Low lying placenta

Tadi pergi check up dekat klinik Umra. Hari ni check dengan Dr. Ummul. I like her way. I'm 18 weeks 1 day pregnant now. Doctor said that my 18 weeks sonogram showed I have a low lying placenta. And she does not want my husband and I to have any intercourse for the next four weeks till I get another appointment.

Got this from Internet: Low lying placenta is a type of placenta previa. There are actually 3 types: complete, marginal and low lying.

Doctor advised not to carry heavy things and banyak2 kan rest. Fine, just follow doctor's advice. Doctor kata the placenta may move up but there are times that it may not, which would require a c-section. Doa banyak2 katanya. Or else saya kena duduk kat wad bermula 28 weeks. Oh that's so scary.

Tapi baby sihat insyaAllah. Normal dan sangat aktif :)

Suasana di Klinik Umra tadi.

16 weeks

Check up di FMGC di JayaOne. Everything looks fine. Nampak jari2 and doctor kata hidung baby mancung hehe. Hmm dah tau gender baby tauu. ALhamdulillah. Tak kisah boy atau girl, janji sihat :)

Depan pintu klinik

3rd floor

Oh uri still kat bawah. If tak naik jugak nanti, most likely nak kena caesar. Hmm berserah je la yang terbaik.

Queue tadi memang panjang. Nak tunggu turn saya, 3 jam! Sementara tunggu turn tu saya jalan2 dibawah. Banyak cafe, kedai2 bawah tu. Tapi letih la plak round2 ni. End up saya lepak starbucks sejam, online2 pastu naik atas balik.

Spotting

Had some brownish spotting selepas balik dari kenduri hari ni. Lepas tukar panty liner it's no more there. Of course risau tapi naluri saya mengatakan insyaAllah baby selamat. Saya hanya kepanasan tadi. Lagipun tamau panic2 sgt nanti saya gak susah hati. Dah la husband outstation.

So I went into Klinik Umra malam tadi for an ultrasound and Dr. Rafie said that the baby is fine. He said that I have partial placenta previa (uri bawah), which is where the placenta is partially covering the cervix, yang tak perlu risau sangat sebab masih awal. Katanya 90% of the time it will usually correct itslef. I need to refrain myself from angkat benda2 berat and berjalan terlampau banyak.

Tapi doctor suspect brownish discharged ni bukan sebab uri sangat, it is more due to yeast infection di pangkal rahim. And doctor said yeast infection won't hurt or affect your developing baby. Tapi perlu dirawat sebab menimbulkan ketidakselesaan and stress wooo.

So doctor suruh saya ambil ubat ni, Fungicip-200. l need to insert the suppository into my vagina 3 days in a row, preferably at bedtime so it won't leak out. Saya sumbat2 kot bawah ni yang leceh. Tapi prevention is better than cure kan?

Ubat Saferon pulak sebagai ganti kepada ubat Obimin, since badan saya takleh terima Obimin. Asal makan je muntah.

And my baby :) Lenght kaki, ukur lilit kepala dan abdomen adalah accordingly to +/-15w6 days. I am now 15w1d. Kira ok la tu kan. Syukur.

So problem saya ada 2 : uri bawah dan kemungkinan ada infection. Harap2 dengan pemantauan doctor semuanya terkawal :) Ramai kan ibu2 mengandung sebelum ni yang ada masalah sama. Lepas ni saya kena rest dan rest :)

14 weeks

Monday baru2 ni saya ada appointment dengan di KL Fertility, doctor scan and everything looks normal. Syukur. And I finally graduated from the fertility clinic, yeay. It was bittersweet experience for me and hubby and I have nothing but enough attention, support and care from my doctor and the entire staff of the clinic. I have been their patient for a year plus now and they have help to make my dreams come true (dengan izin Allah).

Doctor ada pesan, "Nanti dah bersalin don't forget to show me your baby ya", and I answered, "Doctor doa2 kan la saya!". Lupa plak dia bukan muslim hehe.

Dan lupa pulak saya nak mintak print out scan baby tu. Excited sebab dah lepas 14 weeks kot.

Today, I can feel the baby moving. Entah perasaan saya atau apa sebab baru je 14 weeks, tapi betul saya dapat rasa sejak 2-3 hari ni. Saya cerita dengan husband, he sounded happy. This is what I found:

Fetal movement, or "quickening," can occur as early as 14 week, so be alert for fluttering sensations in your belly. If you can't feel them, however, don't worry, they're more likely to occur between the 18th to 22nd week.

Tapi morning sickness saya masih belum menurun. Bab selera makan tu not so bad la, tapi nausea masih ada. Hari ni satu hari saya flat. Walaupun lemah, tapi bila dapat rasa baby sesekali beri respon dan saya dapat rasa di perut, saya happy. Mummy/mama sanggup berkorban apa saja untuk baby tauu.

Tak sabar tunggu perut ni besar dan rasa baby gerak2 :)

13 weeks

Tadi pergi scan di klinik UMRA. ye sekarang saya check up monthly di sini. Kenapa saya ke sini? Walaupun ianya klinik kecik je, tapi saya sangat selesa dengan doctor di sini, iaitu Dr. Rafi dan isterinya, Dr. Ummul. Dulu tahun 2007-2008 saya ada ke sini seek advice, amik clomid dan buat 2 kali IUI disini, tapi takde rezeki.

Btw, hari ni saya di scan oleh sonographer dari PPUM di Klinik Umra. Kira scan hari ni detail skit la. Ukur tangan, kepala, abdomen. Alhamdulillah semua normal. Ni la baby kami @ 13w5d :)

Saya plan nak jumpa 2 klinik/hospital dalam satu masa. 1 klinik UMRA dan satu lagi klinik yang disuggest oleh Dr. Prashant (Dr. yang buat IVF) iaitu FMGC di JayaOne. Bersalin di mana? Biar masa yang menentukan.

DI FMGC ni waktu menunggu mmg lama. Itu je yang saya kurang sabar skit. Tapi doctor nya mmg tiptop. Mak saya kata, biasalah tu, good gynae mmg long queue. Tapi kena tunggu sampai 2-3 jam untuk sampai turn kita tu biasa ke?

Ke Klinik Kerajaan

Setelah di suggest oleh parents, doctor dan melalui pembacaan (forum), saya ke Klinik Komuniti Kesihatan berdekatan rumah. Orang kata bila ada buku merah ni senang sikit in case of emergency, manalah saya di 'tolak' ke government hospital walaupun routine check up dia private hospital. Tapi doctor saya kata kalau hospital swasta yang lengkap facilitiesnya, takde dorang nak push2 case (sperti preterm labour) ke govt hosp, tapi bersiap sedia la deposit minimum 10K. Hmmm we'll see about that.


Saya ke klinik kesihatan ni hari Isnin. The overall process took about 3 hours, not that the waiting period is long this time, it's just that there's a lot of test to go through.

I reach about 9.45am, tinggalkan maklumat2 yang diperlukan di counter pendaftaran dan ambil nombor.


Lepas sejam they call my name and start to weight me and measure my height. Thereafter, verified those particular that they ask us to bring along. Kemudian ambil tekanan darah saya.

Actually before breakfast, husband singgah sekejap tanya nurse apa perlu dibawa. Basically, all we need to bring are sijil nikah, MyKad, previous buku merah (saya ada sebab pernah ke HTAR masa mengandung tahun 2006, sesiapa takde tak perlu lah) and latest scan or bukti mengesahkan kehamilan.


So sementara tunggu turn saya susun2 la file ni. File ni detail2 pasal IVF treament dan pregnancy saya.

Lepas tu saya diminta ke kaunter lain untuk urine test (gula) and hemoglobin test. Dan kebilik lain untuk blood test (HIV test).

Then wait for a moment for check-up, nurse ask me to take off my bra, rest on the bed, doing breast check-up for me while explaining whether my breast are suitable for breastfeeding or not. Then advise me on what to eat and prescribe me folic acid, vitamin C, B complex and Iron (sebab hemglobin test saya agak rendah) which need to be taken at pharmacy unit.


Lengkap ujian2 di klinik nii, saya suka. Nurse2 pun explain dengan bagus tapi doctornya kurang bercakap. Not to what I expected. Mungkin doctor di sini masih muda dan not fair la untuk saya bandingkan dengan gynae yang berpengalaman bertahun2. Oh dan mesin scannya pun agak kurang canggih la, macam zaman dulu2 punya.

I was scheduled for check-up amonth after this check-up, hopefully saya akan pergi :-)

10 weeks

Hari ni pergi scan, 10w4d. Baby dah 32.8mm, heartbeat masih maintain at 179bpm. Alhamdulillah. Tentang buasir saya tu, dah ok. Cuma saya jenis buang air no. 2 (besar) 2 hari sekali. Doctor kata it's not good, saya patut gi toilet hari2. So dia suruh saya ambil ubat duphalac untuk memudakan proses pelawasan saya :) Disamping tu makan la betik banyak2 hehe.

This is my baby :D

Happy jumpa doctor, husband bawak saya jalan ke Pavillion. Dapat la shopping baju sehelai dan makan Nandos. Nyum2, baru la dapat merasai nikmat makanan hehe. Lalu je makan. Lepas ni kena selalu la pergi Nandos ye ;)