1 cm and a show

I had a show yesterday, early in the morning before going off to work. Yeah, a show...not the entertainment kind, but the bleeding kind as a sign of early labour. SMS my colleague, telling her I'm showing signs of labour, so taking the day off today. I'm waiting for the contractions coming

and waiting...
and waiting...
and waiting...

I only got irregular contraction. Show still there, with increasing amount. No leaking liquor (air ketuban tak meleleh lagi). By 2 pm, sms hubby (since he's so nervous and excited at the same time) that maybe I should just go check at the hospital what's going on.

My baby moves alright, still actively kicking around from time to time. Just afraid I'm mistaken the show is actually an infection. Besides, why still no contraction? It's been 8 hours already.

Arrived at Hosp. Serdang before 4 pm. It's a good thing we went there, got a first look at the registration area and how things work initially. Registered. Went in and pee. CTG put on me. Baby's heart rate constantly around 140s. Felt a mild contraction coming, and gone. Peaked at the CTG and saw the a mild peak. Doc came, checked. No signs of infection. Os 1 cm, cervix still 2 cm but soft.Tick tock tick tock. Might as well go home and wait for the regular contraction.

Went home, told my in-laws and family members. My in-laws couldn't sleep last night waiting. Me and hubby slept soundly after watching 4 episodes of Dr. House, the Evil Knievel.

This morning, woke up at 6.45 am. Hungry...so searching for food. Mama making curry dhal along with frying up chapatti. So in the mean time, updating my blog.

Baby...bila nak keluar ni? Tonight, my niece's birthday party at Nuar's house in Puchong. They are doing barbeque tonight after 6 pm. I guess this baby sure likes food, because she seems to want to taste some barbeque sauce before popping out. After coming out in the world, she would only taste mother's milk for the first 4 months. Pandai baby Mama ni. Notty pun ye jugak. Mak Long kata nak babap skit bila dah keluar nanti.

In the mean time, Mama is reminding me to keep on zikir. She wanted to induced me last night with her doa, but I said no. I know it'll work. But it won't be much different from medically inducing me, right? Don't want an 'early labour' that might go into a 'prolonged labour'.

Air selusuh is ready on the go, I'm just waiting for cervix opening 5 cm or above. Epidural? Well, a weakling like me, I might consider it at 5 cm also, hehe. My overnight bag is ready. I hope I don't have anything big that's missing...and get to taste that barbeque tonight!

Baby and Money. Anytime Now!!!

Soon, my baby will 'pop out'. Bila? Bila-bila masa saja :) [When? Anytime.]

I'm so excited. Now I'm getting nervous too, but that's normal. Braxton Hicks is becoming more often. But every night I check the engagement, it's still not engaged yet :( 3 finger breadth. Hmm, bila la baby ni nak betul betul turun yek?

I'm staying in Kajang now, with my mum. I'm closer to Serdang Hospital, my workplace. But hubby has to travel extra. If he's lucky, he works in Putrajaya. He sends and picks me up from work daily now. Kesian dia. I know he doesn't like to drive, and traffic jam makes him go crazy and balistic sometimes. I do let him know how much it means to me. He never complains...all for our baby!

Anyway, I'm reading a lot of non-medical related materials nowadays. I still haven't finish reading about arrhythmias...erk! I'm not keeping up with my deadlines. But I'm too excited about something else right now...future goals.

Hubby is still thinking about our baby's name last week. Now he calls her Arishah sometimes. Maybe we'll stick to that. Melekat jugak nama yang Mama pilih. She always said ada huruf 'Ain from `Ismat and Rush from Rusydan. Hubby also calls himself a Baba now. Baba and Mama...hehehe. I think my nephews and nieces might even start calling him BabaDan rather than UncleDan. We always laugh at it because anything that starts with Baba sounds so FAT. Cute!

About the books and articles I'm reading, it's more about financial matters. I'm so glad hubby has taken great interest in it too. Previously, I felt quite alone thinking about family finance and reading books about it. I want a financially sufficient family, especially for my kids. Since the last 2 months, he shared his idea about a business, for a variety of reasons.


I've introduced to him 2 weeks ago regarding Azizi Ali's book on Retire Rich. We read it together. At first, he starts questioning after every chapter he reads in the book. I keep encouraging him to finish it first. After all, a book is someone's idea. We may or may not implement it if it doesn't suits us. But opinion have to be heard through and through right? Only then we make the decision.

Now, he's reading Rich Dad, Poor Dad by Robert Kyosaki, also reading it together. We discuss before we go to sleep at night, we throw in our ideas, and we evaluate our values. I showed him the excel worksheets I've downloaded for loans, investment, budget, and retirement plan.


Now, reaching that goal feels so much lighter, because my partner is really working hard for it and share the same vision. Thank you God for opening up this opportunity :) I guess with all the things that's happening (even not getting paid for the past 2 months because some technical problems changing workplace), this baby memang bawak tuah, i.e rezeki is pouring. The knowledge and our love is growing.

10 on-calls for January!!!

I expect February will be a bliss for me...hopefully!

When I was transfered to Hospital Serdang in mid December, I was already started with 5 calls for that month. It was still alright. I was only 30 weeks pregnant. I'm still 'slim' and not bloated. No leg swelling. I can still walk faster than a teenager during emergency calls.

Come January, 10 calls. That means 10 nights not being at home out of 30 days of the month. If my calculation is right, I spent 35 working hours straight for 6 days, and 25 working hours for 4 days. I finished off my last call 3 days ago. I was 1 day away from being 36 weeks pregnant.

(for those who do not know, 38 weeks is the usual time people deliver)

So I huffed and I puffed and blow my mind away. They say it's natural to become forgetful during late trimester, but at least I didn't mismanage any of my patients during those calls...hopefully not...well, I don't think I did...did I? Sigh...

I missed my nephew's birthday today :( hubby got some work to do

I'm planning to move back to my mum's house in Kajang, that's where I'll be during confinement. Need to take babystuff back to Kajang, and maybe review back in case I miss anything.

Problem is, since moving out of PPUM to Serdang, my salary hasn't been paid for 2 full months. Yup, I am a survivor aren't I? That's because I'm a good saver, or some people may say I'm stingy, but at least I'm only stingy on myself but not to others.

Mama has finally got herself a maid. She arrived late last week. We all are going to tong-tong for her salary and the agent's payment. Now she's still in training for Mama's regular routine. Will be a great help during my confinement days.

Can't wait for my baby!!! I hope everything will be alright. I'm so excited. Maybe when the pain comes I'll be afraid, but right now I'm just rejoicing in the great expectations.