BEST PRENATAL VITAMINS

Prenatal vitamins intake are highly recommended to help cover any nutritional gaps in the mother's diet. Prenatal vitamins contains many vitamins and minerals such as folic acids, iron and calcium which are good for the baby to growth healthy. 

During my early pregnancy, my ONG Dr prescribed prenatal vitamins from Pharmaton. I'm having difficulties to take the vitamins as it got strong sense of tuna, which make me feel nauseous everytime i take it. Then, during my visit to the government hospital, Dr prescribed ferrous fumarate, vitamin C and folic acid. I'm still having difficulties to consume ferrous fumarate as it is big tabs shaped and got strong iron sense which I can smell it in my breath. It makes me have nausea and headaches. During next visit to the ONG Dr, i notified him the difficulties i'm facing and he prescribed me new prenatal vitamins which is from Merck Co. called Sangobion. Now this vitamin is the best! It got slight vanilla like taste and smell which make it more endurable. So, this one is for keep!

Sangobion contains...

Sangobion especially good if your Haemoglobin (Hb)level are low. My Hb levels are low which is quite a worry especially when i am pregnant now. Hb are important as the oxygen carrier. I want to make sure my precious get enough supply of oxygen to avoid any complications. During my visit to the government hospital, Dr prescribed me Ferrous fumarate which i can't take due to the strong sense. Therefore, during my second blood test, my Hb still low. The nurse inform me if my Hb still low during the third blood test, they will inject me at the buttock. Now that sound creepy! I am glad after taking only around 4 tablets of Sangobion, my Hb level increasing! It works like magic! My baby and my buttocks are safe now!Syukran.. 

Sangobion actually supply most of the vitamins and minerals needed during pregnancy except one, which is DHA. DHA are important for the brain and eyes development. Therefore, i take new developed formulated milk, ANMUM Materna which contained DHA. Now, another product for keep during pregnancy is this product, ANMUM Materna. Maybe details in next entry.

Each of the vitamins and minerals have their own benefits. I am personally think that folic acid is one of the most important vitamins during pregnancy as it helps prevent neural tube birth defect, which may affect the newborn brain and spinal cord. Apart from the vitamins, i like to take it from neutral source. From my readings, foods that contain folic acids are kiwi,papaya,asparagus, broccoli, spinach and many more. 

Knowing my foods intake not only affect my body now but affect my precious too, i decided to eat more healthy foods, pop that tablets and gulps those milks everyday. Hope we both will be in good health. 

MATERNITY CHECK UP

My pregnancy journey so far so good. No morning sickness, no headaches, no constipation, no nothing.. Fine, not entirely no nothing. I did vomiting like 3-4 times and experienced light headaches during my early pregnancy and now starting to feel backaches. But still...bearable! Thanks little one for being so good as this is mommy first experience!

Today is my 25 weeks of pregnancy. One thing for sure, i becoming a little too sensitive. I felt neglected over small reasons and crying become like best healing process ever. Well, i hope i doesn't sound creepy because through my readings, it's perfectly normal for pregnancy women. Blame the raging hormones. Well, this entry is not about weepy mom-to-be i am. It is about my maternity check up experiences.

As this is my first pregnancy experience, i am totally a dummy..But i am lucky as my elder sister & my sister in law already pregnant twice and they kept giving me useful advises based on their previous experiences. Clearly, we are all experiencing pregnancy differently. Therefore, regular check up are extremely important.  

I will listed down all my queries about pregnancy and asked my ONG Dr during the regular visit. I personally went to both health agencies, government and private. I know nowadays people tends to choose either one and mostly will go for private when money is not an issue. I grown up hearing stories about bad labor services in government. They says you are going to be like a guinea pig in the labor room as bunch of internships related staff will watch you in labor and doing the stitches. You are like their experiments. Well, what an unpleasant thing to hear. Imagine all the strangers watching you in labor. Yucks!

Thus, i decided to  giving birth in private hospital, just to be safe & put my mind at ease. Currently, my ONG visit is once a month. Somehow, during 5th month of pregnancy my mother keep asking me to register at the government hospital as she says, it is compulsory as the mid-nurse will visit me during the confinement period for regular mother and newborn check up. Now, being the obedient daughter i am, i went to the government hospital optimistically. But of course, the que are long and they have specific station for each test and you have to wait for your turn at each of the station which take time like forever just to heard your name to be called. Imagine it takes about 4 hours to complete the whole process during my first visit. After my second visit, i totally learnt that coming at 8 am is not early enough. Got to be there at 7.30 am to ensure you are on the top of the list. Well, shame on me. 

But i got to say, everything got their pros and cons. In this case for instance, i do like the consulting session with the nurse. She gave me so many tips without need to be asking. Ironically, she is also pregnant about 5 months that time. I felt like we are best friends instantly. As for the don't like part, apart from the long que and too many station to attend, i don't really prefer the ONG consultation because they only scanned once (For me so far), and there's only 1 screen for the Dr. She did turn the screen a liltle bit facing toward me, but hello...you are explaining too fast and i don't really get to see it. She goes like, ok there's the baby's head, legs, arms, backbones..well, the baby normal. And i'm like WHAT??? Which one is legs, arms or what is what..I don't see it and this is my first time i see my little precious in shaped. Plus, they don't print the images so i can't go ga-ga looking at it day and nights. Compared to the private hospital, they do ultrasound for each visit. I am not sure whether it is good and safe to do ultrasound regularly tho. Maybe the government are trying to be safe or simply because of the costs. Despite all that, my heart keep pounding so fast and i felt like so much joy remembering sees my precious already forming shaped. I felt like crying. I can't wait for my next visit to the private ONG as they got two screen (one for the Dr and the other one for me..like that's what i'm talking about babeh) which is in 4D & the explanation are more digestible.

Well, so far that's all i got about my experiences during maternity check up. I am glad the little one are growing normally in my womb. Here's the sneak peek of little precious from my previous visits : 

THERE'S RAINBOW AFTER RAIN

It's been 2-3 months after my surgery. And multiple news fill in between, thank God most of them are good news.

Recall back my previous entry, Alhamdulillah the biopsy result came out as the lumps are non-cancerous. I couldn't imagine undergoing all the cancer therapy as i'm sure, it wasn't pleasant and triple the pain & trauma i felt from my last surgery.

So, i am determine to take good care of myself especially my eating habits. Got to leave all those fats and stay with well balanced nutrients intake. But of course, i been stray from the mission during the festives lately. Got to back on track now!!

BUT....today's entry about the other good new...

 

It's all start on the early morning of July 24th, when i reliazed my period was late about a week now. Must be the side effects of the medicines. But, i stil grab the strip and do the test anyways as i'm trying to finish the strips i bought drive by my overexcitement as my period was late for about 2 weeks.

 

I’m in shock...It’s like time froze. I’m speechless. My eyes keep staring at the strip while brushing my teeth.

Is this real..??Am I really really pregnant for real? REALLY?

It took more than 5 minutes for me to get all this straight..Finally, Syukur Alhamdulillah Ya Allah... I can’t wait to share the good news with my hubby. I quickly grab the phone and send the strip image to him. I spread the new to family members during breakfast. Everyone seems shocked at first too. Then, congratulate and happy for the good news. At that moment, all pain seems disappeared. I’m too full with happiness.

Hubby and me went to ONG Doctor right away that afternoon. There, i’m officially a pregnant women. It just 4 weeks old. It’s a relieved to find out that my surgery procedure doesn’t affect the lil one surviving in my belly to get into the world.

I am now really got the meaning of like a rainbow after the rain, there’s always good thing after the pain.

 

IT'S REAL, NOT A NIGHTMARE

It's been 3 days 11 hours 02 seconds from the day i underwent surgery.

It was my first experience, the one that i pray will never encounter again for the rest of my life.

Now i know for some people, undergo surgery is not a big deal. Some are brave enough that they willing to undergo it just for beauty. As for me, i am not a big fan of knife and blood. I make such a fuss over a small cut and for all this time, it never cross my mind that one day i will experience what we called surgery.

It all start with a diagnosis that need to be sure by biopsy. In order to do that, a surgical operation is needed. I got advise from 3 doctors from different hospitals. All their advises are the same. Undergo surgery to remove the lump so it can be send to lab for biopsy and know the result. It could be cancerous or just a lump. Despite for biopsy, remove it from my body is highly recommended even there are some people refuse to as this could not harmful and even after removal it can growth again. All we need to do is regular self check up to monitor the lump. As long as the size does not change it is believe to be fine. Now, how am i going to decide. GREAT!

It took me about half a year before i fanally set my mind. In the meantime, i tried traditional ways and do my research regarding the subjects. I read a lot of articles about the condition and take comfort by hearing from people that used to experience the same diagnosis. It turn out to be that it is common among women and most of them choose to remove it.

During  my research, i learned a lot. I even find out that the size can growth and cause even more opening during surgery. Finally, i made up my mind. I need to be brave and face it before it is too late. Being in medical sciences, there is a say "Prevention is better than Cure". Thus, I want to know what is this lump inside me. If it is confirm to be cancerous, i need to get treatment ASAP before it reach the final stage. I hardly get a good night sleep and good days while knowing this alien lump thingy inside me. I need to get it out.

The night before the surgery, i could not sleep. My mind were running wild thinking about tomorrow. I closed my eyes and took a deep breath. I pray that God will give me strength and that everything is going to be fine.

Finally, there i was. Gulping the medicines after consultation with the Anesthetic Medical Officer and the Surgeon. During my last consultation with the surgeon, he sent me for ultrasound and guess what. I got two lumps. The size of the other one is so small that they need to mark it first before surgery as cannot be detected during physical examination.

Only God know what i felt the moment they push out the trolley to the operation theater. I took a final look on my mother and husband faces before we are finally separated. I was alone in the operation theater. I felt breathless. But i gather all the guts in me and pray hard. I told myself i could do this and this will be over soon. I need to be strong. Thus letting they do the preps before the surgery.

I been sleeping. Is this already over? Am i safe? Is everything ok? The million thoughts i got after opened my eyes as all i heard was the sound of the ventilator macchine. Then, i could heard one of the staf voice calling my name and told me, "Everything is over. Now let get back to ward and take a good rest". I closed my eyes back. Thank God. 

The rest of the process is bearable. Finally, i already through the stage that i scared the most. My husband show me the pictures of the lumps and me, lying on the trolley. It was a mixed feeling. Despite of feeling relieved and grateful that i come out safe and sound, i still felt goosebump while browsing trough the pictures. It is truly an experience that i would never want to encounter again.

Now i am resting to get well. I hope the biopsy result will turn out to be non-canccerous lump.

It's finally over

Resting to get well soon.

The colour and senses that accompany my healing process.

A LIL TRIP OF FINDING THE GREAT DUOS

After all of hard works and spending tons of ringgits for our wedding, now it’s time to take a break and give ourselves a OUR TIME. And what better way to do it other than take a lil trip to

explore new country as we are on the way of exploring new phase of our life too. In terms of getting to know each other better, we need to put ourselves in an unknown world. So we could adapt the odds together by sharing our knowledge and skills and see how much we could cooperate with each other in a challenging trip of nowhere.

Therefore i say pick a destination that neither of us ever been to. That way we feel  the needs of each other and somehow it give us a chance to get to know each other better. Well, isn’t there is a say sound like one need to put out of their comfort zone in order to open up  the other side that we do not know we own. Right! Right! Right!Haha..even you may not understand what i'm trying to potray here, all i try to say is..just take those honeymoon trip but ensure to pick the land that both of you never been to and face the new world together. @_________@

I mean it's kind of lame if one of us ever been to the country since all we do is going and doing the things that he/she used to do before right. And the need of listening to the never ending explanation and experiences telling. Why not create a whole new memory with the one you love.

Honestly, which one would you prefer when sharing your trip with others?..

A fun trip as he/she used to go there. So everything run smoothly

Or...Or.....like this

It was crazy as we got lost in one time but we manage to find our way back by asking locals, by refer to GPS that seem not to be updated as we still lost even by following the route shown properly, and blah..blah..blah... But it was adventurous. I'll never forget those days..From those incidents, somehow i know we could always depend on each other.

For me personally i prefer the second one cause other than i want to look cool when sharing with others, honeymoon for me is a trip of finding the great duos, me and him..lol. In order to do that, we need to take a lil risk. And the risk we are taking are not those kinda high risk that could cause death by the end.Just a lil risk..

Therefore, next entry is about our honeymoon trip, our first trip to the foreign country as husband and wife.

LOVE EXPIRY

In order to get to the expiry part, i would like to recall the PLS. Now, what the H@$* is PLS stand for...BIG NO is your answer is shortform for Puhlsss a.k.a please... at least not in my vocab.

PLS that i’m talking about here is...

Pre-Love Syndrome & Post-Love Syndrome.

First thing first, don’t this line sound familiar to all of us..

Saya CINTAkan awak

I LOVE you

Aishiteru

Saranghae

Mahal Kita

Woaini

Ti amore

Forgive my spelling as i only type what seem to sound alike after years of obsessively watching all kind of love story from not so around the world..

I like to called Pre-Love-Syndrome as the honeymoon of a relationship. A phase where everything seems perfect, full with beautiful smile, laughter and where what wrong seems to be right. It is more of a phase which the lovebird wants to know each other better.

In between of getting to know each other better and get closer, here come another phase which is called Post-Love-Syndrome.

A phase full of IF and WISH

A phase of i WISH we could done it better.

IF only we can turn back time.

 A time where my emotion come first than your feeling. Whatever went wrong is your mistake.

We could be better IF only you at least put an effort to get to know me and understand me better.

A phase of love challenges where only true love will get through it whereby the weakness get left behind.

 A phase full of argument, sulking and crying just because every little thing counts. Tears have become your midnight company.

Is love really have their own expiry? Expiry can be defined as the end of the period for which something is valid. Now, love sure is a valid thing.

Therefore should we just wait until the expiry??

I say if we can't stop the expiry than why not try to delay it. Sometimes thing expires early than it should be while sometimes it still can be digesting even after expiry. We could never know the real outcome of it. It can become poison or it actually gives you no harm at all. Even after one finding it can be alter after another finding. All you need is to study it and understand it well. Just like the story of the great finding of YAKULT!! I know everyone familiar with yakult right?? The  is a probiotic milk-like product made by fermenting a mixture of skimmed milk with a special strain of the bacterium Lactobacillus casei Shirota that do good for your digestive system. But do you know the real story behind the great finding??

If you are not aware, let me share with you the story that my dental shared with me after she went to the dentistry conference. It all starts with the attempt of the suicide by one of the founder, Prof. Mechnikov. He consumed mixtures of what he thought could be dangerous bacteria due to the sadness of losing his beloved wife. Both of his wives died because of cancer. It is a miracle, he did not die. Therefore, he did a study on the bacteria together with his lab partner, Minoru Shirota and guess what!! The bacteria that he thought could harm his body actually did vise versa. Now, do you get my point??

What i am trying to say is...simply don’t give up on love or in everything just because you already hit the expiry. There is no guarantee as life itself is a mystery. Try to find the good of it instead of jumping to the conclusion that the love you have already expiry and it is time to put an end to it. And if after doing all the best you can do, it still did not work out then only do what need to be done.

Just live your life the best you can be and find the true happiness that you are longing for. I am sure that deep down inside we all know what we want most in life. If love it is, then find your true love without worry of the expiry.

LDR

1.4.2013

We are officially together!!
Yup, together in term of finally we will be able to undergo the real married couple concept. I mean, we been living in separate country for 3 months after we get married. Even before, we been in a long distance relationship for about..2-3 years. Then, what's the whole point of getting hitch right!

Even nowadays, long distance relationship (LDR) is common among partners. The key of success are trust and patience, so they said. But for me personally, it takes more than trust and patience to make the relationship stay strong.

Trust me. I been in the LDR for quite sometimes. I used to think the LDR going to be fine after we got married. Ties the knot meant u forever vow to be the crime partner for each other and felt secured. So why must burden your mind,heart and soul just to felt worried caused we are separated by thousand miles.

But..i am wrong. LDR get even worse after we got married. Caused i am expecting to spend my every minutes and day with my husband. I want to play the real wife role. I want to take care of his needs. Being in LDR mean we can only spent the weekend together, twice per month if we even lucky. Sometime it's only once per month. The painful goodbye and back to living a singlehood life. Even a pile of phone call and text are not enough.

Therefore i am so grateful that finally my prayer had been answered. I hope from now on, we really can live the husband-wife life and actually being for each other. The closer we get the better we feel. Because at the end of the day, what matter the most is the memories we made and the feeling throughout the making. We only live once. I want to create a hell of the memories in my life with him in the rail.

Of course LDR is not the reason of many break ups and being closer doesn't guaranteed happily ever after. But if it's a choice, i choose to live our happiness and misery with him just a step away, without a doubt.