things i love about facebook.

Selain sebab senang nak online shopping (I'm not really a shopaholic, mind you - although it can be a tad seasonal. ahem hehe) dan juga dapat tengok update kengkawan (tengok gambar baby baru, etc), facebook nih best sebab selalu jugak dapat tengok benda benda berguna yang memember share. Kalau gambar yang memualkan atau scary tuh kalau boleh cepat cepat nak click hide lah kan tapi kalau gambar yang ade quotes yang membina ke, kartun yang best ke, link ke website yang  bermanfaat ke, memang rasa suka sangat =)

contoh :

 heheehe.
dan,

 boleh punya, inshaAllah.

Amalan ketika hamil

Okay, jadi, waktu preggie, elok:

• minum susu (malangnye skang ni boleh minum susu yang biase biase tuh aje. susu utk ibu mengandung tak berape nak lalu. substitute dgn makan vitamin yang doc bagi - neurogain, calcium & iberet folic).
• makan kurma & kismis
• minum air kelapa (hujung2 pregnancy. but a colleague of mine who got pregnant a month after me have started drinking it. baik utk kulit baby, nanti bersih gitu. okay. shall not risk it. will wait until I'm 7 months before I start attacking the kelapa like crazy)
• minum & sapu minyak kelapa dara. (heard tanamera's good. again, only until I'm 7 months preggie before I start consuming it. A lot of reviews said it helped them during delivery. TIADA KOYAKAN! - it instantly went to my MUST CONSUME list).
• makan fruits. 
• well-cooked dishes. BYE SUSHI.

• baca al Quran especially surah - surah : surah yusof (supaya elok rupa paras), surah luqman (supaya anak mendengar kata & bijak) Surah Maryam (memudahkan bersalin) & surah Yaasin. 
• jage perlakuan, tutur kata & adab. Bagus, bagus. Boleh didik diri jadik lebih baik. Harap-harap berterusan sampai lepas bersalin pun :) 

Ape lagi eh? Oh my. Kadang kadang rasa macam banyak betul info masuk dalam kepala. Lepas tu lupa. Hehe.

graduated. off to the next stage.

internet's back on after about 3 weeks of deprivation. heheh.

The email from a baby-stuff website (excuse me, pregnancy brain, can't recall the exact name of the website) reminded me that last week I have graduated from the first trimester. huge relief!

People been saying that pregnancy experience differs from one person to another but so far, weirdly, mine is as exactly as described on the internet. But I suppose that's great because I know what's going on and why :)

Thank goodness, the second trimester has been really good to me.

I am not as exhausted as before. Previously, it's like my battery was flat. Most of the time. I'm lucky enough that I only need to go to work at about 1130ish AM everyday (I'm teaching the afternoon session kids) so I got to sleep and recharged my battery before I'm off to work. After a half day battle at school it's usually nap time by 1030 PM. I didn't even prepare the meals anymore. I couldn't stand the smell of just about everything. A very, very challenging phase. The exhaustion, I read somewhere, is caused by the body trying to build a new organ which is the placenta.

Now, I am happy to report that I am okay with cooking. The smell isn't so so bad anymore and the exhaustion is more tolerable. The pain in my well, lower part of the abdomen, has also subsided. (The pain is because the uterus is getting bigger). Oh but I am still on chicken-free diet. Although a few nights ago I had a very strange dream about ayam percik practically dancing in front of me. Huh.

The latest sonogram scan I did managed to put a very wide smile on my face. I could see the baby kicking and throwing punches. I haven't met this baby yet but every single day, I'm full of love for this tiny one :) Guess my maternal instinct is starting to kick in. Good :) But I can't deny that there are definitely days where I have doubts. Particularly on whether I would succeed in being the best mom for this baby. It's a huge responsibility that I pray everyday I would be ably to carry out.

There are also times where I've started to think about the day. You know, when I shall have to push him/her out of my urm down south part? Hopefully that will work out fine for the baby and I.

I still have many more months to read/do research about parenting, giving birth etc so I'm going to enjoy this ride as best as I could.

Alhamdulillah for this opportunity to be able to experience pregnancy. Thank you Allah.