Wednesday, April 22, 2009
21 months and counting
Weighty issue
Friday, April 17, 2009
Al fatihah
Late last nite, i received a very heartbroking sms from Aunty Hetz about our close friend's stillbirth baby who should be due in 2 weeks time. And as I've shared before, I'm not good at this.
Till now I am still figuring out what to say to her, or text her. But I know what's important is not the carefully thought out words but the thoughts and support itself. Even if it means just sitting silently next to her or crying with her. But I cant do either of that now, except for offer her and her late son my prayers.
As a mom, I understand how it feels when something goes wrong with your baby. But this is of totally different level, and I dont know and wouldnt want to ever experience what she feels now. I hope she remain strong. God is fair, insyaAllah, there are hikmah in everything that happens although it's veryvery hard to see that now.
To my dear friend, i know it must be veryvery hard for you and family but please take good care of yourself A& banyak2 bersabar
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Cukur Jambul
My harta dunia akhirat, insyaAllah
Saturday, April 11, 2009
Red cheeks
Today you turned into a 'big girl' - your umbilical stump dropped off during your bath. We also noticed that your skin is peeling off especially on your tummy and legs - a sign that you're growing up, Tok Ma cakapla. Unfortunately your facial skin is facing some problem now - rashes around the cheeks. It can be ok at one time but turn bad and worse, then subside again, all within a day. Abang Amir used to have something similar to this then too, it was not as much and was diagnosed as normal baby acne. I suspected yours is due to milk smearing on your cheeks during feeding, or due to skin contact with my breast or your damp mitten. It looks so itchy and painful but the good thing is you dont seem to make a fuss out of it even when we clean it. We're keeping and eye on it and perhaps go to your paed if it doesnt go away soon. Anyone, any idea how to overcome this?
If they were freckle, they would be cute on you! (Picture taken when they were not as bad, pink as opposed to inflammed red during certain time)
p/s : Am desperately looking for nursing bra, size 40 and above..mothercare's are available in 40s but doesnt suit me well.. HELP!
Thursday, April 9, 2009
A happy report
Sarah, similarly you have also settle down nicely to the new environment. I'm more confident to say that you ARE an easy baby just as Abang was. You mostly sleep through the day, waking up only for feeds and a change. At nite, you'll wake up during Maghrib time and cluster feed and poo that is taking in bottles after bottles or boobs after boobs then poo several times in between the feeds untill it's around 11pm when you settle nicely to sleep. You normally wake up again around 3am for comfort feeding ie clinging to me half asleep and half sucking for an hour or so then sleep again till Subuh. And the cycle goes on.
My curlywurly girl
As for me, i can finally breastfeed! Though i'm not breasfeeding exclusively, i'm very happy that at least i get to experience breasfeeding itself and provide some antibodi-packed food. Unlike Abang, Sarah is more willing to latch again and again which is really the key to this progress. She wont take my boobs when i try to feed while lying down though.. so it is still pain-in-the-neck, back-breaking experience albeit a worthwhile one. My 'equipment' is still quite dissapointing too, very little output and 'shy nips' that needs some working to pop out. By the time it pops out Sarah is already unconsolably wailing. I try to feed Sarah as frequent as I can but if i cant (she refuse/too sleepy/i'm too panicky/no let down) i'll pop her the bottle and proceed to pump. Currently trying to pump at least once every 4 hours, according to Sarah's feeding pattern but I normally yield a measly 1oz per pumping session (one session last up to 1 hour) and she takes about 2.5oz per feed. Sad i tell you, but i'm ok with it cos this has surpassed my expectation anyway.
Confinement wise, i'm enjoying the whole thingla, except for my occasional craving madness for a glass of iced coke.. sigh.. Am determine to lose the weight, way more than wat i gained during the pregnancy. So semangat, thanks to 'The Biggest Loser' that i religiously watch towards end of the pregnancy then. So far i've lost 8kg out of 10kg gained. Unlike the first time, I dont have that much time in hand during this confinement period since I still do some officework occasionally and I got to consciously ensure that Abang get some tlc too.
Monday, April 6, 2009
Sarah Suffiya - The birth story
The next day, I suddenly realised that you were not moving actively in my tummy. So we went to the hospital, leaving sickly Abg Amir with Tok Ma with veryvery heavy heart. I was admitted, suspected dengue. Doc asked me to rest and stay in till all the tests are cleared. Again Papa hardly slept since he accompanied me at the hospital while checking on abang every now and then. The next day (Tuesday 31st March), we almost got a green light to leave since all my test showed that i'm cleared of dengue. My fever has almost cleared too. But suddenly the ECG showed that your heartbeat was irregular. We ran the test again and again untill Doc is convinced that it is nothing to be fearful of, so off we went back to pick up Abg Amir (who is also getting better by now).
Things got better from then on. On the way back, we detoured to Jln Bellamy for ikan bakar lunch (just for the record). Then back at Tok Ma, I managed to settle some office stuff and play with Abg Amir. I remembered being veryvery happy upon reaching home that night. So happy that we're finally back home in good health after 2 nites of misery. But I am also very aware that I have been experiencing some mild contraction ever since we left hospital that afternoon, so instead of calling it an early nite, Papa and I repacked our hospital bag (which was prematurely used the nite before).