The Making of ainaalif.jr - Third Trimester

Assalamualaikum,

By the time I post this, Alhamdulillah, I gave birth to a beautiful baby boy. Pengalaman mesti la di tulis selepas ia berlaku kan. So, here goes my experience for the third trimester.

Since I've forgotten things, blame my pregnancy brain, I'm referring to Fit Pregnancy and Baby as my guide for this post. 

Braxton Hicks and baby movement

Braxton Hicks, dalam bahasa biasa, perut mengeras. Bak kata my colleague, Zana, masa mengeras tu, baby macam tengah tambah daging (membesar). Perasaan tidak selesa sikit, tapi it'll go away lepas you change position. Duhh. Every pregnant mothers knew this. 

Baby movement pula, bila terasa something kicking dalam perut. At first, I macam geli. Hahaha! Sorry sayang. I mean, it does feel weird. Lepas hidup 26 tahun, tiba-tiba feels like your food kicking you. Tak gila? So, start disini, kebiasaannya, doktor akan suruh kira pergerakkan bayi, those kicks. Pastikan bayi bergerak 10x dalam masa 12 jam. Since I am very forgetful, I've made a personal group, to count these kicks. Nak tahu pukul berapa start, pukul berapa habis, jarang antara satu sama lain dan bila dia aktif.

My baby active dalam pukul 6. A way to say, "Mommy, it's 6pm, ready to go homeeee!" 

Persiapan ke hospital

Macam yang diperkatakan dalam The Making of ainaalif.jr - Second Trimester, kami laki bini dah mulai beli barang untuk ketibaan orang ketiga. I'll share the list in the next post - insyaAllah, this is penting. At least for me, if I have the chance to do this again the first time, I would want to know.

Sakit-sakit di third trimester:

• Sakit perut - OMG! Dulu I ada online window shopping and this 'supporting belt' was flashed to me. Imma like, 'Hek eleh, amende natang ni. Bawak perut pun tak lalu ke?'. Sekali jadi kat kita, huh! Amekkau. Like seriously, tak larat bawa perut. I remember times, I was holding my tummy macam bawak tembikai.
• Fatigue - Sangat! Buat menda sikit, penat. Balik lambat sikit, penat. Jalan jauh sikit, penat. Tak buat apa-apa, penat. Selalu je suami balik, tengok I dah tidur. Adeyhh.
• Backaches - This is too real people! terutama masa baring. Jangan la berangan nak baring biasa, you'll have to lie on your sides, preferably left side (dan ada orang akan argue - sunnah baring belah kanan.) Which is  not wrong - terpulang pada keselesaan.Tengah malam pun I akan bising nak tukar posisi kiri ke kanan sebab sakit okeyyy.
• Lack of bladder control - so far, masih boleh control, cuma sangat kerap la pergi toilet. Takpe, kemudahan toilet dimana-mana. No biggie. 

My third trimester:

• You are big! So, people everywhere gives you everything. Want to seat, have a seat. Nak jeruk? Abang bagi diskaun, rezeki anak. Lif hampir terlepas, no worries, ada je tolong tahan. Barang berat, biar suami angkat semua (terima kasih suami).
• Jaga berat badan - ini sangat penting. Sila perhati berat anda ye. It's true berat semasa mengandung ni bertambah, tapi berat semasa third trimester ni tak patut bertambah banyak sangat. Ini yang terjadi pada saya. Hutang lagi post pasal The Delivery Day.
• Lawat hospital yang cadang nak bersalin nanti. Ini juga akan di cover dalam The Delivery Day.
• Prepare to breastfeed. Pergi mana-mana pun, orang akan cakap, susu ibu adalah yang terbaik. Tapi, tak salah nak prepare formula milk. Bukan menidakkan rezeki, cuma kita tak boleh predict masa hadapan kan. Lain kali bebel kat post lain. Maybe juga dalam The Delivery Day.
• Kaki bengkak like crazy. Rasa macam kaki tu belon. Bengkaknya... Nak jalan pun susah. Mak kata, bila bengkak tu surut, nak bersalin dah tu. First kaki bengkak, I ok je, dia surut. Tak bersalin lagi. Kali ke 2 bengkak, surut je, bersalin terus. Suratan atau kebetulan? Ntah. Tips nya, selalu-selalu tinggikan kaki masa tengok TV. Minta suami tolong picitkan, bagi darah mengalir je.

Oh ya, last. Saya buat monthly checkup di klinik swasta - sebab saya nak scam setiap bulan dan saya takde masa nak ambil banyak cuti. Atas desakan semua yang mengenali diri ini, (termasuk doktor dihospital), sayan telah mengambil keputusan untuk buat juga buku di klinik kesihatan berdekatan. Malangnya, saya telah di tegur (macam marah, tapi nurse muka ada senyum), cakap, "Kalau dah buka buku kat swasta, tak perlu buka buku kat sini dah. Lagi pun dah lewat sangat. Test di swasta dan disini sama je. Nak bersalin nanti, bawa kad ni, serah pada hospital. Doktor tak halau. Melainkan awak ada masalah kesihatan yang kena refer hospital, tak ada keperluan nak buka buku di sini."

So, that's that. Alhamdulillah, journey mengandung 9 bulan. Sekarang, dah jadi Mak saya ni. Hehehe. 

The Making of Ainaalif Junior - The Stick Test

Yes readers. You've heard it right. I'm pregnant. Alhamdulillah. Currently we're at 5th months.

I just nak cerita the journey so far.

So, my period. It has always been late, I don't have perfect 28-day period cycle. Mine like 30-40 days and I'm fine. Sebab, since my period memang lambat, it will come on or earlier within 30-40 days. Until, last April, I suspected that I was late, 1 week later than the late time. I dah pernah jumpa doctor and my mom is a teacher, dan nasihat mereka, tunggu at least 2 minggu lambat then do the pregnancy test sebab awal-awal that stick can't show anything yet or korang dapat result yang blur.

So, I've waited for another week. Suami tak tahu lagi yang period lambat time ni. We ollz buat relax je. Until I became very weak. Sakit badan, sakit kepala, angin, nak demam, you name it lah. Suami belikan ubat-ubat lagi sebab I memang weaklings pun. LOL.

It's that time to test, I bought a RM3 pregnancy test and tested in the office. I am kinda expected to see a double line and that what I saw. A double-line. Perasaan? I'm not sure. I was happy, excited and scared all at the same time. Snapped a picture and send it to suami and he was like, "Apa tu?". I remember he said he was shocked.

Since I did the test at the office dan suami takde time tu, he bought another stick to test. And yeap, more double-line.

Dan sejak hari itu, saya telah berbadan dua dan the journey to parenthood started then.