaha...and yes sokutei seribu kali those little magnesium pieces(not looking forward to that)...

last weekend was spent at hubby's place...renshu timing...susah tau...if he says he's coming back at 12.30...everything has to be ready and warm by then...challenge lah jugak for me who's only been cooking for myself for the last 5 years...

we spent saturday at jusco hamamatsu...jalan2 all the way to shizuoka just to shop...huhu...the only thing i bought for myself was 2 shirts that was on sale...the rest prezzies kay....had fun pilih baby stuff...ramai friends giving birth in the few months to come....masa kat gap...pening sgt coz all the stuff was so cute..last2 i made hubby pilih....green ..he picked green...oklah cute sgt that thing...so tak pelah

the only thing is i still haven't satisfied my craving to shop....gaman syaz gamannnnnnn....