the birth story..

i admit that it wasn't an easy one since i've been experiencing lots of complications throughout this pregnancy. it was the morning of 8th June when i was admitted to the hospital due to premature contraction at 35th week. i was put under 24 hours monitoring + medication to stop the contraction & 2 injections for the baby's lungs maturity. the injections were so painful & the pain lasts for at least 30 minutes...pergh!!since it was only 35 weeks, my gynae adviced not to give birth at that time since the baby is too young & afraid that a lot of problems would occur. however, the injections are given in case i need to deliver the baby in between that week.

i was discharged with 10 days mc - for bedrest. my next appointment was 10 days later at 36th week & i was given another 8 days mc for me to continue my rest days. at first it was fun to leave the office but later i have started to feel bored - extremely bored since i have limitation in my movement & i couldn't play much with pishimen. when i approached the 37th week i knew that it was safe to deliver anytime this time so i started to move around & do housework as usual.

night of 26th June, i suggested to inche' riki that we go to the hospital since i've been having frequent contraction since afternoon. i have been walking a lot few days before & therefore my feet are badly swollen. i was admitted that night & brought to the labour room & was put on with CTG. the nurse found out that my baby's heartbeat was unusually high between 170 to 200 while the normal rate are only at 120 to 160. my gynae decided that i was put to rest that night & to bring me back to the labour room tomorrow morning.

as early as 6 am i was brought to the labour room to record my CTG. Alhamdulillah, my baby's heartbeat is back to normal. nearly 8 am my gynae arrived & she checked & told me that if everything is ok i can give birth that morning. i was shocked & barely unprepared as i thought it's going to be another false alarm like the previous one.

i took my breakfast & prepared myself for the birth process. it was 10am when i actually felt the peak of the contraction pain. the staff nurse performed membrane rupture (pecahkan ketuban) & noticed that my baby was still high & she's afraid that either the baby was not in the right position or the umbilical cord was going around him. i just can't think at the moment & prayed that eveything will be alright.

luckily inche' riki was by my side all the time. he guided me on how to breath & how to push. automatically at that moment i couldn't remember anything & thank god he was at the right place at the right time. i need to do extra pushings to help my baby get to the opening. finally at 11.49 am my baby arrived safely - assisted kiwi vacuum since tali pusat dia dah terbelit kat leher. i was very tired, even more tired than the first time i deliver. after they bathe my baby, they bring him for inche' riki to azan & soon after i started breastfeeding him. it felt so peaceful...

as for the big brother - so far he really loves his baby brother. he would pat on the cheek while he was breastfed & won't let anyone disturbs while his baby brother was sleeping. hopefully they will be best friends - after all...what brothers are for, right?

new addition

say hi to this new freshie...farish irfan bin iswandy..
born on 27th June 2011 @ 11.49am
Alhamdulillah

the best ayah & husband on earth. thanks inche' riki for being there for me..every single day

becoming a big brother..

it's already 35 weeks & based on past experience, my baby can arrive anytime soon - takut coz dah x brape nk igt sakit nye cemane..

back to pishi..he's becoming more responsible now. he can take care of his own clothes, pack his own bag, eat on his own, more words vocabulary & it is fun to hear he mumbles coz his words are still 'pelat'. plus, he's as clumsy as i am & he's a true copy cat of me when it comes to wearing shoes - terbalik!

he also doesn't really cares about his toys..he has got new interest now : namely stickers & magnets. the best thing is he called the stickers as 'tempek'...hahaha...mmg la sticker tu die tempek kat merate2 tempat kat umah tu. he also had new obsession on his new game that actually we bought as family game but currently he has been conquering the game to his own self - the tumbling monkeys (as seen on tv).but as long as he clean up the mess after he has done playing i'm okay with that...

few pictures to share..




...kat mane2 pon boleh tempek sticker...


...dah jadi co-pilot ayah skarang...

...baju favorite - misti kene ade bendera Malaysia tp die panggil baju 1 Malaysia...

bulan2 terakhir pregnancy...

sob..sob..rase mcm kejap je pregnen kali ni. maybe sbb busy dgn office work & dah ade pishi kat umah utk menambahkan kesibukan yg sedia ada...tp pregnancy kali ni mmg byk stress nye :

1. restructuring of the company - since new management have take over our company (no longer under UEM group)for sure management baru nk restructure blk company organisation & masukkan org2 die sikit sebanyak dlm board of management. i was meant to be separated with my team for the last 2++ years...huhu...bye2 MEU. me and another colleague were transferred to other department due to the request from our new deparment's director. the first 3 weeks were very hard for us to adapt since we have to cope with 2 deparment's work & tender (restructuring yg tak terancang langsung...JD pon xde..haprak btol)...not mentioning location opis kat tingkat yg atas skali & xde lif..huwaaa!!!! kembang kempis lubang idung sementare nk sampai tuh. mmg komfem la senang nk besalin (insya-Allah)

2. breech positionig - last month's check up triggers me that i have to save more money if baby still in breech position time nk besalin nnt. huwaa...baby...cepat2 la pusing, ibu simpan duit cukup2 je ni. nk claim company pon bukan dorang bayar full..itu pun kalau management baru x kacau medical benefit kitorang. tp management baru ni bagus dari segi welfare...so i'm not that worried la. tomorrow is my 8th month's check up - hopefully baby dah pusing turun bawah so x de la ibu stress2 ye...

3. travelling - this past 2 months we travelled a lot (almost every weekend) & my feet swell faster than my previous pregnancy. up to next month we still need to travel to attend weddings - huwaa!!! ramai btol sedare mara nk kawen cuti sekolah ni. i will have 2 cousins' weddings on 1st july, i don't really think i could make it as my due date is just around the corner.

4. preparation - these few weeks i realized that i haven't really prepare to welcome the new baby on board...since it's going to be another baby boy so i don't have to worry on the clothing but still...i have bought few new garments for him - can't help it! i already have a long list of items to be purchased & hopefully i will have ample time to finish my shopping task before the arrival.

5. weight - every month mase nk check up misti takut nk naik weighing scale tuh. setiap bulan akan dgr nombor2 yg x disangka2...i gain a lot more than the first pregnancy. letih btol la kang nk turunkan balik (xtau la boleh turun ke x pon)..selulit2 yg 2 tahun lepas pon masih terkumpul & dah jd selulit senior utk selulit2 junior yg baru nk bermastautin kat badan aku nih

as of pishi...he has grown up so fast. dah byk kemahiran hidup die tau..termasuk la lagu ABC, kire 1-10 (mase naik tangge je), lagu twinkle2, lagu london bridge & beberape lagu cinta yg kitorang pon xtau bile mase die dgr & hapal. die pon dah tau nk dapat adik & every night he would ask me if he could touch my stomach & play with adik baby..xtau ler kalau dlm perut ni die mesra lagi..kang dah keluar die gigit pulak budak kecik tu.

i've been thinking

...maybe i should stop blogging for a while..or just close the blog account. i'm very occupied with a lot of things & no more leisure time to blog :(

pishi's new hairdo

sebelum..


selepas...



selepas kejadian potong rambut, pishi adelah sangat2 super nakal & cheeky. adekah setiap kali potong rambut akan jd mcm ni??...huwaaaa!!

sesi latihan menimang adik

Abi Hurairah & Usop - Soley Soley OST Hantu Kak Limah Balik Rumah

mari hilangkan stress!!

SILE ENJOY DGN LAGU NI..HAHA

updates

i've been delaying my time to update this blog..got no mood to blog at all...coz sgt2 busy kat office so balik rumah macam x ingin nk tgk laptop dah + mabuk2 yg dah berakhir kire2 3 mggu yg lepas. approaching 5th month, nothing much to update except for tonnes of work at the office & at home (especially lipat baju...fuhh..), not forgetting nk kene kejar pishimen sane sini & layan die besembang + bace buku.

since pishimen dah masuk 2 taun ++..he's developed so fast that i can simply ask him about what he's doing at the nursery everyday. that includes if he did pukul or cubit anybody kat nursery...that's the joy & challenge of having a son..haha..for the past 3 weeks i've been listening to stories that he will cakar, pukul or cubit anyone yg try to grab toys from him but yesterday was a big surprise...

pishimen : ibu...iyah..iyah..(insyirah - name sorang budak pompuan kat nursery die)
ibu : nape dgn iyah?
pishimen : toyak (tolak)
ibu : sape yg kene tolak?
pishimen : ayish
ibu : tolak macam mane
pishimen : (menunjukkan care cemane die kene tolak..dgn penuh perasaan & bunyi)
ibu : ayish nangis tak?
pishimen : nangis
ibu : banyak ke sikit?
pishimen : sikit je...
ibu : good. tu la, sape suruh ayish pukul iyah semalam..kan iyah dah balas balik.lain kali jgn pukul budak pompuan..x baik.
pishimen : ok ibu..

another update is on the new addition to the family...my cute little nephew. haha..dah byk dah anak sedare ni rupenye. this year alone je akan dpt 3..sorang dah keluar..ade lagi 2 org ank sedare coming soon. maybe yg 2 org tu girl kot..both are inche' riki's in law. mine will be out in mid July..Insya-Allah.

my sewing progress..during my 1st trimester I hardly touch my machine. i just helped my sister to sew swaddle cloth for his baby & I'm struggling to finish Sara's quilt skarang dah masuk quilting stage..pasni wat binding pastuh siap!! sian die..tggu drp taun lepas lagi x siap2..haha. xtau la rajin ke x nk jait pape utk baby baru ni...the main reason for me to not sewing is xde meja yg sesuai so x comfortable nk menjahit..haha...alasan!!

guess i will just post some pics after this..mood utk malas blogging dah mule datang..


my chubby nephew....kejap je dah tembam budak ni

pishi the menace

shopping for his b'day treat..with my dad

it has been..

12 weeks n counting...

1. i didn't update my blog for a long time ever since the last entry (which i copy & paste only)

2. i didn't surf any websites/blog & didn't have the time to even read online newspaper

3. facebooking once in a while through my Samsung..didn't have much time to reply to the comments

4. rarely cook..but inche' riki volunteered himself to..i love his cooking

5. haven't touch my sewing machine..huhu..i do visit him once in a while but i just couldn't sew right now

6. haven't snap any new pics of pishi & sara...but once in a while i did remember to snap some..

saat2 sebelum pergaduhan bermula - part 1

saat2 sebelum pergaduhan bermula - part 2

7. working till late hours + saturday + sunday...(mcm nk muntah je)

8. last 2 weeks pishi was admitted again (3rd time this year)..kali ni lagi challenging sbb die dah terer nk mengganaz each time nk masukkan antibiotik, neb, amik bp...grr...tido pon x cukup..penat wooo

balut dua2 tgn utk elakkan keganasan melampaui batas

xberape berpuas hati dgn balutan tgn

+_+ can't wait to finish this first trimester...huhu

which one is which?

Space tourism : is tourism in which participants pay for flights into space. As of 2010, orbital space tourism opportunities are limited and expensive, with only the Russian Space Agency providing transport. The price for a flight brokered by Space Adventures to the International Space Station aboard a Soyuz spacecraft is US$ 20–35 million. The space tourists usually sign contracts with third parties to conduct certain research while in orbit. This helps to minimize their own expenses. Russia halted orbital space tourism since 2010 due to the increase in the International Space Station crew size, using the seats for expedition crews that would be sold to paying spaceflight participants. However it is planned to resume in 2012, when the number of single-use three-man Soyuz launches rises to five a year. (wikipedia)

Astronaut : An astronaut is a person who pilots a spacecraft or works in space, particularly in the space program of the United States. In Russia and the other former republics of the Soviet Union, such men and women are called cosmonauts. The cosmonaut program was a project of the Soviet Union until the country broke up in 1991. Russia then took over the program. China sent its first astronaut into space in 2003. A Soyuz carries two or three highly specialized cosmonauts. The commander is almost always a military jet pilot, and the flight engineer is almost always a civilian. The flight engineer is usually a member of the staff of the design bureau responsible for the craft. On about half the Soyuz flights, a third cosmonaut, usually called the cosmonaut researcher, is aboard. This person can be a non-Russian "guest cosmonaut" or a Russian physician. (Nasa website)


- so where do our 'so called' astronaut stands? from both statements looks like it is more to guest cosmonaut or space tourist rather than an astronaut. since most of the talks are dedicated to students, particularly in schools maybe no one have ever asked him the differences. how i wish i could ask him this question!

a great team

i always think that sewing + cooking are a great combination. they boost your creativity level. i enjoyed cooking for my family, particularly for inche' riki & pishi. none of my cooking will taste exactly the same the next time i made it, as i always create my own recipe..haha..sungguh x berdisiplin! but that's what i called creativity & innovative...people who always made the same thing maybe creative but not innovative enough to try things other than the ordinary (jadi xperlu la jadikan sardin tu makanan rasmi/ruji keluarga anda). i'm not saying that i'm a good cook but most of the time my cooking will get a nod from inche' riki - that matters the most to me.

as for sewing, i've been helping my mother with her cross stitch since i was 9, so i'm getting used with the feeling of x-sabar-taun-bile-la-nak-siap-ni for almost 19 years (now you know my age). now that i already have my own sewing machine, the urge to sew is at the highest peak now - hari2 kat ofis kalau ada free time walaupon 10menet akan surf ke blog2 yg berunsurkan jahitan & crafts. owh..sungguh kegilaan & i think it's a very good hobby since inche' riki slalu pegi outstesen & keje ari sabtu ke ahad ke suke ati die je la kan...so now inche' riki agak aman sket sbb i already have my own toy.

sebelum ade mesen jait, ini la mainan saye (besepahnye rumah aku)

pandainye mainan ni buat muke

current project, i called it project qysara - since she requested to have the same selimut as pishimen so i'm working on something for her, in PINK. it's not going to be exactly the same as pishimen's but with the same function. this morning i sttarted to do cutting & piecing & managed to complete a block!...xsukar buat block ni as long as kita SABAR (tu la yg paling susah)..i completed a block in 30 minutes & for this project, i needed at least 5 more blocks. i can't tell how the final product will look like as i'm a creative & innovative person (perasan) - idea can come & go anytime (sebenanye, kain xcukup lagi - tggu gaji baru bole beli)

walopon niat nk buat warna pink sume tp cam boring je...campo2 kaler jugak

soon after i finished the block, i went to the kitchen to make some snack. as i'm cutting the bread sides, i still haven't decided what to do. i took out the garlic & herb spread - ok, maybe i'm gonna do some garlic bread. then i opened the refrigerator, i saw pishimen's cheese & took out a slice. then, hey..why not coat it in egg & fry it in butter - mungkin akan rase sedap. so the end product is = garlic spread + cheese (dikepit di celah2 2 keping roti) + celup telur + panaskan butter dalam pan + goreng. rupe die xde la cantik mane tp bau wangi & sedap sbb ade cheese kat tgh. see, xsusah jd creative kan?

don't judge a book by its cover...rase die sedap (pishimen sendiri yg cakap)

party

pishi loves party
he woke up early that day
in the evening we went to najmi's 1st bday party (najmi macam ank org putih!)
there were lots of friends there (araiz, muizz, hannah, hani, araiz, najmi, amirul hakim, ank kerry aku xtau name!)
at first pishi thought he will enjoy himself to the max while at the party
but alas..he was wrong..he's not feeling very well (got temperature)
he also refused to drink milk that day (made his ibu risau je..)
but he managed to get to know some friends there
and enjoy the foods...sgt banyak food
pishi went home with a smiling face as he brought back the party pack together (aunty kemar pesan soh bawak balik)
back at home, he's enjoying himself with the party hat & balloon..what a wonderful day he had!


kami sekeluarga makan bersama

mmg satu cabaran nk amik gamba kanak2 kecil ni

we are smapian kids...yeayy!!!

p/s : kemar, ko saje je ek x jemput ustazah fatimah??

jumaat

hari-jumaat-adelah-hari-yg-best-sbb esok-hari-sabtu-jadi-xde-mood-nk-keje-sgt-jd-ape-kate-kalau-apdet-blog-dgn-gamba-budak2-ni :

make someone happy..today

i love unplanned projects..

the phone & its pouch

from the back

front view

i'm using scraps - from my jeans that I've altered & kawaii cars (japanese cotton) which will be the main source for my next project..haha. since inche' riki is too deep into anime he'll love the kawaii cars, i guess. by the way, he's planning to buy a new phone so i guess i will have to do another pouch for it.

duration to finish : 1.5 hours...i'm loving it!

TOP SECRET : revealed...

at last...top secret project yang pernah diperkatekan sebelum ni siap jugak (lame btol...2 bulan). inche' riki penah tanye..'nape lame x apdet blog?' & this is the reason why. aku nk apdet hasil titik peluh aku nih (xde la bepeluh pon sbb dok dlm ekon)..




pandangan belah atas - quilted top

belah bawah - backing

timbunan fabrik2 yg menunggu mase utk dikorbankan

since this is my 1st quilting project so jgn harap la yg terbaekkk kan...but, i can assure you :

100% x ikut quilting skills..bekedut2 bagai
100% x sabar nk tunggu siap
100% x symmetry

100% dijahit dgn penuh kasih sayang..hihihi

so pishi..hope you will love it, as much as i do..i measure his cot size so that he can use it almost everywhere...even while travelling. piecing & stitching are the most tedious job ever & most of the times i thought bout quitting rather than quilting...maybe next time i should try hand quilting instead of machine..pishi had been very helpful by collecting rubbish on the floor (benang, fabrik, rambut aku...) & buang dlm bakul sampah..mmg die sgt pembersih orgnye & boleh nmpk mende yg kecik2 atas lantai nun (mungkin die pon nk amik course mikrobiologi utk degree die, mcm aku dulu).

ibu sayang farish..kay?

perjalanan kereta mayat

last sunday, kami memandu mengiringi kereta mayat..someone close to us (tok ayah Sara) had passed away - Al-Fatihah untuk arwah. Jenazah dimandi & disembahyangkan kat surau Bukit Jelutong & kitorang folo kereta mayat tu all the way from surau to tanah perkuburan seksyen 21 shah alam.

along the way i guess there are about 5 to 6 traffic lights that we have to pass by. when we reached the last traffic light, i heard inche' riki said " hijau je sume traffic light " & i started thinking ' Alhamdulillah, tuhan permudahkan perjalanan arwah sampai ke tanah perkuburan...Ya Allah, macam mana la perjalanan aku nanti... '

p/s : ingat mati adelah perkara yg biasenye susah kite nk buat kan?

pishi...pishi...(dlm nada mengeluh)

this year's raya is a big one for pishi..but things happens..


raya ke-2 :wajah ketika masih hensem (posing tgn kat dagu..x tahan!!)


raye ke-7 : mate bengkak!...sian die

di taman permainan...

lokasi : tmn permainan - putramas
suspek2 : kak sasan & pishimen
org dewasa yg menemani saspek : inche' riki
komen : kualiti gambar sgt bagus walaupun hanya menggunakan camera phone. inche' riki sangat berbakat (puji laki sendiri)



















my fav pic!