Body Overhaul

Time for weighing in!

I'm back to my pre-pregnancy weight. Yay! But some body parts remain flabby. Time for exercise here. Since it's been only 7 weeks post labour, some exercises are a no-no. Only light exercise for now, mostly walking and doing the house chores. I think carrying El can be counted in (^_^) She's almost 5 kg.

I need to seriously overhaul my diet to achieve a firmer body though. Munching on chocolate and biscuits all day is not helping at all. I've done some inventory of all the choccies and biscies left in the house. Hopefully hubby won't restock these stuff. He loves buying them but only eat one or two pieces and then forget all about it. I end up finishing them.All that's left...I've been (secretly) snacking on them for the past few weeks. And I always thought that I don't have a sweet tooth. Well now I know.

Instead I bought these stuff for snacking:

I always eat breakfast. Before, my breakfast during confinement is usually biscuits and Milo. Now I'm making more of an effort.

Back to my routine of eating oat with soy milk. Yum!

Sometimes wholemeal bread and Milo. Usually it's PBJ sandwich. I like St Dalfour fruit preserves. Quite expensive (about RM10 per jar) but oh so worth it.

I'm encouraging El to wake up more during the day so that she'll sleep more during the night. So obviously lunch making must be a quick affair. Basically lunch consists of some leftover.

Rice was cook this morning. Soup was a left over. Heat it up. Add vegetable. Pour it on rice.

Wahla, lunch is ready!

As I'm fully breastfeeding El, I need to make sure my water intake is enough. To make sure I always fill up this 2 1L bottles. It should be empty by the end of the day.

And that's the small step I'm taking towards a healthier (and leaner) me. Another few weeks and I should be able to do more exercises. I'll be firm in no time. Finger cross.

Note: This post was suppose to published yesterday but something went wrong and blogger won't let me sign in (*_*) And the font is all mixed up!

Note to self: Paint my toe nails. No more big tummy. No more excuse.

Gisele's Fullmoon

This is a belated post. El's fullmoon celebration was 2 weeks ago, on the 11th of June, exactly 30 days after her birth. It was held at hubby's kampung-Papar. Celebrations are mostly carried out in Papar because it is the nearest, much easier for everyone to attend. Much easier for us to handle. Anyway here's the piccies.

Gisele sleeping soundly in her aunty's arm. Cuteness!
With mummy. She slept all day and only woke up at 2 am.
The big brother. Super duper happy that day because there were lots of children and his aunts kept on giving him (junk) food. Tutup mata ja la...
The daddy. Guru disiplin time assembly ni. Haha...actually he's singing karaoke. But I don't know why he's so serious.
The yummy mummies. Who's the shiniest (face) of them all? Haha, I win hands down. Before being mummies we use to tag along with hubbies to moginum session. Those were the days...

The food. The ayam lihing was nowhere near as good as hubby's (^_^)

Lots of relatives and friends came. And as usual it went on well through the night. Including the karaoke...which wasn't really cool at 1 am in the morning. It's a fullmoon celebration peeps-so there would be a newborn in the house and one sleep-deprived mum. That's what happen when moginum is involved, I guess. Luckily the baby slept soundly but the mummy did not.

Domestic Goddess Me

Since I'd decided to take advantage of the 90 days maternity leave, I had a vision of me being the perfect SAHM. The children will be taken care with lots of TLC, my house would be spotless, everyday dinner is a perfect 10 and I will still manage to look oh so effortlessly gorgeous, of course. On some fine sunny days, I'll even manage to go on some shopping trips, just me and the new baby, while hubby is at work and Bono is attending playschool.

Hah. Reality check:

1. I'm so sleep deprived that at times I snapped at Bono when he throws a tantrum. I even scold El when she still refuse to sleep at 2 am. After that it made me feel like I'm the most awful mother in the world.
2. Clean the house? The only house chore that I manage to do everyday is the laundry-which mostly consist of CDs. So far, I've only cleaned the washrooms once and maybe sweep the floor on alternate days.
3. Hubby had extended my soup-only diet for 40 days. So being a rebel, I refuse to cook anything else (except the rice).
   
4. Gorgeous? Well if showering twice daily is enough to make one look yummy than I guess I am. Gorgeous, I mean.

But the bright side...my hubby is turning into a superb cook! He's taken over the cooking almost 90% now-10% consist of me cooking the rice. He even cook a wonderful confinement food now.

The yummy ayam lihing. The best I've tried so far, even better than my mum's.

So, I've got less than 6 weeks of leave left. I'm going to try to enjoy every minute of it. El's sleeping pattern is following the Malaysian time already, that is sleeping mostly at night. That means I'm not such a walking zombie anymore, in a much better mood now.

And I'm challenging myself to blog more. Not everyday though, (that would be too ambitious!) maybe every two days? We'll see...

New arrival

So, if you notice my ticker you would realise that I have given birth to a girl.

Name: Gisele Nicole Adrian
D.O.B: 11 May 2011
Time: 6.43 pm
Weight: 3.2 kg
Length: 49 cm

Yup, I delivered on the day of my last post. My mum arrived at 11.30 am. There were still some irregular mild contraction. Suddenly at 2 pm, I felt water trickling and I knew for sure that my water just broke. Called hubby and he was just on his way home from work. Arrived at the clinic around 3 pm. The nurse did a VE and I was 5 cm dilated! So they quickly prepared me for the labour room. Come to think of it, it was a little bit like the movie where everyone seems to go on a panic mode. And I thought I would have the time to eat my lunch and lie in my room like last time. But apparently, no because this is my second child and all.

This time everything went more smoothly. El was safely delivered at 6.43 pm. Via vacuum extraction just like Bono. Yes, sad to say I still don't know how to push. The nurse said I pushed on my face instead. I imagine I looked like a frog while trying. Haha. So in the end I gave up and asked for help. Well, at least this time I didn't require any blood transfusion. I was discharged at 11 am the next day. Yippee! I missed Bono so much, I have never spent a night away from him before.

And I have 2 more weeks of confinement. So far, I still haven't wash my hair. Gross, I know. But tomorrow my mum will be going home to Tambunan, so maybe I will wash my hair after that. Hehe.

Still waiting...

So I thought I was going to deliver yesterday for sure. I woke up at 5 am to get ready for work and found out that I have some discharge with a little blood. Yippee! I was so happy and rushed to tell hubby who was in the shower. So we planned to sent Bono around 9 am to avoid being trapped in a traffic jam. I took a shower and then had a one hour nap-so that I'll more energy later kunun. And hubby, being the second procrastinator in the house (I'm still number one!) baru sibuk2 adjust the baby cot and did some house cleaning.

Later we went to the clinic and the nurse asked, "Sakit sudah?" as we enter. I was like "Sikit2 tapi ada show sudah". Then I was strap to the baby monitor and had to wait for the doctor. Came the part that I hate the most-VE. (Are there no other way to check if we are dilated or not?) Sekali the doctor said, "Not yet open". Argh...it was very disappointing. So I was discharge and told to come when the contraction really start (about 5 minutes apart) or if my water broke.

And the nurse pun sibuk2 tanya if this is my first pregnancy. Hahaha...maybe because I look super duper excited going into the clinic even though there was no strong contraction yet. Well the thing is that, during my first pregnancy it was kind of straight forward. I woke up with some bloody show and when they did a VE I was 1cm dilated already even though I wasn't feeling any pain. Well, different pregnancy and all...

Last night there was some serious contractions that went all the way to the back. It was around 10 minutes apart but after about 3 contractions, it went away. Haih...So today I'm still waiting, there is still some bleeding and some light irregular contractions. Maybe baby wants to wait for grandma to be here to take care of Bono. Yes, my mum is coming this afternoon. Hooray!

Taking a break...again

I'm taking a one cuti rehat khas today. I just need the extra rest because I did not sleep well last nite. I was having some strong contractions, on and off for almost 3 hours that I thought I was going into labour today. But this morning everything stop. So I guess baby is not ready yet.

Since nothing is happening, I was suppose to do some of the tasks in my list but I'm such a world class procrastinator. I went and sew one long pants for me instead-I don't want to be stuck wearing sarung again during confinement this time around. And then hubby sms and remind me to pay the bills on line. Next thing I know, it's 12 noon and I'm still in front this monitor-window shopping and blog hopping.

Uhhh, I'm feeling some mild contraction again. Probably the Braxton Hicks contraction again. 10 days to go. On the 12th I'll be on leave, whether I have delivered or not. Yahoo! I find it so hard to perform well at work nowadays. Especially when I'm teaching 7 periods in a day, I'll be going up and down the staircase that by the end of the day my ankles would be really swollen.

And I need to be careful not to complain about any painful contractions whenever Bono is around. Just last night, I told hubby that baby's movement causes me pain, suddenly Bono ran towards me and slapped my stomach. It was like he was mad at the baby for causing me pain. We were really surprise.

Okay, really got to go offline now. I have spring cleaning to do. I'll start with the bedroom first.

Counting the days

Time flies so fast...I have 11 days to go-if baby decided to be on time. I still have soooo many things to do, work wise and home wise. But I feel like a whale these days and I waddle as a mode of mobility-just like a penguin. So, basically everyday when I wake up I would be wishing that today would be the THE day. But then, I'll remember long list of things that are mostly unchecked and I'd go on a panic mode.

Some of the things that I need to settle at work:

1. Send semester 1 exam paper (paper 1 & paper 2) to print, staple it (260 set!), divide between 7 classes and send it to the bilik kebal; still waiting for the signature of my superior
   
2. Finish module for form 5; about 20% done
3. Write up warning letters to the students of my class and document them all-grrr I hate this task the most. Why can't these brats behave?; haven't done anything
   
4. Do report of the Environmental Camp; still have to collect some info from colleagues

Things to do at home:

1. Wash baby clothes and towels; 80% done
2. Wash bedding; nope
3. Clean baby cot; nope
4. Arrange Bono's stuff so that baby can share the cabinet; nope
5. Spring clean bedroom for baby arrival; nope
6. Prepare hospital bag; 60% packed
7. Wash cover of the baby chair; nope
8. Take out BF pillow for airing and wash cover; nope
9. Buy my herbs for confinement; nope

See, I still have so many things to do, but so little time and so little energy.

Oh, I ate a scoop of Baskin n Robbins ice cream this afternoon. It was yummy! (Sigh). Of course I didn't just sit on my ass after that. We went to Perdana Park and I walked for 40 minutes. Actually, I waddled. Any way, it was a very beautiful park. Thumbs up! Very clean and maintained well. I just have an issue with the washroom-is it so hard to keep the floor dry and clean in Malaysia? I know, majority of us uses water to clean after ourselves instead of just using toilet paper but can we all be more civic minded as not to spray water all over the place? And don't get me started on those people that actually climb the toilet bowl. Sheesh.

Now I'm babbling. I really need to sleep. I've just finish my online shopping...hehe

Taking a breather...

Wow, I have about 4 weeks to go! But I'm hoping it will be less than that...my delivery that is. The past few weeks was quite busy and so tiring for me. I was trying to finish PEKA because the marks had to be sent in June and by that time I'll be on maternity leave (yay!). The most challenging part was not in assessing the students' work but the burden lies in collecting the reports from the students! Some can be very pangaras that I had to be in a dictator mode. And that can be very taxing. And then I have some modules that need to be settle so that the guru ganti won't be having any problem taking over my classes. Still tons of stuff to do.

Anyhow, today I'm suppose to be attending this workshop of building EXCEL items which starts at 8.30 am. But I decided to be late for once. I'm planning to go out at 9 am because I don't want to get caught in a traffic jam. You see, before this I'll be on my way at 7 and reach the office before 8. And then I'll be sitting there, tweaking my work, waiting for the others to arrive, and some only shows up at 10! After that they'll be chatting away instead of going straight to work. By mid morning I would have done my part but still need to wait because the rest have not finished theirs. I'll be surfing the net but can't do much because most sites, including blogs, are lock by the jpn. It can be so frustrating!

So that's why today I decided to adopt what-the-h**l attitude (can't you see I'm a little bit influence by avril?). Instead of going early and being resentful to the other team members, I might as well join them. At least I can do my never ending laundry duty while going on the net. But I cannot say that I don't feel a little bit guilty, though.