Pristin, Moo and Sangobion

Siang tadi, pwincess, monteh and little button pegi supplement shopping pasal stok vitamin yang biasa pwincess makan dah abes. tadi bayar more than rm500 woo. vitamin ape yang mahal bebenor tu?

haa ... tu dia. beli 3 jenis tadi. pristin tu contains fish oil ... based on survey, brand ni yang the only one so far yang mempunyai high level of DHA, EPA, etc etc. beli pack macam tu kat caring arga dalam rm339. 

Moo tu pulak calcium tablet. masa pregnant makan yang dr delaila dan prince court bagi, even lepas bersalin pun still consume jugak ... dah 5 bulan post-delivery baru stok calcium tablet habis, tu try beli brand ni. macam comel je kotak kaler lembu.  yang ni pharmacy jual rm119 untuk 2 kotak 60s free satu 30s kot kalau tak silap.

and lastly, yang kotak merah tu Sangobion untuk iron. masa pregnant makan brand yang sama jugak, untuk tambahkan darah for fetal development. even dah bersalin pun, montey suruh sambung je makan pasal iron ... rasa terharu sebenarnya, monteh sanggup habis beratus2 untuk my well-being ... katanya, kalau mama sihat, insya Allah little button pun sihat pasal dapat sources from breastmilk. pwincess doa kita satu family sihat walafiat, cergas dan cerdas sentiasa. Amin.  

The Day I Become A Mom

It's so surreal .... I can't believe that I am now a mama ...

My EDD was 31 May 2012 and we had our last routine checkup with my lovely gynae on 30 May. She checked me and everything was fine; so why was the baby not showing signs of coming out? I was 40 weeks on that day. My gynae recommended induction and let me choose the date to start the procedure. She also gave us tips on how to induce labour naturally (this part was so funny ... ducks will be my favourite animal after this ;-p)

We went shopping after that and had a feast at Delicious (my final eat-what-your-heart-desire meal before the dreadful confinement period). Cut our hair at Subang Jaya, bought some ingredients for that night's family gathering and later at home, concocted a big bowl of iced lemon with longan drink ... and celebrated Mama's birthday :)

I started to feel the pain just before midnight but it was still tolerable. Is this contraction? Not sure. But Encik Mon recorded the intervals anyway. But since we had a long day -  Encik Mon dozed off halfway through the recording. So I had to record it myself. Close to 3.00 am, the pain was intense and I woke Mon up, saying that the pain was getting unbearable. Encik Mon terus melompat, and said, "eh jom kita g pcmc, saya rasa awak dah nak bersalin ni." Mama came to the car, kissed my forehead and gave words of encouragement to me (sentimental gak time nih pasal kasih ibu kan, but too painful untuk rasa sebak at that time) and off we went.

I was admitted around 3.35am and bestnye tdo atas katil after that when at 8.30am, my gynae came to see me and thought it was just a false alarm (terngiang-ngiang Dr cakap,"betul ke awak sakit ni Diana .... iyer ke contraction ni ....") but when she measured the dilation, it was already 3cm and she suddenly became serious. "OK Diana, you are now in labour." 

perghhhhhh.

Since I have already informed my gynae and the nurses earlier that I wanted to be on epidural, so at 10.30am, the anaesthetist came and employed the painkiller on me.ohhhh sangat lega lepas itu ~

At 12.00pm, I was dilated 8cm.

At 1.30pm, I was fully dilated (10 cm). Gynae came, smiling and joking as always .... sekali bile dia check.... ayat dia :"hah?!! Diana!!! you are fully dilated!!! cepatnyaa...!!!" Off she went to prepare herself untuk menyambut. Oh, she had this pink apron on and black phua chu kang boots .... very cute indeed.

Exactly 2.34pm - my firstborn came into the world!!

I just can't believe that after months having the baby in my womb, now he is on my chest for real ... 

Our baby chose to come out on the EDD itself without any induction or stimulation. Syukur Alhamdulillah, I can't thank Allah enough for His countless blessing and making my journey smooth :)

Hydrotherapy at Prince Court Medical Centre

Salam!

Pwincess masih bersiaran lagi ... hik hik hik .... walaupun at the mo ialah 39 weeks and 2 days~

Anyway, I did mention that my gynae signed me up for hydrotherapy sessions before this, right? Most of Dr Seri's patients memang akan di-rekemen untuk join hydrotherapy ni. Hydrotherapy has so many benefits ... kalau tak caye, sila google ye. So for those who would like to know what I went through, please read on...

The therapy consists of 3 parts : heat therapy, massage therapy and lastly, therapy in the pool. Mule2 physiotherapist akan assess you and tell you what your problem is, where and what you need to do in order to improve that issue that you are having, etc. Then, you will be asked to lie flat on your back, on a heat pack for 15-20 mins, no more than 40 mins and followed by massage. The heat pack at pcmc is a large sized one, so it covers almost every inch of your back, and it feels very, very good! Kalau nak beli sendiri, buat kat rumah pun digalakkan, kedai tu ade kat bangsar dan berharga rm3xx (cant remember). There are 2 types of heat pack; manual (you need to rebus dia) and electric - convenient but you need to ensure ade plug point dekat2 where you want to lie.

Then, comes the massage part. well. ni susah la nak ckp caner nak massage. korang kena g berguru dgn physiotherapist sana la. hihi. The heat and massage therapy boleh start dari awal pregnancy sampai ke akhir pregnancy, but for pool therapy hanya can start from 5 months (20 weeks) up to 36 weeks. This is to avoid contraction pra-matang. Yup ... hanya up to 36 weeks ... i was about to lie when it's time for me to say bye bye to hydrotherapy ...but everyone in the group seems to know and me taleh tipu. huhu.

The hydrotherapy class is conducted 3 times a week (Mon, Wed and Fri) , and you can't do it everyday. kena selang sehari if possible. The class starts at 1130 and takes about an hour. Your blood pressure will be measured, and then off you go, jump into the pool. ohhh how nice... 

 Nak tgk tak pool dia? Jom kita skodeng ...

 Best, kan?

Mula-mula warm-up, then march to and fro ...march backwards ... if I can still remember, these are some of the moves that we usually do:

-  place the floater between your thighs and do the carousel move, again, forward and backward. 

-  lean on your back at the side of the pool, place the floater at your right ankle and lift up and down while standing straight on the other leg. change ankle.

- step on the floater with one foot and lift up your knee 90 degrees while stabilising your body with the other leg

- sit on the floater, ensure good posture, both knees 90 degrees and kayuh with your both hands to move forward and backward  (there's another similar move like this only that the floater is between your thighs)

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 and banyak lagi ... penat nak type.

pastu, warm down. and the class ends with relaxation session. you will be floating on the water, while closing your eyes, practise deep breathing and relaxing.....

I am already missing the class while I'm writing this. I feel quite blessed dapat attend these kinds of classes ... itu pwincess cakap, bertuah betul baby ni, melimpah ruah rezeki dia .... syukur alhamdulillah :)

Babymoon Trip 2012 to Kuching - Part 2

Day 3 : 5 February 2012

Pagi yang nyaman ... kitaorang pun turun ke bawah utk bekpes ... rasa macam relaxing sgt2 as compared to the day before that, kena bertolak awal pagi utk g pasar serikin kan ... siap Encik Mon ajak jenjalan tepi pantai pas bekpes .... sekali baru teringat! oh no! lupe yang pagi tu patutnye g pasar minggu satok ... ! pasar minggu satok hanya dibuka pada weekend aje. kalau kata pasar satok atau pasar tamu satok, itu mmg dibuka daily. yang speselnye, kalau pasar minggu satok, gerai lebih byk dibuka and ade a few things yang murah dijual kat sini. tapi hari ahad dibuka half day saje...so bergegas la kitaorang drive ke satok. 

macam pasar biasa ... ade jual brg kering, basah, cenderahati. kat sini leh beli fridge magnet murah2.

unik kan, ade tulisan atas buah .... ape yang ditulis, wallahualam ...

ikan terubok masin .... 

 kitaorang beli kat gerai uitm ni pasal ade bace recommendation sorang blogger ... and kitaorang pun berpuas ati dgn gerai ni. dia bagi harga not bad dan bungkusan dia sgt ergonomic

buah belimbing asam .. never seen this, rasanya masam ... peniaga ni kata leh letak dalam masak asam untuk gantikan asam keping

penah baca pasal buah dabai b4 this so dah siap2 masuk dlm things to buy list ... sekali beb...tgk harga...mahal wehh!! and kita pun tak biasa makan kan, so kang kalau beli, tak suke dgn rasanye .. ha caner...

sesudahnya habis urusan kat Pasar Satok, sekali, hujan turun lak!! Pulak tu, Encik Mon excited sgt nak g hutan Bako ... dah tgk camni...kensel la nmpknye. So kitaorang checked out otel Damai Puri dan pegi ke Sarawak Cultural Village (SCV). SCV ni dekat je dgn otel tu.

 Entrance

opening hours

ticket price. Kalau lahir di sarawak, dapat disc so price jadi rm45. I brought along my student card, so my price was rm15 (dulu mase kecik2 parents bawak, tatau pun rupenye harga tiket masuk mahai!!)

you'll get a passport once ticket is paid. the passport is used to record the stamp of each ethnic house that you visit. it was drizzling, see the thick cloud?

Kitaorang lunch dulu kat cafe SCV ni. we ordered set menu, since nampak macam masakan sarawak yang kita belum penah cube lagi ... harga not bad, rm15.yang paling special is the umai ... my god....sangat sedap ok!!! sampai skrg teringat2 lagi ... yang dish lagi satu, namanye manuk pansuh .. manuk is ayam. dish tu serupa sup ayam. 

Setelah puas round setiap rumah etnik, last sekali kitaorang dipersembahkan dengan cultural show. show ni ade 2 kali sehari. not bad la, entertaining jugak. tgk mcm mamat atas ni, mesti banyak kalsium dia makan masa kecik2 dulu sampaikan dia leh gigit gitu je angkat bende alah kayu tu. 

Lastly, byebye Damai, kuching town, here we come!! we checked in at Riverside Majestic Hotel late afternoon on the same day. 

Till then.

Babymoon Trip 2012 to Kuching - Part 1

Salam!

Setelah 2 bulan ... akhirnye baru pwincess dapat upload gamba babymoon trip to negeri bumi kenyalang ... seb baik baby tak kuar lagi ... hehehehe~

Day 1 : 3 February 2012

Alkesahnya ... kalau korang ingat laa ... mase awal feb tu, ade cuti yang sangat panjang esp for orang2 yang keje @ kl ... cuti berturut2 tak hengat punye .... so pwincess and encik mon pun macam ... eh kita nak g jenjalan ke ek ... tgk2 air asia ade promo ... enrich point pun ade gak, boleh redeem ... hoyeh hoyeh mari bergembira ... so last2 kitaorang decided g kuching by air asia and balik by MAS. Perjalanan took about 1 hour 40 mins dan cuaca sangat aman dan damai~

Yahhh ... itu dia, pwincess sedang berposing sebelum naik belon ... mase tu kandungan baru berusia 6 bulan, so selamat lagi nak travel2 by air nih ...

Kitaorang planned utk stay di hotel @ area Damai for 2 nights and another 2 nights in Kuching. Masa perjalanan antara Damai dan Kuching roughly dalam 30-40 mins, depending on kelajuan korang bawak kete. Di Damai, kitaorang stayed at Damai Puri ... on the way memang cantik lah tgk gunung ganang bagai ... kalau honeymooners, sesuai kot dok area ni ...

Macam best jek tgk swimming pool tu .... kitaorang dah siap plan nak main air ptg tu ... ku sangkakan panas hingga ke petang tapi rupenye hujan di tengah hari. cehhh. apa lagi, kita g isi perut lah ... berhampiran dengan area situ, ade satu tempat namanya Kampung Buntal. Kampung Buntal is famous for its fresh seafood restaurants. Tataulah betul ke tak, khabarnya dulu kampung ni ada banyak ikan buntal. so that was how the name of Kampung Buntal derived. Kitaorang pilih untuk makan kat Lim Hock Ann, setelah google menggoogle, dan tengok ramai bloggers Islam makan kat sini. Coordinate GPS ialah 1.6946 deg N 110.3725 deg E.

Menu malam tu pucuk paku midin masak belacan, ikan kukus masam manis, buttered prawn, kari ambal (lala buluh) dan sup sea cucumber. Yang bertakhta di hati kitaorang pada malam itu ialah kari ambal dan sup sea cucumber .... sedap giler ... yang lelain tu biasa jerk. Harga okey okey.

Ujan yang turun dari siang tu ... tak sudah2 sampai ke malam ... nak buat aper lagi ... layan tv for the night and zzzZZZ. esok kena bangun pagi-pagi buta untuk next plan.

Day 2 : 4 February 2012

We had breakfast at the hotel very early in the morning. Our first itinerary for the day was to go to Pasar Serikin yang terletak di Pekan Serikin, about 1 jam lebih from Damai, again, depending on your driving skill and traffic. Pasar ni dibuka hanya pada hari sabtu dan ahad saja ... and pada hari ahad dibuka setengah hari saja. Serikin terletak di border Sarawak - Kalimantan dan peniaga2 dari indonesia akan datang berniaga di sini. Khabarnya, Pasar Serikin ni terletak betul2 dekat dgn garisan khatulistiwa .... jadi, dia nya kepanasan tu .... sangatlah tak terkata. eceh ... exaggeratekah aku? haha tidak. silalah percaya. kitaorang sampai sana dalam kul 840am pun dah macam kul 11 pagi. hohoh.

ade orang rekemen beli kerepek kat sini ... tapi kitaorang tak beli

antara barangan yang dijual .. langsir, baju pengantin dan gantungan ayat al-quran

woho .. macam mak datin tengah buat spot check .. haha.

buah ape ek namanye ni ... lupe!! tapi manis best cuma biji dia pahit ptui~

hah. ni adelah sorang ni rekemen beli popia cheese ... katanye sedap gile dan harga stgh kg RM5 je.. haku pun dah target nak borong byk2 gile nak bagi2 kat suku kaum kerabat ... rupenye RM5 cuma dapat 100g kak ...

oven nak bake kek lapis sarawak hihi

ni baru authentic nasi padang

Dah sudah jamu mata kat Pasar Serikin, next stop was Wind Cave. Tak jauh sangat dari Serikin tu.

Next, Fairy Cave pulak. Dekat-dekat je semua caves ni. pwincess amek gamba je lah dari bawah ye ... pasal fairy cave ni nak kena daki anak tangga yang banyak ... pastu baru dapat masuk tgk gua. ahhhh ... tak kuasa.

Pastu kitaorang round-round lagi area Serikin tu ... g pekan dia ... pasal jauh tu kalau nak dtg lagi kan. nampak signboard Tasik Biru. macam best je kan ... hmm ... tengok sekali lalu je lah.

Tasik Biru

Next, we headed to Semenggoh Wildlife Centre. Ini memang on the way, dari Serikin ke Kuching. Kitaorang sampai lunch hour, dalam kul 12 lebih gitu ... sekali rupenye dia tutup time lunch hour. Kita pun proceed pergi ke pusat bandaraya untuk g makan. lapa gile beb time tu. Kitaorang g coffee 'o' corner yang semua orang rekemen tu. restoran tu terletak berhadapan dengan bank negara kuching.

laksa sarawak! yummy. laksa sarawak dimakan waktu breakfast kat sini ... seb baik kitaorang sempat order ... pasal lepas je diaorang served, stall laksa ditutup.

Dah kenyang perut, kitaorang drive balik ke Semenggoh, beli tiket dan just in time untuk feeding time. Alhamdulillah, kitaorang bernasib baik, dapat tgk orang-orang utan yang sporting makan ... hehe!

Balik je dari Semenggoh tu ... kitaorang rest sekejap, pastu tengok cuaca sangatlah best and macam on our side pulak kali ni ... kitaorang tanpa buang masa, terus tukar baju and terjun dalam swimming pool!! wohooo!! Malam tu kitaorang makan soto and nasi ayam penyet for dinner ... baca recommendation macam best ... tapi tekak masing-masing kan, so sendiri assess lah.

till the next part~