31. 12. 2013

Ha Ha Ha

Q: Should I have a baby after 35?
A: No, 35 children is enough.
Q: I'm two months pregnant now. When will my baby move?
A: With any luck, right after he finishes college.

Q: What is the most reliable method to determine a baby's sex?
A: Childbirth.
Q: My wife is five months pregnant and so moody that sometimes she's borderline irrational.
A: So what's your question?

Q: My childbirth instructor says it's not pain I'll feel during labor, but pressure. Is she right?
A: Yes, in the same way that a tornado might be called an air current.

Q: When is the best time to get an epidural?
A: Right after you find out you're pregnant.

Q: Is there any reason I have to be in the delivery room while my wife is in labor?
A: Not unless the word "alimony" means anything to you.

Q: Is there anything I should avoid while recovering from childbirth?
A: Yes, pregnancy.

Q: Do I have to have a baby shower?
A: Not if you change the baby's diaper very quickly.

Q: Our baby was born last week. When will my wife begin to feel and act normal again?
A: When the kids are in college. 

Symphysis Pubis Dysfunction (SPD) | also known as Pelvic Girdle Pain (PGP)

yup... painfully experiencing THIS!!! AGAIN!

*cry* *cry* *cry*

Let me tell you how painful...

Imagine your crotch is burning and on intense fire. Imagine your crotch is being stabbed multiple times non stop. Imagine you are being forced to do a perfect splits and hold that position for hours. Imagine feeling huge muscle tear as a result of excessively exercising non stop. 

Walking is a pain. climbing up and down the stairs is a pain. Going in and out of a car is a pain. Wearing pants and underwear is painful. Changing sides while lying down is painful (I can even hear and feel the clicking sound as if my joints and bones are all over the place). Lying flat on my stomach is painful. My back hurts, my tailbone hurts. Standing from sitting position is a killer. Feels like there's a heavy weight attached to my crotch so that it feels pressured as if its gonna burst anytime. Opening up my legs is painful (yes! the pleasurable act associated with opening up my leg can be a painful act. I can even hear the clicking sound followed by short burst of pain).

And when I say I am in pain, I really mean EXCRUCIATING unbearable pain!

Are those descriptive enough to describe the level of pain that I feel nowadays? Can you feel me? Can you?

Yes, and it hurts my overly sensitive hormonally haywired feeling when people ridicule me for being slow. As if the pain is not enough for me to deal with on my own :'(


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I'm trying these yoga poses. Hopefully it will help to elevate some pain, if not all

Gentlemen in the making

Yea right... I am now waiting for my burgers to be ready and while the burger seller is flipping the burgers his friends are happily lazing around on chairs playing guitars. Not even 1 of them offered me or the kids to sit down.

Yup... these are the fine young gentlemen of our future... sigh...

A rose by any other name smell as sweet...

So is fart...

Hahahaaaaaaa

This post is inspired by the most awful, foul smell of fart I have ever produced every 10 minutes throughout the day every single time I am pregnant.

No joke I tell you. Even my kids are now able to recognise the smell. And every time they smell something foul, they will ask me if that awful smell is because I have farted. It even brought me to life from my deep slumber. My own smelly fart. Kesian incik suami. Apa nak kata ye yang... terima je la adinda seadanya...

Haaaahaaaahaaaaaaaaaa!!!

gemuk

"Kakak, mummy gemuk tak?" parading in front of her while changing to go out one night.

"Taklah. Tak gemuk pun," my 7 year old princess replied.

"Ye ke tak gemuk? gemuklah."

"Tak gemuk. Gemuk sikit je. Mummy kan mengandung. Memangla gemuk sikit. Tak banyak pun."

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Sigh... my adorable sweet princess trying to sooth my ugly low self esteemed monster that had reared its head that night.

I am 17 weeks now and I gained a whopping 14kg. FOURTEEN FRIGGIN KG!

sigh...

Hormonal Haywire

My hormones have definitely gone haywire. Took the ERL and LRT for 2 days in a row to get to work. On both occasions I was not seated nor was I offered any during the whole journey.

On the first day, I was so hurt for being ignored and coupled with a very back ache, I had to take  pit stop after arriving at the station near my office to sit and cry.

Yup. I cried because I nobody offered me a seat and as a result I had to endure a very bad back pain.

The 2nd day I was expecting not to be offered a seat and so it doesn't bother me like the day before. I was actually amused because a few actually suddenly went to sleep when they saw me enter the train. No biggie. I was proud of myself for managing to control my hormones and not cry for not being able to sit down in the train (ngada betul!). After arriving at the station nearby office, I sat down nearby to ease my back pain. It was becoming painful to walk and so I had to sit down to nurse the pain. Out of the blue a colleague came up from behind and asking me if I'm alright and would I like her to carry some of my things for me. I declined politely and off she went. Immediately my eyes watered and I cried like a burst dam.

Damn! And I was so proud of myself and here I was crying like a cry baby. Ridiculous i'm telling you but this is getting out of hand. I hate not having control. 

Blergh...

A Bad Case of Back Pain

Eh.. mcm rhyme la pulak...

This morning woke up with a very bad case of back pain. Felt like the whole of my back was in excruciating pain. Baru 3 bulan, Ni mesti kes perut terlebih besar. I guess my posture was all over the place hence the back pain. Can't help it since my body is growing at a tremendous speed including my stomach and it will put pressure on my back. I can't walk straight anymore. Tried but feels like I'm going to fall flat on my face at any moment. 

Then I remembered that I have been donning my heels for the last 2 days. Proudly I may add. Hah! ambik kau, terus sakit belakang. So today, I resorted to my medium height heels (heels lagi!) coz that is the only work shoes I have. Another reason to buy more. Eh.

On a side note, just found out yesterday that a staff who just got maried recently is now expecting. Today, through facebook, found out and confirmed that another 2 are expecting. Wahhh... 5 pregnant ladies in the house. There's gonna be huge bellies floating around early next year. hehe...

Macam penyakit berjangkit pulak. Bagus feng shui office ni for those who wants to get pregnant...

Week 12

it has become somewhat of a relief to feel myself again. The extreme tiredness I feel daily has lessen considerably. House chores can resume normally albeit a little slowly. 

I attempted to cook a few days back. Cook 3 types of dishes - sardin, sambal ayam and jemput2 bawang. Oh boy what a wrong decision that was. Next time I need to limit myself to only 1. I was not able to move my body, my back hurt so much that I had to lie down immediately after. The best part was, nobody ate whatever that I have cooked. Not even me and it all went to waste except for the lauk where the stray cats who adopted themselves to our family and made our backyard their home had kenduri the day after.

I can also now enjoy food better. Some food taste ok, some I can't stomach and there are others that can make me nausea or make me feeling satisfied. Dairy product is a no-no so no milk for me. Soy is also out the window. Chocolate and tea based food are also a contraband for me for now. But at least I can now drink plain water on the condition that it must be icy cold plain water.

My stomach is now protruded for the world to see. I still maintained my 10kg extra weight and my breast is now 1 cup and 1 size up. Mr hubbs is enjoying the growth it seems :p

I am now officially desperate to look for outer and inner wear. Baju seluar luar dalam semua dah tak muat... a bigger hole in the pocket... 

All that I'm feeling now is glad for being able to feel normal again. At least house and office work is no more neglected.

1st Trimester

I'm telling you now. IF you ever wanna expand your family, do it before your 35th birthday please.

Its cruel to subject your body to such extreme condition at this age. I may think and act perasan young but the body is not fooled. Extreme tiredness ALL THE TIME. The first few weeks after the blue line appeared was the most cruelest. There is a mattress in front of the telly in the hall fo rme to land the moment I enter the house. And that's where you will find me until bedtime where I will then proceed to continue land on until the next morning. 

Repeat.

Sigh... The family gets neglected. The house is neglected. Mr hubbs is neglected. Not by choice but I just don't have the energy to do anything else. The journey from the front door to the mattress is taxing enough that it renders me invalid the whole night. 

And the food! blergh! everything and anything taste yummy while I'm chewing. The moment I stop chewing, the after taste is just horrible. Horrible I tell you! Hence I have to force myself to chew and chew and eat and eat just to avoid getting that horrible taste in my mouth. Everything taste metalic-ish. All liquid makes my tongue feels horrible. Everything makes me wanna puke.

I didn't actually puke a lot this time around. But I would rather puke than carrying this nausea feeling all the time. Its draining the energy feeling having to puke but not quite.

One time, I did puke and it was horrible. Everything came out like waterfall and I can't even breath. Like there was an automatic floodgate that was opened and nothing can stop it until everything is gone. Oh. Don't let me go on about that horrible asidic greenish puke. Yuck. And I my throat and stomach would hurt bad right after. Drinking would make me puke. Not drinking would make the throat more painful.

I don't know why people love being pregnant. I honestly don't.

Another difference that I faced this time around is that whatever symptoms I have, mr hubbs has it too. That metalic-ish taste of liquid especially plain water. Yup, he taste that too. That feeling of being constantly hungry. Yup he feels that too. The tiredness, the lethargic, the nausea, the heartburn. Yup, he has all of those although at a lesser degree.

What can I say except "welcome to my world". Secretly, I love the fact that he's having the same symptoms. It means that our lives are so intertwined and that we are acutely aware of the presence of each other that he mimicked the feelings that I have. That is love to me... ^_^

All those horrible feelings are at the worst during the first few weeks. But now that I'm nearing the end of the 1st trimester (i think), its not that bad anymore. I don't feel like extremely tired or puking everytime after I eat. The metalic-ish taste is lesser. I can now drink plain water. After taste of food taste slightly better. And I'm not that lethargic all the time anymore. Boleh la nak sidai2 baju, nk kemas2 barang sikit2.

I have been craving for hot and spicy and sour food. Sambal belacan, cili. Nando's angry mango (slurp). And sweet things. but no chocolate please. Those makes me puke immediately. Although magnum ice-cream looks so yummy. sob sob. And this baby has one hell of expensive taste in food. Nak makan taste mat saleh je. Italian, western, cheesy food etc.. 

And like Aydin, I eat both asam manis and sweets. So not helpful in indicating the gender of the baby yet. 

I have not been seeing a Dr yet. What's the point? I already know that I'm pregnant. I'm taking my folic asic (if I remember). I have my vitamin c + calcium daily (heaven sent since I can't take milk due to my eczema and soya is just yucky). My gums still bleed when I brush my teeth. 

And the weight gain! Oh. My. God!!! Would you believe me if I said that I have gained a total of approximately 9kg the past 2 months? Yup NINE freaking KILOGRAMS! And its only the 1st trimester. Lets do math. If I gain 10kg every trimester, I will gain a total of approximately 30kg for the whole duration.

GASP!

sigh... Tell me again which part of pregnancy is enjoyable?

How It All Begin... for the Fourth Time...

Well, truth be told, I don't really want to expand my cozy little family. To me we are already at the perfect size. Also because serik wooo dengan Aydin that makes me feel like I have 3 mischievous twins to take care of at the same time.

However, despite saying "tak nak", we never took on any kind of precautions. I was on the pill before but after too frequent bleeding, I went for numerous checkups to see what was wrong and I discovered that I have polyps. Its only an extra piece of meat (?) hanging from my womb like stalactite but it feeds on estrogen from the pills that I took, hence it became active and bleed just like normal period walhal bukan darah period pun and it will grow since it is sufficiently fed. Therefore, I decided to stop the pill. Other alternatives were not that appealing for us. I refuse to go for implants or injections coz my weight would just shoot up like there is no tomorrow. IUD is simply scary. The rubber is just not attractive enuf for either of us. And withdrawal? what withdrawal? tee hee hee... so we just carried on happily tempting fate. 

Well, after 4 years of being tempted, Fate took the bait. #padanmukaaku.

How did I know? for the first time, there was not a single sign except for the rapid increase of weight. I have been taking a slimming product and half a year now and the only product that was successful to reduce and control my weight. I have been losing weight and no increase since the last half a year. so it came as a surprise that right after Hari Raya Puasa, I gain some weight. Then out of a sudden despite consuming the product, I gained more. I stopped thinking that probably my body need to take a break from the product for a week or so. But after the break, and while still consuming the product, i kept putting on weight. At the same time, just before the weight gain, I was having all the PMS symptoms but just as sudden, PMS passed but no period. However, since I have a long cycle of 45 days, I was still within the cycle. But it became even more suspicious because all other PMS symptoms stopped except the painful breasts. It was damn painful. Even the slightest touch was painful (imagine the frustration of a man named mr hubbs. hehe).

The weird thing is the normal pregnant symptoms that I would get for all my 3 pregnancies was not present. In all my 3 pregnancies, my skin would break out so bad that my face would be filled with small pimples and becomes too oily to manage. However, this time around, my skin condition remains but my eczema became better. I have a very bad case of eczema on the top of my right foot. Its always damp and bloodied and itchy as hell. But during that time, it became dry and flaky.

After nearly a month, bought myself a test kit despite not being late for my period yet. Took the test on 24 August 2013.

When I was carrying Aydin, it took me 3 test kits and nearly going on to 6 weeks pregnant for the lines to appear. This time around, the line appeared loud and clear. No ifs or buts.

How I felt about it? It was expected. I kinda guessed that I am pregnant so it doesn't came as a surprise to see the lines appearing. If the lines didn't appear, that would be a pleasant surprise.

So, here goes 4th round... lets see what other interesting and different experience I will be having this time.

How to Calculate Your EDD (Expected Delivery Date)

The average length of a pregnancy is 40 weeks, or 280 days, from the first day of the last normal menstrual period. Calculating the due date, or expected date of delivery, for a pregnancy is quite simple, then, if you know that date. 

Simply add nine months and seven days to the date (first day of the last normal menstrual period), and you've got your pregnancy due date.

In reality, though, few women give birth on their exact due date. About 80 percent of babies are born within ten days of the due date. That's a fairly large window, beginning ten days before the due date and extending out ten days after the due date. A pregnancy that occurs during this time period (between 38 and 42 weeks) is called full term.

For full article:
http://health.howstuffworks.com/pregnancy-and-parenting/pregnancy/issues/10005-how-to-calculate-your-pregnancy-due-date.htm

And One Makes Four: Here we go again...

i guess the journey will start again and this blog will be alive for a while until the stork has deliver the goods.