2 more days or less...

 

ehmmm... mana satu dulu nie??? ke boleh jatuh same day??? tapi yg pasti birthday cake littleman will be pickup a day early. Kot la tak sempat ;)

why 2 more days or less??? Yesterday mrs mama had her regular checkup with prof zainul, @UKMsc. Sepanjang hari actually dah tak sedap perut. Nak kata contractions, dah luper la pulak camner rasa contractions tu, (dah 6 tahun tak bersalin ;))

So masa buat CTG, (cardiotocography (CTG) is a technical means of recording (-graphy) the fetal heartbeat (cardio-) and the uterine contractions (-toco-) during pregnancy, typically in the third trimester -source from wikipedia) dah boleh nampak ader contractions but tak constant. So prof suruh tunggu dulu let it comes naturally. Kami pun malas nak demand same birthdate dengan littleman. Kalau sama, samalah... tak sama pun, we will still celebrate both birthdays sekali :D

Sekarang mrs mama sedang MC di rumah, kalau tak bersalin within these 2 days, Monday morning masuk ward. This littlebro mmg taking his time nak masuk laluan. At 38 weeks baru nak engaged. Semlm, biler prof ckp dah engaged mmg lega giler... Patut la dok sakit2 pinggang :) Anyways, can't wait to meet u, littlebro!!!

Mrs mama, 19 weeks and 6 days

Nie latest pic of mrs mama as of lagi sehari nak cukup 5 bulan pregnant. Ader sesetgh org masih tak tau mrs mama pregnant kalau tak diberitahu. Maybe due to berlapis2 baju yg dipakai during winter, still not wearing maternity clothes, or because size skrg mcm lebih kurang samer jek mcm maser baru2 sampai US a year ago, hehehe... rasernyer reason yg last one tu paling tepat kot. Tadi maser checkup, timbang berat pun still less than berat b4 dtg US dulu. Tapi dah naik 3lbs from a month ago :)

Anyways, yg penting baby sihat... Result blood test for down syndrome came out -ve. The chances is 1/5000. No more test needed after this. Just continue with the regular checkup.

2nd ultrasound - 18 weeks and 6 days

Tak sangka, senang betul nak fine tune littleman to accept that he's gonna get a baby brother. Dengan muka terkejut he said, "mama miaaa!!!" hehehe... and later dier dah mula planning to share his toys with his littlebro. Comel jekk!!


How about mrs mama? who was hoping for a girl... Terkejut jugak la but of coz with excitement masa sonographer tu bg tau "it's a boy". Memang jelas kelihatan pistol dan kantungnyer... Alhamdulillah... boy or girl, asalkan sihat... (dah ready juga sebenarnyer, kalau tak takkan dah ader nama hahaha!!!)

As per ultrasound, the baby develops well. He is now weighing 9oz. Heart rate pun kuat, 154bpm. Kali nie the baby still menonggeng, but with a canggih ultrasound machine (eventhough it's not 3D), camner tah dier pusing2 boleh nampak semua. Kagum sekejap hehehe...

So, aper nak buat dgn baju2 baby girl yg dah beli?? Anyone who wants to have a preview of the collection, pls let us know before we start sorting for exchange/return. Kat US kan boleh senang2 je exchange/return tanpa byk soal ;) Size ranging newborn-18mths...

This also means, more shopping to do...

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.

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...