Alhamdulillah, I am now entering the 14th week of my pregnancy. I’ve been wanting to share this news with the world, but considering what happened previously, I thought I should wait until it’s a little more ‘safe’ to do so – as babycenter puts it: “your risk of miscarriage is now much lower than earlier in pregnancy” – Alhamdulillah, it’s exactly what I needed to hear.

 

For the record, this is actually my 6th pregnancy: Afiq (I think I did write about it in my old blog. Unfortunately I don’t remember the URL. How silly. Who forgets the URL of her own blog? Aduh!).. Then miscarriage No 1, Mariessa, Adreena, and then miscarriage No 2. Although the ‘critical’ time is over, I am praying hard that this time it will be smooth sailing, InsyaAllah.

 

As this will probably be my last pregnancy (one can only plan, ;) ), I am hoping to jot down this experience as much as I can for my own remembrance. Better late than never, ye tak?

 

We found out about this pregnancy on the 2nd morning of Eid this year. I was waiting for the monthly visit towards the end of Ramadhan, but it didn’t come. It just so happened that our car’s battery ‘died’ on the 1st of Eid, so Shahril was forced to go to town to get a replacement. Alang2 ke town, I asked him to buy me the HPT kit, just to be sure. True enough, it came out positive. Alhamdulillah. So we shared the news with my family over breakfast. Nobody had expected it judging by the gaping mouths and momentary silence. Haha.

 

I’ve always said that I want to stop ‘producing’ by the age of 35 and Alhamdulillah I’ll be 34 next year. Cepat setahun pencen is indeed a bonus. ;)

 

Dalam pada cepat setahun pun, I feel really, really old this time around. My energy level during pregnancy is totally different than the previous ones. I am so lah lembiknya this time. Nausea is much worse than I remember and the fatigue? Oh my God, horrible! Of course this convinces me more that this will and should be my last.

 

We started seeing the gynae at week 6. This time I decided to see Dr A and she has been as informative as I hoped, Alhamdulillah. She prescribed me with Duphaston as a precaution since the beginning and so far so good! :)

 

In the beginning, when people around me (mostly colleagues) started knowing about my pregnancy, their reaction would be. “Hah? LAGI?”… followed by… “Yang kecik tu umur berapa?”… and lastly..”oooo… dah 2 tahun, ingatkan kecik lagi”. The most dramatic reaction was from a guy.. When told that I am expecting, he slumped in his chair and said..”laaaagi? Hui! Pengsan!” I have absolutely NO idea why he feels the need to pengsan though.

 

Anyway, last night was my 3rd checkup with Dr. A. I, who gets nervous and excited for all petty reasons possible, was of course nervous and excited. :P. Ye lah, Dr A in the last checkup herself said… “Kalau by 14 weeks nanti semua ok, InsyaAllah… everything will be alright”.

 

 

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So, here’s baby A.. at 14 weeks.

Dr A measured the head, the backbone and also the hip. Everything looks perfect! Alhamdulillah.

 

The calculated EDD given by Dr. A is May 4th 2012. Kalau awal 3 hari, that would be our 8th wedding anniversary. If earlier than that, looks like Baby A will be joining April babies: Abang Afiq & Kakak Mariessa. :)

 

Please pray that this journey will be a smooth sailing one for us, InsyaAllah.

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12 Responses
  1. The Momster Says:

    hahaha. people's reaction can be funny sometimes.

    happy you're past the critical weeks! :)


  2. Serene Says:

    Momster,

    Tu la. Mula2 kecik hati when people asked.."Lagi?". But lama2 malas nak rasa apa2. This is what I want. :D

    Me too, lega sgt now that I've entered the 2nd trimester. Nausea's still around though. :(


  3. AppleCrux Says:

    Congrats Ainil! Do take care of yourself and the baby..


  4. Serene Says:

    Thanks Ida,

    Will do, InsyaAllah. :)


  5. afidalina Says:

    alhamdulillah congrats k ainil! we will pray for you and baby. hopefully cik baby punctual, nanti boleh celebrate bday sama dgn aunty afi ;)


  6. Congrats ye Kak Ainil & hubby. I pray this pregnancy will go smoothly, Insya-Allah. :-)


  7. Serene Says:

    Thank you Afi,

    4th May is your birthday? Wahhhh... If I do give birth on that date, we can do double celebration then. Hehe.


  8. Serene Says:

    Aisha,

    Thank you so much dear. Sure hope so too! ;)


  9. maya amir Says:

    wahhh..so happy to hear that dear..pls tk good care ok:)


  10. Serene Says:

    Maya.. Thank you so much! Will do, InsyaAllah. :D


  11. rose Says:

    Congrats Ainil..... rezeki gi Umrah hari tuh, maybe??? anyway take care yaaa :)


  12. Serene Says:

    Rose, TQ... Alhamdulillah, rezeki. :D