Delay

Posted by Mrs Imran on Jun 25, 2009
Filed Under Pregnancy | 16 comments

Ok secara rasmi saya dah delay 1 or 2 days.

Hmmm…saya kene buat apa yeh sekarang? Gynae kata start induce 2hb7.

Ni yg malas nk induce bagai ni.

Please dun ask bila baby nk keluar…sbb saya pon tatau bila.

I syak my baby ada byk nk kene isi borang utk check out. Amik masa sikit.

Almaklum, dah duduk sedap-sedap kt dalam 40 minggu harus la byk bil tertunggak nk settle kot.

Hehehe. (lawak sengal perempuan mengandung yg nk sedapkan hati)

Adehh…sakit contraction…got to go!

Pregnancy Chronology

Posted by Mrs Imran on Jun 17, 2009
Filed Under Pregnancy | 44 comments

I’m kinda loving the attention given by my friends, newly known friends, blog readers and family.

Every single day, tk sah kalau tk ada org tanya “dh bersalin ker belum nih?” Heeee. Ok bawak bertenang, saya masih lagi belum bersalin dan sekarang ini adalah tengah mencuba mengupdate blog sehingga ke contraction terakhir! (exaggerate jer nih, giler hapa tgh nk meneran sibuk nk update blog plak, mahu gynae tu campak keluar laptop i nnt)

Soon I will mark and end to the longest 40 weeks in my life, the longest 40 weeks for my husband as well I guess. Well, I seldom update about my pregnancy like other mommies, no ultrasound photo, no photo showing my bump week after week, no babymoon, no ticker…and ya da ya da. Nothing yilekk.

Not because I don’t like it. Just that…..

Hmmm…dunno lah..no reason at all. Maybe it just me. I prefer to be simple and low profile.

But since, I’m going to give birth soon; I would like to summarize here the 40 weeks chronology

First Month

• I have no idea that I was pregnant
• However, I did notice that my body figure getting chubbier and I felt heavy.
• No sickness at all

Second Month

• Period delayed for 2 weeks
• Having mild cramp similar to menstrual pain. Kinda frustrated since that was a sign that I’m going to have my period soon, means no baby. Little did I know that, tummy cramp is one of the pregnancy sign as well.
• Pulse. Blood came out from back pass due to body too panas.
• Went to clinic due to light headed and energy less. Did the UPT test and wallaa +ve pregnant.
• A day after I did the UPT test, I started to feel discomfort and not feeling well.
• However I still working until end of the second month of my pregnancy.
• But actually I wasn’t really working, since all the time at the office I’ll just sat and do nothing. I vomited only a couple of times but on the bad side I had severe headache.

Third Month

• My condition getting worst. I hardly can sit, stand and walk. Not because paralysed or retard, but because I can’t due to no energy at all.
• My body temperature sky rocketed and it made me feel sick all the time. Plus our Malaysia weather which sometimes can be too hot is like adding more salt to the wound. I found it more comfortable to be in air conditioned room. Less sickness.
• I was on leave for a month. Stayed with my mom at my hometown. Yeah, the gynae said go back to ur mom.
• I can’t eat town food. I prefer my mom cooking. The best is bubur nasi kosong dengan sambal ikan bilis cili kering. I makan sampai muntah. Not because muntah loya, tapi muntah sbb terlebih makan. Hehe.
• To face another day was really a big challenge for me. I woke up everyday with a burp, a sign that I’m not going to be ok that day. The burp is due to gas which most of the time was the culprit that caused me to vomit.
• I don’t have appetite to eat. At times, I was nearly to pass out.
• Fruits and jelly were really my lifesaver.
• I spent 90% of my time on bed…sleeping.

Forth Month

• I wasn’t that lucky , my sickness continue to haunt me without a sign that it would end
• I was on leave for a month again. Total 2 months already.
• Vomited like no one business. 10 times a day. On the bed? On the floor? Sink? Toilet? Dekat pasu bunga emak? Atas tanah? Kt rumah org?You name it.
• I didn’t see any improvement; basically everything was as same as the previous month.
• Baby start kicking, telling that he’s inside me and doing fine. Ok roger that darling “). Mommy will try to cope with this pregnancy ok.

Fifth & Sixth Month

• Stillllll vomiting badly.
• I’ve started to work again, but it was a dreadful experienced for me. Everyday, I’ll think to quit my daily job and just rest at home.
• Thus, I told my husband I’ll make sure for our second child, I do not need to work anymore but of course I need to find other source of income.
• In the sixth month, my body started to retain water. My feet developed the edema and so do my face and fingers.
• Gynae it was too early for me to developed edema. It always happened at latter part of pregnancy. Yeah, I’m not surprised since I know from beginning that I wasn’t one that fall into average categories (judging from my sickness)
• My weight…oooo my my. It’s kinda weird for someone that has no appetite to eat can put on soooo much weight. I don’t blame the baby. Baby weight is fine. But mine not. Shessshhhhh. Againnn yeah I know I’m not the average.

Seventh Month

• A little bit okayyyyy. But still burping and vomit especially after lunch hour.
• Backpain getting worst day by day.
• Tummy tightening. Kadang-kadang rasa mcm kulit melecet pedih. Walhal ok jer. It just that it’s getting tegang and menyakitkan.
• Baby seemed happy and active inside. So far he didn’t hurt me with his acrobat movement.
• Breast? Oh don’t make me start with my breast. From day one mmg dah sakit dah breast ni. Rasa bengkak jer manjang. Still sakit sampai sekarang. Kalau boleh bukak and pasang balik breast ni, sure dh lama buat dah.

Eighth Month

• Vomit? Yeahh still do. I have come to a point that I will just pasrah and know that I’ll just have to live with it until the baby born. Haihh. Bit bitter but then again kinda used to it.
• At least I’m now way much better since I’ve gained my energy back.
• Tummy getting bigger. Very hard for me to move or switch position especially when sleeping. My walking pace becomes slower due to big tummy and heavy thigh. Hehe.
• My husband and I start to buy some few basic stuff for the baby. Salute my husband since sometimes, he will just go and shop all the baby stuff himself. I hope my son will be just as nice as his daddy. Hopefully. Kalau ikut perangai I…sakit laaa.

Ninth Months

• Urghhhhh vomit mildly, but the main problem now is the pain that I’ve to endure. The swollen feet, the tightening & heavy tummy, the severe back pain, the tender breast and many more.

Hmm..I was thinking to write more especially on USANA thingy. But, hmmm ni dh panjang sgt. Takut u all muntah baca. Hehe.

Tkperlah esok2 yea

Oh btw, thanks to June for joining USANA under me. Anyone else?

Guess who’s on leave today?

Posted by Mrs Imran on Jun 14, 2009
Filed Under Miscellaneous, Pregnancy | 10 comments

Here I am, at home updating my blog blissfully. Ehe. To celebrate current mode which is “not working on Monday” I think I’ll just keep today’s entry short. Rasa nk bermalas-malasan la hari ni.

Well, actually I’m still ok to work but physically I’m not. It’s getting hard day by day towards the end. I hardly can sleep last night, my stomach tightening like no one business and the little one plak I rasa dh dapat black belt takewondo. Ohhhh sgt senakkkkkk.

My EDD is next week, exactly on the day Transfomers will be shown in theaters. I harap-harap sempat tgk la. Ehe.

Eh serious la mcm takder benda nk cerita sangat hari ni. Neway, I’ve installed Ym pingbox on the right sidebar, so feel free to buzz me ok

A moment ago I visited one of my reader’s blog, nama dia Lin yg sgt baik hati emailkan I tips2 utk store EBM. To those yg nk tips tu..I boleh forwardkan the email. But neway, actually I suke joke pasal baby dekat blog dia. So since I tkder benda sgt nk update hari ni…sila la menghiburkan hati dgn membace joke di bawah ini.

BIRTH ORDER OF CHILDREN

1st baby : You begin wearing maternity clothes as soon as your doctor confirms your pregnancy.

2nd baby : You wear your regular clothes for as long as possible.

3rd baby : Your maternity clothes ARE your regular clothes.

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Preparing for the Birth:

1st baby : You practice your breathing religiously.

2nd baby : You don’t bother because you remember that last time breathing didn’t do a thing.

3rd baby : You ask for an epidural in your eighth month.

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The Layette :

1st baby : You pre-wash newborn’s clothes, color coordinate them, and fold them neatly in the baby’s little bureau.

2nd baby : You check to make sure that the clothes are clean and discard only the ones with the darkest stains.

3rd baby : Boys can wear pink, can’t they?

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Worries:

1st baby : At the first sign of distress–a whimper, a frown–you pick up the baby.

2nd baby : You pick the baby up when her wails threaten to wake your firstborn.

3rd baby : You teach your three-year-old how to rewind the mechanical swing.

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Dummy:

1st baby : If the dummy falls on the floor, you put it away until you can go home and wash and boil it.

2nd baby : When the dummy falls on the floor, you squirt it off with some juice from the baby’s bottle.

3rd baby : You wipe it off on your shirt and pop it back in.

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Nappies:

1st baby : You change your baby’s nappy every hour, whether they need it or not.

2nd baby : You change their nappy every two to three hours, if needed.

3rd baby : You try to change their nappy before others start to complain about the smell or you see it sagging to their knees.

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Activities:

1st baby : You take your infant to Baby Gymnastics, Baby Swing, and BabyStory Hour.

2nd baby : You take your infant to Baby Gymnastics.

3rd baby : You take your infant to the supermarket and the dry cleaner.

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Going Out:

1st baby : The first time you leave your baby with a sitter, you call homefive times.

2nd baby : Just before you walk out the door, you remember to leave a number where you can be reached…

3rd baby : You leave instructions for the sitter to call only if she sees blood.

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At Home:

1st baby : You spend a good bit of every day just gazing at the baby.

2nd baby : You spend a bit of everyday watching to be sure your older child isn’t squeezing, poking or hitting the baby.

3rd baby : You spend a little bit of every day hiding from the children.

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Swallowing Coins:

1st child : When first child swallows a coin, you rush the child to the

hospital and demand x-rays.

2nd child : When second child swallows a coin, you carefully watch for the coin to pass.

3rd child : When third child swallows a coin, you deduct it from his pocket money.

I find it somewhat true. Huhuh.

Countdown…

Posted by Mrs Imran on Jun 11, 2009
Filed Under Job, Miscellaneous, Pregnancy, Usana | 9 comments

I’m going to apply MC tomorrow. So, next week I won’t be working. I’m kinda bit reluctant since there is a lot of things need to be done plus my refinery plant in Pakistan and Indonesia is just about to start commissioning. Pheeew. I really hate being away from office when my plant is under commissioning. Why?

Because I’m the one who designed the plant. So if anything goes wrong, I want to be the first person to know and I can quickly rectify or do the needful to solve the problem senyap-senyap. Haha. Or perhaps boleh kowtim dgn commissioning engineer supaya jangan memekak or bising-bising. Kiter-kiter tahu sudah laa..huhu. 

Refinery Plant - Indonesia (installation in progress)

Masa commissioning ni, kalau phone berbunyi jeeeeeee dah rasa mcm nk jatuh gaung ok.

I hope there is no major problem at all and the plant will run smoothly lah. Hopeeeeefully!!

Oh, I would like to thank to the commenters who commented on my question about storing breast milk. Appreciate it so much. I will read all the comments thoroughly once I got time to do so. Sekarang ni adalah sgt lemas, sbb I need to settle and delegate everything to my boss before I start on leave next week.

It has been pretty quite this year; business seems slowing down due to economic downturn. However, despite that fact, there are lots of projects that suddenly falling down from sky recently. Now, my colleagues are overloaded with projects and bosses start thinking to reject a couple of offer. Huhuh. We kinda short of engineer, sbb ada satu engineer yg teramat comel telah hendak bersalin. Hehehe.

My baby is indeed a blessing. Huhu. Thank you son!

Oh btw, last 2 days I got another parcel from USANA. Ha cepat tekaaaaaaa i beli apa. Saper teka betul akan dapat……hmm ewahh lemakkk okkk..asal teka jer nk hadiah. Hahahaha.

Ok lah, I beli Nutrimeal (milk shake) plus its shaker as well. Shaker itu adalah tidak perlu sebenarnya. Tapi I ni kan typical punye melayu. Mengada. Huhu.

USANA Nutrimeal

I bought the milk shake since the one that I drink now is finishing and I’m thinking to give USANA milk shake a try. The ingredients are actually more or less the same and one thing for sure I can buy USANA milk shake at cheaper price (including the shipping) and can also collect more points. Very soon I will be able to activate my first USANA business centre. Yippieee!!

Actually I can’t help myself from envying my husband skin that getting better from day to day. Ever since he consumed USANA supplement, I could see a tremendous improvement on his health and skin. All the jerawat batu yg besar-besar yang merah-merah meradang dh hilang! But wait, I’m not that sure whether hilang for good atau pon sekadar harapan pelesu. So, we will see how nnt. I did take a photo of my hubby face before he takes USANA supplement. USANA supplement also claimed that by eating the supplement it can also hilangkan jerawat di belakang badan.  Aha! Ada harapan la nk pakai bikini selepas ini. Huhu.

Saya juga mao coba! Tapi only after I give birth lah.

Me: Nnt baby dah keluar , I nk makan supplement mcm u jugak. 

Him: Ha ok, makan lah. 

Me: I tkder duit nk beli dah. I kecek u punye lah yer. 

Him: Malammmm sket. Beli sendiri ok.

Hohhh!!  

 p/s: hari ni takder clue for the name. Or maybe Khai clue’s can be use la. “think out of the box”

http://www.mrmrsimran.com/2009/06/03/guess-my-babys-name/#comment-10689

Macam mana nk buat ni?

Posted by Mrs Imran on Jun 10, 2009
Filed Under Miscellaneous, Pregnancy | 30 comments

Firstly, I would like to congratulate Dieyra since she got the first name right. The contest is still going on tho and hope there will be someone that could guess the second name of my baby. Hint will be given, but not as frequent as before.

Yup, you read it right, the first name is DARWIS. I wish Dieyra could tell us what made her guess that name. Ok Dieyra? Nnt tulis dekat komen yeh.

I’m thinking to be off from work starting next week. It’s not advisable to drive to work especially when you getting nearer to your EDD. For now, I’m still driving to work, send my husband to his workplace and pick him up as well. So, I guess by next week he needs to drive on his own. Manja tu, pergi kerja pon wife hantar.  

This morning, before he stepped out from the car, he said to me;

Him: Dear, I ada hadiah utk u. 

Me: Apa? (muke berbunga-bunge manis diabetic) 

Him: Pooootttttt (kentut sambil sengih) 

Ok…I hate him.

Oh btw, dear peeps especially experience mommies, I’m seeking for a solution regarding breastfeeding. Me and husband plan to put our baby into my mom care dekat kampong for the time being. So, we will only get the chances to see our baby during the weekend.

The questions are;

1. How do I store my milk supply (especially when pumping at office) so that it won’t stale. After pumping let say during lunch hour, do I need to keep it in chiller or fridge?

2. Is it ok, if I put it in the fridge after work? About 6 hours after pumping (sbb fridge kt office ni mcm tk hygienic jer haku rasa) Will the milk still good to be consumed after a week? Since I didn’t store it in the fridge right after I got it pumped out.  

3. And how to travel for quite a long distance (2 n half hours) with EBM inside the car? Will the milk stay fresh since it has been taken out from the fridge, put in the car and being stored in the fridge again at my mom’s house. Do I need to ensure that the milk is always frozen even when traveling? How do I do that? Ada alat canggih ker nk buat dia beku sentiasa?

4. Kat mana nk beli plastic or bekas nk simpan EBM? Yg kecil2 comel lote…

Kalau tk faham soalan-soalan I ni. Sila drop komen yeh. I’m struggle with language be it Malay or English. Taip dalam Malay pon stuck, dalam English pon stuck. This is the best I can do. I think I should start learning third language.

No, not sign language.  

 p/s: hint for today for the second name….A E I O U (ada yg ada, ada yg tk ada….:P) . Click here to guess the name! http://www.mrmrsimran.com/2009/06/03/guess-my-babys-name/#comment-10639

First Contraction!

Posted by Mrs Imran on Jun 9, 2009
Filed Under Miscellaneous, Pregnancy | 33 comments

Yesterday my hubby and I went to One Utama to dine in and to buy some baby stuff. On the way to our destination, I started to feel mild contraction. It came in about 2 minute intervals for three times only. Relieved as I know it is only the Braxton Hick and not the real contraction.

At the moment we entered the parking bays, there goes another mild contraction and I kept having it on and off inconsistently. It wasn’t that bad since I can still walk slowly and manage to buy few stuff at Jusco and eat Johnny’s steamboat.  

We finished our dinner quickly after that as I felt so tired and really need to lie down.

One thing for sure, I think that my body now is starting to enter another phase of pregnancy which is the final phase that already has taken its toll on me. But, I’m cool with that because I know all these penasaran, jerih payah, muntah belilah will end soon and I could claim my preciousssssss reward! Our bundle of joy!

Gosh, it’s already nine months and glad that my baby and I survived. Alhamdullilah. So, dear little man inside there, hang on okay, few days more to go, we both sure BOLEH!

On dissimilar note, did u guys remember the incident whereby my car windscreen got smashed by some moron and they took away my Smart Tag?

I didn’t know at first that my Smart Tag was insured. My husband learnt this when he bought a new set of Smart Tag for me. So, we faxed all the documents needed to Touch N Go & Etiqa such as police report, purchase receipt, warranty card and windscreen receipt as well. LUCKY we still keep the receipt and warranty card.

Touch N Go called my hubby yesterday and told him that the Smart Tag is ready to be collected. Yay! Now I have 2 Smart Tag.

To let go? Or to keep? Hmmm…

 p/s: new hint for my baby’s name. There are 3 “I”. Satu dekat nama pertama, another 2 dekat nama kedua. Cepat2 teka. Dh banyak hint ni apasal semua tk kene jer. At least yg nama pertama tu I ada kasik satu clue yg betul-betul u boleh teka da name correctly. Think hard! Ada kaitan dgn ustaz and ahli2 ulama!