Home Alone

For the first time since we got married I'm home alone. A8 was sent to Labuan for work. He went early this morning and will be back on Sunday afternoon. So, tonight I'm left with my own company. I spent my afternoon watching SATC the movie because this is the only chance I can watch girly movie without any interruption.

As for meal my, I made this:

Hehehe...I made a beef burger! Just like yang kena jual di gerai burrrger Ramli (except I'm out of baked beans). I know it is not the healthiest food but I tried adding lots of raw onion (yummm...my fave) and some tomatoes on the side.

Anyway that was eaten hours ago...have to think what's for dinner.

Oh yeah, it's hari gaji! Hmmm...how do a girl with money spent their time ya? Hehehe...

Another buy...

This arrived yesterday as I was lounging in front of the tv:

What's inside ya?

Tada!!!

It's the ring sling I bought from farrah (Actually I booked this almost a month ago). Hehehe...Took picture and cepat-cepat sembunyikan di guest room before A8 is back.

Hehehe...my secret stash so far. BTW, the 2 sets of baby clothes was given by someone as wedding pressies (hmmm...did I look pregnant then?)

Anyway don't want to hear ANY comment from A8.
The reason is that we have already bought these:

It's the 3-in-1 Halford system!
I would be needing the infant car seat for sending baby to nursery when I go back to work because I drive myself to work.

And this is the 4-in-1 baby cot. Can be use until child is 7 years old.

We are suppose to buy these later but Little Me was having a promotion. Jadi hantam sajalah, sooner or later have to buy juga kan...kan...kan...

Maka dengan itu, habislah sesi membeli-belah untuk bulan ini kerana duit tinggal cukup2 makan...uhuhu...

it's pay day!

Look what I bought today...Hehehe...

Diaper covers (2 Bummis-s & Thirsties-xs )

3 Wahmies multi purpose wipes (lavender tiedye, peach country charms & baby nap)

NE All Natural Vapor Oil

My first buy for baby...bought from miabambina

This was the first time I shop online (but it's COD). And my hand is still sooo itchy. Well, pay all bills first la.

To be continued...

Pantang-larang orang mengandung

When the news of your pregnancy starts to spread most people would gladly volunteer whatever 'tips' to you. Even your single or child-free friends will have one or two infos for you. Here are some of them:

1. Jangan makan pedas-pedas nanti kulit baby nda cantik (ya meh, my mum says she ate lada potong-potong also ok ja) - spicy food is more likely to cause you indigestion.
2. If you want your baby to be fair skinned, have a lot of soya drink - I never believe such a thing. Even when I had chicken pox at 16 I carry on eating kicap because I just don't see the connection of food with scar formation. In this case the skin tone is determine by the gene.
   
3. Cold or iced drinks can cause miscarriage - also not true la; if its meant to be, its meant to be. My mum said because masuk angin. But my theory is that this only apply during zaman dulu-dulu when the global temperature was much lower than today. Now days, how can you tahan from drinking anything ping on a hot day oh? I try to drink warm at night, though.
4. Do not buy anything for baby too early. This one maybe to avoid dissapointment because as you know the first three months is so critical. But some say only start shopping at least in your 7th month. Aiyoo, how can tahan oh...I'm going to start in my 6th month (a compromise with my mum).
5. Jangan marah-marah and think happy thought. This one berguna untuk mengawal tekanan darah. But hard to follow all the time.
6. Eating pineapple causes miscarriage because tajam. Huh? I don't know la this one, so many people say so. But mum said if your crave it just eat. And westerners say its good for digestion. Moderation is the key here.
7. Jangan mengumpat, baby can hear. Hehehe...
8. If you don't eat what you craved your baby will be salivating from born until toddler. Good excuse when I want to eat ice cream.
9. If your tummy itch, it means that your baby have lots of hair - no la, I read somewhere that the strecthed skin is more likely the cause. But if you itch badly all over than better check with the doctor because it may be a sign of eclampsia.
10. Do not go out at night. I think this one from dulu-dulu when there's no electricity and have something to do with makhluk halus. I follow this one when in kampung (I'm a scaredy cat haha!) but in KK I still enjoy the occasional midnite movie - the youngsters are more scary than the thought of ghost.
    

I forgot the rest la...to be continued when (or if) I remember them. So the most important thing to do is read a lot and just use your common sense.

2nd trimester

I'm about to enter my 3rd trimester, so I better record 2nd semester now:

Week 13-20

• At this stage my boobs do not feel tender anymore (but still big, mind you! Hehehe).
• Still visiting the loo often.
• Still cannot stand the smell of garlic being fried.
• Still do not like chicken (but sometimes crave Zinger burger *confuse*).
• Can eat fried eggs.
• More energetic to the point of difficulty in taking a nap (haiya!).
• Not showing yet but feel so bloated and most clothes feel tight (this is the stage where my normal clothes do not fit me anymore but maternity clothes would be too big). I feel so blah during this time because looks like I gained weight instead of looking pregnant.
• Still cannot feel the baby move (I don't even have any idea how it's suppose to feel like!). Feeling so worried and like a total freak because SILs were constantly asking about this. They were like, "Baru 3 bulan lebih pun boleh rasa sudah bah tu. Saya dulu...blablabla"... Ya, thanks a lot for making me lose some zzz over this! Pressured wor...
  
• Week 18 - Dr S told us the gender of baby...hehehe still keeping this as a secret to most people.
• Got easily irritated with people who overshare their pregnancy and labour experiences without being asked...Save your breath, I'll get there too, girls!

Week 21-24

• Me and A8 can eat in by this stage (but he did all the cooking-without-garlic, mind you!)
• Still full of energy and sometimes wakes up often in the middle of the night with no apparent reason. But no more strange dreams every night.
  
• Start wearing new wardrobe by week 22 (yeah!). By this time I look pregnant enough for people not to accidently think that I'm gaining weight.
  
• Finally can start to feel baby (hooray!)
• Still cannot shop for baby because of pantang-larang orang tua-tua. Whatever la, layan ja...hai, cannot wait 6th month oh. So geram melihat barang yang kiut2 ituuu...

No progress

Went for my 5th adjustment this morning. Got bad news and good news.

Bad news: I would probably still be wearing my braces until next year. Before this, Dr R said I'll be archwired-free by the end of this year but today he changed his mind after seeing how slow my teeth are moving especially at the top.

Good news: Gigi saya keras dan kuat! Haha that's exactly what Dr R said.

Anyway had new power chain today. The tone of purple doesn't match with the old one. Aiyoo, my ortho have no colour coordination at all la...but never mind la...I'm not going to smile long enough for somebody else to notice anyway.

Photo time...Hehehe a little bit gross I know...

My bottom teeth:

Top:

This is how I look when I smile:

Still a looong way to go before the gaps are completely gone...hmmm...

Those three months...

I need to write down my 1st trimester experiences before they're completely zapped from my brain...

Only realised that I was pregnant on my 7th weeks. Never suspected before because after getting married my cycle went AWOL (not because I'm totally scatterbrained la...). Sometimes I'll be late for almost 3 weeks. After some false alarm, not forgetting money down the drain for buying pregnancy test kits (those kits are d**n expensive!), I gave up testing. Got my braces instead...hehehe...

I took the test when I felt like my body is just not in tune (hmmm what better words to describe it, ya?). And my breasts felt more tender than my usual PMS for more than 1 week but no period yet. Oh ya, and I dreamt that I was pregnant before testing...annnddd one of my colleague also had a dream too. Weird, isn't it? But I didn't inform my husband because if it's negative, at least he won't feel dissapointed (his biological clock is ticking, too huhuhu) and I wouldn't feel so bad.

When the two lines appeared, I think I went a bit panicky (eventhough I DO want to get pregnant) and spend another 10 minutes inside the loo. Finally when I told hub the news he really comforted me. Visited clinic on the 8th week.

Isn't it funny that before I found out I was pregnant, I was totally find and normal (except for those super tender breasts)? When for a scan and next thing I knew I started to have all those typical symptoms:

1. I hate the smell of anything being cook especially garlic (spent fortunes eating out for almost 5 months!)
2. I totally hate chicken. Just thinking of it make me feel bluek bluek. Ditto for eggs.
3. Break outs on my face.
   
4. I don't have appetite most of the time. End up looking anorexic, very the bidak what with my braces and all...
5. Indigestion, heartburn and gas.
6. Totally hate the taste of sausage and cheese sandwiches that used to be my fave breakfast.
7. Waking up 5 times at night to the loo.
8. Exhausted most of the time because of no. 6.
   
9. Totally weird and vivid dreams.

But I guess I can still consider myself lucky because I didn't get morning sickness or vomiting. Oh, and my best friend said my breasts are big. I take that as a compliment because before this cup A ja...hehehe

Dear Diary,...

I'm baaack...I started this blog last year to record the improvement of my teeth. But then I got lazy. To the point that I forgot all about it.

So...what happen? I got pregnant. Yes, I'm pregnant with braces. 23 weeks.

Then I started to surf the net on pregnancy and I found lots of blog including some of my long time friends' (which I haven't been in contact for so long because I just suck at keeping in contact). Their blogs remind me that I need to write my experiences not only as a reminder but also to keep track on whats not to be repeated, to be improved or a totally brilliant idea.

I was sooo addicted to blog hopping. A8 started to membebel everytime he saw me in front of the PC.

"Ko bikin la bah blog ko sendiri. Susah betul meh? Apa, malas? Ko ajar saya la, nanti saya kasi bikin ko....bla bla bla"

So rather than keep hearing bebelan yang sama, I strarted to contemplate a blog on pregnancy...But, wait! I have one already *slap forehead* Had to spent some time looking for my log in name and password...

Hehehe, so here I am. Again.