Pitam!!!

The one supposed to be yesterday's entry:

Dec 23rd, 2008

We were just came back from checkup in St. Raphael. Mrs mama also got all the result from previous tests; pap smears and blood test. Pap smears -ve, HIV -ve, rubella immuned, hepatitis B immuned, not anemic, kira semua ok la... normal! Tekanan darah pun normal, baby's heart beat normal. And most important, baby develops well...

So, aper citer pitam nie??? Tadi, mrs mama bleh pitam la pulak kat depan kaunter sementara tgh tunggu the nurse arrange for next appointment. Tengah berdiri tu tiba2 raser lain mcm. Rasa nak sakit perut pun ada. Then macam nak pening pun ada. Pastu tiba2 blank!!! Tau2 dgr org kecoh2 ambil kerusi, dudukkan, panggil Dr. Bhuvanesh... bla bla bla... Dah sedar sket, diaorg bg bagi minum air, and makan pisang... Lepas tu baru raser much better :D (seumur hidup mrs mama, nie 2nd time pitam, 1st time maser 1st day masuk form6, 1995)

So aper yg tak kena? Mrs mama had breakfast as usual, roti cicah milo (bestnyer kalau dpt nasi lemak bungkus dgn sambal sotong...). That was between 10-11am. We were at the hospital around 120-2pm. Maybe psl tak cukup tido kot. Since duduk US nie mmg ader masalah nak tido. Lambat benor baru bleh tido. Or maybe gak psl tak cukup makan. Mrs mama lost 5lbs since last checkup (Nov 24th). Nurse tu siap tanya, "have u been sicked?" Tak pernah la pulak sakit. Tapi mmg takde selera makan. 4-5 days baru nak makan nasi sekali. Hari2 lain makan roti, plus vitamin yg dr. bagi. Vitamin mmg tak miss kecuali 2 days ago sbb abis stock. Satu lagi detected from urine test, kurang minum air.

Malas nak masak tu satu hal la (syndrom sejak pregnant nie)... tapi biler masak, even yg simple2 takde selera plak nak makan later sbb tak lalu dgn bau2an masa memasak tu. Tengah winter nie bukannyer boleh memasak bukak tingkap. Abis satu rumah bau. Lama lak tu baru nak hilang...

Therefore, mrs mama kena force to eat. The dr said, since mrs mama not eating enough food, fat in the body becomes ketone and ketone is not good for baby development. Byk2 maser nak turunkan berat badan, maser tgh pregnantkan 2nd one nie la pulak bleh turun. Cuma tak healthy je la...

Ingat nak amik gambor tadi kat st. raphael. Since snow nie mrs mama mana pernah keluar rumah :D tapi terlupa la pulak! biler teringat teksi dah sampai. Hari nie trip pergi balik naik teksi coz atuk landlord ader christmas party, takleh nak pinjam keter. Teksi costs $25 pergi balik. Perjalanan tak sampai pun 15 mins.

Snowy December

Last weekend we were hit by a massive snow storm. Start dari hari Jumaat sampai la hari Ahad. Ada break kejap around Saturday at noon. Last Friday siap sekolah tutup sebab the bad weather. The weekend before this dah ada sekali snow fall, tapi tak la byk sangat. Probably around 5 inci je. But this time, dekat satu kaki gak la. However, it was not as bad as last year.


During raya haji pun its snowing and chilly. Takde entry masa raya haji aritu sebab we had nothing happening on raya haji. Pagi2 pegi sembahyang raya kat Yale, balik dari sembahyang raya terus buat final exam. It was a busy week for mr ayah with the final exams and term papers. Mrs mama pun mmg malas nak prepare anything for raya haji. So end up, our raya haji mcm tak beraya la. Dah la last year beraya haji atas flight.

Sementara ada snow ni, sempat la mr ayah dgn littleman main snow blkg rumah. Tapi takat main snow ball fight je la. Maybe next snow fall boleh try buat snow man lak. Normally around January snow lagi byk.


Nak kata best winter ni, tak best mana pun. Kalau takat rasa winter seminggu dua ok la, tapi kalau nak harung the whole winter season, hmmmm. Dah cukup kot. This will be our last winter. Bila lagi nak rasa winter tak tau la. Maybe masa mr ayah sambung PhD nanti? Who knows... ;)

Genap setahun

Dah setahun rupanyer kami menetap di bumi Amerika ini. Nak kater kejap je maser berlalu, kadang2 terasa lambat la jugak, hehehe...

20th December 2007, bersamaan dgn Hari Raya AidilAdha... 2 keluarga en. Hamzah dan en. Zainal berkumpul di KLIA menghantar pemergian kami sekeluarga ke USA. Why we chosed to fly on the morning of Hari Raya??? The reason was, so that none of our family members have to take leave to send us to the airport ;)

The day before, we were in mrs. mama's sister's house preparing the Raya dishes. Littleman pulak tiba2 tak sihat that day, muntah2 sepanjang hari, sampai dah lembik. Later that night before balik Keramat, we decided to singgah klinik kanak2 dr. ting in puchong sbb risau tgk keadaan littleman.

Littleman kena masuk air 2 botol. Lama jugak kat situ nak tunggu air dlm botol tu habis. We went home around 1230am. Sampai Keramat, sambung last minute packing. Terus bawak turun luggages siap2. Tido around 230am, and bangun balik around 430am to get ready to go to the KLIA. 2 cars, mr ayah drove the terano while mrs mama follow from behind with neo. We took the new highway, Jln Tun Razak-Putrajaya. Time tu baru sgt bukak, toll pun belum kena lagi. First time gak try highway tu, tapi mmg dah tau kat maner last exit sbb dah biaser nampak.

Arrived in KLIA about 645am, serentak dgn mrs mama's families. After checking-in we all gathered at KFC. Littleman dah tak nampak mcm org sakit, alhamdulillah... dpt pulak jumpa cousins dier, mmg terus sihat la. Dalam kepala littleman, dier ingat the cousins pun akan ikut dier naik plane. So when it was time to say gudbye, melalak la dier... Jenuh berdukung pulak lepas tu. Plan nak lepak golden lounge pun tak jadi coz dier ngamok!!! Until dlm flight pun masih tak ok. Nasib baik we were seated quite behind, so takde la kacau org sgt.

The journey was smooth. Eventhough littleman rajin jugak ke depan ke belakang saying hello to every passangers. Having Just for Laugh on inflight entertaiment really helped a lot. Mr ayah awal2 lagi dah dengkur... tak cukup tido mlm tadi.








Transit in Arlanda airport, Stockholm sekali lagi littleman mengamok. Dier mengamok psl tak boleh keluar from that area. Just 1 hr transit, so we cannot go anywhere... Habis jadi perhatian dlm tu. Crew yg nak take over duties pun dah pandang semacam, mcm dah target plak this littleman gonna give them trouble on the flight. He did, but not for long... he fell asleep later and only wokeup when we safely landed in Newark airport. Dgn muka terpinga2 tu... "we did it! i did it, mama!!!" hehehe...

At arrival hall, few m'sians dah tunggu, sambut ketibaan kami. We then straight away went to abg yus's house for dinner. We had nasi ayam. Later went to Zakir's house, where we menumpang stayed until we moved to our own house. Luckily we managed to get into our own house after few days later. Thanks to the International Services Office of UNH sebab rekomen rumah ni. Dpt tuan rumah lak yg sgt baik hati.

Its been a year now, skrg sibuk lak counting days nak balik....

1st ultrasound - 14 weeks 5 days

Last Tuesday, Dec 16th 2008 was our appointment day for ultrasound. Kali nie 1st time tgk ultrasound baby dah besor. Dulu maser pregnantkan littleman awal2 dah buat ultrasound cam tak nampak aper sgt... nampak la sac yg mcm bean tu... Kali nie terus mcm kagum sekejap nampak baby mcm tgh tido menonggeng (to our family, just imagine mcm littleman tido menonggeng tu... exactly like that la the baby's position).


Since the baby menonggeng, facing down... so tak nampak muka. Nampak 2 hands, 2 legs... and heart beat, strong heart beat - 140. Gender tak nampak lagi... tunggu next ultrasound. Tapi mrs mama dah 2 kali mimpi dpt baby boy... hehehe... nie masih dok menaruh harapan nak baby girl. Ada org kater (saper la org tu...) mimpi nie selalu terbalik, so ader chance ke nie??? hahaha!!! Littleman pun dah percaya yg dier akan dpt little baby sister. Kalau scan nanti boy jugak, kena tune balik la kepala littleman ;)

2nd checkup - St. Raphael Hospital

Still backdated entry...


Nov 24th, 2008

Last thursday pi checkup kat St. Raphael hospital with Dr. Urmila Bhuvanesh. She is a very nice lady, pernah dtg M'sia in year 1975 utk amik exam apertah (medic2 nie jugak la).

She did a thorough checkup... atas sampai bawah. Tak sempat pun nak bgtau psl bleeding tu, nurse dah bgtau dulu from the urine test. Actually a day before, bleeding tu dah byk berkurangan (more to brown spotting). Macam2 dr tu tanya. Medical history la terutamanya, psl 1st pregnancy, 1st delivery, 1st baby.

Lastly dier buat pelvic exam. Nie common procedure since ader bleeding. Dr tu kater ader palate (ejaan hentam je nie, medical term sebenar tak sure). Dah tanya aper mende tu, Dr tu just ckp most palate are not cancerous. Tapi to make sure, dier buat pap smear. Nie tgh tunggu result pap smear gak la nie. Kater Dr, palate tu yg menyebabkan bleeding tu. Cuak jugak, tapi Dr tu cam relaks la pulak. So buat2 relaks la jugak. Scan belum buat lagi, kena schedule another appointment for that, which is on the Dec 16th nanti. Sabar je lah!! That time dah nak masuk 15 weeks pregnant.

Satu lagi kena buat HIV test b4 next checkup. Plan nak buat dlm minggu nie jugak, bergantung pd availability keter atuk landlord. Nak pi sendiri mmg di luar laluan bas. Kalau yale-new haven hospital tu mmg senang, naik bas depan rumah, turun depan hospital. Tapi tu la... insurance tak cover la pulak!

Expecting 2nd little one

Lama betul kami sambut thanksgiving... entry tak bertukar2... :)) actually sejak mrs mama disahkan pregnant, mmg tak amik kisah dah psl blog... pics dlm FB pun tak berupdate... mmg sungguh pemalas penangan pregnant kali ini...

Actually mrs mama ada buat entry, tapi tak upload dlm blog... nie baru nak upload. Kira backdated entry la...


Nov 14th, 2008


Pregnancy kali nie lain benar rasernyer. Seperti yg biaser dgr dpd pengalaman org2 yg mengandung... pengalaman mengandung setiap org anak itu berbeza-beza. Itulah yg dilalui sekrg. Pengalaman mengandungkan littleman dulu boleh dikatakan smooth sailing... Tidak mengalami morning sickness yg teruk dan agak kuat juga, bertenaga.

This time around, dlm tempoh 1st trimester ini perbezaan yg dirasai agak ketara. Tengah Oct lepas, sudah dpt merasakan kelainan dlm diri. Badan raser agak cepat letih dan selalu pening. Dalam hati ada juga terdetik, pregnant ke nie??? Tapi waktu tu mmg belum masernyer lagi nak period. So malas la nak menaruh harapan. Few days lepas tu, period pun menjelma tapi mcm ader tak ada. Dan berlanjutan sampai beberapa minggu. At the same time, penat, pening sentiasa ada.

Ada juga luahkan pd beberapa teman rapat. Most of them suggest buat pregnancy test. Tapi since that time kami agak busy dgn persiapan CT Raya Gathering, maka dibiarkan je la dulu. Dalam hati menaruh harapan juga agar benar2 pregnant.

Lepas CT Raya Gathering, badan betul2 flat. Balik rumah, lepas ezuwan+yani+ajmal balik, terus tertido dgn baju kurung tu jugak. Org lain berkumpul kat rumah kak ayu/azhar pun tak pergi. Mr ayah sorang je pergi sambil sempat suruh dia tapau daging dendeng and murtabak. Esoknyer masih flat dan mula tak lalu makan. Dan menjadi semakin malas. Bau daging dendeng pun dah tak lalu. Nasib baik dah jamah dulu mlm sebelumnyer. Rupanyer makan2 maser CT Raya Gathering (Oct 26th) tu kira last day betul2 menikmati makanan. Nasib baik dah makan semua, nasi minyak, lemang, mee rebus, dan lain2... Kira takde la raser teringat2 sgt.

On the Oct 28th, ader appointment dgn orthodontist. Balik tu we decided utk singgah Walgreens utk beli pregnancy test kit. Sempat juga singgah Dunkin DOnuts for their Cream cheese bagel and flat bread egg sandwich. Rasernyer that was my last day minum coffee or nescafe. Coz until today, takde langsung raser nak minum nescafe. Padahal every morning, tu la minuman ruji. Malam pun at least 2 mugs b4 tido.

Kali nie 1st time beli and buat pregnancy test sendiri. Tak perlu pun nak tunggu sampai 3 minutes, test je terus nampak 2 pink lines tu. HCG dah mmg sedia tinggi kot! Confirm pregnant!!! Tapi still tak puashati lagi selagi bukan doktor yg confirmkan. Call yale-new haven hospital, time yg sesuai utk pi buat checkup adalah next mondaynyer. Lepas 1st checkup kat hospital, confirm dah pregnant for 9 weeks (by the time typing this, dah more than 10 weeks)

Spotting/light bleeding still ader. My BFF kater, maybe pregnant coz ader jugak org yg period sket2 tu sebenarnyer pregnant. Ini sebenarnyer bukan period (i learn about this later after reading some materials of pregnancy symptoms from the internet). Darah yg disangkakan period tu actually implantation bleeding. Lepas my 1st checkup kat hospital pun, nurse tu ckp the same thing.

Next checkup with St raphael hospital (kena tukar hospital coz insurance tak cover clinical kat yale-new haven hosp) will be on Nov 20th. SInce sometimes ader jugak bleeding sket2... so byk la memalaskan diri dgn berbaring. Lagipun kalau berdiri lama sket, mula la nak pening2. Kemalasan pun makin ketara, selera makan pulak tak ader. Byk makan roti je la and minum milo.

Mengidam??? Entah la... tapi teringat2 gak rendang kerang mak, gulai tempoyak ikan cencaru, sambal sotong MIL, sambal tumis ikan kembung cik nah. Tomyam putih, telur bungkus, daging merah... and few others. BEstnyer kalau skrg ader kat M'sia. Mr ayah pun kater, kalau kat M'sia ok kot... since now i pun tak masak, dier pun makan ala2 je... kalau kat m'sia, tak masak takpe, bleh beli jek! :D So ader chance ke nie mr ayah nak turunkan lagi berat badan sepanjang kemalasan wife dier nie??? hehehe...