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May 20, 2013

Packing hospital bag for me n baby

After last week's scare, ramai yg tanya bag hospital dh pack le belum? So, i decided to do it a little earlier thsn planned. Manalah tau kan. Tetiba nk terberanak ke. Tak ke susah nk explain to encik somi nk bawak apa, nk beli apa. Cuba try explain "awak boleh tak belikan maternity pad ngan disposable panties. Alaaa. Dia macam pad biasa tp dia tulis for maternity.." or "baju mana2 yg longgar n besar n ada butang kat depan. Baju awak puh boleh. Eh! Tp make sure short sleeve tau!!"
 
Hahaaha. Sure kabut kan. Maybe baby nyer senang sikit. My list for the hospital bag is divided to "For me" & "For baby".

For Me
1. Maternity pad
2. Kain batik (i have none, so guna his kain pelikat)
3. Nursing bra n nursing pad
4. TRAVEL SIZE toiletries (tk semua hspital provide, its nice to hv ur own familiar smell)
5. Tudung express
6. Minyak panas
7. Going home outfit :-)



Tak penuh pun.. Bag je besar.

For Baby
1. Receiving blanket
2. Going home outfit (my mum went crazy and asked me to bring banyak just in case!)
3. Newborn diapers
4. Topi kecik & mittens
5. Wipes


Cam comei kan barang2 baby. Bila tgk camni rase cam tak sabar plak!

Extras
1. Reading materials (coz for some, labour can be veryyy long n boring)
2. Charger hp n tab!
3. Hard candies n light snacks (again, for those sick moments)
4. Ic, insurance, GL (ni kasik hubby pegang)


Ta daaa! Fat cat not included although dia buat muka kesian nk masuk dalam bag =)
My bag dah 3/4 siap. So pasni letak je bags dlm kreta xyah nk kabut2 nanti. 

False labour scare! Pengalaman ngeri.




Day admission for observation - Hospital Sg. Buloh


After one week of getting sharp pains at my left hip joint, it finally reached its peak where i can't even move. The pain sangat sangat tajam macam kene cucuk ngan pisau ke lembing ke betul2 kat hip joint. malam Wednesday night tu, sakit die sampai nk pijak lantai pun tak boleh.
 
Dah nangis puas2 pasal sakit, try tido. Malam tu baby teramatlah active and sakit tu makin teruk each time baby gerak. Esok pagi, reda sikit. Mandi2 and siap nk gi keje mcm biasa.
 
Then... ARRGH! Nk sarung seluar sakit dia dtg balik. Gagahkan lagi, kata nk gi gak keje, skali sakit cam the night before datang balik. Sampai mengerang bulu roma den!
 
Terus gi Klinik Idzham. Then they referred me to the hospital. Shoot to Hospital Sg. Buloh PAC. And PAC referred me to Labour Ward!
 
Apa?? Labour ward?! NOT TIME YET! Masa ni mmg dah takut gila dah. Air mata dah kumpul tunngu time nak jatuh je. Not time yet, not time yet. Sampai kat situ, dok cakap kat nurse yg wheel me into the ward "Saya bukan sakit nk bersalin, saya sakit pinggang je" Boleh dia buat donno.
 
Dia sowh salin pakai kain pink hospital (kain bersalin) then tunggu doctor. Masa tgh tunggu tu leh dengar "Arrrgh! arrgh!!!!!!!!" "Okay sikit je lagi, dah nampak dah kepala tu" "Arrgh!!"
 
Itu adalah bunyi ibu tengah berperang nyawa push baby dia kluar. Terus meleleh air mata coz takut sangat. Serious, tuhan saja yg tau feeling scary tu camner. Yelah mana tak takut. Kita lom dekat pun ngan due date. Baby pun belum 32 weeks!!
 
Pastu amik BP. Hokay... BP tinggi gila sampai menyebabkan mild contractions. Actually tak tau pun tu contractions sampai bila nurse and doctor explain baru tau.. Oooo.. Tu contractions lah eh.
 
Doctor bg injection tahan sakit. Pas injection tu, iwas placed on observation pasal nk monitor my BP and contractions. Alhamdulillah bila BP turun, contractions pun ilang.
 
And... Since ward mmg penuh gila, i boleh dischared! Horey!! Tapi doctor dah bgtau, for this weekend, please have full rest and jgn gerak2 sgt. Anything terus ke hospital lik.
 
Bila nk turun dari katil tu, in my head sure dah hilang dah sakit tu psl ubat yg dia bagi mmg lah teramat kuat smp muntah2 kott masa sedar tu, so i pun dgn slamber, laju2 nk turun. Skali, arrgh! Hampeh! Sakit masih ada, cuma kurang sikit je and leh jejak lantai. Aduss... Ingat ilang dah =(
 
Macam mane leh kene paravetebral muscle spasm? Its because of baby's position and our hips and organs and whatever is inside us makes way for baby. Mine teruk sgt MAYBE because:
 
1. Tak cukup calcium (i'm lacto intolerant dari kecik)
2. Terlebih bergerak
 
Saturday gi wedding my cousin kat 8. Eceh, banyak lah pulak bergerak. Ingat everything is better and okay.. Sekali mlm tu sakit dia datang balik dah..... Nk buat apa? Sapu deep heat rub jelah.

Useful link: Jabatan Obstetrik & Ginekologi Hospital Sg Buloh



May 14, 2013

30 weeks Check-up

Numbers numbers...

What! Dah masuk 30 weeks dah??! Alhamdulillah.. Laju kan. Now im entering single digit count down. Hehehee. Perasaan in bercampur baur. Happy pun ada, takut pun ada, excited pun ada. Sometimes sedih pun ada.
 
Anyways, lari topic plak. Smalam i went for my fortnightly check-up kat KKIA. Konon nyer kluar awal skit leh lah smp awal skit, tp makaih, rabak! Coz rushing ngan orang2 yg nk gi keje. Tau kluar je time slalu kluar. And..., jeng jeng jeng... super ramai hokayyy....
 
Baby's development semua okay. Baby measured at 31 weeks and heart rate die 147. Best bila dapat dengar the heartbeat. =)
 
Tapi kan, nurse kata i lost weight and at first i was so happy, but then she said that its not a good thing. Pulak dah...
 
Smalam gak kene 2nd injection tetanus (kancing gigi). I hate it. It feels like the BCG. Numb and sore! Bu it has to be done and i'm glad it over!
 
Funniest thing smalam, kene marah ngan semua (SEMUA yg ada dalam bilik tu lah) pasal silap jot down the fetal movement counts. Kene start all over again. hahahhaaa. Penat lah i explain what the doctor cakap yg kita leh start to do thw counting early lah, etc. but dia still kata..
 
"No! Kene ikut 9am - 9pm."
 
Next appointment 30/5 & 31/5. Ty aii hapdet lagi kay.



May 9, 2013

Kick baby Kick!

Best nyer if dapat satu kick camni! Gambar dari Google ye, not mine.

In my earlier post i dah cite yg kene buat baby fetal movement kan. Okay camni. Baby fetal movement is when you count the number of kicks/jabs in a certain allocated time. I started counting on 30th April at 28 weeks. Nurse to kate i have to start early. Jgn tanya kenapa, maybe because ive got GD.
 
Memula confuse jugak what counts as a kick and kene ikut the exact time yg diorg bagi ke (which is 10 counts from 9am to 9pm) boleh start earlier ke. Ni pun masalah gak kalau kene ikut time yg diorg bagi coz my baby leh start rase dia sgt active pagi time subuh. So 6.30am camtu mmg dah leh rase dia lasak gile! And if i start kul 9, sure kiraan tu tak cukup pasal baby nyer timing, time pagi, then ptg sgt sgt kurang, then time lewat malam dalam kul 12 midnight onwards. Ni mmg regular time dia dari start leh rasa kicking tu.
 
Ada skali tu punya lah risau psl 2 hari baby macam tak active cam biasa. Ada lah rasa baby gerak, tapi rasa cam wiggle sikit2 je.. Hari kedua, bila rasa risau tu dah membuak2, terus gi check kat UMRA and buat scan. Phew~ Alhamdulillah.. Heartbeat baby normal and bila scan leh nampak dia terkebil2 mata and mulut bukak tutup, bukak tutup. Alhamdulillah.. Hilang semua risau.
 
Knapa baby tak active? Ntah lah. Its his lazy days kott. Esok nya, hamik ko! Lasak smp kita pun tak tahan asyik nk gi pee je. Hahahahaa. nakal ni.
 
Okay.. Camna nak kira count tu? Ni apa yg doctor cakap:
 
1. Wiggles don't count as kicks/movements
Secara logic nya, when a baby is dead in-utero, sometimes kit amasih rasa macam die brush against us and kita ingat dia tgh gerak. Ni sebab baby masih ada ruang nak move and air ketuban tu bantu dia move around. So if nak kira tu, please kira those hard ones. Make sure yg kita sendiri pun yakin its a jab or a kick.
 
2. A series of movements at one time is counted as 1
Bila baby bergerak, dia akan buat satu set pergerakkan, dia akan kick, pastu move kaki dia or change position badan dia, so kita akan rasa mcm byk je movement tu. Jgn salah kira and count eacj and every movement. That whole set tu kira as 1 count. Slalu nya, on average, time period between one set to the other is around 1 hour or so.
 
3. Time kat buku merah tu leh diawalkan
Takyah nk ikut time 9am - 9pm tu. Leh awalkan especially if baby mmg start his morning early.
 
4. Ikut rasa hati
Mmg kite akan rasa gegile risau bila baby tak kick as per expected. Nurse and doctor pun dah ingatkan, if counts tu tak complete at the given time, pls go to the hospital to make sure baby's fine. Tapikan, ikut hati, if baru satu hari, jgn panic sgt (this was what happened to me), coz mmg sometimes baby tgh lazy. Just monitor je, make sure esok nyer dia back to his active self. Ingat tau.. setiap pregnancy tu berbeza, so bila org cakap "Alaaa.. Takde pape lah tu. Ko rilek je, esok die gerak lah.." boleh amik advise diorg, tp kalo hati dah buak2 kata something is not right, just go check. At least dapat redakan hati kita yg risau kan? Stress tu sungguhlah tak perlu time2 camni.
 
Soklan berikutnya... Kalo mmg dah tau baby ada kala sgt active gerak, ada kala tak, and bende ni seriously stresses you out, 
 
WHY COUNT??
 
Kita tak tau if baby is in distress. Yelah, bukannyer kita ada Doppler ke, u/s machine ke kat umah kan. Punca2 baby facing distress or baby dah tak bernyawa semasa dalam tummy:
 
1. Tali pusat terbelit kat leher
Baby ada selaput Vernix Carseosa masa dia dalam perut. So kebiasaanya, this selaput it what helps the tali pusat glide over the baby bila dia tengah bz ber-sommersaults. Tapi sometimes, because of some unforseen circumstances, this selaput tak cukup or kering or tali pusat dah  berbelit kaw2, takleh nk untanggle, ni yg buat baby boleh lemah due to oxegen deprivation and mati.
 
2. Something wrong with baby's development
Ni sometimes tak diguga. Fetal development yg tak smpurna can cause baby to die in-utero. It could be the lungs or heart not functioning etc. So if we tau early, MAYBE something could be done before birth or doctor could advice us on what's the next best course of action.
 
3. Mummies with high-risk pregnancy
Okay.. Banyak yg taktau that GD leh cause fetal malformation or fetal death at 8 months. Sebab tu i have to start doing the kickcounts awal (actually bila tau je ada GD terus kene start). Mummies yg ada high-risk pregnancies like high/low blood pressure, GD etc mmg high-risk. And because of these complications, boleh cause distress to baby causing fetal death.


May 4, 2013

Clinical change - Klinik Kesihatan Ibu & Anak

Ignore the rugged look of the book!
Salam pagi sabtu semua! One more day to election day!! Okay, that was off topic. Anyways, semua tau kan before this i mmg buat mnthly check-ups kat Hospital UMRA Shah Alam. Skang ni, im having it done kat Klinik Kesihatan Ibu & Anak Kelana Jaya. Knape?

Masa memula tu memanglah nk wat kat private. Biasalah, baby sulong.... Kalo boleh semua nk THE BEST, and skang oun actually masih nk yg sama, just boleh fikir rational skit. Lagi2 lepas dh tau perbezaan between klinik gomen ngan private yg i pegi tu.

Okay.. Cite die cenggini. I start gi klinik gomen ni actually juz nak bukak buku merah je. Tu pun Dr. Ummul frm UMRA suruh. Die kata 'just in case', so i pun pegilah buat.

My experience memula ngan klinik gomen teruk gak lah. Al maklum, first time and i dnt knw the procedures.

Bgn pagi2, drive gi bekfast dulu then gi KKIA (Klinik Kesihatan Ibu & Anak) kat TTDI. Dekat je ngan rumah, so mcm no hal lah. Smp2 sane nampak kosong je, nurse2 leh main2 ngan kids lah. Wah! Happy! Skali bila dia tgk address i kt Palmspring, hampa. In her words 'Puan, kalau Puan dok kat Palmspring, puan kene pegi KJ. Kat sini tk cover coz lain daerah.' Wth? Sebelah je kott. Brape minutes je pun.

Pastu diorg sowh call dulu, takut buku merah leh bukak hari2 tertentu je. Panassssss! Dh lah nk ke sana jam! Errgh! Kitorg tk call pun, terus redah je. Smp sana terkejut beruk. RAMAI NYER MANUSIA!

Tanye counter, tulis nama and tunggu turn. Diorg kata come back after lunch psl dh penuh. Sigh.... Okay fast forward. Kronologi as below:

1. Tunggu nama panggil, amik berat badan, history n blood pressure
2. Tunggu nama panggil, Pee in a cup
3. Tunggu number lagi, blood test
4. Tunggu number lagi, jmp nurse, check perut
- measurements
- listening to baby's heartbeat
- chit chat on babys progress etc.
- date for next appointment
5. BALIK
*note: tk sempat nk jmp doctor coz it was already too late

Rase mcm leceh gler! And i missed the next appt, pastu cam malas lah nak buat lagi kat situ, continue jelah wat kat UMRA.

Then diorg call. Kata kene dtg gak. I dah default 2 mnths! Hahhahaa. Okaylah... Bg can. Jmp doctor this once je, then tak payah dh.

Bila dh used to the waiting, rasa mcm tkdelah lama sgt pun. Sama je mcm kat UMRA. Brape kali dah gi UMRA and kene tunggu lama gile. The last we were there, we had to wait for 2 hours (maybe coz it was on a Sunday). And bila jmp pun the dr checked me up for less than 5 minutes. Rasa cam tak puas. And she was a little rushed. Tak ingat nama dia, but shes the only dr there wearing tudung.

Kalau mcm ni, might as well i pg gomen kan? INFO! Dont stereotype the nurses kat klinik gomen. They surprised me wth their friendliness and willingness to explain! Adalah satu dua yg tk best, tp overall they were always nice!
 
So now, i dh masuk kali ke ntah brape gi sane. Especially since they've changed my appts to once every two weeks instead of monthly. Coz dah masuk 3rd trimester.

Tapi kan.. Adalah jugak cons ke sana. I will let u in on that shortly.

1. If boleh, tlg lah avoid getting GD or any other complications, coz if not ull have to go there more regularly. (im facing that now)
2. Tempat tk comfortable sgt
3. Diorg tk bg mc, just time slip je
4. Takde u/s scan (dis one leh buat kt memane clinic luar yg ada the machine)

And the pros
1. Cheap! Its FREE
2. Dapat the same ubat as private (obimin). Super minimal cost of tak smp RM5
3. Kalaulah ada apa2 emergency, its known that private hospitals wont take on ur case, and if u dh ada buku merah, it eases the process tremendously!
 
Bila fikir2kan balik, i am considering to deliver kat Hospital Sg. Buloh je instead of the original plan at UMRA. PPUM was the initial option, tp since kat situ husband tkleh masuk time delivery, its off the list. No no no noooo way i'm doing this on my own!
 
Bukan nk suruh u'olls tukar to gomen, if u have the means to, why not private.. After all u get better comfortable rooms, better food, etc. Ni juz my opinion and juz nk bgtau yg ada gak option lain.. Furthermore, i get to save up more for when the little one arrives! Sure nk pakai lagi byk duit.

For the u/s scan, my friend introduced me to this clinic - Klinik Sofea in Puchong Utama which does 3D + 4D + consultation for only RM80! Murah kan...... :-)

May 2, 2013

Gestational Diabetis! Now what??!

Okay.. New trimester, new things acoming.. Kene tested with the GTT (Glucose Tolerance Test) and jeng jeng jeng.... Doctor kate, my results failed! Failed teruk plak tu. Reading before minum air gula was 4.1, and lepas 2 hours minum air gula, 9.7.
Normal reading is 5.1. Dahtu nurse to kata, if my reading dlm 6 ke 7 je, leh buat monitoring je... Ni bcoz dh tinggi sgt, dh kira i have it. Owh shoot. Me?? Org yg minum semua 'kurang manis' and dont like cakes psl cakes too sweet. Pfft..
Tp nk buat mcm mana kan, these kinda things happen and time pregnant ni lah anything can happen. So redha jelah. Frm now on kena jg makan minum, lebihkan air masak and sayur, kurangkan nasik.
So kat klink kesihatan tu, they changed my tagging from 'green' to 'yellow'. Kira mid-risk pregnancy lah.
Smalam kn puasa lagi smp this morning to take blood during fasting. Pastu im told to do the tests 2 hours after each meal for the day. Ni dh buat 3 kali. Esok kn jmp doctor lagi to review the results. Mintak2 okay :)
Apa tu GD? Its kencing manis yg hit only during pregnancy. Hmm.. Nak tau lebih? Sila Google ye. Hehehe. Panjang sgt nk explain.
Satu lg, dh kn start kira baby's movement. Ni cite kt post esok lh ek!
1st self pricking!
Reading's looking pwetty goooodddd
tagged with 'YELLOW'
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