I'll be back to work tomorrow!

alohh alohh aloohh, malasssss
setelah sekian lama bercuti, esok dah nak kena keje..hadeiiiiiii!

24-30 Ogos..

I have few things nak tulis sebenarnye sepanjang minggu ni. Tapi asik bertangguh jerr. Tak sempat memanjang. So hari ni nak tulis sekaligus.


Isnin - 24 Ogos 09
Pegi 6th week post-natal check up. Everything seem ok for both of us. Papa tanya kat doctor boleh tak kalu nak amik imunisation sekali for Nina, and doctor cakap boleh. Nina kena 2 cucuk hari tu, peha kiri kanan and satu oral. huhoooooooo dia nangisss macam tak hingattt. Doctor cakap ada chances Nina akan demam. Tapi alhamdulillahhhh, elokk je dia. Alhamdulillah...

Selasa - 25 Ogos 2009
First time afte Nina lahir, a day tanpa Nina. Saya hantar dia ke rumah baby sitter for trial. Tanya kat kawan tu, dia cakap ok jerr..Nina tak nangis. Legaaa

While Nina takde, saya pun menyiapkan lerr my to-do-list yang panjang berjela tu. Ke-sana ke-mari saya hari tu. Buat-itu, buat-ini. Dalam banyak2 item dalam list tu, ada 2 benda yang tak sempat nak buat, so tangguh kan le ke hari lain yang free nanti.

Rabu - 26 Ogos 2009
Pagi2 lagi bangun siapkan Nina and myself. Ada group discussion under Karitane, for baby's sleep setling class. Saya registerkan diri utk session tu sebab Nina not really settle minggu sebelumnya. Asal malam je dia tak mau tido. Dok berjaga serba tak kena. tensennnnnn. Tapi 2-3 hari sebelum session tu, dia turn ok pulak. And sampai hari ni dia ok..malam2 elok dahh dia tido.

Tapi saya pegi juga session tu, sebab the lactation concultant yang saya jumpa minggu sebelumnya cakap, perangai budak mmg akan berubah2. Biasanya masa 3rd, 6th and 8th week. And katanya the worse masa 12th week. hohooooo, Nina will turn 8 week this rabu..tunggu je laa apa perangai baru dia nanti heheheh

owhh, antara tips2 yang Karitane bagi for sleep setling:

• Wrap baby
• Massage
• Check baby sihat ke tak
• Mom pun kena jaga diet, specially yang breastfeed. Not to much sugar as nanti to much energy to baby, tu yang payan nak tido nanti. And watch out caffein.
• Build routine for baby - contoh ajar dia utk bezakan malam & siang, say...kita mandikan dia waktu petang, so that dia tahu lepas mandi kena tido as hari dah nak malam. And lagi masa nak tidokan baby, kita cakap word yang sama..say 'tido ye sayang..' everytime nak tidokan baby, kita cakap perkara yang sama, so that dia tahu it's time to sleep.
• apa lagi yerrrr....?????????

Khamis 27 Ogos 2009

Another day hantar Nina ke baby sitter and sekali lagi saya ke-hulu ke-hilir. Macam2 benda buat. Pegi eastgarden, bought 2 long skirt for myself, sebagai mengubati perasaan malas nak back to work ni. Mudah mudahan, dengan 2 skirt baru tu, bersemangat la sikit nanti...hahaaa

Jumaat, Sabtu, 28-29 Ogos 2009

Apa jadi ehh hari ni. Ada..tapi lupa dahhh. Nanti lahh

Ahad 30 Ogos 2009

Ke 'toys R us'. Destinasi baru kami sejak2 ada Nina. I know..I know, she's to small for toys..tapi kami bukan beli toys. Pi sana tujuan asalnya nak cari breasfeeding shawl, end up ntah apa2 barang lagi kami beli. Nina baru lahir tak sampai 2 bulan, tapi barang2 dia dah macam2. Agaknye bila nak balik Malaysia for good nanti, Nina's stuff lagi banyak dari Mommy's & papa's.

Beautifully Growing!

Nina is 6 weeks and 2 days today. She is beautifully growing, with her weight now 4.55kg and 53cm tall, compared to 2.945kg & 49cm respectively, when she born. Mommy happy with that!

While watching her progress, i am watching my weight too, i have 9 kilos to cut down after i delivered her. I've gained 13 kilos throughout the pregnancy, that brought me to 73kg. As per today, i've cut it down to 63.9, which means i have approximately 4 kilos to back to my pre-pregnancy weight.

I keep this note for my own reference in future:

8/7/9 - Nina born 2.945kg, mommy 69kg
19/7/09 - Nina 3.20kg, Mommy 68kg
24/7/09 - Nina 3.340kg, Mommy 67.7kg
30/7/09 - Nina 3.70kg, Mommy 66kg
21/8/09 - Nina 4.55kg, Mommy 63.9kg

Thank god for creating such a great system to help mother to reduce weight through breastfeeding, and thanks to Nina for helping Mommy! Probably Nina can help Mommy to get back my pre-marriage weight, which was 55kg. go go go..!

Atok & Wan dah balik...

I am now became 'slower' in blogging. I mean i was slow before..and now became worse! Cerita dah berapa hari, ni baru nak tulis. Takpe la kann :D

Mak & Abah dah balik Malaysia tinggalkan kami. Tinggal ler kami 3 beranak..meaning that, now come to the reality..everything kena settlekan sendiri. No more 'Wan & Atok' taking care of Nina while mommy away. Pegi mana-mana, kena bawa Nina along with mommy.

Sebulan Mak & Abah bersama kami kat rumah ni. Meaning that, sebulan lerr rumah ni tak sunyi. Masa Mak & Abah kat sini, meriah le sikit ruang tengah kat rumah ni..tv tu pun ada gak laa org nak tengok. Selama ni, memang jarang saya lepak kat ruang tengah tuu, tv tu memang jarang saya on.

Bila Mak & Abah dah balik, Nina macam paham jer. Selama Nina balik dari hospital lepas dia lahir until hari Mak & Abah balik ke Malaysia, rumah ni takde la sunyi. But now, tinggal Nina & mommy je kat rumah during daytime. Sunyi kan Nina... :(

Sydney Airport, 14th August 2009.. mak & abah balik ke Malaysia..

It's been a month

It's been a month...

1. Me and rezan were panicking wether or not I am in labour, waiting for her arrival..
2. We been appointed with the new position 'a full time and forever a PARENT'..
3. We been given a newborn baby to take home and we haven't even got the manual - then realising how much fun it is learning on the job.
4. We went to downstair cafe in the hospital for a cup of coffe, and suddenly few peoples turn to us and praised..'she's gorgeous', 'she's pretty'..how proud mommy and papa was..
5. Breathing in the best smell in the world..baby's smell!
6. Being in the sleepless nite - the most tired ever been in life - and the most happy.

Nina is 1 month old on 8th August 09!

Breast Feeding Support Unit and Aqleena's Weight

Pagi tadi pegi kelas kat Breast Feeding Suport Unit, RWH. I was referred to this unit sebab masa nak discharge dari hospital hari tu, saya ada breastfeeding problem. Rasa sakit masa feed Aqleena and it's sored, berdarah lagi! For couple days after discharged from hospital tu, just guna pump aje la..not so bad...

Actually, kelas yang saya attend tadi, bukan la kelas yang macam saya bayangkan. It was a one to one session, whereby a lactation consultant talking to a mum with a baby. Dia bagi tgk video and kita chat pasal teknik2 yang betul, supaya baby dapat suck to the maximum and mum tak rasa sakit. Coming friday ni mungkin kena pegi lagi...sebab tadi Aqleena tido jerrr tadi...so dia tak dapat tunjukkan practical untuk session kedua.

Okeh, masa kat kelas tu tadi, while saya tgk video..midwive amik Aqleena, untuk pegi timbang. We were so surprise sebab Aqleena put on weight more than what we expected. Newborn baby biasanya akan lost 10% from their birth weight and gain back in 2 weeks time. Tapi Aqleena did so well, when she only lost 5% on the day we discharged from hospital, and hari ni berat dia dah 3.2kg. She is exceeding her birth weight not even in 2 weeks. Syabbas betty!

Tremendous Birthday Gift from God!

I would like to remark this as the tremendous birthday gift in my life..our 'Shahmeen Aqleena'. Syukur Alhamdulillah semua nya dah selamat. Macam tak percaya i have my Shahmeen Aqleena in my arm earlier than expected due date, which supposedly on this coming sunday 19th July 2009. Aqleena born 11 days earlier (8th July 2009 - 6 days after my birthday).

Sebelum Aqleena lahir, saya mmg dah beberapa hari mengulang ke hospital due to my HBP untuk pregnancy day stay, start from 3rd July 09 (friday). Following monday and tuesday pun pegi juga lagi. Tapi on tuesday morning tu (7th July 09), saya dapat show, which was saya pun quite uncertain (is that a show or bukan?). Sampai hospital, saya bagitau midwive pasal show yang keluar tu..but then midwive cakap, nanti dia bagitau doctor. So saya pun buat treatment macam biasa sampai laaa ke petang. Takde rasa sakit pun..cuma rasa tighten yang kuat dari biasa.

Petang bila dah habis treatment..doctor datang check. Saya bagitau doctor and she confirmed that i have dilated 2cm. yahooooooooooooooooooo! Rasa seronok sangat masa tu sebab baby dah nak lahir anytime soon.

Around pukul 3pm macam tu, saya balik. Rezan fetch macam biasa, ntah kenapa hari tu saya taknak drive. Malam pukul 7, rasa tightening yang lagi kuat and semakin kerap, and it last for 40-50 seconds. uishhhhhh..dalam hati cakap 'beranak ke aku malam ni??? ini ke sakit nak beranak????' Pukul 11 malam ada rasa sakit sikit, macam senggugut yang very mild. Masa ni dah call hospital twice..but diorang tak kasi datang lagi. Pukul 12 malam call hospital lagi. Kali ni saya berkeras cakap nak datang hospital juga, sebab its was only me and rezan at home, and this is our first time. We totally do not know weather or not i'm in labour.

Sampai hospital, diorang buat Cardiotocography (CTG) untuk pick-up baby heart beat as well as contraction. Memang ada contraction dah masa ni, cuma saya belum rasa sakit. Saya and rezan bermalam kat hospital malam tu. Midwive yang jaga saya malam tu, nama nyer Racheal..sungguh comel and baik!

Esoknye..pukul 8 pagi..midwive tukar shift. Kali ni Suzanne pulak on duty. Tinggi lampai orang nyer and sangat lemah lembut, cantik pulak tu! So Zuzanne check, dia kata baru dilate 3 cm!! haperrrrrrrrrrrrrr??????????? punya laaa lama baru 3 cm. So Suzanne bagi option samada nak break water or nak tunggu (which is kalau tunggu naturally mgkn amik masa more than 24 hours). Saya masa tu nak semuanya settle cepat, so saya cakap..pecahkan aje!

Lepas water broke..bermula laa fasa sakit tuhhhhhhhhh!! hadeiiiiiiiii memang takleh tahan. Sakit yang tak boleh saya nak ungkap dengan kata2. Lepas sejam lebih menahan sakit, saya minta drug, diorang bagi gas. Gas tu macam tak working on me. Saya mintak yang lagi kuat, diorang bagi pentadine. So dapat la bertahan sikit. Lepas lebih kurang 3 jam lebih bersabung nyawa...lahir laaa puteri kami..Shahmeen Aqleena bte Sheikh Abdul Rezan @1.25pm @ 2.945kg @ Royal Women Hospital, Randwick NSW, Australia.