Now a Mummy!

It definitely has been awhile since I last blogged, let alone a proper post. So many things have happened in the past couple of weeks!

If it has not been obvious (haha!), I am now 18 weeks preggers and is still nursing morning sickness, or more like all day sickness. It has been quite bad that I have been prescribed nauseous and gastric pills, or as I like to call it- my happy pills. There are of course times, when even taking those pills make no difference. My nurse told me that it should’ve subsided when I turned 15 weeks like it did when I was pregnant with AH but now, at 18 weeks, I still feel  nauseous and throws up at least twice a day.

Whilst my nurse reminded me through my medical notes that I, too, had morning sickness with AH, I did not have to be admitted to the hospital and neither was I on happy pills. I have also gone on medical leave more now (at 4 months), than I did when I was with preggers with AH for the whole 9 months. Oh, have I mentioned that I am still off chocolates and beef? Yes, still. Although not as bad with chocolates anymore but for beef, even the sight of it is enough to make me feel nauseous. Trips to McDs are spent eating chicken or Filet O Fish. How sad is that? No Double Cheeseburgers for me yet

Also, recently, a colleague was tested +ve for H1N1. I was sent to the screening centre as I had spent most of the day before with her and my condition meant that I did not have to wait for a temperature before going to the clinic. We had a meeting till almost 9pm and I sent her home too. Alhamdullilah, I was tested -ve a day after I tested but workwise, our whole unit was shut down as some had to be quarantined. I was worried sick prior to knowing the results as I was worried of infecting my son, IF I was tested +ve.

There have been many discussions, online and IRL, on how we should treat this virus. Many are worried but many, too, are nonchalant. Many said that it is just like a normal flu but as it has been told, it might be deadly to those with underlying chronic illnesses. This is where I put my foot down to those who seem to think that it is just a mild and we should not be worried about it. Say if you have it mild, you might infect someone who has an underlying illness. It might not kill you but it might kill others. So stop being selfish! Be responsible. My colleague hates going to the clinic or the hospital but when she had the flu, she thought she should just go to the clinic, especially since she is sitting next to a pregnant woman.

Besides that, I am still unsure where we as a country is heading on treating the virus. How long are going to try to contain this virus? Or are we going to mitigate it? I think last year we were still filling in forms and had our temp scanned at the airport, right? How long after the bird flu hoo-haa was this? (Do correct me if I am wrong though.) I wonder when will we be able to travel safely (relatively) again.

Enough of that. Hehe.

On AH front, he has been testing my patience a lot lately. He has been very manja and cries when things don’t go his way. Due to the virus, we have not been taking AH out a lot and I think this has ’stresses’ him out. Haha. He is such a social boy and he has probably been craving for activities. When we took him to my Nini’s doa selamat couple of nights ago, he chased his kakas around the house trying to play with them. He was also enjoying the attention he received from my cousins. Besides not being able to go out, my mum thinks he is just being manja because he knows he will have an adek soon. I like to think he is just a mini-me. Manja, whiny and a crybaby. LOL. Definitely takes well after me. Hahahaha.

I think this is a lenghty post already and should make up for my lack os posts lately. Haha. I need to rest now as one of my girlfriends is getting married this afternoon! Weeeeeeeeee! I know we will be in tears, like we always will.

xx