In a few hours, a few days or a week?

Ya Allah, give me strength...

Still having contractions... 10 minutes apart...
It's getting more painful and longer...

Lan and I decided not to rush to the hospital yesterday and just wait till morning as we have doctor's appointment anyway...
Turn out it was the right decision as the frequency decreases as we reach the hospital...
*geram* nasib baik tak rush to the labour room... hehehe nanti buat malu je...

Anyway my urine, blood pressure, abdominal test were good and baby passed his fetal monitoring test with flying colours *alhamdullilah* Told Dr Delaila about the contractions, she said its normal as I'm nearing my due date, but my contraction test does not show increase in activity (geram they should have it on me at 3am in the morning) She did a vaginal inspection to check if I'm dilated... tak langsung *hahah* but my cervix wall have thinned down considerably... the test was bloody painful...

Convinced hubby to have lunch with me at TGIF first as he had to go back to the office :) Puas hati dapat makan my Fajitas... went home to sleep as I only slept for an hour the night before. Slept for about 4 hours though terbangun2 everytime contraction hits but I forced myself to go back to sleep... Thanks to the vaginal inspection, I had my first bloody show ... so I guess one more labour symptom off of the list...

I'm just waiting for the contractions to come 5 minutes apart or my water bag breaks... I think I rather spend my phase 1 labour at home than at the hospital, we all know with the first baby labour may be as fast as 5 hours or go up till 20 hours... and for all I know this maybe another false alarm... so am just keeping my cool and trying to keep myself busy/rested. Another reason for not going to the hospital now is, not wanting to take the chance that even if I'm even remotely dilated they may induce which I'm trying not to resort to... rather try the natural course first though it is a more painful and longer process...

So I'm putting all the pre-natal lesson, information from books and advices to good use now... reciting doa Nabi Yunos & practising breathing techniques everytime contraction hits, consuming air selusoh and akar kacip fatimah in copious amount... making stupid jokes and stopping myself from hitting people (i.e. hubby everytime I'm in pain), pray, play Sorority Life, read a book, go online etc and most important of all I SHALL NOT PANIC or freak the people around me

Nak ajak hubby pergi shopping lah after Friday prayers...hahahha ada hati nak berjalan2 walaupun dah terkedek-kedek... huhuhuhu kenapa gaji tak masuk lagi? nak pergi shopping nie...

p/s: I'm banned from driving by the doctor so I have started my cuti officially :)

Hmmm....

1.50am, 2.07am,2.17am, 2.26am, 2.34am, 2.44am, 2.56am, 3.05am.3.13 am, 3.23am, 3.31am,3.40am...

false alarm???

How do you deal with boredom? I shop :)

I'm on leave today since I wasn't feeling my 100%. Don't really feel like driving all the way to work only to end up having to drive myself home. Anyway I've been advised to reduce my long distance driving alone to limit unnecessary risk. Not that I have so much to do in the office since I've handover all my files to my colleagues.

Anyway I'm getting some indication that labour should be happening in 1-2 weeks *insyallah*
1. Lightening (baby fully engaged) - Not sure coz baby is only 2/3 on his way the last time we check
2. Loss of mucous plug (check) no bloody show yet though
3. More intense and frequent Braxton Hicks (check) another reason why I'm quite wary to drive much coz the pain takes you by surprise sometimes.
4. Lose bowel symptoms and frequent urination (double check)
5. Increase back pain (check)
Results : 4/5 not bad... but early/late EDD does not matter that much to me as long as the baby is healthy :)

I've managed to sort out my "study leave" so that's one less headache. I went home to Klang and managed to clear up whatever last minute errands I have to do. Even though I'm on leave I'm not doing much resting anyway. I guess I'm not the type that can sit still for more than 1 hour unless I'm sleeping :p I just have TO DO something...

While waiting for hubby to come home I went online window shopping. Lo and behold I stumbled upon this cool wrap from Victoria Secret. Very versatile, loving it :) The wrap is on sale and there's an additional 15% on purchases until December 16. I decided to get one in "vibrant red" such a bargain :p

This VS Boucle' Sweater Jacket caught my eyes also. But still contemplating whether I should get one or not. I love this Jade Green one on Miranda Kerr. Very the pretty.

Be still my heart...

Gucci Joy Medium Boston Bag: This baby is also on sale and would be mine if I'm willing to shell out close to 2.5k *sigh* Hubby offered to pay in advance (can't believe my ears when I heard his offer) and I can pay him back once I get my bonus. Tapi rasa macam irresponsible sangat spending money that I don't have (not like I know how much I'll be getting this year) So terlepas lah the offer... Well maybe my rezeki is on other things :p

I guess I'll be blogging more often until my little darling decided to make his entrance ... Not that I have much to do anyway.... See ya later alligator :)

Waiting Game....

H.U.G.E & Loving it :)

38 weeks ++ who's counting?

I'm having mixed feeling at the moment.

Can't wait to finally meet our little prince but at the same time not wanting the pregnancy to end. It's nice to have my little sweetheart with me all the time 24/7. It's weird but whenever I'm scared, sad or really pissed with things he's the source of my comfort. My little angel :)

On the flip side the same angel is also the cause of a lot of sleepless nights, back pain, nausea, swollen feet etc. I guess something got to give, right?

I've been given MC by my doctor starting from this week, but for some reason I still went to work today despite given the green light by my HOD to go off whenever I need too... Bored maybe? Entahlah but I guess I'm going to start my "holidays" soon. I have to take care of other stuff too... I'm taking a semester off from my LLM programme... so need to meet up with the course tutor and deal with all the administration process... I also need to start moving some stuff back to Klang *yeah*

I'm spending my confinement period at home :) Arrangement have been made. Hubby is going to be with me too... Hey, If I'm going to be awake tending to the baby, he better be there, after all it's his baby too... shared responsibility and all... haha but *insyallah* I think he's going to be a great dad :p

Anyway, I need some "me" time before the baby arrive. Need to make sense of some things in my life that does not involve other people... I'm going to become someone's mummy :) I'm a wife, a daughter, a friend etc but in the end I'm ME!! and I shall not lose myself in my quest to make the people around me happy...

P/s: I've stumbled on some extra $$$$ courtesy of mummy & daddy... so I'm thinking of getting something nice for myself as a year end present. Not in the mood for stuff like clothes, makeup, perfume,handphone etc...

A new camera? some bling2 that comes in the baby blue box??bags?? what do I want???

My Not So Sooprised Baby Shower :)

Date: 11 December 2009 (Friday)
Venue: Delicious, Bangsar Village
Occassion: Dual Boy & Girl Shower With Nina :)
Special Thanks: To Sher, Nicole and Jean for organizing. I had so much fun, love the gift, party favours, decoration & the cuppies...

With Nicole, Sher, Jean & Kak Yati.

Note the huge crown on my head :)

With Nina & Sher

The other mummy to be. We plan well. One boy & One Girl 3 weeks apart. Emptylah the legal department . From Jan to April 2010...

Eating yummy cuppies....

With all da ladies... the man malu2 kucing... Lawak gila waktu ni, my crown actually fell out the window, thank god ada makcik kat luar tolong ambikkan.

Mr Wong, Ong (yang geram), Mun Yen, Jean, Yohanna & Nina (@ the baby girl table)

And Mr Wong was acting real weird today. He actually took the ballons and knock it on my head and Nicole..pastu dia gelak... since he is the HOD I can't knock him back can I... Another lawak moment...

With Mr Ong. GERAM!!! His fave sentence to me that he will repeat a 100 times a day is "so lucky its a boy ;p"

My 4 Flat Baby...

You can now guess what was the "big news" I was harping about in the last post. Got my results and it was PERFECT (literally) as in 4.0 CGPA PERFECT!!!The best present I could give myself :)

My Academy Award Speech for tonight...

*Alhamdullilah* I would like to thank god for the blessing (I can't be blessed enough) A whole lot of gratitude to my parents En. Mohd Hanif Abdullah & Pn. Sara Abu Sha for their unwavering support in their little girl and for the "smarties" genes. I love you :) - Adik nak hadiah (haha)

To the love of my life :p Muhammad Azlan Ab Malek, thank you for putting up with my nonsense and for your patience in dealing with my psychotic rantings (and bipolar tantrums) which added with my emotional pregnancy state must not be very pleasant. I acknowledge that though you may not be perfect, you are perfect for me. Anyway I do believe you promised me some expensive present if I were to get 4 flat (who cares you were saying all that to pacify me and stop my incessant wailing... a promise is a promise.. I want a new designer bag/ camera) thanks again, my present for you will be arriving shortly in the shape of a wailing baby boy at the end of this month *insyallah*

For the other man in my life, my Mamat Beanie Jr. (p/s: this is not his full official name mind you) darling YOU ARE MY INSPIRATION. Whenever I was too tired to move much less do my assignment (being 7 months preggers do that to you sometimes) the thought of you getting the vibes of my "kemalas-ness" pushes me off the couch and automatically make me reach for the stars (or rather the Capital Market Services Act haha) You always bring out the best in me and I want to be a much better person because of you. Love love love ya pipi tembam :p

*cue music* stage manager shouting "get her off the stage"