Kisah Medical Checkup

Semlm aku ke Pusat Kesihatan sekali lg utk siapkan medical checkup itu hari. Bersama2 aku adalah mak aku and Aisyah. So understandably, aku agak stressed out bila lambat giler service. Yg part buat check BP, height, weight, vision, etc tu ok, cpt je, tp nak masuk dapat endorsement dari Dr, Ya Allah, lambatnya. Tp mmg student ramai giler pon yg sakit. Tu lebih menambahkan kerisauan aku sbb aku bawak newborn bersama kan. Aku berdoa semoga Baby dijauhkan la dari segala penyakit yg berjangkit. On a cheerier note, masa timbang tu, berat aku still maintain. Woohoo! Sukanye… aku ingat naik berat badan, coz aku makan x hengat dunia, hinggakan mak aku suruh stop2 la makan u, beringat sket. Kalo breastfeeding tu memainkan peranan, then all the more reason la to continue, Alhamdulillah…

Ok berbalik pada servis yg lmbat tu, aku siap ckp dekat staff nurse tu dua kali dah, yg aku belum dilayan w/pun dah melebihi waiting period yg ditetapkan iaitu 22 minit (ISO la kunun tuh). For the record, aku tunggu 40 minit. Yg buat aku bengang ialah nurse yg rata2 muda tu semua address aku ngan panggilan ‘Adik’, ingat aku 1st sem student la tu, nak wat medical checkup, so dia bo-layan. Walaupon agak flattering org cas kite muke muda, it does work against me sometimes, like right now. Last2 aku terpaksa la ckp, ‘I have a baby waiting outside, who can get cranky any time now since it’s past her feeding time, so if u could please speed things up, I would really appreciate it’. Lps tu la baru diorg kelam kabut cari Dr.

Masa masuk jumpa Dr tu, siap Dr bole sindir lg, ‘Lama sgt ke menunggu tu?’. Between gritted teeth, I muttered, ‘Lama la jugak, lebih la daripada 22 minit tu.’ Two can play at this game. Anyway aku explained la aku post partum nih, and Aisyah who is exclusively breastfed ada kat luar, yada yada ya. Boleh plak lps tu Dr kata, ok, gi lab dulu, amik air kencing, then gi bilik x-ray, pas tu dtg balik jumpa dia. X sampai 2 minit pon aku kat dlm bilik dia tu. Geramnya!

Nasib kat makmal n kat Bilik X-Ray, segalanya cpt. Lps tu aku masuk la balik bilik Dr. Lps Dr cek lebih kurg, dia tanya aku pernah wat surgery x, aku ckp la pernah, C-section, specifically. Dia pon tanya la aku bersalin kat mana, aku pon jawab la HPAN. Then Dr tanya mcm2 lg, pasal servis kat HPAN tu, aku bersalin ngan sapa, pakej berapa harga, sekali consultation berapa. Rupe2nyer Dr pon tgh planning, nak bersalin kat HPAN. Wah, lps tu terus jd cam member la kitaorg. Aku x kisah berkongsi cerita ngan bakal ibu ni, hehehe… Siap rasa cam aku lak Dr, kekekeke…. Sebenarnya aku dah pernah bbrp org tanya psl servis di HPAN, siap ada org yg aku x kenal approach melalui friendster Tanya pendapat dsbnya. Aku rasa la, if I get RM10 for every time I recommend HPAN, I’d say I’m at least RM 100 richer. Kesudahannya, aku n Dr tu settle dlm keadaan baik la :)

Yg paling penting, medical check up aku sudah siap. Settle satu lg perkara, Alhamdulillah…

Life After 40

... days that is.

Yup, I survived the 40 days in confinement unscathed, hehe. Merdeka!

Aisyah on the other hand has grown up so fast and developed so much over the entire period. Some of the things she can do now:

- push ups
- turn head from left to right during tummy time
- flip from tummy to back
- clasp and unclasp her hand, though no grabbing yet
- smile
- giggle
- kick
- coo
- eyes follow sound/object
- respond towards sound
- sang one syllable ‘Ba’… or what sounded like it

Alhamdulillah, I am so blessed to be able to experience this and I love every minute of it. I just dread the fact that I have more or less two weeks before my maternity leave ends. Boohoo...

Here's a pic of Baby Aisyah posing gaya merdeka at 40 days.

Merdeka!

Perkakas Baby

Utk beberapa hari dlm minggu lps, Aisyah x dpt nak tido lena. Bila dipangku, nyenyak bukan main, then bila letak di crib mcm biasa, x sampai 5 minit dia jaga. Repeat la bbrp kali proses ni. Usually ok sbb bole gilir2 ngan my mom but it really got to me on Saturday la, coz everyone had plans and was out, including Hubs who had a meeting (yes, meeting) at his office, leaving Aisyah on my own terms. So mmg aku x dpt nak mandi, bersarapan, let alone do laundry.

When my Mom got back from her mengaji class, she suggested that maybe Aisyah wanted to sleep on a swing (buai spring tu). I would like to avoid the swing at all cost, if possible, sbb takut nnt dah jd habit dia nak tido mesti masuk buai, nnt nak sambung blaja pon dia nak buai susah la, x kan nak kena import dari M'sia. Then I remembered that Aisyah's crib came with a swing attached to it, cuma we all x guna coz in the beginning it looked like Aisyah was gayat and made a fuss bila org rocked her while she was in it. This time, I tried putting her in the swing and voila! She slept the entire afternoon in it! Looks like she's ready for it this time. Selesai satu masalah, Alhamdulillah...

Rock-a-bye Baby

Later, sbg upah utk baby yg baik (and utk console ibu yg keletihan), Hubs took the three of us out to hunt for a carseat. Yippee!

My two favourite people, muah muah!

... and here is the one we got for her. So far we've had three rides in it, and apart from one time that she wanted to be fed, she seemed content to be in it. I feel sorry that we have to put her in a rear position, coz dia cam x leh nak tgk apa2, but it's for her own safety, so we had to. She didn't seem to mind too much, and bole dooze off to sleep on her own. Rasa sayang plak nak kejut dia bila dah sampai destinasi...

Tgk apa tu Aisyah? Dia cam nak tgk luar, x pandang pon dah Ibu dia.. Btw, itu toy fav dia la ni. Sbb very colourful and ada muzik lullaby

Asalnya x nak beli stroller sbb x sure nak bwk pergi nnt ke, nak beli baru kat sana bila dah sambung blaja nnt. Last2, cannot tahan la, coz apparently, we do got out a lot (x perasan sgt sblm ni), plus the fact that Aisyah got heavier by the day, rasanya x praktikal la nak dukung dia manjang. So kitaorg x invest in a major way pon utk stroller, just something that would do te job and if we had to leave it behind later, x rasa ralat la. As for stroller aaa, Aisyah cam x suka sgt, dia wiggle2 dlm tu but I was clueless the first time bg dia ngadap depan, facing the sea of streaming people. Dia takut kot. Next time nak pusing stroller ni bg dia ngadap muka kita, maybe she'll feel less tertekan that way. Hopefully, she'll get used to the stroller without much problem.

Vroom.. vroom... keta sorong Aisyah

Anyway, nak tanya, ada x pengalaman reader di luar sana yg mana baby anda reject perkakas2 ini? Adakah baby bole terima juga perkakas2 ni apabila dipaksa / dilatih berulang2 kali? What did you do? Just curious :)

Girls Day Out

Ready nak kuar dah ni. yeah, I look nothing like my mom. I know.

Semalam aku, Aisyah and neneknya kuar bersama2. I had a lot of errands to do, mainly related to my preparation to UK. You see people, I am doing bits by bits everyday to get this PhD prep thing completed, although currently I resemble more of a walking zombie than a PhD candidate, haha! I've heard of the horror stories on the time it takes to actually be granted a visa, and in order to do so, I need to get my ATAS certificate, a housing contract with the landlord, a medical checkup done and 1001 more things that just go whoosh and currently doing my head in. Oleh itu, walau pon aku masih lg dlm pantang (hari ke 35), aku gagahkan juga kuar, not that I minded! Bertukar angin nisgt2 aku appreciate. Since I don't drive (yet), my mom has to chaffeur me around. And since I'm Aisyah's only food source, I brought her with us, not that I ever have the heart to leave her in the first place :P

First stop, Pusat Kesihatan utk wat medical checkup. ET had told me that they would want to do a Hep B screening first, before the other part of the exams can be completed. What's worst, the result for the Hep B test will take 4 working days to get in. Memandangkan aku telah wat pon test tersebut masa tgh pregnant dulu, aku bawa slip dia bersama, dgn harapan bole skip la that part. Aku dah la x de masa ni, nak kena kuar 2,3 kali pulak, susah le. Malangnya, aku kena gak wat test tu skali lg coz result tu dah lebih 2 bulan. Hmm... kena dtg lg la ni next week.

Next stop, Fakulti, nak amik sign dekan utk pengesahan borang elaun pakaian panas. Beberapa org sempat tegur aku n terkejut sbb dah berjln rata2 dlm pantang. We all got to do what we all got to do, I said, or something aorund that line la. Then check pigeon hole and cleared out the content.

Afterwards, gi Bank plak. Punya ramai student, terpaksa la bersesak kat situ. By the time dah siap business kat bank tu, Aisyah nak nyusu. Hah, kat mana plak nak breastfeed nih? Last2 park dekat Fakulti Ekologi nyer parking yg sunyi tu dan bg la Aisyah makan. A mom's gotta do what a mom's gotta do, right?

Lps dia dah kenyang, kami pon bergerak ke next destination, iaitu Jusco Taman Equine. Ye, jgn terperanjat, kami gi shopping! Asalnya nak survey2 carseat, then terbeli mcm2 benda baby yg lain. Baju berhelai2, stoking, mainan dia, etc. Baru la aku paham mengapa member2 yg ada baby sblm aku dulu, asal masuk kedai je beli baju baby. X de keja lain. naik heran aku. Skang I'm one of those people la. X bole stop rupanya. Oh the addiction!

Lama gak la kat Jusco ni. Siap feeding Aisyah 3 kali, tukar diapers 2 kali. Hehe. Mungkin sbb kemudahan tu dah ada kot. Ni aku salut Jusco, sbb wat nursing room yg sgt2 selesa dekat baby area tu. Senang aku nak shopping. Kat supermarket lain pon biasanya ada, tp kena kuar keda baby and gi cari nursing room yg usually dekat2 area toilet (eww..) Yg kat Jusco ni senang. Shopping, shopping, shopping, then dlm area yg sama masuk feeding. Then sambung lg. Dulu x pernah perasan atau hargai facilities cam nih, but now, hui, mmg cannot live without la rasanya. Tinggal lg aku lom beli stroller utk cik mek molek ni, so jenuh la berdukung, tp gilir2 ngan mak aku, so orait la. X pasti nak beli ke x stroller tu, sbb kalo jd sambung blaja nnt, x tau bole bwk ke x. Kang kalo dah excess baggage, terpaksa la plak tinggal. Plak kena beli baru kat sana. Kan rugi. As for carseat, kena beli gak kot. Sbb nak travel bila dah keja nnt, dari umah kami ke umah my mom hari2. Anyway, lom beli lg carseat tu, sbb Hubs kata nnt hari Sabtu ni dia nak ikut sama gi usha. Ingatkan nak tolong belikan dulu, coz he hardly has the time these days, tp rupe2nya dia sama excited when it comes to purchasing brg baby. Chet! X pe la, at least I got my Saturday planned already, la la la la la...

Overall, it was a very enjoyable day out, not just for me, but for Aisyah too, I would say. Dia sgt2 alert tgk sekeliling, and walaupon obvious dia ngantuk, dia lawan mata, konon x nak ketinggalan la tu. Hehe. By the time nak balik, naik je keta, pintu lom tutup lg dah Zzzzz... Letih rupenyer…

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In Memoriam - Atuk Dan & Atuk Dong

Awal pg td, lebih kurg jam 2 pg, masa aku tgh sibuk melayan ragam si Aisyah yg x mo tido dlm crib die, Hubs yg tgh tido bgn n bgtau yg atuk dia yg dipanggil Atuk Dan dah meninggal dunia. Innalillahi wa inna ilaihi rajiun...

Aku senyap kejap. Teringat masa aku pregnant dlm sebulan lebih itu ari, Atuk Dong, yakni wife kpd Atuk Dan telah pergi menghadap Ilahi. Sbb keadaan aku fragile masa tu, aku x balik Muar. Kini, setelah sebulan lebih aku bersalin, Atuk Dan pula menyusul. Dan sekali lg aku x dpt balik Muar kerana aku masih dalam pantang.

Ku bisikkan pada anak aku, 'Aisyah dah x de oyang lg, nak. Atuk Dan dah x de'.

Atuk Dan merupakan satu2 nya moyang yg masih ada ketika Aisyah dilahirkan, dan arwah x sempat melihat cicit nya yg terbaru ni.

Sekalung Al-Fatihah buat Atuk Dan yg dikasihi...