Beauty regime

All my life I have always thought I have the oiliest skin ever! Everytime I purchase beauty products I'll always go for combination to oily or acne prone line. But my skin stays oily and at the same time you can see some fine lines. It looks dry but sooo shiny. Tried every product - from expensive one (Mary Kay, Clinique) to cheap one (Ponds, Garnier, Loreal). As for facewash I used Acneaid for a very long time.

Then when I got pregnant, my face become worst. It will seems so dry, yet oily at the surface and I was having breakouts. It went on until I was 7 months pregs (at one point I was contemplating on buying SKII products but sooo very the expensive for me la). Then one day I changed my facewash to this:

This really works on me. My face do not feel tight after washing anymore and it feels much more softer. And guess what? I do not look dry anymore and the surface oil is not so bad. The conclusion that I made: I have self-diagnosis my type of skin incorrectly. I don't have oily skin but the harsh products I used cause my skin to produce more oil.

Time to change all my products than. So these are the products I've been using for about 2 months:

Very good stuff. My skin looks sooo much better (of course I still have the occasional breakouts but it wasn't so bad anymore). Yahoo!

I try to used this scrub and mask at least once a week.

Another great product:

Minyak zaitun Safi

I've been using more than dozen of this minyak since I found out I was pregnant. I use it to massage my tummy, my bum2 and thigh. As for now, I'm still stretch mark free (touch wood!). Why use good ol' olive oil? It is much easier absorbed by skin and much much easier on the wallet. So if I am meant to have some stretch mark at any point in my pregnancy at least nda sakit hati sangat la...

Lesson learned: Great products doesn't have to be expensive.

P/S: I'm taking a day off today eventhough I just had a very looong cuti raya. The reason: I did not sleep well last night and woke up this morning feeling so tired...now okay sudah, can blog already ;)

To do list

Look what I got!

A few girlfriends threw a baby shower for me (it was in august actually but I was so lazy to blog) Thanks girls...Hehehe, my shopping list can be shorten now.

And a friend also gave this last week:

I was thinking of buying MAM bottles but we'll see.

And this arrive last friday:

My Ameda BP!

I've been enjoying cuti since wednesday (until 27th!)...hehe...but I must wash all barang2 baby aand pack my hospital bag. Yesterday I managed to wash my bag (yang dikorek2 di bawah katil dan dalam keadaan yang berkulat dan berhabuk itu...) and finally wash my ringsling (handwash, mind you!) Today managed to wash prefolds, towel and clothes. Yeah!

Still have tons of things to do but finally I can tick something off...
And tomorrow going back to Papar (ILs) to spend the Raya holiday...so there would be no internet, and nothing else to do but watch tv for 4 days. Sadly I won't be going to any open house this year because I do not think I have the strength to resist temptations (in the form of kuih makmur, biskut2 raya, rendang, lemang...aargh!). Rather than menelan air liur di rumah orang, I'll just stay at home lah.

But maybe I can persuade A8 to go shopping for some reading materials tonight...

And this is me at about 6 months:

This is how I look now (36 wks):

P/S: Selamat Hari Raya and Selamat bercuti everyone!

Craving?

This is what I've been craving for the past few days:
My own homemade pisang goreng!

Hahaha...I should have just bought at any stall earlier this week (and that was what hubby been saying eeeverytime). But I want pisang goreng with certain criteria only:

1. Crunchy - bukan yang lembik2 and berminyak lagi tu
2. Using ripe banana - sometime they use this pisang separuh masak yang sangat tiada rasa. I know this one suppose to be eaten with cecah sambal but I prefer to eat my pisang goreng as it is.
3. Well done - boleh pakai ka untuk pisang goreng term ini? Ala, yang ada terbakar-bakar sikit.

So for this weekends, I cook pisang goreng for breakfast 2 days in a row using the banana given by my MIL. Ada ka orang mengandung mengidam masakan sendiri?

And this is a toy I want:

Janome 2049 (RM2499!)

A sewing machine? Hahaha must be going loco...

Hubby punya reaction: Betul2 ko mo jahit sendri semua baju ko ka?
Me: Kelip2 mata ja...

Haiii...cannot wait to deliver. I think I've been pregnant forever...but at the same time really nervous about delivering and being totally responsible with another human...am I nurturing enough? Can I really do this? Another 5 wks ++ to go...

Urgh...time to decide

One of the items in my shopping list this month is breast pump. I've listed 3 recommended brands: Medela, Spectra and Ameda. Spectra is definitely out because it's not battery operated - if time kerja teda karan, how? So at first I wanted to get the Ameda because the Medela that I want is way out of my budget.

After some research I found an e-store that sells Ameda Lactaline Dual for RM699 (for the pump only, no freebies) including shipping. Then today, I went to Happy Mums after my appointment with Dr S (BTW my blood sugar level is fine now, hooray!). And right now there are selling both Spectra (of course, I'm still not interested) and Medela PIS & Mini E Plus. Buying PIS would totally screw my budget for this month. But the Mini E are selling for RM799 (including 4 storage bottles, cooler bag,cooler and a bag to carry everything). I'm definitely interested with this one.

Then I made some research on the net and found out that Mini E is recommended for occasional use only (about 4 times a day) whereas Ameda is suitable for frequent use. But then if anything happen to Mini E, I could always go to Happy Mums or buy any spare parts there. Since I'll be buying Ameda from the net, it won't be that easy.

So, I'm still thinking about these:


Plan to visit survey Mothercare today, see if they are selling any breast pump. But hubby is still napping, so I'll just continue surfing the net first.

tick tock...tick tock...

Yikes! I'm in my third trimester. I have less than 2 months left...and I still have a very long list of lists-shopping list, to-do list, work related list, nursery list...and we still have not choose baby names. So much to do, so little time...

My blood sugar level is under control but Dr S is still not satisfy, he ask me to cut back on rice...so every meal is not so satisfying anymore. Do you know the feeling that you are not hungry anymore but there is some kind of void in your stomach? Eating lots of vege and fish just don't seem to fill that void...i miss my rice, waahhh! But on the bright side I don't have constipation anymore...hehehe

So far I have gain 10 kg. And my legs are not use to carrying all that extra weight. So most day my ankle would be swollen by evening. What with all those stair climbing, walking to classes and standing in class. But guess what, it's the school holiday! Hooray! I have one week of much needed break...aaanddd tomorrow is pay day! uuh bestnya. ada orang jeles ka?

What a Bummer!

Went for my regular prenatal visit yesterday. Guess what? My blood sugar was 14.1 mmol/L...So had to fast last night and come back for another check up just this morning. It was still above normal which is 11.3 mmol/L (normal should be below 7.0 mmol/L after fasting). So the good doctor asked me to do a GTT (Glucose Tolerance Test) at the Gribbles lab....And I still cannot eat anything! (I was sooo moody during the test, even I wouldn't want to be in my husband's shoes)

Got the result this afternoon:

Time Plasma Glucose
Fasting 4.9 mmol/L
1 hour 9.5 mmol/L
2 hour 7.8 mmol/L

Would only be able to submit the result to my doctor on monday so I'm not sure what it means. But I did some research, and this is what the American Diabetes Association considers abnormal during a 100 g of glucose GTT (but I have no idea how many g of glucose I was given...)

Time Plasma Glucose
Fasting > 5.33 mmol/L
1 hour > 10 mmol/L
2 hour > 8.6 mmol/L

According to this info, I should be okay. But I find another site which says that I'm diagnosed as prediabetes. I have an Impaired Glucose Tolerance (120 minute blood sugar value of (or more than) 7.8 mmol/L).

So now, I'll have to watch my diet (aargh...no more toblerone!) and do more exercise...I guess have to pause the internet shopping and go bershopping-shopping di shopping complex instead. Also consider as exercise mah kan...

Hope everything would be fine...and for the first time in history, I can't wait for monday!

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...