A Gift from Maldives part 2

Hello second trimester! Most of the time during this second trimester, I feel so energetic.. Everything seems to be back to my normal body without any nausea, flu and cough and hello to my eating appetite.. I begun able to cook again daily for our lunch and dinner.. Hubby still provides me with a glass of pregnancy milk every morning.. 

I spent my last few days of January to visit Surabaya.. I told my mom I want to have some pleasant foods, and mom is going to attend my cousins wedding there.. So we managed to book the same flight to Surabaya and meet at the airport.. I flew alone since hubby still needs to wait for his “holiday-period”.. I really miss Surabaya’s food.. Haven’t been there since 5 years ago.. Well yeah, I ate Semanggi, Lontong Kupang (just a portion :p), Lontong Balap, Halim’s Pigeon, etc! It’s not a part of food craving.. I just missed those food since so long ago..

Anyway, mom and I flew back to Jakarta, while hubby still in Samarinda.. I use Citilink Aircraft VV without any problem due to my pregnancy.. Well at least just prepare the doctor’s approval letter to fly, although from Surabaya to Jakarta, they didn’t notice my pregnancy bumps..  I spent another 2weeks in Jakarta.. Hubby came to Jakarta nearly the Chinese New Year day.. This year is our first year to gave Hong Bao to our nieces and nephews.. We went to one of the favorite Obgyn in Jakarta suggested by my sister in law, Dr. Tjien Ronny to check our baby.. We finally know that we have a baby boy (and we’re so happy of that).. Finally, it’s the time to find our baby names! He said everything is normal, just that my placenta is still “low”.. Should wait for couples of weeks to check again and hope it will goes normal as well..  After spending our happy day in Jakarta, then we flew back to Samarinda and back to routine again *sigh*

On April 4^th to 7^th we went to Jakarta again.. This time hubby need to go Cheng Beng (praying for his parents).. So we gather with his brother and sister, together with our nephews (yes, we have a new nephew born last February).. I use this chance to visit another Obgyn nearby my house, he is so famous with his 4D USG (although he didn’t want to do 4D USG if everything normal), Dr. Calvin Tjong.. The queue was quite bad, but still better than Samarinda’s Obgyn (anyway, we usually used another Obgyn in Samarinda which is Dr. Wahyu in RSIA Aisyah to avoid long queue in order to get doctor’s approval letter to fly).. Dr. Calvin said everything is normal as well.. He required me to check my glucose, toxo and rubella.. Everything went well, just that I don’t have any toxo antibody, so I really need to be careful with the food hygiene.. Anyway, I’m pretty sure I will have my baby to be deliver with him.. So I booked another meeting for May (yeah, you should book one month in advance to meet him)

Well, to sum up my second trimester.. I feel so blessed to have everything in normal (especially my appetite).. I’m also able to feel his little kicks inside my bumps (although its kinda annoying especially when I want to pee and he kicks me out).. A little stretch-mark is quite visible in some part of my body.. Sometimes back pain come and go while I stay too long in one position but it’s still alright.. My weight currently increasing about 1kg-1.5kg per month, so does my bumps is getting bigger (most ex-pregnant people said it looks like their first trimester bumps).. Doctors requires me to drink more water as they afraid my amniotic fluid is not enough.. I really hope that my third trimester will be as enjoyable as this second trimester :D

A Gift from Maldives part 1

After back from the island, I'm wondering on my period time.. It's been 6 weeks since my period due date which means I'm late for 2 weeks time.. I told hubby that should we check on a test pack, caused I never have more than 5 days late for it.. Then we went to Guardian to buy a test pack..

Early in the morning, hubby woke me up and asked me to test it.. It was a shocking result.. Two lines on my test pack, means I'm positive with no nausea at all.. I told hubby, he then brows on the internet to find obygn in Samarinda.. So we arrange the time, after he finished his office time, we try to find the doctor..

First we went to Dr. Djaja Santosa in Kimia Farma Pharmacy.. The queue is like hell.. We decided to register, then try to find another obygn.. So we went to Drajat Hospital, one of the big hospital here.. Too bad, the doctor hasn't come, and there's 10 people had been register to find him.. Then we decided to go back to the first obygn after our dinner..

After a long queue, we finally met the doctor.. He asked for my last period date, then ask me to do the USG.. It's the first time I saw my baby was there, inside my tummy! He told me that my baby is around 5^th weeks already.. I wonder is it that fast?! Then I realize, that they count 5^th weeks from the last period date, due to some people don't know their ovulation time.. Since, I always record my period time, I recognized my ovulation period is on the 26^th wherein that time, we're on our honeymoon.. Thus, this baby was made in Maldives.. Hahaha! Anyway, the doctor gave me allylestrenol and vitamin to be taken everday..

The next day, after taking the medicine, I feel a bit nausea, I lose my appetite, especially when I cooked some meals, I really don't want to smell it.. I'm wondering why the nausea suddenly came.. At that day, I'm just able to drink some milk.. I wait for 3 days, but still, I lose my appetite.. I began to fallen sick.. I got sore throat, cough and sometimes I feel a bit dizzy.. Hubby asked me to find a doctor.. This time, another obygn.. Thus, we found Dr. Novia Fransisca in Kellyn Pharmacy.. The queue worse than Dr. Djaja, but we could register by phone after the first visit.. On our first visit, we finally met the doctor around 10pm.. She check on my tummy from USG, but it’s not clear enough due to I didn’t drink plenty water.. So she decided to use the Trans-vagina USG.. She then check the heartbeat of my baby.. That’s the first time I heard those amazing sound of heartbeat! I told her I feel nausea and having a bad cough.. She changed my vitamin, and gave me some medicine for my cough, sore throat and nausea..

Day after, suddenly I was bleeding.. Not much, just a bit of reddish.. I thought it would be fine and wait for couples days.. The next day it’s just like some dots of reddish, and I thought tomorrow will be ok (well, it is..) After a few day, suddenly the bleeding came again, its fewer than before, but hubby asked me to find the doctor again.. So we went to see her again.. She check using USG, and she said luckily the heartbeat still there.. She said bleeding means there’s a problem with the fetus.. So she gave me another allylestrenol and asked me to bed rest.. If there’s still some blood, I need to be hospitalized.. Thank God I wasn’t!! Having such a supportive hubby really made my day! He always make a glass of pregnancy milk in the morning, before going to work, and at night, a glass of Ensure before sleep to maintain my body’s supplement.. 

Days past, the next month we check our baby, it's already 9^th weeks.. The baby growth is normal.. I still feel a bit nausea sometimes, but it’s getting better.. Feel like I don’t really like my own dish and prefer to eat somewhere else.. Everytime after I cook, I really feel don’t like eating.. I always smell something bad, which leads me to super sensitive smells (hubby couldn't scene any smell, but I did..) I hate going to bathroom and always feel the house is frowzy.. Luckily hubby is very supportive.. He asked a handyman to repair the bathroom.. It’s quite helping to reduce the smell.. On the 11weeks, I got a bad cough again.. This time hubby also got the flu, we pass the diseases to one and other badly.. So we spent time to rest on the 31^st December, and at night, we couldn’t really enjoy the bbq due to sore-throat.. 

Today is the last day of my first trimester.. I’ve pass through it nicely (although my weight decrease 2-3kg due to nausea, cough and losing my appetite..) Can’t wait for the next visit to the doctor to see my baby again.. It scheduled on the 10^th January, on his/her 13^th weeks..