week 11-going downhill + 2nd antenatal check up

my 11th week of pregnancy was none better than the 10th week...the bitterness of the mouth, nauseous feeling, giddiness and dizziness, but no vomiting (which is slightly better than other people and i'm thankful for that..) ..

me and my friends during the kenduri

earlier this week, we had a kenduri kesyukuran for our family for all the good things had happened recently, especially my sister Ezani who won the MasterChef Malaysia...the main food was catered, but we prepared some homemade desserts for the guests...my mom made her apam, Ezani made her signature carrot cake and i made the blueberry cheese tart...even though i wasn't feeling good, i tried my best to stand on my feet to make the tart..alhamdulillah, managed to make about 100+ pieces of that and they were gone in a whiz...

on the day itself, i spent pretty much time on my feet, helping out replenishing the food and stuffs, entertaining the guests and later that day cleaning up, of course! i ended up having aching back and leg and also sacroiliac joint....luckily, i took leave the day after to recover but i ended up feeling nauseous the whole day....

some of the MasterChef celebrities in the house

in fact i took leave for 3 days to finish up my paperworks for my thesis and case study...only 15% of the time i really did my work...the remaining time i was feeling sick..the worst was yesterday, i had fever and runny nose...i still go to the hospital as i had my antenatal check up...was thinking to do some paperworks but i was very, very sick like a dog....even a dose of veloxin (supposed to be an anti-motion/ medication) didn't make me better...

so went for my 2nd antenatal check up with Prof J, alone (my dear hubby had class) despite feeling sick and nauseous and feverish....i had a scan done, alhamdulillah the baby is growing well...the size corresponded to 12 weeks feotus...the next follow up will be in 1 month time...after everything settled i waited for my hubby to fetch me from upstairs as i cannot walk alone, i feared that i might just faint along the way...

he bought me lunch, which i took only a quarter of it...i was able to take some dinner but felt sick soon after...

the parameters are according to date

recently i felt very hot at night and the aircond has not been repaired...too lazy to call the aircond man to come...i can't fit into most baju kurung's sarong even though my tummy is not really bulging out yet, i felt very tight in them...i wore a maternity pants yesterday and it was a comfy : )

that's my baby's abdomen

yes, imtiaz has weaned off...no more nightmares asking for mama's milk...but sometimes asked for it when he is awake...as usual, i hug him and he sucked his thumb and put his face on my chest...

hoping for a better week in the coming week as i'm supposed to be out of the 1st trimester sickness...

week 10-great food and ends of my breastfeeding journey

went through my 10th weeks of pregnancy which wasn't that smooth....had bouts of dizziness and hypoglycemic symptoms and craving for lots and lots of sugar...sigh....i know it's not good, furthermore i'm sure to have gestational diabetes in this pregnancy later as i had in the 2nd one previously...anyway, that's how i got over the hypo symptoms...

in term of food cravings, i got to eat pecel lele (fried catfish) of wong solo and jus alpukat (avocado juice) and they were yummy...tolerating other foods fine..yes, i'm craving for sushi and i planned to do my own sushi, however haven't managed to do so...i've looked through youtube on how to make your own sushi and it drooled me... 

one of my good friend invited me over for lunch at her house and obviously she's an amazing cook and she cooked for us ikan patin in tempayak gravy, chill crab and her signature kuala lips sambal ikan bilis and that was superb! i got to meet my other good friends who just came back from korea for a vacation and we had fun eating, chatting and watching kuch kuch hota hai on TV...it reminisced our good old days in campus many, many years ago...

oh yes, i told you before that i'm still struggling to wean imtiaz off...and last week he had not been breastfeeding for a few days...and this week i think we managed to wean him off totally, alhamdulillah...kind of sad though...he would ask for mama's milk occasionally but as usual i told him to hug me and kiss my chest/breasts while sucking his thumb...one morning, he was crying out loud for mama's milk and i hugged him, carried him around and he was still screaming for mama's milk, refusing his milo and chocolate milk..then we asked him whether he wants his strawberry yogurt drink and that quieted him...

i had breast tenderness and realized that they have increased in size due to pregnancy effect...in my previous pregnancy at around this time, i suffered from skin dryness and itchiness, but so far this time round not much of skin changes occurred...

next week is another hectic week for me..we are having kenduri kesyukuran, quite a big one, as my sister Ezani recently won the MasterChef Malaysia...let's see if i survive the ordeal...

and also not forgetting my 2nd antenatal check up is due next week...

week 9-the turmoil continues

so, this internal turmoil continues as expected...i'm only 9 weeks and expect it to continue for another 3-4 weeks more..i'm easily tired and getting lazier each day and loves to sleep...my appetite has been yo-yoed...one minute i can eat like a buffalo, the next minute i was sick like a dog...my weight has been stable and i easily crave for sweet things....

we already told our parents about this pregnancy and most of my friends who are connected through Facebook with me got to know i'm pregnant because they saw me asking an online shop about maternity clothings..duhh!

the sensation to pee becomes more frequent...last week during the chinese new year break i had a very bad experience being stuck in the car for a 9-hour journey going back to hubby's hometown in Sg Petani...the traffic was bad and that was the longest car ride journey i ever had...and i had to hold myself from pee-ing for about 6 hours because we can't stop at the R&R area as it was too full!

i realized that i like roti canai/roti telur during this time round pregnant..and i was craving for a good meehoon goreng too...i also craved for mee hailam so one day my Masterchef sister cooked a delicious mee hailam for us...

imtiaz has reduced his feeding with me and i realized that one night he didn't ask for mama's milk anymore...at day time especially after i came back to work, he would ask for mama's milk and i would just hug him and said sayang je, sayang je...and he would suck his thumb put his face on my chest and kiss me...after 3-4 nights, he didn't ask for mama's milk, he was quite restless especially at 4-5 am turning here and there and sucked his thumb but after i hugged  him and pat his back or tummy, he would return back to sleep...i guess i made him weaned off the breast completely...i don't think there's anymore milk as i squeezed my breast there was not a drop of milk came...

sometimes i pity him that he has to stop breastfeeding with me...but you are a big boy now imtiaz and you are going to be a big brother soon...