An update on my 9 weeks pregnancy.
I an already at my ninth week which means I will be in 2nd trimester in 3 weeks, isn’t that awesome?
I am still having the morning sickness and all, but it is no longer as bad as it was 2 weeks ago. I no longer vomit; just have nausea every once in a while (but I am still lazy and all I want to do all day is lie down like a big fat whale).
So anyway, I want to update on how I found out I was pregnant! I haven’t had my period for so long simply because I was breastfeeding Shan fully. Out of the 18 months since he was born, I only had my period once and it was very light. So I didn’t bother counting or checking if I had my period already or not.
On 15th Mar, I started feeling weird. Tired. Nothing felt right. I didn’t have the energy to even dress up. I had to sit down to put on makeup. I remember telling myself that that was such a familiar feeling. Like I have been there before. Like Dejavu. I thought I was just feeling sick and so I brushed it off (thinking it is impossible that I am pregnant).
But for the next 3 days nothing changed. Then I knew something must be up with me. I didn’t even want Shan to climb all over me because I was so scared of…I don’t even know what at the point!
On the 19th, (refer to blogpost below) I found out I was pregnant. So there. I have a little someone in me and I am so excited for the upcoming months.
So many people are already asking me if it is a boy or a girl but (obviously) I don’t know the gender yet. I have a very strong feeling that it is going to be another boy though. The only difference between this pregnancy and Shans’ is that my tummy is A LOT bigger at this stage. I look like I am already 4 months pregnant. The husband kept calling me fat. VERY RUDE. I wear my normal everyday clothes and I can already see my tummy protruding.
My tummy looks a lot bigger than in this picture actually. Somehow, side profile it doesn’t look as big. Tummy is pointed, just like when I was pregnant with Shan.
I cannot wait for my next check up. I want listen to baby’s heartbeat so badly!
25th April 2012. Inshallah.
After testing a few days ago and finding out that I am pregnant, I made an appointment to see a gynae to check how far along I am already. Unfortunately, no female gynae is availble soon enough, so I decided to see a male gynae just for this initial check up and will make an appointment with a female gynae for the subsequents check ups.
Today at 9.45am, I went for my first ever check up for my No 2. I was trying to stay cool despite being super excited to see the lil bean. Hehe. The check up with the male gynae was disappointing though, he is very insensitive and didnt really explain in detail when he did the scan. he didnt even check for baby’s heartbeat! He was cold and it was obvious that he wanted to get-it-over-and-done-with. The husband was making faces at me cos he too wasn’t happy. Sigh.
As per gynae (who couldnt care less!), I am 7 weeks pregnant and my due date is 101112. Isn’t that a nice date? BUT OF COURSE it won’t be so spot on la. I am sure I will deliver earlier. Tsk.
Honestly though, I wasn’t this excited when I first found out that I am pregnant. I mean, yes I want another baby, I just didn’t expect to get pregnant so soon. I thought that Shan will still need my attention and my intention was to breastfeed him until he turns 2. The husband and I wanted to try end of this year, but this is His gift to us and when I think about all the other women who are trying so hard to get pregnant, I say a little prayer thanking Him for giving me yet another great gift. 
However, there are some things that I DO NOT look forward to during and after pregnancy -
1. Weight gain – Cannot deny this fact. I have just lost all the weight and now I have to put on all the weight back. Lol
2. Morning sickness during 1st trimester – Fortunately, I am already reaching my 2nd month and no vomiting so far! Just that stupid weird taste in my mouth (i can go on forever about this)
3. Fatigue – Cannot tahan this one. Walk a little bit, I need to sit. I cannot even put on makeup standing. SO LAZY.
4. Mood swing – Yes I get moody one minute and another minute I can smile like a puppy.
Those isted above are all the things that will happen during the first trimester. 2nd trimester IS THE BEST part of pregnancy. I LOVE 2nd trimester. Nothing to complain about it, so moving on to the 3r and last trimester.
1. Heavy and difficulty walking – I remember when I was pregnant with Shan, I had so much difficulty walking and it was always so painful down there.
2. Nothing fits anymore – Your tummy is so big and round (your ass too) nothing can fit you. Yes, my last trimester I look like a tempayan.
3. The ‘is-it-today-is-it-not’ feeling EVERYDAY – yup, everyday I imagine going into labour and practice my urgent call to the husband (I always assume he will be at work)
…and then comes labour..
1. The ‘how many cm?’ – Gynae checking and putting their hands inside you, down there to check how many cm dilated you are. That is SO NOT FUN.
2. The wait – When will I deliver. When will the pain come? What will be baby look like? Will baby be healthy?
3. The CONTRACTIONS – BIG OUCH this one. I have no words to describe it lah. It’s like someone shove their whole arm inside you and turn your spine like 360 degrees for fun every 2-3 minutes.
4. The pushing – I pushed for 2 hours with Shan. He refused to come out and despite my gynae saying she wanted to use forceps, I kept saying no and kept pushing because I didn’t want to hurt baby or anything (but actually nope, forceps will not hurt baby at all)
..after baby is born…You will so bloody (literally) happy and thankful to Him. REALLY. But after that…
1. The stiches – yup, I can feel my gynae sewing me up like I am a cow with a very bad cut.
2. The soreness – I was so traumatized after the labour. The pain I felt below at the v-jay-jay was so so painful that when I sleep, I get nightmares that I am still in labour. It was horrible 
3. The recovery – this is the part that I am really not looking forward to. I felt helpless because I was in pain and couldn’t move much. I couldn’t attend to Shan that much and it made me feel so bad.
4. Hair Loss – yes I was bald at the sides after about 4 months of giving birth and hair only grew back when Shan was 9 months old!
That’s it! I just feel I should write all these down as memory. I am currently reading all my previous entries during my pregnancy with Shan and truthfully, despite all that I went through it is definitely worth it. Shan is the best thing that has ever happened to me and no amount of pain will stop me from having another baby of my own. A few months of pain is nothing compared to the laughter I get every single day when I see my baby.
May this journey be a smooth one for me, Inshaallah.
Been having that weird and funny feeling lately. Actually not lately but just yesterday. Shan was jumping up and down on my tummy and I feel like he should stop. Which is weird cos I usually enjoy playing rough with shan.
Later that day, I started having that really weird not nice nak mampos taste in my mouth! I will NEVER EVER forget that EVER. It’s so awful! So when I started feeling that in my mouth, I knew something is up! (women are just soooooooo good with their instincts i tell you!). I whatsapp the husband who was on night shift and told him. His reply? “ha ha ha”. Funny is it?!
So anyway, he then said I should get a test kit (but it was already 9pm and I was too lazy to go down to the shop). Told him to buy one on the way back from work the next morning. I felt so tired somehow and went to sleep at 11pm or so and woke up at around 9pm. And another strange thing was that – shan woke up at around 4am wanting to drink milk (still bfeeding by the way) but I didn’t want to give to him. I feel the need to stop him from drinking. But I gave in because he was kissing me all over asking for milk. That’s the deal nowadays. Whenever he wants milk, he will kiss me first. Lol.
So okay. The husband came home WITHOUT the test kit. I then got the helper to buy for me and i tested the moment she got home. And guess what?
Positive. Tested twice. Yes. Positive. The husband was so excited. I was more in shock than anything at first. I look at shan (who was oblivious and climbing all over me on the bed) and i felt so sad that the attention will soon be lesser for him. And that I have to stop bfeeding him already. He is still a BABY! And then he looked up to me and went “horseeeeee”. Lol he saw a book with a picture of a zebra. Very funny Shan.
So yeah. I am pregnant and nope I don’t know how far along I am yet. Made an appointment to see a gynae this Saturday and I will find out then.
Alhamdullilah and thank You for another wondeful gift – Inshallah.
Here is Shan when he is in a good mood and not THAT distracted with animal planet channel on tv. The “eeeeeeh…” means he saw an elephant on tv! Haha
Today I weigh myself and I am 51kg. In September 2011 I was 57kg. Pre-pregnancy weight was 50kg. This 1 kg is just sooooooooo hard to come off. So what did I do to lose the weight? I exercise and go on a diet. But not a strict diet though because I am still breastfeeding Shan and I get hungry all the time. I just make sure I cut down on carbo (rice) and replace it with bread or potatoes. I also eat a lot of vegetables and fruits. In fact, I drink fruit juice everyday (which is also good for the skin!). Other than that, I go on the cross trainer everyday for at least half an hour everyday (An hour if I have an awesome movie/DVD to watch while doing it).
I realize that the weight stays at 51kg even if I eat too much on certain days – and that’s because I exercise! So yay!
So I managed to take a video of Shan doing what he does best at the moment which is animal sounds. It is not easy shooting him because he will stop doing the cute stuff the minute I press the ‘record’ button. He is tricky!
Currently crazy about OPI shatter nail polishes. Did this 2 days ago when I was bored and I totally love it! Gotta make full use of my free time now to do some crazy stuff before shoot starts again! Tee hee.
My little boy is finally walking! Nowadays whenever we plan an outing, we must make sure that wherever we are going; there will be an open space where we can let him walk around for a bit.
Another milestone reached! Keep making me smile, Shan.
I might be a baby but I do know good stuff when I see them. Aunty Nani, truly love what you have done with the candy buffet corner. Thank you so much! You should see all of aunty nani’s work, they are superb! Email her at minicupcakes@gmail.com friends!
Can you spot a tiny shark? hehe. Aunty Ayu, you are awesomeeeeee!
Last night I had the honor of receiving very special guests at my place. These are the people who are very close to our family’s heart, Sabariyah and hubby and Sharinna and family. I invited Nona and family too but unfortunately, she couldn’t make it at the last minute. It’s ok Nona, my door is always open for you ok? You can dingdong anytime!
So anyway, because the parents in law and Diah and family had not been to my place for raya yet, they decided to come together with the ladies last night. Knowing my Mother in law, she very pantang when it comes to receiving guests. SHE MUST COOK SOMETHING. ANYTHING at all, even if it’s a simple dish. So she made kacang pool for my guests to be served at my place, thank you mak! Hehe. She feels a sense of satisfaction when she sees everyone eating the dish she cooks. Heh. As for me, nothing extravagant la. Just mee goreng and Alfredo pasta for the kids. For dessert we had fruit platter and waffle (not enough for everyone, so sorry!)
And because we couldn’t celebrate Sharinna’s birthday on her birthday, we had a mini belated cake cutting for her. Happy belated birthday again, Sharinna! Hope you liked the surprise and the simple gift from us. Hehe
To dear Sharinna, Sabariyah and Nona, This is the kind of friendship we truly treasure. May it last till we are all old and grey. :p
Now, let me plan a waffle party at my place next! NONA, you MUST come hokay?
Selamat Hari Raya, maaf zahir & batin everyone.
So I decided to try my best to record videos of Shan and me together and put up on my blog. It is quite challenging if you ask me. Our first time recording a video and i have about 5 different takes. Shan couldn’t keep still! So here is the best amongst the 5.
Maybe next time I will get Shan to do all the talking. :p
I am so happy to be typing an entry on my blog about MY birthday. SO yes, have you heard that I turned 29 yesterday? Old news. I don’t feel any different from when I turned 28 last year…except err…I am a mother now. A very happy one.
It’s really hard for me to believe that I will be 30 next year. I remember making fun of my kaklong when she turned 30, calling her old and all. That was 5 years ago and I was 24, what do I know? But I also make fun of Diah when she turned 30 early this year…so I guess what I am trying to say is, some things never change. I am still very childish at 29. HAHA.
Speaking of which…there is one more thing that will never change when it comes to birthdays. Home party at the in laws with glorious food cooked by mak and daddy in law and our ridiculous themes. THAT will never change. It might just become a family tradition. It was especially special because everyone was there and everyone dressed up according to the theme.
And since it is my birthday, I get to choose the theme that I want and I decided on ‘ROCK’. Pretty easy right? So I thought. ‘aiyah…just slap on some eyeliner, black lipstick, Mohawk hair and done!’ I should have ‘think out of the box’ as per what Diah says. The rest of them are so creative! I know I don’t stand any chance to win this time round. DAMMIT.
So anyway, before I scare you with our individual pictures, I shall first show you the nicer pictures taken before we transformed ourselves.
FOOD cooked by mother in law. We are all so lucky don’t you think? Mak loves to cook especially if its for her family aka US. You should see the look on her face when we are all seated and eating the food she cooked together as family. She looks satisfied. Thank you mak! You are an awesome cook!
Cake from ‘Awfully Chocolate’ is sooooo good!
Shan already changed to his pjs.
The girls and me! Diah Mastura & Ili Diyana, where were you?!
“happy birthday to you….happy birthday to you…happy birthday to aan/kak nurul/ mapley/nurulaini..happy birthday to you….!”
Nobody else is interested in taking nice pictures nowadays. The rest only wants to dress up according to the theme and get their pictures taken. Bottom line is, we all love taking ridiculous pictures.
Are you ready?………
ANDA MAU ROCK??????
(ok lah, some of these rockers are not really rockers la huh…some are just MAT rock)
Innocent rocker Shan who only wants to bite everything.
MAT rock who went “Like Johnny Depp right?” 135634127391824 times.
<JD>
SURE NOT?!
See what I mean by NOT thinking out of the box? I look like I am about to host another Rock Elektra show. (super sore cos I rarely win any theme party!!)
This is a ROCKER people would call “dah relak ah”. That star on his left eye is so crooked, must be his daughter’s ‘project’. But look at him properly..he must have some relation to..
Minah rock. Sexy minah rock. But doesn’t she remind you of someone?
The I-am-so-cool-I-have-pig’s tail-hanging-out-at-my-back rocker.
This is a rocker who looks like Avril Lavigne.
The pretty rock chic.
Who say ‘Rock never dies’? This one sure wants to die.
The Rocker Rascal with blingbling on his face.
The ‘angry face’ Nadya rockers.
So who do you think is the most ridiculous looking rocker?
VOTE!
I would like to thank Mak & Daddy for always ALWAYS celebrating each and single one of our birthdays without fail. Thank you Ili & Bert for being there. It meant a lot to me and of course mak & daddy. Thank you to Sofia Dendroff for being so gung-ho about dressing up. Thank you Shafiq for ALWAYS participating no matter how tired you are. Thank you Diah for just being you, forever so silly but indirectly sweet towards me. Thank you Tatek for NEVER complaining about the theme we choose and for going along with anything at all, you are a great sport! Thank you Nadyas for being so cute and geyamzzzz!!!! Thank you dear husband for the beautiful gift and for accepting me for all that I am. Thank you Shan Ehan for your existence, you complete me.
My little Shan has a gap in between his teeth. CUTE!
Can you see? can you see….?
Mummy watched Youtube and saw a hilarious video of a baby laughing hysterically while his daddy ripped paper and mummy decided to try on you. Watch this!
I haven’t been updating my blog for 3 months?! Where did all the time go? I know I am going tp regret not updating as often as I should. I blame it all on being lazy. and selfish. You see, all the free time that I have are spent on Shan. I have been busy shooting the past few months and I only get 2-3 days of free time a week to spend with Shan. I try to make full use of those 3 days and ended up not doing anything else.
But I found out yesterday that there is a WordPress application for Iphone which allows me to blog via my phone ANYTIME and ANYWHERE. AWESOME or what? Ok lah, so i betrayed blackberry and switched to Iphone. Tui Pu Chi. I still love blackberry, but I am falling in love with Iphone as I type. Heh. The applications are INSANEly wonderful. Iphones are built for people who works in entertainment industry; where you spend many many hours waiting and doing nothing. So you see? Those hours can now be spent blogging. YEY. and yey to Iphone.
I haven’t been updating on Shan as well. BAD MUMMY.
if you are following me on twitter, you should already be sick of my photo entries by now. I post pictures of Shan almost everyday! My little ‘gundeng’ has 4 teeth now. 2 on his lower gums and another 2 just making its way out on his upper gums. SO CUTE. He can clap his hands, wave goodbye and dance on cue now. When I say dance, I mean him shaking his backside from side to side and shaking his head vigorously. Still trying to catch that on video though. He seems to know when I am recording. He will try to grab my phone instead. :/
I can spend hours just playing with him cos he is at such a cute age now, 9 months ++. He imitates me a lot. The sounds I make for eg cough, sneeze and other weird sounds. Amazing that he can copy almost the exact same sound! He is now busy crawling around me as I type this. Oh and he is also trying to stand a lot now. When he doesnt realise it, he will stand for almost 30 secs but the moment he realise he is standing, “PLOP!” he will go. Heh.
Ok, he is trying to climb onto me and grab my phone now. Gotta go now.
Oh.my.god. I can now blog from my iPhone. How awesome is that?? Super excited to start and here is my first post via iPhone. Maybe I should try posting up pictures…
Hello everyone! I am 9 months and 3 weeks now
Yey!!!
Hoping to squeeze an update about this fidgety lil baby of mine. Yes, fidgety. VERY fidgety. Only 7 months old and he has shown signs of being a very active toddler in a few months time. Little Shanshine is no longer little.
Has it been 7 months already? That is 5 months to a year. It sure doesn’t feel like it. I still remember every little detail of my pregnancy and every little (not!!!!) pain I felt during labour. I remember pushing for 2 hours, I remember crying in pain and asking for Coke in the middle of pushing. I remember the very first time Shan looked at me in the delivery suite. His
eyes swollen, my eyes teary. He looked at me like he’s known me for the longest time even though we just met. I don’t think I will ever forget that. *wipes tears*
I was reading my weekly updates on my pregnancy and regret not updating on Shan’s monthly update ever since he was born. The first few months were kind of crazy, what with moving and all. I guess I am more or less settled now, so time shouldn’t be an excuse anymore. Still not too late to start, I suppose.
At 7 months, Shan is a really happy baby! He smiles at anyone. He smiles when he watched the news, he smiles at the toothless nyonyas, he smiles at the pictures of babies in books. Also, I think he has a thing for nyonyas. His favourite nyonya is a vegetable seller at the market. They seem to have a special bond.
But my happy little Shanshine has his tantrums too. Sleeping time is super important to him, and that is why I make sure he gets his nap during the day. He cannot stay awake for more than 2 hours during the day. He is a very good night sleeper though. He started sleeping through the night at 8 weeks. Went to bed at 8pm and wake up the next morning at 7am. Sometimes I will
wake him up and feed him, but other times I sleep through the night too. Hehe. BAD MUMMY.
But ever since I started him on solids, he wakes up at night at least once. I don’t know why, maybe he gets hungry. So I nurse him and he will go straight back to sleep. No fuss, no sound. He doesn’t even cry when he wakes up at night for a feed. He will just start blabbering to himself.
Naps during the day are very challenging though! He takes catnaps which lasts for 45mins-1hour and he gets sleepy again after about 2 hours of being awake. I’m trying to put him on a sleep routine, it is going to take time but I’m sure it will work soon! Here is his schedule every day.
7am – Wake up. Nurse.
7.30am – Shower, play.
8.45am – Nurse, nap.
11am (yes he naps for at least 2 hrs at this time everyday
w/o fail) – wake up, nurse.
11.15-11.45am – Lunch
11.45-1pm – Play.
1pm- Nurse. Nap
2pm (if I’m lucky) – Wakeup. Nurse.
2.15-5pm – Play. Nurse. (I try to keep him awake as much as possible)
5pm – Dinner.
5.30pm – Wash up!
6pm – 7.30pm – Nurse. Play/read/sing.
7.30pm – Nurse, sleep.
So far, everything is in place, except the timing between 2-5pm. By 4pm, he will squirm around and start rubbing his eyes wanting to sleep. Sometimes I put him down to sleep, but only for 10 minutes or so. Maybe when he starts crawling he will fill that time with ‘cleaning’ up! Hehe
Speaking of which, he haven’t started crawling yet but he is almost sitting on his own. I let him sit on his own
without any support and he can sit for 10 seconds before tumbling to the side. Like humpty dumpty you know. Oh! And when he is engrossed in playing (his favourite is the stacking bowls!) sometimes he can sit for a whole minute on his own. However, he prefers to stand most of the time, but with support of course.
I’m not rushing him though; he can take his own time on all the motor skills. It will happen eventually anyway.
Nursing – yes he is still on full breast milk. I don’t know for how long more I’d like to breastfeed him, but I am hoping to go on until he is at least a year old. Nursing gets easier and easier with time. I remember how freaking painful it was when I first started nursing him. I actually dread feeding him, oh my goodness. It was that bad! So new mummies, if you intend to
breastfeed your newborn please know that it might be hard at first but it will get easier and better soon! I have been receiving a few emails from readers about breastfeeding and I am happy to reply to any questions about breastfeeding.
Everyday Shan is surprising me with new things. Yesterday he giggled when I went “the fire engine goes nee-nar nee-nar nee-nar!”. Yes and I repeated that so many times just to hear the same giggle over and over and OVER again. Today, when I asked him, “where is the tiger?” He turned and looked at the sticker of a tiger on his room wall. I find so much joy in simple things like these nowadays!
And before people start to think that I am bragging about my perfect baby (but he is to me!), let me first tell you that I have bad days too. Just yesterday, my little smiley happy baby wants to show the grumpy side of him at a very wrong time. When the suria crew was here to shoot a Mothers’ Day interview! Sigh. Sigh. He was sleepy and squirmy almost throughout the
entire shoot! Good luck editing the footages, Latiff! Hehe
So there you go…7 month old Shan Ehan and his antics. I love this squirmy gundeng deng gundeng so much, if you can’t already tell by now. :p
Here he is blabbering…
LOVE!
Have you seen Studiofrost’s new lace dress yet? If you haven’t, here they are…
Remember our very very popular Aleron dress?
We have now redesigned our lace dresses to make it look much better, with better quality lace and colourful lining! We had a lot of problem getting a supplier to do colourful linings for us, but it all worked out and we are so happy with the turn out! What’s fantastic about the lining is that, they are not sewn on to the dress, so you can actually mix and match the lining with ANYTHING! If you have bought any of our kaftans before, you can even wear your kaftan with the tube lining from the lace dress!
Remember our lace kaftan?
I wore the black lace kaftan with the dark brown lining from the lace dress last weekend to a wedding and got plenty of praises for my outfit. So dumb of me not to take a pic! URGH!
The lace dress on the other hand, can be worn without the sash too! I tried it on and it looks so classy! The quality of our new lace dresses is indeed much better, my sister said it looks like vintage lace, and I agree. You will never be able to get a set of long lace maxi dress together with lining at our price,I promise you! As of now, Briget (Brown Lace Maxi) is selling fast so if you
are eyeing it, do hurry!
As usual, I keep every colour for myself. Can’t help it, they are too irresistible.
To shop, go to http://studiofrost.net/shop NOW!
If you have been watching me on Girl Power on Suria, you should know this line “Saya ni sukaaaaaaaaaa sangat dengan makeup”. Hehe. Which is so true, you should see my makeup box. I have so many, my helper worries about me not using them.
…and that is why, I have now (just like Diah!) started on doing 1 to 1 Makeup Classes! Diah started waaaay before me, simply because I didn’t have my helper yet back then and I can’t be doing a 2 hour makeup class with no one attending to Shan right? So now that I have a helper, I can do it too! Super excited because Diah kept telling me how much fun it was to teach makeup.
Last week, I had my 1st student, Sue. She was the first few who emailed me to enquire on my makeup class and she asked me if I
can also teach her to do hair. I was ecstatic because if you don’t already know, I looooooove doing hair! It is my forte. I can curl anyone’s hair! (except for mine cos my hair is super stubborn!)
Anyway, Sue came and we immediately clicked! Well, she was super shy at first but we started talking and we ended up talking about relationships and proms and so many makeup tips! Here is Sue when she came, without any makeup on.
….I did one side of her face, and then her turn to do the other side.
…and then, as requested by her, I taught her how to curl and do French twist! Isn’t she gorgeous?
Thank you for the opportunity, gorgeous, and oh the feedback!
“Hi again, just wanted to say thank you sooooo much for being my makeup and hairstyling guru
for today! I learned so many tips and techniques (that I have been doing wrong all these while). I hope I would be as good as you someday. Your makeup today was flawless despite it being a 5 min makeup! Thank you once again sis Nurul!
And also, for listening to my prom crisis and all. I got to meet your precious Shan too! Thank you and take care. ”
So happy to receive such an encouraging feedback (NOW I KNOW HOW YOU FEEL Diah Mastura Roslan!) so ‘puas hati di Golden Chance’ you know? :p
So motivated now, I swear!
To find out more about my personal makeup class, simply email me at aanurul@gmail.com. Next, I
have a pair of sisters attending 1 lesson together. How girly can it get?
I CAN’T WAIT!
