Haziqa's 2 months jab

The whole family's pediatrician is in Seremban, Klinik Pakar Kanak-Kanak Sayangku. The Dr, Dr Oo, is very good with kids and the charge is reasonable so we have stuck with him all these while. The only problem is, it is quite a long drive from Bangi/Nilai and the queue is usually quite long. Recently, a new pediatrician opened up in Bandar Baru Nilai so we decided to give it a try. When for Haziqa's 1 month jab (Hep B second dose) with this male Dr, who was soft spoken, and all was well.

Went last Tuesday for Haziqa's 2nd-month jab (first dose of DTP & Polio and Hib), and we got another male Dr, who was quite masculine, i.e. quite rough. Not that he is not good. He spoke to us with respect and I am sure just as knowledgable, but after the jab, I noticed a red and hard spot at Haziqa's leg. I got panicked.

I searched online and asked around. The answer I got was:

1) Tissue reaction

2) When the jab took place, there was muscle tension.

Initially thought I need to apply warm sponging to it. But later mom called and said I should apply cold sponging. After 2 days, the red spot got blue-r and the hard spot soften. After 3 days, it's completely gone.

Although this kind of side effect might be normal, we have never experienced this kind of side effect with Dr Oo. Guess we will be going back to Seremban after this.

On an unrelated event, ever since that jab, Haziqa has not passed motion yet. I was quite worried as she normally would passed motion at least twice a day. Again, I asked around, and apparently it is normal. My own sister-in-law experienced 7 days without poop with her child and my friend went 14 days with hers. It is now 3 days and counting. No sign of poop yet.
(she just pooped. So 3 days only. yeay)

Online shopping is a bitch

When you are trapped at home with either a lot of things to buy or nothing much to do, you... ONLINE SHOP. 

Tesco online

During confinement, I had a lot of groceries stuff to buy but the prospect of listing all those things for my husband to buy and expecting him to come back with all those stuff on time was just very slim. He might come back with the complete list, the next week, if you are lucky. So I turned to tesco online. *yeay for this facility* Up to date, since 2 months ago, I have ordered 8 times, which totaled up to RM1,840. *OH MY GOD!* *jaw drop* 

Big ticket items were mostly:

1) Fishes - Salmon block, tenggiri block, whole ikan merah etc as this was my main diet during confinement

2) Apples - again, my main snack during confinement

3) Batrisyia's milk powder - no explanation needed

4) Pampers for both Batrisyia and Haziqa

Small ticket items:

1) Vegetables 

2) Cereals

3) Milk and bread

4) Chocolates and junk food

Verdict: Necessities

Post confinement/Nursing/Baby Stuff

1) Bengkung. I bought 2 Types of them. Total of 3 (1 Lazada. 2 FB seller)

2) Maternity blouse. Total to date: 4 pieces (FB page Aqeela Autumnz)

3) Nursing bra. Total to date: 7 pieces (FB page Aqeela Autumnz)

4) Poncho: One piece. (website: Lazada) Another one on the way (website: Little Whiz)

5) EBM storage bottles (website: Lazada)

6) EBM storage plastic bags (website: Little Whiz)

7) Bottle drying rack (FB page Aqeela Autumnz)

Verdict: Necessities

Birthday present

Kak Jane, our cousin, has been flooding her instagram account with pictures of handbags and watches and other sale items in the US in conjuction with mother's day as her friend there became our proxy. I was never a handbag fan. And I am the type who wears the same watch until the end of its life. But it was flooding my instagram timeline and as I sit at home staring at both my FB and IG account while breastfeeding, I was defeated. So I bought 1 coach handbag for myself. Then 1 fossil watch for myself. My reasoning was why not buy something special for myself as a reward for... hmm... giving birth to another child? my upcoming birthday? After all, it was my money so no one would question me. 

Then I added one more item, a Michael Kors watch for my mom's birthday.

Each at RM700+

Verdict: Luxury but justified

Clothes

In a mission to look better for hubby dearest, bought some shirt, blouse, satin pyjamas and nightgown online through Sally Online Shop and Zalora. Some were okay. Most... could have live without.

Verdict: Waste of money

Baby clothes through instagram/FB seller (all paid but have not received)

FB: (Anny Firs Borong Dan Retail) Bought 4 pairs of Frozen-themed-pyjamas for Batrisyia. Pre-ordered them recently to receive them next month. Bought 3 pairs of lelong clothes 2 for Haziqa and 1 for Batrisyia. All at RM20, which I considered reasonable.

IG:
1) (IG: Sophia_babystore) Bought 3-piece-sleepsuit for Haziqa yesterday for RM 47 + RM 7 postage. (Mine is SNP 188) (p.s: I revised my order and bought both packages =p)

2) (IG: brilliantkidscouture) Bought 2 pairs of dress + leggings for my girls. (p.s: The red one was out of stock =( so I got them replace with a blue one and bought another pair because I love seeing my girls in the same outfit. Hehe.)

3) (IG: makciks_kiosk) Wanted to buy peplum baju raya for the girls but the went out-of-stock for Haziqa's so I didn't buy any. (p.s: They restocked and I got them!!! So excited for raya)

Still looking for any good bargain online.

Verdict: My babies need clothes so in between necessities and luxury.

Random number

69 - 14

= 55

Confinement on my own

Having a baby this time round is definitely a completely different experience for me compared to the last one.

1) I find confinement period after surgery much easier compared to normal birth. Apart from walking slowly, I didn't have to really keep my legs close together while walking or sitting. I could cross my legs when sitting, which was awesome and I felt more robust. However, healing takes longer. I remember my cut last time was completely healed after two weeks. This time, though not painful, I could still feel my surgery wound one month after. (Post confinement, I tried playing Just Dance on kinect and I felt fine. Now at 2 months after delivery, I don't feel pain anymore. I am just aware/conscious that the wound is there.) Just for my own reference, I completely stopped taking pain-killer 3/4 days after surgery. Last took it Thursday/Friday the week I got home.

2) Breast-feeding (bf) is a bliss. Haziqa don't have a problem latching especially with the help of beloved nipple shield and most importantly, she loves my milk unlike her sister, who preferred formula milk and rejected mine. My only problem is, she loves it too much that she is constantly breast-feeding all the time. Why is that a problem? I couldn't find time to pump and store my EBM for her later when I go back to work. But the fact that I get to bf for the whole 2 months so far is joy enough. I don't mine introducing formula milk into her diet soon if it comes to it. 

3) I hired a stay-in confinement lady for 3 weeks, who took care of our (mine and baby) basic needs. Although quite expensive (I paid her RM2.7K for 3 whole weeks), I think it was totally worth it. She was very clean and organised. We had a schedule to follow:

morning: woken up at 8am. breakfast for me. bath for baby. I took my shower. tungku. And urut (on alternate days). Break while she cooked lunch for me. I had lunch... and she would clean up after me. That would be around 12.30pm. Then she took a break... 

evening: tea time for me. baby bath. my shower time. tungku. rest. dinner. done by 7.30pm, when she would go back to her room and left me on my own. so when my husband came back, we didn't feel like having a stranger around. We could spend our family time undisturbed.
Here's her blog: http://aisyahrawatanpantang.blogspot.com/

4) I was officially done with nifas on the 27th day of pantang. Around 40th+ days I had some showing that was like period. It was too little but it persisted of a couple of days. Around 60+ days, it appeared again. Still very little and didn't last that long.
5) Was having problem with hemorrhoids a week after I delivered and persisted for quite a while. I sucked it up for two weeks until I couldn't stand it anymore and told my mom to get me some medicine. She got me some oral tablets and the anal insertion pill. Took the insertion pill only for nearly two weeks and it was still painful. So I went to the clinic and got myself another round of medicine: anal insertion, oral pill and poop softener liquid. Since I was breast-feeding, I took the oral pill and liquid for about a week until it felt slightly better and stopped. Continued with the anal pill for a week, then stopped. At 66 days, I saw blood as I was passing motion so mom advised me to take the anal supp again. With the hot weather, I am always sweating. Now I am developing panau all over my hands and legs.
6) Missed my post-natal appointment as I didn't expect it to be too early. It was scheduled 2 weeks after my surgery, a week after I went to see my Dr to get my wound cover removed. So made another appointment at my 44th day of pantang, i.e. the last day of pantang. Dr told me we need to wait another wait before we have another baby so that the wound could heal properly and I need to wait two more months for an IUD insertion. 

Tali pusat

Both Batrisyia's and Haziqa's tali pusat came off at 10 days.

Recovering from Caesarian Section in the hospital

Amazingly I didn't feel pain right after surgery. Was told that the anesthesia would last for 24 hours which was awesome. All I need to do was lie on the bed and breastfeed my baby. However, since I hadn't had any meal since 10pm the night before, I kept asking when could I have my first meal after surgery. The nurse told me that they would give me drinks first. If I didn't throw up, then only they would give me food. I got barley to drink slightly after 12pm. Supposed to get my food around 2pm but none came. Got milo at 4pm and by then I was starving. Mom nearly bought food for me from downstairs but finally I got my porridge at 6pm. I ate greedily until I nearly throw up, which would be no good. Luckily I managed to lie back down from the sitting position, then the sensation disappear so the food went inside safely.

Since the catheter was still there, I did not have to get up to go to the toilet. Hubby went back with Tricia at 2pm to deal with my placenta. That night he came back without Tricia. That was my first night not having Tricia by my side but at least hubby was with me, not like last time when I stayed in a double room. Tricia stayed with Wan and Atok that night. When she came over the next morning, she was not in a very good mood. She didn't want to hug me anymore. So sad. 

On a brighter note, Haziqa suckled very well. She managed to breastfeed without hassle. I was so surprised and delighted. No more fighting with my child over breastfeeding. Yeay. However, latching to my right boob was quite a problem as the size was smaller. But she has no problem with the left one so she was satisfied. After a few days of latching, my left nipple became really sore every time she latched on. Thankfully, I had the nipple shield. Been using it until today as it protects my left nipple from being sore and helps with latching with my right boob.

The day after surgery, my IV line was removed but the needle was left at my hand in case of emergency. Hubby came back from lunch excitedly telling me the mother of twins next door had been walking all over the ward floor. I still hadn't left my bed that time as the catheter was still attached to me. When it was removed, I slowly stand up straight as told by kak ina, instead of bowing down, and managed to slowly walk around too. Recovery was very smooth. Alhamdulillah. 

I was served porridge through out my stay in the hospital as I needed therapeutic soft food post-surgery. Urinated 3 times and pooped 1 time before I was deemed fit to leave the hospital. Was released on Wednesday, 2 days after surgery and mom took care of me at home before my confinement lady arrived the next Tuesday.