What's happening

So, this is what happened in kampong yesterday when they got back to rumah tok-s after spending about a week in rumah tok ma and tok abah. Tok-ki (as they called my father just to differentiate between their male atok and female atok-tok wan) treat them with 3 differrent slices of cakes, which was actually celebrating  the birthday boy, Ashif :)

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What I felt every morning before going to work now and then for the next 3 months.........

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MY LIL' COBOK!!

Alhamdulillah, today my Ashif turns 4. Sadly, couldn't blow the candles with him today since he's in kampong with his atok-s, so we'll celebrate later next month ye, baby. Miss him damn much!! Feels like regretting sending all of them to kampong though I didn't feel this bad last time around. Maybe it's the HORMONE again....haha yeahh blame it on the HORMONE.

Called him this morning to wish him HAPPY BIRTHDAY, but he ignored me when I was wishing him. I think he just couldn't hear me because of the phone in rumah tok ma was so canggih compared to rumah tok wan that most of them can't hear us whenever we talked to them on the phone. I really mean the word canggih here because that's facts. I wasn't trying to perli or something...hihi. It is a cordless phone so, maybe because of the phone shape is long and straight, they don't know where exactly they should put their ears.

Anyway, HAPPY 4th BIRTHDAY my lil' cobok. Ummi and abah loves u so much...mmuahh :) Cakes and prezzies will be patiently waiting for you here. Semoga membesar menjadi anak yang soleh, berjaya dunia dan akhirat....aamin ya rabbal aalamin.

#Twins : Precaution

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Pregnant with twins is exhausting especially when u had to juggle with work and then back to your duty as a mom and wife. No, I'm not complaining here because that's fact unless u have a maid to assist u at home. For me, I don't have any.

The difference between pregnant with one baby and multiples are crystal clearly felt by me. I couldn't drive in traffic jams anymore, stand longer anymore, sleep tight anymore and not even sit in long hours anymore and bla bla bla...everything doesn't seems right, right now :( My back hurts most of the time, used to get dizzy and felt too lazy tired to go anywhere especially when I have a meeting. And unfortunately, my big boss is somehow a not-so-understanding kinda person when it comes to my current condition though he knew that I'm carrying twins *sigh*.

That makes me thinking, what if something happened to me when I was out on my own, though sometimes I did make excuses to not attend the meeting. I am not praying for something bad to happen *nauzubillah*, just saying that we should be prepared for the worst no matter how healthy or fit we are because like the saying goes "malang tak berbau". Ever wondered, if someone just had an accident and he/she is unconscious. How the people helping could inform their loved ones the fastest way if nowadays our smartphones are passcode/password protected? Nobody can access our phones to find our family member's number and this is where we had to rely on the authorities to take a quick action to inform our family :( 

So, this is the least I could do as a precaution :

Ohhh...the number I had to blur it here since it is case sensitive. Remember, for EMERGENCY ONLY!! hehehe :) And my brother came out with another idea the other day when I was in kampung. This time the purpose was not for emergency of course. It was only to keep the kids away from the Ipad for a while, but seemed that it didn't work for Ashif since he could stare at the pic and asked so many questions, not like Aqil who got scared enough and ran away screaming!! hahaha :)

Actually, this is the second picture I put as the lock screen wallpaper. The first one by my brother was a lot scarier than this even I dared not look or stare at my own Ipad!!

 

#Twins: My curiosities : Part 1

Salam....

I have been having some curiosities with my twins pregnancy. One of it was about the placenta. You know how complicated it could turn out inside when carrying twins and there are many things you never knew and understand before this of the twin pregnancies process itself and of your own organs during that period of time. 

It might not get complicated when having one baby because everything will be singular, but for twins, not every womb's organ existed to help during the pregnancy will be double to help the babies's growth such as this placenta or 'uri'. When the doctor and the sonographer mentioned that they could not detected whether I have 2 'uri-s' or just one for both babies, I was blurred at first. 

I thought that 'uri' a.k.a placenta was the sacks (kantung) that contained the amniotic fluids (air ketuban). That is why I said, when u are carrying single baby it is easier to understand your own pregnancy organs because everything is singular. But when it comes to twins, I just finally knew that the sack and placenta are two different things with different functions....haha :)

The placenta is an important organ that functions during pregnancy to provide a fetus with oxygen and nutrients and take away waste. It forms along the uterine wall of the mother and connects to the fetus via the umbilical cord.

So, in twins cases, there will be 2 sacks, one each for babies, but the number of placenta may vary. Some have two but some might have only one placenta, which in this case the babies will share whatever they need from the mother through one source. This is where things might get complicated. I know that sharing is caring but in this case sharing everything from one source to help you grow might not be helpful for you sometimes. This is because logically you will never going to have everything you need and want in the same amount of the other person you are sharing something with....see what I mean?

This is the doctor's main concern in twin cases because when this happened, one of the babies might get less nutrients they need and will be smaller in size than the other baby. So, as you can guess there might be health issues later on with one of the baby. That is why, the doctor informed me that I need to do the ultrasound every 2 to 3 weeks so that they can monitor the sizes of each baby to ensure that they grow at the same rate. If anything goes wrong, early detection is better when the babies is still in their second and early third trimester like me since a new technology was developed recently to correct the condition.

However, the facility is currently available in GHKL and GH Ipoh for the time being. The technology uses laser to cut whatever overbalance ties of the bigger baby with the placenta to allow more nutrient for the smaller baby to absorb. If early detection was not possible, things could get worse and to correct this condition, the procedure might get a little painful since the doctor told me that your doctor had to inject your womb to reduce the amniotic fluid in the bigger baby in certain period of time until you give birth.

In my case, they are treating me as twins with one placenta since they could not detected any two different placentas because I started my check-ups in UMMC when I was on my 19 weeks already **Put the blame on UMMC staff for the late appointment they gave me although I have told them about the twins** The number of placenta could only be detected during ultrasound in 1st trimester. When the babies grow bigger, it is impossible to see, even through ultrasound the exact number of placentas you have when carrying twins. I haven't consult Dr. Harris in SDMC yet of the ultrasound report when I went to see him for my first pregnancy check-up during my first trimester. He did not informed me as well about the placenta and I was so shocked to even asked him anything I was supposed to ask. Besides, who might understand the true risks when pregnant with twins unless you are a doctor yourselves. 

But as far as I'm and the doctor's concerned, whether it is one or two placentas, both of the babies' growth are in the normal rates. So, there is nothing to be worried about....alhamdulillah, so grateful to Allah s.w.t.  
 

Back to reality vs missing the kids

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Back to reality now after 5 days of heavenly break from everyday same-old-routine that is not going to end any sooner...#boredtodeath.

Leaving the kids behind in the trustful hands of their atoks will always be a nightmare for me. Need to be stronger and keras hati because this will be our annual routine for some more years to come. Ashif was the one whose eager enough to follow us back walaupun dah banyak kali explain tak boleh ikut, kena tinggal dengan tok sebab abang dengan kakak pon tak ikut. Siap kemas mainan lagi sebab nak ikut tapi bila sampai airport, belikan air ribena dengan coklat terus je takde masalah nak say by-bye kat ummi and abah...apa laaaa!!!

Tapi belum sempat ummi dengan abah berlepas, dah sibuk calling calling 3 beradik tu :) And this morning, while waiting for my turn in UMMC, my lil' cobok telefon lagi :) His voice melts my heart away and a very tearful me just couldn't bear it anymore, I had to give the phone to my other half. Selalunya, kakak lah yang jadi mangsa Ashif sebab kakak je yang tau dial nombor ummi dengan abah. And then, masa lunch tadi Ashif called for the 2nd time hanya semata-mata nak tanye ummi buat apa, makan apa, and nak cerita dia baru je mandi tapi belum berus gigi lagi sebab berus gigi dalam bilik air lagi satu, tak boleh nak masuk sebab poksu ada...hihi.

"Ummi, hari ni ummi naik apa pulak?" - *blur jap. lepas tu baru teringat malam tadi dia called masa nak boarding flight, dia ada tanya, ummi tengah buat apa and ummi jawab tengah tunggu nak naik kapal terbang*

"Ummi sakit ke sebab baby dah nak keluar?" -bila cakap ummi dekat klinik pagi tadi

"Abah ada 100 ringgit tak? Ashif nak beli eskrem banyak-banyak!" - ingat nak beli ultraman ke....muahaha

Sian la pulak kena tinggal kat kampung tapi as I said before, it was their choices not mine. I would rather they said otherwise tapi tinggal kat rumah mak cuti panjang-panjang pon nak buat apa seharian. Baik tinggal dengan tok je...more freedom for them to do anything to occupy themselves 24 hours a day. Teringin jugak nak hantar ke kem cuti sekolah tapi dengan keadaan diri macam ni macam tak sempat nak fikir benda lain or just memang malas nak fikir sebab badan penat dan sakit-sakit je selalu...huhu #alasan.

Hope time flies fast so I can get to see them ASAP but at the same time I don't want this school break to be over so soon because the traffic will usually be smoother during this school holiday and also no more morning and evening dramas with the kids.

But, for the moment, ummi and abah will enjoy our "honeymoon" while it lasts because there will be a lot of dramas coming our way starting March next year :)

Salam Maal Hijrah 1434

Bismillahirrahmanirrahim

Salam Maal Hijrah 1434 kepada semua muslimin dan muslimat yang kebetulan passing by this page. Semoga tahun yang baru ini kita dapat menjadi muslimin dan muslimat yang lebih baik dan sentiasa beroleh keberkatan dan kejayaan dunia dan akhirat....aamin.


Hari ni jugak adalah hari ulangtahun kakak yang ke-8. Since kakak dah celebrate dengan kawan-kawan kat school so takde la nk celebrate dah. Doa ummi semoga kakak menjadi anak yang solehah berjaya dunia akhirat juga...aamin:)

Di pagi tahun baru

Jetsetting

We were jetsetting earlier yesterday from Subang to Kota Bharu via Firefly. Traveling in Fokker 50 aircarft, we arrived in KB safe and sound....alhamdulillah. The weather in KB was bright and shinny despite the facts that it is now monsoon season but don't expect it to last till December becoz it is still too early to expect any rainy days since we are still in middle of November. So just enjoy while it lasts.

The kids was so happy traveling to kampung by air this time...haha, though tempat duduk on board berterabur sebab tak nak membazir duit bayar untuk seats semata just to keep us together, but I think next time had to reconsider buying the seats online because it's was kinda chaos not sitting together when traveling with small kids. But alhamdulillah the stewardess did a good job in rearranging our seats after seeing Ashif not moving from other people's seat just because he wanted to sit next to me. 

Our flight was on schedule, and this is one of the reason I love about Firefly. They don't waste passengers' time, not like Air Asia. Beside delays, the walking distance from terminal building to the aircraft is so devastating for my feet to bear. If u not lucky enough, you had to queue again, standing for another 10-15 minutes or maybe more at the boarding lane leading to your aircraft. I'm talking this from my own experience when I went to Medan last year. 

I know the tickets are cheaper sesuai dengan slogan mereka, " now everyone can fly" but that doesn't mean that they cannot provide better services to the passengers. They still pay their money, not FOC!! I hope with the opening of new and improved LCCT soon, they will also improve whatever they lacked in current airport.

Anyway, am not writing this post to brag about AA's bad services, just wanna share some pics of my young jetsetters :)  Aqil was missing in action and walaupun dok ngutuk AA tapi nak gak ambik gambar background AA punye aircraft....hehe.

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Happy Chaos

Those happy chaos at home will be over soon....at least temporarily since end year school break is coming to a start.

Tak tau la kenapa lately ni, terasa macam budak-budak ni notty terlebih pulak termasuklah yang dah beso cam kakak pon. Bila dah tengok TV tu lupa kewajipan dah, kalau tak suruh memang lupa terus. Tu yang hari-hari takde keje lain uminya nih...pot pet pot pet tak berhenti. Time cakap elok-elok diaorang nihh bukan nak dengar, bila dah pakai high volume barula bontot tu macam dah takde gam. Bila suruh tolong tengok kan adik dia masa nak tuang air sementara umi sibuk kat dapo *apa yang umi maksud 'tengok' tu bukan sekadar TENGOK je tapi TOLONG*, dia tengok semata sampai cawan pecah umi mengamuk marah tak hengat baru la dia nak sedar...haisy!! tula dia kejadian semalam. Sampai rasa macam nak tolong pecahkan semua je mug ikea yang sama design yang mana ade so that lepas ni takdela sakit hati sangat tengok tinggal satu dua je. Nak simpan and guna lepas ni pon dah takde ati dah. 

Yang si Aqil dengan Ashif biasala budak laki, kalo tak bertumbuk, berebut mainan dengan Ipad. Sorang tak leh nak mengalah, sorang lak terlebih manja. Jadinya, sama je, suara memang tak boleh volume 1 or 2. Takut betul melekat kat si kembar dalam perut ni. Karang tak pasal-pasal keluar je volume suara tak leh nak control sebab masa dok dalam perut, uminya selalu pakai high volume.

Lagi satu, bukan takut melekat dekat si kembar je. Budak-budak bertiga tu pun kalau dah hari-hari dengar umi dengan abahnye dok tinggi volume je masa bercakap, risau jugak nanti cakap diaorang pun tak reti nak sopan santun, asyik intonasi nak marah je. Tau jela budak-budak, senang sangat nak tiru apa orang tua buat. Jadi, walau apa jua chaos yang diaorang create, kenala lebih banyak bersabar. Tapi kan, macam mustahil je since sekarang darah sangatla cepat panas. Benda remeh pon kalau tak puas hati rasa macam berbakul-bakul perasaan marah tu. Anyway, not my fault. BLAME IT ON THE HORMONE...hehehe :)

Walau apa pun, I am enjoying every single moment of this annoying but happy chaos created by those little people of mine sebab diaorang dah nak balik kampung esok...huhu:( *crying my heart out*. Gonna miss them soooo damn much especially my lil'cobok sebab diala paling cheeky, paling notty dan paling entertaining *not that I'm favoring him better than Kakak and Aqil* tapi sebab Kakak dengan Aqil kan dah beso, so takkan la nk peluk cium gomol lebih-lebih lak kan, lagi pun tak best dah since diaorang sekarang ni dah takde lemak berlebihan macam Ashif....hahaha. Ashif on the other hand, masih lemak berkrim disukai ramai *tunggu la esok2 bila si kembar ni dah lahir, mesti Ashif jeles sebab Umi dengan Abah dah ade pujaan hati yang baru...ngeh ngeh ngeh*. Sian my lil cobok...don worry, u will always be my baby :) 

Camwhoring in piles of clothes at H&M

So, for the next 3-4 weeks or more, umi dengan abah will get some extra time for ourselves, just like last year. Nak kata suka memang tak suka, walaupun boleh extra rest, less house chores, rumah tak bersepah macam selalu tapi sunyi la pulak rmah bila diaorang takde. Tapi demi tok wan dgn tok ki terutamanya, diorang dengan rela hati nak dudok kampung time cuti skolah *tak pun suka sebab tak payah dengar umi pot pet pot pet hari-hari*. Lepas tu leh pi rumah tok ma dengan tok abah jugak sebab dekat je.

Kalau ikutkan nak je pujuk diaorang tak payahla dok kampung cuti skolah tahun ni tapi sian lak tok wan dengan tok ki yang mengharap sangat cucu-cucu diaorang balik dan tinggal sana sekejap. Takpe la, umi dengan abah berkorban perasaan skali setahun je :)

Salam Jumaat :)

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