At 22 weeks

Dah lama enggak menulis. Penat sungguh menjadi seorang bakal ibu yang berulang alik ke lab setiap hari. Tak berkesempatan nak menulis panjang sebab terlalu bz bz bz collecting data. Alhamdulillah, betul la orang kata "U will start getting nice results in your third year"

Guess what? The normally everyday 'to and fro' 10 mins walk to school becomes half-an-hour marathon. My tummy is not that huge like typical 5-6 months preggies, but the burden it carries makes me wanna stumble at every step.

(BUKAN PERUT AKU)

"Active baby" said the lady sonographer, smiling, during my 20 weeks scan. "Oh yes, the baby's been me kicking a loooot!" and I grinned. The high and low of being a mother-to-be, now I can feeeeeeeel them all! Ini baby belum keluar lagi... Oh sahabatku, jangan sekali-kali menderhaka pada ibu kamu sekalian...

Several highlights of my pregnancy:

• I'm carrying the baby low down- a baby BOY sign?
• No longer enthusiastic for shopping in the city, can't stand walking around for too long
• My back hurts everytime I bend
• The frequency of going to the loo had been increasing steadily to an average >10 times per day
• I MUST have lunch at around 11, or 11.30 at the latest, as not to suffer getting nauseatic

The SV has been so nice to me. Being a mum, she knows what I'm going through (even though she did not suffer alahan masa first trimester). She even said "My son is the best thing ever happened to me". Comel gile kan? Ni la hikmah dapat mum SV :)

Tomorrow morning I'm gonna see my midwife again. Hope to get some positive news from the test results InsyaAllah.

Raya

This year's raya was the best time indeed. Balik jumpa family tercinta, anak-anak sedara kesayanganku yang makin membesar dengan sihat dan kuat, mama papa yang nampak makin tua (ye la setahun tak nampak) dan sahabat2ku the gossip girls.

Tak lupa juga time melantak makanan idamanku walaupun alahan mengandung masih ada masa tu, to the extent of losing 4 kg during the first trimester. But who gives a damn? My tummy, my business huahuahuahauh

Went to my bro-in-law radio room, did the first ultrasound in the presence of Azam. At first dia malas nak pegi, tapi kene paksa oleh aku. Start scan je, muka Azam bertukar dari malas jadi happy+kagum semacam bila nampak baby tengah main-main dalam perut aku. Baby tu siap buat swing macam tengah main buaian. Kalau scan lama sikit lagi agaknya boleh nampak dia buat somersault kot. Saje nak menunjuk betapa dia enjoy betul la dalam perut tu padahal mak dia dok muntah-muntah setiap hari... mmmmm.... sabar je la. Ada try scan 3D and 4D sekali, but the images were too 'scary' to be seen hahahah. better tak payah buat kalau baby tu tengah actively moving around, nanti tak nampak macam baby tapi nampak macam ntah apa apa ntah!

First time aku jumpa anak sedara paling baru- Amsyar. Bapak aku (aka Amsyar's part time bibik) panggil dia the Sweet Boy. Sebab muka dia macam baby girl- ada dimple, bulu mata panjang & lentik, suka senyum. Ni maybe sebab dulu masa mak dia pegi buat umrah, dia berdoa depan Kaabah nak baby girl- tup tup dapat baby boy muka sweet cam girl. Blame the mother...

The three stooges- Areef, Amsyar, Afif

5 weeks and 5 days later, back to cold + gloomy Manchester.

Met my lovely midwife for the first time, Sarah. Such a very nice and sweet lady, the services are like damn too good to be real. Can you imagine a midwife going from one house to another to serve the preggies? She came to my house carrying a lot of stuffs, took my details, provided so many useful informations + booklets + magazine + freebies . And to my surprise, she even took my blood + urine sample during the visit--> cool! Then I understood why people say I should grab the chance while I'm still here. Simply because the service is so great you couldn't resist feeling safe and secure all along.

Now I'm all Alone, Pregnant, Abroad. And I'll be stucked in this town for another 3 coming years for sure. What could possibly be more exciting than this? Thank goodness Azam will be back this Monday. Or else... isk isk isk

Takde keje

Aku tolong promote video mamat ni, supaya dia boleh beli kamera baru :)

Penantian itu satu penyeksaan...

Ada 10 hari lagi nak balik, tapi rasanya bagai 10 BULAN.... ohhhhh!

Tensionnya bila mengidam nak makan itu dan ini tapi tak dapat....

Kalau cuba buat sendiri pun, rasanya masih tak sama.....

Bersyukurlah wahai bakal ibu di tanah airku... kerna semua kau ngidam gerenti kau boleh cari...

Lambatnya nak balikkkkkkkk! uwaaaaaaaaa!

mana nak cari NASI BERLAUK?

NASI KUKUS AYAM BEREMPAH?

AKOK?

ONDE ONDE?

PUTU PIRING?

DAN SEMUA-SEMUA-SEMUA-SEMUA INI?

Ahhhkooo jiwoooooo....

Sabar sabar.....

Gambar mahal dari mstar

MESRA... Walaupun berbeza ideologi politik, Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Mohd. Najib Tun Razak dan Mursyidul Am PAS, Datuk Nik Aziz Nik Mat berkongsi kegembiraan memegang seekor anak kambing biri-biri yang dilahirkan di ladang pembiakan biri-biri di Kampung Runchang yang terletak di bawah projek Wilayah Ekonomi Pantai Timur (ECER).

Aku suspek betul photographer yang amik gambar ni, mantap betul timing dia!

Hilang kejap alahan mengandung aku hahahahha