WEEK 34 - INFO UPDATE

Your baby's crown-to-rump length this week is approximately 12.8 inches and the total length is around 19.8 inches at this time. Your baby now weighs almost 5 pounds. From your bellybutton, it is about 5.6 inches to the top of your uterus. Measurements of your uterus vary from woman to woman. You should not worry if you do not measure the exact same as your pregnancy friends or family members as long as you are growing appropriately. When your uterus grows and gets larger at an appropriate rate, it shows that your baby is growing well inside of your uterus.

Source:
http://www.i-am-pregnant.com/Pregnancy/calendar/week/34

The Broken Ship I Craved For!

This afternoon I was chatting away with Sake. At first it was about updates on our lives as usual, then we started chatting, or rather I turned the conversation into another one of those exclusive labour and delivery interview with him. Hehehehe...

Sake is one of the guys that you really can talk about anything with ease, and this topic was no exception. It really did help BIG time that he has a wonderful wife who had just given birth to a healthy son last February. So he, in many ways, knows or at least has seen more about the going ons in the ever-so-secret procedures that take place behind the door of a labour room. And they chose to have their baby at HPAN, another reason why I took the opportunity to aqueeze all the juice from him, so that I'd prepare myself with as much information as possible.

The conversation went from contractions, to epidural, to urine cathether, to episiotomy, to episiotomy suture, to ahem... Implanon. Wow... this guys knows it all good, doesn't he? I'm lucky to have such an open-minded and well-informed guy friend. Really, all father-to-be should know these information at their fingertips already.

Okay, so Implanon was not really something I would think about in the near future. But what I was thinking was a dish called 'Broken Ship' (Perahu Pecah) for quite awhile now. I'd kept hinting that I wanted to go Malee's but everyone including my husband was too busy to entertain me :(

But finally last night, I got what I craved for. Never mind that it wasn't at Malee's. We went to Soho instead because it was too late already (9.30 p.m.) and Hubs was hesitant to make the long drive to Kajang. Ahhh... the part and parcel of being 8 and a half months preggo. Even Kajang is considered a long distance drive away now.

Anyway, we were late bcoz Hubs went to the DIY store first to get some cleaning stuff for the house (seriously). When we got to Soho, the place was still packed, but the majority had eaten, so we got our orders fast.

One look at our table and one would've guessed that we were dining for four. Which wouldn't have been a far off guess. There were three of of us... Hehehe... We had the RM16 Perahu Pecah that I so 'ngidam'ed, Udang Celup Tepung, Telur Dadar, Sate, ABC and drinks. Tak bersisa plak tu...

Yum, yum... Alhamdulillah Syukur Nikmat....

MC

Aku teringatkan pekeliling terbaru yg dikeluarkan mengenai MC di institusi tempat aku kerja nih. Katanya, kalo surat MC tu dikeluarkan di klinik2 panel atau pun swasta, maka maksimum cuti sakit dlm setahun yg dpt ialah 14 hari. Kalo kat hospital kerajaan plak, 45 days.

Aiseh... Aku pon call la bhgian cuti utk confirm kan perkara ni coz right now my MC comes from HPAN. One thing they suggested me do was to get the MC endorsed at Pusat Kesihatan (PK). Argghh..

So off I went. Mmg aku cuak sgt la.. sbb kononnya kalo lebih 14 hari nnt bole kena tindakan tatatertib. When questioned what exactly 'tindakan tatatertib' meant, nobody could answer. I guess buat masa ni mcm diorg belom decide lg je, or ntah2 pakai ikut budi bicara je, I really wouldn't know. Ni semua gara2 mereka yg tidak bertanggungjawab yg suka2 ati amik MC tipu la. X baik wooo... x amanah tu namanya. Kesannya, menyusahkan org yg betul2 sakit, sebab majikan dah kureng percaya. Susah payah kan org lain betul la...

Sepanjang perjalanan ke PK tu aku berdoa moga2 Allah mempermudahkan urusan aku. Kot2 la kalo PK x nak endorse ke, buat x layan ke.. sebab aku tahu for a fact PK x cater utk staf dia yg mengandung. But I'll let u know one thing, diorg ada mesin ultrasound tu. Aku pernah guna dulu, tp bkn utk scan baby la.. hehe.

Alhamdulillah... everything went smoothly je dekat PK tu. Lom sempat aku duduk nombor aku dah kena panggil. Discuss dgn Dr tu (Dr Latinah x silap aku), tp dia x sure la bole ke x sokong kes aku, but she was being very kind and sympathetic dgn masalah aku. Terus dia panggil SN masuk utk confirmkan and masa tu la aku jumpa Kak R*wk, ex-penasihat kelab PBSM aku dulu. Dgn bersemangat and efficient nya diorg check dgn Ketua dekat PK tu.

Akhirnya PK pon endorse MC aku without a problem. It was cleared out that the circular was only meant for minor illnesses seperti batuk, demam, sakit perut dsb nya. Kalo dah ada diagnosis spt aku, dikira exception, even kalo aku pergi swasta sbb PK kata, they would never rule out a specialist's diagnosis, x kira la swasta ke govt ke. Cumanya tiap2 kali aku sambung MC, kena gi endorse PK lg and they will support it. Tinggal claim je la x bole, kena kuar pocket money sendiri aaa kata diaorg. Aku sengih2 je la... Fuh... Lega aku... Alhamdulillah..

Seterusnya aku terus gi opis, handed out the now endorsed MC to bhg cuti. People kind of joked around when they saw me, kata diorg, 'Ko ngan Awien ni sama je. Dah besar nak meletop pon belom bersalin lg?'

Apparently K Awien is currently overdue by 5 days. I pray that she delivers safely soon. Kalo aku pon mungkin dah kurg sabar jadik dia. Aku betulkan keadaan ckp aku due bulan depan, cuma MC je manjang. After sorting out a few urgent stuff dekat opis and collected my letters dlm pigeon hole, we went home. Btw, in case u guys are wondering, no I did not get up the stairs to the pigeon hole (yg ridiculously situated at 1st floor itu). My brother did, he's such an Angel, he is.

Malamnya tu, aku dpt SMS dari HoD aku, tanya someone told her aku dah bersalin, betul ke? Aiks... cpt2 aku corrected her ckp belom, but she'll be amongst th 1st to know once aku dah bersalin nnt. I'm guessing someone must've seen me kat opis today and thought, 'Oh great, she's back from maternity leave already.' Ha!

Mmg believable pon, sbb I've been away for so long now. I just hope that kalo betul aku dah deliver nnt, the pregnant belly that I love so much right now wouldn't decide to stay for good. Haiyoh.. x mo la buncit x kempis itu mcm...

WEEK 33 - INFO UPDATE

Your baby weighs about 4.4 pounds at this point. The crown-to-rump length of your baby is approximately 12 inches and the total length is around 19.4 inches. Measuring from the top of your uterus to your bellybutton is 5.2 inches. Total weight gain at this point of pregnancy is usually 22 to 28 pounds. With the exception of crying, your baby is capable of doing everything that a newborn baby will do. Your baby is restricted now inside of the uterus, but still can kick and move. Your baby sleeps a lot of the time, just as newborn babies do. Your baby's eyes move in the manner of REM sleep and researchers believe that babies can dream vividly in uterus. When your baby is awake, she is listening, feeling and learning. There are billions of neurons in the brain that make trillions of connections. Your baby will probably have settled into the birth position by now and your caregiver can most likely tell which way your baby is presenting. If your baby were to be born now, the lungs would probably be strong enough to function properly, but your baby may still need extra care from specially trained doctors and nurses.

Day Out

Ari ni seperti yang di'plan'kan, Mas ngan Iezma datang melawat aku kat umah mak aku. Then lepak kejap, kitaorg kuar makan. Mas bawak kitaorg gi naik keta dia ke Secret Recipe Bangi. Tempat tu kira strategik la jugak sbb aku dah x payah naik tangga and bole park straight depan kedai je, x le jenuh berjalan dari parking lot sana.

Sampai2 tu baru pkl 12.30 tgh, kedai pon kosong aje. Ingat nak order tom yum kung, tahu mmg sedap tp sbb aku nyer toleransi terhadap makanan pedas ni x berapa tinggi, maka aku batalkan aje la niat tu. X nak la plak kang tiba2 rasa sakit perut ke apa ke, wat nyer penangan tom yum kung tu wat aku rasa nak terberanak awal ke plak kang, x ke naya. So aku settled la dgn order yg teramat la modest, which consisted of seafood macaroni n cheese ngan air fresh orange. Mas order Vietnamese Beef Noodles, Iezma lak order Tumeric Chicken. Semua pun sedap. Ntah camne ntah portion aku cam ciput je, so bila aku dah abis makan, geng2 tu baru halfway through, so aku pon x nak la duduk melongo je maka aku pon order la walnut brownies sepinggan. The perk of being pregnant, mkn mcm pelahap pon org sungguh x heran.... Dan memandangkan aku ada kurang sebulan je lg utk mempergunakan tiket 'pregnant' ini sepenuhnya, aku wat derk je la and menggunakannya sepenuhnya... hehehe... kenyang...

Macam2 diborakkan spnjg mkn tu. Hal pregnancy, PhD research, gosip mosip, etc.... Almaklumlah, lama sungguh x dah jumpa, apatah lg nak mkn n gosip sesama kan. Bkn setakat aku aje yg lama x jumpa diorg, tp Iezma ngan Mas yg sebilik tu pon sama2 dah lama x jumpa. Ye la, masing2 sibuk ngan PhD masing2, x mcm time keja dulu, ari2 mkn sama sampai tahap pening kepala dah tiap kali lunch, x tau nak mkn kat mana lg.

Siap mkn tu, balik umah mak aku, sambung lepak sini sambil mkn apple pie yg Iezma bawak. Giler talented la minah tu. Main2 je dia bakar pie dlm keadaan pregnant. Granted, she's only in her second trimester, peringkat honeymoon la kata org, tp aku masa second trimester pon x wat la keja remeh ni, mungkin bukan bakat n minat aku kat situ :P Anyways, kitaorg teka2 kot baby dia pompuan, tu yg mak dia rajin wat keja2 umah. Jawapan yg sebnarnya tu, hanya Allah la yg tahu sbb kata dia dah scan tp lom nmpk lg.

Tup2 tgh mkn pie tu ada org ketuk pintu umah. Ingatkan sapa, rupa2 nya ada delivery. Untuk aku! Bunga ros plak tu! Dari Mas ngan Fadhlina! Ye, Fadhlina dari UK tu. Rupa2 nya Mas ngan Ina ni pakat, order bunga online, nak cheer up kan aku and send well wishes supaya cepat sembuh n have a safe delivery.

Sebak aku... terharu x leh nak ckp ada kengkawan cenggini. Yang dtg mengunjung x putus2 masa kat spital, yg dtg umah tgk2 kan aku lps dah kuar spital, siap bwk pie, siap order kan bunga surprise... Sungguh.. aku rasa x terbalas la pemberian korang ni. Cuma aku berdoa kat Allah, moga2 Dia akan membalas perbuatan baik korg memperkenankan permintaan korg dan juga mepermudahkan segala urusan korang di dunia dan akhirat. Amiiin....

Org yg baca entry ni mesti rasa aku emo lebih2 plak, tp sebenarnya x. Korg tanya la mana2 org yg sakit atau terlantar kan, bila ada member yg melawat atau put an effort in cheering them up, mesti sayu satu mcm punya. Ye la, org sakit ni byk limitations dia, nak kuar dah x leh, nak jupe org ramai pon dah x dpt, terperap terkurung je. Sekali skala bila ada kejutan mcm ni, mmg sgt2 besar la erti dia pada yg tgh going through it. Semoga suatu waktu nnt kalo ada antara member2 aku sakit jgn la hendaknya aku tergolong dlm org2 yg x peduli atau terlupa utk ambil peduli.

Guys, you are the bestest lah! {{GROUP HUG}}