Hubby ooh..hubby

Hubby dah mula new rotation, O&G.
Bermulalah episod where hubby balik lambat, no weekend hols and susah nak amik cuti..
Nampaknya it's going to be just the two of us la Irys!!

Plans and Accomplishment

Before I delivered Irys, I've made a list of plan that I want to do during my confinement. They are as follows;

1. Watch DVDs - Desperate Housewives, Brothers and Sisters, Ugly Betty, Charmed (final searies)
   
2. Update blog

Tapi malangnya, I didn't manage to complete any of those. Update blog tu ada la kadang2.. tp during my confinement I developed a new routine and it wasn't as "free and easy" as I thought it would be. Instead of watching the DVDs, I ended up watching sinetron and TV series kat TV dari jam 2.30pm - 7.30pm.

And now, my "holiday" is almost over. Next week will be my last week of holiday and I'm due to be back to work by 2nd June. Sedih aje rasa nak tinggalkan Irys kat rumah. And what have I accomplished throughout my 2 months' leave?

1. Watch my baby grow
   
2. Watch the ending of Liontin and Bella series.
   

FYI, I took extra 3 weeks of unpaid leave. I'm supposed to be back to work by last week but Irys was still so small back then. And she suffered quite serious reflux. So I had to make sure that she is well fed. This week she's getting better and berat pun dah naik to 3.7kg. And she starting to take breastmilk from bottle, provided I'm not around. First time I saw her feeding through bottle, sayu je rasa hati. But I know, its for the best. Takkan nak berenti keje pulak kan?

And did I manage to reduce my weight sama macam before pregnant dulu? Unfortunately no, the 1 kg is so difficult to reduce!!! Sigh!

Balik kampung..

After 2 months, finally Irys made her first trip back to Penang, kampung Daddy dia di Kepala Batas. Throughout our 4-hrs journey, Irys has been such an angel. She slept throughout the journey and bangun just untuk minum susu. Before sampai Kepala Batas, we decided to stay one night in Penang Island so we stayed in Holiday Inn. It was Irys' first time staying in a hotel, and our first time staying in a hotel with Irys. Ingatkan it would be a problem since Irys' nyer tempat tido take a lot of space (for a standard double, tak muat untuk 3 of us). Nasib baik the room is spacious. There were 2 double bed in the room so one bed for Daddy and one bed for Mummy n Irys.


"Mummy, syok nyer tido hotel..."

Tido di tepian pantai Penang

You think so??

Weight update

46 days passed by, I failed to reduce back to my normal weight.. another 1-2kg to go.. and just can't resist the foods.. Irys is consuming more and Mommy is getting hungrier!

Although my confinement days ended 6 days ago, I still have to watch what I eat.. no cold drinks, no oranges, no to this and no to that..according to my mom. Sigh.. I wonder, when will I be able to eat like usual..?? Susah betul bersalin ni ye!

Day out

Went for Sunday lunch in KLGCC

Find Irys.. she's under the pink cover.. having her meal...while Mommy is waiting for hers!

Loss and gain

Irys is one-month plus.. and from the day she was born, her weight gains gradually up to 2.5kg (+/-) today. Alhamdulillah, berkat kesabaran Mummy membreastfeed siang dan malam, at last she's catching up to be like the normal size baby..

Before labour, I gained about 16kg +/-. Today, another 5 days before my confinement ends, I still have 3 kg to go, to be back on my normal weight. I lost 10 kg a week after labour, 3 kg for the past 3 weeks plus, and another 3 kg by the time my confinement ends. Possible or not, kita tungguuuu!!!

So the doc was right, I put on so much weight due to water retention..

And now I can smile again...

One-month old..

Happy one-month to my princess, Irys
Throughout this one month you have given Mummy and Daddy a lot of love and laughter,
Not to forget the sleepless nights and how you made us worried sick whenever you are unwell..
Looking forward for days, weeks, months and years to come..
Insya Allah Mummy will provide the best for you..
I love you, Iryssa Qaisara...

Confinement : Modern vs Traditional

Today is my 27th day of my confinement. Another 13 days to go and I can't wait for it to be over.
For the past 27 days, I've been following my mom's regime.. Regime is too harsh.. I should say.. my mom's diet.

Breakfast: Cornflakes / Half Boiled egg + toast and cup of Milo O
Lunch: Rice + Vege (tak sure sayur apa) + Ikan Haruan goreng/Bakar. Sometimes when I'm lucky, I'll have ayam masak kicap + plain water
Dinner: Same as above. Usually lunch is better than dinner.

Kalau nak ikutkan, berpantang cara mak lebih teruk. Based on her experience, her menu was only ikan kering and rice only. Can't imagine if I were to eat only that for 40 days.

Hubby wasn't that keen on my diet. He said it's not nutritious enough especially when the Irys is totally breastfed. He wants me to eat nutritiously i.e. eat more fruits, veges. Unfortunately, the food that he wants me to take is totally opposite the traditional diet. Kata hubby, kenapa perlu berpantang? Pantang cara org Melayu, Cina, India, org putih semuanya berlainan. Each have their own can / cant, do /dont during pantang. But the end result will be the same. For example, Irys was delivered through c-section while Hani (my niece) was through the normal delivery. My sis, fatiha berbarut, bertunku for the whole 40days. And me, since my cut still tak baik2 lagi, so I didn't berbarut or bertunku. But my tummy still end up like hers. Tapi kata org tua, kesan berpantang adalah untuk jangka masa panjang. But why don't doctors acknowledge this fact? Most doctors, if you ask them, they will say you can eat anything after delivery. Tapi kata org tua, tak boleh mkn tu, angin, tak boleh mkn ni, angin, mkn tuh sejuk.. so end up makanan yg boleh dimakan hanyalah ikan kering dan nasi putih. Sigh!

Frankly, berpantang nih sbnrnya depends on individual. If you believe it will give you to a certain result, than you proceed. Because, it's like what Hubby said, the end result will be the same.

p/s: So jealous!! My sis finishes her pantang today!

Pengorbanan ibu

Actually cam byk jer nak share about me as a first time mother, about my pre-mature baby, my confinement.. tp tak tau mana nak mula.. Everyday I always tell myself, "today I want to start writing!" but then, when I have to choose either to write or to sleep, I always choose the latter.

Irys ada her own feeding routine, which is every 2-3 hours. normal la kan untuk baby. tp yg tak tahannyer time mlm pun cam gitu. no matter how much I fed her before she went to bed, still akan bgn jugak (nurses in DSH bg hint if nak baby tido lama sikit, mak sure she is full). Sbnrnya itu normal and baguslah untuk baby kan..especially pre-mature macam irys ni. Tp mummy la yg teruk.. itulah pengalaman sbg ibu.. bak kata mak.. bukan senang nak jadi ibu ni. mmg betul pun.. in addition, irys is fully breastfed. tak mix susu langsung, so the night shift is totally on me, alone. tapi takperlah. pengorbanan sbg seorang ibu. Just that I can't imagine if I dah mula masuk keje nanti. how aa...??