#Twins : 1st check-up @ UMMC

Bismillahirrahmanirrahim.....

Went to my first antenatal check-up at UMMC@PPUM yesterday. Yes! That's right. I'm changing hospitals from SDMC Subang Jaya to UMMC. Since me and my other half found out that we are expecting twins, had to change our mind for places of delivering our twins. I think u can guess why??? Becoz of this lorrrrr.......$$$$$ :( This time around I'm opting for c-sect. I've asked a friend who have given birth is SDMC-SJ and she told me that one chinese lady who gave birth to twins via c-sect on the same date as her previous son got charged double the standard charge...say about 16k......pffttt???? And from some forum on the internet, most hospitals will likely charge double for delivering twins especially the private ones. Obviously the charge is far from affordable for us. Even if I got the $$$$ I would use it to do something else, like buy bigger and new car since the existing car won't fit us 7s by next year.

So, after reviewing some opinions and experiences other mothers had on the internet forum , I found that UMMC is one of the renowned and recognized by mothers in Klang Valley. But, before we make the final decision we did pursue for a second opinion. This one opinion is solid enough for us not to think twice anymore becoz we asked my other half's bro-in-law who is Paed doc in UMMC himself...pheww! Got lucky during this difficult time of deciding. But won't be lucky enough when it's time for the twins to arrive since he will be transferring to Selayang Hospital by Dec soon. 

After all the registration and booking payment process, I found myself repeating all those standard antenatal check-up again. The part I hate most...when I had to surrender my veins for them to take my precious blood out. Ohhh did I mention I forgot to hand the doc the forms of few tests I needed my blood for and she had tu cucuk me again on another arms to withdraw the blood again....double pain my frenz, double pain!! I hate needles!! And the nurse had me drink some sweetest drink I ever had in my life before that...u know to check whether we have diabetes or not. I did not receive any call from UMMC medical staff till evening, so I assume everything was ok. Had to wait an hour after drinking it before the bloody process took place.

Was called to the doc's room during the one hour waiting and she was shocked to hear me saying that I am pregnant with twins. She had to call one of the sonographer for an immediate ultrasound scan since I am already on my 20 weeks long. She had to blame the nurse at the registration counter for giving me a very late appointment since twins cases need special care as I told her that I have already given the nurse info about me carrying twins.

Lying on the hospital bed during the ultrasound was a pain in the a**, I even had to stood up for a while after finishing ultrasound-ing the 1st baby. Thanks to the sonographer, she asked me to tell her when ever I need to stood up for a moment if I ever felt uncomfortable or dizzy. The whole scanning process freaks me out, or in other words, technologies freaks me out, becoz the ultrasound was so damn DETAILED that u don't need to wait for your babies to come out to know whether he or she is perfectly healthy physically and internally. They don't have this 4 years ago when I was pregnant with Ashif! I hope u get what I mean. U know, what if something was not totally fine with your babies and u know it as early as 5 months??? Can u carry on with ur pregnancy happily for another 4 months knowing that the arrival is not going to be joyous one?

Anyway, alhamdulillah the ultrasound result came out just fine. Both babies basically have 10 fingertips, 10 toes, eyes, noses, solid lips ( no sumbing), 2 kidneys and 4 important heart veins ( see what I mean!!). That was a relief but still the sonographer could not determine whether the twins share the same placenta or not. From what I understand this is an important info for the doctor to closely monitor the development of the twins coz they might be sharing everything especially foods and nutrients and can cause some problems if one of them did not get enough nutrients. So, there might be one bigger baby and one smaller baby or one healthy and one not. Need to go and see Doc. Haris again for some reference regarding my 1st trimester check-up at SDMC-SJ that day..haisyyy :(

So, basically I am satisfied with the check-up yesterday....from the output of the ultrasound, the check-up procedures, the UMMC facilities and of course the treatment from all levels of UMMC staff.

 

p/s :The next appointment will be 3 weeks from today which is on the 19th of Nov.

Superficial wishlist...

Okay, since today is supposed to be my big day, can I just dream big too?? Lets layan my superficial wishlist as of I've been wishing for in my dreamland. So, here we go..........

Louboutin heels

Dior Granville

Oceanfront house 

 

Audi R8

Santorini Island, Greece for a lifetime getaway

A happy housewife.....perhaps??? ***nyanyi jela lagu "Perhaps,perhaps, perhaps"***

Hahaha....enough fooling around for the day. Keep dreaming big next year!!!

Note: All pics are Google pics.

A tribute...

Bismillahirrahmanirrahim...

Alhamdulillah di pagi Jumaat yang mulia ini, penghulu segala hari, diri ini masih dipanjangkan umur dan masih dapat merasai segala nikmat yang Allah kurniakan. 

Today is the day to pay a tribute to my beloved mum for her 9 months struggle and hours of pain in the labor room 33 years ago just to bring me into this world.

Usually, this day will be full of wishes, sms or on my FB wall but this year  I have decided that I don't need any bday wishes though I still got some from the closest people around me...and for that I thank you for all your prayers.

That is why today will be something different than normal, a day to appreciate my mum not just for bringing me into this world but for making me who I am today. Since I'm a mum also going to be a mom again, so I think the purpose of celebrating remembering 19 Oct 2012 as the day to pay a tribute to my mum is more appropriate and meaningful for me.

The Anti-Social Me

Bismillahirrahmanirrahim....

I think I've become a bit of anti-social lately. No more YM, sooo jarang-jarang bukak FB becoz FB is so damn boring now. Same old story again and again....mostly a place to put your crying heart out into words sampaikan ade ayat-ayat yang sungguh kurang sopan. So embarasssing lebih-lebih lagi awak tu berjantina F!! So, I have unfriend a few who I think they have no benefits in my friends list except memaki hamun tiap kali kluar status. So damn annoying!! 

One more thing, felt so geli-geleman tahap gaban reading testimoni customer-customer sesetengah penjual jamu. My BFF sorang pun ade gak jual jamu tapi dia takdelah nk kluarkan testimoni customer yang tersangat lah detail pasal kebaikan jamu dari segi relationship dengan husband. Ade la jugak filtration di situ. Sib baik morning sickness dah takde, kalau tak gerenti pagi-pagi bukak FB mesti puke to the max baca testimoni yang langsung takde rasa malu macam tu. Sometimes, some things should be kept where it was supposed to be.

Ada pulak lagi, kes yang dok klua status pasal sakit hati orang dok mengata dia kat belakang macam orang tu bagus sangat. Tapi, dia tak sedar yang dia pun 2x5 je sebab dia dah unfriend orang tu lepas tu klua status macam2 pasal orang tu walaupun tak disebut nama. Better way, unfriend jugak so takdelah kita pon dok buat dosa hari-hari baca status yang tak mendatangkan pekdah pon lepas tu gossiping tapi macam tak sampai hati lak sebab hari-hari jumpa. So the best way, unchecked the show in news feed button je lah. Pasal kata mengata ni, rasa-rasa sebelum nak sentap ke sakit hati ke, apa kata kita muhasabah diri sendiri dulu. Cermin diri sendiri dulu apa salah kita yang buat orang dok mengata je. Kalau kita ni lemak berkrim disukai ramai dan tak menyusahkan hidup orang, insyaAllah takde modal la orang nak mengata baik kat depan mau pun kat belakang, kecuali orang tu penuh hasad dengki sebab kita ada kelebihan yang dia takde, kan. Haa!! Lepas tu jangan lupa lak cermin apa kelebihan kita *kalau ada* yang buat kita rasa orang dok mendengki je.

Sorry la ye....membebal lak!!

YM pulak just yesterday baru ade mood nak bukak, tu pun sebab ade something important to chat about with my colleague...haha. Sometimes, giving orders pon through YM. That's why lemak badan pon jadi tepu...muahaha. Ntah la, sungguh-sungguh takde mood nak ber-Ym, cite pasal perkembangan terbaru ke dengan member-member as usual. Seriously, I felt guilty sometimes but I just couldn't help it anymore. It is like a hibernation phase for me now. 

It started before raya lagi. With all the sickness I felt, came in the anti-social feeling because I have no energy to mingle with people. Yet, the anti-social feeling never make itself go away though all the sickness have shed some lights of goodbye.

From the bottom of my heart, I am truly sorry my frenz if u have not heard from me a long time. I hope everyone will understand :( 


p/s : But I'm always available on Instagram bcoz it is 'sakit jiwa' free. At least, I could taste a piece of mind.

Typical Malaysian...sad :(

Bismillahirrahmanirrahim..........

Looking at the scenario, somehow I wish could cast a magic upon them so that they will never ever smoke in public area especially nearby children and pregnant woman like me. Sedih la tengok our typical narrow minded Malaysian macam ni. Seolah-olah dia orang ni takde consideration langsung towards other people around them who may be affected by the secondhand smoke. Memang sia-sia government buat kempen kesedaran tiap-tiap tahun kalau kesedaran tu takkan mungkin wujud dalam diri smokers tegar camni.

Common case scenario kat mana-mana tempat makan terbuka yang takde aircond, dia orang ni sesuka hati je masuk dudok dalam, meja tengah-tengah sedangkan meja dekat tempat terbuka available je lepas tu melepas asap rokok sesuka hati je ( kalau melepas benda lain pon tak sanggup gaks...wakaka!!) Kesian kan orang-orang sekeliling yang tak bersalah kena sedut asap rokok dia yang busuk tu!! Kalau tak dapat penyakit takpe jugak. Like me, ada lelah dan I really hate asap rokok sebab it makes me semput. Kalau bukan sebab semput pun, tak hingin la dok sedut asap rokok busuk tu. Ada ke orang yang tak smoke tapi sangat suka sedut asap rokok orang lain?? Takde kot, ye tak!

I pity their wives and children yang hari-hari dok sedut asap rokok yang bahaya tu. The wives should limit their husband smoking area which is good for them and their children or one better way, ask the husbands to stop smoking for good. Duit takdela dok habis dekat something yang tak mendatangkan kebaikan pun, ye tak. I think they should keep track on how much money they've wasted on cigars and then lepas tu cuba fikir balik with that amount of money spent, apa benda yang lebih baik dan lebih berkat sepatutnya kita buat. Bayangkanlah kalau hisap rokok Dunhill yang regenya RM 10.00 tu, kalau seminggu 3-4 kotak, kalau setahun boleh mencecah RM 1.4k-1.9k setahun duit dilaburkan untuk benda tak berguna tu.

Sampai macam tu skali ke kita nak membazirkan rezeki yang Allah bagi dekat kita?? Kalau 1.9k tu kita simpan kat Tabung Haji, dalam masa 10 thn insyaAllah dah boleh bergelar haji. Muda-muda dah boleh pi haji, kan. Tak pun lebih baik duit tu buat sedekah ke bayar zakat ke. ZAKAT...satu benda yang wajib yang disyaratkan ke atas orang-orang yang berkemampuan tapi sering terlupa/lalai menunaikannya. Tapi bila tiba bab-bab yang tak mendatangkan pekdah laju je buat. *Peringatan untuk diri sendiri juga*. Tak pun bagi jelah duit sebanyak tu kat saya buat bayar yuran sekolah anak ke yang rege yuran setahun pun dah cecah 5k. Bukan nak show off, tapi like I said just now, rezeki yang Allah bagi lebih afdal kalau kita gunakan ke jalan yang lebih berkat, yang pahalanya boleh jadi saham akhirat. 

Dan salah satunya, education for our children. Saya tak rasa rugi pun, insyaAllah even kena spent sebanyak tu setahun per child, kalau baru seminggu sekolah Darjah 1 dah pandai semayang 5 waktu sehari, dah tau kewajipan menutup aurat dan dah boleh mengaji. Rugi ke macam tu? InsyaAllah, takkan rugi. Dengan kesibukan mak bapak cari rezeki siang malam, lebih baik saya hantar anak-anak ke sekolah yang lengkap dengan ilmu dunia dan akhirat, takut-takut kami tak dapat menyumbangkan ilmu agama secukupnya dekat anak-anak.

My other half pun perokok jugak, tapi no more a perokok tegar. Asked him to quit as soon as we were married. Sekejap je quit lepas tu janji tinggal janji :( Sekarang masih gak smoking occasionally, terutama bila balik kampung kena drive. Tak nak bagi ngantuk katanya, tapi tengok ngantuk jugak...huhu. Lain-lain masa, tak tau la kat belakang kita, kan. Pantang ade kawan offer, ambik je kadang-kadang tu...hehe. Whatever la sayang, as long as u don't smoke in front of my nose. Tapi setakat ni alhamdulillah, I trust him. Harap-harap he is not one of those typical Malaysian smokers.

I'm talking from my perspectives, middle class working people with families to feed. Kalau millionaire, nak hisap rokok sekotak sehari pun sape nak marah. Tapi please be considerate on other people's health. Awak banyak duit takpela kalo sakit sekalipun, boleh pi berubat dekat first class punye hospital pakar. Tapi kesihatan yang baik tetap tak boleh dibeli dengan wang ringgit, tak kisah la u kaya or miskin pon. Dan pada smokers out there, bersyukurla kalo anda tak kena penyakit seperti yang di war-warkan dalam kempen TAK NAK MEROKOK tu. Jangan bila dah kena, no turning back masa tu, menyesal pun dah tak guna. Bukan diri sendiri je susah, anak-anak dengan isteri dengan sedara mara jugak yang susah, tu pun kalau boleh menumpang dia orang time macam tu. Lagi satu kalau ade orang pregnant ke even if it is not your wife sekalipun, please la jangan smoke, boleh tak. Tapi ade jugak suami yang smoke betul-betul depan dia punye pregnant wife dan wife dia tak cakap apa pun. So so truly saddened looking at those situation.

Anyway, life would definitely be much better without cigars!! Cleaner airs to inhale everyday and more healthy people. And then we could live happily ever after...haha! *Keep dreaming.....*