Sunday, May 20, 2012

Keretaku Merajuk

Assalamualaikum...

Selasa lepas, kereta saya, Kenari yang elegant brown tu merajuk. Hehe elegent la sangat.

Selasa lepas, saya dah sign agreement untuk beli kereta baru, Saga. Hehe.
Lepas sign agreement, dengan menaiki Kenari, saya dan encik suami ke Ampang Puteri untuk chek up.
Nanti kita cerita pasal check up ye. Sekarang cerita pasal Kenari dulu.
Lepas check up, since hari masih siang, saya ajak encik suami pergi Carrefour untuk beli barang sikit. Dah beli semua, kami pun pergi parking lot.

Lepas dah masukkan barang semua, start-start kereta tak nak start. Oopss... kereta dah merajuk tak nak start.
Memang tak start langsung, tak bunyi langsung.

Encik suami kata, "Haa..kereta merajuk ada orang dah sign agreement tadi..."

So last-last kami kena balik naik teksi...

Kereta Kenari elegant brown tu pun tersadai kat Carrefour sampai malam Khamis. Adik saya nak tolong tukarkan bateri dia, tapi tak sempat beli bateri jadi tak jadi tukar. So tersadai lagi sampai Jumaat malam.

Jumaat malam saya dah pick kereta baru hehe. Jadi saya dengan encik suami pergi ke Proton right after habis office hours. Pakcik Proton pun sanggup tunggu sampai pukul 7pm untuk saya ambil kereta.

Bergegas kami ke sana. Minyak kereta Kenari (kali ni Kenari encik suami) pun dah merah. Tak ada minyak! Kami tutup aircond sebab jalan jam gile punya.

Sampai je Proton, encik suami kata "Kita balik naik Saga la, tinggal Kenari kat sini sebab tak ada minyak. Esok pagi jalan kosong kita datang ambil Kenari". Saya ok je....

Tapi, tup-tup Pakcik Proton tak isi pun tank minyak Saga. OMG. Dia ingat jalan tak jam ke sekarang? Adoi... Dia cakap, "Saya janji hari tu kasi half-tank, tapi ni tinggal satu bar je. Ni Puan ambil kupon ni untuk isi minyak kat Petronas depan tu..." Fuhh.. pakcik ni nak kena ni. "Petronas mana?" "Kat depan sikit je ni... kupon ni boleh je".

Ok...disebabkan Petronas tu tak jauh, jadi kami pun agree. Ambil Saga, tinggal Kerani dan vroom-vroom.

Keluar je jalan besar, huhu.jalan jem gile. Jadi kami pun stuck dalam jam. Bukak tingkap jugak.... bawak kereta baru tapi kena buka tingkap tutup air-cond sebab pakcik Proton bijak sangat... haiya...

To make things worse, adik saya dah siap tukarkan bateri kat Kenari saya kat parking lot Carrefour tapi dia nak saya datang hantar kunci kereta supaya dia boleh try start. "Ali dah siap tukar bateri ni, tinggal nak try start je.. kalau Ali ada kunci Ali dah try pastu balik je terus..."

Jarak Proton dengan Petronas cuma lah 2 minit je, tapi sebab jam gila kami ambil masa dekat 1 jam nak sampai ke Petronas. Sampai je terus isi minyak dan solat maghrib. Kesian Saga ni. Belum apa-apa dah kena meredah cabaran sebegini rupa.

Nak redah ke Carrefour lalu Jelatek, fuhhh... ambik masa dlm 30 minit. In total, Ali kena tunggu 1 jam lebih sikit just to get the keys and start the car. Memang Kenari punya merajuk betul-betul menduga Saga.

Rupa-rupanya jem kat Jelatek sebab ada Alphard terbakar kat tepi jalan. Terbakar punya! Ali call, "Korang kat mana dah tu?". "Dah dekat, jem sebab ada van macam terbakar tepi ni". "Haah, ada Alphard tu, tu Alphard tu rentung dah". OMG. Terkejut saya, nampak kecik je Alphard yang gah sebab dah hangus habis, tinggal rangka je. Scary...

Sampai je Carrefour, cepat-cepat try start Kenari, dah ok saya pun drive Kenari, encik suami bawak Saga balik ke rumah... dalam jem...Alhamdulillah selamat sampai.

Ni hari Sabtu pulak, kami keluar untuk ambil Kenari encik suami dari Proton. Dah selamat hantar Kenari ke rumah, hujan lebat mencurah-curah. Tapi since kami dah plan nak pergi bank dan kedai, kami redah juga dengan Saga.  Habis kuyup kami dan Saga. Bila turun kat bank, hujan super lebat siap angin-angin lagi. So basah la kami berdua. Tak jadi nak buat aksi hindustan share payung dalam hujan. Habis lencun. Lepas turun kereta, tersalah tekan alarm pulak habis bising Saga. Dah kelam kabut bawah hujan angin semua, tekan button tak jadi apa-apa. Lepas cuba few times, baru kereta senyap. Hehe.  In the end, bukan kami je basah, dalam kereta pun basah.

Jadi tu la kisah yang baru je dua hari dengan saya, tapi dah lunyai...hopefully he is good for another few years to come. Hopefully Kenari pun tak merajuk lagi...kesian Saga tu.

Ok sangat boring ek cerita ni, siapa suruh baca? Haha. Adios.


Sunday, May 6, 2012

Salam.

Mari cerita pasal last two check-ups. Hehe.

The first was on 10th April. First time dapat dengan Doktor Fauziah. Wanted to see this doctor since the beginning tapi only now I got the chance. Sebelum ni saya pergi check-up time weekend sahaja sebab malas nak rushing dari office to clinic on weekdays, so this time dah tak boleh choosy sebab memang dah kena start dengan the 'real' doctor.

Bila doktor scan, dia terkejut tengok baby besar. Besar by 2 weeks. Doktor pusing-pusing dan cakap, "Baby ni jelas nampak sebab banyak air... kalau banyak air ni most probably you ada kencing manis." Adoi.

Doktor pusing-pusing lagi and said, banyak air dia. "Kesian baby ni, banyak air.." 'Takpela doktor, mesti baby saya pandai swim...' ni saya cuma cakap dalam hati. I was darn worried of course. Lepas tu doktor cakap, "Lepas ni kurangkan makan nasi ye, coklet, biskut manis-manis semua tu kena kurangkan..ok?"

Saya pandang encik husband, senyum dan cakap, "OK...". Masa tu handbag yang saya bawak ke clinic ada half bar of Cadbury. Nasib baik tak bocor rahsia kat doktor.

Looking back at my recent diet, memang patut la doktor suspect diabetes. Pagi saya makan nasi, tengah hari nasi, malam nasi. Petang kat office makan chipsmore, minum milo (yang pekat), malam kalau lapar makan lagi biskut krim. Biskut krim satu tin besar tu dah nak habis dah... Hm... So who is at fault now?

Jadi saya rasa guilty I started to read up. Apparently it is quite common for an expecting mother to get what they call 'gestational diabetes'. Commonly, it will heal some time after delivery. But the chances for the mother to become permanently diabetic is higher than those who did not get this disease during pregnancy. Takutnya. So I reduced my nasi intake. Seminggu tak makan nasi. Tapi makan la bihun goreng la, bihun sup la, roti, kuew tiau kung fu la...

Saya kena buat test darah, minum air gula yang setengah cawan tu. Mula-mula kena puasa dari pukul 12 malam sampai 8 pagi, pergi klinik, minum air gula then buat blood test. Lepas dua jam, kena datang balik buat another test. Lepas tu baru boleh makan. Air gula dia....perghhh...manis. Nasib baik tekak saya memang jenis 'all-you-can-eat' jadi saya cool je. Orang lepas saya siap tanya, "Kalau saya muntah ni saya kena minum balik semula ke?" Dengar perkataan muntah kembang tekak saya nasib baik by the time kakak tu sampai saya memang dah tinggal nak buat second blood test je.

Habis test, doktor kata dia akan call kalau result positive.

Then tanggal 20 April adalah birthday husband saya. Birthday = cake..betul? Jadi saya yang memang hantu kek ni terus la buat order kek (bentuk angry bird you) flavour red velvet. Saya tak ada la minat red velvet ni tapi saja la buat something different kan. Since birthday adik saya 19 April, kami pun combine kan celebration. Bila dah potong kek tu, abang saya makan sikit, adik lelaki saya makan sikit, adik perempuan saya (yang birthday dia 19hb) tu tak makan langsung sebab dia dah ngantuk sangat. Jadi cuba teka siapa yang makan kek tu paling banyak...?

Disebabkan kek tak laku, saya bawak balik half of the cake dan simpan dalam fridge rumah. Setiap malam, saya akan makan satu slice. OMG where did my guilty feeling go? Setiap kali saya makan one slice, I prayed hard my baby would enjoy the cake as well.

Tapi memang saya dah kurang makan biskut manis, siap pergi kedai beli biskut Jacob's Weetameal untuk ganti biksut-biskut cream saya. Jadi malam instead of dinner nasi, saya makan biksut sihat ni dengan susu kambing. Nyum.

Ok, now let's go to the follow-up check up. Check up kedua ni pada 2 May. Alhamdulillah, doktor kata tak ada diabetes. Alhamdulillah...

Cuma doktor masih puzzled kenapa baby besar, sebab dia tengok saya dan husband, dia kata "You dengan husband tak ada la besar sangat... Maybe ada gene yang besar ni...". Takpe doktor, asalkan saya sihat dan baby sihat. Semoga kelahiran baby nanti dipermudahkan, tak kira la cara mana pun.. Yang paling best sekali, I am not a diabetic! Hehe.

Tapi another problem surfaced, doktor kata hemoglobin level rendah. Not a new thing to me, tapi sebab pregnant, doktor suruh make sure makan iron tablet tu. Saya mengaku saya tak makan sebab that huge red pills always make me feel dizzy. Susah saya nak kerja. Rupa-rupanya doktor kata kalau pening makan ubat tu sebelum tidur. So lepas ni saya kena makan ubat ni balik. Doktor cakap, "Kalau tak naik level hemoglobin ni, I takut sebab you ada thalassemia". Adoi macam-macam la doktor ni kan... So she asked me to do another blood test. Dalam hati saya doa banyak-banyak let this not be the reason, Amin...

Anyhow, mak pun marah kata you should eat the supplement sebab kurang darah means risk of kurang oxygen. Kan bahaya tu. Lepas tu if anything happen during delivery, I may not have enough blood supply for myself, nanti boleh pengsan. Ya Allah, permudahkan urusan kelahiran baby ku ini dengan selamat...

Habis je check up encik husband hantar ke office. Sampai ofis colleague saya tanya, "So how was it? How was the test?". "Hehe, I am not a diabetic!" Saya cakap dengan happynye. "Ok good, so you can have the cake I brought for you." Haha, tengok tepi PC ada satu tupperware kecik dengan satu slice of cake. Boleh la makan tanpa rasa guilty...


Sunday, March 11, 2012

From Zero to Hero!

Salam all.

Last two days was the day.
Went to the clinic at 9am, reached there 5-minute late.

Went into the room at around 9.30am. I was darn nervous. Haha. Tak pernah saya se-nervous ini.
Nurse cakap, "Ok Puan boleh terus baring ye." Selalunya duduk dulu ni terus baring fuh lagi nervous.

Bila baring the doctor went and spread that gelly on my tummy and started scanning. Mula2 was the body. Then she went to the head, the neck, leg, thigh, arm, back to body, then the heart, and finally the private part.

Anakku adalah baby BOY....! Alhamdulillah.

And everything seems normal, Alhamdulillah. It was such a memorable moment being able to watch your baby in you, moving and jerking around healthily. He was reacting as if he knows we were watching and trying to capture his best shots to share with others. He was hiding his face behind the placenta. After a few soft push my the doctor, he finally turned his head around to face us. Hehe so cute. He has one of his arms covering half of his face, with his fist clutched firmly. Handsome la baby kita ni, hehe.

But, baby is a wee bit bigger for his age. Doctor said, "You ada kencing manis ke?" "Atau you makan banyak?" I wanted to say out loud 'Saya makan banyak!' because that would be better than being a diabetic but I just smiled and said "Saya tak check pun saya ada kencing manis ke tidak...".

Then the doctor explained that the baby is in breech position, and if this remains, I would need a c-sect. Huhu lagi la cuak den. I know it is still too early to predict, but when the doctor mentioned that C word, I just can't stop thinking about it. Ya Allah, bagila saya bersalin secara normal, Amin... Tapi bila tengok dekat babycentre.com, all the pictures are showing baby in breech position. So I supposed it is normal for the baby to be in this position at this time around. Baby, please do mummy a favour, please be in an anterior position right before you come out. You have another 3 months to work on it. Mummy is giving you a big project for you to work on, ok! You can do it, my little hero!

And yes, baby's Expected Due Data (EDD) has been put forward to 26th June 2012! Almost 2 weeks earlier than the first EDD. Wah, baby nak sama birth month dengan mummy, hehe.

Kalau baby cepat lagi sikit, baby boleh share zodiac dengan mummy. Haha over plak.

Ok.

I wanted to upload the baby's 3D shot here, but the machine is giving me trouble. Takpela next time.

I can start listing down all the best names for our little hero hehe. Yang pastinya depan kena ada Muhammad. Baik bos, menurut perintah!






Friday, March 9, 2012

What's Up?

I am awake, husband is still at the office (it is now 6.30 am in the morning).
When I asked him last night, 'Pukul berapa nak balik...?', he smiled and said, 'Seawal yang boleh'. Haha safe answer eh. Then he continued, 'Kalau terlambat then saya tak payah tido la...'.

We have prenatal check up at 9 am today, I hope he can still enjoy the moment even if he is half-asleep.

Anyhow, the most important thing is that I hope baby is fine, cute and comfortable in my tummy. Mother in law has this habit of talking to the baby, which I find quite interesting. She would give salam loudly so that the baby could hear from within her sack. Hehe. Tapi book is telling me that the baby would recognize the mother's voice the most as she is listening to the mother directly from the womb. :)

Hmm.. yesterday I had this meeting in KLCC, and I have not met many of attendees for quite some time already, since we moved to Dayabumi. Then one of the kakak said to me, 'Aishah, expecting ya? Ni bukan yang first kan? Nombor berapa?' Kah kah. I was like, 'Kaaak...ini yang first laaa...!'. Lucky she was smart enough tu say, 'Bukan apa, ingatkan bukan first sebab wajah keibuan tu dah ada...'. Haha terbaik. I hope I can be a good mother, and baby will be a good child to me. The biggest worry for all mothers, I believe, is whether she can raise her kid to be a good person, now and in hereafter.

So what should I expect from the check up today? I am nervous, because InsyaAllah we will find out whether it is a boy or a girl. Then I can start listing down all the names for the baby, start buying clothes, stroller and other baby stuff. Excited nak beli barang haha. And I can easily answer people when they come and ask, 'Boy ke girl?' Hehe that would be fun.

'Ya Allah, selamatkanlah semuanya. Jauhkan kami dari sebarang penyakit berbahaya, dan tempatkanlah kami dalam perlindungan dan redhaMu. Amin...'

Sunday, February 26, 2012

Our First Shopping Spree.

Salam,

Semalam ada Baby and Mom Expo at KL Convention Centre, jadi kami pun pergi lah ke sana.
Saya dan suami bergerak dari rumah jam 11 pagi.

Sampai sana saya ingatkan orang dah ramai, tapi boleh la tak se-pack yang disangka.
Tujuan utama pergi adalah untuk membeli barang yang mahal yang jadi murah, seperti breastpump dan juga stroller.

Hm... breastpump memang beli tapi stroller tak beli. Saya baca review sikit-sikit and ada yang kata satu brand ni bagus dan satu lagi tak bagus. Saya beli Medela Swing, harap-harap ok lah. Cuma free gift yang dia bagi tu botol susu Medela, review pula kata botol susu Medela tak berapa elok untuk feeding. Good news, ada puting susu yang boleh fit dengan botol susu Medela ni. So just tukar puting je. Kena cari ada jual tak kat sini. Other than that, this set should be fine.

Masa pilih stroller saya rasa macam nak beli kereta pulak. Susah betul nak pilih mana satu nak beli. Saya suka 3 tayar, husband minat 4 tayar. Saya suka yang A husband suka yang C. Macam kena tunggu baby keluar, suruh baby pilih sendiri hehe.

Disebabkan memang saya jenis shopping lama (sebab nak pilih-pilih), kami berjalan dari 11 pagi sampai 2.30 ptg kat dlm hall tu. Suami dah buat muka seposen sebab lama sangat hehe. In the end beli satu barang je wuhoo. Oh dua barang, sekali dengan some maternity bra. Ok la, puas hati for now.

Rasa nak beli macam-macam, tapi masih awal lagi. Sekurang-kurangnya yang mana perlu dibeli dulu saya dah beli.

Harap-harap ada lagi expo macam ni nanti. Coming soon bulan 3 ni di Mid Valley. Tapi clash pula dengan plan kami nak pergi babymoon. Hmm.. we'll see how it goes.


Tuesday, February 21, 2012

How Big Are You?

Haha I hate my own title.

How big am I now? I am 5-month pregnant, and I weigh as much as my in law when she was 9-month pregnant.
This is so worrying. Instead of thinking what kind of baby cot to buy, which pushchair to get for this little creature and whatnot, I am thinking of buying a treadmill or perhaps an exercise bike before I deliver.

I am so big that my mum would go, "Oi De, besarnya!". Ok, not only mum, the whole family would say that when they see me. Funny thing, no one broke the news to my eldest brother yet and he finally realised it on his own, when he said, "Eh, ada baby ke?".

I have been telling myself not to worry so much because I am carrying a baby anyway. Some were so supportive they'd say, "It is ok to be fat, you are pregnant!'". "Don't worry, you will lose weight once the baby is out..hehe".

Haha. Apa-apa jela. I was not so disturbed by the fact that I have gained almost 15 kgs in no time, but after so many making jokes about it, some even call me 'bam-bam', the guilt started to grow. Should I reduce my food intake? Hm.... kesian pula baby nanti kan. Kan?

Anyhow, I am so so grateful for this healthy body I have through out my first trimester, and now I feel even more energetic. I could do all house chores and even cook during weekends. But I would let my husband to hoover the house as his weekly exercise routine.

I can eat all I want. So it is a bit tricky when people ask me, "Sekarang ni minat makan manis ke masam?" "Ada craving apa-apa ke?". I could not answer because I eat everything and I don't really have any craving so far. I can ask for roti canai as we the leave house, and change my mind to fish and chip as soon as I see a restaurant selling western food. Senang jadi suami saya kan? Haha.

Some even asked me, "Sekarang ni suka bergaya-gaya ke atau malas, selekeh-selekeh je?". Alamak, how do I answer this? I am an average since I was born, I would feel like wearing nice clothes one day, and feel like wearing crumpled t-shirt on the next day.

They were throwing me such questions because they are trying to guess the sex of my baby. Haha buat susah-susah je. Kita tunggu je la full scan nanti, I will let you know whether it is a boy or a girl ok.

As of now, I have booked my session on this coming 9th March. Let's pray hard that everything is ok with my baby. I am a bit worried, because I have stopped taking the supplements doctor has given me during my first visit to the clinic (I have not finished the pills which were given to me during my first visit!). Pills and I are just not meant to be. Although my colleague has thought me the best way to swallow huge pills with ease (by having a mouthful of water, look up, slip in the pil between your lips, look down and swallow at the same time, seriously it will work!), I still don't feel like taking the pills. Last week, another colleague (whose age is close to my mum's) shocked me with her findings that some of the iron-rich pills are made of pig liver. Fuhhh, very very strong reason not to take any of those pills. As a replacement, I am taking goat milk religiously everyday. Together with dates and raisins. InsyaAllah, these will help the development of the baby.

During the first few months of my pregnancy, I had nothing else comfortable to wear other than my jubah. I was wearing jubah to work everyday and finally got bored with them. They are simple to wear, but not so easy to take care of. I had to handwash them, drip dry them, and they still crumple. So I still had to iron them. Sangat malas. So I gradually changed my uniform to stretch pants and maternity blouses and dresses. Mum was a great help in getting proper clothing for me. I love you mak!

Hm ok la. I am at home, alone. Husband is still at work. This is what you get when you marry an auditor. :)
Mum is away with my brother, performing umrah. Husband has given me a task to do tonight - to install our new printer software into my laptop so that he could photocopy his certificates for his interview this Wednesday. All the best my dear husband, I hope you get a new job with sufficiently high pay so that I could take an extremely long maternity leave later. Hehe.

Our baby will be delivered insyaAllah in early of July. Close to Ramadhan. So should I name it Syaaban, or maybe Ramadhan?